Joseph Selmy

Lord **Joseph Selmy** is the current head of House Selmy and Lord of Harvest Hall. Joseph is a calculating and often cool-headed man who prefers to seek the betterment of those under his control and his peers as opposed to gaining political influence for himself. He is often called "The Harvest Lord" due to his large wheat supply on his land.

## Biography

### Background

Joseph is the sole child of Lord Almar Selmy and Brunhilde Selmy. Having been born in Harvest Hall, Joseph spent much of his childhood living in and around the family's fiefdom, although at the age of 10 he was sent off to ward in Storm's End for 8 years. In his time as a ward, he became a scholar of History and Religion, as well as being trained in the ways of combat (Which would become useful when defending Harvest Hall later on). His Parents passed away when Marauders attacked, looted, and burned Harvest Hall to the ground whilst Joseph was away in Storm's End at the age of 20.

### 401 - 406

Having been Lord of Harvest Hall for nearly 20 years at this point, Joseph had been reluctant to return to the now-vacant land his Family owned and rebuild it due to his uncertainty about his ability to effectively govern his domain. He remained in Storm's End for much of King Robin's reign, as well as ensuring he continued to learn as much about the world as he could.

### 406 - 407

Eventually, Joseph was convinced by his eldest son Barristan to return to Harvest Hall and commence its reconstruction when Bael Blackfyre, one of the last Blackfyres in Westeros, gained the title of Lord of the Stormlands and declared himself the Storm King. Joseph was reluctant to support a Non-Baratheon, but he decided that opposing him would lead to further chaos in his homeland. As a result, Joseph decided to pledge fealty to King Bael and returned to Harvest Hall to commence the reconstruction of his family's ancestral keep.

However, an independent Stormlands under King Bael was not to last. Bael Blackfyre would soon bend the knee to Aasmir Targaryen, the reigning King on the Iron Throne. Although Lord Joseph had some personal resentment towards the decision due to his pride in his heritage, he saw the logic behind it and recognized the Stormland's fealty under the Iron Throne.

### 407 - Present

Now that Joseph was a Lord of Westeros, he was capable of focusing more of his resources to developing his own lands as opposed to preparing for potential excursions. As Lord Joseph and his eldest son Barristan II continued the reconstruction of Harvest Hall, they noticed a growing presence of outlaws in and around their domain. Barristan II, enraged by the presence of outlaws in their lands, convinced his father Lord Joseph to lead the bannermen of House Selmy to root out and destroy the outlaw presence in Harvest Hall. After summoning his retinue, Lord Joseph began drawing up tactics to root out the bandits for good. However, the outlaws had received word of Lord Joseph's intentions, and they banded together and laid siege to Harvest Hall.

After a lengthy battle in which the Outlaws tried and failed to assault Harvest Hall's walls, Lord Joseph rallied his bannermen and forced the besieging outlaws to flee back into the forests and hills whence they came. After taking a moment to recover his forces, Lord Joseph gave a rousing speech to the men under his command and surged forth into the forest. After smashing the opposition and ensuring the Outlaws would no longer pose a substantial threat, Lord Joseph ordered the removal of hundreds of trees from the Wheatwood Forest to prevent the harboring of more outlaws on his lands. This brought The Harvest War to its end, with Lord Joseph capturing and imprisoning the Bandit leader.

After holding the bandit leader for at least several months, Lord Joseph finally sentenced the bandit to take the Black and prepared to ship him to Castle Black. He sent his secondborn son, Owyn Selmy, to oversee the transportation of the Bandit Leader and his fellow prisoners to Castle Black. However, Owyn would be ambushed in the Wheatwood in what became known as The Wheatwood Incident. Owyn Selmy, along with his retinue, would be killed and the prisoners they escorted would be released. This would reignite The Harvest War, which was previously thought to have ended when the Bandit leader was captured.