Samarro Saan

Samarro Saan is the Patriarch of the Saan Family, Lord of Grey Gallows,and a member of the Triumverate, a large portion of his current authority and power coming from the dragon rider Balassor Otherys under his service.

Appearance and Character
Samarro is a man in his early forties, not appearing a day younger than he is. The Lyseni pirate carries on his family's Valyrian-like characteristics, his platinum hair being the clearest indicator. Samarro will often be found wearing eccentric and exotic clothes from his many raids on trade vessels throughout the Stepstones. The Saan is slim, slender almost, a usually jovial smile upon his face as he goes about the day to day duties of a Lord in the Stepstones.

Though despite that, he can be prone to lashing out at those under him when things go unexpectedly poor for him, along with the generosity and charity he often shows is never truly shared without a price. The Pirate Lord has ruled for two decades, and his experience shows

Early Life
The Saan family had always had their grip on the Stepstones, their presence dating all the way back to when the Targaryens of the Iron Throne first took the Seven Kingdoms. As Samarro was born into the world in the year 395 AC to his father, the former Patriarch of the Saan family and a concubine of his, there was to be no other fate for Samarro than to carry out the legacy of his family.

As a child he grew among the many other children of the Saans, displaying an ability to lead and outmanoeuvre those around him even at a young age. It did not take him long to earn the praise of his father's advisers, and soon his own father in time. The boy was trained in piracy, in trade, in ruling. He'd learn the ins and outs of those his father ruled over, that it was not loyalty and good will which he profited off, but gold and ambition. They were free men, after all, not sworn to any King, or man. Simply gathered around a leader to which they would profit off of.

Sworn to No Man
All changed when Aeryn Targaryen came to the Stepstones atop a dragon, and Samarro would learn there were more than one way to keep the Stepstones in check. Though the Saans did not put up much resistance as they saw their peers burn in dragon fire, they had no intent of staying sworn to another, and a Targaryen at that. It would be during Aeryn's rule where Samarro's father would die, leading to Samarro, being the most popular among his father's advisers, succeeded him. Though Samarro carried out orders when asked, and displayed an apperance of obidience, he was simply biding his time until it was ready to break free.

In 427 AC, Samarro's wish came true, as Aeryn fell to the city of Volantis he moved into action. Immediately he declared himself the new Lord of the Stepstones, declaring his dominion over the rest of the Pirate Lords. Though, he gained little support from those not already under him, them stating their defiance and even making claims of their own. It became clear to him, however, with his limited manpower conquering them was no option, and so attempted the diplomatic route. It was a slow process, but over the next half a decade he made some progress, unknowing it would all be undone soon.

Weapons of Fire
In 431 AC, fortune struck, as the wife of the deceased dragon rider Balerion Otherys was captured along with her children by corsairs under himself. The Lord of Grey Gallows made sure to give them comfort, seeing the eldest son Balassor Otherys as the key to the Stepstones he'd been waiting for. No longer would the slow and dreadful process be necessary with a potential dragon rider on his side. Though he befriended the boy, when he failed to tame the dragon Stormsong in 433 AC, their relations were strained. Especially so when Vyrmidon Melos instead tamed it, staking his dominance over Bloodstone as Aeryn had a few decades earlier.

The ordeal stressed Samarro near his breaking point, refusing to again be sworn to a dragon rider. However, Balassor managed to tame the dragon Erinnon in 434 AC instead, bringing a clear key to the Saans keeping ahold of their independence. Though with both the Lord of Grey Gallows and Bloodstone having a dragon of their own, neither side could truly succeed over the other without risking everything.

was the arrival of Mira Sunderland which brought the seemingly unending stalemates between the Lord of Grey Gallows and the Lord of Bloodstone to an end. As the message for a meeting came, Balassor was suspicious, yet Samarro convinced them this was a meeting they needed to attend. While Balassor could agree to unification between them all, Samarro was less inclined, refusing to accept any leader lest it be himself, the triumvirate being a compromise he could.

As talks of an alliance with the Triarchy arrived, Balassor couldn't help but protest more, his voice seemingly going unheard as he came to realise Samarro was in full control and would not budge on the matter. Trade, security, and dominance over the Narrow Sea was all on his mind, it all in reach, and so he'd not listen to the words of an inexperienced boy who would learn in time, the Alliance of the Narrows being formed.

Trade rolled in, and the Saans were richer than ever before. Samarro could not be happier, yet his dreams of a united Stepstones under himself had not yet vanished.