Lymond Mallister

**Lymond Mallister** is an anointed knight and the heir to Lord Denys Mallister of Seagard. Considered a promising young swordsman, Lymond is still yet to see proper battle.

## Relations

### Siblings

Joanna MallisterJon Mallister

Patrek Mallister

Catelyn Mallister

Desmond Mallister

## Appearance and Character

Lymond is a strikingly handsome man in the prime of his life. A dashing knight, tall and muscled like a maiden's dream, Lymond is of a muscled, but elegant build. Gold of hair with dimpled good looks, the heir to Seagard carries himself with the feral grace of a talented swordsman and the arrogant superiority of his ancient House. His deep-set eyes are an icy grey-blue, and together with the sharp cheekbones and chiseled jaw, give him a severe aspect reminiscent of a bird of prey, befitting a Mallister of Seagard.

The pride of his House, Lymond is considered by many in the Riverlands as one of the most promising young knights of his generation. Talented with sword, lance, and bow, Lymond squired at Riverrun and was knighted at the age of seventeen. Lymond has the reputation as a vain and arrogant young man of great potential.

## History

Lymond Mallister was born in 77 AC to Denys Mallister, who in turn was heir to Lymond’s great grandsire, old Lord Dontos. The first son of a second son who inherited by virtue of a tragic drowning, Lymond was kept under close supervision, with constant visits from maesters, sworn swords and servants to ensure the young boy’s education and well-being. Other siblings soon followed.

Many of Lymond’s earliest memories revolve around escaping his supervisors to wander the great halls of his great grandsire, and sneaking into the yard to train with swords, only to be carried back to his father and mother by a stressed-out retainer. Though often scolded, Lymond was more often feted than punished, and perhaps that explains his defiant streak today. Some of his more reckless behaviour was attributed to his favorite uncle, the bastard Baldric Rivers, who, having studied under the great Reyaan, and noticed the boy's predilection for the sword, trained him in the bravo's arts, or read to him from the old histories of the Mallister line.

When Lymond was six, his lord grandfather passed on, having lived a long and fulfilling life, at the venerated age of three-and-eighty. The old lord had been about to go hawking when attempting to mount his mare he collapsed, mumbling unintelligible words before being carried to his bed where he died within the hour.

Denys Mallister was now Lord, and Lymond was now heir, and his proper education began almost immediately after his great grandsire’s funeral. Seven years old, Lymond was sent away to serve as a page at the court of Lord Tully. A remarkably talented sword, his squirehood however proved uneventful, and even the Rose-Gold rebellion would pass him as young Lymond was made to remain at Riverrun throughout the war. All the same, he was knighted for his "service" to Tully during the rebellion, and so it came to be that Ser Lymond Mallister was a knight at the age of seventeen.

Finally a man grown, and a knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Lymond departed Riverrun on his own to wander the wartorn Riverlands. There, he visited the courts of Maidenpool, Stone Hedge, Raventree Hall, Fairmarket and several others, sometimes staying for a few days, sometimes for a fortnight if his host willed it, inviting him to partake in hawking and hunting with the men of the castle. Some days were better than others, and some were superb, but the fledgling eagle was relieved all the same to finally return to Seagard in the end, not having been home for near a decade.

Where his education had been agonizingly slow, time had quickly passed back home. His elder sister Joanna had grown into a woman, and his brothers were coming into their own as well, squiring for knights elsewhere, but it was his father that had changed the most. Now having ruled for ten years, Lymond scarcely recognized Lord Denys as the man who had cheered him on as a child. Now stern and cynical, Denys spoke demeaningly about his neighbours across the bay, who had ceased their reavings upon the mainland, but still remained at large. Uncle Baldric was nowhere to be found, and when pressed about the matter, Denys curtly responded that the black sheep had abandoned his family in the end. Servants told it otherwise, however, speaking of how Denys had argued with his brothers, escalating over the years until neither Baldric nor Denys could stand to be in the same room before finally, Baldric had had enough and departed Seagard on his own. Some went as far as to claim that it was Denys who had forced the bastard into exile, whilst others - uncle Perwyn included - insisted on it being Baldric’s own choice.

No matter the cause, a rift had formed in the family, and Lymond’s nostalgic memories of home were no more, his fate seemingly sealed as the burdens of future lordship and marriage - for he had been betrothed to a Blackwood in his absence - weighed down on his adolescent shoulders.

In the years that followed, Lymond frequently departed his childhood home to find answers - and perhaps solace - upon the road, making frequent visits to Riverrun and nearby keeps. All the whilst, he heard of sightings of his bastard uncle, seeking service among lordly households, but rarely staying for more than a year before moving on. In King's Landing, his brother had already taken a wife and fathered a child, whilst in the frigid North, his cousin had done similarly among the Glovers of Deepwood Motte.

Yet in recent months, those patrols and rides have become ever more infrequent as his own wedding is approaching.

## Family

Lord Denys Mallister, b. 51 AC, 10th Moon

m. Lady Josella Royce, b. 47 AC, 7th Moon

* Joanna Mallister, b. 74 AC, 1st Moon, married to Lucas Tully
* **Ser Lymond Mallister**, b. 77 AC, 4th Moon, heir, betrothed to Serena Blackwood

* Patrek Mallister, b. 79 AC, 6th Moon, married to Perianne Darry
	+ Rosamund Darry, b. 97 AC, 3rd Moon

* Catelyn Mallister, b. 80 AC, 6th Moon, married to Lyle Farman

* Desmond Lannister, b. 82 AC, 8th Moon

Ser Perwyn Mallister, b. 54 AC, 9th Moon, wed to Tyanna Wayn

* Ser Armond Mallister, b. 78 AC, 4th Moon, married to Mira Glover

* Danelle Mallister, b. 80 AC, 11th Moon

* Henrietta Mallister, b. 81 AC, 12th Moon, married to Davos Dondarrion.

Lady Regent Alicent Mallister, b. 63 AC, 2nd Moon, widow of
Lord Benedict Bracken

Baldric Rivers, b. 61 AC, 4th Moon, exiled