Heather Lynderly

Heather Lynderly is the current Lady of the Snakewood. The eldest child of the late Lord Edmund Lynderly and his late lady wife Arrana Waxley, her brother's untimely passing saw Heather become Heir to the Snakewood and Lady of House Lynderly following Lord Edmund's sudden death in 435 AC.

Appearance and Character
Heather Lynderly sports the smooth, milky complexion typical of her father's House, with hooded eyes blue as any newborn babe's oft filled with unspoken melancholy. Heavy brows frame fragile eyes, with a prominent nose and sharp cheeks. Heather's lips, full with gentle curves and never quick to smile, are her softest feature. Whatever struggles Heather held with assuming the expected aesthetic of a proper Lady were only exacerbated by her tall, lanky frame, only granted nominal curves when she entered womanhood. Exercise proved useful in filling out her bottom half, but by the time she came of age she no longer cared. From youth to the twilight of her maidenhood, Heather wore her hair short, in part due to her close relationship with her father. Mostly, she despised the tangles that would result from the wear and tear of adventuring. Even well into womanhood, she misses the days of a tight cut. Her fingernails used to be worn from frequent biting, a habit she thankfully was able to abandon. Typically Heather will opt for dark silhouettes made of sturdy material be it a gown or trousers.

The person Heather was before the death of her father and who she is as Lady of the Snakewood are not entirely different; there was always a stubborn distance to Heather, but never had she felt so heavily as she does currently. The only person Heather seems to hold closely is her younger sister Arwyn, of whom she is fiercely protective. At first born out of the death of her mother and furthered by her father's inability to cope, Heather possesses a stability and sense of realism few members of her family could boast. The traumas and challenges of her childhood molded her skills into what they are today, and Heather carries a certain rigidness in knowing they were born of necessity and not a patient teacher. Despite her straightforward, sarcastic, and at times cynical nature, there is a maternal side to her buried well beneath the surface. She favors the wild expanse of the Snakewood to courtly life, and thus could be considered something of an introvert. Fierce determination and unbreakable aloofness clearly separate her tendency towards solitude from shyness.

Early Life
The contents of Heather's earliest years stretch beyond even her childhood, but long before her conception. At the conclusion of the Mummer's War following the death of Alaric Arryn Heather's grandmother, Rohanna Lynderly, Lady Regent of the Snakewood, vanished without a trace. Edmund Lynderly had once been a squire to Lord Arryn, and the loss of both a paternal and maternal figure- though it would be incorrect to assume his relationship with his mother, a notoriously bitter and narcissistic woman would be anything resembling a functional mother-son relationship- caused a boy once hushed by the hardships of life to become more distant still. The now-Lord Edmund was of a different stock than his daughter would be though, and retreated further into himself. As he advanced farther into lordship it became harder to balance duty with family, ultimately leading to a distant relationship at best with the siblings remaining.

Despite his excursions away from the Snakewood being infrequent, he fell for a girl while on business in Wickenden whom he considered much out of his league. Arrana Waxley was a tall drink of water, with warm blonde hair and eyes like deep pools. She relented to his advances however, and the two were wed in the later half of 414 AC. It was said that for every inch Lady Arrana loved her husband, he loved her a mile. Lord Edmund proved himself potent enough to get her with child soon after their marriage. Whatever love Lady Arrana could not bring herself to devote to her husband, she found easily fell upon her child. A girl, as the gods would have it. Lord Edmund was no less thrilled for it. He doted upon his daughter with such frequency that he seemed finally freed of any fabled curse, that he would be given the opportunity to continue forth as a young Lord finally at peace with the misfortune of his childhood. Unfortunately, dark clouds do not stay away forever.

Recent Events
TBD.

Family and Household
Lord Jon Lynderly b. 375 AC d. 406 AC

m. Rohanna Lynderly b. 376 AC d. ???
 * Baela Lynderly b. 391 AC d. 410 AC
 * Lord Edmund Lynderly b. 399 AC d. 435 AC
 * m. Arrana Waxley b. 398 AC d.
 * Lady Heather Lynderly b. 415 AC
 * Alaric Lynderly b. 417 AC d.
 * Arwyn Lynderly b. 420 AC
 * Alys Lynderly b.400 AC -d. ???
 * Lysa Lynderly b.400 AC d. 432 AC
 * Tyta Lynderly b. 406 AC d. 435 AC