House Valysar

House Valysar is a noble house seated in the north. The founder and current lord Bael Valysar is a former sellsword from Essos who made a fortune of trading with

## House Information

### Title

Lord of ValyshalDefender of Newhal

Lord Commander of the Mountain rangers

## Historic Information

### Ancestral Weapon

Wrath, valyrian longsword wielded by Lord ValysarMarcy. valyrian claymore wielded by the heir

### Founded

318 AC

Asshai.

## History

#### Time in Essos

The founder of the house is Bael Valysar, a man born of a whore of Valyrian descent and a northern exile in Essos. His father left his mother the same night he bedded her. He grew up in the volangen city of Valysar. Bael grew up poor, from the day he was four he often worked in the mines with being a washer for the men who mined there, but when he was eight years old he became a squire for a essosi sellsword by the name of Cleon who had fought in Roberts rebellion. This sellsword tought Bael in the arts of the sword and the bow, and also the history of Essos. When Bael was twelve, he and Cleon rescued a maester by the name of Willem. Bael was fascinated by this man who taught Bael how to read and write, and taught him the history of Westeros and the knightly customs.

When Bael was sixteen his master died. Bael was left on is own and decided to seek out the Golden Company. During the time Bael was enlisted in the Golden Company he came to found a new mentor in Ser Marq Mandrake. They fought together and after three years, Bael was knighted by Mandrake in front of twelve witnesses. Bael decided to leave the Golden Company after he stole two skins of wine from the commander of the archers, Black Balaq.

Bael, know nineteen and without any meaning in life went to Braavos where he took service as a guard on a merchant ship named Blue wind. The ships captain Kiilo often sailed to Asshai to trade with the warlocks there. The trips were risky but often made the captain a small fortune. Bael decided to stay with the Blue Winds crew for several years. During every journey to Asshai, Bael brought home treasures for himself, not only gold but two Valyrian steel swords. After ten years he had made himself a rich man. He deposited his wealth at the Iron Bank. Fed up with being a simple sellsword Bael decided he needed a new life.

#### New beginnings in the North

Bael came to the conclusion that he had seen enough of Essos. He decided to migrate to Westeros. He bought a ship and sailed towards White Harbour. Being inspired by the tales he had heard about House Manderly and the hospitality of the Starks he decided to make a grand entrance in the North. Bael hired twenty sellswords, five servants and thirty-five shipwrights. When he finally reached White Harbour he decided to seek out the lord of White Harbour. Bael and his retinue stayed at White Harbour for five months there Bael became familiar with the North and their customs. Bael wanted to thank the Manderlys so he payed for a five day long feast there several northern noble house were invited, including the Manderlys liege lord house Stark. Bael came on good turns with lord Stark, fourteen days after the feast Bael and his retune went to Winterfell. In front of the Gods wood Bael swore fealty to house Stark in perpetuity. Lord Stark granted Bael lands between the Northern mountains and the Long lake. Bael named his house Valysar honoring the place he grew up. Bael wanted to assimilate within the northern culture so he took the Old Gods as his own, although he was proud of being knighted in the tradition of the faith of the seven. Bael got a good reputation among the northmen, he took a daughter of house Thenn as his wife.

Being a wealthy sellsword Bael hired several masons and artisans. Within ten years his family seat of Valyshal was finished. It is a fortress built inside the foot of the mountain. A stream of waters flows from the castle to long lake. The keep where the family lives is fifty meters above the ground, outside the mountain there is a town named Newhal which is surrounded of a stone wall thirty meters high. Because of Baels early encounters with mining he has hired miners who has found gold, silver and bronze in the mountains. Making the family one of the richest families in the North.

With the wealth from the mountains and brigands in the woods Bael decided to create a military unit by the name of the mountain rangers.The recruits are both formers sell swords from Essos and northerners. The rangers numbers around 600 rangers and have their own keep built on a small island in the Long lake. The rangers practices a northern interpretation of knighthood, their oath is: *We stand when other flee, we serve when other schemes, we watch the North*. The oath is taken in the Gods wood in the Rangers keep.

### Traits

Because of the distant ties to old Valyria there are some psyical traits from the people who once lived in Valyria. The hair of the Valysar family is not a silvery a the Targaryens, but not as golden as the Lannisters. Their eyes are brown. Although muscular built, by the time the Valysars become old they are adipose. The men of the family usually grows typical northern beards, the ladys let their hair grow long. The family is quite tall.

The family is gifted regarding their oratory skills, they are patient but ambitious. They are fiercely loyal to house Stark.

### Family

* Ser Bael Valysar, lord and founder of House Valysar
* m. Lyanna Thenn
	+ Ser Osric Valysar, the heir to his fathers titles, first ranger of the Mountain rangers.
	+ m. Rohanne Blackwood
		- Ser Brynden Valysar, a young man who is quick of tongue and a good bowman.
		- m. Catelyn Mallister
			* Daeron Valysar, squire to lord Manderly.
			* b. Sevilla Mormont
		- Brandon Valysar, brother of the Nights Watch.
	+ Robett Valysar, Castellan at Deepwood Motte.
	+ m. Alayne Flowers, a bastard of house Tarly
		- Olenna Valysar
		- b. Jon Locke
	+ Wylla Valysar, the only daughter of Lord and Lady Valysar, intelligent and beautiful woman who lives in Highgarden.
	+ m. Ser Glendon Blackwater, a distant cousin of lord Blackwater, castellan at Highgarden.
		- Beric Blackwater, squire for the heir to Riverrun
	+ Harrion Valysar, youngest brother in the family, builds a keep of his own two miles from Newhal. A skilled huntsman who also has talent for business, is responsible for the timber supplies for House Valysar.
	+ m. Atia Royce
		- Tytos Valysar, page in Winterfell
		- b. Anya Manderly
		- Maege Valysar
		- b. Hugor Flint