Lucien Tyrell

Vickon Greyjoy

Yssa Greyjoy

Sebastian Tyrell

**Lucien Tyrell**, affectionately known as **Luce**, is the eldest son of Dorian Tyrell and his wife, Bethany Oakheart, and as such the heir to Highgarden. He was named after his paternal grandfather, Lucien Hightower.

He's married to Desmera Arryn.

## Appearance

Upon first glance, Lucien hardly looks a Tyrell, though his Reach blood shows rather potently. He doesn't have his father's recognisable red curls; his hair is straight, like his mother's, kept up to his shoulders and thick, coloured in a shade of brown, although in sunlight there's a little red. His eyes, unlike his parents', are brown, with a few specks of green here and there. His face is sharp, his cheeks a little gaunt, his cheekbones high and his chin pointed, and there's always a well-maintained five o'clock shadow on his jaw. When he smiles, he has noticeable dimples and is somewhat freckled.

He is tall, taller than an average man, but unlike his namesake and his father, it's not in combination with broad chest and shoulders and well-defined muscle. Rather, Lucien has always been on the skinnier side. Never able to keep up weight, nor skilled enough with the blade to earn the muscle definition, he remains more alike to a lanky stick than a knight his ancestors are known for.

In terms of dress, he borrowed little from his father's simplicity. He wears his nobility proudly, as well as the fact that he's the heir to one of the wealthiest regions in Westeros, showcasing it in luxurious fabrics and intricate detail. He is no stranger to jewelry; he's been known to wear two little earrings on his right ear at times, and his fingers have been known to shine with rings matching his current outfit.

Both his station in life and Highgarden's position as capital of the Reach have heavily affected his personality. An extrovert since he was young, he has since learned the art of courtly behaviour, decorum and etiquette, and even more than that, he learned to adapt. Rarely does Lucien allow himself to be completely honest and himself; even in times where his genuine opinions, moods and attitudes slip, there's still a heavy veil of modification and rebranding depending on his interlocutors. In fact, he feels quite uneasy when his real emotions and feelings slip too much or in situations where his self-control is limited.

Although, some features persist through all the modification. He's curious, well-spoken, and although he didn't study in Oldtown as his father had, quite educated and intelligent. He's bilingual and knows High Valyrian fluently. He lives on secrets, carefully guarding his own and curious about others'.

What doesn't make the cut is the residue of shame that came with receding religiosity. He'd never been fully religious, but being raised in such a family had left a mark. Lucien personally takes a more agnostic approach to it, but the rules that he's been raised with, now without a higher goal and with a lot of self-sacrifice, clash with parts of himself that he can't quite make peace with, such as his closeted bisexuality. Hidden away is also the proclivity to jealousy, though never violent, and general pettiness towards people he doesn't like.

## History

Lucien's first introduction to the nobility of Westeros was a few months after his birth, in 101 AC. He was a fussy babe, never really wanting to leave his caretakers' arms, disapproving of strangers, but nevertheless, at the feast before the Tourney of Highgarden, his father Dorian proudly and happily showed the Reach its new heir.

Born of a Tyrell and an Oakheart and named after a Hightower, Lucien Tyrell was the living embodiment of his father's long-held dream of a unified Reach, born a short year after his parents' marriage. If it all went well, and Dorian Tyrell was nothing if not eternally hopeful, Lucien would one day preside over a region it had been before Rosegold Rebellion. And indeed, Dorian's rule was as close to that as possible; his policy of not involving himself in other regions' affairs unless absolutely required to proved successful, as Reach hadn't been more peaceful in living memory.

As years came, Lucien was joined by three siblings - brothers Renly and Sebastian, and a single sister Janna. They grew in opulence their status as lordlings of Highgarden allowed, never really knowing hardship. They played with their grandparents, the infamous Lucien Hightower and Alysanne Tyrell; they oft prayed at the Starry Sept and among their friends were the courtiers of the High Tower and the people of Oldtown.

As heir, Lucien was tutored in the art of statecraft. A smart boy with a long tongue and a curious mind, he advanced quickly through the basic knowledge of his family's Maester. At a young age, Dorian had his son try training with the blade, but it quickly proved unsuccessful. His younger brother Renly took to it far better, and while the lord thought it no shame that one isn't knighted, he didn't want an undeserved knighthood just for tradition's sake.

