Ser Elian

Elian and Evelyn were always close, and nigh inseparable when they were younger. Evelynn's marriage to Thomas was joyous, but still led to quite a few tears between the bride and her brother at the wedding, and a well remembered scene was Elian, two years Thomas' junior, grabbing at the elder to threaten him - with tears still on his cheeks - should any harm befall his sister. Thomas, for his part, took the threats in stride, and the two have been amiable since.

Elian still exchanges letters with his sister daily, and they are each other's closest confidants.

Elian's marriage was intended as a tool to better relations between Caerwent and Ascalon. His own family was overjoyed, tying themselves to a much more illustrious lineage. His wife, Iona, seemed amenable, and her younger brother, Lot, joined her to live with them. They then immediately went about working to produce an heir.

That is the official story, while, in truth, Elian was still a squire when he met Iona while traveling with his knight to Ascalon. The two originally hit it off quite well, and Iona introduced him to her younger brother, Lot, who has already been causing minor scandals for his house. Elian was enamored of his carefree lifestyle, and the two convinced Iona to explore life, rather than focusing so carefully on propriety. This revelry was shortlived, however. Elian and Iona, in a bout of drunken revelry, were discovered by Iona's mother and a number of servants, three sessions in to an energetic coupling in Iona's room. Rather than ruin the family image by publicly exposing Elian's lack of chivalry or propriety, the family chose instead to rush an engagement and wedding as a "political union of goodwill". Upon learning Lot knew of these trysts, he too, was sent to Caerwent as punishment, where the family provided the new couple a modest estate. This estate was immediately appreciated, as they learned Iona was pregnant while yet planning the wedding.

While Elian was uncowed, and in fact pleased by the turn of events, Iona was mortified. The only reason their second child, Efa was concieved at all was a desire for companionship, while the couple worried over the two year old Elan, who had a dangerously high fever. The fever, luckily, broke after a week, and some months later they discovered, to Elian's elation and Iona's horror, that she was pregnant yet again.

Since the marriage, Iona has been the one managing the estate, protecting their position and status from Elian's bouts of emotional highs and lows. She also, has slept in separate quarters and done her best to never be in the same room as him. Elian, for his part, aside from lamenting the coldness of his wife to his dear sister, has found companionship and affection in the arms of Lot, who has managed to maintain a life of doing absolutely nothing but being pretty and being a very, very, very good bed companion for Elian.

Iona - noble wife, political marriage

Lot - Iona's younger, gambler brother

Elan - older brother born 458

Efa - younger sister born 460