Sarella Sand

Sarella Sand is the Seneschal of Sunspear. Previously one of Prince Morgan Martell’s serving girls for over two years, she has soared to prominence since revealing to Prince Trystane Martell her capabilities as a gifted thinker.

Her noble origins are unknown, and it is disputed as to whether she is in fact a noble bastard.

Appearance and Personality
Sarella is blessed with the beauty of her purported father’s people. She has defiant porcelain skin, full red lips, sultry brown eyes, and golden blonde hair. She is very thin. Unbeknownst to everyone save her mother, Sarella is a congenital eunuch.

Sarella is a woman of habit and discipline. Unless prohibited by her environment, she always wears a translucent, floral gown; she always curls her hair; and she always reddens her lips.

Despite her enrapturing looks, she is not overtly charismatic. She is honest and reserved, though she can be blunt. She will flatly reject assistance from those she feels will burden her, earning her the resentment of indivuals like Maester Wynston.

History
Like many with the Sand surname, Sarella was born in a Planky Town brothel to a mother with a flower for a name: Camelia. She claimed her daughter was of noble blood and fiercely protected her from being dragged into prostitution. As such, Sarella lived much of her childhood in the brothel away from its usual operations, only to serve refreshments and launder sheets as she grew older.

From a young age, Sarella was obsessed with the mundane. She observed it and drew it: chairs, doors, beds, tables, lanters, windows, wagons, all in great detail. She took them apart too and read whatever instructional manscripts she could get her hands on to rebuilt them, though very few ever came into her possession. To satisfy Sarella’s queer curiosities, Camelia would offer her services to learned individuals in exchange for lessons for her daughter. After a small while, one of Sunspear’s maesters, Maester Wynston, became one of Camelia’s most frequent customers and thus (informally) one of Sarella’s mentors. Others like him included Planky Town’s master shipwright, master blacksmith, and lead architect.

By the time she became a young adult, Sarella had poured her talents into the brothel, renovating it from the ground up with everything from sleeker doors to emergency switches the prostitutes could use to call for help. At Camelia’s urging, Maester Wynston recommended Sarella as a serving girl to Princess Vanessa Dalt, Sunspear’s seneschal and Prince Morgan Martell’s wife.

Sarella served Prince Morgan for two years. At King’s Landing, she was reassigned to Prince Trystane Martell, who had just recovered from the bloody flux.

6th Moon

 * Sarella reveals her tinkering genius to Trystane, who, in the wake of Vanessa Dalt’s death, elevates her to Seneschal. He charges her immediately with the expansion of Planky Town, the construction of dragonbusters, and the commissioning of new ships.