ROBERT BARATHEON

Title=King Robert Baratheon Birth=262 AC, Storm's End Age=21 years old Family=Steffon Baratheon (deceased father), Cassana Estermont (deceased mother), Stannis (younger brother), Renly (youngest brother)

Appearance=Robert has the classic Baratheon look: black hair and bright blue eyes. His heavy black hair is thick, and coarse around his sex. He is a very tall man; Eddard Stark estimates his height to be six and a half feet. As a young adult, Robert was a handsome, clean-shaven man, with rough and hard hands. He was strong and powerful, and muscled like a maiden's fantasy. Robert owns a black velvet doublet decorated with a crowned golden stag, a green doublet, and a golden mantle with a cloak of black and gold squares. When riding his horse, Robert wears thick brown gloves and a hooded heavy fur cloak. A peerless warrior in his youth, Robert fought with a spiked iron warhammer, crafted at Storm's End by Donal Noye, although he also carried a blade. In battle, Robert wore a great antlered helmet, which made him look like a horned god.The only blade Robert uses is a hunting knife he received as a boy from Jon Arryn, his foster father

Backstory=Born in 262 AC, Robert was the first born child of Cassana Estermont and Steffon Baratheon, Lord of Storm's End, Lord Paramount of the Stormlands, and head of House Baratheon. He was a scant year older than his brother, Stannis, who was born in 264 AC. When Robert was already in his teens, his youngest brother, Renly, was born. According to Stannis, when Robert was five or six years old, the two brothers were brought to court by their father, Steffon, where they witnessed the Hand of the King, Lord Tywin Lannister, sitting on the Iron Throne and holding court. Young Robert also played with an Estermont cousin whose father was good to the future king. Robert had a gyrfalcon named Thunderclap who never missed her strike, and he mocked Stannis's goshawk, Proudwing, as "Weakwing". From an early age onwards, Robert had been fostered by Lord Jon Arryn at the Eyrie in the Vale of Arryn, together with Eddard Stark of Winterfell. The two boys became fast friends, and Jon, who had no children of his own, became like a second father to them. During the period in which he was fostered, Robert visited Storm's End on multiple occasions. At some point, Robert was knighted. During a tourney at Storm's End, Robert was defeated by Ser Barristan Selmy. Robert fell in love with Lyanna Stark, Eddard's younger sister. In time, Lyanna's father, Lord Rickard Stark of Winterfell, agreed to betroth her to Robert. At the time of their betrothal, Robert already had a bastard daughter, Mya Stone, in the Vale of Arryn, which led to Lyanna commenting that Robert would never keep to one bed, despite his love for her. Eddard would later state that Robert saw only Lyanna's beauty, and never recognized her boldness and strength of will. In 281 AC, Robert was present at the tourney at Harrenhal, where he took part in the melee. He held a drinking contest with Ser Richard Lonmouth, and swore to unmask the mystery knight known as the Knight of the Laughing Tree, although he failed to do so. It was Robert's cousin, Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, who won the final joust of the tourney. The prince crowned Lyanna—by then long betrothed to Robert—the queen of love and beauty, instead of his wife, Princess Elia Martell. There are some who say that Robert had laughed, stating that Rhaegar had only paid Lyanna her due, though according to men who knew Robert better, he felt it had been an insult, on which he brooded long, causing him to harden against Rhaegar. The next year, Prince Rhaegar kidnapped Lyanna, which set in motion a chain of events leading to Robert's Rebellion. Robert killed Rhaegar in the battle of the Trident. Aerys was slain in the Sack of King's Landing by Ser Jaime Lannister, Tywin's son and a member of the Kingsguard. After Robert arrived in King's Landing, Tywin presented him with the mutilated bodies of Princess Elia Martell, Rhaegar's wife, and their two young children, Princess Rhaenysand Prince Aegon. While Robert was pleased they were dead, Eddard was outraged and disgusted by the act, calling it murder, and saying the young prince and princess were no more than babes. Robert's response was, "I see no babes, only dragonspawn". The argument led to Eddard leaving King's Landing the next day, to fight the final battles alone. It took the death of Lyanna and their shared grief to reunite the pair in friendship. Robert was thereafter haunted by Lyanna's memory and the desire for further vengeance against the slain Rhaegar. In late 283 AC, Robert was crowned king. He chose his second father, Lord Jon Arryn, as his Hand of the King. Pardoning many of his former enemies, Robert appointed Ser Barristan Selmy as the Lord Commander of his Kingsguard. Despite Eddard Stark urging Robert to strip Ser Jaime Lannister of his white cloak, Robert listened to Jon's advice, and pardoned Jaime together with the master of whisperers, Lord Varys, and the Grand Maester, Pycelle, and Jaime continued to serve in the Kingsguard along with Barristan. At his coronation feast, Robert joked to Jaime about the fact that Jaime was already being called "Kingslayer". Robert allowed Ser Ronald Connington to keep Griffin's Roost, although Robert kept the gold and most of House Connington's lands were granted to neighbors. Robert replaced the skulls of the Targaryen dragons in the Red Keep's throne room with banners and tapestries depicting hunting and battle

Personality=Robert is as strong as a bull and fearless in battle. He loves the song of swords and considers poison to be a coward's weapon. As long as they are honest and brave, Robert can be merciful towards his defeated enemies, and he can inspire loyalty and friendship in those he spares. The only exception are the Targaryens; hus hatred for them is a madness within. Robert is a man of huge appetites, who knows how to take his pleasures. He is quite promiscuous, and has possibly fathered multiple bastard children. Well loved by soldiers, Robert is brave, but headstrong, rash, and impatient. He is proud, and will not likely back down on words spoken in a drunken bravado. As king, Robert is no longer used to someone disagreeing with him, and he can be manipulated by others if advised not to do something