Marie's NPCs

Queen Rhaella Targaryen

Age: 40

Dragon: Amethyst - Esteemed, purple with silver markings. Amethyst came from an egg brought over from Valyria. She hatched the same day that Aegon began his Conquest. Sometimes called The Purple Queen.

Rhaella is Maegor's sister, wife and queen. She is one of the king's chief counsellors and plays a major role in the court and the governance of the realm. She is known to be friendly and kind and is devoted to her husband, children and dragon. Though she has several children, a lifetime spent in the training yard and riding her dragon have kept her slender and fit. She was raised on Dragonstone and bonded with Amethyst as a girl of twelve. At sixteen she married her brother as planned by her parents and grandsire. It was a match meant to preserve the bloodlines, and the two were not given a choice. While Rhaella liked and respected Maegor as her brother, she felt no great love or desire for him at the beginning of their marriage. Yet as they got accustomed to one another, their relationship strengthened into much deeper feelings. In the early years there was often conflict between the two yet now they usually seem to be of one mind.

Rhaella was presented with the sword Dark Sister as a wedding gift from her grandsire, Maegor the Cruel. The sword's previous owner, Queen Visenya, was Rhaella's heroine. Rhaella passionately hates the Faith Militant for killing her father and uncle and longs to see the institution destroyed. She has taken part in a number of battles, both from the air and by wielding Dark Sister. Her greatest worry is that Lady Jeyne and her children will present a rallying point for the crown's enemies and endanger the future of her own children. In the meantime, she shows favour to Aenar's widow and children in the hope they will have no cause to rebel.

Rhaella was only two years old when Maegor the Cruel became king, so the war with the Faith Militant has been going on throughout her life. As a young girl she was kept well away from any danger and ten, when she grew to womanhood she was a young wife learning to adapt to her new situation, and at the insistence of her kin the only role she was allowed in the war was that of an aerial scout until her first pregnancy. Once she got pregnant with the Prince of Dragonstone, she had to spend most of the next few years at the Red Keep caring for her children and helping to defend the city and crownlands from incursions by the Faith Militant though even then she chafed at the restrictions placed upon her. But by 69AL, with her youngest daughter Daenya now two years old, Rhaella was determined to do her part in protecting the Seven Kingdoms. She had always kept herself fit and active, training with the sword and flying with Amethyst. Pleading with her grandsire, she was allowed to take part in subduing an uprising among the Ironborn, in which she, accompanied by her bastard brother and close friend Valarr Stone, burned half Lord Harlaw's fleet, and Harlaw himself, before the Ironborn surrendered. And so Rhaella knew herself to have played her part in protecting House Targaryen. She then turned her attentions to helping deal with the Faith Militant.

Three years after the Harlaw ships burned, Rhaella accompanied her father to Oldtown, where she eventually saw Ser Hector slay both Maeron and his dragon. Until that point Rhaella's conflicts had taken place mostly on dragonback. She had rarely been given the opportunity to use Dark Sister in earnest but she used it then, when she saw her father fall. Maddened with fury, she flew Amethyst low and cut a path through the enemy ranks. Though she never reached Ser Hector himself, Rhaella threw herself from the saddle when Amethyst was busy devouring burning men. She launched herself at the Bastard of Uplands, a famed warrior sworn to the Warrior's Sons and the two engaged in a long and terrible duel that left Rhaella battered and bleeding from several wounds, and Ser Merrett missing his head. It was Valarr who found her lying there when the battle had finished and took her to safety. Rhaella was tended by the camp maester before she watched her father's corpse burn. She wept in the privacy of her own tent and swore a vow that she would see the Faith Militant destroyed. Since then, she does what she can to help combat her sworn foes.

