Harwyn Umber

Harwyn Umber is the son of the late Lord Rickard Umber and the current Lord of Last Hearth. He is married to Lady Arrana Stark of the Dreadfort and father of Benjen, Alys, Jorah, and Jocelyn Umber.

Appearance
Harwyn stands at 6' 8", towing over many other Northmen though not reaching the same height as his father or either of his brothers. This does not deter the man who has been seen as both a gentle man and a terrifying force to be reckoned with should you cross him in any way.  He is never found without some weapon in reach, whether it is a dagger in his boot, a short sword on his waist, or a greatsword carried on his shoulder or on his horse.

Early Life
Born just after the turn of the century, Harwyn was born out of the unusual match of Rickard Umber and Eddara Glover as the two were as polar opposites as they came. Even after the birth of his other siblings, Harwyn was always the one pushed the most to do right by his family's name.

The Scarlet Winter saw his grandfather, Lord Artos Umber succumb to a chill in the night and his father was made Lord of Last Hearth and its surrounding lands. The far regions of the North bordering the New Gift were like home to him and as he grew, Harwyn aided his father is tracking down wildling raids that had gotten south of the Wall and sending them back to their gods. There was no room for the Wildlings on this side of the Wall. Those caught here were killed without hesitation or mercy. These missions could go on for weeks as the Umber men would stalk through their expansive lands for signs of the wildlings, often following the wake of destruction that their raids caused.

Harwyn was married to Lady Arrana Stark of the Dreadfort in 415 AC to solidify his family's support of Lady Alysanne Stark's position as the rightful ruler of the castle. The two were quite opposite one another, something that his father was quite to note about. Arrana had spent several years with House Reed and was quite the independent woman. The two eventually warmed up to one another after a few bouts in the training yard together and a few rangings out with her husband. Lord Rickard and Harwyn would ride north in 418 to join the attacks on the Wildings and would be part of several battles beyond the Wall, killing wildings and destroying the rule of Ekkill Crowsbane.

Still, her wandering spirit kept Lady Arrana away from her husband's bedchambers more often than he would have liked, though in 420 AC, the couple's first child Benjen was born. Their daughter Alys would follow in 425 AC and the twins Jorah and Jocelyn would round out the couple's offspring in the early moons of 430 AC.

His youngest brother Domeric would be wed to Lady Berena Stark following her sudden and unexpected return to the North, with Lord Rickard and his family present in the godswood at Winterfell for the ceremony.

War and Death
The Second Hammer Uprising was of little concern to the North as all of the battles and rebels were in the south. There was little to be done in terms of fighting and the Northmen were content to harvest their crops and hunker down for the coming winter. Then word came north from Riverrun and House Tully had called for aid, and House Stark had answered. Lord Rickard and all his sons marched to Moat Cailin and joined the Stark host with one thousand Umber men to attack the rebels. At the Twins, they were forced to pay an inordinate amount of money as toll for crossing the river, which all the Umber men resented. At Oldstones they finally joined forces with Lord Tully's men and destroyed the Warsmith's final holdout. In the ensuing battle, Lord Rickard was surrounded and cut off from his men and killed, his body being found his his sword buried in the skull of a Warsmith and hundreds of cuts in him.

Harwyn was named Lord and continued to follow the Stark host through the rest of the war, all the way to the Battle of Bitterbridge where he watched dragons burn and King Rhaegar II fall. After the war, the Umber host returned to the North and settled in for the winter. As spring approached, the news of a tournament at both Oldtown and Fairmarket would reach them, though the Umbers would only choose to attend the one at Fairmarket with their liege Lady Berena.

Family
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Household/NPCs
Mors Umber- Castellan of Last Hearth

Osric Umber- Master at Arms of Last Hearth

Bonnifer- Maester of Last Hearth

Wex- Blacksmith