Dagon Pyke

Dagon Pyke, called the Bastard of Blacktyde, is the natural son of second son Roderick Blacktyde, and a grandson to Blacktyde's ruling lord, Dagmer.

Early Years
Born to the second son of Lord Dagmer and a daughter of House Hightower who had taken a septa's vows, Dagon was taken from his mother's arms after only one year.

Spending more time on the rocking deck of his father's longship than on solid ground, the young bastard grew up amongst hard men and harder environs. He learned to read and do sums on ship's logs and ledgers; his dancing lessons were the nightly exercise of dodging the besotted swings of drunken shipmates.

But in spite of the violence of his rearing, young Dagon came to love the adventure and freedom of the high seas. Discovering an unnatural affinity for the longsword, he learned to love the brutal intimacy of facing another across the crossed blades. At the age of seven, he killed his first man, reaving in the Summer Isles. By nine, he was good enough with bow and axe to rival any in his father's crew, and cunning enough to overturn the size disadvantage.

Yet even the best dysfunctional childhoods must come to an end. Word came from the islands that Lord Blacktyde himself was not well, and Roderick, the dutiful son for once, ordered his flotilla of reavers to set course for Blacktyde.