Line #432 Characters/AlysanneLadyOfWinterfell


1	[[foldercontrol]]
2	!! The royal family
3	Includes their immediate kin-by-marriage.
4	[[folder:Dowager Queen Alysanne Stark]]
5	Formerly Alysanne Targaryen. The universally beloved Dowager Queen and her son's regent.
6	----
7	* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: At the start of the story, she is hit with it very hard. Not only does she lose her daughter to the Shivers as per canon, she also loses her beloved husband whom she has literally known all her life, and with Exceptionalism rejected by the Starry Sept, she is forced to remarry just a year after Jaehaerys dies while trying to prevent her living children from being recast as illegitimate bastards. For many months, she is near-numb with grief.
8	* BatmanGambit: She tells Alaric to oversee the financial problems of the court, knowing very well that he and Florence Tyrell have different approaches to spending money. However, she also knows them to be level-headed enough to find the middle ground between niggardliness and frivolity, which they do.
9	* BerserkButton:
10	** She is usually nice and friendly, but grows furious whenever anyone suggests women are in any way inferior to men.
11	** All forms of rape and SexualExtortion enrage and disgust her so much she doesn't even go berserk after hearing of them: she goes into venomous TranquilFury mode.
12	* BigSisterInstinct: PracticallyDifferentGenerations they might be, but she looks out for her younger half-siblings Boremund and Jocelyn whenever possible.
13	* DramaticSitDown: Alysanne is so shocked and overwhelmed by Alaric's AnguishedDeclarationOfLove that she sits down (in fact, almost falls) on the couch.
14	* GoodStepmother: She dotes on Alarra Stark, and Alarra is deeply devoted to her -- it helps that their friendship developed long before there was any notion of Alysanne marrying Alaric.
15	* GreenEyedEpiphany: For the first time, she admits to herself she might have fallen in love with Alaric after she fears he has grown too friendly with Florence Fossoway.
16	* TheHeart: She makes sure everyone at court is content and gets on with each other. To varying degrees of success, she tries to fulfill the same role for the entire kingdom.
17	* TheHighQueen: Technically, she is only the Dowager Queen now that Jaehaerys is dead, but she continues to fit the trope, being a benevolent and just authority figure.
18	* MamaBear: She is ready to fight tooth and nail for her children and their rights. At the first shadow of a rumor that her children by Jaehaerys might be viewed as bastards, she rushes to Oldtown to talk the matter over with the Starry Sept.
19	* MarriageBeforeRomance: She enters her second marriage without any romantic feelings for Alaric (unlike Alaric himself). As time passes, she gradually falls in love with him.
20	* MotiveMisidentification: When little Alyssa turns away and starts to cry just after tasting her milk, Alysanne thinks that the baby senses her mixed feelings towards her and therefore can't stand to be fed by her. The author's notes reveal Alysanne's milk at that point simply tastes bad due to her new pregnancy.
21	* MovingBeyondBereavement: Alysanne has to marry Alaric while she's grieving for Jaehaerys and Daenerys, and a good deal of her arc involves her finding closure with her loss.
22	* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: InUniverse, though the grief itself is gradually healing, Alysanne often feels terrified and lost when she muses just how drastically her life has changed. After the loss of Jaehaerys and Daenerys and the hastily-arranged match with Alaric, she gets another shock when she learns Rogar Baratheon is dying, and even the news of Elinor Costayne's impending departure to Lannisport, minor compared to everything else, again prompt her to think about the old pre-Shivers times that would never come back.
23	* ObliviousToLove: At first Alysanne has no idea Alaric is madly in love with her (he does his best to hide it). As he, with her encouragement, grows more confident in expressing his affection, she begins to understand he is at least very fond of her.
24	* SexEqualsLove: Her opinion on marriage. She believes that a couple has a much higher chance of attaining PerfectlyArrangedMarriage level if they have sex, which is why she starts sleeping with Alaric on the wedding night already, even though he assures her he is ready for a SexlessMarriage and she at that point isn't even attracted to him.
25	* SilkHidingSteel: She may be sweet and charming and mild-mannered, but she won't let anyone walk over her during negotiations.
26	* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: One of her reasons for choosing Alaric as her second husband is that he will treat her as an equal and won't try to claim the throne for himself.
27	* StepfordSmiler: After the loss of her husband and eldest daughter, Alysanne often puts on a mask of cheerfulness in public while being anxious and sad in private.
28	* ThirdPartyPeacekeeper: She advises Garon Baratheon to make peace with the children of his estranged brothers, especially since after the Shivers and Lord Rogar's death, there are a lot fewer Baratheons alive than before and Garon is feeling desperately lonely.
29	* TookALevelInCheerfulness: She sinks into melancholy after losing Jaehaerys and Daenerys to the Shivers. More than a year later, she begins to gradually recover her usual sunny demeanor after marrying Alaric.
30	* UnfocusedDuringIntimacy: During her wedding night with Alaric, she constantly thinks about Jaehaerys and feels guilty for remarrying so soon, almost bursting into tears.
31	* WhatsUpKingDude: She encourages her subjects to share their wishes and grievances with her. In fact, when she is in her regal attire, it's a sign that she is ready to listen to her people even when it's not the formal time for an audience. When she is dressed simply, it's to show everyone that she is taking a break from ruling and only wants to spend time with her nearest and dearest.
32	[[/folder]]
33
34	[[folder:Lord Alaric Stark]]
35	The Warden of the North, rumored to be niggardly (which is true) and humorless (which is less so).
36	----
37	* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Unable to pretend he only married Alysanne for political reasons any longer, Alaric finally confesses his feelings to her in Chapter 11, though he realizes she doesn't love him. Alysanne admits she likes him very much but still can't make any promises, and her thoughts reveal she hasn't let go of Jaehaerys.
38	* TheChainsOfCommanding: He finds it very hard to take care of an entire realm, since he can barely spend any time with his family. He longs for Aemon to reach his majority and for himself and Alysanne to leave for Winterfell (the North is still a big responsibility, but a way lesser one than the Seven Kingdoms).
39	* DidntThinkThisThrough: When Alysanne offers him marriage, Alaric acts extremely disinterested and skeptical and looks as if he's agreeing to it through gritted teeth. He does it to avoid scaring Alysanne with the passion he really harbors for her, but it results in her belief that she all but forced him into marriage, and she is tormented by guilt.
40	* EatingTheEyeCandy: He often finds himself entranced by Alysanne's beauty. At the Hightowers' feast, he thinks he could have gazed at her all evening.
41	* FishOutOfWater: He isn't feeling too comfortable surrounded by the culture of the South.
