Oberyn Martell
Prince Oberyn Nymeros Martell {Born 258 AC}, known as the Red Viper, is a member of House Martell and brother to Prince Doran, Prince Mors, Prince Olyvar and Princess Elia. He has a very close relationship with Elia and they were inseparable as children. Some rumors hold that Oberyn is bisexual. His squire {and one of his many rumored lovers} is Daemon Sand. Oberyn often travels the world, and has even founded his own mercenary company. Oberyn rides a black stallion with a tail the color of fire. Oberyn wields an ash spear eight feet long with a steel spearhead and spike. In his youth, Oberyn was fostered at Sandstone. At sixteen, Oberyn was found in bed with the paramour of Lord Edgar Yronwood, so the lord challenged him to a duel. The duel was to first blood, given the prince’s youth and high birth, and both took cuts. Lord Edgar's wounds festered and killed him.
Oberyn has been known as the "Red Viper" ever since by friends and foes alike, due to rumors that he fought the duel with a poisoned blade. Afterward, Oberyn was sent to Oldtown and then to Lys in temporary exile in order for House Martell to make peace with House Yronwood, Quentyn Martell was sent as a ward to House Yronwood. Oberyn had traveled extensively in the Free Cities, where he learned much about poisons and perhaps even darker arts. He had studied at the Citadel, going so far as to forge six links of a maester's chain before he grew bored. He had soldiered in the Disputed Lands across the Narrow Sea, riding with the Second Sons for a time before forming his own company. It is said that he beds both men and women, and has begotten bastard girls all over Dorne. The Sand Snakes, men call them. Oberyn, however, does not let his children grow up wanting: he takes responsibility for them, and actively seeks to help raise all his children. He teaches them how to defend themselves and allows them great independence in growing up. When Oberyn was young, the ruling Princess of Dorne planned to wed Oberyn or his sister, Princess Elia, to one of Lord Tywin's children, or both of them to his twins. For that purpose, they visited Casterly Rock, where they met Cersei, Jaime and Tyrion Lannister. However, they arrived shortly after Joanna Lannister's death, which left Lord Tywin unreceptive. He offered the newborn Tyrion instead, which was seen as an insult. Oberyn is also primarily responsible for giving modern revitalization to the ongoing feud between his House and the Tyrells, because he accidentally crippled Willas Tyrell in a tourney, though Willas himself holds no grudge against him. Prince Oberyn was unhorsed by Prince Rhaegar Targaryen at a tourney at Storm's End. He was later unhorsed by Ser Barristan Selmy at a different tourney at Storm's End. When the Rebellion began, Oberyn along with his brothers opted not rally to the king, for the shame Rhaegar had brought upon Elia by taking another woman. |
Arianne Martell Arianne Martell {Born 271 AC} is the eldest daughter of the ruling Prince of Dorne, Prince Doran of House Martell, and his consort, Mellario of Norvos. According to Dornish Customs, she is the Heiress of Sunspear, and the future ruling Princess of Dorne. Arianne was pudgy as a girl, making her pray to the Seven that she would be given beauty when she was older. She had red spots at the age of eight, which is when she learned that the disease is mostly harmless for children but could kill adults. Arianne has cherished memories of her great-uncle Lewyn Martell, who died when she was seven.
He used to tickle her until she couldn't stop laughing. She has known Areo Hotah, captain of her father's guards, since her childhood and they are very fond of each other. Prince Oberyn once brought her and Tyene and Sarella to the abandoned holdfast of Shandystone. At one point, Arianne also travelled across the Mander when she and three of the Sand Snakes visited Tyene Sand's mother. She has had a vivid sexual imagination and, in accordance with the libertine customs in Dorne, also sexual experiences from an early age on. Arianne is calculating, adventurous and fierce-tempered. When she sees something she desires, she strives to obtain it at all cost. She doesn't shy away from using her looks to get what she wants. Arianne's nature compares more to her uncle Oberyn's than to her father's. Arianne considers handsome men her one great weakness, in particular when they have the air of adventure and the forbidden. On the other hand, she seems to be pious and is praying to the Seven. Arianne grew up at the Water Gardens, the preferred place of residence of her father. Her brother Quentyn was sent away as squire at an early age and her brother is Trystane ten years younger than herself. However, she is closest to her cousin Tyene Sand, with whom she shared everything, including a flagon of wine they had stolen at the age of ten and an early attempted sexual experience with Drey. She is also close to some of the other Sand Snakes, including Nymeria and Sarella. When War of the Usurper began, Arianne attempted to accompany Prince Oberyn to King's Landing to bring Elia and her children to Sunspear, however he forbade it. |
Ellaria Sand
Ellaria Sand, born 260AC, is the bastard daughter of Lord Harmen Uller, a nobleman of Dorne. She is the beloved paramour of Prince Oberyn Martell. Although she is not revered as a particularly beautiful woman, she is regarded as attractive and eye-catching. Ellaria he is known to be a good woman, strong and brave, with a gentle heart. Oberyn describes her as being sexually adventurous though, and potentially bisexual.
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Obara Sand
Obara Sand, Born 270 AC, is the bastard daughter of Oberyn Martell and an Oldtown whore. She is the eldest of the Sand Snakes clique. When Prince Oberyn came to claim Obara, her mother did not want him to take her. Oberyn reacted by throwing a spear down at her mother's feet and slapping her. Then and there, her father bestowed Obara with an ultimatum. He offered a choice of weapon, the spear or the tears, Obara chose the spear. Her mother eventually drank herself to death within a year. Obara may not be personable, yet her skills is almost unmatched. Her father,Prince Oberyn, developed her in combat from a very young age, most notably with a spear.
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Nymeria Sand
Nymeria Sand {Born 271 AC}, nicknamed Lady Nym, is the bastard daughter of Oberyn Martell and a noblewoman from Volantis. She is the second oldest of the Sand Snakes. Nymeria has all the beauty that her elder sister Obara Sand lacks, but is no less deadly. She usually can conceal a dozen daggers on her person and is extremely skilled with the blades.
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