Myrcella and Eddard Lannister: The Lions of Winterfell

Twins Myrcella and Eddard where born on a breezy autumn morning. Born to Sansa and Tyrion, both twins sported the blond crown that graced their father’s head. However, while Myrcella had been born strong and healthy, Eddard was frail and feeble. The birth had also taken a toll on Sansa, who was bedridden weeks after the birth. Though both twins thrived and grew, Myrcella reaching all of her milestones while Eddard fell behind. The maester said he was a ‘simple child and would remain that way his whole life’ 

However, Myrcella refused to ever give up on her brother. The two had a strange way of knowing how the other felt and Myrcella was able to vocalize it for him. Their bond is strong and while Mycella is protective of her brother, he is beyond able to take care of himself. At only twelve, Eddard proved to be a professional marksman, being able to hit his mark on point every time, no matter how far away he was. He is also able to paint landscapes and people from memory, getting every feature right, from small scars on a person's hand to a nick in a tree.

Eddard is at peace when he is around his sister. Myrcella often reads to him, her tone soft in gentle or will sing to him from her book of ballads and hymns. While alone, Myrcella loves to cook. When she isn’t around her brother, she can be found in the kitchens, learning how to cook from the staff or sewing needlepoint with her mother. She is a gentle and kind girl, though her heart is fierce, she once attacked an older boy in Winter Town after hearing him insult her brother.

Mycella and Eddard love spending time with their older sister Amelia and love caring for their younger sister, Catelyn. What they enjoy most is when their dragon cousins come to visit. It’s when all the kids are able to get in the most trouble after all.

Rhaelle Missandei Targaryen: Princess of Flowers, The Sweet Summer Dragon, The Artist, The Dancing Princess.

Rhaelle came into the world on a cool summer morning. As the trees shimmered in the morning drew, she drew her first breaths. From early on, Rhaelle was a sweet child, she enjoyed the things her siblings didn’t. She enjoyed needle point and painting, as well as dancing and singing, Cerys often claimed she was the perfect example on how a lady should act and always told the girl that there was nothing wrong with that.

She is also described to be a true northerner beauty, porcelain skin, dark locks, but her mother’s features and a pair of lilac eyes. She often can be seen wearing beautiful gowns that she needle pointed herself with a thick braid full of flowers. When she isn’t in her chambers painting or in the library reading, she can be found wandering the gardens alongside her ladies or by herself.

Rhaelle is a skilled musician, taking quite a liking to the lute. She will sometimes play for her parents or at events, older men and women are reminded of her Grandfather Rhaegar when she plays ‘Jenny’s Song’ as herself and sometimes her cousin sings alongside of her. She is fascinated with the story of Jenny of Oldstones and the supposed magic gifts she possessed.

Rhaelle loves most when her family is all together, She loves hearing Cerys tease Aemon as he tries his best to defend himself all while Alys either joins in with the teasing or tries to stop it. Her younger brothers, twins, Jorah and Benjen play in front of the fire place. She feels complete during nights like these and entertains them with stories or her songs.

Amelia Lyanna Lannister: The Golden She Wolf of Winterfell, The Spring Wolf. 

Amelia is the first born child of Sansa Stark and Tyrion Lannister. Born only weeks after Prince Aemon and Princess Alys, Amelia is just as wild, even more so than her dragon cousins. Favoring her father’s side when it came to looks, Amelia was a lion with the nature of a wolf. Sansa always wondered what her mother went through raising Arya, and she got that answer in the form of Amelia. 

Sansa struggled with training Amelia to become the perfect lady. She refused paints and needle point, fine dresses and jewels. The girl would rather be running wild with a bow and the slender sword that her aunt gifted to her. Sansa however did accept her warrior of a daughter and finally gave in, allowing the girl to be who she was born to be.

Amelia does have a soft side and that is seen when she is with her younger siblings. The twins Eddard and Myrcella and young  three year old Catelyn. She is highly protective of all of them, even more so of Eddard. The boy was born different, not a soul knew what was wrong with him. Her brother was just silent and enjoyed silence. He began to speak at age seven though, with help from Amelia and the rest of his family. She is witty and clever like her father, able to crack a joke to ease a tension filled situation and is wise as her mother.