42	* FoolForLove: He is generally cynical and pragmatic, but not where Alysanne is concerned. At one point, he announces that there will be no celebration at all on Warrior's Day, but one PuppyDogEyes look from Alysanne is all it takes for him to agree to host a tourney. Luckily for him and for everyone in general, Alysanne is not exploiting the trope without really good reasons.
43	* [[GoodStepmother Good Stepfather]]: Downplayed at first – he feels no particular emotional attachment to Alysanne's children by Jaehaerys, but he is ready to raise them well for her sake, and he defends Aemon's right to the crown rather than claim it on behalf of his own potential future son. As time goes by, he starts to really bond with Aemon.
44	* LastSecondWordSwap: While Alaric is angrily scolding Aemon for being forty minutes late to a lesson, he starts saying "You'll grow up and [[UnbalancedByRivalsKid be half a year late for your progresses, like your-]]", when he catches himself and awkwardly ends the phrase with "like your childhood misdemeanors, only worse".
45	* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Of what happened south of the Neck before 61 AC, he knows few details. For example, he doesn't get the reference when Alysanne recalls the unhappy marriage of Princess Rhaena and Androw Farman.
46	* TheLostLenore: For a long time after his first wife Jonelle's death, he was heartbroken and certain he would never love or even be happy again.
47	* MaritalRapeLicense: When Alysanne rejects him, claiming she is tired (she is actually distressed), Alaric, who has been looking forward to SexForSolace after his sons' departure to the North, briefly considers ignoring her wishes, but the sheer idea of Alysanne suffering through it is enough for him to defy the trope and leave.
48	* NotSoAboveItAll: For all his disdain of tourneys, he is happy to see that his sons Roderick and Edwyn acquit themselves well at the tourney at his wedding.
49	* NotSoDifferentRemark: When Alysanne admits she was jealous (with no reason, as it turns out) of him and Lady Florence, he assures her he made the same mistake on their wedding day, getting very unsettled when Ryam Redwyne crowned Alysanne queen of love and beauty. That makes Alysanne laugh about how people from the Reach always seem to provoke jealousy in others.
50	* RealMenLoveJesus: He is a very devout follower of the old gods and is greatly moved when Garth Fossoway shows him the ancient godswood of Highgarden.
51	* SignificantNameShift: He starts calling Alysanne by her first name immediately after the wedding ceremony. She is startled, since it's one of the aspects of their marriage they haven't discussed beforehand, but accepts it without comments and switches to FirstNameBasis with him as well.
52	* UnreliableNarrator: In his thoughts, he calls Florence Tyrell too open-handed and frivolous, but when she makes an appearance herself, she is shown to have a reasonable approach to finance.
53	* WhenHeSmiles: Aemon decides that Alaric looks a lot less scary when he's smiling.
54	* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Downplayed. The one sacrifice Alaric makes to marry Alysanne is moving to King's Landing to stay there until Aemon reaches majority (meaning for ten years). He deeply misses the North, though he knows his sons rule Winterfell capably.
55	[[/folder]]
56
57	[[folder:King Aemon Targaryen]]
58	King of the Seven Kingdoms after his father's death, Aemon is six years old at the start of the fanfic.
59	----
60	* AChildShallLeadThem: He is crowned at five.
61	* BigBrotherInstinct: Aemon is very protective of his little brother Baelon. When Alaric learns of it, it's the first time he feels a bond with his eldest stepson, because the latter reminds him of his own big brother Walton. Alysanne mentions Aemon has grown much more responsible since Baelon's birth.
62	* FaceYourFears:
63	** Although he is frightened of dragons, he always readily agrees to visit the Dragonpit since he knows dragons are the symbol and source of the Targaryens' power and he will have to ride Caraxes sooner or later.
64	** He is very scared of the Iron Throne and is even less enthusiastic about sitting on it than about going to the Dragonpit. However, he realizes it's inevitable for him as the king.
65	* ObliviouslyEvil: Aemon orders his new nurse (filling in for the injured Lady Hogg) to let him and Baelon play longer than they're supposed to, ending up getting to his lesson forty minutes late. He ''is'' aware that he's skipping the lesson, but he doesn't realize that his actions lead to the nurse getting punished (unlike Lady Hogg, she's lowborn, new at the job and therefore too frightened to argue with the king, even if said king is only six). He is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified with himself]] when Alaric calls him out for it.
66	* PuppetKing: Since he is a little kid, the ones holding the actual power are Alysanne, Alaric and the small council.
67	[[/folder]]
68
69	[[folder:Prince Baelon Targaryen]]
70	The Prince of Dragonstone, he is four years old at the start of the fanfic.
71	----
72	* DragonRider: To be one is his longtime dream. He wants to claim Balerion, but when Alysanne expressly forbids it, he decides to settle for the second largest dragon – Vhagar.
73	* RealMenWearPink: Brave and energetic, he also loves to draw.
74	[[/folder]]
75
76	[[folder:Princess Alyssa Targaryen]]
77	Alysanne's last child by Jaehaerys, she is several months old at the start of the fanfic.
78	----
79	* BabysFirstWords: At the age of eleven months, she says her first word – and it's "Nana" (addressing the royal nurse) rather than "Mama".
80	* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: PlayedForDrama. She is conceived a couple of months before Jaehaerys dies, and is born during such a difficult and stressful time that she ends up as TheUnfavorite.
81	* TheUnfavorite: Alysanne's pregnancy with Alyssa was discovered right on the heels of the deaths of Daenerys and Jaehaerys, and Alyssa was born in the midst of grief and diplomatic turmoil. Alysanne couldn't muster enough emotion to love Alyssa, and she still is colder towards her than towards Aemon and Baelon, though she's determined not to let it show.
82	[[/folder]]
83
84	[[folder:Lady Alarra Stark]]
85	Alaric's daughter and his youngest child by Jonelle. She is Alysanne's LadyInWaiting and gets elevated to chief lady-in-waiting due to her Great House lineage and to her father's marriage to Alysanne.
86	----
87	* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Being respectively ten and seven years younger than her two brothers, Alarra Stark has always been viewed as the little girl of the family, even after she joined Alysanne's court and became much more independent.
88	* CoolBigSis: Alarra is very fond of Aemon and Baelon and tells them Northern legends.
89	* GoingNative: After three years spent at Alysanne's court, Alarra has fully embraced the culture of the South.
90	* HormoneAddledTeenager: She is thirteen at the start of the story and quick to be impressed by any handsome man in sight. By Chapter 17, though, she is getting focused on Mandon Chelsted.
91	* KidsPlayMatchmaker: A downplayed example. When Alaric, before his wedding to Alysanne, sharply insists the marriage is purely political, Alarra believes him and asks him to be kind to the queen, since she has suffered so much.
