Cedric

Cedric Storm was born during the Second Moon of the Year 417 AC. Born as a bastard, Cedric still knew his mother and father. Cedric and his younger brother Braxton Storm grew up on farms their entire lives, honing the skill of agriculture, along with a skill in combat. Cedric currently lives with his mother and brother on a farm just outside Storm's End.

Appearance and Character
At 22 years old, Cedric is already a tall and physical man. Standing at 6'4 he has an athletic build with sculpted muscle tone. All his years of farming a training with a sword left him in peak physical condition. He didn't have to spend time on books or in lordly meetings, so all of his time was spent farming and sparring. Cedric's long, black hair was either unkept, or tied back in a bun. He has hazel eyes that are floods of brown and green.

From a young age, Cedric was put to work which instilled a great sense of discipline in him. He is strong-willed and hard-headed, but lacks a formal education. His father always told him all he would ever need to know was how to work a farm. Cedric disagreed, but was too young to argue the matter. Now, Cedric longs for a purpose and a life more than just farming.

History
Cedric's father, who went by the name Harlan, had gotten his girlfriend, Nyla, pregnant. The two had run off together from somewhere in the south to start a new life. Shortly after, in the year 439 AC, Cedric was born a bastard of the Stormlands. They soon realized that the lives they both sought were far different from each others. Cedric was born and it seemed not moments later that Nyla was pregnant again. Only a year after Cedric, his brother Braxton was born, during the Third Moon of the Year 418 AC. It should be known, however, that during Harlan and Nyla's whole time together, they were never married.

Starting from the moment he could walk, Cedric was put to work on his father's farm. From planting and harvesting crops, to milking, gathering and slaughtering all the different farm animals. Cedric was molded into a hard-worker. Discipline ran through his veins by the time he reached his mid to late teens. Harlan had also taught both of his sons the basics of fighting with a sword. The three commoners had managed to train in some fashion throughout heir daily chores. It wasn't until Cedric turned 14 when his life changed forever.

From what Cedric is told by his mother, who remains a brutal and honest woman to this day, Harlan was an angry and bitter man on the inside. After Cedric and his brother were born, Harlan grew farther apart from Nyla. If not for the two boys, he would have been gone long ago. This estrangement lead to Harlan spending plenty of nights at the tavern, drinking his hopes and dreams away. One foggy night, at the usual tavern Harlan visited, Criston Lannister made a very surprising appearance. The young Lannister and the father of Cedric Storm got into an argument, which escalated to steel and blood. Criston walked out of the bar unscathed, wiping a thick coat of blood off his blade.

That next day, a wagon came riding up towards Cedric's farm. Nyla spoke with the man and began to weep. He handed her a leather pouch and moved along. For a pouch of gold, Nyla kept quite about her husband's murder. At the same time, so did Cedric. The three mourned their loss and eventually sold their farm. With the plenty of gold they had, they moved away and found them selves just a few leagues outside of Storm's End. With the gold that they had leftover, Nyla brought both Cedric and Braxton their own swords. While the two sons and their mother worked a much smaller farm, the two new swordsman had more time to train throughout the day. For the next 8 years, Cedric spent hours a day training for a chance to prove himself and one day give payback to the Lannister's that killed his father.