House Reaper: Difference between revisions

FitzBlackthorn (talk | contribs)
No edit summary
FitzBlackthorn (talk | contribs)
No edit summary
Line 9: Line 9:


== History ==
== History ==
A little-known house, the Reapers of the Giant's Layer claim descent from Rogar Reaper, a farmhand from the town of Reaper's Rest whose only daughter was taken by a man-eating [[Giants|giant]]. Legend tells that Rogar took up his scythe, went to the giant's home atop a hill and slew it in three furious blows. Afterwards, he is said to have taken his head for a trophy, and his wife for a prize.
A little-known house beyond the Stormlands, the Reapers of the Giant's Lair claim descent from Rogar Reaper, a legendary farmhand from the town of Reaper's Rest whose only daughter was taken by a man-eating [[Giants|giant]]. Legend tells that Rogar took up his scythe, went to the giant's home atop a hill and slew it in three furious blows. Afterwards, he is said to have taken his head for a trophy, and his wife for a prize.


Rogar returned to the Giant's Lair, erecting a castle there atop the giant's bones, and mourned his lost child until his dying days. The sons that succeeded him were famed as being harsh and stony, traits that are common in all the scions of House Reaper.
Rogar returned to the Giant's Lair, raising a hall with beams made from the giant's bones, and buried his daughter beneath. The sons that succeeded him were famed as being large and hardy, traits that are common in all the scions of House Reaper.


== Notable Members ==
== Notable Members ==