92	* NewParentNomenclatureProblem: Though she loves Alysanne, she calls her by her name and only addresses her as "Mother" when required by court etiquette, since she remembers the love and close bond she shared with Jonelle.
93	* ParentalSexualitySquick: Alarra is perfectly okay with her father and Alysanne getting married, but she freaks out when Alysanne announces her pregnancy, because it's clear evidence they are sleeping together.
94	* PlainJane: Fenella Lannister describes her as "drab" and "mousy". According to Rogar Baratheon, she is "somewhat gangly" but no worse than anyone else at her age.
95	* ProperLady: Much like Sansa Stark in canon, she is graceful and feminine, with excellent manners. At one point, Alysanne wonders whether [[ActionGirl Jonelle]] would be okay with her daughter turning out so different from her own self.
96	* PushedInFrontOfTheAudience: When Ellara fails to show up for the Sunflowers' premiere of ''The Royal Penance'', Alarra offers to play the Maiden herself instead. Since the audience consists of her father, stepmother, siblings and Jonquil Darke, she [[PromotedFanboy is allowed to do so]]. [[invoked]]
97	* YouNeedToGetLaid: She suggests Heloise Baratheon should be married off to get rid of her depression. Alysanne has to explain to her that marriage doesn't solve any psychological problems automatically.
98	[[/folder]]
99
100	[[folder:Lord Cregmar Stark]]
101	Alaric and Alysanne's son.
102	----
103	* AffectionateNickname: Aemon calls him "Creg".
104	* KaleidoscopeHair: Downplayed. His hair is brown in the dark and gleams silver in the light.
105	[[/folder]]
106
107	!! The small council
108	[[folder:Septon Barth]]
109	The Hand of the King, a devoted friend of the royal family and especially the late Jaehaerys.
110	----
111	* ConflictingLoyalty: Downplayed, since he is aware of it and stays quite reasonable. He is sad when Alysanne falls in love with Alaric, since for him, it means someone has replaced his late best friend. However, both from the religious and the political points of view, he realizes it's good news.
112	* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: He is the first one to notice Alaric is in love with Alysanne.
113	* GoodShepherd: Although it's hard for him to find time for his spiritual duties, he consoles Alysanne and her children after Jaehaerys and Daenerys die, and when Alysanne brings news of the death of Lord Towers, Barth speaks a prayer for him despite never having met him.
114	* ParentalAbandonment: His parents sent him away when he was just a child.
115	* ThePerfectionist: He is one towards his studies. He didn't even let ''Jaehaerys'' look at his drafts of ''The Unnatural History'', since it was unfinished.
116	[[/folder]]
117
118	[[folder:Lady Aspen Turnberry]]
119	The mistress of whisperers who used to serve Tyanna of the Tower before swearing her allegiance to Jaehaerys.
120	----
121	* IHaveYourWife: She claims that she only served Tyanna of the Tower to protect her son, one of the Warrior's Sons. Since Tyanna, Maegor and most of their closest retainers are dead, it's a ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverStory.
122	* OlderThanTheyLook: She is sixty but looks a lot younger, so much that Septon Barth suspects she might be dabbling in sorcery.
123	* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: She only ever smiles with genuine joy when she talks about her son.
124	* SoleSurvivor: She is the only one of Tyanna of the Tower's whisperers who survived Maegor's reign and bent the knee to Jaehaerys.
125	* StepfordSmiler: She always speaks in a mild and polite voice and has an ever-present small smile on her face, which makes Septon Barth suspect she wears a mask.
126	[[/folder]]
127
128	[[folder:Lord Manfryd Redwyne]]
129	The master of ships and lord admiral.
130	----
131	* GoodParents: Despite his faults, he loves his sons.
132	* {{Jerkass}}: He doesn't seem to care much about smallfolk, suggesting [[spoiler:defending Aemon's right to the throne]] with "fire and blood" and later arguing against the laws prohibiting SexualExtortion.
133	* PapaWolf: He is infuriated when it's suggested his son Robert is incompetent at his job.
134	[[/folder]]
135
136	[[folder:Lord Rodrik Arryn]]
137	The master of laws and lord justiciar.
138	----
139	* PutOnABus: Leaves King's Landing for the Vale to be by his pregnant wife's side in Chapter 18 and hasn't been seen since.
140	* WiseBeyondTheirYears: An able master of laws, despite being appointed at fifteen. [[spoiler:Deconstructed, since not only is he overloaded with work, but he is afraid to voice his concerns at the council, feeling intimidated by the older members]].
141	[[/folder]]
142
143	[[folder:Lady Florence Tyrell]]
144	Born Florence Fossoway; the one actually doing the master of coin's work.
145	----
146	* ProfessionalButtKisser: According to Alaric, who [[UnreliableNarrator doesn't like her]], she always speaks in an oily ingratiating voice.
147	* ProfessionalMaidenName: Downplayed. Alaric and Alysanne think of her as Florence Fossoway more often than not.
148	* StatuesqueStunner: Tall, stately, and very attractive.
149	[[/folder]]
150
151	[[folder:Lord Martyn Tyrell]]
152	Holds the official position of master of coin, though everybody knows the job is done by his wife.
153	----
154	* AuthorityInNameOnly: He only holds his position formally.
155	* HenpeckedHusband: In Alaric's opinion, he is sometimes openly disrespected by his wife. It should be noted, however, that Alaric doesn't like Lady Florence in general.
156	* YesMan: He rarely does anything at the small council except agree with his superiors.
157	[[/folder]]
158
159	[[folder:Grand Maester Elysar]]
160	Grand Maester since his predecessor's death of the Shivers. Originally a bastard son of a minor Hightower branch.
161	----
162	* BastardAngst: He deeply resents that, as a Hightower bastard, he was forced to choose between the Faith and the Citadel.
163	* DrJerk: Anyone treated by Grand Maester Elysar feels it's their own fault they got sick.
164	* HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight: A non-acting example. Although in general he doesn't like his duties of a maester, he quite enjoys the respect he gets in the Red Keep.
165	* IJustWantToBeLoved: He has a TragicDream of having a loving family of his own, which can never come true due to a maester's vows of chastity.
166	* PetTheDog: Jocelyn Baratheon recalls that, in contrast to the maester at Storm's End, he has told her that being a {{Tomboy}} is in no way harmful for women.
167	* StepfordSnarker: He is so acid-tongued because it provides at least some enjoyment in his life.
168	[[/folder]]
169
170	!! The Kingsguard
171	[[folder:Ser Joffrey Doggett]]
172	Formerly Grand Captain of the Warrior's Sons, he had accepted Jaehaerys's offer for him to join the Kingsguard.
173	----
174	* BluntYes: In reply to Alaric:
175	-->'''Alaric''': You were afraid I might close the septs altogether and start planting godswoods all over the place.