When she was twelve, she made her first visit to King’s Landing to become a lady in court. She would watch Cerys and Alys with a hint of jealousy in her eyes as the older girls shot arrows from the back of a horse with grace and ease which prompted her to beg her cousins for lessons. So the girls would dress her in boys clothes and allow her to train amongst them behind Sansa’s back, Tyrion did however know of his daughter’s antics and left her be. Sansa soon found about her daughter and was finally open to allow Amelia to be trained properly on how to handle a weapon. 

Growing up alongside her cousins, Amelia was given the taste of the life of a princess, which she soon quickly learned to hate. So at 14 she declared to her mother that she would never marry a prince or a king, that she wanted to run her own life and find her own husband. Though as suitors begin to pool in, she finds herself liking the maesters son, Sam Tarly. 

She however puts her life on hold when rumors of war begins to swirl, joining her cousins side inorder to defeat a common enemy, their supposed dead half brother, Rhaego who scorned her personally when he abducted her cousin Joanna.

 Alys Lyanna Targaryen, Lady Commander of the Nights Watch, Child of Fire and Ice, The Princess of The Frost, Winter’s Dragon.

Alys is the twin sister of Aemon and the first and youngest Lady Commander of the Night’s Watch. Only two minutes younger than Aemon, Alys was born in the comfort of Kings Landing, being placed in the arms of her mother soon after birth, a quiet and timid baby, Alys only cried to be fed, changed, or loved. She was often used to calm Aemon, Daenerys would often lay her in her brother’s crib and marvel how Alys would cuddle her brother and sooth his cries.

The meek one out of her two siblings, Alys would often trail along with Aemon and their older sister Cerys on adventures. Though, Alys being the brain, she always had a knack for keeping them out of trouble. Though she does favor the dragon blood in looks, she has wolf blood pumping through her veins. She is said strike a resemblance to her grandmother Rhaella while she fights like her ancestor Visenya. 

Since she was a child, she loved hearing her father’s stories. Always listening with wonder and awe when he spoke about Giants and Wildlings. When traveling to Winterfell, Alys would always beg her mother to ride outside of the carriage so she could see the sights of the north and feel the cold wind on her face. She ended up loving the North so much, that she would beg her parents to allow her to stay. 

Even though Daenerys and Jon refused her, she still got her wish in the end. She was promised to be the First Lady Commander of the Nights Watch and when she turned eighteen, she was able to pack up her most prized possessions and move to Castle Black. Jon had held the title of commander after changing some laws within The Watch and when he passed it to Alys, the men and women accepted her as their commander. The Watch wasn’t a place to go to if one committed a crime. The Watch became a militia that was seen as an honor to join. 

Though now as the winds of war beings to brew, Alys will call upon her crows and wildlings alike in order to stop the man who calls himself Rhaego.

Aemon Eddard Rhaegar Targaryen: Prince of the Seven Kingdoms, heir to the Iron Throne, The Dragon Born, Prince of Spring, Child of Fire and Ice.

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Aemon, is the second born child to Daenerys and Jon Targaryen. Aemon’s birth came with the promise of spring after a long and turbulent winter. His birth had been easy compared to his sister. Daenerys birthed him comfortably in the halls of Dragonstone with plenty of midwives and maesters. Aemon was born a fair child, a true dragon with silver hair, fair skin and purple eyes which earned him the title of Dragonborn. Daenerys and Jon both agreed on his name and proclaimed him second in line for the Iron Throne, because they fully believed that the first born, no matter the gender should inherit what is rightfully theirs.

So for his early life, Aemon lived life as a prince. He knew one day he’d be given the title ‘Lord of Dragonstone’. But he didn’t have to go through the massive amounts of training that Cerys did. Aemon did however have a close relationship with his sister. They would often spar together, take adventures through the halls of King’s Landing or prank the kitchen staff. However, when Aemon was five and Cerys was eight, they were both given the gift of Dragon eggs. The two would often pretend to be the Dragonriders of old as they awaited for their companions to hatch. After the hatching Daenerys and Jon were sure to teach them both how to properly train them and one day how to ride them

As time passed, Cerys forfeited her crown in favor of leading the Dothrakis, like she was destined to. She passed it along to her brother, who she knew would be a good and fair leader. So he began to sit in on council meetings and would sit alongside his parents when they held court. He would learn how to rule from the past mistakes from kings and queens of old. Aemon took the time to listen to the lords and ladys, high and low, he spoke to the common people, merchants and low borns heard their concerns and would work hard to fix problems fairly. People speak that his parents may have fixed the country, but Aemon will bring it to the golden age.

