Westeros Notorious Rulers and Families

Alester Florent

Alester is also known as Lord Alester and Lord of Brightwater Keep. He married Melara Crane, together they had three children, Alekyne Florent, Melessa Florent, and Rhea Florent. Lord Alester was burned alive by Melisandre in 300 AC.History: Alester was born at Brightwater Keep. He and a Tarly were once unhorsed in the same tourney by Ser Denys Mallister.Recent History: When Lord Stannis Baratheon declares himself King of Westeros, his wife Selyse believes that her uncle, Lord Alester, and her brothers will pledge their swords to his cause. Stannis believes otherwise, as Florent's lands lie too close to Highgarden for Lord Alester to risk the wrath of Lord Mace Tyrell.Lord Alester follows House Tyrell in supporting Lord Renly Baratheon as king. When Renly marches on King's Landing, Alester's banners are spotted when Renly hosts camps outside Bitterbridge.After Renly's death, Lord Florent believes it was Lady Catelyn Stark who slew the king. Alester rallies his banners and is the first of those who swore to Renly to go over to Stannis's cause. He is also the first of the new lords to discard the Faith of the Seven and take up the worship of R'hllor, and he becomes a leader of the queen's men.When Stannis's host resumes the siege of Storm's End, the castle's castellan, Ser Cortnay Penrose, accuses Lord Florent of being a turn cloak. Alester urges Stannis to bring old Lord Penrose to the castle and hang him before his son.Stannis gives command of his royal fleet to Alester's nephew, Ser Imry, and the Florent banners are seen outside King's Landing when Stannis's vanguard arrives. Stannis's host is defeated in the Battle of the Blackwater, however, and Alester flees when Lannisters overrun his camp.For their support of Stannis, the Florents are stripped of Brightwater Keep by the Iron Throne, with their lands instead being granted to Ser Garlan Tyrell.Lord Alester becomes Hand of the King, in part because he is Selyse's uncle. After Stannis's defeat at the Blackwater, it is left to Selyse and Alester to rule in Stannis's name while the king broods. Alester is given the king's seal by Selyse to speak in Stannis's name. When Maester Pylos shows Alester a request from the Night's Watch for aid against a wildling host, Alester dismisses the plea for help because Stannis lacks manpower. Alester advises his brother, Ser Axell Florent, the castellan of Dragonstone, against the idea of Stannis and Melisandre waking a stone dragon.Alester tries to make peace with House Lannister by having Stannis give up his claim to the Iron Throne in exchange for him being named Lord of Storm's End and Dragonstone, with Alester vowing to do the same in exchange for Brightwater Keep and all his lands. He offers to seal the bargain by wedding Stannis's daughter Shireen to Prince Tommen Baratheon. However, Alester's plans are discovered by the queen's men and Stannis is furious with the terms. For his accused treason, Alester is imprisoned in the same cell in Dragonstone's dungeons as Ser Davos Seaworth.When Davos is retrieved from the dungeons, Axell denounces his brother as a traitor and takes the torch from his cell, causing Alester to appeal to the gods. Axell desires for Alester and Davos to be burned as traitors. Stannis, however, names Davos as his new King's Hand. Ser Denys Mallister recalls that he once unhorsed both of Samwell Tarly's grandfathers in the same tourney.Lord Alester is reported to have been sacrificed by Melisandre to R'hllor as a traitor. His son Alkyne succeeds him as the attained Lord of Brightwater Keep, though he has fled to Oldtown. Ser Davos recalls that when Stannis decided to aid the Night's Watch at the Wall, Melisandre burned Alester alive to obtain favorable winds for their expedition to Eastwatch-by-the-Sea. When bound to a post, Lord Florent had been silent and dignified, but as the flames began to touch him, he began to scream.