Raynald Lannister

Introduction
Raynald is the firstborn son of Lord Admiral Loreon Lannister and his wife, the Lady Amarei Lannett. The lad bears all the love of sailing that his father does, albeit little of the love of the sciences nor the administration. An accomplished sailor, the scion of Lannisport has earned himself a reputation as a rogue and a privateer, having served in the War of the Three Banners.

Appearance and Character
Raynald is rangy, with long, elegant limbs, toned with muscle gained from his training at arms and years spent on ships. He possesses the classic Lannister features of gold-spun hair and green eyes, mischiefous and filled with laughter. He is considered handsome, with the fine features common to his house, his face sculpted and imperious. He usually dresses in a manner that could only be described as gaudy, with much and more of his fashion taken from the styles of the Free Cities. Most of his clothing is in the slash-and-puff style, dyed in extravagant colours, the most oft preferred ones being red and gold.

As hot-blooded as any youth of nine-and-ten, the captain of the Lion of Night is a fearsome sailor, having spent most of his life on ships. Dashing, daring and more than a little dangerous, the young Raynald has earned himself a reputation in many places, both low and high, and has infamously been accused of privateering in the Sunset Sea, though little and less evidence of his involvement has ever been presented.

Biography
Raynald was born as the first son of then Captain Loreon Lannister of the Lannister fleet and the powerful scion of a merchant clan, Amarei Lannett. A son of Casterly Rock, Loreon never had a hard time providing for his family, especially after he was named Lord Admiral of Lannisport and Lord High Admiral of the Lannister fleet. Such lofty jobs meant that his family, already quite wealthy, would never be in need, yet it also meant that the patriarch of the family was oft away, dealing with this matter or that. Raynald, being ever the free spirit like his father, would oft accompany his father, or his other relatives, on their journeys, becoming quite the accomplished traveler at a young age.

On a journey to Essos the young lad would become much enamoured with an aged bravo, whittling away his days on drink and bar fights. Despite the man's rough-and-tumble nature Raynald would take a liking to him and, ever an apple of his father's eye, would be allowed to take on the man as an instructor, at a fairly considerable fee. The man would prove true to his promise and would teach the boy the arts of the bravo, and how to wield the slender blade of the Braavosi, which the lad would take much more a liking to than the heavy swords of his own countrymen.

And so the childhood years of Raynald would pass, with adventure on his mind, ropes in his hands and his feet firmly planted on the deck of many ships. War, would, however intervene in the happy years of the young lad's life. The War of the Three Banners would be a harrowing experience, and would leave a scar on young lad - from the firestorm to the ending of hostilities. The lad would serve the war on his father's ship, the Lion's Roar. He would prove himself as an able hand as both a seaman and a fighter in quite a few boarding actions, being granted a knighthood at the end of the war.

When he was sixteen, he was given his first ship, albeit he had to help build it himself, which he was none too pleased about but his father was seemingly committed to forcing him to learn. Still, the job was not half as bad as he would have feared and he even took part in the planning and designing. Soon enough the ship would be ready - a swift war galley, dark of hull, christened the Lion of Night by the lad himself, after some queer god from the east that he had heard of. Soon the ship would gain a fairly infamous reputation as a haunt for the wilder side of Lannisport, both highborn and lowborn alike would crowd the ship on many of it's voyages, drinking and partying. The ship would oft be sailed as far as the Arbor and Oldtown, sometimes to Sunspear and Plankytown and even more rarely further. The ship would not be fit for the open seas, however, and Raynald would vow to one day build a ship mighty enough to weather the oceans and make voyages worthy of the Sea Snake.

Family
Lord Admiral Loreon Lannister (Father, b. 398 AC)

Lady Amarei Lannett (Mother, b. 399 AC)

Lady Selyse Lannister (Sister, b. ... AC)

Ser Tywald Lannister (Brother, b. 402 AC)

Jason Lannister (Brother, b. 405 AC)

Catelyn Lannister (Sister, b. 407 AC)