| Corlys, the Sea Snake |
Corlys Velaryon
-The Sea Snake-
Artwork by Oznerol-1516
Titles: Lord of Tides, Master of Driftmark.
Born 53 AC (76 years of age).
Status: Married, to Lady Rhaenys Targaryen (born 74 AC).
Children: Laena Velaryon (born 93 AC and died 120 AC), Laenor Velaryon (born 94 AC and died 120 AC).
Traits:
- Old like a mountain, but still in the pink: +3 Survival
- The Wealthiest Man in the Seven Kingdoms: +3 Wealth
Temperament:
Melancholic:
- Haggler: This character is obsessed with getting the best possible deal for themselves, and ever watchful (even paranoid) for anyone trying to rip them off. This sort of fellow is rarely the sort others like, but none can deny their ability to sniff for gold. +7.5% income and improves loot from raids, -2 Charisma.
Biography:
he Velaryons were, undoubtedly, the first house of the realm, for their kindred to the royal line, their wealth and their domain over waves. So many masters of ships had belonged to their family that the office was almost hereditary. The royal fleet, in fact, was mostly comprised of Velaryon ships, built at the extensive shipyards of Hull, in the isle of Driftmark, who had always been their seat. Many consorts had they provided to the line of the Dragons, and Targaryen and Velaryon were closely related, the last and most prominent being the marriage of Rhaenys Targaryen and Corlys Velaryon, a marriage that proved to be undoubtedly fruitful.
Corlys Velaryon was the Lord of Driftmark, and to him was given the hand of his kinswoman Rhaenys, who before the Great Council of 101 was, by many, considered the heiress of Jaehaerys I, and undoubtedly, the favored claimant by queen Alysanne, who never understood why a woman was to be set aside in favor of a son. Both were of Valyrian blood, but in Rhaenys raged the fires of Baratheon, for her mother had been a daughter of Storm’s End. Two children were born, Laenor and Laena, Valyrian as none other, dragonriders and married to the royal line, Laenor to Rhaenyra and Laena to her uncle, Daemon, the Rogue Prince. Their tales are too long to be retold here, but both died untimely, leaving Rhaenys and Corlys without a clear heir and childless; sad is the fate of the parents who have to burn a child.
Rhaenys was a fearless dragonrider but, he was a sailor like none other. Corlys was a natural born navigator, who learned to walk in a ship’s deck and who played among ropes and sails as a todler. At young age he captained his own ship and, in due time, he would make Nine Great Travels aboard the most magnificent ship to ever grace the seas, after Lady Farmann’s Sun Chaser -that might or might not crossed the Sunset Sea and circunnavigated the world-, the Sea Snake. Aboard his carrack he crossed every sea known to man and visited all corners of the world, from Yi Ti to Ibben, including Asshai-by-the-Shadow, Leng and the Summer Islands. Every travel he would return with marvels beyond imagination and, during his last travel, he sailed to Qarth, alongside a small fleet, and returned with all ships ladden to the deck with spices, silk, exotic goods and even elephants, which by a single stroke make him the richest man in all Westeros. So great was his wealth that he abandoned Driftmark castle and built the splendid High Tide, a castle of slender towers, of pale stone and silver roofs. At the shadow of its carved walls arose a trading hub of note, Spicetown, where merchants of far and beyond gathered, and where, alas, his heir had to meet a sad end, murdered by his alledged lover. In fact, so much trade flowed into Driftmark, at the mouth of the Gullet, that King’s Landing trade was diminished by a good share.
A long time had passed since his last travel, but Corlys was no less the man he had been years prior, he was the fabled Sea Snake, adventurer and man of reknown, whose life was written down by maesters at the Citadel and whose travels were sung in hamlets and villages all across the Narrow Sea. And now, at the juncture of eventful years, he clinged to life like a sailor in a shipwreck, but still as resolute as ever. Once gold and silver woven together, his hair was now more white than anything, but neither his wits nor his strenght were diminished. His were the seas and the tides, and his would be the blood that would one day mount the Iron Throne, in a way or another. Some would say that Laenor fathered no sons, but that was not spoken in Driftmark, for the alternative was too shameful to bear and none dared to say as much in front of Corlys. Moreso, peace of mind was reached when both Jacaerys and Lucerys were betrothed to their cousins, Rhaena and Baela, twins of Daemon Targaryen and his second wife, Laena, and thus, undoutedbly of Corlys' line.
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| Velaryons |
There are many who can claim to be of Velaryon blood, in no part thanks to Lord Corlys' sire and grandsire, Corwyn and Daemon Velaryon, who both fathered many sons. Some of these kinsmen were famously accused of treason after doubting the paternity of Rhaenyra's children and demanding Driftmark to be settled in their line after Lord Velaryon's death: Vaemond, eldest nephew of Corlys was beheaded by Daemon and fed to his dragon, while his five cousins had their tongues removed. Daemion and Daeron Velaryon, sons of Vaemond, both were reconciled with Corlys and given lands in Driftmark to hold as their feud.
There are two young men of Velaryon blood, both born and bred in Hull, where the Velaryon's shipyards are located. They are Adam and Alyn of Hull, their mother being a certain Marilda, the daughter of a shipwright. She is frequently seen at the shipyards, often underfoot. Marilda was sixteen years old when she gave birth to Addam in 114 AC, and she was barely eighteen when Alyn was birthed in 115 AC. She refused to name the father of her sons, and still does. After her father's death a decade later, Marilda sold his shipyard and used the proceeds to captain a trading cog she called Mouse. By 129 AC Marilda owned seven ships, which her sons served on. A small, quick and adventurous she is quite a woman. Her sons are famous in Driftmark, for they have remarkable Valyrian traits...
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