176	-->'''Joffrey''': Yes.
177	* IGaveMyWord: He would rather die than break a vow.
178	* KnightInSourArmor: And a literal one, too. He is deeply honorable but quite pessimistic, expecting a new wave of religious persecution after Alysanne marries Alaric.
179	* OldSoldier: He is described as having gray hair.
180	[[/folder]]
181
182	!! The City Watch
183	[[folder:Ser Robert Redwyne]]
184	Lord Manfryd's eldest son and Commander of the City Watch.
185	----
186	* AFatherToHisMen: He tries to look out for the watchmen under his command. Even though he comes from one of the Reach's wealthiest families and doesn't have to worry about his own future, it's painful for him to see the lower-ranked watchmen barely get paid at all, and he is delirious with joy when that salary is finally raised.
187	* TookALevelInCynicism: Robert Redwyne used to be a WideEyedIdealist desperate to prove himself, but serving as commander of the City Watch during the Shivers and its aftermath took away most of it.
188	* TheProudElite: To a lesser extent than his {{Jerkass}} father, but Robert is still very much aware he's the heir to the Arbor and wouldn't want anyone to forget it.
189	* YoungAndInCharge: He has already been in his position for two years, and he is only twenty-two.
190	[[/folder]]
191
192	!! House Baratheon
193	[[folder:Lord Rogar Baratheon]]
194	Lord of Storm's End at the story's start, stepfather to Alysanne.
195	----
196	* AffectionateNickname: "Rog" to his younger brother Garon.
197	* DeathByAdaptation: He dies a few months earlier than in canon, after being wounded in the Dornish War. [[spoiler:However, the maester of Nightsong suspects he was poisoned]].
198	* GreenEyedMonster: In a platonic version of the trope, Rogar Baratheon feels deeply envious of Alaric Stark, who is everything Rogar used to be (healthy and strong, HappilyMarried to the Dowager Queen, acting as one of the boy king's regents) and is at the same time a year older than Rogar.
199	* HonoraryUncle: In private, Alysanne addresses him as "Uncle Rogar".
200	* TheLoinsSleepTonight: With the pain he suffers from his disease, he doesn't even want to think about sex.
201	* ParentalNeglect: He is always kind to his daughter when she wants to talk to him, and she never wants for anything, but she feels he isn't really interested in her life.
202	* StayInTheKitchen: He believes women should stick to AcceptableFeminineGoalsAndTraits. The reason is that, due to the worst luck, he has had some bad experience with the tomboyish women he has met in his lifetime: his grandmother's attempt at a LastStand resulted in a humiliating defeat, ActionGirl Visenya Targaryen gave birth to monstrous tyrant Maegor, and the Dornish, with their equal rights for women, are the Baratheons' longtime enemies.
203	* [[WickedStepmother Wicked Stepfather]]: Downplayed. Alysanne has had a frosty relationship with him ever since he attempted to break up her and Jaehaerys (and it's not even the attempt itself that angered her so much but the fact that Rogar didn't even try to learn her opinion of the matter). However, she acknowledges that he has done a lot of good for their family and the realm, and she is deeply saddened when he tells her he is dying and later mourns his death – for all his faults, he has been a constant in her life since her childhood.
204	* YoungerThanTheyLook: Like in canon, Rogar Baratheon looks like an old man due to his sickness, but he is actually forty-four.
205	* YourDaysAreNumbered: By 61 AC, he is aware his disease isn't going away and there is no hope for him.
206	[[/folder]]
207
208	[[folder:Lord Boremund Baratheon]]
209	Rogar's son. Becomes Lord of Storm's End after his father's death.
210	----
211	* BeneathTheMask: He acts very haughty and wants to be taken as a grown-up, but, after he is orphaned, he is a lost and frightened little boy, [[ActingYourIntellectualAge and nobody would expect much more from someone his age]].
212	* AChildShallLeadThem: He inherits the title at ten and is confused and lost about what to do.
213	[[/folder]]
214
215	[[folder:Lady Jocelyn Baratheon]]
216	Rogar's daughter, whom he brings to be raised at court when she is seven.
217	----
218	* AffectionateNickname: Aemon calls her Lynnie.
219	* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: She never gets the chance to say goodbye to her dying father. With their strained relationship, she didn't feel much affection for him, but she wanted at least some closure between them.
220	* OneOfTheBoys: She loves playing at swords with her half-nephews.
221	* TomboyAngst: She sometimes fears that her tomboyish interests could be harmful for her character. However, Grand Maester Elysar has told her it's ridiculous.
222	[[/folder]]
223
224	!! House Lannister
225	[[folder:Lord Tommen Lannister]]
226	Lord of Casterly Rock at the start of the fanfic.
227	----
228	* DeclarationOfProtection: His romantic relationship with Fenella has deteriorated, but he makes sure to tell Tyler that it doesn't mean he would allow her to come to harm.
229	* FormerlyFit: According to Fenella, he used to be handsome but let himself go during the Shivers and had grown plump since.
230	* MaliciousMisnaming: He calls the Sunset Palace, one of the Lannisters' Lannisport residences, "the Bloodbrook" due to the prevalence of red color in both the furnishings and the building itself.
231	[[/folder]]
232
233	[[folder:Lady Fenella Lannister]]
234	Born Fenella Estren, Tommen's wife.
235	----
236	* BreakTheCutie: She has never been the same since [[OutlivingOnesOffspring losing her three children to the Shivers]].
237	* CharacterCatchphrase: She often says "Wonderful" in SarcasmMode whenever something angers her.
238	* MamaBear: Furiously protective of her only surviving child.
239	* TheResenter: She is half-consciously angry at Alysanne for having several living children and a loving marriage.
240	* UnreliableNarrator: In her thoughts, she muses that Alysanne's having her sixth child while Fenella only has one, meaning that she includes Alysanne's deceased children in the count, but not her own.
241	[[/folder]]
242
243	[[folder:Lord Tymond Lannister]]
244	Tommen and Fenella's only surviving son, a toddler at the start of the fanfic.
245	----
246	* CheerfulChild: He is pretty lively and playful.
247	* PosthumousSibling: His sister and two brothers died of the Shivers before he was born.
248	[[/folder]]
249
250	[[folder:Lord Lymold Lannister]]
251	Tommen's younger brother, serving in the City Watch of Lannisport.
252	----
253	* TheEeyore: According to Tyler and Tommen, he is a horrible grump.
254	* EvilUncle: When Tommen doesn't want to send his son to King's Landing with only Lymold for company, Tyler thinks that his brother suspects this trope to be in play. After thinking it over, Tommen decides to keep Lymold away from his son, just to be sure.
