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Eric Woolfield is the successor to Herrath Woolfield as Lord of Ramsgate. He is the youngest of two boys of Herrath and Brynna Woolfield, now the last remaining member of the Woolfield family. Known for being a fierce warrior, he wields the family sword, a magnificent steel greatsword called Rams Horn, with skill and ferocity.

Appearance and Character
Eric does not follow the typical look of the Northmen. Mainly, he lacks either the dark black or red hair that northerners tend to have, his hair colored a dirty blonde. He is not considered tall at 5'11", but he is built very solidly thanks to his rigorous sword training. His skin is free from any serious defects but has many small scars across his arms, chest, and back.

While his physical looks may be different from the typical northerner, his wardrobe is as standard as it gets. Preferring thick animal fur jackets and warm wool clothing with dark muted colors over your normal noble attire. He likes to wear steel plated leather armor with only heavily armored shoulder plates, allowing him great freedom of motion during combat.

Eric has always been an act first, think later type of person growing up which got him in trouble during his schooling many times in younger years. Making friends always came easy to him, he faced no difficulties making conversation with anyone he met. Since taking over as Lord of Ramsgate, he made a concerted effort to mellow out his temperament and focused more on taking measured, calculated actions.

Early Life
During the 26th Day of the 12th Moon in the year 417 AC, the noble family Herrath and Brynna Woolfield birthed their second son. Unfortunately for the family, it would be their last child. Brynna Woolfield died giving birth to Eric. Despite his life starting off with loss, the rest of growing years he lived the life of a normal high born child. He got in trouble frequently as a young child, always starting trouble with his tudors and other kids around the castle; he’d always throw temper tantrums while he was stuck inside doing “boring” stuff like reading and other studies that noble-born children learn. Every chance he got he’d attempt to sneak out of his classes to go practice sword fighting or wrestle with his older brother, Rendal.

Eric was never meant to be the heir of Ramsgate but that never bothered him. He loved reading or hearing the stories of the great fighters of old, Eric dreamed of one day becoming the next famous swordsman. The young man dreaded any potential future that would keep him from his dream of being a great fighter. Any time he wasn’t being forced to stay inside, he’d be running around Ramsgate, sword fighting anyone he could get to fight him back.

Teenage Years
Eric’s life followed the same pattern as his childhood years: study, fight, repeat. When he hit puberty he’d still always attempt to escape his classes, but now it wasn’t always to go practice his sword fighting. Eric always seemed to have good luck at wooing the lady-folk, he never had a problem getting whatever woman he set his eye on.

The Bleeding kicked off when Eric turned 15 and fortunately for the northerners they were left out of the bulk of the fighting. When the time came for the Starks to help stabilize the Riverlands, the Woolfields answered, sending a handful of men along with the heir to Ramsgate, his older brother Rendal. Eric begged and pleaded with Herrath to send him along with his brother but the aging lord realized he couldn’t send both sons to war and risk ending his family name with one unfortunate fell swoop. Herrath was too old by now to find another wife to bear him more sons. Eric didn’t see his decision this way and grew very resentful to his father, seeing the old man as a coward.

If he were to be considered a trouble maker before, he turned into an absolute monster in his brother’s absence. He rarely spent any time at all in his classes, spending every waking minute sword fighting or wooing himself into the pants of any attractive wench he could find.

The New Ruler of Ramsgate
During the same battle that Jon Stark fell, Rendal joined the casualty list. The news of his older son’s death crushed poor Herrath’s spirit. He was terrified of leaving behind his lands to the brash and irresponsible Eric. Herrath’s health quickly deteriorated and before too long he’d end up bed ridden on most days. Eric was shoved into the leadership spotlight with next to no preparation for it and to the surprise of nearly everyone in the castle, he actually acclimated quite well to his new position he found himself in. He took the news of his brother’s death well enough as could be expected, something clicked in his mindset; instead of his young childlike dreams of becoming the next famous swordsman, he wanted to lead his family to prosperity and grow their reputation to the level he felt they deserved.

For the first time in his life he spent a majority of the time of his days indoors, trying to make up for lost time in learning the ways of lordship. Naturally, his  studying gravitated towards warfare. Under his impromptu leadership, Ramsgate’s smith’s became well known for their skill at working nearly any metal into a perfect platform for creating very high quality weapons and armor. Eric found out very quickly to swallow his pride and allow his advisors to deal with most of the day to day operations. Besides, despite his recent change of heart, deep down he still found governing to be boring if forced to stay in his throne room all day.

When Herrath passed away due to poor health and old age during the year 436 AC, the population of Ramsgate already became accustomed to having Eric in charge, and the change of lordship went over very smoothly.

Family

 * Barrish Woolfield 349 AC - 380 AC
 * Aianna Woolfield 348 AC - 398 AC
 * Bennam Woolfield 365 AC - 400 AC
 * m. Alyssa Woolfield 381 AC - 408 AC
 * Rodrick Woolfield 397 AC ---
 * Herrath Woolfield 371 AC - 436 AC
 * m. Brynne Woolfield 388 AC - 417 AC
 * Rendal Woolfield 408 AC - 434 AC
 * Eric Woolfield 417 AC ---