Edmure Of The Boneway

Born somewhere near or around The Boneway in 367 AC, to unremembered, unimportant parents, Edmure of the Boneway, oft-called The Adder Knight because of his device, is a Hedgeknight. He makes his living participating in tournaments all over Westeros, though he's never been named champion. He manages to afford some comfort thanks to his skill at the joust.

Appearance and Character
Ser Edmure is atypical among his fellows. He's a tall thin man of a distinctly sinister appearance, and not at all the robust warrior, or the fair Knight that the stories suggest Hedgeknights are, nor does he fit the figure of a brigand or robber knight.

He prefers fine clothing to his armor, and is often found wearing outfits that cost more than some warhorses. He's a particular fan of jewelry, and wears as much metal and as many gems as possible in his day to day life. He particularly favors rubies, and prefers to consider them his personal calling card, thanks to their look, value, and indeed the status provide by a man so lowborn having access to such finery.

He is something of an unkind man, extending only the most basic of courtesy to strangers, and mostly ignoring the suffering of the Lowborn people, whom he is technically sworn to defend and aid. He pays little mind to the vague concepts of chivalry, seeing his Knighthood only as a means with which to earn coin, not a duty.

Despite his thin build, Edmure holds a great love of food, and spends small fortunes on rich, exotic, and most importantly expensive meals. He seldom feeds his animals or squire well, even now that his current squire is his son.

History
Born in 367 AC in Dorne, most of Edmure of the Boneway's early life is unknown, even to the man himself. His oldest memory, becoming a squire... At age 4.

A Dornish Hedgeknight, named Allarion Of Ghost Hill, took the young Andal boy as a squire in 371 AC, paying a gold dragon to purchase his service from his parents, peasants that Edmure can't remember and has never seen since, not that he much desired to.

Ser Allarion, was a comic knight, a short man that dressed in motley, and played the part of the fool to amuse crowds, he used Edmure to punch up his act, enjoying the contrast of a tiny pink squire chasing him around the ring trying to give him a sword as he flailed and ran from superior opponents.

Becoming a squire so early, even to a man that most wouldn't consider much of a Knight, did wonder for Edmure's education. He learned his trade quickly, how to disappear from sight and let Allarion take focus, and how to draw a crowd's attention with foolish antics when called upon to buy time. Likewise, he began to learn the basics of the sword and the joust. Lessons he would continue throughout his life.

In 386, at the age of 19, Edmure was Knighted by the kind, drunken, and some might say foolish Ser Allarion, at a tavern in Weeping Town, for the noble and generous act of giving the drunk and exceedingly hungry Allarion his portion of the honeyed ham they'd been enjoying. When a witness to the Knighting suggested Edmure call himself 'The Ham Knight', Edmure challenged him to a duel of honor, and killed the man in fair contest... Some small debate was had as to whether screaming "I CHALLENGE YOU!" as he thrust his sword in to the man's chest was sufficient notice, or if the man being armed with only his glass of wine could be considered a fair contest. It was these petty squabbles, that led the newly knight Edmure and Ser Allarion to take their leave from Weeping Town.

The number of men pursuing them, and how womanly Edmure screamed while riding away is still hotly contested.

Shortly after being Knighted, Edmure ended his partnership with Ser Allarion, and struck out on his own, traveling throughout Westeros, seeking fame and fortune as a tournament knight. Fame still alludes him, but he made a living through joust, and at times other nefarious means.

In 400 AC, Edmure absent a squire, took his own son Pudding, a bastard boy fathered with a Tavern Wench, as a temporary replacement for the previous boy that starved to death, and began teaching his son how to properly serve a Knight.

In 405 AC, Ser Edmure finishes work on "Mountains of Gold: A True Accounting of the Tales of The Adder Knight.", his personal memoir, and has a limited release of the tome in Gulltown and the surrounding areas, where it was largely written. It was mostly ignored, leading to him cursing the Vale as a whole as a place without appreciation for art, swearing as he left to never return.

In early 407 AC, Ser Edmure begins 'The Quest of Three Dragons.', deciding that with a small investment of three gold dragons, he would be able to obtain treasure beyond his wildest imaginings. Gathering them through victory on horseback, the heroic robbing of a fat merchant, and the valor laden collecting of debts.

The sixth moon of 407 AC, sees Ser Edmure arrive at Harrenhal for the Tournament of the Red Comet, hoping to compete in the joust.

Family
Pudding: Bastard son and squire, until a new one is found. A pudgy, dim boy of 14. Oft clotted.