#unnamed Dayne sibling

[legitchild]

I find myself becoming intrigued by characters from ASOIAF who are mentioned once or twice in the narrative but have longer lasting implications.

Elbert Arryn has fascinated me for a while. He was Jon Arryn's nephew and was heir to the Vale. Until he joined Brandon Stark on that ill fated trip to King's Landing and was executed. It interests me to wonder what would have changed if he lived.

Would he marry Lysa instead of Jon? If so, would they have a happier marriage with more children (I think Lysa's fertility issues were actually Jon's, considering he had three wives but only one sickly son.)?

Or would there have been no need for a marriage with Lysa, seeing as Jon's marriage to her was motivated by the need for an heir, which Elbert surviving mitigates?

But then who would Elbert marry? He is the heir to House Arryn; there aren't many potential options for him. Possibly Asha Greyjoy? Or Arianne Martell?

Quellon Greyjoy is a new fascination for me. He was the Lord of the Iron Isles and the father of Balon, Euron, Victarion and Aeron. He was a reformer, discouraging raiding and the taking of saltwives, bringing maesters to the isles and more. He led the Iron Fleet in battle during Robert's Rebellion, on Robert's side, which is when he died.

The main question with Quellon is how did this guy, who by all accounts was attempting to make the Iron Isles a decent place, father four sons so unlike that? Balon's a bitter asshole, Euron an eldritch horror, Victarion's just dumb and Aeron's a religious fanatic. How did that happen?

I also wonder if Quellon had any impact/influence on Theon and Asha. Going by the dates, Theon was 5 and Asha 10 when he died. Theon's relative decency compared to the rest of the Ironborn could just be that he was raised partially by Ned 'Honourable' Stark but Asha also seems relatively decent by Ironborn standards. Grandpa Quellon's influence perhaps?

The eldest Dayne sibling, the elder brother of Arthur, Ashara and Allyria (personally I like to call him Alford, to complete the name scheme the Dayne parents were clearly going for), intrigues me.

What does he know? Does he know anything about Ashara and her supposedly stillborn baby? Or about Arthur and his prophecy plans with Rhaegar?

Why did he nickname his son Ned, after Ned Stark killed his brother and was potentially involved in his sister's death via knocking her up with the aforementioned stillborn babe? I sure as hell wouldn't be giving my child the same nickname as the man who was involved in the deaths of two of my three siblings. So why did he?

[cg11555]

CURRENT FHJY THEORIES

My current conspiracy board for the season

These are my plausible theories and then I'll talk about my batshit insane theories

I think that the rat grinders HAVE lost their memories regarding Lucy's death. I'm inclined to believe that Ratbitch Dogface and MAYBE Ivy remember. I'd bet that they took the honey to lie to Aguefort and the other staff about their involvement with her death.

The mind terrorism that Fig put Ruben through caused him to vomit up a 'Bloody Viscous Substance' And I will not be surprised if Fig has made Ruben remember whatever happened to Lucy

Gertie verified that the honey made from the Devil's nectar is bloody red.

She is making the honey for some local food trucks that we know Are KLKC's

Another thing we know for a fact is that the body of Lucy Frostblade showed marks from multiple assailants including magical, non- magical, and specifically a type of bludgeoning damage that carbonized her blood into red diamonds

This leads us to believe that Lucy's murderers were her own party members. In addition to this, they also found the rage crystals in the dirt and the bodies of Lucy and Yolanda Badgood.

This clearing's destroyed trees shows indications of giant involvement as well

What we currently know leads me to believe that the Rat Grinders attempted a replication of Kristen's spring break miracle

Lucy attempted to resurrect an 'Evil' sibling of her goddess, Ruvina, The unnamed god now known as Ankarna.

This mirrors the Cassandra / Galicaea relationship as well

This attempt clearly backfired in some way I'd bet either resulting in Lucy or the others becoming something similar to the Rage Mages we saw in the battle at the Synod

I think that the Rat grinders are all at various levels of involvement in the upcoming plot involving Ankarna with KLCK being the mastermind AND I KNOW that there's some bullshit going on with the rogue teacher that FOUND KLCK ( Will be unsurprised if this unknown teacher is dead)

We currently do not know how this episode's revelations regarding the name will affect these plans in the upcoming episodes. If this is playing into the preexisting plans or completely destroying them

The way Brennan talked in the most recent AP about how he thought that them finding the name was an inevitability but a scene he thought would happen in the third act of the season makes me think that this will NOT affect the Rat Grinders plans in a majorly significant way. They still have to do something ( some kind of ritual or other ) that the Bad Kids will have stop in the final eps

After learning all about the Historical side of the shifts that Ankarna's domain saw I believe that there is a lot of evidence for a conspiracy against Cassandra and Ankarna involving Sol and Galicaea. But this is still up in the air

Now for my pepe silvia conspiracies . . . Feel free to bully me in the comments for these

ONE- The Time Quangle that Arthur Aguefort dropped on us in the second episode

We know that The Seven have already experienced a large chunk of this year during the GED quest that Aguefort was present for

And lesser men will say that the TIME QUANGLE is BLeeM's way of justifying the continuity errors between these two seasons

I am not one of them

The animated opening sees the Bad Kids falling past clocks and into a diamond prison created by Aguefort which explodes into the BK's falling in a scene eerily similar to them falling into Riz's briefcase of holding. They then face villains from both of the two previous seasons ( Goldenhoard, Kalina, a Corn-cutie, Chungledown Bim, James Whitclaw ( the mindflayer that kicked Fabian's ass during spring break) , Coach Daybreak, and Penelope w/ Dayne) in the Gym they fought Kalvaxus ( VP Goldenhoard ) before we get title cards for each of the Bad Kids

I posit that we will see the Bad Kids tumble through time as a result of not only Agueforts chronomancy adventure with Ayda but also the fuckery involving the time loop at the synod. Visiting their past villains in addition to current threats

TWO- Vice Principal Jace Stardiamond

Facts we know about Aguefort's resident sorcery prof and interim VP . . . Ragh Barkrock SAW him give Adaine's mom and Kalina the Nightmare King's crown from Aguefort's office after prompocalypse, Jace Stardiamond holds a useless position at Aguefort as sorcerers do not need any teaching for an innate ability, despite his uselessness he was chosen to become the VP, he was the person Yolanda Badgood was going to approach about the sinister shit surrounding Lucy Frostblade's 'disappearance' and the paperwork for a new deity she never saw. Yolanda is now dead, even though he is VP; after the death of Interim emergency backup principal Arcturus Grix He is still VP and Student body president Mazey Phaedra is now acting principal. Making room for KLCK to become principal next year if she wins that election.

