as a child beth had dreamed about going to kings landing. of seeing all the pretty ladies in their beautiful dresses, of being one of them. yet here she was, walking about the town she’d so dreamed of, surrounded by his tattered remains. the rebuilding process was going amazingly well, and most of the damage had been corrected. still, the signs of war was evident everywhere. beth, who had felt it long before the walls of kings landing, knew scars when she saw them. 

   yet it was beautiful in the city. beth found herself weaving in and out of the crowd, expoloring the city until she found herself once again at the royal gardens. this had been the one spot that she found since coming south that brought her peace in a way being in winterfell did. it was nice, surrounding by the thriving plants. perhaps she could pick up gardening   -   -   -   no plant would survive in the north. 

   she found herself heading towards the back part of the garden, a spot she had scouted out as being a perfect drawing area on her first initial sweep of the city. it seemed like not a lot of people went back there, which was why she was shocked when she turned the corner to find someone already there, causing her to stumble in her tracks.   “   sorry, i didn’t mean to impose.   “

[ FREYA ALLAN , SHE/HER 」 ➳ banners are raised for BETH CASSEL , LADY OF HOUSE CASSEL. they are NINETEEN years old and can often be described as THE FALLEN ANGEL / DISTRUSTING. their allegiance lies with HOUSE STARK, it’s brought them to king’s landing to STAND WITH AND FOR THE NORTH. their songs will sing of SAD OCEAN EYES, BLOOD ON FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND ANGRY SKETCHES. let’s hope they don’t lose their game of thrones.

name: beth cassel age: 19 allegiance:  house stark and the north.  religion: because of all she’s been through, beth doesn’t believe in any god. backstory:    -   born to ser rodrik cassel and his third wife, beth was the only one out of the four daughters throughout ser rodriks various marriages to survive.     -   beth was a very sweet baby from the moment she was born, always smiling and happy, and she rarely cried. ser rodrik was convinced she was a miracle, a blessing, to him and his family. and her mother thought much the same.     -   she had always had a very big imagination, and began to draw when she was roughly about four years old. while the sketches and paintings she created were nothing close to being real artwork, her parents consistently told her how good she was and praised her ability.     -   at five years old, beths mother fell very ill. for six months beth spent most of her days trying to help tend to her mother, cuddling her and fetching her anything she could if she needed it. she would even draw her pictures in hopes of simply making her feel better. when her mother passed in the spring, it broke beths heart.    -   while she missed her mother dearly, it only made her latch on to her father more. beth began attending any training sessions he as holding with the stark children just so she could be around him. and if she wasn’t watching the boys train, she was spending time sansa and the rest of her friends.    -   even as the years passed by, beth maintained her sweet, soft persona, until the day that theon greyjoy betrayed the starks.     -   when theon had beheaded her father, she stood present in the crowd mere feet from the scene, watching wide eyed and terrified as her only living family was brought to an end, and that was the moment she had decided she would see the end of theon greyjoy, and the bolton family too.    -   however, she was just a girl, and when the bolton troops came to drag prisoners back to the dreadfort, there was little she could do but kick and scream. and that did little to help her. she found herself a prisoner of the dreadfort along with many other of her northern brothers and sisters.     -   her days consisted of starvation, dehydration, and physical and mental torture. constantly deprived of the sun, of physical contact beyond what was required to hit her, the only thing that kept beth alive was the pure anger that had began to grow in her bones. the hatred she felt for the creatures who held her and her people captive, for theon greyjoy who her father had trained, for everything and everyone. that, and the hope that the starks would come and save them. she knew they wouldn’t let their people be held captive, to be tortured.    -   so day in and day out she counted down the minutes until they could be free, until her people did come for her, and she and her brothers and sisters could return home to winterfell.    -   being home came with more baggage than she had expected. unable to face the remains of her fathers memory in the house they’d lived in all her life, beth found herself only going there if she needed to sleep, and putting that off as much as she could.    -   but being back in winterfell also opened up the opportunity to learn how to fight, one she had never desired before. but with no desire to ever be weak enough to be put through anything similar to what she had gone through again, she began to train.    -   flash forward to the war, beth still really had no business fighting, so instead she put herself to other uses, tending to the injured and helping with everything she could. but war is war, and some bloodshed still needed to happen. she’d never killed anyone before, but when the war came to an end she had killed six, and she remembered every face vividly. her sketchbook became riddled with them as she became overwhelmed with the guilt.    -   now as peace slowly finds its way back into westeros, into the world, beth has found herself in kings landing again despite how little she desires leaving winterfell, but when it comes to the people that saved her, that continue to save her every day, she would risk everything. 

  family:    -   ser rodrik cassel    ﹙ father, deceased   ﹚    -   unknown cassel ﹙ mother, deceased   ﹚    -   unknown cassel ﹙ sister, deceased   ﹚    -   unknown cassel ﹙ sister, deceased   ﹚    -   unknown cassel ﹙ sister, deceased   ﹚    -   martyn cassel ﹙ uncle, deceased   ﹚    -   unknown cassel ﹙ aunt, deceased   ﹚    -   jory cassel ﹙ cousin, deceased   ﹚    -   unknown cassel ﹙ cousin, deceased   ﹚    -   unknown cassel ﹙ cousin, deceased   ﹚    -   unknown cassel ﹙ cousin, deceased   ﹚

lil facts:    -   beth always wanted a little brother.    -   her preferred weapon of choice is bow and arrow.    -   while she can both draw and paint she prefers to draw, painting takes longer.    -   she doen’t feel comfortable showing her back or shoulders because of scars.    -   she has a white mare named wynter that she loves to pieces.    -   she’s also quite in love with dogs and wants a puppy of her own.

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