IdentitySer Pate of the Bridge/ Ser Jaime Frey
Age57
RoleLord Walder's Right Hand
CharacterizationJaime Frey is a tall, gallant man who has seen better days. A cascade of curly white hair descends all the way to his ear, and white stubble can be seen poking in his square jaw. He has green eyes, inheriting both from his grandmother Genna Lannister as well as her mother, Cersei Lannett. He walks with ponderous steps, and his body has scars from dozens of battles. He prefers to wear armor over other clothes, and his favoured set is well maintaned but worn, with scrapes and small dents from years of being in the roads.
Jaime Frey was born in a very diminished House Frey, far removed from the main line. Being the son of Red Walder Frey, who had been spent quite a bit of his early life at Casterly Rock, and Cersei Lannett, a Lannisport noble, he always stood one head taller than most of his relatives and lacked the typical Frey look. He remembered the late lord Perwyn with warmth, stating he was a good man, but always sad. Perwyn also arranged for Jaime to become a page and later a squire at Riverrun, spotting the young man's talent in swordsmanship.
Being trained around the same time as Axel Tully, it was hard to stay in the Tully's champion shadow, but he persevered. He even managed to get a healthy competitive spirit among the two, essentially a chain of achievements that made eachother push the other to overcome their limits. Yet Jaime knew that in the end, Axel would overtake him, being from a house of a Lord Paramount without a stain on their honour. Both were knighted around the same time, and Jaime left Riverrun with a smile, knowing that little by little he was erasing the stain of House Frey.
He wasn't welcomed back. The atmosphere had changed upon his return, Lord Perwyn giving way to the oaf of Lord Stevron, who fashioned himself as the lord Walder of old, and commited many excesses and foolish actions. Jaime tried to rein in the impulses of his lord, but it was to no avail and left the house before being tempted to smash his face with a flanged mace. It is unknown what was the straw that broke the horse's back then, but there are rumours that Stevron got drunk and deflowered Jaime's beloved before he could marry her, but he eventually left House Frey one night and never came back.
Ever since then, he has forsaken his name, and has gone by ser Pate of the Bridge, changing his high birth for the hedges of the road. He tries to keep his actions as close as the ideals of a true knight and then some. He also does not like to stand out, leaving as soon as the deeds are done and rewards were received. He also participates in tournaments, but usually gives way to more important figures and houses to not stand out too much.
He, however, was the person who enabled the future Lord Walder to join the Stepstones campaign, by spiriting him away in a barge. He also joined, if only to help his old comrade Axel from the sidelines seeing as he had become a member of the Queensguard. Upon receiving the news of Lord Walder's exile, Jaime revealed himself to the young heir, and claimed that he would march on the Twins to right this wrong. Walder declined the offer, stating that it'd be too much of a blow to the Frey's reputation and would risk becoming a kinslayer.
His return seems to have marked an end to his hedge knight career as Ser Pate, and the start of his tenure as Ser Jaime.
Attributes & TalentsJaime Frey's physical attributes are heavily influenced by the amount of Westerlander blood in him. He is a hardy man, and one who can earn many things with his sword arm. An experienced knight, one of the oldest active ones in fact, his talent could be considered worthy of the white, if only his name wasn't Jaime or Frey. Having lived many years on the road and sleeping in the hedges, he has learn how to forage and hunt acceptably. He is a decent fisherman and a good swimmer, rivers being the most available form of bath for most years of his life. He is perhaps unsuited as a ruler, but he has some talent leading men in a battlefield, and specially inspiring them with his straightforward disposition. His great secret talent, that only very few know, is the fact he does not possess one but two sword arms, as he's ambidextrous, which gives him an edge against experienced opponents who try to read the flow of his attacks, as he can switch his sword arm mid-fight. His daily training, however, takes twice as much because of this reason. He can also dual wield, but he considers it impractical with most knightly weapons at best, and showing off at worst.
Immediate Family
Lady Vaena Frey (21)- Niece-in-Law
Lord Aegon Frey(2) - Kin
Lord Walder Frey (30) - Liege
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