Alisander Frey

## Personality

### Personality Description

Seeing the relatively short lifespan of house Frey, being founded around 300bc some houses still look down upon House Frey believing they are upstarts and toll collectors. In order to combat this Alisander has taken it upon himself to continue the work of his great-great-grandfather walker frey to bring House frey further into greatness and improve its status among the other great houses. Alisanders childhood was filled with tales of his ancestors as well as those of great knights and these teachings were taken close to heart for him. He preaches a strict code of chivalry. He holds strict traditional values about the House and the family and places the longevity and the importance of family as well as loyalty to one's family upon some of the most important ideals.

Alisander is incredibly eccentric when it comes to tournaments and competitions. He rarely refuses a challenge to combat or an initiation to joust and thrives between the stands wearing his armour. A day without crossing swords or Lance with someone else may be considered wasted by Alisander and the funding of these eccentricities can often put a strain on his own treasury. In previous years his now deceased wife Edith Erenford was able to temper these expeditions but after her death he has once more picked up a very loud and outgoing career in tournaments.

Finally the teachings instilled to him by his father, particularly that of ancient noble knights has left Alisander with a lasting impression of grandeur and honour. He seeks to make a name for himself in eternity and history through his deeds. He believes strongly in common courtesy and respect and rarely is rude to even those he Dislikes. On the other hand however, when annoyed to an extreme extent he is known to have loud shouting outbursts and is quick to pick up a blade for a physical challenge.

### Goals and Motivation

His motivations reside primarily within expanding the power and wealth of his house and family. An ambitious boy, he is keen to see House Frey to be elevated to either Lord Paramounts or even Kings

### Reputation

Poor amongst older houses, but generally positive amongst those of lower standing.

## Backstory

Born to Alisander Frey and Maria Mallister, Alisanders childhood shared many qualities and characteristics that are present jn any little Lords life. Birthed in the Twins on a mild day Alisander was an unproblematic child from birth. Jt took a few hours only and relatively little pain for his mother. As an infant he made very little noise, crying rarely and making the more annoying sounds of young children very rarely.  Whilst in his crib his father would come to Alisander to tell him of great adventures of knights and heroes and though Alisander understood very little he vividly remembers a tale of a Knight who slew a dragon by luring it into a cave pretending to be a mouse.  These ideals began to formulate His goals and ambitions.

In contrast to his Infancy, Alisanders childhood was a very pressing time for him. He began to be overloaded with stress from numerous teachings by many different tutors. Detailed below is Alisanders first Epileptic experience.

Winds rushed around the young boy, a bow in one arm and a quiver around his back filled with arrows, meticulous designs crafted onto their shafts. An older man, lynden of house Haigh had been called to instruct the young frey on how to shoot a bow properly but his teachings were beginning to fly over Alisanders head. From dawn till dusk he had been practising, not by will, and was constantly berated for his failures. Alisander lifted the bow once more, his small child's arms barely fit around the curved slant of the wood but he managed to fit his fingers around the string. Pulling back with what force was in his elbow. The string pulled back to his cheek as colours began to blur in front of him. Fog seemed to close in on him but as he moved his eyes it continued to encircle him. What happened to his actual body thereafter he does not know, but he is told that he fell to the ground and began to shake violently. In his mind however a vision of a great winged beast, with a hundred eyes and a hundred heads spoke to him, taking him to see marvels of the universe.

From this point onwards Alisander was somewhat revered among his peers as a man closely connected to God. Chapels and other religious symbols began to litter his rooms as well as the rest of the Twins. This also served as an excuse to young Alisander, who believed it his fate and destiny that he would become glorious and remembered and revered in both men and God's eyes. Despite the stress Alisanders father insisted the teachings continue and as he grew these skills that were taught to him began to grow evermore.

Progressing forwards from his childhood, Alisander continued his studies but in certain respects they became more refined. He had all but abandoned archery, preferring the blade to the bow and he also dropped the rest of his studies on a history of westeros. From ages 12 to 15 he accompanied his father to court much more so than his childhood to give him experience in the matters. During this time he often travelled to the Red Keep with his father and most prominently riverrun.

