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Ruby City does allow previous game history/CR to be brought over on a case by case basis. If you want to include this in your application please add additional sections for PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT and PREVIOUS GAME HISTORY beneath the Personality and Background/History sections.
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[CANON] Stannis Baratheon || A Song of Ice and Fire || No Reserve || 1 of 3
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CHARACTER
Name: Stannis Baratheon
Canon: A Song of Ice and Fire
Age: 36
Timeline: At the conclusion of A Dance with Dragons, where Stannis' fate is left ambiguous, last seen three days ago in a snowed-in village.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A
Personality: Stannis Baratheon is a stern and uncompromising man of strong morality and law, iron in his assumed duty and mission, and incredibly difficult to deter from his planned course. Many in his world called him a fearsome presence due to his unbreakable morality and unyielding belief in not just his 'royal rights', but his expected task to lead the people of Westeros as King. He is a believer in just desserts for every action, good or bad. A smuggler named Davos Seaworth was responsible for saving his castle during the siege, and was given knighthood in gratitude, but only after losing fingers as punishment for his occupation as a smuggler.
However, even with this exhibition of a dogmatic morality, he is not above resorting to pragmatism to do what he considers the right thing. He has been willing to sacrifice a nephew and murder his brother (the murder successfully committed) in his rise to power, in addition to superficially supporting a foreign and brutal religion that demands human sacrifice in order to gain more support and legitimacy in the eyes of the people, as birthright or law alone is not enough to convince most, as it does him.
This is not to say that he is purely driven by the lofty ideals of royalty, for better or worse, for duty or for right. Honesty is one of his most favorite virtues, as his willingness to at one moment sharply and tersely dismiss a person's hopes, only to speak true and deep from his cool-tempered heart make him both difficult to deal with in a conversation, and any affection shown genuine and heartwarming, due to its scarcity and truth. Many times his retainers have questioned if anything they did was truly in service of him, only to be surprised by a sudden moment of gratitude. Davos had tried to assassinate what he perceived as a corrupting influence on Stannis, and was set to be executed. However, Stannis realized the true loyalty and honor of the smuggler knight, and enfeoffed him, considering him the only true vassal he had. This both gave a former commoner the rights of nobility, and a seditious knight freedom. And while Stannis quickly silenced the complaints of the established nobles, the hard time spent in prison by Davos, and the dangerous missions afforded after, demonstrated Stannis still expected justice for the act.
His honesty and belief in duty also manifests in an entitlement to rank and privilege that, while quieted as he has grown, still exists as he is prone to regular complaints and brooding over perceived slights, indicating a sensitivity to them beyond that of normal people along with the problem of feeling deserving. He is perfectly able to rough it, and do grim duties, and expects himself to, but will typically be groaning all along the way. This dour behavior is matched by his own lack of social prowess, hardly being considered charming, personable, or impressive. This reticent and miserly nature is a result of having two brothers that outshined him in their charisma, leaving Stannis forever in a shadow that causes him to be bitter and feel constantly trodden upon by others, even when not intended. Though, it usually is. Respect him as people may do for his honor, he has rarely been loved.
Overall, he is a strongly-principled man often finding himself in unfortunate situations due to a lack of people skills, having to resort to brutal means to fulfill his moral obligation, due to lacking any magnetism of his own. He trusts and believes in very few people, but those whom he does entrust have his permanent loyalty. The good of the community, be it kingdom or something else, will always come before he himself, however, as it is his duty as a King. A title he had hardly any desire for, and yet, still claims it birthright.
In a less-monarchical place for him to find himself in, Stannis would most likely resemble a miserable man concerned with things that are archaic and dated to most other characters, and near-obsessed, to the point where he is poor at continuing a conversation about something else. His terse wit, showing itself in his honesty, and resentful nature make him a bitter but amusing person to speak with for short periods of time, if one is not easily hurt. Outlasting his own critical nature will showcase him as stilted and awkward, if he bothers to linger aft seeing it as 'unimportant'. However, he is quite driven, and will most likely immediately resort to improving the lot of Ruby City, even if he is acting crotchety all the while.
[CANON] Stannis Baratheon || A Song of Ice and Fire || No Reserve || 2 of 3
As the years passed, with the cruelty of the ruling family and the intrigues between other important nobles in Westeros coming to a head, Robert would start a rebellion, allied with the North and East of Westeros against the King. Stannis, acting as a retainer to his brother, would hold Robert's headquarts, Storm's End, for over a year. The siege had gotten so dire at some points that the population were forced to eat rats, and then boot leather. The actions of Davos Seatworth, however, made it so onions could be a choice in their diet. Stannis outlasted the enemy, who retreated upon Robert seizing the capital. However, now that Robert was King, Stannis expected the Stormlands and Storm's End. Instead, his younger brother Renly received it, and Stannis the paltry yet traditionally important island of Dragonstone, after ousting the last royalists from it.
Stannis would at least become the Master of Ships on Robert's Small Council, but would begrudge his brother and complain incessently. After the Hand of the King, essentially the Prime Minister, was assassinated, Stannis expected the new rank, having defeated a rebellion by the Ironborn, western raiders, in his tenure. Instead, it went to Eddard Stark, a distant northern lord and somebody more of a brother to Robert than Stannis himself. Offended, he moved to Dragonstone to brood and plan.
Robert and Eddard would both be killed in court intrigue soon after, which resulted the bastard son of the Queen to inherit the throne, the father being the Queen's twin, no less. One of Eddard's last acts was to send a letter a letter to Stannis informing him of this. Acknowledging the bastard son as illegitimate, Stannis declared that he was the rightful king, being enxt in the line of succession since all of the supposed children of the King were bastards. Renly, his little brother, did the same. The result was their armies almost going to war, saved only by the assassination of Renly with, what most people suspect, and rightfully so, shadow magic that Stannis had utilized.
