Leo Tyrell

Leo Tyrell is the descendant through the male line of a minor branch of House Tyrell, and heir to the seat of Lord of Highgarden.

Appearance and Character
Leo is eighteen and a shining example of chivalry in the Reach. He has his father's Tyrell hair and his mother's pale blue eyes. He is tall, with the muscular, athletic build only a young knight can maintain.

He carries himself casually, ready to smile at a moment's notice. He can fit in with a crowd of farmers in their fields, merchants in a tavern, or lords in their halls. He is compassionate and eager to help when others come to him with their troubles. Though he is proud, he is not arrogant, and though he flirts, he would never dishonor a woman.

History
Leo Tyrell was born to Ser Thaddeus Tyrell, a commander in the Oldtown militia, and his wife Cassa Costayne, in 388 AC. His childhood was safe but not rich; Thaddeus had inherited a small townhouse from his father, and Lord Costayne sent his daughter an allowance when needed.

When Leo was nine, his father was killed on the Stepstones in The War of the Three Thieves. Cassa Costayne returned to her father, leaving Leo to be fostered in the Hightower. Leo served as a page, then as a squire. He worked hard and learned as much as he could, eager to honor the memory of his father. It was as a squire, patrolling Oldtown with his knightmaster, that Leo came across a man at the side of the Honeywine River, ready to drown an unwanted puppy in a sack. Leo took the dog (after a shouting match), named him Bean, and has held his loyalty ever since.

Leo was knighted in 405, not long after his mother's death. Since then he has lead an odd bachelor existence, not yet ready to marry and settle down. He works as a guard with the City Watch of Oldtown at times, and as a clerk in the City Administration at other times. He has forged two links of a maester's chain, one of yellow gold for mathematics and economics and one of pewter for history.