Harry Darry is the Lord of Darry, the former Lord Justiciar of the Iron Throne, and the former master of coin on King Viserys I Targaryen's small council. Once the last surviving male of House Darry, he has since become well-known for his prolificacy. He has had two wives, Lady Rennifer Piper and Lady Rylene Bracken, and eleven children, of which eight have survived to date.

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Appearance and Character Edit

Harry is a somewhat tall and portly man in his early forties. Though his belly has begun to round, his chest and arms still bear the vestiges of his muscled youth. He bears his Tully mother's red hair but his Darry father's brown beard. He has grey-blue eyes, large ears, and a bulbous, crooked nose.

Honest through his actions, Harry is bold, ambitious, and stubborn. He most values his extended family and commits himself to the maintenance of his kinship relations, especially those with his aunt, Lady Agnes Tully, his good son, Lord Balon Celtigar, and his close kinsmen from House Frey, such as Alesander Frey. He also maintains close ties with Houses Royce, Bracken, Piper, Corbray, Blackwood, Mallister, and Baratheon.

Known for his disciplined and defensive military leadership, he is a veteran of two wars, having commanded the flanks of the Riverland's armies in both the Hook Uprising and the Rosegold Rebellion. He is remembered for executing the rebellious Lord Aegon Mooton and losing the Battle of the Goldroad to Lord Tytos Lannister. Since 79 AC, he has brought the same brand of leadership to the Justiciars, having rebuilt it in his own ambitious vision.

To seal his lasting legacy, Harry has spent his later years becoming an intellectual, pouring his time and effort into mastering architecture and accounting. He resents the respect his house receives for its ancient lineage, obsessing instead over its future prosperity.

History Edit

Early Life Edit

Born in 56 AC to Lord Danwell Darry and Lady Morya Tully, Harry was the third living male of the Darry line. Four years later, he would acquire a sister, Alys, but lose his father and grandfather to the Shivering Sickness, making him the last surviving male of House Darry. While he became lord, Morya became his regent.

Morya had her reigning sister's capacity to rule. She drew upon House Tully's resources to give Harry the best and most trusted tutelage, but he refused it, choosing instead to act out in the absence of his house's patriarchs. By the time he was six, he started to abuse his lordly status, bullying the servants with insults and other humiliations. Morya feared for his proper development, so she chose to have him foster at Storm's End despite his status.

The change of scenery vastly improved Harry's prospects, and his relative lack of power humbled him. He became fast friends with his foster brother, Raymont Baratheon, the future lord of Storm's End, and the mature Lord Lucas Blackwood. It was from Raymont and his brothers, Garon and Ronnal, that Harry learned how to fight with a sword and shield. Over his eight years at Storm's End, Harry grew into a bold and confident adolescent, absorbing much from the Stormlander culture. He left the Stormlands with a fiery spirit and a passion for martial pursuits.

Maturity and Children Edit

Harry waited two more years before assuming full control over his lordship. He celebrated the occasion not at Darry but at Storm's End, where he sired his first child and bastard, Mela Storm, on the butcher's daughter, Meria. News of her pregnancy a moon later was cause for great celebration at Darry (despite Morya's disapproval); while the threat of his line's extinction had been looming as an existential threat, Harry had proven himself virile.

Harry married Rennifer Piper in 73 AC and had his first legitimate child, Marry, with her in the same year. Mathis was born the next year, only to be followed by the Darry triplets, Bethany, Perianne, and Elissa, the year after that. The rapid successive births were too much for Rennifer to survive. She died giving birth to the triplets in 75 AC. A great funeral was held for her at Darry, for she had contributed significantly to its survival. Harry was subsequently betrothed to Rylene Bracken, whom he would marry five years later.

Harry participated in the Tourney of Unveiling at Casterly Rock. He fought in the melee and lost to Ser Stafford Lannister.

In 77 AC, as the Justiciars' ranks succumbed to the Dragonblight, Lord Justiciar Ronnel Darklyn enlisted Harry as the order's newest permanent member. The Hook Uprising started a year later, drawing what justiciars remained as well as the eastern Riverlords into the conflict. Alongside his good uncle, Ser Geribald Hawthorne, Harry lead the Riverlander force that took back Maidenpool from Lord Aegon Mooton. It was Harry's flank that fell in on Aegon's center, and Harry who, after a dramatic duel, captured the rebel lord. Being both captor and justiciar, Harry executed Aegon after his brief trial at Riverrun. For these deeds, King Rhaegar I Targaryen knighted Harry and appointed him as Ronnel's successor, tasking him with rebuilding the crumbling order of Justiciars.

