Salladhor Ormollen

Salladhor Ormollen is the Patriarch of House Ormollen and a Magister of the Conclave of Lys. He has held the title of Magister since 417 AC when he was still heir to House Ormollen, and has been Patriarch of the house since his father's death in 426 AC. He was born, raised, and resides in the Free City of Lys.

Appearance and Character
In his youth, Salladhor was fashionable, bold to a fault, and confident to the point of arrogance, at least in his outward behaviors and appearances. Age and responsibility have worked in tandem to suppress his more impulsive, daring instincts, molding him into a more respectable Magister of the city and Patriarch of a great house. Yet although he has more in common with his late father than he had thought possible when he was young and brash, Salladhor is still his own man in every sense of the word. He possesses a strong sense of humor, and a casual attitude towards most matters. Though his days of prowling the streets looking to fight other would-be bravos is long-gone, he is still physically active and in fit condition. Of course, he has had to reduce most of his excesses in order to avoid the feared pot-belly of most wealthy men his age. Salladhor is a lover at heart, adoring - and often seeking to acquire - all things beautiful and pleasurable. He has been widowed twice, and has fathered a single son and several daughters - two legitimate and the rest being born of concubines.

History
Salladhor was born in the year 395. His father at that time was heir to House Ormollen, and his mother was the eldest daughter of a notable merchant family, who was considerably younger than her husband. When Salla was three years old, his mother died giving birth to his only sister, Visenya.

Under the guidance of a slave-tutor his father provided him, Salladhor was given the standard education befitting a man of a great house such as Ormollen. Yet Salladhor, even at a young age, had little interest in Lysene politics and trade. The Ormollen heir quickly took to horsemanship, swordplay, and the arts as the foundations of his education, taking only enough from the rest of it so as not to seem stupid in front of others. It seemed that Moredo's son sought adventure more than wealth, and beauty more than prestige (of course, he would hardly refuse either, if offered).

When he was 16, Salladhor first encountered Lucerys Velaryon, when the Lord was living in Lys for a time. Salladhor at once took to the man, admiring and envying him for the life of leisure and adventure which he seemed to be living before the boy's eyes. Lucerys took Salla under his wing for a time, exposing him to a great deal of 'firsts' for the young man's life. Among these were his first time getting drunk, his first time bedding a girl, and his first genuine duel (which he lost, though it had only been to first blood and he was left with merely a scar that he has worn with pride ever since). Lord Lucerys inspired Salladhor to follow the calling of his heart, embracing the life of leisure and adventure he craved and neglecting the boorish life of law and coin which his father wished for him to delve further into.

With the passing of his uncle, Lysario Ormollen, Salladhor ascended to the post of Magister of Lys, becoming a member of the Conclave. The office was largely that of a placeholder, and Salladhor found the Conclave and its affairs terribly dull, choosing to simply vote as his more experienced and interested father did, and hope he was not expected to make a speech.

However, despite his nonchalance which sometimes bordered on contempt, Salladhor proved to be more useful to the Conclave in those early days of his tenure than he had ever intended to be. In 418 AC, Salladhor offered - or more accurately, was sent after suggesting that someone ought to be - to sail for Bloodstone to extend an olive branch to Prince Aeryn Targaryen. The mission proved a success, with the dragonrider prince proving most amiable with the bold, youthful Magister Salladhor. Unfortunately, nothing would come of this success, as Aeryn proved uninterested in peace with the whole of the Triarchy, but the event managed to build a confidence in Salladhor that he had not realized was lacking. This confidence could not have come a moment too soon, as it was needed when Salla was confronted with the first great conflict of his tenure. He would play a notable, but easily overlooked, role in The Rise of Despots, which began not long after his mission to Bloodstone.

When Nohia Rogare came to the patriarch of House Ormollen to entreat them to back house Rogare over the scheming Phaedrus Sathmantes, it was Salladhor who guaranteed Ormollen support instead of his father, who was hesitant to become involved in what was certain to be a great civil conflict. Showing an uncharacteristic boldness in the political sphere, Salladhor superseded his father's hesitance with his own surety. Part of it was his own pride, which had been wounded by Phaedrus's attempts to undermine his efforts on Bloodstone. But there was also a simple distrust of the Sathmantes Magister, who he had never cared much for. Lady Nohia, on the other hand, was beautiful, charming, and witty, which made her far more convincing to the young Salladhor than Phaedrus Sathmantes could ever hope to be.

Throughout the following years of conflict, it can be said that Salladhor came of age as a gentleman of the City of Lys, no longer a mere swaggering wannabe of a bravo. He fought at the Battle of Lys, when Aeryn Targaryen and his dragon were turned away from their attempt to seize the city. He fought in the Stepstones as well, when the Triarchy went on the offensive. These experiences, in the service of Lys and the Triarchy rather than his own glory, opened Salladhor's eyes to the realities of his station. However, his contempt for the conclave continued, and made him wholly accepting of the rise of a despot in Lys, and indeed the rise of three despots to rule the Triarchy. Three strong men instead of three-and-thirty weak ones.

Family

 * Magister Moredo Ormollen
 * Wife: Serenei Ormollen nee Varysa (deceased)
 * Magister Salladhor Ormollen
 * Visenya Ormollen
 * Magister Lysario Ormollen (deceased)
 * Rhae Ormollen
 * Husband: Vylarr of Raedaro
 * Senelle
 * Ricarrio
 * Saera
 * Lysander

Household/NPCs
Kiera - Slave concubine of Salladhor's. Kiera was born a slave on a vineyard in the Lyseni interior, her mother being a handmaid to the master's wife and her father the chief carpenter. She was sold to a pleasure garden at the age of 13, her parents both being deceased by then, where for five years she was trained until being sold as a bedslave to Salladhor in 418 AC. Kiera is quiet and demure by nature, as a result of her servile birth and upbringing. Despite this, she possesses a dry sense of humor and quick wit, both of which are often revealed in conversation and behavior. Salladhor holds a genuine affection for her, and delights in forcing her humor and wit out of her, as her initial timidity wears away with time and intimacy. For her part, Kiera is content with Salladhor, considering herself fortunate to have a kinder master than she had expected.