Septon Steffon

Septon Steffon, born Steffon Moore, is the man in charge of the Faith's finances - the High Prefect. As the Faith is one of the largest financial entities in Westeros, this is no small task, particularly with the added complications provided by the Faith Militant and The Clever One's insistence on public works and missionary endeavors. His dutiful completion of the duties of the High Prefect has earned Steffon his place as the High Septon's right-hand man, and some consider him the man's natural successor.

Appearance & Character
Like many men who become Septons, Steffon is slight of frame. His brown hair is kept at medium length, curling towards the edges, but is usually hidden beneath the vestments afforded to his station.

He is a soft-spoken man in public, bereft of the rhetorical ability possessed by many Septons. In private, however, is where his intellect shines. There are few who have an eye for numbers quite like him. In another life, born to a more prestigious house, he often says, he might have been the Master of Coin. Instead, he counts coins for the Faith. An important task, but without quite the same prestige.

History
Steffon Moore was born the fourth child of six, and the youngest of three sons. His older brothers were much more favored than him. When they grew old enough to wield a sword, their father was sure to buy them one of the best money could buy. When it came Steffon's turn, he got a stick.

That's a slight exaggeration. It was a wooden sword, not a stick, but the comedic effect is important, Steffon insists. Where his father did not provide for him, the family's Septon did. Steffon preferred it that way. War had never much appealed to him, but learning did. Where his brothers learned the way of the blade, he learned of the Gods and of numbers. When he announced his desire to join the Faith and take a Septon's vows, his father was hardly surprised. In fact, he was somewhat pleased: it would mean one less potential problem for his older sons when he died.

Steffon served as an acolyte in the Sept of Gulltown until he was twenty-three years old, at which point he became a full Septon and was reassigned to the parish in Lannisport at the Golden Sept. It was there that he first encountered Septon Bryce.

Promotion within the Faith is usually contingent on three things. First, the station of one's birth. As a member of House Moore, Steffon was largely precluded from that avenue of advancement. Second, the quality of one's sermons. There, too, Steffon was doomed. Third, the degree to which one understands the more obscure texts of the Faith. Here, and in his financial acumen, Steffon distinguished himself and earned the attention of the Septon in charge of the parish, Septon Bryce. Bryce shepherded Steffon through the ranks, and in so doing, earned himself a valuable ally. When Bryce moved to the Sept of the Faithful in 425 AC, he brought Steffon with him. When he became Master of Laws, Steffon came, too, working as one of his subordinates. And when Bryce gave up his name to become High Septon, Steffon took the place in the Most Devout vacated following the execution of Septon Archibald for his role in the Razing of the Red Temple.

With the influence provided to him by his patron, Steffon has made a name for himself. It was his stewardship that enabled the Faith Militant to arm itself as quickly and efficiently as it has, and helped the Faith send relief shipments to the areas worst affected by the Four Year Winter. Some within the Most Devout have come to view Steffon as Bryce's natural successor, as even though he lacks the rhetorical flair of his colleagues, his ability to utilize the resources of the Faith for good is undeniable. Recently, however, the position of the absolute right-hand man has been usurped by Mother Rohanne, who has become figurehead of those unhappy with the High Septon. Steffon is challenged to not only hold his position, but hold the prominence of the great Sept once more.