Reviewing these fact I put forth the following idea, VP Jace Stardiamond is in cahoots with KLCK AND he is the unknown rogue teacher. WHY? how would someone with no knowledge of trickery or thievery manage to take the Nighmare King's Crown from Aguefort's office? How would a man that essentially does nothing as a teacher keep job security? What if the reason that KLCK was found by the rogue teacher was because he is in on the scheme? SPIE'S TONGUE CURSE?? SOMETHING THAT TWO ROGUES IN CAHOOTS WOULD USE DON'T YOU THINK? WHY WOULD HE MAKE RIZ A MEMBER OF THE FACULTY??

[allyriadayne]

could you talk more about the daynes post robert's rebellion?

SURE

first of, this is mostly my hcs, speculations and a mix of things i must have read back when there was the height of asoiaf meta in 2013 because there is almost nothing about the daynes post robert's rebellion. so bear with me.

just to set the scene, the members of house dayne left after the mess of the rebellion were the unnamed older brother of ashara and arthur, the lord and father of edric; allyria the youngest sister that i headcanon to be much younger than her older siblings seeing as she is betrothed to beric dondarrion who is was in his twenties per agot so i don't think the marriage would've occurred if allyria was in her middle thirties or forties if she was closer to ashara and arthur; edric, twelve years old, beric's loyal squire; and gerold aka darkstar head of high hermitage, also in his twenties? around arianne's age.

(c) Eddie Mendoza for the cover of A Song of Ice and Fire 2025 Calendar

under the cut because i'm crazy

i don't know if the books are ever going to make clear what happened at the toj-starfall zone but we can be sure only that ned went from one to the other with lyanna's bones and supposedly baby jon to return dawn to the daynes. ashara had a baby of father unknown and shortly after ned was there she took her own life, body never found. i go back and forward in thinking if ashara's brother lord dayne was there with her when ned went or if he was one of the dornish commanders defending the targs. in any case, his presence was completely zero during this time so i think he was too injured for a time or too sickly in general to do something to reestablish the dayne name in dorne after arthur being an important part in elia's disgrace and indirectly, her murder.

because yeah after arthur and ashara's death and going by the books there is zero mention of them, even in the chapters set in dorne or others about dornish characters make no mention of them. and it's strange considering that when you read awoiaf and f&b, the daynes are The knights of dorne. queen nymeria marries a dayne, sends a starfall king to the wall, meria martell commands a dayne to burn oldtown, arguably one of the most powerful cities of the time, out of all the sons of daeron ii and myriah martell, maekar marries a dayne, the only dornish lady. it could be nothing OR something but i think it does mean something. we see there's no daynes in oberyn's party in kl or speculation in general about the new sword of the morning beyond remembering dear old arthur. they've fallen completely into obscurity. the house was reduced to a young girl and its child lord.

edric's dad dies before agot (he doesn't seem to afflicted by his death when he meets arya if he were less than a year dead, inheriting the lordship at such a young age would've been dramatic to him), i would say just after becoming a page to beric dondarrion at 7 yo and i headcanon the marriage between beric and allyria was brokered at this time too. this was part of a fic i was writing like 500 years ago but i think lord dayne must have known he would not live too long, not to see edric grow so he must have looked for someone to prepare and take care of allyria and edric after he died. betrothing allyria to a marcher lord is......strange. if a dornish person would have to be married to someone it would go like this 1) not from the reach 2) not from the marches in that order, there is too much bad blood. the daynes have a longstanding tradition of killing oakhearts so marrying allyria to the heir of blackhaven and giving him his only heir, lord dayne entrusted a complete stranger with the future of his house.

beric would've been in charge of teaching young edric just about everything. he would be living in the stormlands for almost half his live, learning from a his maester and how to govern a stormlands' castle. meanwhile, allyria in a few years probably around agot time would be ready to marry beric when she reached her majority. she would've been the defacto ruler of starfall in edric's name when lord dayne dies, i think the idea was to swap when edric gained his spurs: he would return to starfall after a successful run as a tourney knight, probably gaining some recognition from whatever beric was tasked with at the capital (rip king) and then accompany allyria to be married to his knight master. andddd fin.

the thing is. allyria being so young during the rebellion, lord dayne absence for whatever reason and then dying, let the younger members with no connections in the wider dorne political context. it is said young children go to the water gardens and it's fun yeah but it's def a starting point for politics for many lords. it's close to the martells and it's an opportunity to make friends with future rulers, /everyone/ is going. the daynes didn't have this. allyria was probably very young when the rebellion happened (i think no older than 5) and for obvious reasons she was not sent to the water gardens; as for ned, i think lord dayne could not secure an invitation, this or he died too early to even try. if allyria had gone, she would've been for sure one of arianne's companions, she has both the breeding and the standing, but NOT and it's crucial, the reputation. see what arianne has to say in affc about gerold's standing:

"He is highborn enough to make a worthy consort, she thought. Father would question my good sense, but our children would be as beautiful as dragonlords."

it's must be passé to associate with the daynes at this point. think of the conningtons losing all standing when joncon lost the battle and was exiled.

in any case, allyria, more than edric, grew in obscurity. as of the books she's betrothed to a marcher lord nobody knows if he's alive or dead, has a missing nephew and it's in charge of one of the most ancient first men houses of westeros. sad! at least ned is having more fun. which leads me to darkstar. i see his thirst to prove himself, his notoriety as a cruel knight as another way to separate himself from what the main branch has fallen into. he is in his twenties so he was probably affected by the same dark cloud as the others.

