Clifford Cafferen

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Fortunately for Clifford, the Lord Theo continued to live, and the right to his future Lordship was continually protected by his Lord grandfather throughout Clifford's childhood. Theo even made sure to give Clifford a quality education in all manners of administration and stewardship, which well prepared the young man for the duties of being Lord. In 134 A.I. he would become a man grown, knighted by Ser Arros, one of Theo's noble advisors and secretly a member of the Zealot faction. Just a year later, Clifford would be wed to the Lady Deana [[House Qorgyle|Qorgyle]] in a grand wedding ceremony held in the Garden Coast. Their marriage would prove a long and fruitful one, with the pair having six children, two boys and four girls, although tragically their youngest child and second son, Allard, would be slain in battle in 178 A.I. at just seven and ten namedays.

If there was any suspicion of Clifford being involved in the Zealot movement like his father Meros was, those were dashed when the Horrific Night unleashed religious violence across the Lordship in 139 A.I. In the middle of the night Clifford was awoken to news of the Zealots imminent attack against the Beachcastle. Immediately Clifford got up, put on his armor, and fought to defend the walls which guarded the lone Heart Tree of the Beachcastle. It was a bloody, successful stand against the Zealots, and when they retreated from the walls out to the open plains, Clifford assembled several dozens of knights to mount up and ride them down. The Zealots stood no chance against armored knights on armored horses, and they were utterly routed. The morning after the Horrific Night, it is said that Clifford joined in the torture of several of the prisoners taken. Just one year later, in 140 A.I. Theo Cafferen died, and the Lordship went to Clifford, who had just two and twenty namedays.

If there was any suspicion of Clifford being involved in the Zealot movement like his father Meros was, those were dashed when the [[the Horrific Night|Horrific Night]] unleashed religious violence across the Lordship in 139 A.I. In the middle of the night Clifford was awoken to news of the Zealots imminent attack against the Beachcastle. Immediately Clifford got up, put on his armor, and fought to defend the walls which guarded the lone Heart Tree of the Beachcastle. It was a bloody, successful stand against the Zealots, and when they retreated from the walls out to the open plains, Clifford assembled several dozens of knights to mount up and ride them down. The Zealots stood no chance against armored knights on armored horses, and they were utterly routed. The morning after the Horrific Night, it is said that Clifford joined in the torture of several of the prisoners taken. Just one year later, in 140 A.I. Theo Cafferen died, and the Lordship went to Clifford, who had just two and twenty namedays.

The Reforms of Clifford Cafferen began not long after, with Clifford enacting many Lordly decrees in an effort to ensure that nothing like the Horrific Night could occur again. As the decades passed, his reforms and building projects began to bear fruit, with the economy of the Garden Coast florishing under Cafferen rule like never before. This economic growth allowed for a rapid expansion of the Cafferen military, a feat not achieved in the history of the Cafferen Lordship, which put an end to military crisis. His reforms of the peasantry, and enforcing true feudalism on his Andal subjects also put an end to the religious crisis, and put the focus less on religious differences in the Lordship and more on the class differences in the Lordship instead. For these feats the nobility came to love Clifford, and the peasantry came to utterly despise him.

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 Fortunately for Clifford, the Lord Theo continued to live, and the right to his future Lordship was continually protected by his Lord grandfather throughout Clifford's childhood. Theo even made sure to give Clifford a quality education in all manners of administration and stewardship, which well prepared the young man for the duties of being Lord. In 134 A.I.  he would become a man grown, knighted by Ser Arros, one of Theo's noble advisors and secretly a member of the Zealot faction. Just a year later, Clifford would be wed to the Lady Deana [[House Qorgyle|Qorgyle]] in a grand wedding ceremony held in the Garden Coast. Their marriage would prove a long and fruitful one, with the pair having six children, two boys and four girls, although tragically their youngest child and second son, Allard, would be slain in battle in 178 A.I.  at just seven and ten namedays.
-If there was any suspicion of Clifford being involved in the Zealot movement like his father Meros was, those were dashed when the Horrific Night unleashed religious violence across the Lordship in 139 A.I.  In the middle of the night Clifford was awoken to news of the Zealots imminent attack against the Beachcastle. Immediately Clifford got up, put on his armor, and fought to defend the walls which guarded the lone Heart Tree of the Beachcastle. It was a bloody, successful stand against the Zealots, and when they retreated from the walls out to the open plains, Clifford assembled several dozens of knights to mount up and ride them down. The Zealots stood no chance against armored knights on armored horses, and they were utterly routed. The morning after the Horrific Night, it is said that Clifford joined in the torture of several of the prisoners taken. Just one year later, in 140 A.I.  Theo Cafferen died, and the Lordship went to Clifford, who had just two and twenty namedays.
+If there was any suspicion of Clifford being involved in the Zealot movement like his father Meros was, those were dashed when the [[the Horrific Night|Horrific Night]] unleashed religious violence across the Lordship in 139 A.I.  In the middle of the night Clifford was awoken to news of the Zealots imminent attack against the Beachcastle. Immediately Clifford got up, put on his armor, and fought to defend the walls which guarded the lone Heart Tree of the Beachcastle. It was a bloody, successful stand against the Zealots, and when they retreated from the walls out to the open plains, Clifford assembled several dozens of knights to mount up and ride them down. The Zealots stood no chance against armored knights on armored horses, and they were utterly routed. The morning after the Horrific Night, it is said that Clifford joined in the torture of several of the prisoners taken. Just one year later, in 140 A.I.  Theo Cafferen died, and the Lordship went to Clifford, who had just two and twenty namedays.
 The Reforms of Clifford Cafferen began not long after, with Clifford enacting many Lordly decrees in an effort to ensure that nothing like the Horrific Night could occur again. As the decades passed, his reforms and building projects began to bear fruit, with the economy of the Garden Coast florishing under Cafferen rule like never before. This economic growth allowed for a rapid expansion of the Cafferen military, a feat not achieved in the history of the Cafferen Lordship, which put an end to military crisis. His reforms of the peasantry, and enforcing true feudalism on his Andal subjects also put an end to the religious crisis, and put the focus less on religious differences in the Lordship and more on the class differences in the Lordship instead. For these feats the nobility came to love Clifford, and the peasantry came to utterly despise him.

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