Estienne D'Airelle

Lord Estienne D'Airelle is the Lord Paramount of House D'Airelle of Cleford, the liege lords of the Low Weald. He is the father of Daphne D'Arielle.

Appearance and Character
In his youth, Estienne was slim and lithe, with piercing blue eyes and the traditionally fiery, ginger hair of the Wrach race. As he has aged, his posture is worse, but he is still rather slim. His hair is faint ginger now.

Estienne is a humble man, thankful for his position. He is a staunch loyalist to the Helian crown. He values loyalty and has never fathered a bastard, allowing Daphne to be his only heir.

Estienne's armor is silver plates, his cloak being a forest green with white trimming. He uses only a sword, an action that goes well with his rejection of Wrach culture. His shield bears his crest, a cranberry twig.

History
Estienne grew up looking up to the elven vassal lords that he would soon rule over.

When his father died, Estienne inherited the rule to Cleford and assumed the position of Lord Paramount of the Low Weald. He is good friends with Lord Leopold Althaus. He courted Lord Njall Hoch's sister, Lady Elke Hoch, for two years before wedding her. She gave him two sons and a daughter, but the sons both died in feuds with House Fascheux, putting Estienne both in debt and depression.

Estienne's rule has been attacked many times by the other lords of Nordyn due to his family's history and origin. Because he was in debt, he had to seek aid in Lord Raphael Pavlov, the nearest lord and another of foreign descent. Estienne promised his daughter and only heir to servitude when Lord Pavlov pulled him out of debt.

Family
Estienne is married to the sister of Lord Njall Hoch, Lady Elke Hoch of the End.

His daughter, Daphne D'Airelle, is the caretaker of Lord Raphael Pavlov's sickly heir, Quinn Pavlov.