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Like most of High Reaches Hold's ruling family, Braeden is tall and blonde, with blue eyes. He's attractive, if in a 'soft' kind of way. The first child of Rynien and Shaie of High Reaches Hold, Braeden's birth was heralded as a great day for the Hold: they loved their ruling family. His sister, Issedi, arrived on his fourth turnday-- and that was one of the greatest days in ''his'' young life. The siblings were close; despite the age difference, they became excellent friends during their youth. %r%rRelations between Braeden and his father began to sour during his early teen turns, though they managed to keep that largely hidden from the Hold. It was this souring that led to Braeden's fostering at Tillek, an experience that was intended to make a man out of him... or at least keep him out of his father's gaze. Braeden and Issedi missed each other desperately. %r%rBy rights, Braeden should have returned home a few turns later, formally acknowledged as his father's heir... but he did not. It was a single crack in the veneer of their perfect family. In the end, it was not until his father died, suddenly, in his sleep, in Turn 28, that Braeden came home. Whatever his father's reservations had been, the Hold itself had none: he was confirmed as Lord Holder a few months later, now aged 25. %r%rThe following turn, he saved his sister from being married off to Lord Aughan of Crom, by marrying her instead to the exile, Devaki. His own marriage, to Yuliye of Crom, was no doubt intended to appease the other Hold. And yet, while Devaki and Issedi seem a happy couple, with children, Braeden and Yuliye are so-obviously less so.