Geoffrey Background

From Ars Magica

Ah Geoffrey of Chester, Geoffrey of the de Gris family, good Norman stock, now well integrated into the English of the port of Chester. Geoffrey the youngest of three brothers, all three hale and hearty, all lucky (so far) in the Crusades. Geoffrey, the poor third son, who will never inherit, not now that Henry, the eldest is back home, married, and with three sons himself, the oldest now 15.

He has known this would be his fate, ever since old enough to be trained as a squire, and when he comes to it he doesn't really care. He's a good enough warrior, a fine warrior,a nd he knows it. He's no need to settle - proud as he may be of his family, his family doesn't need him. He has no children yet - or none to speak of, none he can be sure are his.

Although in a snese he has a child - Cadmon, or Bedo as he calls himself these days. The child he met in Chester as a child is still a child in some ways. Intelligent yes - fiendishly so but simple too, despite his best efforts, in the ways of the world. Although he has travelled, even into the Holy Roman Empire, his letters show he's not changed except to become quieter, and stranger. That's not the reason to travel, travel with the crusading armies is the way to travel, meeting, drinking, and fighting for the Church.

And yet, Bedo is coming hme, home to the Borders by the sound of it. A friend is still a friend. Maybe this time he can make him more of the man he should be.