Few things to finish but mostly done :D [h1][b][center]House Tyrell[/center][/b][/h1] [center][img]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR9hVCXL0BjhMfSAizUoIqAY5dr9gryaE9EiFj0hdiAwHHTZAlR[/img][/center] [center][b][h2][color=green]Growing Strong[/color][/h2][/b][/center] [h2][b]Leadership[/b][/h2] The power structure of the Tyrells is essentially a shared power centre between Cassana and Quentin. Quentin is the traditional centre of power of the Reach and has a tremendous amount of influence there from his long tenure as warden of the south. However, as Hand Of the King and now being based in Kings-Landing Quentin’s political powerbase has moved from the Reach and Cassana has become a matriarch and political strategist from within the walls of High-Garden in classical Tyrell fashion. [h2]Size and military strength[/h2] [h2][b]Family[/b][/h2] [hider=Quentin Tyrell] Name: Quentin Tyrell Age: 65 Titles: Hand of the king Lord of Highgarden Defender of the Marches High Marshal of the Reach Warden of the South Lord Paramount of the Mander Appearance:[img]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/adawnoficeandfirerp/images/2/21/Lorent.png/revision/latest?cb=20171108234831[/img] History: Often referred to as the “Oak tree of the High-Garden” Quentin Tyrell lacks the foolish flowery personality, a trait many of the Tyrell men possess. Quentin Tyrell’s father, Willas Tyrell was committed to his work as warden of the south and had kept the reach in relatively the same condition his father, Mace Tyrell had been known for before him. Quentin started his lordship quite young, Willas having only one son late in his life meant that Quentin controlled an extreme amount of unquestioned power at a young age. He used this power and the ambition of youth to build roads, improve farms, fortifying the lords and towns by selling food to people all throughout Westeros. Quentin’s competency in management and a political marriage between himself and the King’s sister, Cassana skyrocketed Quentin to a position of power unseen by a Tyrell since during the time of Robert’s Rebellion. Quentin was put on the small council as the master of coin at just 32 years and with careful accounting and a few tactical privateer raids, the young lord was able to pull Westeros out of a large portion of their debt with the iron bank and use the coin from the long summer and political stability amassed in the king's treasury to improve conditions in king's landing and the other major cities. After several years in the courts of the red-keep and the birth of his first daughter Mary. Quentin and his family returned to High-garden and the Tyrell’s for a while focused on their responsibilities as wardens of the south. In this time Quentin would have his first son Leon, and the love Cassana felt for this child created a loyalty to the Tyrells that transcended the politics of the marriage itself. Through the help of Cassana Quentin would come to be known as a kind of ‘gardener of the reach’, tending to his land through a close examination of the noble houses, nurturing the effective families loyal to the Tyrells’, and ‘pruning’ the noble families that had become complacent or ambitious in their duties and position. Through his continued service of the crown and the long summer’s continued blessing of the reach, the warden of the South became the hand of the king in 360AC after Kings Ores previous hand had died of natural causes. A contentious choice by much of the King’s small Council at the time Ores appreciated Quentin’s tendency to nurture and maintain as opposed to the more ambitious and selfish personalities that dominated the courts of kings landing. Ores and Quentin quickly went to work trying to apply his strategy of tenderness, stability and growth that had kept the Reach so peaceful to the entirety of Westeros and in a lot of ways Westeros prospered. Quentin’s running of a kingdom could be compared to a custodian of a large grounds, with an organised precision and an almost ceaseless stamina. When Orys died, Quentin was tasked with helping the new king Galladon. More a boy than a king, Quentin gained even more responsibility in running the kingdom, but his hands were experienced now, and it seemed that this summer could last his entire life. Then the king decided to go to war. Quentin begged the king not to invade Essos and join the coalition. To meet with New Valyria and broker peace so that blood would not be spilt in Westeros. Galladon however, saw the Targaryan threat as too great. And when the king orders the hand obeys. [/hider] [hider=Cassana tyrell] Cassana Tyrell Title: Matriarch of High Garden Wife of Lord Tyrell Age: 55 Appearance: History: Born the a second Daughter to Joffrey and Sansa Baratheon, Cassana’s early life would be somewhat of a beautiful dream. But Cassana grew up to resent the cruelness of her father and the lies and deceit of Kings Landing. At 23 years she was married off to Quentin Tyrell to re-secure the relationship between the Tyrells and the Baratheon’s once it was realised that Quentin possessed