Garon, Magnar of Thenn

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Garon (Allegedly Baratheon) is the Magnar of Thenn, a title held by the ruler of the warmest region north of the wall. While the name Magnar means lord, the Magnar is more akin to a god to the people of Thenn. Garon claims heritage from the Southron King with the Flaming Sword, allegedly Stannis Baratheon, said to have saved the world near 150 years prior from 'The Others'. Garon, while neither the most clever nor the strongest, earns his respect through a weaving of words that leaves every man satisfied and inspires zealotry in even the frostiest of hearts in his people.

## Appearance and Character

Garon stands at six foot even, with black curly hair and striking blue eyes. His form is somewhat lean, being from the lands beyond the wall, and his clothing is the rawhides of the northern lands. His battledress would be the bronze armor of the Thenn, along with a yellow cloth with the sigil of a stag with a burning heart pinned over his heart.

Garon is an orator at heart, a man that speaks honeyed words, seeking to be friend of all. To some he is imperious and overbearing, though he often can convince them by the end of his speaking of the truth to his words. While truly a kindhearted individual at heart, he will never let his heart get in the way of leadership.

Garon's ultimate game in life is to have his status as the legitimate successor of Stannis Baratheon recognized, a life goal of his implanted ever since his mother implanted to him the importance of reclaiming his glorious ancestor's legacy.

## History

- 409 AC: Garon was born to Ellyn, a former spearwife taken by the Magnar of Thenn's second son Sigorn, though did not yet use that name. His milk-name was instead 'Coal'.

-411 AC: Garon was officially given his name, having survived two years as an infant.

-413 AC: While Garon had been told tales from his mother up to this point as well, this is when he first really begins understanding and believing his mother's tales of their glorious ancestor, Stannis Baratheon, who saved them all from the Others with his flaming sword. It should be noted that this claim started with a pair of siblings named Fendric and Kalfi 'Baratheon', who passed on these wholehearted beliefs to Ellyn and Jaynes 'Baratheon'.

-415 AC: Even as a child, Garon showed a natural affinity for speaking well and speaking to others. He would often go out of his way to find the other children, and was always able to convince them to do what he wanted in the end. As a child, he was friend to all and enemy of none, often diffusing fights with his words. This trait would continue throughout the rest of his life. This would be around the time that his childhood training would begin, him learning to fight and do work as all men must. He would be shown to have equal use of his left and right hands through the next years, an ambidextrous trait.

-419 AC: Garon's mother, Ellyn, dies, leaving the young boy in a state of great sadness. This sadness eventually turns into a drive to accomplish his mother's dreams, and reclaim their heritage as Stannis Baratheon's true heirs. This would lead to him always keeping an almost arrogant air about him, if being related to the Magnar (who was godlike to the Thenn) was not enough to cause this.

-421 AC: Garon is considered old enough to go on raids, and accompanies his father on some to the nearby human clans. He also accompanies his father and uncle on dealings with the nearby Giant Clans, which the Thenn have closer dealings with than their fellow man. On these raids and dealings, he would learn the importance of reconnaissance and proper knowledge beforehand... knowledge was power after all, in knowing where the enemy was or what he wanted.

-425 AC: Garon would steal his wife, Calla, who was a notably fierce spearwife from the Nightrunner Clan. This comes at the spearhead of a devastating winter, which nearly claimed the two's lives from sheer cold. They however, both survived.

-427 AC: Being a well liked man, for both his tongue, attitude and blood, Garon began to weave seeds into the minds of his fellow Thenn, learning how to best convince them in the truth of his heritage. The Thenn, unlike most wildlings, had lords and acknowledged bloodlines, so such a prestigious hero would find purchase in his fellow's opinion. Here would be where Garon learned to properly propogate.

-432 AC: The Thenn would be, as the furthest of the Wildling Clans from the wall, some of the last to be sought after by the Cripple King's forces. Knowing well the tales of his tactics, and the earlier Andal invasion with iron-working beating bronze weapons, the Magnar reluctantly would follow the Cripple King after being defeated thrice in single combat, though sending only the bare minimum amount of men to his cause in times of war. While more of a part of the history of the Thenn, it is an important marker in Garon's life, as it was his family's power being shifted from independent to a vassal of the Crippled King.

-433 AC: After the Crippled King's Crowning, Garon would be among the most willing of the Thenn to exploit this Essosi Foreigner's knowledge, using his oration to convince his Uncle to make full use. This would be the start of Thenn's transition to using Iron and Bronze, though a mix of the two would be used for some time. Bronze was generally considered by the Thenn to be better for weapons, as it was harder than wrought iron, though iron could be useful for tools.

-439 AC: After the death of the Crippled King and the majority of his army and many of the wildlings, the Magnar and his brother were lost on the field of battle along with his son. As the Thenn care about succession opposed to typical wildlings, this would leave Garon as the new Magnar of Thenn, left behind to help guard the fertile and desirable lands of Thenn. Now leader of a people that were broken by war, yet had gained the knowledge and secrets of the south, Garon seeks to rebuild and expand as the strongest of these broken peoples.

## Recent History

- 439 AC, First Day of the Ninth Moon. Garon makes the first notable step beyond rebuilding after the destruction of the Cripple King's army and much of the warriors in the Far North, ordering an infrastructure overhaul of the entire valley of Thenn, to have every man hold hearth under wooden roof, and every woman nurses a babe between stone walls. This action is seen to by the vassal lords of the Magnar, spread as the word of their god.

## Family

* (Allegedly) Stannis Baratheon, Melisandre 'The Red Woman' in a marriage of Rh'llor
	+ Edric Baratheon (Allegedly Born roughly 300-305 AC, Allegedly Dead roughly 352 AC), Unknown Wife.
		- Glenn Baratheon (Allegedly Born roughly 322-324 AC Dead roughly 377 AC), Wife to 'Layna' of the Freefolk
			* Fendric Baratheon Born 350 AC, Died 370 AC in a raid for the Thenns
			* Kalfi Baratheon Born 353 AC, Died 400 AC of complications after birth. Married to
				+ Ellyn Baratheon, Born 370 AC, Died 419 AC fighting for Ekkill Crowsbane Married to Sigorn, Second Son of the Magnar
					- Garon Baratheon, Born 409 AC. (This Character) Married to Calla, Spearwive
						* Jackal Baratheon, Born 430 AC
					- Selyse Baratheon, Born 411 AC, Spearwife
					- Unamed Son, Born 413 AC, Died 414 AC
				+ Jaynes Baratheon, Born 400 AC, Married to a man called 'Jack'.
					- Jack Baratheon, Born 415 AC
					- Jack II Baratheon, Born 419 AC
					- Unamed Son, Born 421 AC, died 422 AC
					- Unamed Son, Born 429 AC stillborn

## Household NPCs

Alive Members of House Baratheon of Thenn:

Jackal Baratheon, Heir to the Magnar

-Selyse Baratheon, Spearwife

-Jaynes Baratheon

-Jack Baratheon

-Jack II Baratheon