"If I led a quarter of a million men to death, would they call me Gerold the Great? I shall remain Darkstar, I think. At least it is mine own."

he wants to have what arthur had, but not be the sword of the morning, he wants something that it's his own, as he says. he may want the sword and the fame like arthur, but not to be associated with another's bad luck so to speak. it's very telling that he's called one of "the most dangerous man in dorne" and what is the sword of the morning if not this? he's a dark mirror of the daynes pre rebellion, just like allyria would've been a renown beauty just like ashara is she wasn't cloistered. something something gerold and allyria as mirrors of what could've happened to ashara and arthur if they hadn't the protection of the monarchy.

i once read gerold is meant to have young ned's plot after germ scrapped the five year time skip and i think this is half true. i do think there is something to be done about dawn the sword and i think gerold is going to steal it and do something with it, something ned can't do because he's /still/ in the riverlands. i don't know what but i think it ties nicely with the theme of deconstructing the noble knight archetype. arthur is only great because he knew how to kill.

writing this i had a breakdown about the parallels between arthur and gerold

to finish this rambling i want to say my hopes for house dayne in what is left of asoiaf is 1) ned alive 2) gerold steals dawn 3) and like. something. honestly i will take anything at this point about allyria. DOES SHE EVEN KNOW? my poor girl and 4) if germ wants to clear the toj situation then it's fine.

thanks for asking and to anyone reaching this point lol. this is mostly general but if you want to talk about anything specific just message me! k thx muah!

[asoiaf-artbrdr]

Arthur, Ashara, and Allyria Dayne

Since none of these three Daynes of Starfall make it onto the page, I decided to post them together. For minor characters, there's a fair bit of license to do as I wish with them. The only real sticking points are that they have purple eyes, and that Ashara has black hair. It's probably not interesting to anyone but me, but I got into the weeds on the hair color issue. I don't think there's anything canonically stating Arthur's hair color, though most fancasting I've seen has him darker. Allyria is betrothed to Beric Dondarrion, who tragically(/hilariously, in this context) does not remember her hair color after numerous resurrections. Ned, their nephew, has light blond hair, so the unnamed eldest Dayne sibling of this generation (perhaps an Alyn or Arlan or some such thing) likely has a lighter look and/or probably married someone with valyrian coloring. So I've decided that Ashara has the blackest, Arthur has dark brown, and Allyria has medium brown hair. Anyways, that's my ramble for today! Ought to be following this up with Ned and Darkstar after him.

[cassiopeia-black-brenda]

How much Targaryen blood is there really

So… I’ve been seeing some post come around about the Hightower Targaryens being less Targaryen than Rheanyra’s children. And this is not some post about how wrong someone is, or who is more or less. It just got my curious about how much % Targ is there still in the blood line to begin with. And I am sure there are far more precise ways to do this but…

Quick conclusion explanation below.

Jacaerys, Lucerys and Joffrey have the same percentage of Targaryen blood as Aegon II, Halaena, Aemond and Daeron. Which is 28.57%.

Daenerys has 26.08% Targaryen blood left. Jon has 25%. Shireen and Roberts bastards have 23.08%.

How much Targaryen blood is needed to bond with dragons? Cause it's not much apparently. Would shireen be able to bond with a dragon if given the chance?

Explanation:

If you take that Aenar is 100% Targ

Than his children Gaemon and Daenys are aswell, (disregarding that their mother might not have been Targ blood)

Which makes Aegon and Elaena also 100% T (they also have another unnamed sibling who we know marries ‘some’ lord)

Their children Maegon and Aenys are also still 100% T. Aenys however marries an unnamed/unknow lady, so after that, technically, it is no longer 100% T.

 T x ? = T?

So now it is 50% Targ for Aelys, Baelon and Daemion. Daemion (T?) also marries some unnamed/unknown lady.(?)

T? x ? = T??

We know that the Targ genes are strongest, more dominant,. So we continue with lets says still 33% Targ Blood.

Aerion (T??) marries Valaena(TV), who has a Targ decendend mother(T) and Velaryon Father(V).

T?? x TV = TTV??

Now it becomes trickier. The blood is now divided by  3 (technicly 4, but meh) different blood lines. 2x Targ blood, 2x unknown blood and 1x Velaryon blood. So 40% Targ, 40% ?, and 20% Velaryon. Is the blood of Aegon the Conqueror and his sister wives. Meaning that bood Meagor and Aenys are also 40% Targaryen blood.

Aenys (TTV??) marries Alyssa Velaryon (She has some massey blood, but we’re disregarding it.) (V).

TTV?? x V = TTVV??

So now we have 33 % of Targ, Velaryon and ? Blood. For Jaeharys and Alyssane. And therefor als 33% for their children. Aemon marries Jocelyn (if we say that Orys is also 40% Targ, 60% ?, and he marries Durrandon (B-blood)

Jocelyn: TT??? x B = TTB???

Makes Jocelyn also has 33% Targ blood. And 16,67 % Durrandon/Baretheon Blood.

Their children would be:

TTVV?? x TTB??? = TTTTVVB????? = T4V2B1?5

Making Rheanys still 33% Targaryen, 16,67% Velaryon, 8,33% Baretheon, and 41,67% a mix of different unknow blood sources.

Viserys and Deamon would still be TTVV??, so still 33% Targaryen.

Aemma is TTVV?? + A: 28,57% Targaryen blood. 28,57% Velaryon Blood, 14,3% Arryn Blood, and 28,57% mix.

Making Rhaenyra:

TTVV?? x TTVVA?? = T4V4A1?4

30,77% Targaryen, 30,77% Velaryon, 7,7% Arryn, and 30,77% mix.

The Hightower children are TTVV?? + H, making them: (same as Aemma) 28,57% Targaryen, 28,57% Velaryon, 14,3% Hightower, 28,57% mix.

Now Rhaenyra her children are: T4V4A1?4 + S : 7,14% Arryn, 7,14% Strong, 28,57% Targaryen, 28,57% Velaryon, and 28,57% mix.

So when it comes down to it, Jacaerys and Aegon II are exactly the same amount of Targaryen. So the argument about someone being more or less Targaryen is completly inrelevant.

Now if we look at Aegon III, we have Rhaenyra (T4V4A1?4) + Daemon (TTVV??)

Aegon III & Viserys II

T4V4A1?4 x TTVV?? = T6V6A1?6

Making them 31,58 % Targaryen, Velaryon and mix, and 5,26% Arryn.

I will skip Aegon III children because their line ends and goes back to Viserys II. Viserys II marries Larra Rogore (R). Making their children: T6V6A1R1?6, and therefor 30% Targ, Vela, mix and 5% Arryn and Rogore.

