Westeros Durradayne

Westeros Durradayne (IGN: WESTER0S officially joined November 2019) is a prominent vul political figure and member of the monarchy in the Vulperium.

From humble beginnings he rose through the ranks and became the Valar of Vulpinia. While he has retired from this role he still maintains his position as a leader in international affairs and cartography.

Early Life
Westeros was born in Pella, a small town on the continent of Nieden in the Realm of Rathnir. He was raised by his vul parents, Darrios and Ayah; and alongside his younger brother Essos.

Growing up, the family faced frequent racial stipulations for being vul. After all, vuls were not from the world of Rathnir. The race originated in the lands of Serrona; the southern lands in the Realm of Eldham. Once a mighty ethnocratic culture who prospered in the Serronan lands, now forced out and narrowed down to the last remnants of their kind by greedy, expansionist, man made empires. However, despite these stipulations Westeros and his brother promised to change the world and let mankind and other cultures know exactly what a vul can do.

Banditry and Cult Activities
When Westeros was in his late teens, the differences between his brother and himself began to really show. This most likely stemmed from the way Darrios, the boy’s father, raised them. He raised them in a Traditional Nabu household, teaching that Vuldeus (The Patron God of the Vulpur Nabu) was a peaceful and just God to all beings in the world. Whereas other religious groups taught that Vuldeus was exclusive to vulpur. Yet this would entail a bit of racial bias towards vuls. This was also taken a step further in some ‘terrorist’ organizations like the Anarchic Cult of Vuldeus. Where the members would hunt humankind in order to take back the world that was stolen from them. Essos, West’s brother, joined the Anarchic Cult, turning to a life of banditry; whereas, Westeros wanted to follow the more traditional beliefs his father had passed down. It was here that they split paths, both moving away from their mother and father to chase the dreams they had dreamt. Not much is known of Vuldeus until his reunion with West in their late 30’s. Before Westeros left his parents, he was given the Durradayne family trinket. The trinket was golden and was carried by the eldest son of the family. West would carry this throughout all his days, all the way until his future heir would come of age.

Formation of a Vul Community
The departure of his brother weighed heavy on Westeros' heart, he had never known life without him. This left a place to be filled in his life, a companion to follow. This is about the time when he met a wise young leader, Nuncio. Nuncio shared an idea with West, the idea of a community to protect the vul race, culture and heritage. A place that would step up for the little guy and do it the right way, with peace and humane justice. They met in Floramia, modern day Simulami, Rathnir. Together, they formed a small community of vuls who all had the same goal in mind. These were the original founders: Nuncio, Pigeon, Westeros and Xen. Xen was actually a brother to Westeros. He was born to Westeros’ mother a couple years before Darrios and Ayah got together and had Westeros and later Essos. This was an unexpected meeting between the two. However, it wasn’t long until the community was forced out of Floramia and into the lands of Najer. It was here that Penn, Najer’s leader,  opened his arms to the community of Vul’s, something Westeros had never seen before in his lifetime. The community was given land to build upon and keep safe under the rule of the Emirate of Najer. Here they raised the city of Neavulpur and began their plans for future expansions.

Construction of Captainia
It wasn’t long after the founding of Neavulpur, that more settlements popped up. Just south of Neavulpur, Westeros began construction of Captainia. After the construction finished, Westeros welcomed the first other resident into the settlement. She was a traveler named Kallur. They would later form a relationship and get married, having one girl, named Shiba.

Migration Back to the Homelands
After quite some time in the Emirate of Najer, Vulpinia felt they had the power to migrate back to the Eldham Realm and become a fully independent nation. The Eldham Realm held the vul’s homeland, Serrona. It’s here that Westeros found Tildivul, the capital of Vulpinia. This served as the main seat of power for all citizens and ranking officials. After a short stint of a diarchy and some key council meetings, Nuncio was selected unanimously as Valar, or ‘King’ of the nation, and Westeros as the High Father of the nation. Sadly during the migration, Kallur would succumb to a sickness that she wouldn’t get over. She would later die of the illness, which left Westeros a widower. He vowed to remain single until the end of his days.

High Father
Westeros was known as the High Father. This meant Westeros would be the main speaker of the Vulpur Nabu. This was something he was very familiar with due to his father’s teachings when he was young. West led the clergy with pride and was tasked to spread the faith far and wide. He traveled all over Eldham teaching the Nabu faith, facing love and criticism along the way. These travels did lots for the Vulpur race and their religion, but it also sparked Westeros’ creativity. On these trips, he saw cities and structures with beauty that he had never seen before. Structures so high, they’d touch the clouds and cities so vast, the roads would go on forever.