255	* TokenGoodTeammate: According to Fenella, he is the only Lannister brother to be kind to her without any ulterior motives.
256	[[/folder]]
257
258	[[folder:Ser Tyler Hill]]
259	Tommen and Lymold's bastard brother, Commander of the City Watch of Lannisport.
260	----
261	* AbhorrentAdmirer: Fenella can't stand him, and the failure of her marriage to Tommen hasn't changed that.
262	* LadykillerInLove: He used to be a flirt before falling deeply in love with Fenella. Sadly, she is married to Tommen and he went about it ''entirely'' the [[StalkerWithACrush wrong way]].
263	* StalkerWithACrush: He is smitten with Fenella and constantly found excuses to visit her and showered her with attention, until she complained to Tommen and Tommen told him to stop.
264	* TookALevelInKindness: He used to stalk Fenella until Tommen put an end to it; now he is very respectful towards her.
265	[[/folder]]
266
267	!! House Brownhill
268	[[folder:Lady Emilia Brownhill]]
269	Lady-in-waiting to Jocelyn Baratheon.
270	* GloryDays: She is implied to be around sixteen, but, according to Jocelyn, she feels that the best days both for her and for House Baratheon ended when Queen Alyssa died.
271	* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: Jocelyn is astonished when she sees Emilia apparently flirting with a maester. As careful about following the rules of courtesy as Emilia is, she would hardly be flirting so openly, especially with someone neither eligible ''nor'' even available, and especially during the time of [[spoiler:deep mourning for Rogar Baratheon]]. As it turns out, [[spoiler:the maester has been telling Emilia about his suspicions about Rogar being murdered]].
272	* ProperLady: Extremely concerned with propriety and etiquette (most of the time). Very haughty, too, according to Jocelyn.
273	* RoyalFavorite: Downplayed. According to her, she was a favorite attendant of Queen Alyssa (when the latter was already just the Lady of Storm's End).
274	* SecretKeeper: Becomes the one from Jocelyn's retinue [[spoiler:whom the maester of Nightsong tells about his suspicions that someone poisoned Rogar]].
275	[[/folder]]
276
277	!! House Chelsted
278	[[folder:Lord Chelsted]]
279	The head of House Chelsted at the start of the fanfic.
280	----
281	* AmbitionIsEvil: He claims to believe in this trope, although it might be that he is simply a coward.
282	* ArchnemesisDad: Ser Mandon doesn't get on with him at all, especially because of how Lord Chelsted treated his wife and Mandon's mother.
283	* TheBully: He is a domestic tyrant but cowers before everything and everyone outside his castle's walls.
284	* {{Irony}}: He acted kinder than ever towards his wife during her second pregnancy... with a child that might not have been his.
285	* TookALevelInKindness: After he saw his wife could actually earn popularity and admiration, he began to treat her better, and he became even more tender towards her after she found out she was pregnant. Sadly, all of this hit a ResetButton after Cynda died.
286	[[/folder]]
287
288	[[folder:Lady Cynda Chelsted]]
289	Lord Chelsted's wife and Ser Mandon's mother; born the youngest daughter of Lord Scales.
290	----
291	* BeautifulAllAlong: When she is beside herself with happiness after Mandon wins a tourney and crowns her queen of love and beauty, everyone realizes she actually is a very beautiful woman.
292	* DelicateAndSickly: Mandon recalls she always caught every disease possible.
293	* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Her second child might have been conceived after a tryst with Lord Velaryon. Since she died while still pregnant, it can never be known for sure.
294	* NouveauRiche: The other reason (beside her frail health) for her being unpopular among potential suitors. House Scales has only been around for ''four'' generations since one of the Velaryons gave their founder a lordship.
295	* PosthumousCharacter: One of the first victims of the Shivers in the crownlands.
296	* SympatheticAdulterer: She happily accepted the flirtations of Daemon Velaryon and may have slept with him despite being married to Lord Chelsted, but even her son by the latter doesn't judge her due to the constant abuse she receives in her marriage.
297	[[/folder]]
298
299	[[folder:Ser Mandon Chelsted]]
300	The heir to House Chelsted at the start of the fanfic.
301	----
302	* GlorySeeker: He joins Lord Rogar's army and goes to fight the Vulture King, all for the sake of winning glory for himself and rising in the royal family's favor.
303	* GoldDigger: Subverted. When his father asks him, he reveals his motive for pursuing Alarra is the influence she has at court, not any riches the marriage would bring (Alarra's brothers and nephews are ahead of her in line for Winterfell, and Mandon has no interest in moving halfway across the Kingdoms anyway).
304	* JailbaitWait: After being told Alarra is too young for courtship, Ser Mandon (four years her senior) agrees to wait until she's sixteen.
305	* TheLadysFavor: He asks for Alarra Stark's favor twice, at the tourney on Alaric and Alysanne's wedding day and at the Warrior's Day joust. The second time he does it, it indicates he's intent on courting her in the future.
306	* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: His father doesn't have a shred of ambition, in particular, marrying the least highborn and least attractive noblewoman in the crownlands. Mandon is extremely ambitious and aims to marry Alarra, one of the most eligible brides in the entire realm.
307	* MommasBoy: He adored his mother and is very devoted to her memory.
308	* SocialClimber: He intends to make a name for himself at court, for which purpose he wishes to marry Alarra.
309	* UriahGambit: He uses a combination of threats and bribery to send a captured Dornish soldier, to whom he previously promised a pardon, on a clearly suicidal mission, [[spoiler:all for a chance to distract Rogar from Borys Baratheon and kill the latter by himself]].
310	[[/folder]]
311
312	!! House Darklyn
313	[[folder:Lord Arnold Darklyn]]
314	Father to Derryk Darklyn and Jonquil Darke.
315	----
316	* BelievingTheirOwnLies: Jonquil thinks he fits the trope. He tells her he planned to send her away to be raised by commoners because he thought she'd be happier in a two-parent family, but Jonquil suspects it had more to do with him not wishing to anger his wife.
317	* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: Back when Aenys I ascended the throne. When Lord Darklyn's fiercely pro-Maegor cousin Davos started badmouthing the new king and said, among other things, "your bastard girl is more ferocious", Lord Darklyn immediately snatched the opportunity to change the subject to Jonquil, then Derryk, then Derryk's squiring.
318	* IOweYouMyLife: He made Jonquil a landed knight and gave her a noble's last name after she saved his life.
319	* TookALevelInKindness: He became much nicer towards Jonquil after she saved him.
320	* ToughLove: He sends Derryk away to be fostered after he realizes the boy is ''severely'' spoiled.
