pardon a quick c&p: as for bran, he's come up from a really shitty childhood, kind of found himself in acting and worked out a career for himself. he's played up in the press as a "bad boy"/womanizer a lot of the time, and that's pretty true -- though he never tries to portray himself as anything different. he's very open with people. only about two years ago he got clean from a myriad of drugs he had been off/on with for years. more than anything he actually genuinely cares for the people he considers his "family" -- which are VERY few