During This time his fathers teachings and what he has tried to do all this time had become rather prominent. Going from studying and observing to experiencing and doing was going to be the next big leap and in this endeavour his father succeeded greatly. Serving as his fathers right hand man, both In court and field Alisander developed a great potency for lordly duties that he still retains today but another line of thinking had overtaken him. Whilst he understood one day he too would have to perform these duties he also understood that his childhood was quickly passing him by, and the chance to make himself a name for being a 'knight' was almost over. Therefore he requested a leave (at age 17) to go attend the joust at their vassals seat of house erenford. This is also the place of his first meeting of Alisander and his future wife Edith. Detailed below is the tournament and its surroundings.

Colourful banners shifted around in the wind, their sigil fluttering like butterflies around large wooden poles that held them upright. The sigil of house frey flew over his tent as maids and squires rushed about in a frantic dance. In the middle of the tent stood Alisander. His legs clad in plate armour and wearing his riding leathers underneath it all. A squire boy was helping the remaining pieces of armour onto him, the breastplate and arm guards as they prepared for the tournament. It was going to be Alisanders first real tournament joust and the nerves were more than obvious. Sweat trickled down his forehead before he had even mounted his horse. The armour was assembled around his body as he pulled the visor of his helmet into a slightly more comfortable position.

Just as he was getting ready to leave, either through the telling of her father or coincidence Edith made her way into the tent. Being of similar age compared to the rest at the tournament they were rather astounded to see one another and at least in Alisanders mind her beauty was quite unparalleled. They had natural Charisma and spent the few minutes together as well as they could before Alisander was to finally set out unto the jousting grounds. Alisanders opponent (A son of house grafton) sat opposite him the 50 paces, mounting his horse. In swift motion Alisander mounted his own horse. The next few moments are a blur even in Alisanders memory all he remembers is standing victorious after his Lance shattered and dehorsed the poor grafton. He was there given the title champion of the Pink Heren. In a haze of emotion he also went on to ask Edith's father for her hand in marriage, of which he was more than happy to oblige and they were betrothed there. Set to marry 2 moons later. This also signalled the start of a short but incredibly effective jousting career that would last him until age 24.

With Alisanders marriage to Edith it was just a question of time until the heir finally became Lord. Though the wish to be Lord of the Twins was great for Alisander he bore no disdain for his father, caring for him until his death after a wound at one of the tournaments that Alisander had invited him to participate in and a short but serious illness. To this day Alisander still feels incredible guilt believing he was the reason for his father's death and tries his best to not mention the matter whenever possible, instead blaming his fathers death on a drowning.

After his father's death he was officiated as Head of house Frey at age 24 by the Lord Paramount of the riverlands. Going to king's landing and swearing fealty to Rhaegar Targaryen. His time then on has been relatively simple. He bore children during this time and has held more tournaments than many others in and around the Twins. The only other notable pieces of his reign are his expansion of the blacksmiths of the Twin and a few visits to the Red Keep. He has fought numerous times with Brackens in their campaigns and has led assaults deep into their lands as a result of his alliance and friendship with the Blackwoods. Consisting mostly of pillages of Bracken villages and peasantry as well as skirmishes against minor skirmishes has resulted in the capture of various knights and minor lords of both houses. Alexander currently holds hostage a collection of knights and members of both House Bracken and House Vance.

Their feud has been all but useless however with almost no progress being made on either side. It has however earned Alisander a name and experience among the knights and peasants of the Riverlands. Alisander has led numerous raiding forces to the walls of Stone Hedge and has shed Bracken and Vance blood in the many streams surrounding it. His key achievement remains in striking down the Brother of Lord Vance and taking his banner and helm during a charge through a shallow stream. Alisander wielding his blade cut down the personal guard alongside knights from House Haigh and now holds one Vance Hostage, and the other dead in the field.

The war as a whole has not seen much respite. With Brackens, Blackwoods, Haighs, Erenfords, Deddings and Freys having shed blood countless times amongst the many streams. The battles remain mostly in deadlock with minor victories being won here and there. Alisander has managed to retain a strong presence. Having formed a personal rivalry with several Lords on the opposing sides. In recent years Alisander has mobilised to defend his fertile valleys, rather than launch attacks on Bracken lands but it is soon to change with the hiring of a mercenary band called the Kotel Band. Most particularly in this time Alisander  took bed with women from around the Riverlands and has recently formed a strong relationship with a servant from Stone Hedge.