Change anything you want Hesperis. He can be a float on character if you like. I only based it on some of the facts of my ancestors because I think they are cool: Lonely castles on the moors, arguments and disownments by Lords and their sons, rebellion, beheadings...that sort of thing.The main idea was a crotchety old Ghost that is sort of the protector of the clan. He could also act as a messenger/go-between between the worlds of man and faeiry.
Just thoughts.
It is your story.
JAB