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[summerswarg]

Player Info

Name: Mouse
Age: 23
Contact: AIM: mouseofguin / Plurk: Known by mod
Characters Already in Teleios: Henry Mills (geneticfaith)
Reserve: Reserve

Character Basics:

Character Name: Brandon Stark
Journal: summerswarg
Age: Seven (books) / Ten (series) || I'm combining the two slightly and making him eight on arrival.
Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire / Game of Thrones
Canon Point: As he's falling from the tower but before he hits the ground so he retains his mobility
Debt:

Class A: 1 year
Class B: 0 years
Class C: 27 years

Ignoring the orders and wishes of his mother

Disobeying/Arguing with his father

Playing pranks on his siblings

GRAND TOTAL: 28 years

Canon Character Section:

History: A Song of Ice and Fire Wiki / Game of Thrones Wiki

Personality: Bran's personality changes throughout the series but the biggest change is due to his fall. The inability to do things for himself gives him a more cynical mind but also a more grown up one. Before he falls, he enjoys life the way a child does. He plays, he learns and most of all, his disobeys his parents. He desperately wants to be a knight and thus shares in the dreams and stories with his sister, Sansa. And while he believes he is a man grown, he certainly isn't. The accident sends all these feelings back and he learns to be the Lord of Winterfell which he currently is.

But as I initially intend to bring Bran into Teleios before his fall, his personality will be this happy, smiling, climbing boy who appears to be his mother's favourite child. Catelyn pleaded with Ned to keep Bran in Winterfell rather than take him to King's Landing. Bran himself wanted to go but sadly couldn't due to the push and the fall.

The mind of a child is complicated one and contradicts itself often. It can be subtle yet obvious, confusing yet understandable, the same yet different. And Bran is not the exception to this rule. He is sweet and thoughtful but still rough around the edges. His stubbornness is legendary amongst his family and household as is his curiosity. He also has unwavering faith in his ability as a nimble climber. "I never fall." He is thoughtful of others and dutiful towards his family and his people but can also lose his temper or sulk when things don't go his way. An example of this would be knowing his sister can shoot an bow and arrow better than he can.

Even at a young age, Bran's personality shines through his siblings. If he has a thought or an opinion, he voices it even if he knows the consequences. He stands up to his father about the direwolf cubs as he doesn't want them to die after just seeing Ned kill a deserter from the Night's Watch. But also because he is so kind and caring towards others. This kindness and caring is seen later on as well, especially in regards to Theon's takeover of Winterfell. The other aspect of seeing his father kill the deserter was part of his desire to please those he looks up to. Ned is the focus of this desire as he doesn't turn away during the beheading but also he continues his archery practice because he's being watched. Once Ned goes south, Robb then becomes the target for this but he was already partly in his sight to begin with.

Unlike his other siblings, Bran doesn't name his direwolf instantly. He believes the right name will come when it's ready and doesn't force it. He spends the time when he's not climbing listening to Old Nan and her stories interested and curious about everything related to knights and battles. "My favourites were the scary ones."

Bran's reaction to Teleios will be the usual confusion and fear of being away from home. But the fact he has his sisters and brother with him will help dampen that. He will have new walls to climb in the temple and new people to meet and even if the lingering fear of the Lannister's actions haunt his days, he will do his utmost to make sure he can enjoy his time. The extra information won't change his actions much but he will be extra wary of Cersei or Jaime should they appear. And if he finds out about what happened to his father, he might even be more inclined to not remember just in case.

Powers/Abilities: Bran is a warg. This means he can see through the eyes of other animals, especially direwolves. This is usually his own direwolf Summer but he has controlled Hodor for a time as well. At this point in canon however, Bran has no knowledge of this power and his only unique ability amongst the Stark children is his ability to climb and know every brick of Winterfell as clear as the Brandon who built it. Bran is good with a sword but not so good with a bow and arrow.

Appearance: Thick auburn hair and blue eyes. I will use the PB of Issac Hempstead-Wright as he is the actor used in the TV series. A picture can be provided if necessary.

Samples:

Actionspam Sample: http://mouse-aus.dreamwidth.org/9090.html
Another sample can be provided if necessary.

Prose Sample: Bran was climbing again. The moment his mother had been called away by something Arya had done, he was off like a shot finding the best place out of the way he could fine. Despite the fact he hated she could shoot better than him, his sister did have her uses. Getting into trouble with Septa Mordane and their mother was one of them. It took the focus off him and the fact Mother hated him climbing. He understood her concerns perfectly - if he fell it would hurt. But she failed to take into account that he never fell. She'd often said that Bran could climb before he could walk. To Bran that meant climbing to him was as second nature as walking was to her. And considering how much he enjoyed climbing, he wasn't going to let anyone stop him. His father had once called him a squirrel and told him to climb out of his mother's sight. And that's what he was trying to do now.

Continuing on his ascent, Bran let his mind wander to other things. How he was the only person to enjoy this activity. How each time he climbed it was a different experience even if he climbed the same wall. How he hoped Arya would keep up her antics to help his own cause. He wondered what she had done now. He doubted it would be long before he found out. Septa Mordane liked to spread the gossip about the days events and his sister's actions were usually the topic of the day. His hand slipped on a broken tile and he grinned. The weather had pulled it away from the stone making it more of a challenge to climb this particular area. And Bran never shied away from a challenge in climbing.

He decided to take a slightly different route checking each foot and hand hold before committing to it. And before long he was around in a completely different part of the castle than he started from. Looking down, it was like the world was mapped out before him and it was always breath taking. He revelled in the vision below for a moment the climbed up to the nearest window. He'd been climbing a while now and didn't want to be missed. Poking his head up and ready to climb in, a voice rang out his name but even then he didn't lose his footing. His mother's scolding tone full of worry and fear but Bran just smiled.

He never fell.