Godric (Blackwing) Arryn

Godric Arryn, Keeper of the Gates of the Moon, was the brother to Lord Oswin Arryn and the father of Lord Alaric Arryn. Following an encounter with slavers off the coast of the Fingers in 365AC, Godric was badly burned along his left arm. The wound blackened, earning him his nickname; Godric One-Arm, or Godric Blackwing.

Appearance and Characters
A handsome man in his youth, with tawny hair and bright blue eyes, age and injury soured the Blackwing, turning him into a bitter and insular man. Whilst Oswin waged wars against the Mountain Clans, it fell to Godric to be where the Lord of the Eyrie could not - whether that was leading their forces on sea or on land, or holding court in the Eyrie whilst Oswin himself rode forth into the mountains. Capable and shrewd, if harsh in his punishments, many thought him the more reasonable of the brothers.

History
Born ten years after his elder brother, Godric was spoiled and pampered as a boy; at least, as much as a Valeman could be. The dangers of the mountains, and the rivers, and the wild places, were impressed upon him from a young age, and though he was born in a time of strife in the lands of Westeros, for most of his life the Vale remained untouched by external threats.

As a young man Godric was his elder brother's right hand, commander of his armies and worker of his will. Named the Keeper of the Gates of the Moon after his father Osric's death, Godric served ably on all fronts.

Some time in 365AC, Godric took the Arryn fleet from Gulltown and chased a fleet of pirates up along the coast. Accompanied by Vardis Ruthermont, who would slay the leader of the pirates with his fabled sword.

Godric's ship was struck by a trio of pirate vessels, and set aflame. Another Arryn vessel - captained by a man of House Pryor - came astride, trying to provide what aid could be given despite the risk to their own ship. Godric saw dozens of his men across the breach, sending them to the approaching ship - but in his attempt to pull one final man from the flames, he suffered grievous burns.

The knight of House Arryn was carried to the other ship, whilst his own sank burning beneath the waves. He was ferried to Snakewood, would he would remain for a time, healing from the wounds he had taken. Months later he would return to the Eyrie - welcomed back as a hero.

Death
Godric's death came as a shock to the people of the Vale. A routine trip through the mountains, accompanied by a retinue of some twenty knights and thirty men-at-arms, ought have proved uneventful - but when the knight of House Arryn failed to arrive at his destination, scouts were sent out to find him.

The riders would scour the mountains for seven days, before at last a young boy stumbled upon the battleground. All half-hundred Valemen, surrounded by near twice so many wildlings, dead at the bottom of a gorge. Godric himself was propped up against the rocky slope - his blackened hand hewn off at the wrist, and his body marred by a score of wounds.

Word was brought back to the Eyrie, and many in the court gasped with horror at the loss. Alaric Arryn, a youth of only sixteen, stormed from the High Hall in a black fury.

Family

 * Godric “Blackwing” Arryn, b. 230
 * m. Luceiia Royce, b 329
 * Alyssa Arryn b. 351AC
 * A son, stillborn, b. 352AC
 * A son, died young, b. 354AC
 * A daughter, stillborn b. 357AC
 * A son, stillborn, b. 360AC
 * Alaric Arryn b. 364AC
 * m. Theodosia Belmore
 * Osric Arryn (Cillian Murphy) b. 382AC
 * m. Rowena Waynwood
 * Ravenna Arryn b. 400AC
 * Alys Arryn b. 384AC
 * Eric Arryn b. 385
 * Jasper Arryn b. 387AC
 * Artys Arryn b. 389AC
 * Jeyne Arryn, b. 366AC.