Tya Lannister

Tya Lannsiter is the only child of the late Gerland Lannister and his wife, Alyssa Marbrand. Born in Casterly Rock, Tya was placed into the service of Visaera Targaryen at the age of twelve as a lady-in-waiting and adapted into the courtly lifestyle.

A proud woman, known for her beauty, Tya eventually became Lady of the Rock through her husband, Tybolt, establishing many trade deals with Essosi cities.

Appearance and Character
In her youth, Tya Lannister was every inch a scion from that noble house, beautiful and proud and enticing. She was willowy and slender, neither tall nor strong – a woman clearly not suited for manual labor nor combat.

Tya, in her age, is a commanding and proud woman, much the same to her younger counterpart. Her blonde hair remains rich, but raven’s claws hide around her dark eyes. Age has refined her, some might say, but the truth is much simpler: in her age, Tya Lannister still glows with unprecedented beauty.

Her skin is not smooth with wrinkles, and she moves slower than during her youth. The venom hidden underneath has faded somewhat. All the same, she carried a strong voice and much influence within the Rock.

History
Born in 387 AC upon the Third Moon to Gerald Lannister and his wife, kept from the horrors of battle until 397 AC. Tya unfortunately joins the numerous children in Westeros to lose a parent to the rigors of war when Gerald falls in the battle of Ormollen's Pyre with no other siblings. Only a month after Gerald's death, her mother suffers a terrible breakdown and flees Casterly Rock. Loreon Lannister is all that is left for the young lioness to look up to as a father figure for only two years before she's sent away.

In 399 AC, Tya is accepted as a lady-in-waiting for Princess Visaera Targaryen. A promising opportunity for the girl with all the hopes for the world in such a prominent household. Although, it isn't until she arrives at King's Landing Tya begins to blossom into her potential and her form meant for her years as a grown woman.

During her stay, she takes up lessons with Maester Godwyn to compliment her lessons as a lady in the court, studying botany, some medicines, and potions as a method of keeping herself safe or giving aid to those in need. Eduction leads into curiosity and exploration, and in her off hours away from the eyes, Tya began to study poisons and experiments with the reagents. A two years later, she learns a hefty lesson in what the seeds of her education can create and the weight of the harvest. Although it was a coal boy within the keep that suffered the worst of her experimentation having been found face down in a pool of his own bile.

From this Tya adapts to using discretion and listening intently, waiting to see if others have looked her way. Everything begins to piece together, lesson tie in, and the lioness starts to map out the grand game of nobles and royals. This could not have come at a more timely moment in her life given her maturity and readiness for marriage.

In 407 AC, Tya puts her skills to use at the Tourney of the Red Comet intent to see what shall become of her life after the events.

The Tournament of the Red Comet - 6th Moon of 407 AC
The event of the century, no doubt ripe with opportunities for the young scion particularly in the realms of securing alliances, her place in the realm, and reuniting with family. While some reunions, she felt, were not as welcoming as they could have been, others had altered the course of her life. Rather than returning to King's Landing with the royal party, Tya would return to Casterly Rock with the anticipation of marrying Tybolt Lannister.

Unfortunately, the night before the departure, Tya learned the grave news of Lady Jeyne Frey's murder. Without hesitation, she rushed to Princess Visaera to keep the future queen informed.

Respite in the Westerlands
Although Tya expected she would return to Casterly Rock permanently, her return only lasted for a few moons. However, it had been long enough to re-establish her place within the walls of the keep as a woman with a cruel streak if she were tried. Two serving girls had disappeared during her time though it was the murder of the visiting Rogare family that soldified her iron fist within the Rock.

To her dismay, the 15th day of the 10th moon marked her departure from the Westerlands. This was also the immediate day after her marriage to Tybolt Lannister which had been done quickly with the promises of a larger ceremony and celebration later.

The Mummer's War
As only fitting of a woman of Tya's status and capabilities, she stayed far away from combat engagements and safely within the walls of King's Landing. During the time, and after Queen Visaera departed to resolve rising rebellion, she worked with Aelinor Targaryen to maintain order within the city while her husband took up the position of Master of Laws.

The war, however, was short lived with very few lives lost. Maekar Targaryen and Maegor Waters fell quickly with their plans taking off, though others continued to push their ideals. Those who did were quickly shut down in their efforts and justice was served without delay. Throughout this conflict's rise and end, Tya's subtle cruelty was unleashed having taken the deaths of a branch of House Rogare into her hands. Though rumors of this event exist in both whispers and song, Tya has not spoken on the matter. Even more quietly, her hands were heavily involved in the rise of Gareth Tyrell as lord of Highgarden through a carefully planned assassination of Leo Tyrell with the blame pinned to House Hightower.

