Silvario Vunatis

Silvario Vunatis (b. 363 - d. 432) was a Vice-Admiral of the Lysene Fleet, a Magister of the Convale of Lys, a wealthy merchant and head of the House of Vunatis until his death.

History
Silvario was against the autocratic desires of the Sathmanntes and the Rogares, voting against Phaedrus Sathmantes' proposal to be raised to a position of great executive power. The Vice-Admiral would later fight against Aeryn Targaryen's invasion of Lys. At Aeryn's side, was another Vunatis: Shiera, one of his principal followers and paramour.

After the battle, the Vunatis were discontent with the Rogares's moves to fill the void of power the Sathmantes had left, declaring themselves protectors of the city. They had not, however, enough political influence to oppose them and bent to the Rogare gold as all other magisters did.

Silvario would then keep a low profile, focusing on his business instead of politics, as the Rogares plotted in Myr to stablish a new Prince-Admiral. Following the stablishment of the Alliance of the Narrows, he would again fight his niece Shiera when Aeryn Targaryen attacked the combined might of the Three Daughters, finally defeating the dragonrider decisively.

The following chaos that ensued at the Stepstones would eventually boil to a breaking point. Shiera had launched a campaign to claim her lover's crown, which disrupted the trade between the Narrow and Summer seas. The noblemen of Lys started to blame the Vunatis for Shiera's actions, citing their inaction as a reason Shiera could strenghen herself so much, posing the family as complacent to the situation, and that their rogue daughter had to be dealt with by them. Silvario would then mount an expedition to clean his house's name and defeat Shiera. He built a large dromon and gathered all his ships, sailing to Sunstone on 428 AC. He would lose this battle, however, as his daughter Aemma Vunatis abandoned his side, refusing to engage Shiera and taking much of his fleet with her. Both Shiera and Silvario would die from this battle, and so would the House of Vunatis power on Lys. Aemma was already the known heir to Silvario, and even though she returned to Lys after the battle, the news quickly began to run around that she was to be either exiled or executed due to her desertion. She stole her family's ancient Valyrian Steel blade, Seafoam, and fled the city to the east. Aemma was later exiled from Lys by the Conclave, and the Vunatis lost their sitting position on it with Silvario's death. The House of Vunatis has since then fallen from wealth and power in Lys, dealing with smaller trade with the neighbouring Free Cities. The lost of their fleet meant they could no longer support to venture east of the Jade Gates.