#the daughter figure who's headstrong and knew she wanted to help people slowly losing herself due to the war and mori himself???

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The way watching BSD S4 is bringing up so many parallels to mind is fucking insane, I did not ask for this information !!!!!

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♛ CASSANA MORMONT

↳ details; female, 24. 482 ↳ status; bisexual, unmarried, no children. ↳ faceclaim; poppy drayton. ↳ hails from; bear island. ↳ loyalty; house mormont & house stark

↳ title; lady of house mormont & hand to the lord of bear island ↳ religion; old gods ↳ magical ability; greensight ↳ spoken languages; common tongue, ↳ reason for being in sunspear; attending as advisor to her brother, lord bannen, and as a loyal banner of the warden of the north

♛ PERSONALITY

↳ type; the adventurer. ↳ alignment; chaotic good ↳ star sign; leo ↳ positives; staunch, adventurous, empathetic, spirited, zealous, fighter ↳ negatives; rebellious, quick-tempered, headstrong, anxious, manipulative

♛ BIOGRAPHY

↳ family lineage.

when cassana was born, most might think her father would be displeased with the birth of a daughter. a strong man such as the lord of the bear islands might want another son to continue on his legacy. but that was not the case this time. instead, cassana’s father was overjoyed at the birth of his daughter. she was strong, she had faired the harsh cold days and was looked at a beacon of hope for him. unlike her older brother, it seemed like cass would not be a sickly child, overtaken by the harsh climate that surrounded him. so her father was pleased, boy or girl he just wanted an heir he could be proud of.

growing up cass was raised to be the next ruling lady of the bear islands, since he figured her brother bannen would not survive long enough. from a young age cass was afforded so many opportunities that many high ladies were not given. her father wanted her to have all the skills necessary so he taught her things that were beyond what a normal “lady” might learn. he lectured her on the rich history of bear islands and the country. he would talk to her about what made a good leader. he tried to teach her finance. and cass’ favorite thing he would teach her was how to fight. cassana remembered her father saying “that all worthy lords should have just as much skill with a book in his hand, a quill or a weapon.” he was not going to let that lesson slip by him. from her young age she quickly took to the bow and arrow, finding that she was honing in on a deadly accuracy.

her father passed away when she was rather young, but he set in place teachers to further her education. her father assumed she was ready to move her brother aside and take over his spot as ruler, but he was far from the truth. cass had always known that she would never be leader of the house of mormont, she knew that spot was rightfully her brothers. while their father saw a weak and frail child in bannen, cassana saw her strong and intelligent older brother. since she was a little kid she’d always looked up to him and wanted to copy everything he did. she was very loyal to him, but she still planned to reap the benefits of her father’s training.

she was not a naive girl, she knew what a rare opportunity she had in front of her. what high lady was getting full training course like this. what lady had the north’s best archers coming in to perfect her skills. there was no way she was letting go of any of that. while the idea of being the leader of the bear islands was never in her radar, she saw so many other doors opening for her. not being the head of the mormont house gave her the freedom to explore the north. cassana wanted to see things, she wanted to experience what she could with the skills she had been given. she could see all her chances at the tips of her fingers and she took any chances that came her way.

some of her study teachers referred to her as “the chaos child of bear island” because she was always looking for something to do. if she saw other kids climbing a tree, she’d want to do that too or climb a high one. the old scary house hidden in the woods? cass would be the first one to go in search of it. even in her teenage years she’d always find herself looking for her next adventure her next discovery. she continued her studies but had an intense focus on her archery. she feels as if she’s one of the best archers in the whole of the north, and she isn’t afraid to show that off if someone challenges her on that. she’s yet to be bested by someone who challenges her.

but despite this all she’d always found time for her brother and for the people of bear island. she knew there was still a responsibility on her shoulders, even if she wasn’t their leader. she found the best way she could help was to become an advisor to her brother. before long he appointed her as hand of the lord, something that means very much to her. they both had a deep respect for each other, and while she did understand her brother’s ruling she found at times it may lack a certain, empathy or grace that she could help with. cass knows how to walk that fine line of standing up to her brother, while still respecting him as ruling lord.

there have been somethings has been troubling cass deeply. over the past few years she’s begun to have odd dreams that make very little sense to her. she sees flashes of images or small moments between people that often makes little sense, and seem very odd for a dream. at first she just tried to think of these as a dream, and odd dream she could not explain. but slowly a few of these dreams began to come true. it was only a dozen or so the first year. but the next year it was more and more. they began to become so frequent she has started to feel like she’s gone crazy. to make matter worse the dream has started to invade her beyond her sleep. she’s begun to see visions of what might happen during the day. she’s fully assured she’s either crazy or something magical is happening. after doing much private research she’s come across people who have “greensight”. she’s begun to look into it more, but the whole idea scares her. she is afraid to tell her brother about what is happening, fearing that he might think she is unfit to be by his side anymore.

