Mathos Arryn

## Personality

Lord Mathos Arryn hadn’t seemed to be a typical Arryn, not being raised upon undying honour that many other Arryns and Valemen had been before him. The boy was often described as a charming, patient, and relaxed person and because of this, many servants and other folk around him had seemed to enjoy the company of the young lord until the murder of Artys. After the murder of Lord Artys, Mathos’ father, it is said that the lord had lost much of the joy he had found and such had only become worse as the Lord had aged and begun to understand more. The lord is said to have a genuine smile that appears very rarely. As Mathos continued to grow up, the lord became increasingly more numb to negative events as the vision of them seemed to merge with the life one lives upon being lord.

## Backstory

In the middle of a calming and generous Spring season while the flowers had just been in bloom within the Eyrie, Lady Alyssa Arryn had been giving birth to her firstborn son, Mathos. Mathos had been the first child that the couple had produced and reasonably there was much joy behind the baby’s birth. Mathos had been born a healthy baby and had hit childhood milestones at a rather normal pace. Lady Alyssa had not been as blessed and it is said to have taken the Lady of the Vale many weeks to recover fully from the strain of Childbirth.

As the child had grown into his childhood years, he often had been with his younger siblings playing numerous games with them to keep himself and the others entertained while their parents had been busy. If the Arryn boy hadn't been found with his siblings he was likely found within the library, listening to the maesters read their stories and go on about the history of the Vale, even though Mathos hadn’t fully understood all of it quite yet. Mathos would go on to formally start his education as the Heir of the Vale at the age of 7. Despite the seemingly cheerful childhood, Mathos had often been antagonised by his Older bastard brother. Even though his bastard brother had remained physically abusive to the boy, Mathos had tried to keep his head high and continue on with his path. He attempted to avoid his older brother when the opportunity was presented and is even said to have gone as far as to have a guard or servant with him most of the time. Regardless of this, time was still found where the two had to be near each other and over the years of his life, Mathos would collect quite a few scars from him.

It had only been a year since Mathos had begun his education when Mathos’ father had been brutally murdered by an unknown House. This would leave eight year old Mathos to inherit the Vale and to be crowned Defender of the Vale of Arryn, Lord Paramount of the Vale, Warden of the East, and Lord of the Eyrie. A regency council had soon been declared to rule in Mathos’ name with the lead of the council, sitting as Lady Regent was his mother, Alyssa Arryn. After the initial worry and mourning Mathos would continue his childhood as a rather normal kid, differences had really come in his later years of his education as it had been more focused on rulership over many other topics.

During Mathos’ teen years is when trouble had begun brewing. Many noble members of the Regency council had begun to support another for his mother’s position. While none of this had affected the Little Lord directly, his mother had reasonably been upset and for weeks to come, she would neglect many of her tasks which would eventually lead to Mathos’ uncle, Lucas Arryn, becoming Lord Regent to govern in Mathos’ stead. It was during these years that Mathos had a more hands-on education as Lucas had let the little lord take lead on minor situations though it had all given him experience that he would be able to apply later on in his lifetime. It was during this time that many Lords of the Vale had gotten to see their future lord and formally meet him as well. The Lord of the Eyrie had done his best to impress the lords with his manners and knowledge and while some were indeed impressed and joyful to see their lord, there had also been some who had simply believed the Lord could have learned more in his years in training so far.

With only a few years remaining of Regency and the council once more slowly losing its confidence in its leader, the Lord Regent, Lucas, had pushed Mathos to learn as much as he could from him so that he wouldn’t be as lost upon eventually assuming the power that was currently invested in the Regency Council. It was also during these late teenage years that Mathos had begun really socialising with more people around the court. It would be upon Mathos’ 17th birthday when the Regency Council would finally be dissolved and a new council would need to be formed by the Defender of the Vale. It was also during the 17th year of his life where the Lord’s hand in marriage had been sought out by many nobles with their daughters being presented to the Lord though he remains without a suitor in the current time and for the foreseeable future.