Martyn Crane

Ser Martyn Crane is the Lord Commander of the City Watch of Oldtown. Born to Lord Addam Crane and his wife Kyra Dunn in 363 AC, Martyn was knighted in 381 and became Lord Commander in 388, after the death of his predecessor during the Hammer Uprising.

History
Martyn Crane was born the second son of Lord Addam Crane and his wife Kyra Dunn in 363 AC. Though he was the spare rather than the heir, Martyn was held to the same standards as his elder brother Thom. After all, their father had been a second son. Martyn was sent to foster with House Inchfield and later became a squire for a Florent knight in Oldtown.

After being knighted, Martyn joined the City Watch as a junior commander. Following the death of the Lord Commander of the City Watch in 388, Martyn was elected for the post by his fellow commanders and approved by Lord Lucifer Hightower.

During the Great Famine, Ser Martyn oversaw the guarding of the food markets as well as the suppression of bandits both inside and outside Oldtown's walls. In the years between the Famine and the War of the Three Thieves, Martyn met and courted Corenna Flowers, a bastard daughter of House Florent. Together they have a son, Rupert Flowers, who now serves as a squire for House Crane.

Martyn's nephew Rycherd Crane became a squire for Lord Lucifer Hightower shortly before the beginning of the War of the Three Thieves. During the War, Martyn took his nephew under his wing while his knightmaster was busy serving as a military advisor to House Targaryen. It was under Martyn's tutelage that Rycherd learned certain back-alley fighting methods, as well as an appreciation for the variety of underbelly a great city can create.

With his nephew's departure in 403, Martyn returned to a certain level of anonymity he had grown used to. He continues to lead the City Watch, though he now lives in a modest townhouse with his common-law wife Corenna and their young twin daughters, Elaena and Elissa.