Corlys Velaryon

Corlys Velaryon is the youngest child of Vaemond Velaryon and Vaella Targaryen. He has served as the Master of Ships for the past ten years, and is the captain of the Stormbringer.

Appearance and Character
A Valyrian through and through, Corlys bears the features and look of a typical member of his house. Only slightly taller than average, his most marked feature are his rather pale, purple eyes - but even these are not overly astonishing, and he would not consider his look to be unique. A man of duty and of honour, he has spent most of his days aboard his ship, the Stormbringer, where he keeps the king's peace upon the waves.

A skilled fighter, if a reluctant one, Corlys has several actions to his name and fights most often with a longsword, or a Myrish crossbow.

His personal sigil is a golden snake consuming its own tail, set upon a sea-green field. Inspired by the most famous bearer of his name - Corlys the Seasnake - it flies above the Stormbringer at all times.

Upbringing
Corlys was born to his mother and father late in the year 382AC. He was a strong and healthy babe - a welcome surprise, considering the age of his mother - but grew slowly, seeming reluctant to speak, walk, or sleep alone.

In time however Corlys came into his own, growing into a handsome boy with the silver locks of his ancestors, and wide, bright eyes that seemed likely to drink the world. He consumed tales from his maesters and tutors with speed, though often struggled with his letters, and mathematics.

It was adventure that Corlys wanted, it seemed, and as a scion of House Velaryon adventure was indeed part of his destiny. But the young boy showed little aptitude for dragons. He feared Seastar far too much to approach, and it was deemed that an egg would be wasted upon him.

Driftmark, and Dragons
In time Corlys came to respect and understand dragons, even if he never truly came to love them like other Valyrian descendants did. His elder siblings were married off, or began to spend less time at home, and so Corlys found himself wandering the halls of the castle alone; terrorizing servants, and causing his parents no end of grief.

Hoping that firm discipline might shape his hooligan of a boy into a man proper, Vaemond personally took Corlys under his wing. The young Velaryon aided his father in whatever tasks and purposes he could, serving as his squire during battle and his messenger during his days at court.

Corlys blossomed under the eye of his father, who became his mentor and chief inspiration. Recklessness was soon replaced by prudence, sloth by diligence and dutiful adherence, pride by humility and a desire to serve.

The War of the Three Thieves
In 396AC the first skirmish of the War was fought, and Corlys was there upon the field as a cabin boy for a family friend. He watched with horror as Viserion fell from the sky, and as Daarius Ormollen's fleet set upon them with a hunger. The defeat was his first taste of battle, and of fear - but he would not forget the sight of that day; not of Viserion as he scorched the enemy vessels, wings fanning the flames with every great gusting swoop, the waters beneath him boiling at the scalding heat of his fire - nor of Viserion, wounded, and falling.

Corlys would return with much of the rest of the Crownlander fleet, and participate in the fighting to drive back the enemy ships. Though he did not land upon Grey Gallows with the others, he watched from a ship as Maekar and Alequo Silverband dueled in the skies above the fortress.

The Scarlet Winter
When the winter settled upon the Blackwater, and froze many of the ports ice solid, several ships were damaged by the ice and the cold, rendering them unusable. Seeing an opportunity, Corlys secured one of these damaged vessels and set about attempting to restore it to its former glory. The work was long and arduous, but it was a labour of love and devotion. By winter's end, the Stormsinger stood proud.

Captain
With a ship of his own now at hand, Corlys is finally commissioned as a captain in his own right midway through the year 405AC. Since then he has fought in numerous engagements, though mostly against smugglers and pirates. He has traveled the Narrow Sea, as far as Braavos and Lys, but has not yet found the answer to the longing for adventure that yet lies within him.

Family

 * Corlys II Velaryon, d. 345
 * (m) Saera Celtigar, d. 379
 * Vaemond Velaryon, b. 345
 * (m) Vaella Targaryen, his wife, d. 404
 * Shiera Velaryon b. 371
 * (m) Perceon Vance
 * Ser Preston Vance, b. 387
 * Rhialta Vance, b. 389
 * Paxter Vance, b. 395
 * Minisa Vance, b. 399
 * Aurane Velaryon, his firstborn son and heir, b. 375
 * (m) Baela Targaryen of Summerhall
 * Valaena Velaryon, b. 391
 * Daenaera Velaryon, rider of the dragon Erinnon, b. 392
 * Ser Lucerys Velaryon, rider of the dragon Seastar, b. 378
 * Rhaella Velaryon, b. 378
 * (m) Ulrick Dayne, d. ?
 * Their children
 * Corlys III Velaryon, b. 382