When Aenar Targaryen was slain by Rhaella's husband Maegor II, Rhaella rejoiced that the rebel had been slain. But not for long. The same day Aenar was killed, she called for her bastard brother and the two raised a small force and headed south to the Stormlands to subdue Aenar's tiny host, waiting in the Rainwood for the call to arms. They engaged in combat with the rebels (a combined force of Warrior's Sons, Stormlanders and Dornishmen) but the fight had gone out of Aenar's rebels with the announcement of his death. They soon surrendered when they saw their men burning. Hostages were taken and a few ringleaders executed, but the rebellion ended almost as soon as it began

Lady Jeyne Yronwood

Age: 32

Jeyne is a flirty, friendly woman but she deeply resents the fact that she is a prisoner in Kings Landing. As a young girl she had a happy life in Dorne until Aenar Targaryen flew over the Dornish mountains and the two fell in love. Their happiness was marred by Aenar's desire to claim back the throne his father Jaehaerys had yielded to Maegor the Cruel. Aenar made his move when Maegor the Cruel died, seeking friends those unhappy with Maegor's rule and from his Dornish goodfather. But the rebellion fizzled out when Aenar died fighting Maegor II on dragonback. Jeyne was terrified that she and her children would be executed but instead they have been allowed to remain at the Red Keep, though she knows their safety can never be guaranteed. As a Dornishwoman, Jeyne has no dragon of her own, but she sometimes rode with her husband. She still misses her husband but hopes to find a new love. She hates King Maegor and secretly hopes to see her son crowned and taking revenge for his father's death.

Lady Taena Storm

Age: 19

Dragon: Victory - Hatchling, blue and silver. Victory's egg comes from a clutch produced by Amethyst twenty years ago. The egg was so small nobody ever thought it would produce a living dragon but Princess Laena gave it to Taena, who hatched it a year ago.

Taena is Prince Gaemon's bastard daughter by Sallei Penrose, who was thrown out of her father's household for yielding up her maidenhead. Taena spent her earliest years at the Kings Landing manse given to her mother, but she never knew her father, who died when she was very young. When she was seven, Princess Laena visited the manse and brought Taena back to the Red Keep as her cupbearer. At first Taena was scared of the princess but the two settled into a good relationship as Taena learned what it meant to be a member of the family. Laena sometimes took her up on Vermilion but Taena had no expectation of her own dragon, until one day her grandmother gave her a small blue egg she had used as a paperweight for years. Taena would sing to it in broken Valyrian and eventually the egg hatched. Now the slender girl and the young dragon are a common sight in Kings Landing. Victory is too small to ride yet, currently about the size of a wolf. Taena is a good-natured girl who enjoys archery. She tries to be discreet in her occasional romantic liaisons, but fortunately nobody cares very much who a bastard shares her bed with.

Lord Addam Reyne, Lord of Castamere and Master of Coin

Age: 39

Addam is a solemn man who rarely smiles except in the presence of his children. He enjoys spending time with his hunting dogs when he's not busy with his duties. He is a charming man despite his love of money and his willingness to do anything to obtain it for the crown or for House Reyne. Addam became heir to Castamere when his elder brother was killed fighting against the Faith Militant. He has been Master of Coin for five years, having previously served as a customs officer in Lannisport. has lost family in the war against the Faith Militant. His brother, the heir to Castamere, was killed. He has a wife and three children.

Addam's family:

-Wife, Amalia Serrett (35)
-Eldest son and heir, Stannis Reyne (14)
-Daughter, Sansa Reyne (12)
-Younger son, Titus Reyne (8)

Lord Jonos Yronwood

Age: 66

Jonos is a man of ambition. He hopes to see his grandson sitting on the Iron Throne. He is simply waiting for the chance to get Jeyne and her children away to Dorne, but a close watch is kept over all three. He has many friends among the Dornish lords.

Lady Adara Dondarrion

Age: 26

Adara is the daughter of Prince Gaemon, commonly known as the Whore of Blackhaven because she sleeps with any man who takes her fancy, regardless of rank. Sex is her chief - some say only - hobby. She has lost count of the number of men she has slept with and it's alleged she might have dallied with another woman once or twice. She is extremely selfish in nature and her body is the only thing she shares freely. She is often tipsy. Adara looks more like a Karstark than a Targaryen, favouring thin, clingy fabrics that show off more than is decent. Even her thicker clothes show a lot of cleavage.

