Balen Craster

Lord Balen Craster XI is the current Duke of Cumberland and head of the House of Craster, these titles marking him as one of the kingdom's wealthiest and most influential men. With sickness and old age near to claiming his body his lordships will soon be passed on to another, and, since he has no heirs, the ancient House of Craster will die with him.

Appearance
He was once a tall man of exceptional good looks and athletic capability. A well-muscled build matched his great height, and in his younger years he had been a knight of great renown. With age, however, he has become a frail, paper-thin man of pallid complexion and wrinkled skin, bed ridden and unresponsive with a terrible sickness. As a young man he stood at 6'5" when drawn to full height and, as a testament to his great stature, he still stood to 6'2" when hunched before his sickness claimed the use of his legs.