Sebastian Lee was a water-breathing Castalian who led the Nietzschean enslaved Castalian people in a war against their oppressors, the Volsung Pride. After the rebellion, Lee became one of the founders of the Castalian Republic, Castalia's first democratic government in centuries. As president he was well liked by his people and was regarded as both a liberator and war hero. Presidnet Lee expressed strong interest in joining a reformed Systems Commonwealth becoming one of the first dignitaries to sign its charter. However during the signing ceremony on board the Andromeda Lee was assassinated with Tyr Anasazi's force lance. As a Nietzschean and member of the Kodiak Pride, distant cousins to the Volsung, it was initially thought that Lee was killed as revenge for the decimation of the Volsu