Augusta Mallister

Lady Augusta Mallister (415 AC - Current) is the Lady of Seagard and head of House Mallister. She's the firstborn child of Lord Harren Mallister and Lady Eleanor Mallister.

Appearance and Character
Lady Augusta has a fair skin and long dark brown hair. She has pink heart-shaped lips, a defined thin face with deep set eyes of a indigo and green color and strong eyebrows. She's rather tall, specially for her age and for a woman and her body has lean defined muscles. She has small blade scars scattered along her legs, arms and torso.

She is a stubborn, rebellious, and defiant person, although she is also brave, courageous, kind, adventurous, free-spirited, compassionate, and loyal to those she loves the most.

Childhood:
Augusta was born the firstborn child of Lord Mallister and Lady Mallister in 415 AC. When she was still a baby, a tragedy befell her house when a large fire, started by unknown reasons, took over the Booming Tower during a festivity happening there, which led to the death of several dozen people, including her uncle Lord Jonos Mallister and his children. This episode was later known as the Tragedy of the Booming Tower. This made her father, Harren Mallister the new Lord of Seagard. As a child, she was tutored by Maester Ambrose, learning how to read and write, the history of the Great Houses of Westeros and of the proud, ancient House Mallister, as well as the etiquette and habits of a true fair lady

She, however, never bothered to actually learn much about etiquette, weaving or good manners, as she would often escape her lessons to venture into the woods or the docks, playing with the common children. She always had a fascination and a natural talent for fighting as well, learning positions and footwork from merely watching the knights fight at the yard of the castle. She had the equivalent of a knight's training by a master-at-arms, Ser Didymus.

Augusta was always a rebellious youth – she would brawl and duel in the courtyard, ride alone into the forest, finding new ways to raise her father’s ire. Augusta was apalled by the idea of becoming a lord's wife. She developed a sharp wit and is fond of humor, constantly making jokes and ironic remarks. She had no problem with holding her own against other boys, both in a verbal battle and in a physical fight. She would often duel young squires and knights, both to improve her skills and to prove herself (and take banter upon them). During her childhood, there were many incidences which were triggered by attacks either to herself, or to the few people she cared for. She proved to be uncooperative, disdainful of most authority figures, and frequently fought with others. After a particularly violent altercation with a man that attacked her, the court Maester felt she would be safer sent away to a septa, although her father dismissed the notion after several arguments. Another time she was beaten by a bully, a squire boy, but she refused to back down even though she was no match for him. After licking her wounds, Augusta returned with a metal rod and slugged the bully around the ear. Her father forbid her from fighting or sparring again after that, but she would keep practicing in secret against her father's orders.

Lady Eleanor would time and time again try to find her a bretrotha, but she would manage to escape her pretenders and send them back away. With his daughter's preference for the martial instead of the marital clear, Lord Harren started to get her familiarized with naval affairs, such as sailing, naval construction, navigation and naval warfare, hoping to make her an admiral of the Mallister fleet one day and keep her under control, teaching her about the responsibility of a captain and the leadership needed to such a duty.

Adolescence:
When she turned 16 in 431 AC, she gained permission from her Lord father to participate and lead trade and diplomatic missions on the name of House Mallister, upon representing it she visisted several ports on the Sunset Sea, such as Lannisport, Fair Isle, Ten Towers, the Arbor and Oldtown. Her respect amongst the seaman grew fast, as she would often partake in drinking and playing games with her crew, making good friends of them.

While she was away on one of such voyages to the Shield Islands, a plague of unknown origin or name stroke Seagard, killing many dozens of townsfolk. Her two younger brothers contracted it as well. Maester Ambrose tried to treat the boys, but he knew not the cure to such disease. Several weeks of agony and failed treatment later, both boys died on the same day. Lady Eleanor, her mother, grieved profoundly, becoming deeply depressed and despaired. She would not eat nor sleep. When Augusta returned, she found Seagard a dark place, stinking of burned corpses. When she was told by her father about the death of her brothers, she was desolated by these news. She, once a merry and joker character, would become dark and quiet, not leaving her room except when forced to. Her mother became overprotective of her, and would not let her leave the castle. Her father too became moody and quiet, getting out of touch with his daughter. During the Second Hammer Uprising, her father Lord Harren Mallister declared his support to the crown and led a force of his men to the call of banners of Lord Damion Tully, but after the Defiance of Fairmarket and the leave of Lord Mallister, several zealot uprisings in Mallister lands erupted, culminating into a rebellion led by a septon named "Denys the Pious" by the smallfolk. He'd lead his peasant mob into a pillage frenzy, expelling any lesser lords and landed knights whose lands they passed through, taking over their lands and gold and burning down their keeps. The peasant mob soon armed themselves enough to pose a threat to Seagard itself. Augusta, now 18 years old, in the absence of her Lord father, took upon herself to organise the defense of the city at the Battle of Seagard alongside the Master-at-Arms of the castle Ser Didymus Bracken. She led her men to a close victory, holding the zealots off with the castle walls at her back, at the end of the narrow earth bridge that led to the gates, baiting them into the ramparts range where archers and crossbowmen could rain bolt and arrow upon their lightly armored troops. They soon retreated, being chased down on the beach. Soon after her heroic victory, Lord Harren Mallister was wounded at a battle upon the banks of the Trident, under Lord Damion Tully's banner, which led Augusta to try and leave Seagard to take command of the troops of House Mallister at the battlefield, but was prohibited to do so by her father. "The eagle is killed by the arrow winged with her own feather", he said, advising her against her hubris and impulses. Ser Didymus would follow Lord Damion Tully to Oldstones, where he led the Mallister host and fought the last remnants of the Warsmiths.

