Violet Beesbury

Violet Beesbury is the eldest daugher of Aemon Beesbury and his first wife Rhea Webber and the current ruling Lady of Honeyholt. Born in 416 AC, Violet has made a name for herself in her economic decisions that brought life to her demesne after the Second Hammer Uprising.

Appearance and Character
Violet is a slender girl, standing like a willow tree at 5'9", tall enough to tower over many other girls her age. Her eyes seem perpetually glazed, as if she has trouble focusing on any one object, but the solemn truth is that her sight is slowly fading from her. Her brown hair is usually groomed and left either in a tight braided bun or left to fall to the small of her back. Regardless, Violet presents a slight figure that few are aware carries a brilliant mind for economics.

Being the eldest sister of four, Violet has some innate leadership responsibilities. She has a strong love for her full sister, Elinor, and while she does not necessarily loathe her two youngest siblings she will never truly forgive them for the time she and Elinor spent as second fiddle to the children of Emberlei Oldflowers. As her health declines, Violet has become more reliant on her household staff and on Elinor. Her softness, which she had thought had been eradicated by the death of her father and the Second Hammer Uprising has returned in force. Some would describe her as a walking corpse in her recent days, wandering about near-aimlessly as if sedated or insane.

History
Violet was born in the spring of 416AC, at the mid of autumn, the first child of Aemon Beesbury and Rhea Webber. She was small, a premature child that required extensive care from only the finest Maesters in Oldtown- at least that was what Rhea would later tell her daughter when asked for stories of her childhood. Violet was either crying until she ran out of tears or deathly quiet, much to the chagrin of her harried parents as they searched for some panacea to their daughter's affliction.

Whatever it was, the Maesters could not fully determine. Children were want to wail, they claimed, and all that could be done was to wait it out. Yet, as Violet grew into her toddlerhood, it seemed that she was constantly plagued by colds and fevers. The girl only grew weaker, and she was never too far out of sight of the household Maester.

Despite her frequent illness, Violet loved to play. Her closest companion had always been her younger sister, darling Elinor, who came out of their mother's womb with a shock of red hair and had a love for sweets and a tendency to smile at everyone who met her path. The two were closer than anyone could have hoped for, and remained close friends until Violet was eleven and Elinor six.

It seemed that Violet was not fated to be the only woman in the Beesbury household afflicted with illness. Lady Rhea Webber and Aemon Beesbury had had trouble conceiving another child, accounting for the long periods of wait and miscarriage between their daughters. The underlying source appeared to be a cancerous tumor near her lower stomach, and Rhea Webber was in the arms of the Stranger before the year was out, laid to rest within the sept of Coldmoat, a place where she spent so much time. With her body transported so far away, Violet and Elinor barely had time to say goodbye to their mother, much less mourn in full.

This fact was only expounded upon when Violet was sent as a ward to the Twins under Elana Frey, the Lady of the Crossing. She had friends there, conversing mainly with sweet Jeyne Frey, daughter of Elana Frey, but her primary friend during those times was Walter Frey, the secondborn son. He was a strange child, so unlike his own brother, but Violet found solace in that there was someone in the Twins who enjoyed peace and quiet like herself. He would read to her, his favorite tales about the dragons and Essos, myths from Slaver's Bay and legends about Yi Ti, the sort of things that kept her up late at night, imagining herself as a beautiful and foreign Essosi princess marrying for love. In return, he was always her first choice of Prince of Dragonflies, or the handsome and chivalrous Kingsguard who loved her deeply despite her husband's cruelty.

In her absence from Honeyholt, Aemon Beesbury had taken another wife, one only a handful of years older than Violet herself. Emberlei Oldflowers was her name, and she was reputably known for her quick wit and charm, a debutante for the ages in the Reach. By all accounts, her father had made quite a catch, but when a daughter of disputable heritage was born only seven months after the ceremony, by word of the Honeyholt maester in a letter to Violet, the people had their doubts about the heritage of Olene and Bess Beesbury.

Violet returned to Honeyholt at the first raven bearing tides of rebellion in the holdings of Lord Hightower. However, as she arrived at court she found that her sister, Elinor, had been sent away (ostensibly at the request of Emberlei Oldflowers) to serve the lady Maia Thorne as a handmaiden. The same thing likely would have occurred to Violet, had the roads not become too unsafe to travel. While this caused tension between Violet and her half-sisters, there were more important matters at hand. The Beesburys were essentially prisoners inside their own walls.

It was a hard decision to remain loyal to Arthur Hightower and the Lady Aelora, but it was the first that Aemon consulted his daughter on. The aging lord had lost hope that he would ever sire a male heir, and had resigned himself to teaching Violet what statecraft and education he did know while he lived. Aemon issued a declaration that Addam be released from captivity and the Lady Aelora's rights restored, and raised his levies and fortified the defenses of Honeyholt.

The Beesburys had no grand idea of waging war on the Warsmiths all on their own, outnumbered as they were, but Honeyholt stood tall despite the small sieges set against their gates. Yet, as winter set in, it seemed not all would survive the siege. Many of the household fell ill, most notably both Violet and Emberlei Oldflowers. The latter was in the midst of a pregnancy, and the high fever she had sent her into early labor, killing both Emberlei and her stillborn babe. Violet recovered slowly, but the fever had reached her eyes and left her near blind in her left eye.

Aemon Beesbury never remarried after that, but dedicated his life to helping the Hightowers in the aftermath of the Bleeding. Violet Beesbury would become known during these times for visiting the villages in her lands personally, taking advice from the smallfolk, everyone from the wealthiest merchant to the poorest farmer on what plagued the lands that would once be hers. If nothing else, the girl had an inclination to the economic advice from her father and a warm heart that ached to help any in need.

When her father finally did pass in 436 (of a flu, the Maesters would say, but Violet could see he mourned Emberlei with his whole heart), Violet took his place, further cementing her role as the new Lady of Honeyholt and a worthy woman in her own right. She paid frequent visits to the court at Hightower, paying special mind to the smallfolk of Oldtown who had suffered dearly during the Bleeding. Her efforts in bringing charity and goodwill to the commoners of Oldtown has earned her a reputation as being as soft-hearted as Margaery Tyrell, the young queen known for her charity in King's Landing. While some might mock her for it, she considers herself a champion of the smallfolk, in her own way.

Recent Events
Violet abruptly left court with her uncle, Alester Flowers, not two moons back, but is now making plans to return to the Hightower for the wedding of her liege to Naerys Targaryen.

Family
Ethan Beesbury

m. Emphyria Shawney m. Conosa of Braavos
 * Aemon Beesbury
 * m. Rhea Webber
 * Violet Beesbury
 * Elinor Beesbury
 * m. Emberlei Oldflowers
 * Olene Beesbury
 * Bess Beesbury
 * Ser Alester Flowers