Alesander Staedmon

Alesander Staedmon is a member of the City Watch of King's Landing and was the Captain of the Iron Gate before his promotion to Commander in 418 AC..

Biography
Born the second son of a second son, Alesander was never meant to gain much in his life. He was free to pursue his own way from an early age, though his grandfather, the current Lord Staedmon, made sure that all his grandsons had an education in fighting. Day in and day out he was in the yard of Broad Arch, fighting with his brothers and cousins with the swords. Though his uncle, the heir, saw him as a threat to his own son and soon managed to convince his father that Alesander and his family should go to King's Landing and reside there at court in the interests of both House Staedmon and the Stormlands in general.

So at the age of five and ten, Alesander, along with his parents and siblings moved to the capital to become part of the court of King Aenar I. Alesander would be knighted following a tourney in 391 AC and would sign up with the City Watch of King's Landing the following year, while his family would return to the Stormlands, he would remain behind to protect the city that he had come to love and respect.

Alesander was first placed under the Command of Tommard the Fishmonger, the Captain of the Mud Gate. The commander had earned the name after an incident with smugglers that left him smelling of fish for nearly a week when he first joined the Goldcloaks, thus the name stuck. The Mud Gate was the busiest of the gates of King's Landing, with all the merchant traffic to and from the docks passing through this gate. It was one of the most dangerous assignments to a Goldcloak other than a Flea Bottom patrol. Alesander would learn this as one night, while on duty, he was attacked by a group of men who were smuggling some goods into the city. They jumped him when he was alone and beat him mercilessly. He would survive and go on to be posted at the Gate of the Gods, where he would end up losing his eye in a fight with a deranged sellsword in a tavern. The maimed appendage would go on to be covered by an eyepatch, a heart shaped one to denote his noble heritage.

399 AC would see Alesander promoted to an officer, becoming a Serjeant of the Golden Gate under Ser Cleyton Varner. The men would become good friends and Alesander's promising skill in leadership developed at the hands of Varner and his fellow officers. Following in the years ascension of Queen Visaera and the death of Prince Maekar Targaryen, Alesander was transferred to the Iron Gate where he would eventually become the Captain of in the middle of 413 AC, following the death of Brus the Butcher from a heart attack. The Goldcloaks had been through a rough patch in recent years and while his promotion was one to be proud of, the Watch itself was falling into chaos. Corruption and incompetence was rife in the City Watch and it seemed more and more likely that the Golden Company would take over as the protectors of the city, something that many of the men despised. The Commander would be executed by Lord Rodrik Connington, Master of Laws in 414 and his successor met the headsman's axe in 417. Since then, Lord Connington has yet to appoint another Commander of the City Watch, assuming the position for himself. While there was nothing wrong with that, many in the Watch found it extremely odd and unorthodox that the Master of Laws would assume the position as commander. But things were about to change. He would be summoned by Lord Rodrik Connington, who after lecturing him for some time, gave the position of Commander of the Watch to Alesander, warning him that failure would result in his death.

Timeline
373 AC- Born

388 AC- Moves to King's Landing

391 AC- Knighted at a tourney

392 AC- Joins the City Watch of King's Landing

396 AC- Loses his left eye in a fight with a sellsword

399 AC- Promoted to Serjeant and serves at the Golden Gate

403 AC- Transferred to the Iron Gate

413 AC- Becomes Captain of the Iron Gate

414 AC- Commander Gyles Crabb executed by Lord Rodrik Connington

417 AC- Commander Zachary Moreland executed by Lord Rodrik Connington

NPCs
Serjeant at the Iron Gate- Ser Ossifer Meadows

Serjeant at the Iron Gate- Ser Harwin "the Red Rod" Hill

Serjeant at the Iron Gate- Ser Vardis Wydman

Captain of the Dragon Gate- Ser Vaemar Sunglass

Captain of the Lion Gate- Ser Jacelyn Mallery

Captain of the King’s Gate- Ser Damion Prester

Captain of the Gate of the Gods- Ser Robin Erenford

Captain of the Old Gate- Ser Davos Peasbury

Captain of the River Gate- Ser Andrey Pommingham