Prime and Power Edit

It became common knowledge in 79 AC that a prostitute from King's Landing, Silver, had given birth to one of Harry's bastards, Geremy Waters. What compounded the significance of this revelation was that, previously unbeknownst to anyone, he had sired another son, Whalen Waters, on Silver after the death of his first wife four years prior. When the news had spread, Harry acknowledged both children as his own. He gave Silver an allowance and visited his sons four times a year.

As Harry's family grew, he invested more time, money, and effort into it. By 92 AC, he had sired three children by Rylene: the twins Bradamar and Arwyn, and his youngest, Hendry. He secured positions of prominence and respect for all of his children, including his bastards. Mela served Princess Helaena Targaryen as her lady-in-waiting. Marry served Princess Gwynesse Stark in the same capacity. Mathis served as squire to Ser Anders Bracken. The triplets all served Lady Agnes as her ladies-in-waiiting. Bradamar squired under Lord Edmund Piper while Arwyn served the future lady of Raventree Hall, Miriam Blackwood. He married his older children to the lords and scions of prominent houses, including Houses Celtigar, Royce, Corbray, and Mallister. He also went out of his way to invest in his sister's children from House Frey, taking on his nephew, Alesander Frey, as his own squire and Kevan Frey as Mathis's.

Over the time of a decade, Harry slowly rebuilt the justiciars, appointing a mix of nobles and commoners, such as Lord Davos Bulwer of the Reach, to the highest offices. Harry also changed the order's customs, implementing harsher punishments for rape and alternative punishments for common, less harmful crimes.

Harry played a prominent role in the Rosegold Rebellion. He lead the right flank in the Battle of Tumble Falls and called the Riverlander retreat after the center collapsed and his closest friend, Lords Lucas, perished. He then lead the entire Riverlander force at the subsequent Battle of the Goldroad. In a feat of strategic brilliance, Lord Tytos Lannister stormed the bridge across the Blackwater Rush, foiling Harry's plans to entrench his army on the other side. Harry lost the battle to Tytos and called for a split retreat, with one force skirting north to Harrenhal, and the remainder, lead by Mathis, back to King's Landing to defend it.

The eventual loyalist victory in the rebellion brought with it great fortune for the justiciars and House Darry. Mathis, for instance, was inducted into the Kingsguard for slaying Ser Tygget Lannister, defending the streets of King's Landing, and winning the melee at the Wedding by the River. The justiciars acquired renewed authority in the restive Reach and Westerlands, with Harry appointing Lord Uther Peake as the new, influential high justiciar of the Reach. Over the following years, Harry made several appointments across the realm, installing Lord Clyve Caron in the Stormlands, Lord Lucion Corbray, Harry's good son, in the Vale, and Ser Denys of Nightingale, whom Harry had knighted after the war, in the Riverlands. Under Harry's leadership, the justiciars also won several victories over the remnant rebels of Cracklaw Point, killing the likes of Black Pate, Lord Daemon Brune's mentor.

The aftermath of the war for House Darry was also wrought with misofrtune. During Perianne's wedding to Ser Patrek Mallister, Bethany was kidnapped by suspected Ironborn raiders. Despite the 2,000 gold bounty for her return and the 2,000 gold bounty for her captor's head, she has not been seen or found since.

Leading up to 98 AC Edit

Harry's position, and that of his family, had been consolidated across the realm. He paid regular visits to Raventree Hall, King's Landing, Storm's End, and the Twins, studying their structures. Having dedicated the last ten years to studying accounts and architecture, he found great promise in the Twins, and felt House Darry could mirror House Frey's success. With power to leverage and resource to expend, Harry turned his sights to the Trident's Crossing to realize his goal of guaranteeing the place of his resurgent house in the annals of history.

Recent Events Edit

98 AC Edit

5th Moon Edit

Harry brings a hundred men to the Trident's Crossing and sends thirty men five leagues in every which direction to survey the land, keeping the remainder of the men at the Inn at the Crossroads to patrol the ford.

Encountering bandits on the way to King's Landing, Harry and Alesander track down the group and eliminate their leader.

6th Moon Edit

7th Moon Edit

Harry presides over Gwayne trial as one of three judges, being the most inquisitive among them. At the small council meeting afterwards, Harry advocates for arresting Gwayne a second time on the off-chance that he wins his trial by combat. Harry is rebuffed by Lord Tytos, Lord Rickard, and King Viserys himself. As a result, Harry is left discontented and considers mending ties with Lord Gunthor, who had been similarly isolated for supporting stronger action against the realm's former traitors.

During the marriage between Lady Raya Blackwood and Lord Roy Baratheon, Harry seals Mela's betrothal to Alesander, uniting for the second generation in a row the main lines of House Darry and House Frey.

Family Edit

Household Edit

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