Ser Gwynn Andesh, Master At Arms

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Ser Gwynn Andesh, "Blackspear", Master At Arms

Middle Aged Leader/Fighter

"Give me the boy, and give me the spear - and I will give you the man"

Bio

Ser Gwynn Andesh serves as Master At Arms to the Lord Styrion of <<Castlename>>. He is a brooding, towering man in his middle ages. He has a very strong sense of honour and duty, and is honour bound to serve his lord. He has a reputation of being hard on the men, some even say he is cruel. Nonetheless he is an inspiring war leader who certainly knows how to intimidate his opponents.

He dresses mainly in black, and frequently dons his all-black scale armour. His favoured weapon is the spear, and consequently this has earned him the nickname 'Blackspear'. Over the years he has hand selected a small group of the most capable and trusted soldiers to serve as a personal elite fighting force and honour guard. These men are known colloquially as The Stormspears, as Ser Gwynn has trained them all in the use of the spear, which he considers the most versatile of weapons.

His penchant for persuasion and his cruel nature means that, when required, he is Lord Styrion's de-facto torturer and interrogator.

He has never taken a wife, putting his duty to his lord before such matters. However, he certainly enjoys the company of the ladies - more often than not at the local whorehouse.

Age: 42

Status: 3

Motivations

Goal : security - the safety of the house and the lord, and the security of the castle and holdings

Motivation : fear - fear of being vulnerable, both personally and militarily

Virtue : pious - prays daily in the septa

Vice : cruel - hard on his men, even harder on his enemies.

Abilities

Agility: 3 (Flaw: bad back -1D)

Animal Handling: 3

Athletics: 4

Awareness : 4

Cunning: 2

Deception: 2

Endurance: 3

Fighting: 4

Healing: 2

Knowledge: 3

Language (common) 2

Marksmanship: 3

Persuasion: 5

Status: 3

Stealth: 2

Survival: 2

Thievery: 1

Warfare: 4

Will: 2

Specialties

Awareness: Notice 1B

Fighting: Spear 2B, Long Blades: 1B

Knowledge: Streetwise: 1B

Persuasion: Intimidate 1B

Warfare: Command 2B, Tactics: 1B

Will: Courage 1B

Benefits & Drawbacks

Available Destiny points: 2

Honour bound (re-roll 6s on deception tasks)

Threatening

Bad Back (Athletics -1D)

Connections (in the local town)

Cadre : (10 veteran fighters, to reflect his ability to draw on the fighting forces of Lord Styrion at will) - drawn from the Styrian Household Guard

Inspiring

Posessions

300 Silver Stags

Clothes, dagger.

Suit of Scale armour (black/silver): Armour penalty -3

Castleforged Longsword "Lightning": Dam: Athletics+1

Superior spear: Dam: Athletics (Fast, Thrown: Close Range)

Superior boar spear: Dam: Athletics +1 (Impale, Powerful, Slow, Two-handed, Thrown: Close Range )

Large Shield (Bulk 1, Defensive +4)

Double curved bow & 2 dozen arrows: Dam: Athletics +1 (Long Range, Powerful, 2 handed)

Horse (Courser): "Thunder" Black with white blaze & socks.

Derived Stats

Intrigue Stats

Intrigue Defense: 8 (-2 if don't use Intimidation as 1st action)

Composure: 9

Combat Stats

AR: 6

Damage: Sword:5, Spear:4 Boar Spear:5, Bow:5

Combat Defense

Base: 10

In armour + shield + sword or spear: 11

In armour + boar spear 2 handed: 7