Aegon IV marries his sister Naerys so their blood stays the same, Daeron II is therefor still 30% Targ. His children however will also have Martell blood. T6V6A1R1M1?6, making them 28,57% Targ, Vela, and mix, aswell as 4,76% Arryn, Rogore and Martell.

We then move on to Maekar, who marries Dyanna Dayne. T6V6A1R1M1D1?6, making Aegon V, 27,27% Targ, Vela, mix, and 4,55% Arryn, Rogore, Martell and Dayne. Aegon V marries Bertha Blackwood (W)

T6V6A1R1M1D1W1?6, making Jaehaerys II, 26,08% Targ, Vela and unknown mix with 4,35% Arryn, Rogore, Martell, Dayne and Blackwood.

Jaehaerys marries his sister, so Aerys II stays 26,08% Targ, Aerys marries his sister, so Rhaegar, Viserys and Danaerys are all 26,08% Targaryen, 26,08% Velaryon, 4,35% Arryn, 4,35% Rogore, 4,35% Martell, 4,35% Dayne, 4,35% Blackwood and 26,08% unknown mix. (I know this adds up to 99,99%, but that has to do with me not using all the numbers after the comma.)

Rhaegar his children by Elia Martell are T6V6A1R1M2D1W1?6, 4,17% Arryn, Rogore, Dayne, Blackwood, 8,33% Martell and 25% Targaryen, Velaryon and unknown mix.

And Jon snow would be the same, only then 4,17% Arryn, Rogore, Dayne, Blackwood, Martell and Stark, with 25% Targaryen, Velaryon, and unknown mix.

This has now made me question how much Targaryen blood is really necessary for dragon bonding. 25% seems to still be enough, so does that mean that there might be other people who might be able to do it.

Jaehaerys II has a sister who marries a Baratheon. So T6V6A1R1M1D1W1?6 + B (they started with Targ blood, but have not married into it for many generations so there is no way of knowing how much there is left. But no matter)

T6V6A1R1M1D1W1B1?6, 25% Targblood for Steffon, he marries and Evermont.

T6V6A1R1M1D1W1B1E1?6, 24% Targblood for Robbert, Stannis and Renly. Robert his children would be 23,08% Targblood, and same would be for Shireen. So would Shireen or any of Robert’s bastard be able to bond with a dragon if given the change? And when is there too little blood for a dragon to recognize it?

[sayruq]

Thoughts on the unnamed eldest Dayne brother?

i feel like he is similar to doran which is why arthur got the sword of the morning

he had been unmarried when loreza martell, elia and oberyn came to visit starfall. loreza had hoped that should elia come back from casterly rock unattached, perhaps lord dayne and elia could marry

but he married a woman from myr soon after

edric got his looks though

the couple had trouble getting pregnant again so as a result edric is their only child. his wife didn't mind that wylla breastfed edric because it's common practice in myr among noble families

he didn't understand his brother or his sister's actions and he was so worried about his family's connection to lyanna's whereabouts during robert's rebellion, that he let people make their own assumptions about what went down. it's easier to hide the truth that way

though truth be told, even if he defended ashara's honor, not many would believe him

he betrothed allyria to beric dondarion after an attempt to betroth her to quentyn fell through

later he sent his son to beric in hopes of ensuring that the marcher lord and his people get used to the presence of a dayne before allyria got married

unlike his more famous siblings, the eldest dayne brother is quiet and far more interested in expanding his house's wealth than becoming renown

his wife died unexpectedly and he soon followed her. they didn't have the kind of romance that singers would write about but they had a strong friendship and a solid marriage. she was his right hand man which is why he appointed allyria as edric's regent instead of any dayne at high hermitage

[knottheeonly]

“I know a great deal about them, you know. I know a great deal more than I should. If it were up to the Lannisters, history would tell nothing of them at all. Nothing but they were traitors, same as my parents, same as I.”

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The Women of House Reyne - (pertaining to my au)

CEREDIN REYNE (nee Ambrose): Born to Lady Delith Ambrose (nee Dayne) and Lord Aubrey Ambrose, Blonde haired and violet eyed, Mother to 5, Sister to 2, Married to Lord Eddiyn Reyne. Declared as beautiful as any Targaryen, and quite alike an exotic rose. Married to improve the prospects of her family, and positioned a great many men of her house in positions of high regard. Far more influential than she would ever let on.

“Eyes like hers haunt even the bravest of men, and her fiery tongue does wither their souls. Only the heart of a lion stood a chance against a beauty such as hers.”

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ELLYN REYNE: Daughter of Castemere, Born to Lady Ceredin Reyne (nee Ambrose) and Lord Eddiyn Reyne. Blonde haired and lilac eyed, Sister to 2, Mother to none, Engaged to Lord Jasper Arryn. Rumoured to have lied with women, particularly a Bastard of the Reach.  Declared fairer than even her mother, and whittier too, with a love for steel instead of needles. Fiercer than any of her siblings, and unapologetically unbowed in the face of danger. Died before she could marry Lord Jasper or bear him any children.

“She sought a peaceful afterlife - Lady Ellyn - and she threw herself from the highest point of her home to gain it.”

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AUBREYN ARRYN (nee Reyne): Daughter of Castemere, Born to Lady Ceredin Reyne and Lord Eddiyn Reyne. Blonde haired and violet eyed, Sister to Ellyn Reyne, Mother to Four, Married to Lord Jasper Arryn. She was often favoured far after her sister, though she was no less fair. She enjoyed the life of a Lady, embroidery was always far better to her than the steel her sister spent all her time wasting away at. Upon her sister’s death she was set to marry Lord Jasper Arryn and become Lady of the Vale in her sister’s place. 

“It was not his company that Lady Aubreyn cherished, but the title her husband gave her. There were only two things more important than family, she thought, power and blood.”

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RAYENNA TARGARYEN (nee Reyne): Daughter of Castemere, Sister of Aubreyn Arryn and Ellyn Reyne, Born to Lady Ceredin Reyne and Lord Eddiyn Reyne. Blonde Haired and Lilac Eyed, Mother to 3. Married to King Aegon Targaryen. First Queen to be birthed from House Reyne - youngest daughter, yet chose as Queen above all others for her grace and poise.

“A great many songs have been sung for Queen Rayenna - but none could ever do her justice.”