when the opportunity came up to join her brother on a trip down to kings landing, cassana was happy to jump at the chance. arriving shortly after her brother she wasn’t totally ready for all that was thrown at her. after that she struggled to get used to the more rigid customs of the south, having been used to how things were done on bear island. and after a few heated arguments with some lords she found it a little easier to manage.

all seemed like it was going well until the kidnappings started. suddenly overnight dozens of nobles disappeared from their beds. cassana was in a constant state of panic until she discovered that no northern lords or ladies had been taken. suspicion quickly started arising that the north had something to do with this, and cassana felt the harsh stares of lords and ladies all around her. however the next shock seemed to come in the form of several announcements of ruling lords that they were splitting from the kingdom and forming their own. the sudden fracturing of the kingdoms seemed like a foolish move when someone was clearly trying to hurt the ruling families with these kidnappings.

a grand tournament ragged on soon after everyone was returned. cassana was determined to do well in it, wanting to prove herself against the stuffy southern lords. she practiced for hours each day and when the time came for the tournament she got her wish. she was able to place second in the archery tournament, only losing to her brother. cassana felt a deep sense of pride, feeling that she was starting to prove herself.

her next decision was perhaps the most foolish one she’s made. cassana didn’t want to see anyone else hurt, so she decided to take a little risk. in her visions she began seeing a troubling idea of someone wishing to cause harm to the king of the reach. she had planned on simply giving him a warning and letting him figure it out for himself. but it backfired heavily as emeric tyrell was not pleased and was able to figure out what she actually was, a greenseer. he is now the only person who does. before she departed to the north he informed her that he would not tell anyone her secret as long as she continued to feed him more information. if she stopped giving him information then nothing would stop him from revealing her secret and hurting someone she loved. cassana kept the blackmail to herself, agreeing to the terms to keep herself and everyone else safe.

cassana was happy to head back up north, back home. she quickly settled back into her everyday routine with bannen on their small island. a few months back home, cassana adventured to winterfell to visit with friends as well with bannen stark. he informed her of the trip down to sunspear the north would be taking. both lord stark and himself wanted a strong presence of the north in dorne. cassana agreed to travel with him to dorne for many reasons. she had never gotten to see the country before, plus she wanted to spend more time with certain people on the trip.

↳ personality.

cass has always had an adventurous spirit embedded deep within her. she often finds that she gets bored fairly easy with normal day to day tasks. she finds part of the “court life” rather dull compared to what could await her on the open road. cass is normally the first one to suggest something to do or the first to lead a group. along with her adventurous spirit comes a real curiosity. she’s curious about the world around her or what might be lurking down a dark hallway. she’s been told often to control her curiosity since it will always lead to trouble, yet there is still a pull that beckons her into the unknown.

much like her strong-will, she also inherited her temper from her father. cass is always ready for a fight. sometimes she finds it difficult to control her emotions. she feels things so strongly, especially with her dreams and visions haunting her. if she’s feeling sad she will be sad or happy. but anger she finds the hardest to control, it boils within her and bubbles over the top before she knows how to stop herself.

while she gained her temper from her father, she gained her empathy from her mother. while she was still put through the lessons of being a leader her mother still found time to try to teach her the ideals of a proper lady. but also the ideals of compassion for others. cass feels very deeply for people, especially those who are down-trod. if it’s in her power to help someone she wants to be able to do it. she’s always found there is beauty in both power in someone but also the ability to look at the plights of others and help.

since she learned so many conflicting things from her parents, she has gotten very good at the flip between the two. she’s very good at knowing what face to put forward to people. she can be the high lady of the mormont family. graceful and poised. but knows how to fight and be strong-willed and cunning. underestimating someone like her would be a mistake since often she holds back parts of to different people just in case.

↳ the splitting of the kingdoms.

cassana isn’t sure how to feel about the kingdoms splitting. she doesn’t think they should have split up as quickly as they did and without much thought of consequences. but now she only hopes for continued peace amongst the group. the only way for all for all the kingdoms to coexist is to set up treaties and trade amongst each other, so she hopes the trip down to sunspear will help with this. she’s never traveled to sunspear before, despite all the travels with her father. he claimed to never like the heat there so they never traveled. part of her is very excited to travel to somewhere so new but the other part is nervous about how a bear like her is going to be able to handle it.

♛   STATUS:   TAKEN