Lorent Lefford

Ossifer Lefford

Lorent Lefford is the eldest child of Lord Humfrey Lefford and Jeyne Marbrand, being born in the year 78 - thus, he is also the heir to the Golden Tooth.

## Appearance and Character

Lorent is a tall, well-built young man with green eyes and ever so slightly curling dark-blond hair. Though his Lord Father had ever felt a distaste for combat, Lorent liked nothing more than to swing a sword since his earliest years. So too, much like his father, does the heir to the Tooth like mingling with his people - often doing so under false names and disguises.

## History

Lorent was born in the 78th year after Aegon's Conquest, a most significant year in the recent history of House Lefford. It was the year that the cruel winter often referred to as Maegor's Breath came to an end, but so too came with it the end of Lord Addison Lefford's life - and the beginning of Humfrey's rule.

Though Lord Humfrey had aspired to lead his son and heir into his own footsteps, it turned out that difference between their characters was too large. Lorent would sneak away from his lessons with the Maester to instead visit the local inn or train with the Master-at-Arms and his friends. And as fierce as the boy was in combat, so too was he fierce in character - though most men would succumb to the persuasion of his Father, Lorent never gave in.

The most significant strain on the relationship between Lord Humfrey and his son Lorent came at the onset of the Rosegold Rebellion. The Lord of Casterly Rock had ordered the Leffords to simply hold the Golden Tooth and its pass, an order Humfrey was more than happy to oblige. Lorent, at 15 years of age, was of other mind. He'd gotten all the training he could get at the Golden Tooth - in his mind, at least - and he wanted to go out and make a name for himself.

Humfrey insisted that his heir stay by his side, but Lorent never relented, going so far as to threaten to join the Western war party with or without Humfrey's permission. Finally, and only because of a fear of losing face, Humfrey gave his son leave to raise a force and join the rest of the West.

Soon after, Lorent Lefford joined the Western host at Deep Den, together with some four-hundred Lefford men-at-arms, equipped in the finest gear gold could purchase and backed by some of the Tooth's finest engineers. Their advance along the Goldroad, though not by any means uneventful, proved to be easier than most of the realm had anticipated. Despite the fact that there were dozens of dead among the Lefford men and that Lorent had taken multiple injuries, they would soon find themselves laying siege to the city of Kings.

In the several days of relative silence that followed, during which the Western army constructed their siege weaponry, the mood was resoundingly positive - the young men of the Westerlands were confident that soon the largest city in all of Westeros would be theirs. One night, as Lorent joined the drunken singing and dancing of the resting army, a landless - and incredibly drunk - knight offered to bestow a knighthood upon the heir to the Tooth. Lorent, having had his fair share of drinks that night, jovially accepted - once he had sobered up and realized what had transpired, however, Lorent felt great shame and regret for accepting such a cheap and lowly knighting ceremony.

But he had little time to brood. Soon enough, the Westerners had breached multiple gates as they started pouring into the city. Victory had never felt as near as then. But it was not to be - Lorent and his men of House Lefford remained to prepare the siege of the Red Keep as the bulk of their companions marched on the Dragonpit, intent on ridding Westeros of dragons for once and for all. Though the mood was optimistic at first, there was a quick turnaround. First came the mighty roars of the sickened dragon, and soon enough near half the city appeared to be engulfed in fire as the screams of burning Westerners could be heard across the city.

What followed was a chaotic rout, caused in part by the catastrophic defeat at the Dragonpit and equally by the freshly spirited sally of the garrison of the Red Keep. Though Lorent attempted to hold the line, his age and inexperience caused his words to have little effect on his men in the chaos. Lord Tytos Lannister mounted a similar effort, but he, too, had little success. By nighttime, what remained of the Western forces had retreated back to their siege camps.

Though Lord Tytos Lannister remained confident that they would be able to take the city in the days that followed, Lorent was decidedly less so. And so the relief he felt was great, when word spread through the ranks of the Westerners that King Viserys Targaryen had requested to parlay with Lord Lannister - hoping that this would signal the end of the campaign. What followed were tense moments, as the majority of the commanders waited at the siege camp for the outcome of the discussions. When word of peace finally reached Lorent's ears, he released a sigh of relief that could be heard all across his own camp. The boy, for once, had been afraid.

Upon his return to the Tooth, with only a fraction of the men that he had left with, Lorent's relations with his Lord Father were strained as always. In an effort to regain his Father's trust, Lorent spent the following years doing his duty at the Tooth, occasionally joining a tourney if the opportunity presented itself. He has had little succes, however, in rebuilding the bond and trust that were once there.

## Family

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