Abelar Tarly

Introduction
Lord Abelar Tarly is the Lord of Horn Hill and a Marcher Lord of the Dornish Marches. Born in 387 A.C. Abelar Tarly is the first and only child of Gareth Tarly. His mother died in childbirth. His father, in sorrow, stabbed himself through the heart with the ancestral sword of House Tarly, Heartsbane. Abelar became the Lord of Horn Hill at only a few hours old. For the next 14 years, he would live under constantly changing regents. But at his fourteenth name day, he took control over Horn Hill despite the protests of his counselors.

Appearance and Character
When Abelar enters a room it is as though all life is sucked out the room. Abelar has no patience for fun and will rarely if ever allow himself such luxuries. Often he will wear a grey or blue robe with few accessories, even though he could easily afford it. His brown hair from his father is kept combed and his cold blue eyes from his mother. With his lean figure, high cheekbones and finely kept beard, calling him pretty would be accurate.

Calling Abelar cold would be accurate. He will often stand listening to someone talk for hours without uttering a single word. That's not to say he is dumb. Quite the opposite. Abelar is a master of numbers and strategy. At the age of ten, he devised a plan to improve the income of House Tarly by one hundred crowns. During his childhood, Abelar would prefer to sit in his room studying rather than practice sword fighting. If he is not studying or reviewing the finances of Horn Hill, Abelar can be found either playing Cyvasse or inspecting his soldiers. For Abelar, every day is a strictly organized routine. Every day is carefully planned, making sure to the most out of each and every day. But when things don't go according to his plans he becomes destructive, when this happens he will start flinging tables, crushing chairs and hurting anyone nearby.

Early Life
After the tragedy that took place at his birth Abelar was now the new Lord of Horn Hill. But due to his age, a regent was chosen to rule in his name. During his childhood, many regents would come and go. But at the age of seven, he found himself disinterested in the matters of the court of Horn Hill. And so he was sent to the Maester. The Maester quickly discovered Ablear's talent with numbers and educated him accordingly. At the age of eight, he was reading through all the finances of Horn Hill. At the age of nine, however, his education took a drastic turn. The regent changed once again, but this time the regent wished for Abelar to learn how to lead armies. For two years, he was drilled in the arts of leading, outsmarting the enemy and inspiring troops. The last three years of regents he would constantly change between learning Statecraft and learning Tactics. At the age of fourteen the regent of the time died. Instead of nominating a new regent Abelar decided that he would do a far better job than any regent and took power in Horn Hill.

The Scarlett Winter
Having come into power before the winter Abelar had already prepared large stores of food in case this winter would be a bad one. Then the Scarlett Winter hit and it was the worst winter in a long time. Abelar immediately issued a strict rationing program for the peasants taking from the castles on supply. The food supply within the castle only lasted for about a year and a half. Even with the strict rationing. Abelar could only see one solution to this problem, and so he seized the funds of all nobles within the castle. With those funds managed to purchase a large amount of food. The imported food from the far east arrived just in time. Now Abelar imposed even stricter rules upon food distribution, the peasants stayed alive, if barely. By the time the winter ended the food storage had close to no food left within it.

Recent Events
Abelar has recently attended the tourney of Harrenhal though he did not compete. With the tourney done he is now traveling back to Horn Hill, but is the meantime stopping in King's Landing.