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ALYSANNE REYNE (nee Tyrell): Only daughter of Lord Luthor Tyrell and Lady Aeydin Tyrell (nee Oakheart) Sister in Law of Queen Rayenna Targaryen (nee Reyne) and Auberyn Arryn (nee Reyne), Mother to 2. Red-haired and green eyed, child of Highgarden. Married to Lord Rickardd Reyne - who named her his Queen of Love and Beauty at each tourney he won.

“She was a rose in every sense of the word, sharp and witty, clever and quick - all veiled in a beautiful smile and graceful air. They say she was the prettiest rose to ever come of Highgarden.”

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NARIN MORMONT (nee Reyne): Daughter of Castemere, Born to Lady Alysanne Reyne (nee Tyrell) and Lord Rickardd Reyne. Mother to 6. Married to Lord Landon Mormont. Red haired and green eyed. Selectively mute, but ambitious and witty all the same. Embroidered many tapestries for King’s Landing and the Red Keep, as well as in various other castles scattered around Westeros. 

“Lady Narin made the elaborate drapings of the castles we see today - embroidered them until her hands were raw from it - all the many tapestries that line these halls were woven by her careful hands.”

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EMBYL REYNE (nee Royce): Daughter of Runestone, Black hair and green eyes, beautiful but thought to be incredibly unkind. Married Lord Derric Reyne unhappily, but birthed him two sons and a daughter. Often described as appearing absentminded when not sharp and cold.

“Lady Embyl is who I often wished I could be back in Casterly Rock. Someone who was feared, who no one would dare to bother. When I was just past my eighth or ninth name day I was in the Red Keep and I thought to try it - being cold and sharp to everyone surrounding me. It led me to hit a King, and I never once wished to be like her again.”

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ADRIANNE REDWYNE (nee Reyne): Only daughter of Lady Embyll Reyne and Lord Derric Reyne. Strawberry Blonde Hair and Green Eyed, wife of Lord Runthford Redwyne, Mother to 4. Crowned Queen of Love and Beauty by Derric’s brother - but fell in love with Derric instead and had a notably happy marriage. They were a jovial, boisterous couple and family, who prospered tremendously. 

“She was so terribly happy, Ambrose often thought, how I wish to one day have that, too.”

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UMBER REYNE (nee Penrose): Daughter of Parchments - born to Lady Joy Penrose (nee Poole) and Lord Aelin Penrose. Blonde hair and Green Eyes, a trait she passed to all of her children, causing the original purple and blue shades to become recessive. Married to Lord Roalde Reyne. Bold and loud, adored her husband but despised proper etiquette. Died in Battle beside her husband - though later claimed to have died at home from excess injuries.

“She was killed in battle, defending her husband and her home. It is more than I can say for most of the Knights in Westeros.”

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KYSEE MARTELL (nee Reyne): Eldest Daughter of Lady Umber Reyne (nee Penrose) and Lord Roalde Rene. Blonde haired and green eyed - with a constellation of freckles dotting every inch of her. Married the second Prince of Dorne - Prince Eyrlan Martell - and had a happy marriage with him and various consorts. Was said to lie with men and women openly and face no ridicule. She was barren, and birthed no children - but the radiance in her smile and the kindness in her heart was said to have done more than enough to make up for it.

“She was as radiant as the sun on her husband’s house crest. Free in every sense of the word, untethered and unchained. It must have been bliss to have known such a thing.”

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JAYNE LYNDERLY (nee Reyne): Daughter of Castemere, third child of Lord Roalde and Lady Umber. Blonde hair and eyes the color of freshly picked sage. Married to Elric Lynderly who is rumored to have much preferred the company of men than women. She birthed him five sons - though it is rumoured that she didn’t prefer the company of men - just as he didn’t wish for the company of women.

“Timid and gentle, she would surely have made a better flower than a snake. Yet, she had a advantageous marriage. Perhaps in that way she was smarter than any of us.”

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GEMMA SELMY (nee Reyne): Youngest child of Lady Umber and Lord Roalde, Blonde hair and Green eyes, Mother to 3. Married to Lord Lynell Selmy, Mother of Ser Lyonel Selmy and Grandmother of Ser Barristan the Bold. Fierce temper and a quick wit, but demure enough to pass as a Lady of High Society. Lady in waiting to a Targaryen Queen - though the exact one is up for dispute - and rumoured to be her closest confidante and friend.

“Stubborn and brash, Lady Gemma had a shocking skill at winning over the opposing party. So much so that it is said she once convinced an opponent of her husband’s to surrender while openly mocking him.”

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TYRREI REYNE (nee Qorgyle): Daughter of Sandstone - Born in Dorne to Lord Quentyn Qorgyle and an unnamed wife. Sun-kissed skin, onyx hair, and bright green eyes. Mother to 3 sons, most of which taking her husband’s looks instead of her own. Married Ser Robb Reyne, and had a love-filled marriage until his death - at which point she closed off from the rest of the world, and later flung herself into the ocean.

“There was sunlight in her eyes and warmth in her smile until the day he died - then she became the moon and gave herself to the tides.”

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FENRYRE REYNE (nee Hightower): Daughter of Oldtown, light brown hair and blue eyed. Born to Lord Garth Hightower and Lady Arissane Hightower - but not much else is known. She is said to have been devastatingly beautiful, but painfully quiet. Married to Lord Renrye Reyne - mother to three.

“Castemere was different from Oldtown - no a place for a quiet, shy beauty like Lady Fenryre - but she made it her home all the same.”

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BELLEN MALLISTER (nee Reyne): Only daughter of Lady Fenryre Reyne and Lord Renrye Reyne - Blonde Hair and Green Eyes, raised in Casterly Rock. Declared Queen of Love and Beauty by Lord Jeffory Mallister, with whom she later was wed. Kind and Beloved by all the smallfolk, but said to be cruel to servants - the latter of which is heavily disputed. 

“She was the Maiden come to life, beautiful and kind as everyone ought to be. Now she lies in a sept, but her kindness still rings throughout Seagard.”

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HELIA REYNE (nee Harlaw): Daughter of Ten Towers, raised on the Iron Islands, fourth daughter of Lord Harlaw and his sixth Wife. Ashen hair and blue eyes. Married to Lord Rickard Reyne, Mother to Lord Robert Reyne, Grandmother to Lord Roger Reyne. Commander of the second largest sea-fleet in the Seven Kingdoms. Well-traveled and fiery. Said to be as dangerous as a storm at sea.