a lot more political tenacity and strategic thinking then his soft-hearted father Willas. She was depressed at her use as a political pawn but was at least glad the period of courting was over in her life. And this was the type of attitude Cassana was known for, the manners and etiquette to suit only a princess of the Iron throne and a world view as bleak as a soldier veteran to half a dozen wars. At this point Quentin was still the master of coin and she was still trapped in the confines of her father’s and eventually brothers court. Even the birth of her first child, Mary Tyrell would not even pull her from the melancholy she was now famous for. Like most Tyrell men, Quentin had an uncommon respect for the gentler sex. Realizing that a lot of her mood stemmed from the animosity she held towards the Baratheon’s of Kings Landing and the type of people that frequently inhabited the courts of the Red Keep, Quentin took his wife and young daughter back to Highgarden. Like the flowers the keep is known for, Cassana blossomed beautifully there. Gaining for the first time in her life the autonomy she had desperately needed and a more genuine form of respected she had desperately craved for back in king’s landing. Happiness had finally come to the women, but her pragmatism remained. Her skills in a courtly setting allowed her to quickly gain a strong foothold in the Reach, and her relation to the Martells through the Baratheon of King’s landing made her particularly useful in handling border matters with the Dornish. At a certain point, after she had proved herself a capable matriarch of High Garden, the gods blessed her with her first son Leon. Leon was all she could ever hope for a child and through him she became loyal to the Tyrell’s absolutely. Which would prove to be quite the necessity a decade later as Quentin, requested by the king, accepted the role of hand to King Orys Baratheon. Cassana stayed in High Garden to watch over the Reach for her husband, who had worked so hard to ensure the people he wardened over prospered. Quentin left for King’s Landing with Mary, leaving her and his young son to rule over The Reach in his absence. [/hider] [hider=Leon Tyrell]Leon Tyrell Title: Heir to High-garden Age: 20 Appearance: [img]https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2014-07/7/16/enhanced/webdr07/original-grid-image-1287-1404765858-1.jpg?downsize=715:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto[/img] History: Born during a beautiful flower blooming within the walls High Garden. The birth of Leon Tyrell, heir to the High Marshally of the Reach was celebrated all over the South. With such a weak Baratheon bloodline at this point the blood of Garth the Gardener created a classic garden prince. Attractive, kind, charismatic Leon became a favourite of the court by the age of 12 where he was taken as a page by Ser Alec Fossoway, a notable knight of Highgarden and the wider Reach. Leon’s time as a child was split between two powerful and at times conflicting personalities. The cunning melancholy of Cassana, which shows in tendency to manipulate through charm and vanity and the noble code of chivalry upheld by Fossooway. As per fit a family whoms wealth is vaster than all save for a family who have literally been rumoured to shit gold, Leon’s pageship was more a tutorship in the finer arts of Westeros and other activities befitting a future Warden of the South. As a Squire he excelled in swordsmanship and could ride quite proficiently, but he lacked the subtlety to hunt well, and his lack of patience could hinder his archery to an almost laughable degree. The philosophical ideas associated with knighthood such as humility, generosity, and compassion were undermined by the cynicism and pragmatic outlook of his mother. Leon became a ser at 16 just a year after Loras Tyrell one of the youngest ever squires to prove his worth in the eyes of the seven. Thus with his ego further inflated Leon fashioned himself as the ‘knight of flowers’ to his people and the nobility of the Reach and beyond. Competing in the most recent King’s coronation tourney in a suit detailed with rose and vine iconography. However, after competing, and performing relatively well, the knight of flowers failed to take home any real glory for the Tyrells. This bruised Leon in a way that can be seen in the present day, he doesn’t just lust for power or fame like most Westeros nobles Leon has a desire to grow his prestige, almost obsessively… In a decision that divided the rest of the family Leon gathered a group of knights from across The Reach to join the crusade to Essos. They dubbed themselves ‘The Order of the Garden’ and attached 2 additional ships to the expeditionary force, sails with Galladon’s Crest and 7 white flowers surrounding and a single red flower directly above the central crest sewn onto the masts of their ships. [/hider] [Hider=Mary Tyrell] Mary Tyrell Title: Age: 28 Appearance: [img]https://imgcs.artprintimages.com/img/print/print/actress-diana-rigg-1965_a-l-4173080-4990875.jpg?w=550&h=550[/img] History:[/hider]