Brandon Mormont

Brandon Mormont, the youngest of the four siblings, is the current Lord of Bear Island and head of House Mormont. He is the fourth child of Medrick Mormont and Jeyne Glover.

Appearance and Character
The Mormonts have a reputation of being hardy and tough, but Brandon gives out a different kind of feel. He has long black hair, green emerald eyes, and a clean, handsome face. His rather tall figure matches his demeanor of a calm and collected man. He wears his fine clothing most of the time, but on duty on the front line he dons the armor he crafted himself. His greatsword, "Iron Slab", never left his side.

While most of his siblings are very expressive, Brandon says very little. He speaks only when it is needed, but when he does, he means it. His hard-to-read demeanor also hides his true emotion, and no woman has manage to crack his facade and he remains single still.

As a child, he always tagged along everywhere his brother goes. He looked up to Jacob as his role model, even as far as to practiced greatsword as his brother did. However, he's not as wild. He take the lesson from his father and maester as he should be while his brother instead train with the Master-at-Arms in the yards of Mormont Keep.

After the incident with the Stark of Dreadfort and his brother's sentence to the wall, Brandon have no choice but to step up from the position of Jacob's supporter into the position of Lord of Bear Island, keeping everything together in Jakob's stead.

History
Brandon was born in the 2nd Moon of 384 AC, same day as his brother Jakob. He is rather shy and often found by himself reading or practicing swordsplay. Evelyne and Sarra didn't get through to Brandon much, but Jakob does. Trying to imitate his brother, he trained vigorously in the art of swordsplay and warfare. Though his real talent lies with architecture and statecraft, where he really excels at.

Once, during a walk within Mormont Keep, he has a chance to converse with the local blacksmith. Feeling awestruck with the art of forging steel, he often drop by to observe and at one point even ask the smith to secretly teach him. He forge his own dagger at the age of ten, and has been practicing ever since, seeking knowledge and technique everywhere he can. The sword he always carry is also of his own creation. He named it "Iron Slab", as to remind him to be humble every time he look at it, not to think that he's already perfect and always seek to improve.

Brandon has always been supporting his family from behind. During Jakob's day as lord of Bear Island, he helped with the management side. He knows ins and outs of every aspect in the keep, and help devise the strategy to keep it running even after the misfortune after misfortune the Mormonts suffered. Be it Wildling raids or famine. Though he only offered advice, and the person in charge was always Jakob or his sisters.

As Jakob rallied under the king's banner in the War of the Three Thieves, Brandon did not followed. He realize he need to keep things running smoothly here at the keep so his brother can focus. However, as the war won and his brother returned, he was not the same man he left the bear island. Brandon knows exactly that the war has taken its toll on his brother's soul, so he start taking more active role in assisting both in internal and military affairs, though he remain supportive and let all the authority stays with Jakob.

While he remains at the island as Jakob traveled to the great keep, the terrible news reaches him. He quickly rode there, only to find his brother sentenced to become the night's watch and sent to the wall. Despite logic telling himself that everything has been dealt with the way it was suppose to be, he still holds lingering resentment against the Starks despite familial bonds with his sisters. He, however, kept it within and stay loyal to his liege as a good Mormont should.

Now that there's no one left, he's the only one left to lead House Mormont through these challenging times.

Family

 * Medrick Mormont (350 AC - 393 AC)
 * Jeyne Mormont (née Glover) (354 AC - 394 AC)
 * Jakob Mormont (b. 374 AC)
 * Sarra Stark (née Mormont) (375 AC - 404 AC)
 * Evelyne Stark (née Mormont) (b. 377 AC)
 * Brandon Mormont (b. 384 AC)

Household

 * Maester Byrron
 * Ser Robett Snow, Master-at-Arms
 * Robert Rivers, Captain of the Guard