The younger of two sons, Caevius was not meant to inherit the family estate and property. He enlisted in the Emperor's Blades at the age of seventeen, and undertook a career that brought fame and distinction. Serving as an Imperial Horseman under his cousin, the former Horselord Baron Warlan Lomasa, his daring deeds as a veteran in the Second Wildling War - and in particular at the Stand of Eastwatch where he tried to rescue and stood next to the Viscount Nolan Lomasa - awarded Caevius the Emperor's favour. He was granted property as a pension, to be perpetually owned and awarded to his heirs, and has since lived out of Westwatch at Lodenfalls Keep.