Robert Banefort

Robert Banefort is a Knight born of House Banefort. The youngest of three children, Robert was never destined to inherit, and was educated appropriately in light of such, even after it became apparent that his older sister Bellenna was barren, for his older brother Uthor proved to be fertile enough. As uncle to Lady Morgana Banefort, Robert serves as a pillar of strength and experience, at least in the field of military matters.

Appearance and Character
Robert Banefort is rather typical in terms of appearance for a Banefort, having green eyes and black hair. He wears his hair at a modest length, for he finds both short and long to be inconvenient, albeit for different reasons.

Having trained at arms for the larger part of his life, Robert has the physique that one would expect from a lifetime of such exercises. Having seen combat during the War of Three Banners, he has a number of small scars, though nothing of particular note.

There is a stern streak to the man, something that had been rare prior to the War, but had been more apparent afterwards, due to the nature of the death of his sister, and the betrayal by the Marbrands and their allies, with the resultant fall of Banefort to the Westerlings.

The War of Three Banners
Ser Robert Banefort marched with the Banefort host on Castamere, serving as the leader in terms of day to day running of things, whilst his sister Lady Bellenna directed the broader efforts.

He led the centre in the Battle before Castamere, fighting on foot, driving his men to push the Spicer men back. They fled back behind the walls of their keep before they could be broken, however, leading to the Baneforts to set up siege.

Castamere remains a strong keep, and the Banefort host proved unable to assault it by themselves, and even after the arrival of some Kenning men. It took the arrival of a strong Marbrand host to allow that. The months of preparation were not in vain, and the castle was taken by storm. The garrison were put to the sword, and only a number of hostages taken, and Lady Tysane Lannister freed. However, shortly later, Lady Bellenna herself was executed, having been implicated in the death of one of the daughter's of the late Ser Sylas Spicer. Whether it was on the order of Lord Marbrand or Lady Tysane remains a matter of debate, but it was an unenviable end either way. Shot by a scorpion bolt, pinned to the keep and left to die.

With the death of Lady Bellenna, the surviving Banefort men, along with the surviving Kenning men, were ordered to disperse. As ambivalent as they had been about Lady Bellenna, cruel and intemperate not doing wonders for one's standing, it was still a blow for them, and more particularly the manner in which she had been despatched.

They were still on the road home when news reached them of the siege of Banefort by Lord Westerling. Between the Battle before Castamere and the Storming of Castamere, the forces that remained to Ser Robert would not be able to overcome their new foe. So it was that the forces dispersed, the smallholders returning to their holdings, whilst the retainers and unlanded amongst the host remained to persecute a campaign of harassment against the besiegers.

This only ended with the Surrender of Banefort, due to the threat against the families of the retainers and of Robert himself.

Ser Robert spent the remainder of the War mending the damage caused by the Westerling siege, the Banefort men being considered too unreliable for use in the campaign against Lannisport.

Aftermath of the War
With the official return of peace, Ser Robert resumed the duties he had held before the outbreak of war, and inherited new ones, as his brother Ser Uthor ascended to the Lordship.

He was particularly upset by the death of his nephew Arthur, who he taught no small amount of things to, in the hope that his would be a better life than that which he had experienced.

Recent Events
Robert remained at Banefort whilst his nieces went to Casterly Rock and then to Oldtown in the year 438, serving as Castellan.

With the rising tensions, his niece Morgause, on the cusp of her majority, took up the mantle of Castellan so that Robert could serve as commander of the Banefort host that had been called.

Family

 * Bellenna Banefort b.403 & d.435
 * Uthor Banefort b.405 & d.437
 * m. His wife
 * Morgana Banefort b.420
 * Morgause Banefort b.423
 * Arthur Banefort b. 426 & d. 437


 * Robert Banefort b.407
 * m. His wife
 * Children?