Aemon is a playful sort of man though. Even at the age of eighteen he is still making jokes, performing pranks and finding a way to make his almost always serious parents laugh when they are stressed. He loves his mother and admires her strength, he knows what his mother went through, who she lost during the great war and last war and he knows how hard she worked to gain respect of their people. 

He knows how close his mother came to slipping into madness and he knows that she just came back stronger when she avaded it. Aemon does see his father as his role model though, it was Jon who taught him how to hunt, how to spar and how to question a person’s honor. Jon taught Aemon that honor was the most important aspect in becoming a king. Aemon has his father’s honesty and honor as well as having his mother’s will to rule. He is the best of his parents and it is why he will be a loved King from his people.

Though Aemon does enjoy the ladies though, it has been noted that he has been seen flirting with maids, but it isn't known if he has had them in his bed. Jon and Dany both warn against it, but that is just one thing that the boy won’t listen about. Aemon enjoys his youth and freedom until he set eyes on Talla Tarly. His main expression to his father when glancing eyes on the girl for the first time in years was. ‘She- that girl came from Lord Tarly?’ However when Talla was brought to court, she was proven to be harder to woo than the other girls. It’s why you can usually find Aemon know trailing behind his sister Lyanna or his mother, asking advice on how to woo a women properly.  

However, Aemon’s quest for Talla had to be put on hold when a man, claiming to be Rheago came to their shores, demanding his sister’s title and his throne. Now in the wake of war, Aemon is ready to fight for his country and his people.

Joanna Titus Lannister: The Gentle Lioness, The Golden Lady, The Khalessi of Flowers, The Queen Slayer, Daughter of Winter, Lioness of the Great Grass Sea.

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Joanna was last child of Jamie’s incestious relationship and she was the reason behind Cersei’s demise. For most of Cersei’s life, she thought her youngest brother would be the cause of her death, but it was in fact Jamie’s child weakened her enough for Arya Stark to land the final blow. It was at Tyrion’s suggestion that Joanna be spared, much to the uneasiness of the situation, but Jamie swore to raise her well and true.

Joanna grew accustomed to the chill of winter and flourished in it. For a time, she had been raised as the only child in Winterfell, until Cerys came along. The two girls were raised side by side, become close friends. They shared care takers and lessons, even though Joanna enjoyed learning how to be a proper lady, while Cerys enjoyed acting like a ravenous little wolf.

Joanna adored her father though and when she wasn’t spending time with her best friend, She was with her father in the Godswood. She loved his stories about the days when the winds were warm rather than bitter cold. She was always at his feet, following him around the keep and listening as he spoke and smiled to Brienne of Tarth. She liked Brienne, admired her more likely and when her father married Brienne she fully accepted her as her mother and Brienne accepted her as her daughter.

When the war ended and signs of spring began to show, Joanna, Jamie, her little brother Lucan and a pregnant Brienne made their way to Casterly Rock, her father named the Warden of the Westerlands. It broke Joanna’s heart to leave her young cousin Saoirse behind, but what truly made her tear up was the fact she had to leave Cerys behind.

Being the eldest of four children, Joanna helped out with the care of her siblings: Lucan, Mya, and Elspeth. While she lived at the rock, she continued her lessons and even picked up a sword and trained with her stepmother. She is increasingly smart and absorbs history and books like its water. She also happens to be an excellent negotiator, being able to solve her siblings fightings along with arguments between the lords and ladies in court.  

Joanna did grow into a beauty that didn’t go unnoticed by the lords of the westerlands. She was proposed to on many occasions, but turned them all down. It made her father and stepmother worry, but their worries were eased when Cerys Targaryen came back into her life. Joanna could feel herself falling in love with her childhood friend, she tried to deny it as much as she could and one night, while staying in Kings Landing for Cerys’ 18th name day, she couldn’t hold back her feelings longer and kissed her dear friend. She was pleasantly surprised when Cerys accepted and kissed her back. The two young women courted each other for a while and then finally married with their parents blessing.

