Lyonel

Septon Lyonel is a septon located in the city of King's Landing. Taking after his patron god of the seven, he owns a smithy operated by himself. Where Lyonel smiths both as a passion and as a livelihood. The profits of this forge go to maintaining a soup kitchen in Flea Bottom. Lyonel does not concern himself with the politics of the Faith, instead focusing on what he considers his mission.

Appearance and Character
Lyonel is a strong and powerful man, however his short height exasperates his other features, making him look far more powerful than he is. Most would not notice this, however, as the septon keeps his build hidden beneath a thick cape. While not an incredibly handsome man, some women have tried to tempt him into breaking his vows, but none have been successful so far. Around his neck, he bears an amulet depicting a hammer to symbolise the Smith, his favoured of the Seven. With twinkling light blue eyes and with feet solidly placed on the ground, Lyonel is often a calming presence making everyone feel far more at ease. His generous smile welcoming anyone and everyone. Lyonel is quick to laughter as well and his booming voice often carries far and wide.

A kind, charitable, diligent, man, Lyonel tries his best to help all the poor people of King's Landing. Feeding and clothing many of the city's citizens. While highly educated Lyonel rarely displays it, preferring to think of himself as just another citizen of Flea Bottom. Lyonel is an active believer in the Seven and hopes above all that through them and his actions, the people of King's Landing will have better lives.

Childhood
Lyonel's early years were spent learning to read and studying the intricacies of the Faith. Like most children, he dreamt at a young age of becoming a knight. However, he proved unskilled with the sword and so resigned himself to becoming a septon. At the age of eight, Lyonel had accomplished himself among his peers by showing skill with sermons and preaching already holding his first sermon at the age of nine. After years of philosophy and study, he developed a special appreciation for one particular aspect of the Seven, the Smith. Believing smithing to be the best way to please his god Lyonel apprenticed with a local smith. He would apprentice with this smith until the day he left Weeping Town.

Becoming a Septon
At the age of nineteen, Lyonel decided to fulfil his dedication to the Faith. Ever since his dreams of becoming a knight had faded away, he had dreamt of becoming a septon, to spread the Faith and help the weak, asking the septon of Weeping Town for an anointment the ageing septon immediately accepted his request. Before swearing his vows, however, Lyonel decided to depart on a pilgrimage to the Great Sept of Baelor. Throughout all his childhood the Sept of Baelor had been idealised as the great centre of the Faith. He imagined it as a holdfast of the faithful and a place where attaining a higher connection to the Gods would be possible. However, when he arrived in King's Landing, he was vehemently repulsed by what he saw. While the Sept of Baelor was a magnificent building glistening in the sun like a golden tower, the poverty that he found in the city was unacceptable. Right outside the monument to the Faith's power and wealth, there was unrivalled poverty. Lyonel stopped outside the entrance of the Sept and refused to set foot inside. Promptly he returned home to Weeping Town. Before setting out on his pilgrimage to King's Landing Lyonel believed his anointment would be a happy day. During the rest of his stay in Weeping Town he was dour, and the day after his anointment he left  Weeping Town.

The next ten years of his life were spent travelling across the Stormlands, Reach, Crownlands, Westerlands and Riverlands. Everywhere he travelled he met suffering and pain, here his formal education in healing and anointment as a septon became useful. Much of his time was spent healing the living and burying the dead. In between these moments of blood and death, he gained an appreciation for the simpler things in life — the wind on his cheek, the laughing of a newly married couple. While the realm had not ceased its conflict, he had started wandering with a bright smile across his face. After ten years of aiding people across Westeros, his mind wandered back to the city of King's Landing and squalor he had found there. He decided to finish his journey across the continent and instead set his path towards King's Landing.

Settling in King's Landing
Arriving in King's Landing Lyonel found the city had not changed much in the years that had passed since his last visit. His first days in the city were spent staying at an inn in Flea Bottom. While scouting out the city for a more permanent place to settle he found an abandoned smithy in the upper parts of Flea Bottom. Cleaning out the dust, fixing the walls and cleaning out some rubble took weeks, but once he had finished, it became a home he could stay in. After finishing his home, Lyonel started the soup kitchen in the lower parts of Flea Bottom that would consume the next three years of his life.

Family

 * Rody, b. 380 d. 407
 * Sanya, b. 386 d. 407
 * Lyonel, b. 407