Post by Stranger on Jun 15, 2014 23:36:37 GMT
Name: Maester Thomnas
Age: 26
Role: Expert
Background
Broad in girth and smile, quick with a warm embrace and eager to partake in food and drink with fellows of any station Maester Thomnas is, at first glance, a direct opposite to the common portrayal of a Maester as lean and ever-hungry. Only those whom he trusts enough to allow behind his façade are allowed to see how close to the stereotype he can follow.
While he believes in the Maester’s position as a servant of all of Westeros, Thomnas also believes that a light kept in the corner shines less brightly than one on a pedestal. To that end, he has served as a sounding board for Lord Ambrose’s plans and has worked alongside him to shape House Kytley’s future.
In the Citadel, Thomnas admired Ambrose’s natural aptitudes as an Acolyte. Now that he has seen the boy grow into a leader of men, that admiration has turned to respect. He accepted his appointment to House Kytley with pleasure, and found all three of Ambrose’s children to have, if not the aptitude, certainly the eagerness for learning that he so admired in their father.
Though he shares Lord Kytley’s desire to drive the house forward, they often disagree on the method. Unlike Ambrose, Thomnas understands and accepts the role deception and bluff plays in the Great Game. And when those tools fail, his knowledge of healing teaches best how to harm. While he knows he could never bring Ambrose fully to his way of thinking, Thomnas also takes pleasure in being the one Ambrose comes to when the straight and dutiful path won’t get what he wants.
Thomnas holds knowledge important above all things—he understands the power that knowledge wields. Despite his willingness to engage in deception and trickery, he holds his vows to the citadel and his oath to Lord Ambrose as truegiven and would not conceive of breaking them. Besides, he takes a great deal of pleasure from being the poisoned dagger in Ambrose’s armory.
Maester Thomnas knows Ambrose plans to put leverage against House Mallister to win back his son, though he isn’t certain of Lord Kytley’s method. On his own, he has been shipping tools and supplies to some of the Clans, part of an effort to build good will should House Kytley need allies. Over the next year, Maester Thomnas plans to reduce supply shipments and claim Mallister interference, hoping to stir the clans into more aggressive action and further split the attentions of Mallister and his allies.
Age: 26
Role: Expert
Background
Broad in girth and smile, quick with a warm embrace and eager to partake in food and drink with fellows of any station Maester Thomnas is, at first glance, a direct opposite to the common portrayal of a Maester as lean and ever-hungry. Only those whom he trusts enough to allow behind his façade are allowed to see how close to the stereotype he can follow.
While he believes in the Maester’s position as a servant of all of Westeros, Thomnas also believes that a light kept in the corner shines less brightly than one on a pedestal. To that end, he has served as a sounding board for Lord Ambrose’s plans and has worked alongside him to shape House Kytley’s future.
In the Citadel, Thomnas admired Ambrose’s natural aptitudes as an Acolyte. Now that he has seen the boy grow into a leader of men, that admiration has turned to respect. He accepted his appointment to House Kytley with pleasure, and found all three of Ambrose’s children to have, if not the aptitude, certainly the eagerness for learning that he so admired in their father.
Though he shares Lord Kytley’s desire to drive the house forward, they often disagree on the method. Unlike Ambrose, Thomnas understands and accepts the role deception and bluff plays in the Great Game. And when those tools fail, his knowledge of healing teaches best how to harm. While he knows he could never bring Ambrose fully to his way of thinking, Thomnas also takes pleasure in being the one Ambrose comes to when the straight and dutiful path won’t get what he wants.
Thomnas holds knowledge important above all things—he understands the power that knowledge wields. Despite his willingness to engage in deception and trickery, he holds his vows to the citadel and his oath to Lord Ambrose as truegiven and would not conceive of breaking them. Besides, he takes a great deal of pleasure from being the poisoned dagger in Ambrose’s armory.
Maester Thomnas knows Ambrose plans to put leverage against House Mallister to win back his son, though he isn’t certain of Lord Kytley’s method. On his own, he has been shipping tools and supplies to some of the Clans, part of an effort to build good will should House Kytley need allies. Over the next year, Maester Thomnas plans to reduce supply shipments and claim Mallister interference, hoping to stir the clans into more aggressive action and further split the attentions of Mallister and his allies.
It's set just before the historic Blacks v Greens period