Sybassion Spicer

Sybassion Spicer was the heir of Castamere until his naming to the Kingsguard in 418. He now serves as the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, being promoted to the position in 430 after the death of the previtous Lord Commander.

Appearance
Like his father, Sybassion stands heads taller than most with broad shoulders, corded arms, and a hawkish nose. Golden-brown eyes are nestled beneath thick dark brunette brows and medium-short tufts of hair colored the same.

Timeline

 * 395 ☩ Sybassion is born.
 * 406 ☩ Sybassion is sent to Casterly Rock to squire for Lord Loreon Lannister.
 * 411 ☩ Sybassion is knighted.
 * 412 ☩ Sybassion marries Rohanne Marbrand.
 * 417 ☩ Sybassion's bastard daughter, Genna Hill, is born.
 * 418 ☩ Sybassion's marriage to Rohanne is annulled by the High Septon in King's Landing. He attends the tourney in Summerhall where he accidentally slays Selwyn Storm. Named to the Kingsguard.
 * 420 ☩ Queen Visaera passes away, Sybassion stands vigil for the first day.
 * 430 ☩ After Lord Commander Reynard Tarly passes away, Sybassion is named Lord Commander.
 * 435 ☩ After remaining in Kings Landing for the duration of the war, follows King Rhaegar into battle. Escorts Rhaegar's remains to King's Landing.
 * 435 ☩ Stands vigil at King Rhaegar's funeral. Attends King Aegon's coronation. After the coronation, is informed of his family's treason and execution and becomes to last remaining Spicer.
 * 438 ☩ Amongst whispers of division between Aegon's wives and factions forming supporting one or the other, Sybassion vows to remain loyal to his King.

Background
All pride reserved for his firstborn son and heir, Regenard Spicer might never have grinned better or brighter upon another babe for all the years he had lived. A glimpse of those pearls were priceless; Old Lord Spicer had eyes only for his wife and son- smiles, too. Mellara Farman may have wedded the Lord of Castamere, but it was Sybassion that won from him his heart. From swaddling blankets wrapped tight and warm to loose linen gowns small feet tripped over with each of his first steps, Regenard’s every move was braced by the hopeful aspirations he harbored for his favored son. And favored, he would prove to be- his birth in the spring of 395 was followed two years later by a second son, Symond; in three more, a third, Sylas; and two later in his following, a fourth child would be born and reared - his only daughter - Sybelle. In a letter their mother had penned back to her relatives at Fair Castle, she noted that she had never seen three children so green with envy.

Much of young Sybassion’s childhood was spent outside in the yards of Castamere, chasing and running from his brothers, and purpling their shoulders with bruises earned by his wooden sparring sword. Men made of hay and burlap with targets drawn on in red paint collapsed in a yellow straw disarray beneath the force of his swings and stabs, leaving little more than a puddled mass of brush for Symond and Sylas’ practice. It would be no wonder at all that as they grew, his brothers would show interest in other worldly pursuits, beyond his of blade and helmet and mail -- but in statecraft and literature, instead. Neither of which Sybassion found his gifts within; he found naught but chore enforced by the responsibility he owed to duty. Of course, he was accompanied by his father in all things, be it brandishing sword or quill.

Regenard instilled within his favored son the importance of prestige, of the reputation that names and faces herald. For Sybassion, he wanted no blemishes etched upon his slate and only the best work that could be done unto it. He was eleven when he was sent by a caravan laden with gifts of silks and spices to Casterly Rock, where he would serve its lord as squire. There, he grew strong and tall and fierce- like the lions that raised him. There, with a tongue of silver, he convinced a handmaid to come with him to bed and thus bloomed the love he would share with Rohanne Marbrand. In 412, after he was knighted, he married her.

Rohanne's septa possessed a pair of lips that busied themselves speaking with Regenard and perhaps that rivaled her childlessness for credit of her fall from grace. After many years of marriage to Sybassion, the daughter of Ashemark's womb had yet to quicken. Unlike his son, Regenard had become bitter and mistrusting of Rohanne, and worried that she was barren long before Sybassion had come to realize the likelihood of such possibility. On a drunken night of celebration - and following much pressing from his father-- Sybassion took a handmaid belonging to his little sister to bed in place of the one he had married five years prior.

His wife's barrenness was never truly realized until he held his bastard daughter in his arms. Had Genna Hill never been born, his marriage to Rohanne may never have been annulled by the High Septon. There, in King's Landing, Sybassion once more became an elligible bachelor and, duly, begged for the blessings of the Seven to cleanse him of his sins committed with the young Hawthorne girl. In 418, Sybassion and his father, accompanied by his family, travel from King's Landing to Summerhall for the celebration.

418 And Beyond
Following his performance in the Joust, Sybassion was named a Kingsguard underneath Visaera I Targaryen. He has served since faithfully. It is unknown how he reacted to his family's death in the Westerlands.

During the Second Hammer Uprising, he remained by King Rhaegar's side despite counseling early intervention. In the end, Sybassion joined Rhaegar on the battlefield where he watched his king plummet to his death. After his King's death, he escorts the remains to King's Landing where he stands vigil for the length of his funeral and prior to his internment.

After the funeral, Sybassion learns of his family's treason and death, leaving him as the final Spicer. Sybassion showed no signs of mourning or remorse, for he feared reprisals from the Westermen or others who viewed his family as traitors. He mourned in private, but understood that ultimately, his family paid the price for their crimes. His fathers words rang true; name and faces herald prestige. He would move to separate himself as much as possible from the crimes his family committed.

To this day, Sybassion serves his King with undying faith.

Family

 * Regenard Spicer b. 370, d. 435
 * m. Mellara Farman b. 379, d. 435
 * Sybassion Spicer b. 395,
 * m. Rohanne Marbrand b. 396
 * No issue
 * w. Janei Hawthorne d. 417
 * Genna Hill b. 417
 * Symond Spicer b. 397, d. 435
 * Sylas Spicer b. 400, d. 433
 * Sybelle Spicer b. 402, d.435