Milanna Sunderland

Introduction - The current Lady of the Three Sisters, a noble house operating in a matriarchal style that pledges it's allegiance to the Lord of the Vale. Aside from her unorthodox house, Milanna's reputation largely derives from the reputation of the Sisterman and their home islands, Three Sisters.

Appearance and Character
Milanna appearance almost brutish at first glance, standing over six feet in height and normally clad in leather. Her form is lithe and lean, trained for battle and the sea before sitting like a kept prize on a shelf.

She favors a heavy kohl lining on her lids to reduce the glare off the waves, adding a sinister quality to her green eyes. A sun kissed face is framed by waves of dark brown normally pulled back in a convenient style with strands held back by sea salt concoctions to mask her scent.

She is a driven woman, favoring to serve and see her people to prosperity and favorable times while maintaining their developed way of life. However, outside of this image of a sea faring woman maintaining ships to support the lord of the Vale, it's rumored that Sunderland and the Sistermen engage in acts of piracy, smuggling and raiding. While they certainly do not advertise it, this is completely true with Lady Milanna leading the charge on these activities.

These along with a certain degree of readiness and eager attitude towards combat have contributed to the over all image of Lady Sunderland. It comes as no surprise that many men have avoided marrying the lady thus far, or perhaps it's her demand that all suitors best her in combat first.

Timeline
381 AC -- Milanna Sunderland is born to Roland and Milan Sunderland as their first child.

386 AC -- The only son born to Milan Sunderland is born dwarven and disfigured. He is sacrificed to the sea. His birth is announced as a stillbirth.

388 AC -- Eva Sunderland is born, second daughter.

391 AC -- Lyssa Sunderland is born, third daughter.

392 AC -- Roland Sunderland dies at sea.

395 AC -- Milanna is assigned to a ship.

398 AC -- Milanna is given of her first ship to commands.

399 AC -- Millanna begins commanding excursions and raids.

400 AC -- Milan Sunderland dies in a raid. The house passes to Milanna, and from this point forward, marine activity increases.

Recent History
Under the lady's eyes, the Three Sisters have seen a secretive return to their old ways. While the septs and statues to the Seven are still in place, this is purely to keep up appearances. Many of the Sistermen have returned to their reverence of the Lady of the Seas and Lord of the Skies. Along with this, they have included the sacrifice of dwarves to the sea.

Advisories pass between sailors with notes of caution on sailing too close to the Three Sisters to make trade. Some ships have never made it to their destined port or pieces have washed up elsewhere as a result of the tight control the Sistermen keep on their surrounding waters.

The Tournament of the Red Comet
Lady Sunderland arrived with the Vale's party to the tournament, but as any one would have expected, she and her Sistermen were largely left to their own devices. While the sat with the table of the Vale, they had little interactions with their kinsmen. Additionally, Milanna entered several events -even those where only men were allowed- as the Knight of the Breakwater. Unfortunately, her highest award was second in the axe throw, beating Aegon Targaryen but defeated by the moose of a man from Mormont with half is weight in ale. She fell behind in the horse race, and in both the melee and joust, she lost to Ser Brynden Corbray of the Kingsguard.

On the night of the closing feast, Milanna slipped to the Sept at Harrenhal in a secret and impulsive ceremony to marry Aegon Targaryen. Unbeknownst to Lady Sunderland, she was already into the first few days of her pregnancy with her first child.

The Mummer's War
Truthfully, the presence of the Sistermen in this war was uneventful. Under the pressure of keeping Lord Alaric Arryn from acting against her islands for her marriage to Aegon Targaryen, they prepared to follow into battle in the name of "peacekeeping" in the Riverlands and carving up slices. A western army closing in, rumors of an army to the south, and a feeling that Sistermen were little more than a speed bump if attention was arising to the Riverlands forced her hand To absolutely no one's surprise, there was more to this fight than a simple retribution against uprising. However, did not know that Maegor Waters was involved and seeking Aegon's help in attacking the crown prince, Rhaegar Targaryen. Although it did make Aegon's decision to retreat an easy one to make.

After a short meeting with Lord Waynwood, Milanna and Aegon departed the Saltpans declaring dishonorable for the burning of women and children for the sake of Arryn's rebellion. Knowing full well that the Three Sisters could face retaliation for their departure from the field, they began to form a new plan to unify the naval houses of the Eastern coast.

Family

 * Immediate Sunderland family
 * Roland Sunderland - deceased
 * m. Milan Sunderland - deceased
 * Milanna Sunderland
 * m. Aegon Targaryen
 * Aelyx
 * Mira
 * Daemon
 * Alanis
 * Maelys
 * Lyssa Sunderland
 * Eva Rykker  -nee Sunderland
 * m. Erasmus Rykker
 * boy
 * boy
 * girl
 * Extended family
 * Germaine Sunderland
 * Glenn - Deceased at age 29
 * Challenged for right of succession and ultimately defeated.
 * Garrick Sunderland
 * Abdel Sunderland

Additional Non-Player Characters

 * Shipwright - Davon Stone
 * Steward - Tarrant Bridgers
 * Squire - Yvette Torrent
 * Personal guard
 * Damon Torrent
 * Aenar the Drunk