Hugh Stone

Hugh Stone is a former warrant officer of the Golden Company and the current Seneschal of Castamere. The personal secretary to Lord Criston Lannister, he also doubles as that nobleman's confidante and valet.

Appearance and Character
The former Golden Company adjutant is a slim, dark young man with a fondness for numbers. Dressed most often now in suits of black broadcloth, he is never far from Lord Criston's side.

History
Little is known about the origins of Lord Criston's former adjutant and current steward, only that he is of bastard birth and hails from the Vale. In a Company full of misbegotten and misplaced sons, both noble and ignoble, this is no unusual provenence. The most junior of the Quartermaster's warrant officers, he was assigned to the troop led by the Company's newest officer, a young man named Ser Criston. Some say that Hugh and his future lord and master were previously acquainted from Ser Criston's time with the Quartermaster's crop of young officers, others say that the two met for the first time shortly after Ser Criston's assumption of command. What all agree on is that an immediate rapport formed between the two men, and the two were soon inseparable.

With him at Duskendale, then throughout the long, arduous campaign in the Stormlands, Criston and Hugh worked tirelessly to ensure that the Lightsteel Horse never lacked for provisions. Hugh accompanied Ser Criston to his wedding to Victaria Greyjoy, and then rode with him home to claim Castamere, resigning his warrant with the same quill Ser Criston used to forfeit his commission.

From 436 A.C., he took charge of the administrative tasks of lordship as Ser Criston split his time between the West and the Capital. Sometimes the two separated, each to their own duty, but the strong affinity between the two men never waned.