Joanna then began to live the life of the Dothraki, becoming their Khalessi. She took in their culture effortlessly, even learning their language. Joanna loves the freedom that comes with living with the Dothraki and they love her in return, accepting her and, calling her with Fair Khaleesi. Joanna enjoys moving around to new places, seeing new horizons and spending time with the love of her life.

Joanna gets along with the Targaryen litter as well as she gets along with her own siblings and cousins. She picks flowers with the young twins, Benjen and Jorah, she paints and dances with Lyanna and she reads quietly with Aemon in the study when she and her wife visit King’s Landing. She does however love the occasions when all the Lannisters, Starks, Baratheons and Targaryens all come together for name days or tournaments.

Cerys Vorsakhi Targaryen: First of her name, The Mare Who Mounts The World, The Great Khaleesi, The Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, The Child of Fire and Ice.

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Cerys, the first born child of Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow. Daenerys tried her best to hide her pregnancy, fearing that this child would bring the end of her own life and that statement was almost close to being true.

Cerys’ arrival was early, in fact, Daenerys went into labor during a battle against Cersei’s army. She was small and blue, she was pronounced dead at birth. It wasn’t until Daenerys took her into her arms when Cerys let out her first cries, weak and feeble at first turned into a small, yet mighty roar. The elder women of the Dothraki believe that it was the spirits of the fallen blood riders that brought the young child back to life. Nevertheless, Cerys was born to lead the Dothraki people.

With dark brown hair and lavender eyes, Cerys was the perfect mixture of dragon and wolf. Cunning like her mother, and calculating like her father, she adored both her mother and her father, her eyes always lighting up when she spotted them entering the castle.

The war ended when Cerys was four, during the time of the battle against the dead and the living, she spent her days in the safe walls of Dragon Stone after Winterfell wasn’t deemed safe anymore. She spent her days watching her mother’s blood riders train and playing with her friend, Joanna Lannister.

At ten, she took up a curved blade and began her training. Her nursemaid began braiding her hair and teaching her how to speak Dothraki. Jon would often sit in on his daughter’s training sessions and watched in awe about her archery skill on the back of a horse. He would of course cut in and duel her when he thought it was necessary. Daenerys would often watch the two spar with a look of amusement on her face the first time when Cerys disarmed her father.

She met up with her childhood friend, Joanna, at her eighteenth name day. Cerys already had a few suitors come to her, all rejected by her. However when she saw Joanna Lannister, she felt immediate attraction to her old friend. The two young women spent most of the day together, revisiting moments from their childhood, Joanna was full of questions about the Dothraki and the lifestyle that Cerys was choosing, but never once asked why she gave the crown to her younger brother, Aemon. Cerys thought that Joanna was beautiful in more ways than one. Yes, she saw her physical beauty, a trait that almost every one of Joanna’s suitors saw. She however saw the beauty that was inside Joanna, she saw her kindness and the strong power she held. She recognized that Joanna would be a fair and strong leader. So Cerys began to court Joanna soon after finding out that their feelings for each other were mutual. With their parent’s blessing, the two later married in Vaes Dothrak.

Cerys has a very close relationship to all of her siblings. Since she is the oldest, she is, in the sense, their ring leader. She supports her brother, Aemon and his claim to the Iron Throne. Cerys knows he is fit to be king when the time comes and when the threat of war ever comes to Westeros shores, Cerys’ army of blood riders will be there, her leading them in her brother’s name. The two have a strong bond, often you can find them sparring in the courtyard in Dragonstone, or laughing while sharing a pint of ale. Cerys adores her younger sister Lyanna and sends her books, trinkets and paints when she can. Cerys could often find the twelve year old in the library, reading about the history of the seven kingdoms. Cerys often tells Lyanna about the Dragons of old and their riders while Lyanna listens in awe. Finally, there is five year old Benjen who clings to Cerys’ legs every time she visits her parents in King’s Landing.

Though as the winds of war begin to stir, 20 year old Cerys is ready for a new threat, her own half brother who was presumed dead, Rhaego.