Lysarus Rogare

Lysarus Rogare is a powerful oligarch of the Free City of Lys, and the current head of the Bank of Rogare. A famous soldier and adventurer in his youth, he now occupies one of the magister's seats kept for the Rogares in Lys's ruling council.

Appearance and Character
A dashing rogue, the patriarch of Lys' most illustrious bloodline is more mercenary than money-lender.

Some call him a brute through and through. They would not be completely wrong.

Others call him a banker at heart, always watching the tip of the scales. They would not be completely wrong, either.

To that, there are those who would shake their heads, and name him Nohia Rogare's mad dog. And there is truth to that as well.

A closely-guarded man, Lysarus is well aware of the many rumors that circle him like a cloud of flies about a Sathmantes slave. He would have it no other way.

History
Fostered in Braavos at the manse of a prominent Iron Bank official, Lysarus Rogare courted infamy at an early age, running away from an apprenticeship at the world's foremost banking institution to learn the water-dancer's craft at the feet of a notorious rogue. Most of his youth was spent accompanying Orbelo Reyaan on his misadventures across the taverns and battlefields of Slaver's Bay, Yi Ti, and the Free City, always a mere step ahead of the scandal that followed the Braavosi swordmaster like an over-eager pupil. Together, the two would enjoy memorable, if short stints in most, if not all, of the continents's most illustrious sellsword companies--by the age of nineteen, young Lysarus had served with eight Free Companies in nine years of travel.

One day, Orbelo Reyaan woke one day, to find an exorbitant sum placed on his head by a consortium of disgruntled former employers and enemies, great men of the Free Cities disinclined towards a sellsword whose toxicity had finally outstripped his talent. He bid his young charge good-bye, and boarded a ship to Westeros, where he had received a letter from a great lord of the Reach retaining him to teach a promising young squire the bravo's dance.

Lysarus went on to enjoy a storied career in the Free Companies, rising to command no less a company than the Second Sons before disappearing abruptly. When he resurfaced a year later, it was at his family's palaces in Lys.

Given a seemingly minor role intended as a sinecure, Lysarus made a name for himself and carved out a fief for himself leading the Rogare Bank's money-lending efforts to foreign potentates. When a Rogare-backed prince elected in Lorath turned his back on his obligations to his sponsors, Lysarus himself led a small group of sellswords up North to deal with the issue. Lured out of the city to deal with what was thought to be a small pack of reavers ravaging his family's richest holdings, the fickle Lorathi prince was ambushed quietly and was eventually found by his family blind and begging for alms in Braavos. By then, Lysarus Rogare had returned to Lys, his ships laden with furs seized from the delinquent's family storehouses that the Rogares would go on to sell at an enormous profit that more than recouped their investment.

This, and other stories like it, established Lysarus Rogare as a man to watch--a banker who was more steel than silk, a Rogare who kept company with Sathmantes scions and smugglers alike.

Recent Events
Today, the father to four handsome children by a Lohar woman, Lysarus looks out over the waters at the Stepstones and mislikes what he sees.

Family
Leon Rogare, d. 366 AC,
 * Orenn Rogare, b. 327, d. 364,
 * m. Saera Targaryen, d. 374 AC,
 * House Targaryen of Lys
 * Lysorno Rogare, b. 350 AC, d. 405 AC,
 * m. Valaena Lohar, d. 403 AC,
 * Nyessa Rogare, b. 368 AC, d. 412 AC,
 * m. Drazenko Ormellon
 * Nohia Rogare, b. 384 AC,
 * m. Tregar Lohar
 * Khorane Rogare, b. 402 AC,
 * Larra Rogare, b. 405 AC,
 * Naera Rogare, b. 393 AC,
 * Nesora Rogare, b. 396 AC,
 * m. Myro Sadaris, b. 393 AC,
 * Erina Rogare, b. 399 AC,
 * Maella Rogare, b. 370 AC,
 * m. Marc Lothston,
 * Harren Lothston,
 * Johanna Lothston,
 * Lysaro Rogare, b. 351 AC, d. 407 AC,
 * m. Daenara Rogare, b. 355 AC, d. 407 AC,
 * Lysara Rogare, b. 380 AC, d. 407 AC,
 * Myra, b. 407 AC,
 * Lucrezio Rogare, b. 382 AC, d. 407 AC,
 * Loreza Rogare, b. 382 AC, d. 407 AC,
 * w. Elaena Targaryen
 * Kaelon Rogare, b. 370 AC,
 * Laena Rogare, b. 355 AC, d. 408 AC,
 * Lysarus Rogare, b. 383 AC,
 * m. Saera Lohar, d. 409 AC,
 * Serra Rogare, b. 399 AC,
 * Lysaro Rogare, b. 403 AC,
 * Cerion Rogare, b. 406 AC,
 * Aelyx Rogare, b. 407 AC