ARRYN, balthazar

name; Balthazar Arryn
house; Arryn
rank; Lord
gender; Male
age; Thirty
height; 6'2''
weight; 185 pounds


hair; Medium brown with light brown highlights; short, falling just to his ears; untidy.
eyes; Light blue with a slight hint of green.
clothing; Well-made clothing; typically a tunic and pants. Also sometimes wears armor.
oddities; He has two tattoos: a dragon on his back and an abstract design on his left arm. He also has a long scar running from his right index finger up until just before his elbow.

personality;
Balthazar is a politician; he knows how to get what he wants. He is quick to use either flattery or fear to manipulate people when he believes that doing so can help him achieve his goals. He often thinks of people as being like puppets: playthings just waiting for him to control them. He believes that the ends always justify the means, so he rarely ever has difficult doing what it takes to get the job done.

Still, he cares about the people close to him and will do whatever it takes to protect them. Once somebody has formed an alliance with him, they have an ally for life. He is very loyal to the ones he has formed bonds with and will not betray them unless he believes he has no other choice. These people are also the ones who get to see the kinder side of him. Around most other he prefers to be quite serious and stoic, but around close friends and family he can actually be quite kind and humorous.

Furthermore, he is a very intelligent person. Like him or hate him, there's no denying that. He learns quickly, forgets little, and is adept at solving problems that come his way. He is the type of person who knows just how to get things done. Yet, his intelligence can often cause problems for him. He has a tendency to over think even the most simple of situations and often makes things out to be far more complicated than they really are.

family;
Walter Arryn -- Father, Deceased
Eleanor Arryn -- Mother, Deceased, Born a Corbray
Helena Arryn -- Wife, Deceased, Born a Royce
Lucia Arryn -- Daughter, Deceased
David Arryn -- Son, 8 years old
Isabel Arryn -- Daughter, 5 years old
Alistair Arryn -- Son, 1 year old
Any other family members anyone creates.

history;
Balthazar Arryn, the firstborn child of Eleanor and Walter Arryn. From birth he was groomed to be a nobleman in preparation for the day he would take up his father's title: Lord of the Eyrie. Most of his time was spent studying and training; he had little, if any, free time as a child. His father believed playing and games to be a waste of time and would not allow his son to squander his time on such frivolous activities. The free time Balthazar did have was either spent in the court meeting members of all the most prestigious families in Westeros or out with his father as the two hunted together. He was never allowed to act like a child.

Then, when Balthazar was eighteen, he was married to Helena of House Royce, one of the many houses that held fealty to House Arryn. It was a political marriage; one that Balthazar had known for years was going to happen. The Royces were the most powerful family in the Vale after the Arryns; it was only logical that the next head of House Arryn would tie their houses together through marriage.

The couples' first child was born two years later. Unfortunately, she was born sick and died only several days after she was born. Following his daughter's death, Balthazar left for King's Landing where he stayed until his mother's death a year later forced him to return home. Less than a year after he returned, Helena gave birth to a boy whom they decided to name David. After the birth of his son, Balthazar once again took up his duties in the Eyrie. Three years later, their third child was born, another girl; this one named Isabel.

A year after Isabel's birth, Balthazar's father grew ill. Though all the best healers were brought in to try to help, none were able to heal his father. Lord Arryn died just before Balthazar's twenty-seventh birthday. Balthazar became the new head of House Arryn and with that, the new Lord of the Eyrie.

He threw himself into his work, desperate to live up to the example his father had set before him. He soon proved himself to be quite an intelligent and capable ruler. Most weren't surprised, though. After all, it was what he had been trained to do his entire life.

Two years after he became the new Lord, his wife Helena passed away while giving birth to their fourth child, Alistair. He mourned for a short time before returning to his work with a renewed vigor. He would not allow anyone to believe that his grief had made him weak.

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