Ellery Caswell

Ellery Caswell, the current Heir to BItterbridge, was born to Lord Roose Caswell and Lady Lynesse Caswell 390 A.C. His mother treated him as the apple in her eye since her early days, raising him to be a courtier, somewhat to the opposition to Lord Caswell, as he wished for his son to be a great general, however he was too deeply confined in his studies to ever protest, as he decided to pass the duties regarding Ellery down to her. Nonetheless, he did gain a basic education in those areas, as an Heir to a powerful House should.

Despite that, many would still regard him as not manly enough due to his mannerisms an appearance.

Appearance and Character
Tall for his age, slender and slim, Ellery moves with extreme grace. His clean complexion and pale skin made him try really hard not to get tanned. His hair is some sort of chestnut brown, as are his eyes.

He dresses in expensive clothes, well tries to do so, as his father used to make that pretty difficult.

His legs are strong and athletic, helping him gain much agility, when that is needed.

A fan of blue, especially dark shades of blue, Ellery tries to keep his clothes dyed that way.

Confident in his tongue, cheeky and girlish in his manners, Ellery functions somewhat similarly to a child, at least when it comes to his relationships with others. But not a usual child; a charming, charismatic child with a lot to say. He is interested in politics, those of the courts and greater, but he doesn't really want power; he secretly wishes that he'd marry a cousin of his, a woman, and comfortably live a pretty fascinating but also comfortable like as a Lord Consort.

However, due to him being the heir to Bitterbride, that is not the case. Instead, he recently started to become more and more stressed, looking for bodily pleasures to calm himself down.

Mother taught him not to drink wine; as she said, it makes the people more interested in you. And you don't loosen your mind.

He decided to look for the pleasures in some small towns near the House's seat, in the brothels. He remembered that he often got propositions regarding young boys, boys from Dorne, dead boys... boys in general. Tired of denying and explaining things, after some time, he decided to try them out and, to his surprise, he liked it. Well, women are obviously more... "fitting", and overall he enjoys them better, but men are not that bad either.

When talking to others, Ellery keeps calm and collected, trying to get on the good lists of as many people as possible. No negative feeling bring positive things, ever.

He is ambitious; his dreams don't consider getting power and influence just for the sake of it, but just to be remembered as a good man, in the sense of working for the realm and the reach, and his House in general. However, he often has clashes in his interior; from one side, he wants to live a safe and stable life but, on the other, he is sure that he knows how to improve the realm, and how to work for it. However, that road would be full of traps and pitfalls.

History
Born on the Fifth Moon of 390, to Lord Roose Caswell and Lady Lynesse, his cousin, Ellery was raised to respect what is beautiful in wife and the world; from his early days, his mother always watched him, taught him; she was his best friend and dearest companion. As his father was stuck in books, something that young Ellery would later partly pick up, but nowhere near his father's scale, and the other men were lost in the moody atmosphere of the keep and the areas near it, he never really picked up the traits that they so proudly showcased, the masculinity. Many say that the opposite happened; his femininity is the butt of the jokes of many servants. However, Ellery would call them something else; elegance and grace.

Obviously, he did train to use the sword, in this case, he specialized himself in the use of rapiers, however, he rarely used it, even later on, when his two brothers grew older. In their cases, Roose decided to give them to be educated under other noblemen; Paxtor was left to be raised in the Three Towers, the seat of the House from which a dear friend of Roose's hails, while Myles was warded by the Lord himself.

Early Days (396-405)
Ellery surely considers his earliest days as the sweetest; he learned to ride a Horse at a young age, something that most Caswells did, he learned to read; that was something wonderful, life-changing. He read and reread many stories, poems, he even read a tome about the history of his House. The greatest Caswell Lords soon became his best friends; Lord Artos Caswell, a fierce rider and warrior, the master of the hammer, maybe the best in the kingdoms. Lord Tybolt Caswell; grim, a real mastermind; he played the boards of the Reach like a game of Cyvasse. His brother was soon born, Paxter. The youngest of the three. His birth barely changed anything; Ellery was still merry, with all the care that his mother surrounded him with. She dressed him in a great, long dress once, maybe twice. When his father learned about it, he was furious, but the boy couldn't understand. The whole situation was rather funny than anything.

Another thing that his mother did was teach him how to behave in courts. Years of training and charisma. They practically made it that he was well respected everywhere but Bitterbridge. He grew to really dislike his home.

Current Era (405-present)
Under the keen eye of Lynesse, Ellery worked hard to improve his skills in many areas; education, he read a lot. More than ever. He began to study the art of intrigue and plotting, the great schemes of history. That would come to use if he was to do what he was planning to do.

And that was to go to King's Landing. To get a position there. Ellery considered it as somewhat of an occasion to gain experience, however, his mother saw it a bit differently. It seemed as if she was paranoid with the possibility of Myles becoming the Lord after Roose, and not her more beloved son.

Family Tree

 * Lord Roose Caswell, Lord of Bitterbridge

Myles Caswell, Scion of House Caswell
 * Lady Lynesse Caswell, Scion of House Caswell

Paxter Caswell, Scion of House Caswell

Amerei Caswell, Scion of House Caswell Garth Caswell, Scion of House Caswell
 * Gwayne Caswell, Spymaster of Bitterbridge
 * Darla Caswell, Scion of House Osgrey

Household
Theon Costayne, friend to Lord Roose, Castellan of Bitterbridge

Maester Rossart

Septon Hallis

Otto, Servant to Ellery

Septa Shirei