Construction of the Westerosi Castle
It was from the religious trips where he got the idea of a castle larger than anyone had ever seen. A castle that would be a symbol of great power and prestige in the lands of Serrona. For 40 days and 40 nights, Westeros would build his castle, naming it the Westerosi Castle at its final erection. Just south of the castle, Westeros walked, admiring the structure he had spent his blood, sweat and tears on. In his pocket, he grabbed the gold trinket given to him from his father. He dusted it off and noticed a small indent on the side, one that he had never seen before. He pressed his finger on it and the trinket opened. Dust and dirt sprang out along with a seed. It was the seed of a great oak. A beautiful tree that grew to great heights back in Pella. He took out the seed and planted it where he stood, on the bank of the Celestial Sea. Westeros would pray the oak would become big and strong, like he dreamt of one day being.

Reign As Valar
After years of Nuncio’s great reign as Valar, the Valardom (Kingdom) of Vulpinia prospered in safety and security. The years were just for Nuncio and his people, for Vuldeus shined down on him for the charitable Valar he was. Nuncio announced Westeros as the heir to the throne and proclaimed him Vierl (Prince) of Vulpinia. It wasn’t but a couple months after the announcement that Westeros held the highest and most honorable position in Vulpinia, Valar. Westeros faced his trials throughout the years as Valar but he showed to be a wise and intelligent leader. Some of his accomplishments were the expansion of Vulpinia’s borders in order to help strengthen Batu’s core, a booming population that has reached numbers Vulpinia had never seen before, and he had also made important tactical alliances with major international powers. Westeros also formed the Valardom into a constitutional monarchy instead of an absolute, incorporating democracy within the great nation. The list goes on and on for the wise Valar.

Westerosi Cartography Guild
From the countless travels and international affairs that Valar Westeros had been a part of, he decided to give back to the realm using cartography. After years of mapping all lands of Eldham and its many, many countries within, he would implement his own mapping guild. The Westerosi Cartography (Mapping) Guild, a place of great knowledge, serves the realm of Eldham even today with precise maps of all nations no matter the shape or the size.

Reunion with Essos
After the first Festivul of Vulpinia, the lands of Vulpinia were attacked by a rogue bandit that went by the name of the Patron God, Vuldeus. This bandit would kill all humans he came in contact with and Vulpinia was about to face his wrath all the same. After hearing of this Westeros had a suspicion who the bandit was. Knowing the danger, Westeros rode to the site of murder to find a hooded figure kneeling over the body of his previous victim. The victim, a man who looked as though his body were twisted in two, laid on the ground in a pull of blood. Westeros pulled out his blade and announced to the bandit to show his face. The bandit stood and stared at Westeros, revealing to him that it was indeed his brother Essos. Before West could do a thing, a woman and child rushed out of the nearby shed across the way. They came out trembling at the body of the man lying on the ground, only to thank Essos for saving their life from her deranged husband who tried killing them. What a dramatic reunion of the two brothers, hadn’t seen each other in over a decade. From that day, Essos showed his worth to his brother and made the promise to never harm another innocent soul in Vulpinia. Essos is now allowed safe passage throughout the vast lands and is of great importance to the Vulpinian Military.

Construction of NeaCaptainia
Tildivul is a robust and bustling city with structures with immense beauty like the Great Church, the Great Dining Hall, the Westerosi Castle, the Nuncian Monument and many more. Valar Westeros was the key architect in the majority of these structures but time came for West to slow down construction of Tildivul and look to build elsewhere. The Valar looked southward, just across the Tailwater River. He went over the Lighthouse Bridge and kept walking until he reached the same bank of the sea he planted the Great Oak all those years before. He saw out of the ground a beautiful tree that was much different from the other spruce trees around him. It was a Great Oak, from the seed he had planted all those years before. It was here that he constructed the Durradayne Estate; a small home with thick walls for himself and his future family to live in during his retirement. This would be known as NeaCaptainia, meaning New Captaina.

Retirement from Valar
On 6th January 2022 Valar Westeros of Vulpinia declared that he was stepping down from the role to become Duke of Mournalor. His successor was to be Vierl Shib but she respectfully refused the role, nominating her husband Brock for it instead who accepted.

After Westeros' passing from old age, he would be succeeded as head of House Durradayne by his son Westeros II, who published the book Historical Saga of the Ancient Southern World. Some of his later descendents would then go on to be coronated as Grand Valar following the Vulperium's dissolution, founding the new government of Greater Vulpinia, aswell as being involved in the foundation of the northern government of Nivulgard.