### Shame

As soon as he knew how, Lucien found something within him to be ashamed about. It started with the failed training; he knew how much his father and the Reach admired and honoured knighthood, how much of a tradition it was to have the Lord Paramount a knight. And he was the heir, the firstborn, but his hands simply weren't made for blades. He watched squires practice in the yard, wishing he could join them; and he did, a few times in the beginning, and while nobody had the heart to laugh at Lord Tyrell's son, Lucien knew when it was hopeless.

Still, he blamed himself. His father and his teachers had tried, he thought, but it was in his hands that the blade didn't fit. He'd always been a skinny child, with many wondering if ate enough, and he grew into a gangly, uncoordinated teenager with only his father's height that didn't suit his lithe frame at all. Blades didn't fir with such a wiry frame of a stick with arms and legs.

His frequent visits to Oldtown didn't help. While he made a friend in the form of the younger Loras Hightower, forging a connection that would to this day, there were still boys whose shoulders were wide, built for war. And there were boys, boys as awkward as he was, boys confident and proud, weak and strong, blonde and brown.

Boys had always played a part in Lucien's life, now they found yet another role in the budding of the heir's sexuality. He'd known early on that he had the capacity to desire and love both male and female sex, but pushed the former down, shamed by the religious teachings in the household he grew. Only Loras knew his secret, and the two even took each other's first kiss, chaste but impactful. While Loras went on to own his preferences, seeing them as natural and normal as breathing, Lucien stayed in that corner of shame for all his life, pushing it down whenever it surfaced again.

Not that his father knew, of course, when he turned 18 and started taking girls to bed. They'd never fully deflower each other, for both their sakes; the twists and turns his mind took, justifying it as never fully sex, only the next best thing. He'd since outgrown his teenage awkwardness and wore his appearance as it was, proudly. He had yet to outgrow the sinking feeling in his chest whenever he kissed and undressed a lady, and whenever he looked at a male form for too long.

Strongest temptation came when Lucien was 22, in the form of Criston and Olenna Wythers, a young sworn sword and his wife. The three of them quickly became friends, spending days together. With his defenses lowered, Lucien could've hardly stopped the realisation that he'd fallen in love with Olenna, but not only her - her husband as well. Torn, as time went on, it became increasingly difficult to hide his feelings, and when Criston confronted him about it, Lucien panicked and blurted out how he loved Olenna. Fight that ensued was loud and public; Dorian didn't even have to lift a finger, Criston gathered his things and took his wife away.

Lucien was crushed. All lessons about the wrongness of his desires came true before his eyes. In the years to come, he'd desperately try to push away such thoughts, lest they take away another person he called a friend.

And he thought he'd found a cure when he stood before the septon in 127 AC, a dark Arryn maiden by the name of Desmera as his bride. Her father had been murderered by the Faith and his father thought he needed a firmly cemented alliance. Lucien would've volonteered anyway. And things were good - Desmera proved to be sweet, Lucien liked her well enough, and for a while, she was enough to quench the worst of his desires towards the other sex.

After a while, it crept back in, and Lucien wondered whether that coil would leave him one day.

### Intelligence

When Lucien was in his early teens, he founded what would later be the basis of his spy network. A trusted few of his confidants, girls and boys of mostly servant class but also a minor noble or two, drawn in by the prospect of being by the young heir's side, all brought gossip from their respective social group. Lucien had the idea of hiding away that gossip until he needed it, and as he grew, the initial, amateur web of confidants became a wide network of spies.

When he outgrew his teenage awkwardness, he became quite a well-connected individual, too. He kept in touch with many of his noble friends and cousins throughout the Reach, making new connections too with gratuitous use of the way with words. Along the way, he became fluent in High Valyrian, impressing guests and raising his reputation for confidence and education.

## Recent history

### 1st Moon, 130 AC

Wind rose [1]

Sagrada familia

It's been a long, long time (written by /u/LovelyLordHightower)

Funeral for a king (written by /u/bloodandbronze)

A rose and a squid

### 2nd Moon, 130 AC

Malus

Tournament banquet of 130 AC (written by /u/bloodandbronze)

Let's get out of here (written by /u/LovelyLordHightower)

### 3rd Moon, 130 AC

Thorn in the side

Lending you a hand, little brother

Amongst friends

Come whatever, we will be friends forever (written by /u/StonyDragon)

### 4th Moon, 130 AC

Frenemies much??

