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 Steffon and Raymun Fossoway, by Even Mehl Amundsen © | ||||
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| Title | Ser | |||
| Allegiance | House Fossoway of Cider Hall | |||
| Culture | Reach | |||
| Born | Cider Hall[1] | |||
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| Played by | Edward Ashley | |||
| TV series | A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: Season 1 | |||
Steffon Fossoway was a knight and heir to House Fossoway of Cider Hall during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen.[2]
In the television adaptation A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Steffon is portrayed by Edward Ashley.
Appearance and Character
By 209 AC, Steffon was a muscular young knight, lithe and quick.[1][3]
Steffon was proud, glory seeking,[3] and ambitious.[1] A boastful and arrogant man, he was scornful of hedge knights. Steffon was a fine knight and well-matched with Tybolt Lannister, himself counted among the finest knights of the realm. However, Steffon was an unchivalrous jouster; he liked to batter knights in the training yard, so they would be bruised and vulnerable should he meet them in the lists, and he preferred to tilt against exhausted knights for an assured victory. Although he never hurt his cousin Raymun Fossoway in training and scorned his cousin's skill at arms, Steffon frequently reminded Raymun that he belonged to the "senior branch of the apple tree".[3]
Steffon's shield bore the red apple of House Fossoway, and his yellow cloak was fastened with gold and garnets in the shape of an apple. He wore a padded doublet underneath his armor and his gauntlets were of fine lobstered steel. Steffon's destrier was named Wrath.[3]
History
Ser Steffon was one of the entrants in the tourney at Ashford Meadow, attended by his cousin Raymun Fossoway as his squire, promising to eventually knight him. Upon entering the tourney grounds, Ser Duncan the Tall watched Ser Steffon defeat Raymun in a spar. Noticing the imposing hedge knight, Steffon challenged Duncan to spar, urged on by Raymun. Not wishing to involve himself in their quarrel, Duncan declined and Steffon challenged Ser Grance Morrigen instead.[3]
After watching the first day of tilts, Steffon considered challenging Ser Tybolt Lannister on the second day, for they were evenly matched. However, Raymun noted that Steffon intended to look for a wounded or exhausted knight for an easier challenge. While Raymun had hosted Duncan in the Fossoway pavilion, Prince Aerion Targaryen assaulted the Dornish puppeteer Tanselle, leading to Duncan attacking the prince in her defense. Raymun sought his cousin and together, the Fossoway cousins parted the crowd with their men-at-arms in defense of Duncan.[3]
Disgusted by Aerion's actions and seeking glory, Steffon pledged to fight for Ser Duncan the Tall during the resulting trial of seven, and promised to find five other great knights to join them, though Raymun doubted Steffon would be successful. The day of the trial, Steffon switched sides when Aerion promised to make him a lord. Raymun, horrified by his cousin's betrayal, joined Duncan and was promptly knighted by Ser Lyonel Baratheon. Raymun painted the apple on his shield green to mark the difference between the two Fossoways. During the trial, the evenly matched cousins fought each other and both left the field standing, though Raymun hoped he had broken a few of his cousin's ribs.[3]
Several years later, Duncan still looked back bitterly on Steffon's betrayal, making him reluctant to trust those of high birth.[4]
Quotes by Steffon
—Steffon, to Raymun Fossoway
Raymun: If you think I wish any part of this, you're as thick as you are vile.
Steffon: Vile? Guard your tongue, Raymun. We're both apples from the same tree. And you are my squire. Or have you forgotten your vows?
Steffon: I shall be more than a knight before this day is done. Lord Fossoway. I like the sound of that.[3]
Raymun: No. Have you forgotten yours? You swore to be a knight.
—Steffon and Raymun Fossoway
Quotes about Steffon
I may not be ripe, but my good cousin is rotten to the core. Knock the seeds out of him.[3]
—thoughts of Duncan the Tall
My cousin keeps a sharp watch on every tilt, though. Should any man be wounded on the morrow, or show signs of exhaustion or weakness, Steffon will be quick to knock on his shield, you may count on it. No one has ever accused him of an excess of chivalry.[3]
—Raymun to Duncan the Tall