Again, another character for the Game of Thrones RPG.
Renly Baratheon is the youngest of the Baratheon brothers.
Young, handsome, charming and somehow frivolous, I have to confess he is one of the characters I liked the least.
Yet I’m quite happy about how he turned out.

In my mind he was pretty much a spoiled brat.
When Robert and Stannis rode around the Seven Kingdoms wreaking havoc, he stayed safe at home playing with his toys.
I know he couldn’t help it because he was too young, and yet there he was.

When Robert eventually won the kingdom, Renly was given the biggest castle, even if he never fought a battle in his entire life.
Ok, there were reasons, but he could have at least acknowledged the fact that he didn’t deserve any of what he got and say thanks.
Just “thanks guys, you did the hard job and I’m enjoying your stuff, I love you” would have been enough for me.

If Game of Thrones were set in this century, Renly would be the rich twat spending his days driving daddy’s SUV and being awesome with the girls.
Anyway.

By the Game of Thrones books Renly used to love dressing all pretty, he had a shiny, finely decorated enameled armour which, I figure, was not exactly designed for a real battle.
He looked great in it though.
For the armour I referenced heavily to a really cool plate armour I saw at the British Museum. It had been crafted for a prince (I don’t remember who to be honest) and I think it would have suited Renly pretty well.

A friend of mine pointed out that his face seems a bit too polished compared to the rest of the drawing, but I actually meant to paint his face as clean as possible, so I think it works fine.
Any more details would have made him look older, or possibly tougher than I meant to.
I see him as a young, unexperienced pretty guy wearing an expensive armour, I didn’t want him to look like a great warrior.
Understood Renly? You’re not a great warrior!

by Paolo Puggioni