Rowena Rambton

Rowena Rambton is the Lady of House Rambton, the only surviving child of the deceased Lord Leo Rambton and Rebecca Staunton. When she was young, she would play with her older brother who always made time for her. Rowena is known in her groups to be loyal, friendly, and curious. Her parents never let her concern herself with political issues, assuming their son would be heir to Rambton — but they were mistaken. Due to unforeseen circumstance, Rowena was made Lady of Rambton at only seven years old.

Appearance and Character
Rowena is a very tall young woman, with long chestnut brown hair and brown almond eyes. Thick eyebrows shape her round, womanly profile. She dresses like the common ladies of Rambton and their neighboring houses often dress, oftentimes in beige textiles. Despite her age, she has a powerful yet kind face - mostly due to her sudden and abrupt upbringing and rise to Lady. Still, Rowena is known throughout the Crownlands for her kind, charismatic demeanor. Rowena's body is athletic looking, and she is notably healthy upon first glance.

Early Life
Rowena Rambton was born to Leo Rambton and Rebecca Staunton in the First Moon of the year 400 AC. Rowena was an inquisitive girl, who was much more interested in befriending the commoners in town than learning about noble matters. Rowena would often spend her days talking to the farmers and listening to the numerous stories her Grandmother would tell her of the olden days. Because she had an elder brother, her parents thought little of educating her on every little aristocratic affair, because they always anticipated her older brother Robert would be the one to inherit Ramshorn. Despite the little regard for her political know-how in their family, Rowena was a diligent student. Oftentimes, she would spend hours on end reading and writing stories about the royal families and dreaming about the childishly romantic stories she had heard of throughout her childhood.

Adolescence
Rowena’s childhood was not all fun and games, however. Rowena’s days of innocent dawdling came to a halt in the year 407, when both her father Leo and her brother Robert died in The Mummer’s War when she was only 7 - perishing in battle. With her brother Robert now dead, and the role of Lord vacant, Rowena was abruptly made Lady of Ramshorn. However, the House itself was in a precarious position, as now its well versed heir had switched hands to a uninformed child heiress as the inheritance of Ramshorn skipped from Lord Leo, past Robert, to Rowena. The years they had spent ignoring Rowena’s stately education had now turned to urgently teaching Rowena everything that would suddenly be required of her as Lady of Ramshorn. Rowena did her best to learn all she could to do her family proud, mostly at the hands of watching her mother lead from the shadow's as the technical Lady Regent in her father’s stead. Rowena's mother always suffered from bouts of depression and frequent epileptic fits, but still guided Rowena's hand with grace and diligence. That same dutiful attitude was always something Rowena admired, taking note of how often Rebecca would suffer through the pain to attend to her obligations as her mother who was vicariously ruling through her. Rowena's mother showed courage, especially during times of war and the sudden death of her husband and son. With help from their close friends they found in House Rosby and House Harte, and undoubtedly thanks to her mother Rowena was successfully able to continue to protect her house. Rowena took note of this, and vowed to remember all those who helped her and her mother. Her mother instilled in her daughter the importance of loyalty, as the Rambton's were always known to be extremely loyal to those who they've sworn fealty. Her mother's trusted allies, House Sunglass and Lord Duncan Harte as well as the late Lord Benedict Rosby and Lady Belinda Rosby.

Adulthood
Rowena's mother Rebecca's health had increasingly diminished since she took an active position in vicariously making decisions through her daughter. Rebecca pushed herself harder and harder to help rule in an honorable way to teach her daughter, the Lady of Ramshorn, what a ruler is meant to be. Teaching her integrity, loyalty, and how to rule with candid influence did a number on Rebecca's already poor health. The seizures continued to worsen, meanwhile her daughter was subsequently rising into her prime. Flowering into an attractive eligible woman of age of suitors, and having ardently learned the way of ruling, her mother grew more and more unable to be involved in politics. Knowing Rowena would do her best to rule as she had been taught, and knowing she was surrounded by people who could help her like trusted lords and her close cousin Mabel Harte, Rebecca knew it was time to release the reigns to Rowena, who she felt would be able to suitably rule in Ramshorn without her mother's avid guidance. Rebecca abdicated the role of Lady Regent to Rowena formally when Rowena turned six-and-ten, but had a major part of ruling Ramshorn for two more years. She then gave up ruling through Rowena fully, allowing her to rule in as she saw fit without her help. This happened shortly after Rowena turned eight-and-ten. Rowena, having been made Lady of Ramshorn without warning at seven, was scared of failing her mother. She had never ruled completely in her own name of Ramshorn, and Rowena was never the intended heir, but she now felt the need to prove herself as a suitable leader. Although she was worried about her mother's worsening health, something inside of her told her that she could do it, but she was happy to have so many people helping her along. Now the sole ruler, she would do her best to make her late father and brother proud and honor their legacy, while proving that she was able to do more than read books and quietly let her mother be the surrogate ruler. It was her time now.

Family

 * Randall Rambton, Lord of Ramshorn b. 347 AC - 397 AC
 * m. Gwendalyn Gaunt b. 349 AC - 415 AC
 * Leo Rambton, Lord of Ramshorn b. 370 AC - 407 AC
 * m. Rebecca Staunton 372 AC -
 * Robert Rambton, Heir of Ramshorn 390 AC - 407 AC
 * Rowena Rambton, Lady of Ramshorn 400 AC -


 * Bethany Rambton b. 383 AC


 * m. Harold Harte b. 375 AC
 * Triston Harte b. 400 AC
 * Myrilia Harte b. 401 AC

Other Family

 * Mabel Harte, niece of Bethany Rambton b. 397 AC -
 * Margret Staunton, Rebecca's mother b. 350 AC - 411 AC

Household / NPCs
Rebecca Staunton - Mother

Maria - Servant

Lukas - Steward

Septon Morton

Septa Marshe

Maester Lucien

Gregory Gaunt - Castellan