[b]Name:[/b] Ser Raymun Rivers, the bastard of Tarrow

[b]Age:[/b] 25

[b]Station:[/b] Knighted Highborn Bastard 

[b]Family:[/b] House Cade, younger illegitimate brother of Lord Leoric. 

[b]Description:[/b] Ser Raymun is a tall and well built man of a martial disposition. His hair is dark with almost a hint of red to it and is kept cropped close to his head. His lower face is mostly hidden behind a thick and full beard, but it was to be shaved it would reveal a strong jaw and chin. Raymun's nose has healed crooked from being broken earlier in his youth and a scar adorns is forehead which reaches down past his thunderous brow, under which sits a single intense brown eye and an empty socket filled with a ball of polished onyx. Still, he is not an uncomely man, and could perhaps be considered handsome, albeit of a coarser nature.

He dresses plainly, preferring a mail hauberk or hunting leathers to silken cloaks or satin doublets. He goes about his business armed upon most occasions, with a dagger resting on one hip and Falchion hanging from the other. His armour is likewise, well made, but not extravagant.

In his character Ser Raymun is known to be a disagreeable and difficult man. There is a dark streak that runs through him, which some would say is a result of his mother's base born nature, and others would recognise as the influence of his lordly father, Edwyle. He is known for his fierce temper, and he often bullies and belittles those around him. He can be cruel and has several vices, such as whoring and drinking, but he is not some kind of inhuman monster. Ser Raymun does hold genuine affection for certain men he has served with, such as Hosteen Frey or the scions of House Haigh whom he is close too. He is also popular with some of the guards of Castle Tarrow for being free with his coin at the tavern and gaming tables.


[b]Biography:[/b] Ser Raymun was born of fleeting union between Lord Edwyle Cade and a tavern wench from Saltpans in the year 273 AC. Brought by his mother to Castle Tarrow in the year of his birth, surprisingly Lord Edwyle saw the child cared for, some would say in a move to undermine his wife's position and to serve as a reminder to his heir Leoric that he was not irreplaceable. The young Raymun sought to imitate his father in many ways that he could, but was always rebuffed and never shown much affection. After the death of Lord Edwyle, Raymun was fostered out as a squire to other noble houses of the rivers in an effort to straighten him out by his brother the new lord Leoric. 

He served first for a few years at House Charlton's seat of Mistlewood as squire to Ser Andrey Charlton, but after being caught attempting to seduce one of his daughters he was dismissed and returned to Castle Tarrow. Raymun was next sent to squire for Lord Jason Mallister of Sea guard, and served him during the Greyjoy Rebellion of 289 AC. He gained experience in battle during the storming of Seaguard and the subsequent invasion of the isle of Orkmont. 

It was expected he would be knighted at the end of the war, but Lord Mallister refused to knight him, saying he had not shown himself worthy of the honour the title held. It was then he went to the Twins to serve, where he was eventually knighted by Ser Hosteen Frey. For years he served as a household knight for Lord Walder, and even considered attempting to marry into the Frey line. It was at the Twins that Raymun lost his right eye as a result of a drunken brawl with Black Walder Frey, this forced his departure and ultimate return to Castle Cade.

Recently, after the death of his brother's second wife, he has returned to Castle Cade in order to reassert his familial connection and perhaps position himself as a potential heir for Lord Leoric, or at the very least attempt to gain a tract of land of his own to build a manor upon.