Starry Septon (Ossifer)

Septon Ossifer is the current Septon of the Starry Sept, known to some as the Starry Septon. Ossifer has served in this capacity only briefly, having been elected to the seat at the turn of the year.

Appearance and Character
Perhaps a strong and athletic youth, such a past is lost to Ossifer, and few (if any) would know of the young man that once was. In that man's place now exists an agied body and a constitution that grows ever-more feeble with each passing year.

Through, this, however, Ossifer remains the kind and generous man he has always been. Ossifer is a man of the people, one who offers hope, comfort, and guidance through a life of hardship and toil. His patience for the nobility can be easily tested, but his capacity to care for the people he considers his own is unending.

History
Ossifer was born in 355 AC to parents he never knew. Before he could talk, walk, or even think, he had been given over to one of the septs of Lannisport. There he was raised as a member of their commune, and would learn the ways of the faithful and the words of the Seven-Pointed Star.

Ossifer was well cared for in Lannisport, but his life was nonetheless meager. Life under the shadow of Casterly Rock -- ruled by the then-young Loreon Lannister -- was a constant reminder of the chasm that existed between those of noble birth and those of smaller status.

Ossifer struggled with this fact for a number of years, until his anointment in 380 AC. A Septon in his own right, Ossifer left the walls of Lannisport to take up a humbler station further south, closer to the heart of the rites he held most dear. Ossifer founded a small sept along the Ocean Road, and with the aid of the local smallfolk, created a pleasant and pious existence.

During the Hammer Uprising, the Ocean Road saw a great deal of movement, with many fleeing from or rushing towards sights of unrest and rebellion. For the few years of calamity, Ossifer's humble sept would be filled almost daily, as the young septon grew to care for any and all who needed it -- regardless of their side. His duty was to the Gods, and their people, not to lords and their politics. During these few short years, Ossifer earned a reputation on the southwestern coast of the continent.

Whispers of Ossifer would soon find the ears of those in the Starry Sept -- the very heart of Ossifer's faith. When summoned to meet them, Ossifer happily obliged, but did not bring much with him as the journey had only seemed temporary to him. The septons there were most impressed with Ossifer, and asked that he join the Starry Sept as one of their own. Though perhaps not wishing to abandon his own flock, Ossifer could not deny such an honour, and acquiesced.

For nearly three decades since, Ossifer has served the Starry Sept as one of its most prominent septons. The young man would grow old within Oldtown, and would earn the friendship and love of a great many of the city's denizens, and even some of the lords that traveled to and from the city regularly. His calming words and offerings of hope were most noted in the first decade after his arrival, when famine, war, and winter tore apart the continent.

Recent Events
The passing of Septon Abelar had left a vacancy in the position of Septon of the Starry Sept. As the septons gathered, the vote would last no longer than a single night, such was the unanimity of their choice. Without a single vote cast in opposition, Ossifer was elected by his brothers as Septon of the Starry Sept in the 1st Month of 418 AC.