With Renly's larger army now without a King to support, most would join Stannis. With naval supremacy and a closeness to the capital, most royal armies busy fighting a northern rebellion, Stannis would lead an assault on the capital of King's Landing with his entire army and fleet. The battle was bloody on both sides, but due to the genius of Tyrion Lannister, the city's defended, Stannis was foiled and had to retreat. With his forces broken, Stannis languished in depression at Dragonstone.
However, far north, the military order responsible for defending the borders sent letters across the realm, warning of a paranormal invasion and the wild tribes being driven together to break through the military order in retreat. While other claimants ignored the letters from the Night's Watch, a band of ex-cons made ascetic soldiers as punishment, Stannis heeded the warning, spurred out of his depression, and moved his army north. They defeated the Wildlings that were invading, assisting the Night's Watch and earning the respect of both sides in a large way.
Politics would ensure that tensions arose once more, however, Stannis intending on gathering what Brothers and Wildings he could before marching south to fight the now-royalist north, the rebellion's leader murdered by seditious lords. With limited success in mustering soldiers and support, Stannis moved south, through the brutal and frigid winter. Last known to be holed up in a village, trying to shelter from the weather.
Abilities:
-Accomplished general: While defeated at the Battle of Blackwater Bay, Stannis has defended Storm's End from Highgarden, took Dragonstone from the Targaryans, defeated the Iron Islanders in an audacious naval battle and the landing that followed, and destroyed the Wildling army at the wall. His strength lies mostly in his lack of willingness to deal with intrigue or dissent amongst his ranks, and knowing where and how to apply what force he has available to him.
-Prudent ruler: While at times cold and overly-legalist, Stannis is among the more benevolent and composed rulers that vie for power. His people respect him greatly, even if he's the subject of mockery among the nobles, and doesn't discriminate based on origin or status quo, leading him to be equal-opportunity when it comes to gender, nationality, religion, or socioeconomic status.
-Determination: A man so stubborn and focused on his duty that he is feared for it throughout the land merits such a dogged part of his temperament being referred to as a 'skill'.
[CANON] Stannis Baratheon || A Song of Ice and Fire || No Reserve || 3 of 3
[Stannis passes through the the desolate building across from that strange railed road he came in on, hosting upon it that long, snake-like cart that had now disappeared. There are papers upon the wall around him, supposedly advice for 'newcomers'. And even what looks to be supplies. He snorts bitterly at the notion.]
Send a person to some hell, and act like you're the savior. The gall of them.
[His teeth grind as he ignores the supplies out of pride and suspicion, instead palming against the newfound weight in his trousers.]
Even worse, they slip something into my own leggings. Perhaps next I'll be finding my throne, only for it to be covered in the droppings of birds.
[With a frown deep against his worn and tight face, his hand reaches in to seize the item; something round and brass. Cautiously, he pulls it out, holding it on his open palm and scrutinizing it with a narrow stare.]
Some bauble of one kind or another...
[His thumb flicks over the lock keeping the watch closed, releasing its cover and showing all of foreign information Stannis could only look bewildered by.]
...Another accursed invention of my torturers. Their ingenuity is only matched by their ability to waste my time.
[Baratheon's back leans against the brick of the train station as he peers and tinkers with the watch, murmuring both dissatisfaction and discovery all the while.]
Third Person:
This settlement, a city long-abandoned by most from what he could reckon, was not from his world. Perhaps, as a man of Westeros, he had not seen all that his world had to offer. But the ethereal presence felt here, beyond the ones felt by his priestess' flames, gave him the infuriating impression that he was just a prisoner in this exotic realm. It had the trappings of Storm's End, or of Dragonstone, with the cobblestone roads and rats prowling for crumb or carcass to devour. Even the temple resembled a sept, somewhat, called a 'cathedral' on some of the maps he had found. But this was no land of his.
The king Baratheon thought for that reason, that determining who's land this was, was a matter of primary importance. The threats of danger and adversity were none that he hadn't faced before. Thoughts that struck him as built from hubris. But the longer he was away from his duty in Westeros was the more every party suffered. The security of his stomach and warmth of his body could wait.
From what he had been able to gleam from the scattered bits of information around town, there were two locations to check first: the object called the 'obelisk', apparently a tower of red. Whatever symbolism it had in his home, he doubt it held here, Stannis reminded himself. The second would be the library, needing no explanation other than it being a hub of information. He just cursed the potential fate of it being a foreign tongue. Always suspect the worst of men you do not know.
The town center, as told, contained the great monument Stannis sensed as mystical, but in a manner he was not able to place. Approaching it haughtily, though his heavy steps and grim demeanor betrayed his concern at its power, he stopped only a few feet away from it to peer closer into the crystal, the material of which this tower was made. But what he saw, some morphing shadow, a distorted darkness trying to grow but being kept imprisoned, warded him off soon after.
His feet skirt back, his steps slow and defensive. Before, he had seen such dark magic. That of the shadowbinders, of his own priestess. Now it lays within the grasp of somebody unknown to him, with purposes unknown but surely counter-intuitive. Seconds pass, and his fear hardens into contempt. His short and grounded teeth sneer at the ominous rock.
"Another means to power. Whatever this stone is supposed to conduct... I trust it not."
There would be nothing to gain standing around like an old miser and condemning this unknown force. Stannis would learn about it from a more prudent place, and determine its place in his mind from there. Others may damn or worship, but he simply used as necessary, as beneficial to the realm. The library was not far away now, and as such, that would be his next location. There he could learn.
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