Trial of Andrey Toland (written by /u/TristonMassey)

The wonder of you (written by /u/Shaznash)

Checking up on you

Goin' home boys

### 5th Moon, 130 AC

Willkomen, bienvenue, welcome! Fremde, etranger, stranger ( written by /u/LovelyLordHightower)

### 6th Moon, 130 AC

Noble man

Tired of waiting

### 7th Moon, 130 AC

Désolé

Grâce

Pardonné

### Epilogue

Passing of the Age (written by /u/LovelyLordHightower)

## Family tree

*Foreword: **Bolded**names indicate those that were lord of*
*their respective house at some point or another. Italicized names*
indicate that the character is now deceased. (m.) denotes a marriage
into the family*.*

* ***Leo Tyrell, Lord of Highgarden, b. 12 AC - d. 59 AC***
* *(m.)* *Barba Tarly, Lady of Highgarden, b. 9 AC - d. 59 AC*
	+ ***Gwayne Tyrell, Lord of Highgarden, b. 44 AC - d.99 AC***
	+ *(m.) Rohanne Florent, Lady of Highgarden, b. 45 AC - d. 74 AC*
		- Alysanne Tyrell, the daughter of Gwayne, b. 62 AC
		- (m.)Lucien Hightower, Knight of House Hightower, b. 63 AC
			* **Dorian Tyrell, Lord of Highgarden**, b. 82 AC
			* (m.) Bethany Oakheart, Lady of Highgarden, b. 82 AC
				+ Lucien Tyrell, Heir to Highgarden, b. 101 AC
				+ (m.) Desmera Arryn, daughter of Jasper Arryn, b.106 AC
				+ Renly Tyrell, son of Dorian, b.102 AC
				+ Janna Tyrell, Lady of Cider Hall, b.103 AC
				+ (m.) Renly Fossoway, Lord of Cider Hall, b.102 AC
					- Alerie Fossoway, daughter of Renly, b.123 AC
					- Jeyne Fossoway, daughter of Renly, b.128 AC
				+ Sebastian Tyrell, son of Dorian, b.107 AC
				+ (m.) Visenya Targaryen, Heiress of Oldstones, b.105 AC
					- Saerys Targaryen, daughter of Sebastian, b.125 AC
					- Rhaenyra Targaryen, daughter of Sebastian, b.128 AC
			* Damon Tyrell, son of Alysanne, b. 84 AC
			* (m.) Alys Crane, daughter of Lucamore Crane, b.89 AC
				+ Leonella Tyrell, daughter of Damon, b.107 AC
				+ Serise Tyrell, daughter of Damon, b.109 AC
				+ Bellena Tyrell, daughter of Damon, b.110 AC
				+ Anders Tyrell, son of Damon, b. 112 AC
				+ Philip Tyrell, son of Damon, b.112 AC
			* Danelle Tyrell, Lady of Longtable, b. 89 AC
			* (m.) Lyonel Merryweather, Lord of Longtable, b.90 AC
				+ Leo Merryweather, Heir of Longtable, b.116 AC
				+ Lyn Merryweather, son of Lyonel, b.116 AC
				+ Margaery Merryweather, daughter of Lyonel, b.121 AC
				+ Morgon Merryweather, son of Lyonel, b.125 AC
		- Florence Tyrell, daughter of Gwayne, b. 67 AC
		- *(m.) Osbert Osgrey, b.63 AC - d.93 AC*
		- *(m.) Lucamore Crane, b.66 AC - d.89 AC*
			* Alesander Crane, son of Lucamore, b.89
			* Alys Crane, daughter of Lucamore, b.89
			* (m.) Damon Tyrell, son of Alysanne, b.84 AC
				+ Leonella Tyrell, daughter of Damon, b.105 AC
				+ Serise Tyrell, daughter of Damon, b.109 AC
				+ Bellena Tyrell, daughter of Damon, b.110 AC
				+ Anders Tyrell, son of Damon, b. 112 AC
				+ Philip Tyrell, son of Damon, b.112 AC
