Doran Martell

Prince Doran Nymeros Martell is the head of House Martell, Prince of Dorne and Lord of Sunspear and the Water Gardens. He is the older brother of Oberyn Martell and of Elia Martell, and the father of Arianne, Quentyn and Trystane. A bad case of gout has swollen and reddened his knees, toes and hands and taken from him the use of his legs, so that he travels by palanquin or in a wheeled chair built for him by Maester Caleotte, and he looks softer and older than his years. He is a very hard man to read. Many take his stillness for meekness and prefer his fiery brother, but Doran is secretive and painstaking, weighing every risk and consequence before he moves, where Oberyn went in with bare steel. He loves his family, is kind to his brother's natural daughters, and cares for all three of his own children.