Ser Ryon Templeton

Ser Ryon Templeton is the Knight of Ninestars, the tenant of Ninestars. He is the third son of Erin Templeton and the the youngest brother of Lysa Templeton, the deceased wife of Godric Arryn.

Childhood
Ryon Templeton was born at Ninestars in 415 to Erin and Meralda Templeton, just two years after the birth of his twin elder brothers, Gawain and Tristan. The twins were to be the saviors of the Ninestars. The Seven had blessed the Templetons with not one, but two, healthy young men. By the time Ryon was born, in sickness, coughing and hurling in his early days, the Ninestars had all but decided who held their future.

Growing up in the shadow of better genetics, Ryon hid away in the libraries and dark chambers of the Ninestars. While Gawain and Tristan were brought up in war and diplomacy, Ryon read of tales of mystery and intrigue.

The old stories of Jon the Clever were his favorite. Jon was a brilliant man who traveled throughout Westeros solving the most mysterious crimes. Ryon would even make his own smoke pipe, to emulate Jon's classic tool. Whenever there was time to read of Jon's adventures, Ryon could be found clutching the pages.

As a result of his reclusiveness, Ryon was seen as the Templeton outcast, much to the dissapointment of his father. By the age of 12, Erin had had enough. He thrust his youngest son into swordplay and forced him to learn the skills his older brother's had learned a half decade ago. With ease, Gawain and Tristan toyed with Ryon. They parried every blow and returned the strikes viciously. If Ryon had been reluctant to swords before, he was now completely turned by the prospect of warfare.

Adulthood
It was clear from his early teenage years that Ryon was not going to persue the rigid life of a knight. Instead he would be an academic, staying home to help his father with domestic finances and trade. His brothers were the opposite and were chosen to become members of the Winged Knights, the Vale's prominent knightly brotherhood.

The twins were met with an expected parade of splendor. Constant beratement by his father took Ryon along a new path. He was going to show his father his quality. This meant he had to train.

And train he did. In the darkness of night, Ryon practiced his swords and daggers. He became acrobatic in his early adulthood. All in secrecy, he became a sword of the night. Now it was time to prove himself.

War of the Mountains
Gawain and Tristan were tasked with leading a charge against the Mountain Clans. Ryon received intel of the impending battle and decided to join the fray. It would be the worst decision of his life.

The battle was vicious and bloody. In the midst of absolute chaos, Gawain and Tristan were slain. Ryon would tell his father that he witnessed the twins take on two dozen clansmen. They died as they lived; together.

Ryon would not be so lucky as to recieve a quick death. A stray arrow caught him in the eye, though it was not enough to puncture his skull. The sheer brunt of the dull arrowhead knocked him back. The twilight sky above him faded into darkness. When Ryon woke, the battle was over. The arrow had been plucked from his eye from an ally fieldhand. He was provided a makeshift eye patch and sent on his way.

He would arrive to Ninestars one-eyed and grasping at life. He would have to tell his father that he watched his brothers die and that he himself barely escaped death. He would watch his father wail in grief. Ryon knew what his father wanted. Erin Templeton would rather his twins stand before him, and the Ryon had died in their place.

Ryon's quality was indeed shown to his aging father. He was not to be the warrior of his brothers. Ironically, when his father died, Ryon was ceremonially knighted as Ser Templeton of the Ninestars. Third born and disappointing to his father, Ryon still had much to prove.

The Eyrie, Present Day
Ryon needed a new person to prove his quality to. He knew that Lord Arryn would prove a formidable acqauintance. He left his home for the Eyrire, with little on his back.

Along the way he faced bandits and merchants. He learned to manipulate them into freedom or better sales. He spied on local tyrannical tenants and exposed them to their revolutionary subjegates. He roused the masses and established an undercover network of peasentry informants. He laid the groundwork for a manipulated Vale, all in time for his arrival to the Eyrie.