Mors Toland

Mors Toland is the current Castellan of Ghost Hill, and is treated by many in his home as the Lord of Ghost Hill, due to Ulwyck's general disinterest and dangerous lifestyle.

Appearance and Character
Mors Toland is naturally handsome, even with his more intellectual bent, he still has broad shoulders and a contemplative look, that has been described as pensive. Years of archery and riding has given him some basic definition, though he spends most of his days in study, meeting with stewards and the vassals of Ghost Hill.

Where his brother is confident, dangerous and charming, Mors is quieter, more studious and intelligent. He spent his childhood with figures and books, learning about the history of Nymeria’s conquest, of Dorne, and of the Seven Kingdoms. He is naturally reserved, preferring to listen with many rather than speak his mind. When he does talk, it is carefully and with great focus, as if ensuring that no word is out of place. The only people he finds easy to speak to are his family, especially his wife Leyla, and his sisters. Before his wife, he was shyer and less interested in women, though it was said that he had at least a couple women before her.

Third of the Pack (415-422)
Born the third child of Lord Symon Toland Lady Loreza Toland, Mors was a quiet child, especially compared to his bold brother and charismatic sister. Where Jynessa might weedle or charm her way into something, or Ulwyck might demand something with prideful insistence, Mors would more often wander off to his father’s library, or to explore deeper parts of Ghost Hill.

He was born close to Ysilla, only two years later, and grew close to both her and Jynessa. Ulwyck and he were less close, due to their sheer difference in interests, though Ulwyck would prove his steadfast protector. He did not pay much attention to Mors, but if ever any were found to be tormenting him, they paid dearly. Mors was not a natural warrior, nor a great leader of men, and so he was found more often than not in the company of Lord Symon’s steward, or his maester. It was them that he learned the most from, not the clash of steel, nor the whinny of horses.

When Mors was only five, he found himself the unpleasent recipient of the attention of a much older boy, one of the sons of a lesser vassal of the Tolands. A brutal and cruel child, it was said that he found Mors’ shy and cautious nature amusing, and so treated him with the disdain and disrespect afforded for what he viewed a “false son of ghost hill.”

It was only for a short time that this boy bullied Mors, only until Ulwyck discovered, even though Ulwyck was five years younger than the larger boy. With Ulwyck the heir, even after his recent coma he did not approach the older boy with violence. Only five days later, the older child was stricken with a terrible ailment, deemed to be poisoned by snake venom. It was thought that he must have played outside the walls of Ghost Hill, though he had not been spotted outside so recently.

And so for years later, it was understood that Mors was under the protection of a force larger than him. For the years later, he was able to move and study unimpeded.

Heir to the Heir (422 - 434)
Once Mors started to travel between Sunspear and Ghost Hill, Mors became more of a larger figure at home, being said that his father was able to take more of an even hand now that his older brother had gone. It is suggested that given Ulwyck's constant expulsions from Sunspear, Symon realized that perhaps Mors too should be trained in the practice of lordship, if anything were to happen to his reckless eldest son.

It was such that Mors rode from village to village, accompanying his father and their steward, meeting with his people, learning of books and figures and all the like. They were tasks that Mors took to well, for while his build might suggest a proclivity for battle, or strength, his mind was his true power. While he spent many days riding and shooting, both interests of his, the majority of his time was occupied by the books of ghost hill, not purely for ruling, but also those of a darker bent.

One of the few things he shared with his older brother was both of them had a vested interest in the occult. He studied as many books on the higher mysteries as he could, looking for as many books from essos and the free cities as he could.

It was at this time that Lord Symon Toland arranged for Ander Toland's daughter to be warded at Ghost Hill. Though he was not told, the intention always was for Mors and Leyla to wed, but both their fathers thought it wise for her to see Ghost Hill before they were pledged to each other. While Leyla became fast friends with Mors' younger sister Ysilla, given their differences in age, Mors mostly only found her young and irritating, a distraction for the clearly more intellectual pursuits of a sixteen year old. She was only there for two years, but for most of that time Mors was around the lands of Ghost Hill