321	[[/folder]]
322
323	[[folder:Lady Photinie Darklyn]]
324	Lord Darklyn's wife.
325	----
326	* TheMourningAfter: She is brokenhearted after her husband dies (apart from some problems such as the infidelity that resulted in Jonquil's birth, they were quite devoted to each other).
327	* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: She offers Jonquil whatever reward she wants for rescuing Lord Darklyn, and her usual icy demeanor drops.
328	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Lady Darklyn has borne many children, but only Derryk has survived beyond infancy. Some of her children [[TragicStillbirth have died in the womb]].
329	* WickedStepmother: A milder version than most. She is polite but cold towards Jonquil (it gets better after Jonquil saves Lord Darklyn's life and even more so after they bond over their love for Derryk's son).
330	[[/folder]]
331
332	[[folder:Lord Derryk Darklyn]]
333	Half-brother to Jonquil, he becomes Lord Darklyn after his father's death in 50 AC.
334	----
335	* BelatedChildDiscipline: In ''Jonquil sans Florian'', Derryk is extremely spoiled and willful due to being the heir and the only legitimate child in the family to survive past infancy. When he is eleven, his father realizes enough is enough and sends him away to squire for Lord Massey. Six years later, Derryk returns, having grown into a mature and responsible young lord.
336	* BigBrotherInstinct: He is fiercely protective of Jonquil. In fact, it's at his insistence that she's raised in Dun Fort at all.
337	* FormerTeenRebel: A SpoiledBrat who grew up into a mature and responsible lord.
338	* FormerlyFat: Plump as a child, he becomes lean by the time he is seventeen.
339	* FridgeHorror: [[invoked]] When he throws a tantrum demanding for Jonquil to be raised in Dun Fort, he shouts at his mother that he doesn't have any other siblings and threatens to stop eating unless Jonquil is allowed to stay. Later, looking back, he realizes it was a ''lot'' harsher for his mother to hear than he thought, since Lady Darklyn had lost several infant children and always feared for Derryk's health as a result.
340	* OffstageVillainy: Downplayed. He used to be a horrible SpoiledBrat, but we aren't shown much of that because currently his childhood is only shown through the eyes of Jonquil, [[MoralityPet to whom he was always loving and supportive]].
341	* StarCrossedLovers: He was in love with Jalline Massey but couldn't marry her, because the Masseys were Maegor's loyalists and the Darklyns were formally TeamSwitzerland and actually secret sympathizers of the Faith Militant.
342	[[/folder]]
343
344	[[folder:Lady Elmire Darklyn]]
345	Born Elmire Rosby, Derryk's eventual wife.
346	----
347	* BreakTheCutie: After the fear and strain she goes through during the last year of Maegor's reign, she miscarries her first baby and is utterly devastated.
348	* NiceGirl: Sweet and cheerful, she quickly wins the hearts of the rest of the family.
349	[[/folder]]
350
351	!! House Darke
352	[[folder:Lady Jonquil Darke]]
353	Born Jonquil Waters. Alysanne's fiercely loyal sworn shield, half-sister to Derryk Darklyn.
354	----
355	* ActionGirl: As per canon, she is an excellent fighter.
356	* AffectionateNickname: She was "forest child" to Derryk when she was little, and "sister dear" after growing up.
357	* AllThereInTheManual: There is a prequel which details her backstory.
358	* BigBrotherWorship: She has practically idolized her half-brother Derryk since birth, considering he is the only one in Dun Fort who has always treated her with love and care. After they grew up, she became less blind to his flaws but remained absolutely devoted to him.
359	* ConflictingLoyalty: She had to choose between staying with her beloved family and going to protect Alysanne for the good of the realm.
360	* ExactWords: When she is going to try out in the War for the White Cloaks, she points out that the Kingsguard knights swear to take no ''wives'', while there is no mention of ''husbands'' in their vows, so she won't be swearing to celibacy if she is accepted there.
361	* FreeRangeChildren: Subverted. She thinks she explores Dun Fort all on her own at the age of four, until Derryk tells her that he has assigned two guards to watch over her whenever she ventures towards high-risk places like the castle wall.
362	* HonoraryAunt: She is "Aunt Jonquil" to Aemon and Baelon.
363	* HumbleHero: She doesn't view her rescue of her father as a big deal, since she's not even sure the lynx she shot was intending to attack ''him''.
364	* ImprobableAge: Played with. She is made a junior captain in Dun Fort's guard at thirteen. However, her father does it out of concern for her safety, wanting her to get well-acquainted with the servants and smallfolk in case she needs to quickly escape from the castle.
365	* MoralityPet: She used to be one for her brother Derryk when he was little, since he was a major SpoiledBrat and she was the only one around whom he became caring and responsible.
366	* ParentalNeglect: Her mother [[MissingMom died soon after she was born]]. Meanwhile, her father didn't pay her much attention and her stepmother only tolerated her for Derryk's sake (until Jonquil saved her father's life, that is).
367	* PretendingToBeOnesOwnRelative: In the last year of Maegor's reign, she posed as her own sister-in-law several times to save the latter from being chosen as a Black Bride.
368	* RedIsHeroic: As mentioned in canon, she has a suit of ceremonial armor which is "as scarlet as the setting sun", in Alarra's words. In everyday life, except when she is on a spying mission, she also wears red.
369	* TheReliableOne: She is privy to many royal secrets and is one of the few people whom Alysanne can trust with looking after her children without extra supervision. Her own [=POV=] segments show the trust is fully deserved.
370	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Unwittingly. In the first months of her training, the guards go easy on her because they don't want to anger her brother, while she genuinely thinks she's making amazing progress. When Derryk is sent away to Stonedance, however...
371	* StealthExpert: Before she began her training in arms, she developed excellent spying skills which she still puts to use on occasion.
372	* SuperSenses: Probably (she reasons) thanks to her spying skills, she also has very good hearing.
373	[[/folder]]
374
375	!! House Hightower
376	[[folder:Lord Gyles Hightower]]
377	The Lord of Hightower at the time of the story's beginning.
378	----
379	* InnocentlyInsensitive: He says, in all seriousness, that "Septa Rhaella seems quite normal", without realizing how tactless it sounded.
380	* NervousWreck: He lost his father-in-law and his own mother to dragonfire during Maegor's reign, which has rendered him extremely fearful around any dragon and dragonrider, even if the latter is as kind and gentle as Alysanne.
381	[[/folder]]
382
383	[[folder:Ser Eustace Hightower]]
384	Lord Gyles's son and heir.
385	----
386	* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Courageous and decisive, he is the opposite of his nervous and fearful father.
387	* TheMourningAfter: He has lost his wife and children to the Shivers and still feels the loss extremely acutely, though, like Alysanne, he was forced to remarry soon and already has a daughter with his new wife Amalia.
