Lazarro of Tyrosh

**Lazarro** is the co-owner of *The Red Masque*, a small theater in King's Landing. He is by every right the full owner of the theater, and his paramour Illysa, but he is entranced by her and well under her will. Though he's given up his warrior's past, Lazarro is still a capable fighter.

## History

Born info a minor family, Lazzaro was raised to help his father manage the family trade business. Wealthy enough to receive an education, he was able to realize inner passions he had for crafting. Of course, such professions were of little use to a trade family, so his father pushed him into the complex life of trading.

Life was largely uneventful for Lazarro, he earned money for his family and eventually found a wife in the daughter of another trading family. He and Minira never truly got along, and though he thought he loved her there were lingering doubts. Still, duty was duty and he made do with the life he was given.

Tragedy struck when his wife Minira died of birthing complications, losing the baby as well. Distraught, Lazzaro took his anger out on anybody he could, eventually being cast out by his father after a particularly vicious argument between the two.

Drunk, angry, and down on his luck, Lazarro soon found himself indebted with no way to pay. Forced to choose between running back to his family or paying off his debt by working as an enforcer, he made his choice and soon became embroiled in the criminal underbelly of Tyrosh. Smuggling, trafficking, brawling, there was little sin he wasn't involved in at one time or another. He had paid off his debts several years ago, but there was far better money in a life of crime than there was as one of the traders he now worked to exploit.

When conflict renewed in the Disputed Lands, Lazarro thought little of it save for a way to make easy money with the limited flow of goods. It all changed when news came to him of his brother Breccio's demise. The horrible news shook him to his core, Breccio was one of the only friends he had ever had, and worse still he was the only sibling he had. Fate had forced his hand, and it was time to return home. When he did, he was a sad state of affairs that greeted him, his mother was dead and his father sick and dying. The reunion of father and son was not a pleasant one, but in the end there was a kind of peace reached between them. Two weeks later his father would die, leaving Lazarro the sole member of his family.

There was little room in his mind for the nuances of trade while his heart burned white hot with vengeance for his fallen brother. With the war on, trade was dying, so he sold the remainder of his family's company to purchase a warship and the crew to man it.dIt idn't take much to enlist in the Tyroshi army, and it took even less time to find himself iembroiled inbattle. The Volantene whe killed in his first battle wasnot the first man he had killed, but war was unlike anything he expected. Where his previous underworld dealings were swift, the grand actions of war left little for the heart to hide behind. He fought for months, earning a decent reputation in the ranks of the Tyroshii along the way.

As the tides of the war turned in favor of the Tyroshi, Lazz leapt at the chance to get direct vengeance on the city that had wronged him and joined his ship in with a small fleet to raid Volantis. The journey was fast enough, and the beginnings of the battle went smoothly. Their objectives was to cause damage fast and escape before they were caught in the port. He and his men surged through the docks, killing any enemy they found and taking all the loot they could. That's when he heard a strange voice cut through the chaos of battle, a woman's voice speaking powerfully. When he rounded the corner to a clearing, there she was, beautiful and terrifying all at once while she commanded the attention of frightened dock workers. It mattered little what she was saying, all he knew was that he wanted her more than anything in his life. She reminded him of everything he wished Minira had been. It didn't take much to scare of the huddled masses, and it was easy to catch the woman too, in fact it was very easy to take her, but he was far too in the moment to notice.

When they made their escape the battle in the harbor was renewing, but Lazzaro and *The Salty Skipper* were able to escape without much harm. It was only when in the safety of the deeper water did he realize all what had happened, and that he had a captive. He took her, of course, the passion of the night still in his blood, but afterwards he noticed how different she was, almost like there was something enchanting about her appearance. She looked far from typical of course, with the tattoo on her head and the burns on her body, at first he thought she was just a slave, but as he thought about her more it finally dawned on him what exactly she was.

The rest of the journey home was a period of great transition in his life, not only did he have his head shaved of all it's blue hair, he was slowly beginning to see the beauty in the fire. By the time he returned the conflict was over, and now there was little more to do. After ensuring the hired soldiers were paid be contemplated what to do with his life, but all the while he kept the strange woman around. She had a way of making him feel purposeful, of making his life make sense. Of course, he also enjoyed her for the beautiful woman she was, but that was a surface pleasure compared to what was happening in his soul. It all just made sense, the way fire brought life and gave him purpose. She could see into it, he realized that, she could harness its power and bring it into the world. It was a beautiful thing to behold, and he began to believe.

When she came forth with the plan set forth by the Lord of Light, he was hesitant at first, to abandon his home and travel west was an absurd thought, but the passion in which she spoke of the dragons filled him with belief, and in the end, that was enough. Together they made their way to Westeros, he sold his ship for money and together they purchased a small building she was repurpose into a theater. Of course, he wanted to marry her, but whenever the subject came up she would talk about the Lord and he would listen, becoming content with that truth and forgetting the desires of his flesh. Now settled in King's Landing, Lazzaro is trying to remember his old ways so that they might be successful. Somewhere in his mind he wants to remember what life was like before, but now he knew the Lord of Light.

## Family & Relations

Father - Marlo(deceased)

Mother - Tiana(deceased)

Brother - Breccio(deceased)

Wife - Minira(deceased)

Paramour - Illysa

## Meta

Attribute: Strong

Points: 14

Skills: Endurance, Two-Handed, Engineering, Clandestinity