Evelyne Mormont

Evelyne Mormont is a scion of House Mormont and Lady of the Dreadfort. She is the youngest of two sisters and the thirdborn of Medrick Mormont and Jeyne Glover.

Appearance and Character
Evelyne has medium length raven-black hair and sharp brown eyes. She is a lanky woman able to find herself at ease in a dress or armour. Not one for flashy colours or overt jewellery, she can be often found in mostly simple and modest clothing.

Unlike most women, Mormonts are expected to learn to defend themselves from a young age like the rest of Bear Island, regardless of gender. As a result of this, Evelyne can wield a sword better than most. Some on the isle may even say she is just as good as her brother, though she lacks the size and strength he's gifted with. When amongst family, she shows compassion and her good-hearted nature, especially when with her son whom she cherishes.

History
Evelyne was born in the 8th Moon of 377 AC as the thirdborn of Medrick Mormont and Jeyne Glover. Proving to be the complete opposite of her sister Sarra who was studious and elegant, Evelyne was headstrong and feisty which made her spend a lot more time with her older brother than her sister. Though her sister would have her believe that a woman's armour is courtesy and their weapon tears, she learnt to fight under the guidance of the Master-at-Arms with the arming sword and had her own leather armour made to remain agile without the weight of mail. Growing up on stories of the ironborn and krakens rising from the sea to reclaim the isle led to a determination unmatched by most, and it was found that she had quite the aptitude for fighting.

When Sarra was sent to be wed to the heir of Winterfell, Evelyne and her brother grew closer than ever as the dread set in that she might be sent off to marry someone she'd never met before and leave her true home. During the start of the great famine in 392 AC, she was sent to the Dreadfort to be wed to Eyron Stark. Though she found no real comfort within the walls of the Bolton castle, she settled well enough in the coming years. In 396 AC, she gave birth to their first and only child Benjen.

Upon the announcement of Eyron's older brother's death at the end of the war, she was delighted to have a chance at being the Lady of the Dreadfort before he isolated himself in his chambers. While she did her best to try and comfort him, he renounced the title of Lord and left her with great disappointment. His self-exile without any reason whatsoever had her considering returning to Bear Island to rejoin her brother, although it was her duty to stay and love their son even if he would not.

When the Scarlet Winter descended from beyond the Wall and food became scarce, Evelyne was always willing to give up her own meals as long as it meant that her son would be fed. Even if he didn't know it at the time, she'd have to go through many hardships to keep him happy and well-cared for. Everything that went wrong between them, she'd simply blame on the absence of a fatherly figure for the boy, including the way he'd become seemingly withdrawn and overly quiet. A few years later when Benjen fell deathly ill and was bedridden for weeks, she would sit by him every night watching over him, like a mother bear and her cub, and praying for his health to the old gods. Some nights she even wept for him, wept for the impending death of her only son. Despite the maester's urging that he was more than capable of caring for the boy and that she should find the time to sleep herself, she never left his side until his seemingly miraculous recovery.

Eyron's eventual return was met with some resent from her. During the first week of his return, she couldn't bear to even look him in the face or speak to him. Eventually, she found it in her to mostly forgive him and did what she could to try and get her son to speak with him as well.