Arthur Fowler

Arthur Fowler is the current Lord of Skyreach, a position that he's been holding for the last five years.

## Appearance and Character

Arthur is dedicated to all things martial, and he takes time and effort to improve his prowess both as a combatant and a leader of men. He does not hesitate to act, but is often impatient, rash, and quick to take offense.

## History

The firstborn of Edric and Allyria Fowler, Arthur grew up expecting to rule. As a young boy, lessons on court, economics and other more theoretical pursuits were very boring for him, and it soon became clear that Arthur's strength laid in the training yard, where he excelled: the Fowler heir quickly took to beating squires twice his age and twice his size, with a combination of speed, wits and tenacity. Time only honed him and made him stronger: by the time he was fourteen, no squire in his mother's lands could stand up to him, and Arthur had to begin testing his mettle against real knights. That was when he finally got a taste of defeat, for no matter how good he might have been, against grown men who made killing their profession, Arthur did not stand a chance.

At first, the Fowler had found his new situation infuriating and frustrating, but that changed after his uncle offered to take him on as an extra hand to guard caravans passing to and from Skyreach, since there were talks of a dangerous knight who was constantly disrupting trade in the area, and taking many of Lady Allyria's subjects' lives.

While Arthur wouldn't be allowed to fight until he was older and more experienced, he *would* see combat firsthand, and help keep order around the caravans, in the eventuality of an attack. Those terms were acceptable to the teenager, and so he went with Franklyn to and from many regions in Dorne, and sometimes even the Stormlands, while the guards kept the caravans safe, and searched for any signs of the criminals.

It wasn't until a few months had passed that the rogue knight finally made his prescence known with an ambush attack, that severely crippled the caravan Franklyn was supposed to protect. While the Fowler knight managed to repel the attackers, they were still vulnerable, and could have been attacked again at any moment. Time was of the essence, and they had to leave that place fast, though it would be a difficult thing. At the time, Arthur had the idea to burn down most of the wagons, and let the donkeys as well as the guards and other members of the comitive to carry whatever couldn't be loaded into the remaining wagons, like he had read in one of his books on strategy.

After much debate, Franklyn agreed to the decision, and it was a surprising success: without so many heavy objects to carry around, the group moved at a much faster pace, and were within the walls of Skyreach before the day's end.

It became the norm prior to that day that all caravans leaving Skyreach would have a reduced number of wagons - something that made raids on said caravans a much less common occurence. Both Franklyn and Arthur knew it would be a matter of time until the knight grew frustrated, and either left for greener pastures, or did a reckless mistake. As it happened, he did the former, and was not seen again.

Arthur returned to Skyreach once it became clear that the raids would not be happening anymore. His time on the road had taught him the value of strategy, as he knew he could never have beaten the rogue knight in single combat. While most of his time was still spent in the training yard, the heir to Skyreach made it a point to read more on warfare, and was soon personally drilling his own personal guard. His uncle, Franklyn Fowler, became their commander.

A couple of years later, Arthur was finally knighted, and at that point, no man in Skyreach could stand against him in single combat - in fact, he'd often spar with three knights at once, to better be prepared for war. Rarely did he lose these kinds of engagements.

During his time as a knight and an heir, he led his personal guard on many patrols through the mountains, where he'd often face off against bandits, poachers, and other kinds of scum. Arthur would always charge with his men, often being the first in line, his ferocity and his skill aiding him many times in breaking morale of the criminals before the fight had even properly begun.

At the age of three and twenty, Allyria Fowler eventually passed away due to illness, and Arthur became Lord of the House. After mourning his departed mother, he carried things much as before, and Skyreach remains one of the most protected areas in Dorne thanks to his efforts.