Lyle Farman

Lyle is the firstborn son of Lord Adrian Farman and Lady Johanna Lannister. He is a bold and rash youth, who finds that his fathers recent turn into isolationism is for the good of no one, and resents most of Adrian's actions for the perceived corruption that they have had on Lyle's brother Marq.

## Appearance and Character

Lyle is a rather dashing young man with his mother's green eyes and his father's hair. He is a lanky person, athletic enough to get by on a ship but no one would call him extraordinarily strong. He was not near as tall as his father, but still not short either. As a man, he is charismatic and ambitious, but also rather rash. He has a similar love for the sea that his father and uncles had in their youths, and regularly goes on journeys to other places on the West Coast of Westeros, though unlike his father he doesn't use the pretense of trade.

## History

### Childhood (77-93 AC)

Lyle's childhood began rather uneventfully. It had been many decades since the hostile flag of Ironborn raiders was seen on the horizon, and the bloodiness of the Rosegold Rebellion was not yet near the horizon. It was a peaceful time for the Westerlands and for Fair Isle. That all ended in 83 AC when his father returned to Faircastle on a Greyjoy ship. That day was the start of both the rifts between Adrian and Johanna and Adrian and Lyle. As Adrian grew closer and closer with the Greyjoy, Johanna put more and more effort to ensure that the young and malleable Farman heir did not grow as attached to the Ironborn as his father had. The worst that it became was in 90 AC, when Lyle's brother Marq was sent off to Pyke to ward with Lord Veron Greyjoy. Until then, Lyle and Marq had a tense relationship, as Marq had tended to pick their father's side over their mother, however despite the tension, the two did in love each other, and the forced separation sparked a rage in Lyle. Because of the fights that Lyle often had with his father, he grew to view his uncle Damion as a replacement father figure. In the year that Lyle reached adulthood though, Damion went off to fight in the Rosegold Rebellion instead of Adrian, and Damion never came back, which was the last straw for Lyle. When the news came, he went to the dockyards and got on a ship and left.

### Self Imposed Exile and Return (94-96 AC)

He first sailed just a sort distance to a lighthouse and watch tower on the northern tip of Fair Isle called Stonekeep, home of House Farrow. He stayed there for a fortnight, before moving on. He went to Tarbeck Hall, The Crag, the Banefort, Pitfall, and eventually went to Seagard where he first met Catelyn Mallister. He bonded some with Lord Mallister over a shared dislike of the Ironborn, before he moved on. He then went south down the coast and visited Casterly Rock and Lannisport, Crakehall, Old Oak, and Oakenshield before he began to miss his mother more than he desired to not see his father. So in the middle of 96 AC, he left Oakenshield Castle and returned to Fair Isle. This was a short return though, as his mother advised him to return to Seagard and try to court one of the daughters of Lord Mallister. Eventually he managed to secure a betrothal to Catelyn Mallister.

### Normalcy (96-98 AC)

After he returned from Seagard, Lyle adopted a fairly regular schedule, staying in Faircastle for a few months before going off on some trip around Westeros for a few months. Sometimes Catelyn would accompany him, othertimes it was him alone with his crew. He never has managed to forgive his father for anything, but he has grown the ability to live with him, for a little while at a time.