Stannis Stagg D2 [done]

Name: Stannis Stagg
Age: 17
Career

Have you ever heard the saying fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me? Yeah? Well allow me to share it a different way. Fool me once shame on you, and you better start running because there won't be a fool me twice. Mess me over one time, and I'll never forgive you. It's not in my bones, and it's never going to happen. I've learned the hard way. Giving people a second chance isn't worth it, and it never works out. The same foolish man will return with a prize in his mind, and I'll turn him away. I trust until it's broken, and once it's broken, there is no mending it. And nothing will ever change my mind. Ever as long as I live. So don't even try. Just back away while you still have the chance. It's not worth the fight, that I can promise you, as I'll always win.

I'm afraid he'll steal it from me. My crown I've been yearning for. My brother has always been the favorite, yet things change, and it's in the past. As I watch him spiral out of control, I slither through the crowd, and I'll strike. I'll take the crown for myself. It's mine, and nobody else can have it. I'll fight my brother over and over just to prove that big things can come in small packages. I'm determined to win, and I refuse to allow anyone to stand in my way. Sometimes all that's needed is the ability to overcome mountains searching for the prize waiting at the end. Mine is the crown. One day it'll sit upon my head, and I'll wear it with pride.

But it takes much more than that. I'm strong, and I'm always fighting, clawing, climbing my way to the top. I talk to my friends, and I make sure that nothing stands in my way. Sometimes I'll fight with them, and I'll butt heads with them - it's all just a part of life. I've spent many hours training, and I won't stop until I'm the best. My father paved the way, and I'm going to follow it with all that I have. My brother may have gone one way, but I'll take the path that I've always traveled. It's the perfect path because it sets me up for the win. It just depends on me, and those I am loyal to. I'm sure they'll understand their uses. I'll never treat them badly as long as they never betray me.

I like to take care of myself, my shaggy brown hair. Trying to keep it neat and clean is hard when I'm always busy. Brown eyes. Slightly dark colored skin. All off it is me. I scrub the dirt away, and clean my hands every night before going to bed. I like to clean my teeth. Just the idea of having nasty breath makes me feel like I don't matter. Don't want people going around turning their nose up at me over the stupidest thing. It'll only piss me off. Clean clothes, nicely pressed. I have to look the part I play. To make sure that people respect me, and that they know I am in charge. My friends, I love them to death, but I have to keep myself alive.

Brown eyes. Bags sitting beneath them. I don't sleep much. I lack the facial hair, I like to keep myself clean cut. I feel it looks nicer. A lot of my time is at a career training center, and I work on building my muscles. Now I don't go strutting around trying to show off, but I do what I can when I can. I look like my father, and my other siblings, but I want to look like myself. Genes are a terrible thing, and I wish they didn't pass down through generations. But I'll wear it with pride. A pointy nose, white teeth. Scars covering my body, I love them, and I count them as a personal treasure. A sharp jawline. High cheeks. Big ears that look like they're from a different world. I'm tired of people saying they can hear me better with them. It just doesn't make sense.

My father died, and I didn't know what to do. My brother started spiraling downhill, and it became a way for me to take advantage. To prove that I'm stronger, better, and I live to prove it. Having fight after fight with my family. I fought with Robert for the longest time only to figure out that it doesn't matter. Sword fighting, I work to overpower him. One day I'll be the best. Father wanted what was best, yet he gave it to someone who didn't deserve it, so I went my own way. I found what I was looking for. I want the estate he runs. I want to own it, have my name spread throughout it all. Stagg isn't good enough. I yearn to see my name, Stannis Stagg, spread in lights and gold and everything. That's all it'll ever be.

I have my friends, and it's all I need. I trust them with my life, but if they ever screwed me over it would be the last thing they did. Davos, a man I go to. He's like my right hand man. Without him I am nothing. He's a friend I would do anything for, and I don't know what I would do without him. It didn't take long to take him in because he's smart, and I need the smarts on my side. And then a lady, a lady filled with many tricks, and stuff I probably don't deserve, but she's on my side. All it took was looking around, and doing what I can in order to find what I need to survive. It made me happy when little Shireen decided to join me. It made me happy, and proud, and I'll watch after her. I only have her best interest in mind as long as it doesn't conflict with mine.

It hasn't always been this way, though. My life has changed. I've gone from being a sweet, innocent naive child to a man. I've grown through the ranks, and I want to grow more. I want to study, and learn, and become the best I can ever be. I need them for myself. I need to grow stronger if I ever wish to wear a crown. I deserve it, I'll fight for it, I'll do what I can. But I learned to take it one day at a time. Just slow down and think. Just make myself believe that I am the strongest person there is without forgetting about those who are loyal to me. I'll keep them with me, and I'll guide them. One day we'll reach greatness together, and then I'll have what is rightfully mine.