Ser Walton Dulver

Name: Ser Walton Dulver



Age: 17



Background: Walton Dulver is first born son of Lord Harald Dulver and Lady Falyse. Beloved by family, sworn men, House's servants and smallfolk since he born, grew up in this spirit. Was always faster to sword than books, what made him more knight than lord, what causes some concerns about House Dulver's future- house, which is house of bargain and trade. But in the other hand, he is also big hope of his family. In past Dulvers were minor and poor family, what has changed during last 2 generations of lords thanks to great stewardship skills of House's heads. It is improving, but in way which family is more related to non-lordly merchants than proud lords of Seven Kingdoms. And Walton Dulver is skilled knight with hunger for glory and fame.



The tasks of stewardship have never come easy to Walton, either. Despite his father’s relentless drilling, Walton is only a middling manager at best. Dutiful and devoted as a son and heir should be, Walton has done his best to learn the lessons his father has worked so hard to teach, but Walton was made for the yard rather than the hall.



If Walton was indifferent in his lessons on lordship he was anything but when it came to learning the ways of arms and warfare. Under the tutelage of his great uncle, the bastard Gambol Hill, Walton excelled with sword and shield and soon proved himself a match for any man in the castle.



On his twelfth nameday, Walton was made squire to Lord Harald’s younger brother, Ser Horas Dulver. For four years he served until in his sixteenth year a party of ironmen came raiding along the shore where Dulver lands abutted those of their northern neighbor, Lord Faltyse. Ser Horas and a troop of men from the garrison went down to meet the raiders and drive them off, but Ser Horas took an arrow and the arrow took his life. As he lay dying, young Walton stood over him and rallied the Dulver men. They were too few to drive the ironmen off, but they held long enough for Lord Faltyse to come to their aid. Together, Faltyse’s men and Dulver’s threw the ironmen back into the sea and there on the battlefield, Lord Faltyse, himself an anointed knight, gave Walton his knighthood.



Description: Young man, 6 feet and 4 inches tall, strong and wide in shoulders, what gives him weight of nearly 15 stones. His straight long hair is always loose, only to battle handled by small leather band in color of copper on his foreahed. Even his eyebrows are light above his light blue/grey eyes- eyes with rakish glimmers in them. Often wearing smile on his shaved face, spends most of days on training grounds practicing with master-at-arms and garrison. After dusk he also prefers company of his Lord Father's soldiers. Spending nights in tavern, loudly and carefree worked in both ways- they love him, and on other side, he understands them as simple soldiers and as men. But there is also second side of Walton Dulver- Ser, who very seriously treats his knight vows before men and Seven. That stayed in him even when his youth and naivety burned out in battle.



Equipment: Ser Walton Dulver always rides his grateful, strong stallion, which he got on day, when he turned from the boy into the man. It's name came from color of his shining and beautiful fur- Chestnut. High knight saddle with morningstar strapped to it's one side and large copper shield with hammer painted, on another. Usually wearing worn leather clothes with copper colored inserts and coat of arms on his wide chest. But he is always ready to jump into his dark grey half plate armor with pikes on shoulders, and cover his head with heavy tall helmet, which turns his look more to walking death than smiling man hidden under armor. War lance, with many copper ribbons attached, always handled by Walton to battle, completes the image.