388	[[/folder]]
389
390	!! House Hogg
391	[[folder:Ser Willem Hogg]]
392	The elderly head of House Hogg at the start of the fanfic.
393	----
394	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: By the time of his marriage to Myranda, he has outlived five wives and all his children.
395	[[/folder]]
396
397	[[folder:Lady Myranda Hogg]]
398	Ser Willem's young wife and one of the royal nurses.
399	----
400	* MalMariee: Downplayed. She is young and married to an old and uncaring husband, but he allows her to do whatever she pleases as long as 1) she gives him children and cares for them 2) is discreet about her lovers, should she take any 3) makes sure she doesn't have another man's child.
401	* MandatoryMotherhood: Ser Willem clearly only married her for her womb. Fortunately, she adores children.
402	* ParentalSubstitute: Thanks to Alysanne's neglect of Alyssa, Myranda has grown so close with the princess that she views her as her own daughter.
403	[[/folder]]
404
405	!! House Manderly
406	[[folder:Lord Theomore Manderly]]
407	The Lord of White Harbor at the start of the fanfic.
408	----
409	* FirstNameBasis: Alaric refers to him as "Theomore".
410	* TheGhost: So far, he is only mentioned but never appears.
411	* MoneyDumb: Downplayed. According to Alaric, he is far less careful with money than he should be and often takes loans.
412	* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Due to stormy weather in the Neck and the northern Riverlands, he hasn't received the most recent ravens from the capital and doesn't know about Cregmar's birth or the planned education reform.
413	[[/folder]]
414
415	[[folder:Lady Mara Manderly]]
416	One of Theomore's daughters, a lady-in-waiting at court.
417	----
418	* TheQuietOne: According to Alarra, she is a quiet, reserved girl who prefers reading and embroidery to talking.
419	* RichBitch: According to Jocelyn, she is prim and proud.
420	[[/folder]]
421
422	!! The Faith of the Seven
423	[[folder:High Septon (Lemmar Hightower)]]
424	The High Septon who holds the position at the start of the story.
425	----
426	* AdaptationalVillainy: He does it InUniverse to ''himself'' while he's thinking up the plot of ''The Royal Penance''. The play!High Septon is a ruthless KnightTemplar who makes the heroine climb the highest mountain as penance for incest, separates her children from her and makes them join the begging brothers. The actual High Septon's most harsh suggestion was for Alysanne to join the septas or silent sisters, and he took that back precisely because she reminded him she had three small children to care for.
427	* HiddenDepths: Turns out to be quite an expert on theatre.
428	* KnightTemplar: Unlike his own counterpart from the play, he is a downplayed version. He does push Alysanne to get married again to someone not related to her, but his scenes show he genuinely wants what's best for the realm and the people and is very sorry for Alysanne and her children (or at least is polite enough to act like he is).
429	[[/folder]]
430
431	[[folder:Septa Rhaella]]
432	Alysanne's cousin, a septa in Oldtown.
433	----
434	* CowardlyLion: She is timid and fearful, but offers to become one of a new group of WalkingTheEarth Seven Speakers, if sending them out is what's needed to [[spoiler:secure Aemon's claim on the throne]].
435	* OrSoIHeard: She says that the plays performed in Oldtown end with a magnificent grand finale, and immediately adds that it's what she's been told and that she wouldn't dream of attending one.
436	* ShrinkingViolet: As in canon, she is extremely shy with everyone save for Alysanne, the High Septon, and the septa who tutors her.
437	* StutterStop: She stammers all the time, except when she talks to the few people she really trusts.
438	[[/folder]]
439
440	[[folder:Elinor Costayne]]
441	Previously one of Maegor's Black Brides, later one of the Seven Speakers who defended the legitimacy of Jaehaerys's marriage to Alysanne, later still joins the Faith of the Seven in a motherhouse in Lannisport.
442	----
443	* DontCallMeSir: Technically, she has the title of Dowager Queen. However, she absolutely hates it — which is understandable, since she only gained it due to having been forced into marriage by Maegor.
444	* GoodParents: Even though King's Landing is a place full of terrible memories for her, she stayed there for her youngest son's sake. She only decides to move to Lannisport after her son leaves for the Reach to become a squire.
445	* MissingMom: She has been forced to stay away from her eldest son for so long that he barely remembers her.
446	* TakingTheVeil: She decides to take vows in a motherhouse in Lannisport.
447	* YoungerThanTheyLook: She has a wrinkled face despite only being in her thirties.
448	[[/folder]]
449
450	[[folder:Septa Lyra]]
451	One of Alysanne's companions, a survivor (and heroine) of the Jonquil's Pool attack.
452	----
453	* ImproperlyParanoid: Ever since the attack at Jonquil's Pool, she has been very frightened of assassins, even in the Red Keep which is about the closest to safe one can get.
454	* NiceGirl: Very kind and industrious, she oversees the city's orphanage and consoles Heloise and Ermesande Baratheon in their grief.
455	[[/folder]]
456
457	[[folder:Septon Beric]]
458	Born Lord Beric Turnberry, the son of Lady Aspen Turnberry. Formerly of the Warrior's Sons, he is now a confessor of the City Watch in Lannisport.
459	----
460	* AntagonisticOffspring: His mother loves him deeply, but he doesn't have a kind word to say about her.
461	* HolierThanThou: Harshly judgmental about everything and everyone he sees.
462	* InsaneTrollLogic: Sometimes he goes beyond MoralMyopia and straight into this. He accuses his mother of not fulfilling "a woman's proper destiny" in motherhood (by marrying again and having more children) -- while refusing to have any contact with her, thus depriving her from a relationship with the son she does have. Moreover, in his accusation he apparently forgets ''at least'' about the existence of septas and silent sisters, whose destiny is defined, among other things, by a vow of chastity.
463	* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Septon Barth, who already feels somewhat territorial about the royal sept, is extremely annoyed by the prospect of sharing it with Septon Beric for an unknown period of time.
464	[[/folder]]
465
466	!! The Sunflowers
467	One of the theatre troupes invited to stage ''The Royal Penance'', whose rehearsals Alarra attends.
468
469	[[folder:Myribeth]]
470	The playwright and leading actress, born on Oakenshield.
471	----
472	* AffectionateNickname: She is Myrie to friends.
473	* TheChainsOfCommanding: She is finding it extremely tough to lead a theatre troupe; thanks to the Sunflowers' uncertain future, she is almost constantly on edge.
474	* DawsonCasting: She is middle-aged and plays an {{Expy}} of Alysanne, who is supposed to be in her mid-twenties at most. Her thoughts reveal there is simply no one else in the troupe able to be a leading lady. [[invoked]]
475	* FollowInMyFootsteps: She wants Brennan to be a mummer, though he has little acting ability and dreams of becoming a sailor.
