Valerion Wylde

Valerion "Val" Brandon Wylde is the heir to Rainhouse and House Wylde and a former Lyseni pillow slave. Having recently returned to Westeros after petioning for his freedom to his mistress Selenya, he quickly assumed the role intented for him - the one of an heir to a lordly House.

Appearance and character
Youth radiates from the whole persona of the heir to Rainhouse. Despite nearing his third decade, Valerion remains trapped in between an adult man and a teenager, physically at least, with a slender, unmuscular, almost boyish physique, fitted to his relatively tall height for a male.

A face that might have been purely Lysene is ruined by a bit rougher features, from his Stormlands father. The paleness of his skin is contrasted by the dark hair, which appears black, but is actually a dark chesnut in colour. He keeps it up to his shoulders in messy, light locks, and chooses not to colour it, like he did before. His eyes are a light green, warm, curious and inviting.

A friendly and charismatic aura shines from Valerion, warm and welcoming to friends and strangers alike. A curious and intelligent man, he spends most of his time learning, with a special accent on a passion of his - languages. Quiet in his movements and quiet when speaking, he is always paying attention, observing the new surroundings, though lacking in typical Westerosi class-conscious demeanor. The quietness hides a deeply rooted fear of talking back and confrontation, installed in him by his masters from Lys.

He speaks with a thick Lysene accent.

Not all of us start off miserable
The joy of young parents was immesurable when their first child, a healthy baby boy was born in Rhaena Vhassyl's family's mansion in Lys, in 379 AC. The baby's father, heir to Rainhouse in the Stormlands and a famous sailor, Cedric Wylde, named his child Brandon, a name he associated with power, strenght and honour.

Tragedy would strike as soon as the baby Brandon was one moon old. His father was called back home, alongside his wife and son. Yet, the night before the couple was off to sail to Westeros, a few of thieves, dressed as Vhassyl servants, kidnapped the boy and led him out of the mansion, into the streets of Lys, without being noticed. Cedric and Rhaena postponed their journey to look for the boy, but no sign came even in the coming weeks and the broken couple was forced to leave without their only child.

Brandon was quickly translated into the local religion of the Goddess of Love, and given a Valyrian name - Valerion. His history and childhood were fabricated as the orphaned baby of unknown parents, and given to a pair of wealthier traders who couldn't have children.

As the boy grew up, his "parents" noticed that he was a pretty boy, even with his diluted Andal features, and when they lost all money they had on gambling, they sold their "son", affectionately called Val, to a pillowhouse called "The Golden Coin of Love."

At the tender age of just 6, in 385, little Val was set to contribute to the best of the city's income sources. He would do that for the next 20 years of his life.

Used & Abused
The owner of "The Golden Coin" was a fat, middle-aged nobleman named Moredo. To him, the boys and girls he bought were just slaves, subhuman ; especially young, comely boys, such as Val, who oft found not a touch of sympathy in their master. Moredo barely checked who asked for the services, only if they had a disease or not, and many of the male prostitutes found themselves in a miserable, bad position they didn't have a chance of getting out of.

Val was routinely subjected to forceful colourings of his naturally dark, disobedient hair, into a white gold he later wore as a sign of victory. Due to his odd features for a Lyseni, he collected many customers, and was the most desirable slut in the pillowhouse not long after, bringing most profit to Moredo. In an effort to get away from all that, Val snuck out at night often and traded kisses and bodily pleasures for skills with the blade, especially a dagger, in order to keep himself safe, as well as lessons in Common tongue if he served a Westerosi person and all topics that interested him.

The sneakings didn't sit well with the boy's owner. And neither did his growing education, his increasing ability to read and write. Moredo knew he couldn't hit or beat the boy. But, before he could do anything, he fell victim to financial weakness, and in 395 AC, the masters changed. For the better.

Slave prince of the Golden Coin and the oddest of relationships
Their new mistress, Lady Selenya, was of the highest of Lyseni nobility, a Targaryen even. Yet, she treated her pillow-slaves with care and attention, something 16-year-old Valerion relished in. The allowance let him buy books he wanted, and many of his clients would bring him books and quils and paper. Soon enough, all of his colleagues of the Golden Coin gathered around him for their classes, something Val gave freely when he had the time. It earned him respect and deep friendship of others, especially a pair of siblings, Trianna and Viserys, born and bred into slavery especially for the purposes of pillow houses.

Other slaves, attracted to Valerion's inborn charisma and pleasant persona, started calling him The Prince of the Golden Coin. In his district, he became known by that name, and many men came for his services. One of them was Lysandro Ormollen, a rich nobleman who had taken a big liking to Val. The pair developed what could be described as a relationship, albeit a strange one, that lasted even after Val had been given his freedom.

Beneath the surface lies a lordling
In 399 AC, a Westerosi man called Ser Eddard Storm requested services in the Golden Coin. He was paired with Valerion, and from the first look, given the fact that Val had chosen to leave part of his hair a natural dark brown at that time, he told Val the story of the missing son of Lord Cedric Wylde, how he was kidnapped in Lys. It all confused the 20-year old Valerion. He was not a Wylde, as Eddard had suggested. He was Valerion Nahyr, the Slave Prince and a pillow slave.

However, in the years afterward, he started questioning his own life. Intrigued by the notion of being the lost son, he spoke with as many Westerosi as he possibly could, notably a sailing ship from House Wylde who confirmed his doubts.

Thus, in 405 AC, Valerion Nahyr, now Valerion Wylde, petitioned Lady Selenya for his freedom, and it was granted to him. Alongside Lysandro, Trianna and Viserys (who also petitioned for their own freedom), he sailed to Westeros, to meet his true parents.

Homecoming
In Rainhouse, Valerion was met with tears of happiness from his biological parents, Cedric and Rhaena, who instantly recognized the boy as their own. He found out that he had siblings - four of them, wealth, title. Freedom.

He was translated into the Faith of the Seven, as Valerion Brandon Wylde, and declared the heir to Rainhouse. He also got a fiancee, a young Lady named Jocelyn Baratheon, but before being allowed to meet her, he had to master the Westerosi way of living.

And that is what he has been doing for the past two years.

Recent events
Due to not knowing the ways of Westeros, he missed the grand feast and stayed at Rainhouse.

NPCs
Lysandro Ormollen, secret boyfriend and former client.

Trianna, former pillow slave and friend.

Viserys, Trianna's brother, former pillow slave and friend.

Family

Quotes by and about Valerion
To be added