Tylar of Graycott

Rina Hornwood; fiancé

Stuart of Graycott; nephew

Elid of Graycott; brother

Oswell Graycott; father

Alvar of Graycott; uncle

Ser **Tylar of Graycott** is the secondborn of Lord Oswell Graycott and Sheran, a courtsean. He is a knight of the Extinct House of Graycott. He is the younger brother of Ser Elid of Graycott and the nephew of Lord Alvar of Graycott.

## History

### Birth & Childhood

After a military skirmish, Lord Oswell Graycott returned to Graycott, his hometown where he feasted with his fellow soldiers and noble friends. After the feast, Lord Oswell visited Sheran, a Courtsean from Lord Sandor's Court and made love to her, whereupon Lord Oswell learned off the birth of his two year old son, Elid.

In Late 139 CE, a rebel attack took place in the lower banks of the East River, whereupon the military encampment of Graycott was called to fight, and Lord Oswell with his men went to war. After his return, he revisited Sheran, where he met his newborn son **Tylar** in 140 CE, and took away his two sons, Tylar and Elid to his homestead in **Southern Graycott**, run by his father's chamberlain, Malbro.

Brought up in a noble household, Tylar grew up alongside his elder brother Elid, learning how to read, write, and fight, but wasn't a good fighter unlike his brother, Elid who had the townsmen cheering for him.

Under the guidance of Malbro, the **Chamberlain of Lord Oswell's Homestead**, Tylar learned horse riding and archery, and often participated in township hunts.

### The Royal Rebellion

In 152 CE, when King Anders Royne died in a military campaign along with eldest son and crown prince, Drane Royne, Prince Araxes, the king's second son and firstborn from his second marriage succeeded as king, which led to a rebellion led by the head courtier Lady Caron in the Court of Late King Anders, with the half of the court siding for Prince Araxes, while the other half sided for thirteen-year-old Prince Oliver, the younger brother of King Anders.

Following the rebellion, Tylar accompanied his uncle Ser Alvar of Graycott and Master Malbro, while his elder brother Elid accompanied their father. In Early 154 CE, Ser Alvar leading a small military escort of twenty men traveled along the lower bank of the East River, when the company was attacked by Northeastern Rebels, to which the company fought valiantly until aid from Houses Easternling and Brune. During the fight, Tylar managed to kill a group of enemy fighters by setting them up a hunt spike traps, earning himself a rank among his companions. Enlisted in the **Leaf Guard**, a Company of Rangers defending regions like Fork Town and Dorkshire, Tylar fought in various skirmishes until 155 CE, when the rebellion finally ended when Lord Oswell, a court member of the late king managed to lead a riot in the garrison city of Dunwich, which led to the temporary succession of King Anders' nephew, Prince Doran following the death of King Araxes and Young King Oliver in battle at the hands of Prince Harrion and Lord Oswell respectively, leading to King Doran's Succession, after which his lord father was appointed as the Viceroy of Dunwich, and later founded House of Graycott in Late 155 CE.

### Enlisted in the City Guard

Following his right restored, Tylar accompanied by Malbro, Javier and **Oliver of Hillbottom** travelled to Pinkmaiden Castle along with other fighters enlisted by Ser Alvar to Captain Jojen Piper, Garrison Commander at **Pinkmaiden Castle**. After facing various trials and outlaw skirmishes, Tylar along with Javier, Malbro, and four more fighters enlisted themselves in the Castle Garrison, and followingly in 157 CE, after Tylar managed to defeat an outlaw leader by the lower river bank of Dorkshire, he was knighted by Ser Nathan Stein, and was appointed to Dorkshire's City Guard led by Ser Thomas Rivers and Ser Nathan Stein.

### Fall of the Graycotts

In 159 CE, across the Blue Sea came a large fleet of one hundred ketch ships and forty carrack ships, carrying almost three hundred men led by King Anders' maternal grandson from his eldest daughter and declared Count of Merci Isle, Prince Foltest attacked the Port Capital, the Wharves for the Royal Navy, defeating the navy at its hold, and leading an army of two hundred men to attack the **Garrison City** of **Pinkmaiden Castle**, the **Second Garrison to the Capital after Dunwich**, while remaining sixty men led by the Prince's cousin, Captain Diego invaded Southern Vale and the remaining forty men led by the Prince's brother in arms, Lieutenant Hackshaw attacked the Eastern Shores.

Following a year long campaign, and the ensuing Siege of Port Capital, where Ser Tylar alongside his elder brother Ser Elid and four hundred men died, including King Doran himself and his brother and grand vizier, Lord Harrion who was killed in single combat by Prince Foltest. Followingly, beside Ser Alvar, Ser Tylar's and Ser Elid's estranged brother was exiled to the Free Cities across the Blue Sea, and in 160 CE, Prince Foltest succeeded as the Sixth **King of Valmont**, King Foltest Royne, popularly known as "**Foltest the Worthy**" or "**Foltest the Fearless**". Following his succession, Lord Oswell branded as a traitor to the crown along with his two sons, Ser Elid and Ser Tylar with their household were executed on royal orders as cause for rebellion and conspiracy. Following the downfall of their house, the **Graycotts** was stripped of all its lands and titles.

### Engagement

In 157 CE, following his enlisting in the Dorkshire City Guard, Ser Tylar often returned to **Pinkmaiden Castle** at festivals and tourneys. During one such event, Ser Tylar participated in the Tourney for the Fourth Nameday of Captain Jojen's Son, where Ser Tylar defeated Ser Nathan Stein, Ser Elton Macewood, Ser Robin Yellowbrook, and Ser Alex Rook, only to be defeated by Ser Jonothor Hornwood. Winning as Runner Champion with forty silvers, Ser Tylar was flocked by many girls the night at the feast. Late that evening, Ser Tylar was strolling after the feast by the gardens of the castle, when he happened upon Lady Rina Hornwood, glancing at the Eastern Shores and the Night Sky. Interrupted from her peace, Lady Rina engaged in poetry with Ser Tylar to shame him, only for him to outsmart her, winning the respects of Lady Rina.

Ser Tylar went on a military escort by Captain Jojen from **Pinkmaiden Castle** to **Fork Town**, accompanying the carriage of Ser Jonothor and Lady Rina. Following their reach, Ser Tylar returned to Dorkshire, where he often thought of Lady Rina. In 158 CE, when a military escort of Ser Darry, Lady Rina, and Lady Dorothy were attacked, the nearest protection was Dorkshire, to which the City Guard under Ser Nathan and Lord Elton Macewood offered open arms to the Hornwoods and their household. In Dorkshire, the two bonded quite well, and Ser Tylar often took Lady Rina to tour of the city during his night patrols, and so, the two fell in love, and in Late 158 CE, after Dorkshire's Second Tourney, an engagement ceremony took place inside the Garrison Walls where a small ball and a feast took place celebrating the betrothal of **Lady Rina Hornwood** to **Ser Tylar of Graycott**.