Doran Martell
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Doran Martell is the Prince of Dorne and Lord of Sunspear. He is a cautious, pensive man who does not wear his emotions on his sleeve. During the War of the Five Kings he did not commit his forces. In secret he was planning revenge against the Lannisters for the killing of his relatives but the initial plan failed. It is not revealed what he is planning next.
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[edit] Personal life
Doran was born in 248 AL. The names of his father and mother are not mentioned in the books. He was the first son and was heir of his mother who ruled Dorne in her own right.
His siblings are:
- Mors, died while young
- Olyvar, died while young
- Elia, born in 257 AL, died in the Sack of King's Landing in 283 AL
- Oberyn, born in 258 AL, died in a trial by combat in 300 AL
Because of the early dead of his Olyvar and Mors and the difference in age with his surviving siblings Doran was raised alone. This may have stimulated his tendency of not speaking out his thoughts.
He met his wife Mellario while traveling in the Free Cities. They fell in love and married. Although Mellario was high born enough to become his wife, in Westeros most marriages for nobles are political marriages and a love match is very uncommon.
The couple had three children:
Although they married out of love the marriage was not very happy. Mellario could not get used to Dornish customs. Shortly after the birth of Trystane Quentyn was sent to be fostered as the ward and squire of Lord Ormond Yronwood. This was done to make peace with the Yronwoods after the previous lord Yronwood had died of his wounds taken in a duel with Oberyn. Mellario did not approve and went back to Norvos.
In his fifties Doran became badly afflicted with gout, barely able to walk and is usually confined to a wheeled chair. He spends a great deal of time at the Water Gardens, the summer home of the Martells, watching children play. He avoids the commoners and only sees his trusted courtiers and advisors to hide his weakness from his enemies.
[edit] Prince of Dorne
Doran's mother died during or shortly after Robert's Rebellion and Doran succeeded her. The Martells had ties with the Targaryens and had supported them during the war.
Because of the murder of Elia, Oberyn wanted Dorne to rally for Viserys the surviving Targaryen heir after the Sack of King's Landing but Doran decided otherwise. In negotiations with Jon Arryn the matter was put to rest although people suspected that the Martells including Doran still harboured hate for the Lannisters
[edit] War of the Five Kings
Doran originally refused to swear allegiance to Joffrey Baratheon and considered supporting Renly Baratheon. However, Tyrion Lannister was able to gain his allegiance by sending him Myrcella Baratheon and betrothing her to his son Trystane, offering justice for his murdered sister Elia, and giving him a seat on the King's Small Council. Not being fit enough to journey to King's Landing, he sent his brother Oberyn to claim both the seat and justice.
When Oberyn died in King's Landing, Doran refused all suggestion of going to war for vengeance. He returned to Sunspear to show his people that he still held power, and had Oberyn's warlike bastard daughters, the "Sand Snakes", imprisoned to maintain the peace. After his daughter's foiled attempt to crown Myrcella, Doran revealed to her that he had been working secretly for the fifteen years since Elia's death to rob Lord Tywin Lannister of all he held dear, and that he planned to ally House Martell with Daenerys Targaryen.
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