Name
Solyar Vaith
Status
The Reincarnation of Apollo
,first older son
House and Heritage
House
Vaith of the River Vaith, a noble Dornish house known for its mastery of desert survival, subtle diplomacy, and control of key trade routes along the Scourge.
Father
Lord Maeron Vaith, a calculating and stoic desert lord known for his mastery of negotiation and his unshakable patience. A man of few words and fewer smiles, Maeron raised his heir with a blend of discipline and distance, never quite understanding the divine fire that burned in his son's soul.
Mother
Lady Nyra Manderly, a noblewoman of House Manderly of White Harbor. Her marriage to Lord Maeron was a rare and strategic alliance between North and South, brokered in the final years of the Targaryen dynasty. She brought with her a love of books, music, and the sea gifts she passed on to her son.
Abilities and Traits
Healing Arts
Solyar is a master of desert medicine and battlefield triage. He knows how to draw poison, mend broken bones, and concoct salves from rare herbs. His touch is said to "cool the fever and still the pain." Some whisper he can purge madness with a song.
Poisoncraft and Plague Lore:
Though a healer, Solyar understands toxins intimately. He studies venomous creatures and plague histories, not to spread death but to prevent it. His knowledge of poisons rivals that of the Citadel's darker archmaesters.
Warg Bond basilisk
Solyar is a skinchanger, bonded to a massive desert serpent he calls Sirrash. Though not a true basilisk, the creature is unnaturally large, intelligent, and venomous. Through it, Solyar sees far, strikes silently, and communes with the land.
Archery Mastery
He wields a custom-forged Dornish warbow so heavy no other man has drawn it. Its arrows pierce plate and bone alike. He rarely misses, and his shots are often preceded by a whisper of wind and a shimmer of heat.
Music and Songcraft
Solyar plays a bone-harp and sings in High Valyrian and the Old Tongue. His music calms beasts, charms children, and once lulled a sand wyrm into sleep. He is often invited to court not for politics but for performance.
Artistic Patronage
He sponsors sculptors, poets, and dancers across Dorne. His hall is filled with mosaics of stars, serpents, and sunbursts. He believes beauty is a form of truth, and truth a form of power.
Leadership and Guidance
Solyar is a patient lord, known for walking his lands barefoot and speaking with shepherds and spice-sellers alike. He offers counsel to younger lords and once helped a bastard knight gain a seat at court through merit alone.
Combat Prowess
Though not a knight, Solyar trains with swordmasters and bowmen daily. His style is fluid, precise, and devastating. He fights like a dancer until he doesn't. Then he fights like a storm.
Eternal Beauty
Solyar's beauty is not youthful it is timeless. His face bears the marks of age and experience, yet remains radiant, sculpted