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Rogar Baratheon

Lord Roger Baratheon was also known as Lord of Storm's End, Lord Paramount of the Stormlands, he was born in the year 17 AC.

Lord Roger married Alyssa Targaryen as his second wife.

Lord Roger had two children with Alyssa, Baby Boremund Baratheon who died at 3 three days old, and Jocelyn Baratheon.

Lord Roger passed at Storm's End in the year 62 AC, he was 45 years of age.

Early Life: Rogar Baratheon was born in 17 AC, the eldest of five brothers and the grandson of Orys Baratheon, the first Lord of Storm's End of House Baratheon and the bastard half-brother of King Aegon I Targaryen. As Lord Orys had taken Storm King Argilac the Arrogant daughter to wife, Rogar could claim that both the blood of House Targaryen and House Durrandon flowed through his veins.

He had been married once, though his wife had died young, having succumbed to a fever less than a year after her wedding to the Lord of Storm's End. The marriage had left Rogar childless.

Under Maegor the Cruel: When Prince Aegon the Uncrowned declared his uncle Maegor I Targaryen a tyrant and a usurper, Lord Rogar was among the great lords in secret communication with Dowager Queen Alyssa Velaryon, the prince's mother. However, Rogar would not declare for Aegon until the Prince of Dragonstone proved his strength; Aegon ultimately perished at his uncle's hand at the Battle Beneath the Gods Eye. After their flight from Maegor at King's Landing, Roger was quick to provide shelter to Alyssa Velaryon and her children, Prince Jaehaerys and Princess Alysanne. If he feared Maegor's wrath, he hid it well. His brother Ser Borys told others that Rogar dreamed of facing Maegor in single combat and cutting him down with his ax. Lord Rogar would be the first great lord to openly proclaim for Prince Jaehaerys against his uncle, Maegor the Cruel. In 48 AC at Storm's End, Rogar proclaimed Jaehaerys to be the lawful King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, before a hundred of his lord's bannermen and knights. In return, Prince Jaehaerys named Rogar his Hand of the King and the Protector of the Realm. While Lord Rogar was gathering his levies at Storm's End, King Maegor's response was slow and sluggish. When Lord Daemon Velaryon declared for his nephew Jaehaerys, other great houses soon followed Baratheon's and Velaryon's lead. Ultimately, Rogar's dream of slaying Maegor the Cruel was denied to him when the king mysteriously died on the Iron Throne.

Twenty-three days after the mysterious death of King Maegor I, Lord Rogar arrived at King's Landing at the head of a large host, accompanying Dowager Queen Alyssa Velaryon, to meet up with Prince Jaehaerys, Princess Rhaena, and Princess Alysanne, who had arrived a fortnight earlier. Some suggested that Princess Rhaena succeed as queen of the realm, though Rogar disagreed with the notion, firmly believing the throne should pass on to the next male heir, Jaehaerys. Lord Rogar had hundreds seized and arrested at the capital for their loyalties to Maegor.

Hand of the King: During the remainder of Jaehaerys' minority, Rogar shared the rule of the realm with Dowager Queen Alyssa, continuing to serve as Hand and Protector. However, Jaehaerys was no figurehead and insisted on having a say in all decisions made in his name. Though some whispered that Rogar ruled the realm entirely, Jaehaerys had a seat at nearly every small council meeting and was not shy about having his voice heard. Though in the end, Rogar and Alyssa had the final authority throughout the young king's regency. With the Red Keep's dungeons filled with Maegor's men, Rogar feared that executing them would only harden the remaining loyalists against the young prince. Instead, Rogar urged Jaehaerys to allow Maegor's men to stand trial, execute those found guilty of the worst crimes, and take hostages from the others. Wishing to prove to the realm that he was not his uncle, Jaehaerys ultimately chose to forgive all those who had followed Maegor, only taking certain lands and hostages. Though his decree had no legal force as Jaehaerys was not yet crowned, his determination gave him the support of Lords Baratheon and Velaryon. Jaehaerys would be formally crowned in the waning days of 48 AC at Oldtown, by the High Septon himself. Lord Rogar was one of the many lords in attendance. When Rhaena wed Androw Farman on Fair Isle in 49 AC, Rogar was furious that she married without the crown's leave, perhaps because Rogar's youngest brother and two of his nephews were unmarried and of suitable age for the queen. Later that year, Rogar himself would wed Queen Alyssa in a marvelous wedding remembered as the Golden Wedding at King's Landing, attended by numerous lords from throughout the Seven Kingdoms and even beyond. Many used the wedding as an opportunity to treat the Hand, who was seen as the true power in the realm. Some servants controversially whispered that Rogar had bedded seven maidens from the pleasure houses of Lys, as Queen Alyssa had given her maidenhead to King Aenys I years before. Rogar did not ask Jaehaerys' leave to wed his mother, which the king took as a slight sign of disrespect. Jaehaerys did not approve of the marriage, later confessing that he did not need a second father.