Randyll Roxton

Appearance and Personality
Black of hair and brown of eye. Randyll is a handsome young man. Standing six foot three, he has a slender body and a heart-shaped face. He keeps his hair short and has a beard. Randyll also has light skin.

To people he does not know, Randyll projects himself as a calm man, and does not reveal his opinions until he deems it suitable. The only exceptions to this are comely ladies, to whom he usually appears as a charming man.

He is very proud of House Roxton's valyrian steel sword, Orphan-Maker, one of few in the Reach.

Randyll is also quite ambitious, wanting greatness for House Roxton.

He is skilled at manipulation. But sometimes, he can be quite lustful.

Life
Randyll was born in the year 414 A.C to Lord Robin Roxton and Rhea Rowan. The first six years of his life was uneventful, similar to most children his age. But on his seventh year, he sytarted squiring for his father. He took his training with great enthusiasm, practicing regularly. Because of his diligence, Randyll bested children his age rather easily.

At the age of fourteen, he was given training in the ways of court. He used his new learnings to charm women and gain the smallfolk's approval.

In the sixth month of 430 A.C, news was heard of an infamous bandit, called Harys raiding near the Ring. Randyll's father, Lord Robin, sent men, but Harys always managed to avoid them.

This continued, until four moons later, Lord Robin had enough. Lady Rhea had just died of an illness and he did not want to constantly hear about Harys when he was grieving. Lord Robin and his brother, Ser Ryman Roxton marched against him with a hundred men.

That was a mistake. Harys was a skilled commander, and he ambushed them with half the men. One hundred was too little.

Lord Robin charged toward Harys, and while the Lord of the Ring was a competent swordsman, Harys was more experienced and was much better. He slew Lord Robin rather easily, and took Orphan-Maker from his corpse.

With the sword, he defeated Ser Ryman Roxton. He was a harder fight, but with Orphan-Maker, Harys had the advantage. Once he killed Ryman, the battle was over. Harys executed all the soldiers who yielded and decided to keep Orphan-Maker. He had only lost eight men.

The new lord Randyll was not only saddened by the deaths of his kin, he was infuriated. For not only did Harys slay his kin and take Orphan-Maker, he also dared to call himself "The Roxton Slayer." And while Randyll was not that good at command, he personally marched against Harys, bringing only a hundred men to lure him out.

Just as Randyll had expected, Harys took the bait, and the night before the battle, he laid with a comely camp follower.

When Harys arrived the next day, Randyll was ready. He fought past five of his men and faced him. Harys had Orphan-Maker, that was true. But Randyll was trained in the art of dueling since he was seven. He was better than his father. He was better than this predictable bandit. So he grabbed Orphan-Maker from Harys' grasp and plunged it into his neck. He had recovered the sword at last. The rest of the bandits were slain. On that day, he was knighted. He was not knighted after a win at a tourney as he had wished. He was always hopeless at it.

In the year 432 A.C, the second Hammer uprising began. Randyll raised three hundred men and declared for the Tyrells. Because the army was small, Randyll had limited options. So he attacked bandits who attempted to raid villages, and reinforced struggling allies. At the end of the war, House Roxton lost five hundred men. Randyll also went to Highgarden, to witness the tribunal.

But the struggle was not over yet for House Roxton. The winter was getting stronger. And while Randyll was trying to replenish his army, a year later, prices skyrocketed. House Roxton suffered, for the Ring was not incredibly rich. The winter lasted for two more years, Randyll could not do much. He gave what bread he could spare, but despite his best efforts, many smallfolk died. When the winter ended, he went outside to enjoy the heat. He had managed to restore House Roxton's army to one thousand men, one of the few things he accomplished during the Four Year Winter.

Recent Events
He journeys to Oldtown for the wedding, though it would appear that he is to arrive late.

Family Tree
Lord Robin Roxton (b. 390-430)

m. Rhea Rowan (393-430)

Lord Randyll Roxton (414-)

Ser Ryman Roxton (393-430)

m. Perrianne Meadows (392-412)

Ellara Roxton (412-)

m. Ser Olyvar Hightower (412-)

Olymer Hightower (430-)

Lynesse Hightower (432-)

Gerold Hightower (435-)