Kaylin Staedmon

Durran Staedmon (8)

Oberon Staedmon (8)

Corwin Staedmon (8)

The eldest child of Lord Tristifer Musgood and his lady wife Alayne of House Dargood, born in 70 AC, sister of Asher and Lyon Musgood. Mother of Nakario, Faeya, Durran, Oberon and Corwin Staedmon.

## Appearance and Character

Kaylin is an exotic beauty, with ashen skin, shoulder length, bright red hair, and copper eyes. She is surprisingly tall and willowy, and sometimes seems very sad. She has grown accustomed to wear dresses and robes dyed in white and a dark red-violet, often combined with pelts or furcoats. Before she liked to dress up in men's clothing and pretend to be one of her brothers.

Kaylin is extremely dedicated to the Faith of R'hllor, and believes in her righteousness to the point of arrogance and fanaticism. She is impatient with heretics, is easily slighted by accusations or insults and takes japes at her Faith very personally. Kaylin is fiercely loyal to her children and a lot of her character, has been imprinted on her five children.

She shares her husband's love for travelling and is saddened that her responsibillities as mother does not allow her to travel. Kaylin dislikes the Stormlands for it's weather and as a child dreamt of moving somewhere dry and warm.

## History

born in 70 AC as the only daughter of Tristifer Musgood and Alayne of House Dargood. Kaylin has two younger brothers named Asher Musgood (born in 73 AC and heir of Honorhall) and Lyon Musgood (78 AC). Kaylin was from a young age exploration hungry and level-headed, often commandeering her younger brothers. As House Musgood noble seat Honorhall, is more like a large tent apparent by their sigil. Lord Tristifer Musgood travelled a lot through the Rainwood and so on one of these travels. When Kaylin was 10, she snuck away to explore the wildlife and got attacked by a bear but a red priest named Vargaphos Pahryris showed up and killed the animal with a burning stick. It was heavy raining that day but the stick burned, which fascinated Kaylin. Vargaphos brought Kaylin and Lyon save back to their parents and on her insistence Lord Musgood put the priest in his service and the priest never left Kaylin's side. Vargaphos taught her about R'hllor and Essos, especially about his home Volantis. Her father had wanted that, she married into a good House but most suitors found her faith less than enticing. Under the tutelage of Vargaphos, she began to dabble in the more mystical arts of the Faith of R'hllor, although showing no talent.

### Marriage

In 86 AC Kaylin was married, against her will, to Trenton Staedmon, the fourth son of Lord Garlan Staedmon. The only happy people at the ceremony were House Staedmon and House Musgood. Kaylin's brother Lyon threatened Trenton before the bedding ceremony and if not for her mother's intervention, her husband and her brother in law Ser Preston would have clashed with her brothers.

Kaylin bore her husband twins, the following year. Kaylin would gave them, the names: Nakario and Faeya. She raised her children and tautght Nakario to be the future Lord, with help from her brother-in-law Ser Preston Staedmon.

### Alone at Broad Arch

In the Three years of her husbands absence, Kaylin and her brother in law became very close, although it never turned physical. Kaylin feeling alone requested that her youngest brother Ser Lyon Musgood may come to Broad Arch, so that she would feel less alone. It was a true chore for as Nakario was early on very introverted and Faeya a dreamy girl that seemingly lived in her world.

Kaylin met her husband again but the two didn’t interact truly, except for arguing and bickering. That was also the only time, Trenton wanted her. Afterwards Trenton made it clear that he simply had to satisfy his urge and that they had different duties. She also disapproved of her husband's lack of faith and tried to convert him on any possible occasion. Despite their animosity, Kaylin gave Trenton, the much needed support and encouraged him to be a father for his children, as Ser Preston and Ser Lyon were much more fathers than uncles to Nakario and Faeya.

It never occured to her to seek a lover, in her brother in law. Although Kaylin's faith alienated her at first from the Staedmon household, she managed to garner respect and to be well liked by the Staedmon household, through her resillience and defiant nature. In 90 AC, Kaylin would give birth to three healthy boys, who would be named Durran, Oberon and Corwin.

In 93 the Rosegold Rebellion broke out and she used her charm to make Trenton speak out her intention of being neutral and took great care of her injured Husband, after House Staedmon had joined. Further Kaylin was deepy shocked by her father in law and brother in law's death and the two found solace in each other. Finally having something like a friendship. Trenton even offered to marry her again in the tradition of the Faith of R'hllor and she agreed happily his proposal.

### Some Peace, Some War and Other Marriage Quarrels

Now together they wanted that House Staedmon gained some respect in the Stormlands, without losing their neutrality and she taught her husband to be father not only to heir Nakario but also to the others.

In 96 AC, she accompanied her husband to the Tourney of Storm's End, alongside their five children and Ser Lyon Musgood was made castellan of Broad Arch in Trenton's abscence. Although Lord Trenton hated tourneys, seeing them as a waste of time, his duty as Lord required him to be there. She spent her time connecting with lords and ladies, while her husband was brooding in corners and drinking lemon water.

Kaylin was enraged when she learned of the matter, that her husband had betrayed House Staedmon's neutrality by sending their third son Oberon to squire for the independency faction during the **Year of Skulls and Daggers**. Although Kaylin or anybody else could hardly the tame the wild boy, a mother still loves her children. She violently confronted her Lord Husband and told him that her legs would be forever closed to him.

> *"An innocent and shy boy but he becomes more and more like his triplet brothers. He's so infatuated with the idea of impressing his father that I fear that he will do some stupid."* A thought by Kaylin Staedmon
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This would be the last time that Oberon would be used by his father. Unlike her husband, Kaylin found great pity that such a majestic creature like a dragon was no more in Westeros.

### Surviving her Husband

99 AC also saw the passing of her husband and her taking the regency of House Staedmon, as her son had not come of age yet. While they had never been greatly in love and while she didn't weep. Kaylin did mourn. Her brother Ser Lyon stepped up to help her govern Broad Arch and her children. Nakario, Oberon and Faeya were at that time with her. Durran and Corwin were both sent to, to come home and witness the funeral.

The passing of her husband marked a turning point in the relationship with all her sons.

### War of Stormlander Aggression

Especially as by 100 AC, Broad Arch was ransacked and set ablaze a fourth time. Her son Nakario forced her to abdicate the regency and make him Lord early. For three years they hid in the cellars of their own castle. Kaylin spent her time comforting her children Oberon and Faeya with stories and to keep Faith in the Red God. Her view on Nakario's actions were conflicted, on one hand she was proud of him taking the initiative but on the other hand, she was scornful. For the first time in her life, she had tasted true power.

### Maternal Duties

After 103 AC, Kaylin withdrew from the public eye a bit.

Afterwards she kept herself busy by finding suitors for her daughter and trying to tame Oberon, occassionally giving counsel to Lord Nakario. She openly objected the match of her eldest son and Aetharina of Sunstone. Yet by 111 AC, Nakario was a grown man and there was nothing she could do.

### The first Grandchildren

114 AC saw the birth of her first two grandchildren, who were unfortuanately bastards.