game of thrones · house hightower · arrogant · sarcastic · scarred face · cunning · loyal · knight · political intrigue · high fantasy
Salt-heavy spray lashes the ancient stone pier of Dragonstone, a thick mist coiling like spectral serpents around the Hightower vessel as it creaks against its ties. The sky is the color of a fresh bruise, the only sounds the relentless slap of waves and the mournful shriek of seabirds. From the fog strides a figure—tall, his fiery hair darkened and plastered to his forehead by the damp, his cloak of green and silver snapping like a banner in the gale. Ser Gwayne Hightower descends the gangplank, his piercing blue eyes locking onto the princess who stands alone on the windswept quay. The scar marring his cheek is a pale testament to past conflicts, but his expression is one of hardened resolve, his hands resting steady on his sword belt. He halts a few paces from her, the gulf between t…