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Born in 79 A.I. Theo Cafferen was, by the time he died in 140 A.I. the last surviving member who had been in the [[Colemon Cafferen|Lord Colemon Cafferen's]] camp, when they traveled through Westeros in search of lands to settle. It was in these last years of questing for the desperately sought-after land to settle, that Theo was born from the union of [[Jerion Cafferen]] and Olanne [[House Hightower|Hightower]]. Under normal circumstances, Theo wouldn't have been in the direct line of succession, as Jerion was only the second eldest son of Colemon. Yet Colemon's eldest son, Qyle, considered the trip to Westeros a doomed venture which would lead to certain death, and so he stayed behind, forever leaving his branch of the family in Andalos. Jerion had no such reservations, however, and accompanied his father to the westward continent. | Born in 79 A.I. Theo Cafferen was, by the time he died in 140 A.I. the last surviving member who had been in the [[Colemon Cafferen|Lord Colemon Cafferen's]] camp, when they traveled through Westeros in search of lands to settle. It was in these last years of questing for the desperately sought-after land to settle, that Theo was born from the union of [[Jerion Cafferen]] and Olanne [[House Hightower|Hightower]]. Under normal circumstances, Theo wouldn't have been in the direct line of succession, as Jerion was only the second eldest son of Colemon. Yet Colemon's eldest son, Qyle, considered the trip to Westeros a doomed venture which would lead to certain death, and so he stayed behind, forever leaving his branch of the family in Andalos. Jerion had no such reservations, however, and accompanied his father to the westward continent. | ||
So Theo would be the heir, in time, of the Cafferens who settled in the Garden Coast. Raised for his first few years in the ever-moving camp, the young lad enjoyed the beaches and forests of the Garden Coast as he only further grew. Eventually, after his father brought him to Highgarden to witness a grand wedding, young Theo developed a maddening crush on a certain Gwenna [[House Gardener|Gardener]], the woman he would love for the rest of his life. When Theo became a man proper, he | So Theo would be the heir, in time, of the Cafferens who settled in the Garden Coast. Raised for his first few years in the ever-moving camp, the young lad enjoyed the beaches and forests of the Garden Coast as he only further grew. Eventually, after his father brought him to Highgarden to witness a grand wedding, young Theo developed a maddening crush on a certain Gwenna [[House Gardener|Gardener]], the woman he would love for the rest of his life. When Theo became a man proper, still young and fresh and inexperienced with running the administration of an entire Lordship, he would nevertheless be immediately thrust into the role of Lord, as a simple illness suddenly took the life of his father. Unfortunately for Theo and his siblings, his father already had a weak constitution in the first place, and the illness proved too much for his body to handle. So, with just six and ten namedays, Theo was Lord of the Garden Coast, and almost immediately he would get what he'd wanted for years at this point. | ||
The young Fawn reunited with Gwenna Gardener at a funeral by the Red Lake, and the two would fall in love all over again there. Not long after, the two would be married and having their first of eight children together. | The young Fawn reunited with Gwenna Gardener at a funeral by the Red Lake, and the two would fall in love all over again there. Not long after, the two would be married and having their first of eight children together. Many years after, with the Gardener civil war raging between the Green and White factions, Theo's eldest child, Meros, now a man grown and with three children of his own, would volunteer to fight with the Whites for the honor of the [[Faith of the Seven|Seven]]. Unfortunately, not but a few months into the conflict, Meros would eventually die from the grievous wounds he sustained in battle. He had only two and twenty namedays when he died, and Theo was devastated by his loss. | ||
Despite everything, Theo kept the Garden Coast uninvolved in the conflict, despite the opportunities that would arise if the Whites won the civil war, and despite the consequences that the Greens would bestow on the Andal Lord should they win. Part of the reason Theo did not side with the Whites was his personal friendship to a [[Child of the Forest]] named Poplar. He had become friends with her when she appeared to him shortly after his wedding to Gwenna, and the two had met and talked on many different occasions, and it was clear that Theo valued her greatly, and did not wish to see her or her people harmed should the Whites win the civil war. Nevertheless, despite pressures from House Hightower, the Fawn Lord remained neutral in the civil war, and ultimately the Green faction emerged triumphant. | |||
Tumultuous years followed, with Theo dealing with the fallout from the Green victory in the civil war, and the ever increasing religious tensions in the Garden Coast. The Zealot movement arose in the Garden Coast right under his nose, opposing all attempts of friendship with those who were not among the Seven-worshipping faithful. Theo naturally was opposed to this movement, but he could not stop their influence and power from spreading all over the Garden Coast, until eventually the tensions exploded in 139 A.I. culminating in [[The Horrific Night|the Horrific Night]]. Fortunately, it did not lead to disaster, which it very well could have. Instead, due to good fortune and the stoutness of the defenders, the revolt led only to the complete destruction of the Zealot movement. | |||
In the end, Theo was a Lord thrust | In his later years, Theo spent much time at the Chateau he had built by the coast, named after his eldest son, Meros. It was here he was staying when the Horrific Night happened, and when he received the news of its aftermath. There in the Chateau he spent his last years in peace and relaxation with his beloved wife, Gwenna. He finished his journal there, which detailed his life story, and meetings with Poplar. When Theo's death came, on the 9th day on the Third Moon, 140 A.I. it was a peaceful one, and the succession to his grandson, [[Clifford Cafferen]], went over smoothly. | ||
In the end, Theo was a Lord thrust into the position with no experience whatsoever nor with the time to safely gain it without consequences. And, despite everything that occurred in his reign, it could not be said that he acted on anything outside of his own personal morals, for good or ill... | |||
== Quotes by Theo == | == Quotes by Theo == | ||