		- *(m.) Leo Oakheart, b.73 AC - d.96 AC*
		- Perenelle Tyrell, Lady of the Arbor, b. 71 AC
		- **(m.)****Urrathon Redwyne, Lord of the Arbor, b. 72 AC**
			* Vanessa Redwyne, daughter of Urrathon, b. 95 AC
			* Victaria Redwyne, daughter of Urrathon, b. 97 AC
		- Arwyn Tyrell, Lady of Horn Hill, b. 74 AC
		- **(m.)****Brus Tarly, Lord of Horn Hill, b. 61 AC**
			* Corenna Tarly, daughter of Brus, b.95 AC
			* Janna Tarly, daughter of Brus, b.98 AC
			* Samwell Tarly, son of Brus, b.109 AC
	+ *(m.) Perianne Caswell, Lady of Highgarden, b. 50 AC - d. 75 AC*
		- Bethany Tyrell, daughter of Gwayne, b. 75 AC
		- (m.) Hugo Tully, son of Agnes Tully, b.75 AC
			* Garibald Tully, son of Hugo, b.106 AC
			* Catelyn Tully, daughter of Hugo, b.110
	+ *(m.)* Samantha Peake, Lady of Highgarden, b. 60 AC
		- ***Theodore Tyrell**, **Lord of Highgarden**, b. 78 AC - d. 122 AC*
		- Thaddeus Tyrell, son of Gwayne, b. 79 AC
		- Meredyth Tyrell, daughter of Gwayne, b. 81 AC
		- Margot Tyrell, twin sister of Meredyth, b. 81 AC
		- (m.) Hugh Rowan, son of Lord Rowan, b.75 AC
	+ Gyles Tyrell, son of Leo, b. 47 AC
	+ *Gareth Tyrell, Master-at-Arms of Highgarden, b. 50 AC - d. 98 AC*
	+ (m.) Ellyn Lannister, daughter of Tommen, b. 48 AC
		- Gwynesse Tyrell, Lady of Starfall, b. 70 AC
		- (m.) ***Gerold Dayne, Lord of Starfall,** b.73 AC - d.129 AC*
			* **Daeron Dayne****, Lord of Starfall,** b.102 AC
			* Daemon Dayne, Knight of the Kingsguard, b.108 AC
			* Wylla Dayne, daughter of Gerold, b.112
			* (m.) Aemond Toland, Prince of Dorne, b.111 AC
		- *Lyonel Tyrell, son of Gareth, b. 65 AC - d. 74 AC*
	+ *Galladon Tyrell, son of Leo, b. 54 AC - d. 76 AC*
	+ (m.) *Margaery Fossoway, daughter of Lord Fossoway, b. 52 - d. 76 AC*
		- ***Harlen Tyrell**, Lord of Manderwatch****, b. 72 AC - d.124 AC*
		- (m.) Ravella Rowan, Lady of Manderwatch, b.80AC
			* *Mathis Tyrell, Heir of Manderwatch, b.98 AC - d.130 AC*
			* **Melessa Tyrell, Lady of Manderwatch**, b.112 AC
		- Alerie Tyrell, daughter of Galladon, b. 72 AC
		- (m.) Quentyn Oakheart, son of Lord Oakheart, b.77AC
		- Lucius Tyrell, son of Galladon, b. 76 AC
		- (m.) Rhea Redwyne, daughter of Lord Redwyne, b.78AC
			* Loras Tyrell, son of Lucius, b.99AC
	+ Gerold Tyrell, Lieutenant of the Stormbreakers, b. 57 AC
	+ *(m.) Josephine Mullendore, wife of Gerold, b. 57 AC - d. 76 AC*
		- Osmund Tyrell, son of Gerold, b. 75 AC

## Meta

Skills:

* Espionage
* Infiltration
* Networking
* Silvertongue
* Linguistics (High Valyrian)

Attribute:

* Sly

## Quotes

"*Lucien Tyrell was many surprising things. How was one man so... forgiving?...*." - thoughts of Vickon Greyjoy

"*You are prideful, stubborn, scared and doubtful. But you are also kind and brave and steadfast and strong in a form of courage found off the field of battle.*" - Vickon Greyjoy

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