Jasper Waynwood

Jasper Waynwood is the thirdborn son of the late Ser Lucas Waynwood, and his late wife Carolei Waxley. The case of Jasper's inheritance of Ironoaks was completely unexpected as neither his father, his father's father, nor for that matter, his father's father's father had been Lord of Ironoaks before him.

Prior to his inheritance, Jasper was wed to a childhood love, his distant cousin Alayne Waynwood, with whom he had but one daughter, his current heir; Sarra Waynwood. But when Alayne died of what the Maester described as a "lump" in 433 A.C., Jasper joined the Brotherhood of Winged Knights and swore direct service to Lord Godric Arryn until the time of his unfortunate inheritance in late 436 A.C.

Appearance and Character
Jasper's appearance is nothing out of the ordinary. His head is crowned with brown hair that slightly curls at the ends, and is by no definition long. His eyes are of a sea blue, of which he inherited from his late father, in comparison to his late mother's brown eyes. Furthermore, he is of a tall build, standing at six foot tall, with such being further complimented by his muscular build.

Such is not to say Jasper appears aggressively muscular, but there is no doubt about it that he possesses quite a thoroughly trained physique. As would be expected of one who was previously a member of the Brotherhood of Winged Knights.

Moreover, while Jasper undoubtedly enjoys combat and all it brings, such was not the sole reason for his dedication to such an art. As a youth, Jasper was well aware of his place in the succession, and it was nowhere near the top, and so, the natural route forward in this world for Jasper was the blade. For many years he heavily considered joining a sellsword company in Essos, or even starting his own, for the east seemed a land of possibility that Westeros never would be.

Yet, with the passage of time, Jasper found that he had more skills than just his physical prowess. With guidance from the Ironoaks Maester, and quite the tireless dedication on his part, he soon found his mind to be working in ways he had never imagined. Subjects such as geography and history proved quite interesting to Jasper, the former especially so.

Furthermore, from there it was that Jasper gradually realised he had a way of convincing his cousins and kin to do things for him, and to carry out acts he himself would not for the risk of being caught was all to high. Many a time these cousins were caught, and many a time they gave him up, but eventually, their tune began to change, and Jasper plan by plan improved his methods and practices, and honed his skills in the kitchens where it came to sweets, private rooms where it came to conversations he was not meant to be privy to, and as to how to cause grand distractions of a truly chaotic level.

Although, while Jasper found true pleasure and joy in such, he never gave up his practices with the martial arts. He still held firm in the belief that such was his only way forward.

Ultimately, due to Jasper's early life having been one in the shadows of his older brother and greater kin, he remained quite the secretive individual throughout his years.

Nevertheless, being a man grown has not brought a halt to growth in Jasper's personality and character. With the death of his beloved wife, Alayne Waynwood, his quiet, but pleasant personality was soon overtaken by a somber sadness and a silent brooding.

But with the passage of time, Jasper's silent brooding has come to morph into a more oppressed aspect of his character. Said aspect tends most commonly to manifest in harsher rulings and punishments, as well as a generally more brutal and forceful approach toward reaching the solution he seeks, rather than the utilisation of peaceful means. Whilst always having been a man of action, whether it be in martial terms or those of intrigue, the deep disturbance that occured within Jasper when Alayne died further served to highlight such and draw him away from the possibility of spending countless hours debating and discussing that one might expect to come with Lordship.

410 - 426 A.C. Smile, Jasper
Jasper Waynwood was born to a rather insignificant branch of House Waynwood. For him, his life was not to be defined by lordship and governance and a high ranking marriage that accompanied such, for not even his father's father's father had been Lord of Ironoaks. No, the honour of Lord of Ironoaks was a title held by cousins of his, cousins with heirs by the plenty, and heirs of youth.

So while Jasper grew up amidst the wider Waynwood family, he was never the pearl of any eyes. Even to his own parents, their pride and joy was that of his older brother, Oswell, a lad four years his senior, and his sister, Mya, three years his junior. With his eldest brother's death having come in 404 A.C., long before his birth, at the mere age of two, his parents had grown to possess what Jasper saw as a thoroughly dour attitude, except when it came to Oswell. In Oswell, they saw a hope for some pride and greatness for their meager line, for the possibility of being acknowledged by their cousins, the Lord of Ironoak and his closest kin.

And so, as consequence, Jasper and his younger sister, Mya, were oft left with Septas and other guardians and given easily endured pats on the head and the most basic of congratulations and encouragement for their achievements. Such served to spur Jasper forward greatly so. He fast came to the conclusion that he would not win the eye of any by remaining in the shadows of his brother and other kin, and so with haste to the training yard with a dedication unlike anything Oswell showed. Jasper was determined to outdo his older brother in every way, for the mere hope of gaining the pride of his parents' eye.

But alas, such never came, and over time, Jasper's dedication for the purpose of gaining their recognisation morphed into a more self-serving dedication. Yet, thanks to the diligent and caring focus of the Maester of Ironoaks, Jasper found revealed to himself that he possessed talents pertaining to more than just the blade.

Both geography and history caught Jasper's eyes, especially so the former of the two, and so, while he continued his practices in the training yard all the same, for at heart, he knew that to be his only way to truly make something of himself amidst his circumstances, he studied heartily, and in time became thoroughly familiar with the geography of Westeros, and especially so that of the Vale.

Yet, that was not all Jasper found himself skilled at. For as he grew from child to youth and beyond, he so to found himself capable of convincing others to do carry out the mischief he knew himself not allowed to. From cakes and tarts stolen from the kitchens by his kin and other children, to conversations he was not meant to be privy to being entirely his to hear by means of foreign ear, Jasper fast became quite the knowledgable individual of the ongoings of Ironoaks and the surrounding lands, without even being someone marked as important enough to be told so directly.

Lineage of House Waynwood.

 * Morton Waynwood, b. 342 A.C. d. 366 A.C.
 * m. Rhea Waynwood, b. 346 A.C. d. 379 A.C.
 * Jeyne Waynwood, b. 366 A.C.
 * m. ???
 * Lucas Waynwood, b. 370 A.C. d. 425 A.C.
 * m. Carolei Waxley ,b. 373 A.C. d. 424 A.C.
 * Edmund Waynwood, b. 402 A.C. d. 404 A.C.
 * Oswell Waynwood, b. 406 A.C. d. 435 A.C.
 * Jasper Waynwood, Lord of Ironoaks, b. 410 A.C.
 * m. Alayne Waynwood, b. 411 A.C. d. 433 A.C.
 * Sarra Waynwood, Heir to Ironoaks, b. 430 A.C.
 * Mya Waynwood, b. 413 A.C.
 * Mya Waynwood, b. 413 A.C.