Marq Farman

Marq was the second son of Lord Farman, who ruled Fair Isle through the reigns of Aenys I and then Maegor I. In time Marq had three children of his own: Franklyn, Elissa, and Androw. In 43 AC his father, his elder brother, and Franklyn himself took up arms alongside Prince Aegon against King Maegor in the battle fought by the Gods Eye. His father and brother did not return from that field, and the lordship of Fair Isle fell to Marq.

Soon after the battle, Queen Rhaena, Aegon's widow, sought refuge on Fair Isle with her two daughters, Aerea and Rhaella, fleeing her uncle the king. Marq took them in and gave his word that under his roof no harm would come to them.

In 49 AC Marq presided at Fair Isle over the marriage of his son Androw to the widowed queen herself. It was said Rhaena accepted the match to repay the protection Marq had given her years before, when her uncle the king wanted her taken and the Poor Fellows branded her a sinner and her daughters abominations.

Some time later, when the dragon Dreamfyre laid a clutch of eggs on the island, one of the Poor Fellows proclaimed it would bring a plague of dragons that would destroy everything. Marq did not let the prophecy stand: he sent his knights to seize the preacher and silence him.

A year later, in 50 AC, Marq died at Faircastle after choking on a fish bone. He was succeeded as Lord of Fair Isle by his eldest son, Franklyn.

He was remembered as a loyal and kind man, one who cared for all his children and his whole family.