“Iron and Seafoam ran through her veins. Lady Helia was the calm before the storm, just as she was everything that came after.”

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ARRYE TARTH (nee Reyne): Daughter of Castemere, born to Lord Rickard Reyne and Lady Helia Reyne. Blonde haired and blue eyed. Married to Lord Derren Tarth, Mother of 1. As wild as the sea, as unpredictable as the waves, with the beauty of a tempest - dangerous and captivating. Lived a happy life, but died before the rebellion of her niece and nephews. 

“In Tarth she got to see the waters and beaches her mother often spoke of, the bluest of waters and the finest of sands. It was her own form of heaven.”

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MORGANA REYNE (nee Tarly): Daughter of the Reach, Married to Lord Robert Reyne, Mother to 3 Brown haired and blue eyed. Rumoured to have been skilled in sword fighting and archery, and to have participated as a Mystery Knight in a tourney or two. None of the rumours were confirmed before her death.

“She was every bit a Lady as she was a Knight, the Tarly girl, and she knew just the words to convince you she was neither.”

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ELLYN TARBECK [Lannister Formerly] (nee Reyne): Daughter of Castemere. Sister to Lord Roger Reyne, Aunt to Lady Ambrose Reyne. Blonde Hair and Green Eyes. Ambitious, sole goal from childhood to be Lady of Casterly Rock. Engaged to Lord Tywald Lannister before his and her father’s demise. Married and Widowed to Lord Tion Lannister. Married to Lord Walderan Tarbeck. A sharp, imposing woman, who gave so many riches to her brothers while a Lannister that a Lord once said that, "Lady Ellyn must be a sorceress, for she has made it rain inside the Rock all year."

“Our rise and our fall weighed heavy in her hands from the day she was set to marry Lord Tywald. It was her greed that tipped the scales.”

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LYSANNA REYNE (nee Wylde): Daughter of the Rain House, Married to Lord Roger Reyne, Mother to 5. Had an arranged marriage, but grew to love her husband. Was said to be as kind as she was beautiful, and a few knights even tried to crown her their Queen of Love and Beauty before, and even after she was wed to Lord Roger. She often recounted missing her home to her Ladies, one of whom told this to a surviving guard. Didn’t believe in the rebellion, but supported her husband anyway - while secretly refusing her family’s request to get involved.

“She had always hated the water, your mother. Perhaps she’d always known it would be the root of her demise.”

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DELLYN REYNE: Eldest daughter of Lord Roger Reyne and Lady Lysanna Reyne. Was seventeen and set to be married to an unnamed Lord upon the time of her death. Claimed to have been full of light and life, and seeming far younger than all her years. Blonde haired and green eyed. Loving and doting. Servants recalled her being doting on all her younger siblings, and some even claim she urged them to leave feeling, “something terrible will happen if you do not.”

“No songs will be sung of the tragedy she faced. Her promised wed another, and she lays forgotten in a crypt. Ballads are made of worse things - surely it is the least she deserves.”

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WYLLA REYNE: Daughter of Castemere, Second Daughter of Lord Roger and his wife, Lady Lysanna. Blonde haired with eyes described as being, “akin to sapphires.” Rumoured to have been quiet and studious, much preferring books to the company of others, especially not men. She is said to have preferred women over men, once asking her mother, “But why must I marry a Lord? Wouldn’t a Lady be enough?” Only two of her servants survived the rebellion.

“In her books she came alive, reading and studying all she could. I often wonder if it was because she knew she would never have time to learn all that she wanted to.”

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QWENTIN REYNE: Daughter of Castemere, Third Daughter of Lord and Lady Reyne. Vivacious and graceful, despite having been a mere 13 years of age upon her demise. Crowned a Queen of Love and Beauty on her twelfth name day at the tourney held in her honor. Blonde haired and lilac eyed. Described as being a kind spirit, who spent most of her days wandering the gardens or peering off the cliffs. 

“She was graced with violent purple eyes that lit up a room, and now they’re rotting in a crypt somewhere - never to be looked upon again.”

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AMBROSE REYNE: Last daughter of Castemere and only surviving child of Lord Roger Reyne and Lady Lysanna Reyne. Raised from the age of six by Lannisters, quiet and quick, with a hidden cunning and witty nature. Vivacious and sly, but outwardly demure and complacent. Blonde haired and Green eyed. Future Queen in the North, Lady of Casterly Rock, and Queen in the North all over again.

“She was the fire and the fury and the spirit of every Lion before her - as bold as she ought to be. Every Man, Woman, or King who met her would learn not to cross her - it was just a matter of time.”

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“Each night before I fall asleep I recite their names in my head, lest I forget who they were and who they make me. My family name has been the source of my deepest tragedies and my greatest joys - I would not wish to forget it. Not for anything in the world.”

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(shoutout to @shiftingshiftingshifting for allowing me to include her OC Derren Tarth as a marriage partner!)

[arielseaworth]

arthur n allyria one

||A SONG OF SIBLINGS||

For the prompt: Arthur Dayne & Allyria Dayne, childhood memory

She was the youngest, the youngest by quite a number of years, and now she was the last. All that remained were her memories, pale imitations of the flesh and blood her brothers and sister had been. In Arthur’s case especially, those memories seemed so slight, so flimsy and inadequate.

Alfred was the heir and then the lord, so he was never far from Starfall for long, aside from the few years he had spent squiring for Lord Fowler, and his time at the Water Gardens before that. Ashara never stirred from Starfall before she was chosen to be one of Princess Elia’s companions. Arthur though … at times it had seemed to the girl Allyria had been that her second brother was more a myth than a man, like a figure from the sweet songs of chivalry her other brother was fond of.  

One of the faded tapestries adorning the walls in the great hall of Starfall portrayed an unnamed Dayne wielding Dawn. No one really knew which Sword of the Morning he was. His identity was lost in the mist of time.When Allyria was a little girl, she was convinced that the knight depicted in that tapestry was her brother Arthur. Each time he returned to Starfall, she would gaze at his face and be struck anew at how different it was from how she thought it should be.

His true face she only saw once or twice a year. The knight in the tapestry though … he was always there to be stared at, to be confided with, to be asked questions after questions regarding his seemingly never-ending journey away from home.  

