House Fossoway of Cider Hall

[House Fossoway]

House Fossoway of Cider Hall

The red-apple Fossoways is an old and proud house, that has served Highgarden and the Iron Throne for several hundred years. Their seat, Cider Hall, is situated at the fork of the Mander and Cockleswent between Ashford and Highgarden. Surrounding the seat is the small town of Appleton, where most trade that the red-apple Fossoways are involved in takes place. They are most famous for their mulled cider that comes from their many orchards.

As most of the houses in the Reach, the red-apple Fossoways joined the Tyrells and Baratheons against the Targaryens in the War of Stag and Dragon, but was quickly defeated and was forced to lay down their swords. This is something that Lord Willem frets about and has his men training from morning to sun, letting them find little rest and he has kept himself secluded at Cider Hall for the last year or so. He lets most of the daily business in the hands of his eldest son, Ser Bransen Fossoway or his younger brother, Ser Bernard Fossoway.

House Statistics

Defense: 57

(30) Small Castle
(10) Tower
(10) Tower

Influence:50

Additional Second Tier characters: 25
Additional Skill for second tier characters: 5
Additional Skill for second tier characters: 5
Additional Skill for second tier characters: 5
Additional Skill for second tier characters: 5

Lands: 40

Terrain:
(5) Plains
(3) Wetlands

Features:

(20) Small Town
(3) River (Mander)
(3) River (Cockleswent)
(3) Light Woods
(1) Grasslands

Law: 35

Population: 35

Power: 45

(16) 400 Infantry
(15) 60 Cavalry
(12) 400 Archers
(2) 20 Scouts

Wealth: 48

(15) Guilds
(10) Maester
(10) Sept
(10) Market

[House Fossoway]

First Tier Characters

Lord Willem Fossoway, 53 years old

Combat: 57 (Fighting)
Cunning: 40 (Persuasion)
Survival: 40
Will: 35 (Leadership)
Knowledge: 35 (Learning)
Warfare: 60 (Strategy)
Stewardship: 38

Description: Lord Willem was once a athletic young man, but as the years has passed so has his muscles and he is now a chubby man with a rather large stomach. His hair is receeding on his forehead and scalp, but the color of his hair is still the same dark brown as he had when he was younger. He sports a full beard in the same color as his hair, but there are a few grey hairs there.



Ser Bransen Fossoway, 31 years old

Combat: 67 (Fighting, Atlethics)
Cunning: 50
Survival: 40 (Awareness)
Will: 35 (Leadership)
Knowledge: 35
Warfare: 35
Stewardship: 38 (Business)

Description: The heir to Cider Hall is an athletic man, that still trains daily to keep him from becoming what his father has become. The maester of Cider Hall says that Bransen is the spitting image of his father at a young age. Bransen shares the same hair and eye color as his father, and now that he has grown a beard it's basicly only the body-type that sets the two apart.



Ser Bernard Fossoway, 46 years old

Combat: 47
Cunning: 55 (Persuasion, Deception)
Survival: 30
Will: 35
Knowledge: 40 (Learning)
Warfare: 35
Stewardship: 53 (Bargining, Business)

Description: Ser Bernard is Lord Willem's younger brother, and serves his brother as his steward. He was knighted by his father at an early age, but he hasn't shown be anything more than average when it came to combat. Instead he has shown a great mind when it came to business and handling the finances of House Fossoway.

[House Fossoway]

Second Tier Characters

Lady Alanna Fossoway, 26 years old

Cunning: 50
Will: 35
Stewardship: 48 (Business)

Description: The only daughter of Cider Hall's lord became a widow recently, after her husband, a wealthy King's Landing merchant was killed in a tavern fight. She inherited his estate since they had no children, or the merchant any relatives that could claim the house they lived in. She spends a lot of time at court, where her husband has many friends, though she has lost most her husband's partners, she manages to get by somehow.