Brandon

—Brandon searching for Talia Forrester at Timberwatch.

**Brandon** is a member of House Whitehill and one of Lord Torrhen's Elite Guards.

He was killed during the Battle of Ice and Fire at Winterfell.

## Character

Brandon is renowned for his ferocity on the battlefield as well as his temper. No one truly knows if he was born to smallfolk, nobility or something in between - he began living alone at the peasant hamlet of Deadwood Hill located on Whitehill land aged ten - but by the time he was a man grown his strength was well known throughout Highpoint.

When the War of Five Kings began, his attention turned from shifting masonry to cracking skulls, something his sheer power and determination lent well to. It was this that caught Lord Torrhen's attention.

## Personal Arms

    As a knight, Brandon has his own personal arms - a dark brown skull, with the four-pointed Whitehill Star between the eye sockets, being cracked by a blacksmith's hammer on a lighter brown field.

## Season Two AU

### Sown In Sorrow

Talia, Royland and Derrock are led up to the Great Hall where the Glenmores are waiting to receive their guests. After exchanging concerned looks with Lyarra, Talia is taken to one side.

Torrhen is quick to boast and insult the Glenmores as he partakes of their bread and salt - signifying he is protected by guest right. Namond snaps as soon as Torrhen threatens Kyra's safety - drawing his sword and declaring that the deal is off. Guards quickly jump to action and restrain Torrhen, but the man merely laughs about how 'easy' it was for them to do so.

The Glenmores hesitate in confusion, giving Torrhen the chance to give the signal to his soldiers. One of the Glenmores fires his bow at Torrhen's guards, but Brandon raises his shield and and defends them.

Lyarra beckons Talia over to the door to retreat with them while a guard yells that the lords must be protected. Talia elects to help the lords, cutting her bindings with a sword she retrieves from the floor and helping Errol Glenmore up, but Brandon halts them and punches the girl square in the face, knocking her to the floor.

Brandon later ventures to Ironrath with Torrhen and the other guards to drop Talia and Royland off, then returns to Highpoint.

### Ever Higher

#### Blind Man's Bluff

A horse rides up to the gates of Timberwatch, and the gate guard yells that it's a Whitehill. Lyarra asks Aaren what to do, and the Greyson says that if they don't let the Whitehills in, they'll know something is up. Aaren tells everyone to hide, then gives the order for the gate to be opened. Alanna Snow and Brandon, two elite whitehill guards, enter the keep. Alanna smugly greets the Greysons, while Brandon mutters to himself in his native tongue.

Aaren, unsure who is in front of him, asks if the woman is Lady Gwyn, a sentiment at which Alanna scoffs before pointing out he is not Lord Greyson. Aaren brushes this off, saying that Lord Nestor is old and needs rest, then asks what brings the Whitehills to Timberwatch.

Alanna explains that they are there to search for Talia Forrester, a "wanted traitor", as she has escaped from custody at Ironrath. She says that Torrhen believes the Glenmores have double crossed him and spirited Talia away, so the Elites have been sent out to search different keeps. Aaren tells Alanna that they have nothing to hide, and allows them to search the place (hoping everyone has hidden).

Brandon points out Lyarra's dog, Quiver, prompting Alanna to notice and recall the smell of dogs from Rillwater Crossing, but Aaren says it must be one of Hugar's hunting dogs. Alanna notes that someone has dropped their lemon cake, and Aaren tries to cover Kyra by saying that it was his.

Alanna suspciously goes along with his charade, telling him they'll leave for now and return with more men to do a proper search - but she halts herself and scoffs, then turns around saying that she'll go soft if she 'takes his bullshit lying down'. She snatches Aaren's cane, smacking him across the face and drawing blood, yelling if he takes her for some sort of fool.

Brandon turns on the Greyson soldiers and begins making demands in his native language, attempting to pronounce Talia's name. When the Greysons prove unresponsive, Brandon flips out and caves one's head in. Talia tries to move forward to help Aaren, but Ebbert halts her and says she'll get captured. Instead, Ebbert presents himself and catches Alanna's attention.

The two fire insults at each other until Ebbert denounces his ties to House Whitehill. Alanna and Brandon turn away and leave, knowing they cannot harm Ebbert, but say they will return to find Talia and bring Ebbert back into the fold whether he likes it or not.

#### Artifice

Brandon appears when Rodrik's group are ambushed. He enters the great hall with the rest of the Elite Guard through a side gate.

## Appearances

 A Feast of Refuge

 Rodrik II

## Trivia

* Brandon does not often speak. Many believe he is simply mute, but in truth he does not speak the Common Tongue. Men versed in different languages such as Arys Mount and Ebbert Whitehill have noticed him muttering in the Old Tongue before, suggesting he may be Skagosi.