476	* HiddenHeartOfGold: She has [[HairTriggerTemper quite the temper]], but a kind heart beneath it all. It's gradually revealed that, despite the Sunflowers' constantly precarious financial standing, she adopted Brennan after he was orphaned, allowed Obella to stay in the troupe after she got pregnant and gave birth to Garnet, and let Ellara and Melara join the troupe after the girls were orphaned (and, in Melara's case, widowed), even though they are terrible actresses.
477	* IWasQuiteALooker: She used to be very pretty when she started acting, but more than twenty years of a traveling mummer's life had taken their toll, and she is aware she'll soon be unable to portray the beautiful main characters.
478	* ImproperlyParanoid: She is wary about trusting Alysanne, thinking that she uses the women's courts to gain information that can be used against the women later. Alysanne has no such designs.
479	* {{Nepotism}}: She tries to defy it so furiously that she goes straight to [[AbusiveParents the opposite extreme]], constantly yelling at and belittling Brennan at the rehearsals and claiming he can do nothing right.
480	* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Downplayed. She plays a gentle virtuous queen but is quite an unpleasant person offstage. However, a lot of it comes from the strain she has to bear rather than genuine nastiness.
481	[[/folder]]
482
483	[[folder:Garris]]
484	An orphan of the Greenblood, specializing in villains.
485	----
486	* HonoraryUncle: "Uncle Garris" to Garnet.
487	* IronyAsHeIsCast: InUniverse. In the production of ''The Royal Penance'', he plays the High Septon. The orphans of the Greenblood very pointedly refuse to accept the Faith of the Seven.
488	* MasterActor: Easily the most gifted of the Sunflowers. Only Obella gets as much praise from other characters, and her acting is hindered by her inability to play romantic leads ([[DarkAndTroubledPast for no fault of her own]]).
489	* MeanCharacterNiceActor: He is an honest, reliable and kind CoolOldGuy with a knack for playing terrifying villains.
490	* SupremeChef: His cooking wouldn't look out of place on a high lord's table, in Myribeth's opinion.
491	[[/folder]]
492
493	[[folder:Brennan]]
494	A Lyseni orphan and adopted child of Myribeth.
495	----
496	* CrosscastRole: InUniverse. He used to play girls occasionally before his voice broke, and after [[spoiler:Ellara is traumatized and unable to act]], he gets cast as the crackling-voiced Crone.
497	* TheDutifulSon: He stays in the Sunflowers, despite having no interest in acting and no talent for it, because he feels deeply indebted to Myribeth for taking him in. He plans to leave and become a sailor only when he's certain Myribeth won't want for anything.
498	* UnderageCasting: InUniverse. He is a teenage boy playing twenty-six-year-old {{Expy}} of Jaehaerys in ''The Royal Penance''. Since the king in the play gets an early PlotTriggeringDeath, Myribeth deliberately gave the part to Brennan; it's his first major speaking role.
499	[[/folder]]
500
501	[[folder:Obella]]
502	A dancer from Sandstone.
503	----
504	* EnsembleDarkHorse: InUniverse. She plays the minor part of the Mother, but Alysanne thinks she is the best among the Sunflowers.
505	* HypotheticalCasting: InUniverse. Alysanne thinks she would be much better at playing the queen than Myribeth.
506	* IronyAsSheIsCast: Absolutely nails the role of the Mother, but has a troubled relationship with her own daughter. [[invoked]]
507	* MaternityCrisis: Gave birth to Garnet in the Sunflowers' cart when it was on the road.
508	* MyBelovedSmother: She is overprotective towards Garnet, who, in turn, resents it.
509	* ParentsAsPeople: She loves her daughter but, it's implied, struggles to keep a close relationship with her.
510	* RapeAsBackstory: She was raped twelve years earlier and still hasn't fully recovered, considering ThereAreNoTherapists in Westeros. Even Myribeth, who is generally sympathetic towards her, views her trauma as a pesky reason why Obella can't succeed her as the Sunflowers' leading lady.
511	[[/folder]]
512
513	[[folder:Garnet]]
514	Obella's daughter.
515	----
516	* ChildByRape: She was conceived when her mother was raped by an ironborn.
517	* ConvertingForLove: In a platonic version, she is so close to her ParentalSubstitute Garris that she converted to the Rhoynish faith when she was eight.
518	* CrosscastRole: At the start of the fanfic, since she is eleven years old, very slim and has a deep voice, she plays boys. [[invoked]]
519	* SweetTooth: She's very fond of sweetmeats.
520	[[/folder]]
521
522	[[folder:Caleotte]]
523	A handsome Reachman.
524	----
525	* HidingTheHandicap: He is [[spoiler:going blind]], which becomes the reason [[spoiler:for him to join the Sunflowers at all rather than seek to become a sellsword]].
526	* IgnoreTheFanservice: He pays no attention to the numerous hopeful girls who try to make his acquaintance.
527	* ImpliedLoveInterest: Alarra thinks he is in a relationship with Myribeth – she is strangely mild towards him (and since he is young, handsome, and healthy, it can't be out of pity like in Ellara's case or out of respect for old age and experience like in Garris's case), and he never shows any interest in his fangirls. [[spoiler:Actually, it's revealed he is slowly but surely going blind]].
528	* MrFanservice: He is drop-dead gorgeous, graceful and tall, with a beautiful voice, and is always smartly-dressed. Many girls in the audience swoon over him.
529	* TheQuietOne: He is strangely reclusive and is rarely seen anywhere except the stage and the Sunflowers' cart. [[spoiler:That's because his sight is rapidly failing and he is desperate to hide the fact]].
530	* SuperSenses: He has excellent hearing, which Jonquil finds out when she's sent to spy on him.
531	[[/folder]]
532
533	[[folder:Ellara and Melara]]
534	Twin sisters from Dorne.
535	----
536	* CrosscastRole: [[invoked]] In the first act of ''The Royal Penance'', they play begging brothers.
537	* OldMaid: Ellara, [[DeliberateValuesDissonance at twenty-two]], is desperate to find a husband and start a home of her own.
538	* TraumaCongaLine: During the Shivers epidemic, they lose their father and Melara her husband, so they have to join the Sunflowers. Since they have no acting talent whatsoever, they mostly act in silent and BitCharacter parts, so they don't even get ADayInTheLimelight, literal or figurative. Then Ellara, desperate to improve the situation, [[spoiler:accepts Hugh's CastingCouch offer, only to be let down in the cruelest way possible]].
539	* UnderageCasting: Melara, only twenty-two, plays the Crone (until taking over as the Maiden). [[invoked]]
540	[[/folder]]

Context Characters / AlysanneLadyOfWinterfell