As a young girl growing up in the court of Maegor the Cruel, with his multiple wives, Adara was accustomed to the notions of sexual freedom. She gave her maidenhead to a young knight at the age of fourteen and the two enjoyed a torrid love affair that lasted three months. Following a fight that ended their relationship, Adara engaged in a number of one night stands until her grandmother Laena reasoned that she might as well put her sexual energy to good use and arranged for her to marry Owen Dondarrion, heir to Blackhaven. Adara was fifteen. But despite Adara's obvious charms, Ser Owen went to their bedding with clear reluctance and the first weeks of their marriage were not enjoyable for Adara. Owen spent little time with his bride, their bedroom antics proving rare and unsatisfying for either one of them. Two months into their marriage Adara caught him abed with his squire, Ser Ronnet of the Rainwood. A confession followed, leaving Adara confused. It was at first suggested she join their antics, and though she participated with relish, the two young men were more interested in each other and Adara did not conceive...until the night Owen's handsome brother Renly came home from the war. He and Adara ended up in bed together on many occasions, with Owen pretending not to notice. Adara soon conceived and since Renly's sex drive was as high as her own, all were satisfied with the arrangement. Adara bore a son, whom she named Selwyn. Later on, Renly was killed in the Battle of Oldtown. Owen had no interest in resuming relations with his wife, so Adara, bored, began sleeping with any man who took her fancy. It was said in Blackhaven that she bedded a different man almost every night. She bore a second son, whom she named Orys. Owen was genuinely fond of children and desired a family so he recognised both Adara's boys as his own.

Disaster struck in 77AL. While Adara was in Kings Landing mourning the death of her grandsire, and finding new lovers, her husband's paramour, Ser Ronnet, convinced the weak-willed Owen, now Lord Dondarrion, to give their support to the Pretender, Aenar Targaryen. When the rebel army gathered in the Rainwood, Adara was questioned regarding her knowledge of the affair. She was forced to confess that she had been too busy sleeping around to know or care what Owen and Ronnet did.

Meanwhile, Queen Rhaella and Valarr Stone were busy dealing with the rebels. Ser Ronnet was slain in single combat with Valarr, though the duel was definitely skewed in Valarr's favour. Maddened with grief, Owen threw himself from Blackhaven's tallest tower. Adara's son Selwyn became Lord Dondarrion and was placed in the charge of a castellan since Adara was not considered an appropriate guardian after her failure to report her husband's treachery. She remains in Kings Landing having short liaisons with a succession of lovers. She has since born another bastard, a 1 year old girl named Valyria, but even Adara doesn't know who the father is. Selwyn is now 9 years old, Orys 6.

Adara is one of the few adult Targaryens who took no part in the war. She was never interested in dragons as a child and later she was much too interested in sex. She has no dragon of her own. She has begun to consider taking on a hatchling but has made no decision as yet.

Lady Arwyn Cuy

Age: 18

Arwyn was raised the eldest of four girls born to Lord Cuy of Sun House and his Mullendore bride. As her mother could not bear a son who lived beyond infancy, Arwyn grew up knowing herself to be her father's heir.

As House Cuy remained loyal to House Targaryen, they were denied the protection of Oldtown and the Faith Militant, and frequently had to fight them. So with most of the men born on Cuy lands forced to train as warriors, the women had to care for the farms and do many of the jobs their husbands would do in peacetime. Tis meant the Cuys had to do without many servants, most of them elderly. So Arwyn and her sisters grew up having to prepare their own food and clean the castle. Arwyn showed a particular talent for baking.

Lord Cuy died a few months ago, leaving Arwyn as his heir. She is betrothed to Baelon Waters at the recommendation of Queen Rhaella. Arwyn and Baelon swore an oath in the castle sept and afterwards became lovers, though they are not formally married.

Dornish NPCs

This list will be updated properly with more details later. Sarella, Lord Yronwood and Jeyne are already referenced in their profiles.

-Prince Trystane Martell - Sarella's eldest child and heir to the Spear Throne. Cautious and devoted to Dorne.
-Prince Quentyn Martell - Sarella's younger son. He likes the finer things in life and has an eye for a pretty face.
-Anders Fowler - Lord of Skyreach. Father to Ser Olyvar Sand and uncle to Ser Elyas Sand. A noted womaniser with a crop of bastards. A friend to Lord Yronwood.
-Perros Manwoody - Lord of Kingsgrave. A lazy man known to be bisexual. Particularly favours fair hair in his lovers. Another of Lord Yronwood's friends.
-Larra Toland - Lady of Ghost Hill. Formerly Ser Olyvar's lover but now a married woman.
-Alayne Wyl - heir to the Boneway. A pretty woman who knows how to work her charms. Her father is Lord Wyl.
-Ser Aurane Dalt (deceased) - former heir to Lemonwood and friend to Prince Trystane. His mother is Lady Dalt. Aurane died battling Vandaras.