Martin Arryn

Martin Arryn is the son of Krevin, and Leyla Arryn making him a member of House Arryn through his father, and a member of House Natrin through his mother. Martin Arryn had one sibling named Jillian Arryn but she died very young and following her death his mother never gave birth again, and despite many calls to his father would not take another wife. Martin Arryn is married to Flora Arryn and with her he has four children in the form of Derek, Paul, Sansa, and Dran Arryn of which his son Derek is his right hand man and leads the Arryn Gaurd of whome are the elite gaurd within House Arryn, while his son Paul after being knighted became very interested in the honorable style of combat and joined the Order of the Red Dragon where he now leads a battalion of troops raised from the Westbridge town of Westian, while his daughter Sansa is the handmaiden of Alice Lovie and through this has gained a lot of fame in her family, and his son Dran ran away from home during the time of The Plague after it became obvious to Martin that he was going to rebel like many others.

Martin Arryn grew up a member of House Arryn but his early life was filled with the shadow of the fact that he was born to Krevin Arryn as opposed to the more powerful of the brothers in Talbot Arryn. This fact meant that while he was perhaps the more noble, and intelligent of the oldest children of the two brothers he was placed in a secondary role when it came to being the heir to Talbot Arryn. When Talbot Arryn died alongside him on the battlefield of Lyons he held his uncle as he died, and his last words to Martin were that Martin should rule and not Byron. When Martin returned to Lucerne and had this news let out he was labeled by his cousin Byron as a traitor and lost much of his clout, and reputation inside the House. As time went on and he was clearly the better of the two he found himself forming almost a seperate part of House Arryn in which they were not secondary and they were not led poorly by Byron Arryn. Eventually he had become so discusted with his cousin that he contimplated killing him and taking control of House Arryn but the taboo against kinslaying meant that he couldn't work up the nerve to actually follow through on it. He would follow his house to Berne as they were given control there, and he would work tirelessy to protect the people of Berne, and most of all the members of House Arryn during the madness of that time.

Early History
Martin Arryn grew up a member of House Arryn but his early life was filled with the shadow of the fact that he was born to Krevin Arryn as opposed to the more powerful of the brothers in Talbot Arryn. This fact meant that while he was perhaps the more noble, and intelligent of the oldest children of the two brothers he was placed in a secondary role when it came to being the heir to Talbot Arryn.

Battle of Lyons
When Talbot Arryn died alongside him on the battlefield of Lyons he held his uncle as he died, and his last words to Martin were that Martin should rule and not Byron.

Conflict
When Martin returned to Lucerne and had this news let out he was labeled by his cousin Byron as a traitor and lost much of his clout, and reputation inside the House. As time went on and he was clearly the better of the two he found himself forming almost a seperate part of House Arryn in which they were not secondary and they were not led poorly by Byron Arryn. Eventually he had become so discusted with his cousin that he contimplated killing him and taking control of House Arryn but the taboo against kinslaying meant that he couldn't work up the nerve to actually follow through on it.

Following Byron
House Arryn was beyond desperate in their search for more influence and it was this desperation that would be used by Bill Lovie to create a situation where he had a house that would be indebted to him. Bill Lovie secretly went to Forks with his circle of Magi and visited with Byron Arryn II. When he arrived and met with Byron - who had been told he was meeting with Carlisle and not the King of Lucerne - the two talked openly of the discontent that House Arryn felt about their state in the Kingdom, and Bill was quick to constantly feed Byron dillusions of grandiouse plans for House Arryn. When Bill left to give Byron time to think about these things Martin was quick to voice his concerns about listening to any advise that the mad king gave to them, but Byron did not listen to him and went about his own decision. With these plans bouncing in his mind Byron agreed to Bills command of going west to lead the newly constructed town of Berne.



Berne
When Martin Arryn and the rest of his house arrived in Berne they all marvalled at the beauty of the town, and they understood quickly how much of a fortress the city was. House Arryn spent the first years of their reign in Berne continuing to increase the mining that went on in the town, as well as furthering the underway which was part of the command by Bill Lovie. It was while this was going on that the young prince Andrew Lovie would begin the Journey which would dramatically change the fate of House Arryn and Berne. House Arryn did not send any troops to assist House Lovie, and the young prince as they were meant to appear as if they no longer existed. But when Andrew Lovie returned to Lucerne victorious and proceeded to banish Sean, and Bill Lovie from the KIngdom House Arryn was about to be unable to hide themselves. While Bill Lovie fled westward to the fallen city of Orleans with what remained of his Circle of Magi, Sean Lovie retreated to Berne under orders from his father to use the city to launch a civil war against his brother. In this copasity the growing insanity of Sean entered Berne and while he was greeted by the people as the royalty he believed he was, Sean treated this with indignation and in fact through a gaurd off the walls of Berne in his march into the city.

Murder of Alison Arryn
With Sean's arrival in the city, Berne was no longer under the control of House Arryn but was now under the control of the newly created goverment of Sean Lovie self-entitled the True Sons of Lucerne. The rule of the True Sons of Lucerne was pure madness, and the peaceful and growth oreanted nature of House Arryn was replaced by a madness enduced chaotic nature which led to violence in the streets. Murderes all around. Sean Lovie is said to have exectuted a person a day towards the later days of his reign in Berne, and if murder was all he did then that was one thing but he in fact made a sport of trying new things and his raping, and sexual deviancy became out of control while in Berne. Martin Arryn as he saw the way things were turning hid his daughter Sansa, his wife, and his young son Dran in hidden spots throughout the city for fear that they would be killed. While they hid he and his other two sons led the Arryn Gaurd as they attempted to maintain order within the city, and at the same time gaurd the members of House Arryn from the predators within the walls.

It was during this dark time where Byron's rule had been taken over by Sean Lovie that the social climbing member of House Arryn in Allison Arryn rose to prominance as she allowed Sean to act out many of his sexual desires on her. This gave her a growing amount of power, and for a time she came to believe that she was even controlling Sean. When she learned she was pregnant with his child she came to understand how little she controlled when she told him the news. The best description of the events was by Ezio Ederiz who was in the room when it all went down.

''"I watched as Allison entered the room with a skip to her step. Her smile was always one that she had manuphactured in her mind, but today as she entered I noticed a genuine nature to her eyes. As she approached the mad prince he barely even moved his eyes from the poor women that was on her knees pleasing him. It was moments like this that made me want to walk over and kill him. Looking back I could have done it. The room had maybe four people that would defend him and I could have killed them with ease. Perhaps it was cowerdess. Perhaps it was something elce entirely, but before I could further examine the situation she blurted out to Sean who was still being assisted by the poor women I might add. She blurted out to him that she was pregnant with his child. As she waited with that extatic look on her face the entire room went silent. Everyone stopped what they were doing which included the women with Sean. Perhaps it was that she had stopped that caused the rage. Maybe it was the fact that deep down he understood that he shouldn't father anything. Whatever it was he simply got up walked over to Allison who still had a look of pure happiness and pushed her to the ground before taking out his knife and stabbing her repeatadly in the stomach."''

-Ezio Ederiz

With the murder of Allison the situation in Berne became uncontrollable. The Members of House Arryn had lost one of their members, and following the murder Sean Lovie held Amanda Heard under his control in a cage by his bed.