She could recall ever making him laugh only once. He was cleaning his sword, engrossed in the task while she was busy committing his true face to memory. When he asked, “Do you know the tale of how Dawn was forged, little sister?” she was so startled that she almost fell from her chair.

“It was supposedly forged from the heart of a fallen star,” she replied.   

Her brother smiled. “Supposedly?”

“Stars don’t have hearts. They’re stars, not sheep.”

That was when her brother laughed. Allyria did her best to commit the sound to memory. The knight in the tapestry could never laugh. He had a sort of half-smile, if you looked at him from a certain angle, but his smile was not as sweet as her brother’s.

After his laughter subsided, Arthur said, “Most people would have said that stars are not like us, that stars don’t have hearts like men and women do.”

“We had sheep’s heart for supper when you were gone,” Allyria confided. “If you were not gone so much, you could have eaten it too.” 

“Was it tasty?”

“The tastiest,” she declared, though in truth, she had eaten only a very small bite.

“When I return from the tourney, perhaps we could have sheep’s heart for supper.”

“To celebrate your victory, oh yes,” said Allyria, her eyes gleaming.

[tessasocs]

Game of Thrones Masterlist

FC: Marina Moschen

House: Dondarrion, Dayne

Parents: Beric Dondarrion, Allyria Dayne

Titles: The Southern Storm, The Dornish Star

Love Interest: Gendry Waters

Fic: Any Way The Wind Blows

FC: Zach McGowan

House: Baratheon, Lannister

Parents: Robert Baratheon, Cersei Lannister

Titles: Protector of the Realm, The Forgotten Lion, King of the Andals and the First Men, The Exiled Prince, etc.

Love Interest: Sansa Stark

Fic: A Winged Cage

Summary: 

though widely disbelieved, Robert and Cersei did indeed have a son that was black of hair, blue of eyes, and strong of face, and like history tells, that baby boy perished in an inexplicable bout of fever despite every maester in the kingdom assuring the Queen that he would live. 

but history lies. 

The true heir to the throne Cassian Baratheon did not die of a fever the year he was born. instead, he was taken overseas, his life spent fighting for the luxuries his siblings took for granted, becoming known as the best sea captain in Essos. And then he hears of a tourney in Westeros, where the prize money is more than enough to settle his debts. But he can’t shake the feeling he’s being watched, particularly by the Hand of the King himself.

FC: Thea Sofie Loch Naess

House: Targaryen

Parents: Aerys II, Rhaella Targaryen

Titles: The Queen who never was, The Mad Sister

Love Interest: Rhaegar Targaryen

Fic: Twin Flames (go up in smoke)

Summary: 

born in the same tragedy that birthed Rhaegar, Faera Targaryen always knew she was meant to marry her twin brother. It was more than tradition, it was fate, a sense of certainty she had known her whole life. 

But then her father marries him to the Martell girl and something in her snaps.

what was once held back by ludicrous dreams and beautiful fantasies soon unleashes hell onto King’s Landing long before Aerys went mad. A tragedy now struck from the history books forever, Faera Targaryen’s madness was only the beginning of the coin toss.

FC: Tasya Teles

House: Free Folk

Parents: Kya and Eryk

Titles: The Wildling Commander, Queen of the Savages

Love Interest: Tormund Giantsbane

Fic: Unbroken

FC: Alycia Debnam Carey

House: Mormont

Parents: Jorah Mormont, Alysanne Mormont

Titles: the Small Bear, The Queen in the North

Love Interest: Robb Stark

Fic: Heart of Stone

Summary:

Mormonts were fighters, Maege had always told her, even if her father wasn’t one. Jeyne spent her entire life fighting to be more than what she is, more than what the Island expected of her. So when Robb Stark calls the banners to get vengeance for his father’s death, Jeyne wastes no time proving herself, being one of the first to pledge herself to his cause.

FC: Marie Avgeropoulos

House: Free Folk

Parents: Mance Rayder, Unnamed Southern Woman, {REDACTED}

Titles: Queen Beyond the Wall, Winter’s Bane, The Wilding Princess, Snowborn

Love Interest: Eddison Tolett

Fic: In Cold Blood

Summary:

Mance had always told her the snow had given birth to her. That one day there was nothing and then there she was, pink and plump and left outside the Wall to die. Karly didn’t believe in much, let alone a made up story by the man who raised her, but she did believe in one thing. Winter was coming. And the Free Folk were underprepared. 

Sent on several scouting missions to try and determine a nice spot to settle down in the South, Karly ends up crossing paths with a team of Crows who take her captive, trying to gain information. But there’s nothing to tell. Nothing that they’ll believe anyway. So Karly says nothing, and accepts her fate. And then her father descends on the Wall.

FC: Imogen Poots

House: Reyne, Westerling

Parents: Edric Reyne, Amalia Westerling

Titles: The Red Lion, The Lost Heir, Lady of Castamere

Love Interest: Jaime Lannister

Fic: Fire and Reyne

Summary: 

in 261 AC Tywin Lannister had decimated her house, and Lara’s only saving grace was that her grandmother was in Highgarden, pregnant with her Father. And eighteen years later, Lara was born, the sole heir to an extinct house and a ruined castle. 

After her mother’s death, she had been cast out, tossed aside so Sybell can achieve her ambitions by decieving Robb Stark and appeasing Tywin. But her first couple weeks on the road are rough, and it’s only after she meets a Tall Woman from Tarth and the Kingslayer that Lara’s life begins to look up.

FC: Adelaide Kane

House: Stark, Dayne

Parents: Ashara Dayne, {REDACTED}

Titles: The Small Wolf, The Northern Star, Lady of Starfall, The Only True Stark, Ashara’s Shade

Love Interest: Jaime Lannister

Fic: Written In the Stars

Summary:

the only child of Ashara Dayne, and the Lady of Starfall, Lyarra has always stuck out like a sore thumb, with her pale skin and long face, sometimes it feels the only thing she inherited was her mother’s bright violet eyes. it’s only when she’s called to Kings Landing to meet the hand of the king that she starts to feel like she belongs somewhere.

And just when she thinks she might have met someone who can help her understand where she came from, Ned Stark is accused of treason and loses his head.

