Samuel Roxton

Knight of the Realm and Lord of the Ring, Lord Samuel Roxton is an old, but skilled warrior. He is also a very talented commander and skilled administrator.

Early Life (398 A.C. - 417 A.C.)
He was born at the start of the War of the Three Thieves with his father being off fighting in the war when he was born. Thus, he was raised by his mother for the majority of his early childhood having little known his father. Thus he was taught the skills needed to manage the lands around the Ring by his mother Kaite Roxton from age 4 and this continued until he was 6 when his father returned from the war.

However, the year the Scarlet Winter also began and in the cold Samuel fell deathly ill with his mother constantly watching over him as he continued to be sick. His sickness finally broke in 404 AC when he finally awoke from a fever-induced coma.

Now Ser Andrew Roxton having his son back and plenty of free time begins training his son in stratagem and tactical acumen for many days around the keeps great hearth studying tactics and battles of the War of the Five Kings, the War of the Three Thieves, Robert’s Rebellion, along with many more.

However, soon after his mother took ill as well and was not as lucky as her son and died in early 405 AC shortly before the spring. He was greatly saddened by this, but now with his father and Samuel being able to use the training fields with spring here. Training with his father in sword and lance. He was found to take quickly to both further training in command of an army and to training in that of personal combat. Soon even at the age of 9, he was able to beat squires older by 2 years with sword and lance. Along with that, he was also able to occasionally outwit his father in mock battles.

He continued his training growing in strength, tactical genius, and skill with a sword. Thus by the time of the outbreak of the War of the Mummers he was more than suited to accompany his father to war at the age of 11 as a squire to his father cleaning his armor, and sword while on campaign with his father in service of the Loyalist. He also stayed multiple enemies as a young boy using his quick feet to out maneuver his enemies strikes, and his skill with a sword to strike the chinks in the enemies armor. He and his father would march with the Loyalist forces on Highgarden.

During the Mummer's War, he would gain much valuable experience with his father and upon returning home his father would continue to build upon his skills with a sword word, lance, and command. His son would go on to lead multiple attacks on bands of footpads within Roxton holdings using small groups of Roxton men in securing the lands. Also, he began to use his knowledge of statecraft to greatly increase the wealth of his holdings and managed at the age of 19 to scrape together enough funds to build the major town of Green Grove which quickly became the largest town within Roxton holdings becoming a major trade and agricultural hub.

Upon reaching the age of 22 Samuel's father resigned from the Lordship of the Ring at age 54 passing the ancestral sword valerian to him. His father then resigned himself to micromanaging the Realm and raising Samuel's younger siblings at the Ring while his son made the decision on major matters and led House Roxton's hosts to battle.

Tourney at Summerhall (418 A.C.)
The still young Lord Roxton rode with the rest of the Reachman contingent bound for the tourney at Summerhall mingling with multiple other Reachlords. He then partook in the tourney witnessing the death of Layton Hightower whom he had developed a relationship with. He went on to reach the Semi-Finals of the tourney being unhorsed by Lord Jason Forrester. However, he quickly returned home withdrawing from the intrigue of the Realm and resigning himself to silently lord over his holdings expanding his wealth and the prosperity of his lands.

Growing Strong (419 A.C.-431 A.C.)
Samuel begins to take over largely from his father in matters of administrating the lands quickly becoming an effective administrator and well versed in farming practices as he familiarized himself with his land's major profit earner: their large amount of fertile land. He quickly set to work maximizing the amount of crop yields and reworking the tax system so he received large amounts of money from the agricultural activity of his lands. However, he reinvested this money back into the infrastructure and economy of his holdings further expanding his tax income and the prosperity of his land.

The Second Hammer Rebellion (432 A.C.-435 A.C.)
He raised his banner's at the call of his liege lord and marched off to war. He fought multiples skirmishes with the Warsmiths. But, he never joined any of the major battles favoring to defend his lands and fight the local Warsmith forces while their gaze lied elsewhere.