Aemma Arryn

[a work in very slow progress]

Aemma Arryn is the fourthborn child, and third daughter to Osric Arryn, late lord of the Eyrie, and Princess Saera Targaryen. Of the Arryn children, she possesses the docile temperament and scholarly aptitude to most closely resemble their Targaryen mother. Aemma drew ever closer to their royal heritage with a childhood betrothal. Now the wife to Prince Baelor Targaryen, she has already born him a son and daughter from their union, with a third child fast approaching.

Appearance and Character
Standing at 5'7", Aemma is by no means a small woman. Having now born three children into the world, the third of which still nursing, she bears the typical weight and rounded frame of motherhood. Her face retains the slim, aquiline features and high cheeks common to her bloodline, but despite her lamentations for her mother's ethereal beauty and regal characteristics, Aemma's appearance remains decidedly Arryn at its core.

Blue eyes as bright as the summer's sky peer out from beneath thick, minimally manicured black brows. When loosed, lustrous raven locks cascade over her shoulders in waves to the small of her back. Unlike her elder brother, whose visage is most often dark and brooding, she is rarely seen without a smile upon her lips or a flicker of joy within her gentle eyes. Among court, she keeps to the current trends and fashions, maintaining an elegantly polished look to befit a Prince's wife.

Although she may take after her father in appearance, it is to her mother that most compare her character. Demure and collected, Aemma has ever been the mediator for her siblings' various disagreements. Observant and clever, she pooled her inclinations into academic pursuits, determined that what conflict she could not prevent and resolve by her word, she would heal by her hand.

Early Life (415 AC - 420 AC)
Aemma was born during a period of relative peace and recovering prosperity for her family in 415 AC. The fourth-born child, Aemma's birth was celebrated, but she could hardly claim the level of coddling that her eldest siblings had received from their parents. She was quiet and demure, prone only to outbursts of frustrations at the rarest of occasions. Even then, she rarely drew an eye. She certainly was not neglected, however. As soon as she was able to walk, Aemma developed a close bond with Arinna.

She trailed after her elder sister like a shadow, playing nearby, joining her for tea, drawing while the elder read. Wherever Arinna went about the castle, little Aemma followed, and her sister obliged her. So close was their bond that it was to Arinna's petticoat that Aemma clutched whenever she felt uncertain of new guests and strange faces, and by her gentle hands that the fledgling Arryn was urged forward whenever their mother summoned them. As a result, the loss of Arinna Arryn at the Slaughter of Ronnel's Ford fell upon Aemma with particular brutality. Her point of anchor and support severed, the unpleasant reality of her position in her family dynamic retarded her development over the following years.

Family

 * Alaric Arryn, Lord of the Eyrie and Defender of the Vale, b. 364 AC d. 407AC
 * m. Theodosia Belmore b. 365 d. 402AC
 * Osric Arryn, Lord of the Eyrie and Defender of the Vale b. 382AC d. 435 AC
 * m. Rowena Waynwood b. 382 AC d. 407AC
 * Arwen Arryn b. 400 AC
 * m. Donnel Redfort b. 398 AC
 * House Redfort
 * m. Saera Targaryen b. 381 AC d. 435 AC
 * Arinna Arryn b. 409 AC d. 420 AC
 * Godric Arryn, Lord of the Eyrie and Defender of the Vale b. 410 AC
 * m. Lysa Templeton b. 413 d. 436 AC
 * Sharra Arryn b. 413 AC
 * m. Robar Baratheon b. 413 AC
 * Aemma Arryn b. 415 AC
 * m. Baelor Targaryen b. 415 AC
 * Jacaerys Targaryen b. 433 AC
 * Saera Targaryen b. 436 AC
 * Alysanne Targaryen b. 438 AC
 * Jon Arryn b. 417AC
 * Alyssa Arryn b. 417AC
 * Jasper Arryn b. 385AC
 * m. Katerina Hunter b. 381 AC
 * House Hunter
 * Alesander Arryn b. 386AC
 * Artys Arryn b. 387AC
 * m. Alayne Grafton b. 387 AC
 * Robert Arryn b. 410 AC
 * Jason Arryn b. 412 AC
 * Roslin Arryn b. 414 AC
 * m. Brynden Tully b. 414 AC
 * Lysa Tully b. 432 AC
 * Jocelyn Arryn b. 418 AC
 * Alys Arryn b. 389AC
 * m. Eon Stark b. 389 AC d. 419 AC
 * House Stark