Leo Tyrell

Leo Tyrell was Lord of Highgarden in the year 407 AC.

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

He carried himself casually, ready to smile at a moment's notice. He could fit in with a crowd of farmers in their fields, merchants in a tavern, or lords in their halls. He was compassionate and eager to help when others come to him with their troubles. Though he was proud, he was not arrogant, and though he flirted, 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.

Recent History
In 407 AC, after the death of Lyonel Tyrell, Leo became Lord of Highgarden. Following negotiations, he married Margaret Tyrell on the first day of the tenth month. On the eighteenth day of the twelfth moon, Leo Tyrell was assassinated in the Hightower.