A Brief Interlude of Peace (408-418)
As the sentences and executions were handed out, some measure of peace was restored as Tya became pregnant with her first child, Tyana Lannister. Eventually, both Tya and Tybolt departed from their place in King's Landing, Tybolt resigning from his position of Master of Laws, and returned to Casterly Rock. During that time, Tya's attentions turned to matters of state, assisting Loreon Lannister with the management of the house and their over sight the Westerlands.

During this time, tensions between Tybolt and his father, Tytos Lannister, grew considering his threats for the two lions to not return to the Rock. His words were passed onto Loreon some time before and the family grew within the halls of the keep. Unfortunately, their first son and third child died within those halls as well at birth, and both Tya and Tybolt cast wary eyes upon Tytos as the root of the cause.

The Seeds of the Future (418-421)
Tya spent three years in the Free Cities following the Grand Tournament at Summerhall. Parted from Westeros with the Valyrian Steel blade Truth, Tya granted it to House Vashar in Myr -- though such a deal was quick to attract the notice of the Houses of Lys, who were said to be slighted, particularly House Rogare, which most likely sent assassins for her in the following moons. When Tya returned to King's Landing, Visaera Targaryen was not pleased. Exiting her service for the first time, it would be the last time Tya Lannister ever saw her charge.

Tya returned to Essos therein. Though far from an explorer, Tya travelled to Braavos, Pentos, and the far eastern cities, before an envoy from Casterly Rock demanded her return. The Queen was dead, and so too was her uncle and grandfather. Her husband was Lord of the Rock, and he had inherited his position after several months of mismanagement by her uncle.

Tya returned home by the year 421 AC. Greeted in a halo of gold by both husband and children alike, it was not the first time Tya and Tybolt would be reunited in such a way. It was in that year that Tya found herself with child as well, though such ended in tragedy after a particularly long birth not six months into her pregnancy. Therein Tya departed the Rock once again.

The Lengths One Goes
From the year 421 onward, Tya Lannister invested herself in the Rock and Lannisport, concerning herself little with the rule of Rhaegar Targaryen. Though she had served Queen Visaera, and served her faithfully, her time as Lady of the Rock was fast-approaching and propriety demanded more of her, so it must be said that she held no interest in the politics of King's Landing.

Instead, she focused on bettering her family's position both economically and elsewhere: oftimes, Tya would leave on month-long trips to Oldtown or the Arbor, or the Free Cities. Her connections outside of Westeros grew, and so to did her fondness of the Essosi people. She would dress vibrantly, dying her hair in the queer style of the Tyroshi, and entertained a generous share of silks and velvets and more, bringing back scores of gowns and new trade deals for Lannisport whens she'd return.

The Golden Horizon
No words could be said for Tya's time in Casterly Rock save that it was spent in opulence and grandeur. Tya and Tybolt were hopelessly in love, ti was said, and such was conjured in frequent court sessions where one would take place over the other. Their rule in the Rock was unchallenged, for a time, at least until the War of the Three Banners.

Tya's greatest test came during those war-torn years. When Lord Spicer claimed she was the architect of their own destruction, she denied such accusations, and for the most part, allowed her husband to direct the war effort. Following his death in the Battle of Three Banners, Tya was thrust into a position of unpredictability. The war still raged, but Tya had put herself into solitude, hiding, it was said, in the depths of Casterly Rock - the death of son and heir and husband was not the first wound to be struck during those frightful years.

Eventually, her youngest daughter, Tysane, would inherit the Rock, following the death of her sister Tyana on a stormy night at sea. The circumstances were not substantial to her, and when she returned to the Rock, Tya did not hail her in glory, but rather with complete indifference.

Change is Slow
Change came, and with it the Westerlands was forced into a years-long winter following the most devastating war in it's known history. Tya departed Westeros, sailing instead to the Three Daughters, where she connected again with old friends and foes, and remained there for the better part of five years, returning in 438 AC as per her daughter's request.

Renewed and reinvigorated, Tya intends to be the vessel through which the world will know the step of the lions.

The Coming Storm
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Family

 * Tybolt Lannister3
 * m. Tya Lannister
 * Tyana Lannister, d. 434 AC
 * Tysane Lannister, Lady of Casterly Rock
 * Joffrey Lannister deceased at birth.
 * Tywin Lannister, d. 434 AC
 * Rosamund Lannister
 * Tygett Lannister
 * Loreon Lannister
 * Ser Gerald Lannister - Deceased
 * m. Lady Alysa Lannister - nee Marbrand (Absconded)
 * Tya Lannister
 * m. Tybolt Lannister
 * Tyana Lannister
 * Tyene Lannister
 * Joffrey Lannister -deceased at birth.
 * Tywin Lannister
 * Lady Leila Vance, Lannister
 * House Vance of Wayfarer's Rest
 * Ser Jason Lannister
 * His children
 * Gwynesse Targaryen, Lannister
 * Members of House Targaryen
 * Lancel Lannister.

Notable NPCs
Fila - hand maid to Lady Tya