FC: Shelby Flannery

House: Free Folk

Parents: Kya and Eryk

Titles: The Champion, The Prophetess

Love Interest: Jojen Reed

Fic: Unbroken

FC: Ivana Baquero

House: Martell, Dayne

Parents: Elia Martell and Arthur Dayne

Titles: The Violet Viper, Sword in the Darkness, Snake Charmer, Mother of Wolves

Love Interest: Jon Snow

Fic: Unbroken

Summary:

she was a mistake. a bastard born of love and taken in by her uncle. And when he decides to send her north under the pretense of seeking out a marriage, she finally thinks this is the moment he is going to disown her. So she fights, pleads, and begs, but her journey north is inevitable, and proves to be more dangerous than she thought.

the only ray of sunshine in the cold and dreary climate, Nymeria Martell will not go down without a fight. She will be as fierce as her namesake, and she will prove to the north the true meaning of the words unbowed, unbent, unbroken

FC: Fraya Allan

House: Targaryen

Parents: Rhaegar Targaryen, Faera Targaryen

Titles: The Princess of the Seven Kingdoms, Dragon Spawn, Monster, The Last Targaryen, Rhaegar’s Joy

Love Interest: Bran Stark

Fic: History Has Its Eyes On You

FC: Anna Popplewell

House: Baratheon

Parents: Stannis Baratheon, Ravenna Swann

Titles: Princess of Westeros, The Black Stag, Deathbringer

Love Interest: tbd

Fic: Illicit Affairs

Summary:

After Robert deflowered Delena Florent and forced Stannis to marry Selyse instead, the rift between the brothers had only grown larger. Not only had Robert forced Stannis to set aside his first wife, Ravenna Swann, but his heir, deeming her a bastard until Shireen was born.

Then The Red Woman declares him the rightful King of the Seven Kingdoms and Stannis’s first decree is to legitimize his daughter, an act he never regrets.

Rhea Baratheon was her father’s daughter through and through, and their relationship meant the world to her, even if seemed to be damaged beyond repair now. So when the Red Woman appears on Dragonstone, claiming her father is a king and her uncle’s sons are bastards, Rhea refuses to trust her. Instead she enlists the help of Davos Seaworth for one specific purpose.

Free her father from The Red Woman’s spell.

FC: Katherine Langford

House: Flint

Parents: Torghen Flint

Titles: Lady Flint, The Beauty of the North

Love Interest: Jon Snow

Fic: tbd

[ayllriadayne]

Women in Ice Cells: The Fallen Star

Well, since my lovely followers were yelling at me to do Ashara, here she is!

So far in the Women in Ice Cells series, I’ve studied Elia Nymeros Martell, Joanna Lannister, and Rhaella Targaryen--all women who, despite their status as members of the Dead Ladies Club, have a fair amount of information available on them. Today’s going to be a little trickier, as the subject of this essay is none other than Ashara Dayne, and she remains very much a cipher. Elia, Joanna and Rhaella were all related or significant to point-of-view characters; by contrast, to the few characters who think about her--principally Ned and Barristan--Ashara seems more of a footnote, another sad thing to pile onto their mountains of manpain. That doesn’t fly here, though. Today, I’m focusing on Ashara, and--far more importantly than her death--her life.

TW: This essay mentions suicide. Please stay safe and don’t read if you think this might trigger or upset you. 

Our first sign to how overlooked Ashara is is that we know very little about her life. The wiki puts her birth date somewhere between 260 and 269 AC--a gap of almost ten years. As far as we know, she is the third of four siblings--with the others being Edric’s unnamed father, Arthur, and Allyria (who is not a member of the DLC, but whom I will be exploring in a different series), born into House Dayne of Starfall. She was a lady-in-waiting to Elia (just like Joanna Lannister and the Princess of Dorne were ladies-in-waiting to Rhaella; if I were a theory-crafter, I’d think there was something to the fact that they’re all connected). She was at the tourney at Harrenhal, where, according to Allyria, she and Ned fell in love, and she may or may not have had a fling. Then her brother died and she killed herself. That’s a woeful summary of her life, especially when compared to how much we know about her brother Arthur. Furthermore, because there’s so little information, it becomes much harder to tease out analysis. Still, I’m going to give it a try.

The most insight we get into Ashara’s personality comes from Meera Reed; when she tells Bran the story of the Knight of the Laughing Tree, she refers to Ashara as the “maid with laughing purple eyes”. Prior to this, we’d only ever heard about her in relation to her death, painting a picture of grief and melancholy. This is a major hint that before Robert’s Rebellion, Ashara was someone lively and happy--an idea supported by Barristan’s recollection of “[her] smile, the sound of her laughter” (The Kingbreaker, ADWD). At the same time, we also know that Brandon Stark came to ask her to dance on behalf of Ned, who was too shy to speak to her (bless), and that she agreed. This suggests someone kind and good-natured (though obviously patriarchal expectations are at play here too).

Barristan also notes that when Daenerys looks at him, he sometimes feels like he’s seeing Ashara’s daughter. He makes the connection because of their purple eyes, though if that’s their only similarity it seems fairly tenuous (the Daynes are of First Men ancestry, and Ashara’s hair was black, not white), especially considering that there would be no shortage of other people with purple eyes in Essos. It could be that Barristan also sees similarities in their personalities: we know Dany is compassionate and kind, but fierce as a dragon when angered. Perhaps Ashara was much the same; she was Dornish, after all, and while it doesn’t do to put stock in stereotypes, most are born from a grain of truth that is then blown out of proportion. (Also, while GRRM is largely successful in his depiction of the Dornish as a marginalised ethnic group, there are still quibbles to be made, but that’s for another time.) In any case, it’s not hard to picture a woman who was kind and bright and lively, but perhaps a little fiery as well.

Then, of course, comes Robert’s Rebellion, and Ashara--if rumours are to be believed--loses a brother and a daughter in quick succession, and, if the father of her child was indeed Brandon, a lover as well. One of those would be enough to break someone, let alone all three. So Ashara climbs to the top of the Palestone Sword, one of the towers of Starfall, and throws herself into the Torrentine. Her body is washed out to the Summer Sea, and never recovered. Looking at her life like this, it’s hard not to think of her house’s sigil--a sword and a falling star. The falling star represents the meteorite that was used to forge the ancestral sword Dawn, and marks the site where Starfall was built, but it’s a fairly apt metaphor for the members of House Dayne as well. Ashara Dayne deserved better.

Next time, I’m going to be tackling the she-wolf of Winterfell, Lyanna Stark. Hope you enjoyed!