Dragon Maid on King's Landing:
After proving a capable warrior and leader, her father tried to ammend past bittery, continuing to teach her about leadership and duty in order to make her succeed him. He would let her fight again, to hunt and lead ships as a bargain to make her study statecraft. This helped her connect once again with her father.

She was sent to King's Landing in the following year of 434 AC under the wishes of her mother to live in the court as a Lady, and hopefully find a suitable husband. At the capital, Augusta was met by Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen, whom she quickly grew to respect due to her natural leadership and legendary martial prowess. Young and brash, Augie would often ask the Queen to spar with her. Rhaenyra, even wounded, would always win their duels as a much more experienced warrior, but Augusta's stubbornness and diligence kept her from giving up, which caught the eye of Rhaneyra. The Queen would soon invite Augusta to enlist under her Dragon Maids, offer which Augusta would accept, much to her mother's anger, as a chance to learn from Rhaenyra's leadership and advance her own martial abilites, as well as to run away from any marital proposals. There, she was taught by her Queen and her colleagues discipline, camaraderie and esprit de corps, alongside the fundamentals of battlefield tactics, swordsmanship and bow and arrow. Her joker and playfully sarcastic character garnered the friendship of her fellow maidens, all of whom she remembers fondly. She was famous amongst the corps for her amazing skill with double-handed weapons and her endurance in combat, withstanding blow after blow yet she'd stand unwavering through the pain. Rhaenyra treated her as a pupil, and tutored her on matters of politics and character. She'd would follow her Queen everywhere, almost as a shadow, cultivating a true friendship over the years. Augusta liked to indulge in drinking and games on her free time, sometimes both at the same time, and would often sneak out of the Red Keep to go to taverns near the Mud Gate and the harbor to play, drink and listen to bards alongside seamen and merchants, often bringing fellow Dragon Maids and friends with her. Rhaenyra would scold her on such actions, condemning drinking and games of luck. Rhaenyra punishments varied from making Augusta fight all her fellow maids at once to sparring to exhaustion, until she could "hear her screams". Augusta took no rancour from these punishments though, mostly due to her stubborn unwillingness to stop having fun and her masochistic enjoyment of the challenge such punishments brought, pushing her harder. Her years of service ended in early 438 AC, when she was informed of her father's passing and called back to Seagard to assume rulership of the Mallister domain. She was dismissed by Queen Rhaenyra and allowed to return home.

Father's Legacy:
Harren imposed conviction, a sense of self-reliance and humility to Augie. Harren's largest concern, more than anything else in the world, was just making sure all his children knew what it meant to be a good person and what it meant to be a part of a real family. A noble house is filled with responsibility and entire regions naturally reflect the aptitude and governance of their rulers. Prosperity, tenacity, or brotherhood all spread across or forsake the lands in imitation of how its court issues. He didn't allow her to fulfill her passion for fighting because he thought that one day Augie would become a great warrior that would bring glory to the house or vanquish their family's enemies; he did that because he loved his daughter and cared for her and about what she was actually interested in, and so nurtured those interests. When her father died, in 438 AC, she fulfilled her promise to him and succeeded him as Lady of Seagard and Head of House Mallister. She held a grand funeral for him at the cliff hugging beaches of Seagard, sending him on a large pyre boat into the ocean's waves. She is now counselled by her uncle, Robyn Mallister, and her mother, Lady Eleanor Mallister (neé Blackwood), trying to uphold her father's legacy of honesty and justice, honor and duty, valor and responsibility, and above the rest: family.

Family

 * Lady Carolei the Salt Eagle b. 318 d. 387 (Natural)
 * m. Lord Consort Dickon Frey, b. 320 d. 385 (Natural)
 * Lord Cedrick Mallister, b. 339 d. 394 (Natural)
 * m. Lady Celia Frey b. 349 d. 404 (Natural)
 * Lord Jonos Mallister b. 371 d. 418 (Burned in a fire)
 * m. Lady Kyra Mallister neé Haigh b. 372 d. 399 (Died in childbirth)
 * Humfrey Mallister b. 390 d. 418 (Burned in a fire)
 * Myranda Mallister b. 392 d. 418 (Burned in a fire)
 * Lucas Mallister b. 396 d. 418 (Burned in a fire)
 * Jeyne Mallister b. 399 d. 401 (Disease)
 * Lord Harren Mallister b. 372 d. 438 (Natural)
 * m. Lady Eleanor Mallister neé Blackwood b. 395
 * Lady Augusta Mallister b. 415
 * Jon Mallister b. 417 d. 432 (Disease)
 * Ambrose Mallister b. 418 d. 432 (Disease)
 * Donnel Mallister b. 373 d. 398 (In battle during the War of the Three Thieves)
 * Robyn Mallister b. 388
 * Alys Mallister b. 390
 * Andros Mallister, b. 345 d. 366 (in battle during the Half-blood incursion)
 * Michael Mallister, b. 351 d. 379 (Kingswood Tournament)

Distant Family Members

 * Ser Justin Mallister of the Queensguard under Queen Visaera Targaryen b. 383 d. 420 (Suicide)

Household Members

 * Robyn Mallister (uncle)
 * Maester Ambrose
 * Septa Darla
 * Master-at-Arms Ser Didymus Bracken