Brus Tarly

Ethan Tarly

Triston Tarly

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**Brus Tarly** is the current Lord of Horn Hill, having inherited the position after the death of his father in the Fourth Dornish War. Since the end of the Rosegold Rebellion, Brus has found himself more and more discontent with the Iron Throne, and yearns for an independent Reach once more.

## Appearance and Character

Brus has retained much of what made him attractive in his youth, still keeping a fit, strong figure. His brown hair is always kept short and neat, as is the beard that lines his face, and his eyes were colored a deep brown.

In his youth, Brus was fiery and energetic, constantly getting into fights at Horn Hill. Thankfully, his more aggressive tendencies were trained out of him while squiring for Rickard Rowan, and a strong sense of honor and justice emerged within him. His natural charisma and gregariousness paid off in his youth as well, earning him many friends all over the Reach, though even that would be tempered by the quiet nature he posessed after the loss of his first wife and his father.

Constantly hidden out of public eye, a bitterness took hold in his heart after the Rosegold Rebellion, particularly aimed at the Targaryen king and, in his mind, its tyrannical grasp. Since then, he has stuck by Highgarden's side, and bided his time for the right chance to strike again.

## History

### Early Childhood and Warding at Goldengrove

Born in the second moon of 61 AC to Lord Alyn Tarly, and his wife, Janna Hightower, Brus was their thirdborn child, and firstborn son, thus making him the Heir to Horn Hill. He was a feisty young lad, and the entire castle knew it, either by witnessing the scraps he got himself into or being the ones scrapped. This was something that frustrated his father to no end, seeing as it was Brus' younger brother, Ethan, that was subject to it the most. Brothers would fight, but Brus had a close relationship with his older sister, Jeyne.

Eventually, this came to a head and Alyn had it arranged for Brus to squire and be fostered with House Rowan at Goldengrove. He was a faithful squire to Rickard Rowan, who instilled in him the values of honor, and broke him away from his shell of aggression. In the years he fostered and squired at Goldengrove he came to admire and love Sarra Rowan, Rickard's sister. In 79, the year the pair turned eighteen he asked for her hand in marriage and it was granted by Lord Rickard. Rickard Rowan himself knighted Brus as part of the ceremony and the newly wedded pair returned to Horn Hill.

Back at home, Brus would find the castle somehow different than he left it. People changed, and that proved true. With the blaze of anger he held when he was young now gone, he managed to form a tight bond with Ethan and Triston both.

### Fourth Dornish War

When the Fourth Dornish War came in 83 AC, Brus and his two brothers would join their father in the Tyrell host. In the fighting, Alyn Tarly lost his life, leaving Brus as the new Lord of Horn Hill. Sarra was a handful of moons pregnant when the host had left left, and ended up dying while giving birth to a stillborn daughter. Brus had only found out about this upon his return to Horn Hill, and was distraught

In the moons and years following, Brus became an entirely different person. Wheras before he was known for the feasts and tourneys he threw, he became notably more quiet and reserved, electing to spend most nights reading or tending to his duties than drinking. He held true to what he promised Sarra on their wedding night, which was that he would love no other woman, nor did he even sleep with any other women. In reality, Brus was more than willing to allow Ethan to inherit his lands upon his death. The pain of these losses would be shared by Gwayne Tyrell, and the two became friends.

### A New Fire

Though willing to not marry again, Brus eventually did so anyways, marrying Arwyn Tyrell, daughter to Gwayne, after her eighteeth nameday. It was a political marriage, intended to bind the already close houses together. Brus still stuck true to his oath to Sarra, and even still, does not love Arwyn, though he respects her as his wife and is admittedly somewhat fond of her. The two have had two daughters: Corenna in 95, and Janna, named after his dear mother, in 98.

In 88, Brus took his own squire in Raymun Caswell, a rather mischevious lad. He tended to be tough on him, but through his guidance, Raymun flourished into a strong warrior and jouster, as did a friendship between the two flourish.

In 93 AC, Brus whole-heartedly supported Gwayne when he declared himself King of the Reach during the Rosegold Rebellion. He was a close advisor with King Gwayne and led his men with valor in the Battle of Longtable and the Slaughter of Bitterbridge, sticking true to his house words: First in Battle. He watched his uncle Randyll fall during the second storming of the walls at Bitterbridge, and he too almost fell at the sword of a Stormlander. Still, he survived, and grumbled along with the rest when the terms of the Golden Truce came, for he still believed in the vision of an independent Reach under Gwayne.

### The Dragon's Tyranny

Brus was present in King's Landing when Gwayne Tyrell was arrested on charges of high treason, based on his attempted arrest of Uther Peake, a High Justiciar. Having become fed-up with Peake over the years, Gwayne stood by his friend, and swore to act as a champion when he demanded a trial by combat. Yet, this would not come after the murder of Manfryd Rowan in Highgarden.

Brus abhorred the cold blooded murder at Highgarden and two who perpetrated it: Gareth and Gyles, and he made that known after being told so by Rickard, but what he abhorred more was the crown using this as an excuse to infringe upon Gwayne's rights, for Gwayne too was attainted. He declared that he would not fight under murderers, but that he would not raise arms against Highgarden either, and left the city for home in a black rage.