Shaera Oakheart

Introduction
Lady Shaera Oakheart is the third born child and younger daughter of Ser Tygett Lannister and Lady Myrcella Brax. She spent a majority of her childhood in Casterly Rock, learning from the Maesters of the castle and  merchants of Lannisport in a variety of fields. Shaera became married to Lord Desmond Oakheart in 439 AC, making her the Lady of Old Oak.

Appearance and Character
Lady Shaera has the features made famous by her house, sharing the golden blonde hair and green eyes that so many Lannisters have. This conformity does not extend to some of the lesser known family traits however, bieng both relatively short for her house and a lithe body shape that contrasted with the curves of her cousins. With a small smirk ever ready on her face, she evokes the mischief of Lann the Clever just as much as his haughtiness

Dressing remarkably more humble than her relatives in Casterly Rock and Lannisport, preferring simple dresses in which only the materials denote her wealth, not the embroidery. She continues this preference with the minimal jewelery she wears, with a necklace of pearls being the most ostentatious display of wealth you'll find on her person for all but the most formal ceremonial events. While not entirely without vanity, Shaera has dedicated much of her life to learning instead. Preferring to sharpen her own wits rather than to refine her wardrobes.

Early Childhood
Shaera Lannister's earliest moments reflected the attitude she would take for the rest of her life, quiet with a look of curiosity about the world around her. Born in the depths of Casterly Rock, Shaera Lannister was well taken care of as a Lannister so close to main family. Shaera was quick to do many of the early milestones, starting to walk and talk a few moons before her first name day. By all accounts she continued to impress the Maesters of the Rock and Lannisport, who she visited for lessons of her own volition by the age of five. While starting off fascinated by the tales of dragons and children of the forest, her interests quickly developed into the more technical fields of math and science. This nascent intellectual curiosity was not necessarily enouraged, but ignored as long as she met the expectations any young noble lady would. Never standing out in her embroidery or dance, but always satisfactory enough for her true passions from being restricted. Her relatively quiet life in the Rock went mostly uninterrupted, with only the unpleasant events surrounding her brother's departure marring the life of learning she seemed determined to live.

Adolescence
By the age of eight she expanded her tutors to beyond the Maesters already provided her, going to the engineers, shipwrights, and traders of Lannisport to continue her education towards more practical affairs of engineering and economics. She gave them little choice in taking her on as a student, even if few declined the presence of a Lannister in their workshop or office. Her interest in the more practical fields did not extend to politics however, and she only nominally took part in the gossip and petty politics that was characteristic of the Rock in the years before the bleeding. If it were not for her ladies in waiting, like Elaine Crakehall, keeping her abreast of the worst of the disputes. While her ladies in waiting would change over the years, Elaine would be an ever-present fixture in her life, keeping her aware of her family's interests even as she had little interest in them.

Shaera Lannister saw herself betrothed to the heir of Old Oak, Arthur Oakheart, at the tender age of 11, it being one of the last major events of note in her short life before the War of the Three Banners transformed the Westerlands and the rise of her father as Lord of Castamere.

The War of The Three Banners
Shaera's life in this conflict was similar to her life outside of it, restrictions on her travel to Lannisport being the main change for those Lions safely ensconced in the Rock. Being twelve at the time, she understood little of the complexities of the conflict, with the only news of interest to her being the whereabouts of her family and whether an army approached Casterly Rock. She still took advantage of the books and fortification engineers she could talk to while held in her gilded cage for the war, but she still felt stifled, not understanding that the safety she took for granted could not be guaranteed as it used to be. Her only distraction during these years of conflict was her lady in waiting Elaine, who continued to protect her from the ruthless gossip of the Rock and told her of her betrothed. Her brother being an Oakheart on his mother's side, she had seen his cousins when they visited Old Oak, or when Lord Luthor made the trip to Crakehall to see his sister. what tales she heard from the girl bored Shaera in truth, but she accepted the position her family asked her to take. She saw it as a great irony then, when her betrothed Arthur died in a hunt of all things along with the middle child. The uncertainty of her betrothal was contrasted by her father's rapid rise at the end of the war, suddenly finding herself to be a Lion of Castamere.

Coming of Age
Now a well sought after maiden with her family's sudden rise, it was still unclear after the end of the Three Banner War whether she was still betrothed or not. It would take for more than a year for the new Lord Oakheart could come to renegotiate the betrothal, taking up his brother's place. Her brother, the Lord of Castamere, accepted the agreement readily, for reasons she was sure would benefit her house in ways her brother hadn't deign to tell her about. Shaera continued her voracious studying now that the Westerlands was firmly under Lion control once again, spending the years before reaching her majority between Castamere and Lannisport. With her future already decided for her, she found pleasure where she could, drawing up plans to implement once she became the Lady of Old Oak. While the idea of her husband excited her little, it was clear to all around her control over a keep did.

Shaera Lannister married Desmond Oakheart a little less than a moon after her eighteenth name day, to great celebration amongst the Westerland lords and their new Oakheart kin. Shaera was intrgued by her husband, but love could not row before they were on their way to the Great Council.

Recent Events
Shaera Oakheart was present for many minor gatherings throughout her stay in King's Landing for the Great Council. Most notably bearing witness to her husband's duel with the heir to house Tarly and attending the wedding of the Drinkwater knight who would die in a duel with the same Tarly heir.

Shaera and her husband quickly left King's Landing during the night just after finishing the vote for king and regent. Shaera went on to Deep Den, while her husband joined Lord Criston Lannister's host.

Family
Shaera Oakheart, born Lannister, daughter of Lord Tygett Lannister and Lady Myrcella Brax, b. 420, Lady of Old Oak

Criston Lannister, elder brother, b. 410, Lord of Castamere

Myrielle Crakehall, Elder Sister, b. 412, Lady of Crakehall

Tyrek Lannister, younger brother, b. 428, Squire to Baelor Targaryen

Household members/NPCs
Elaine Crakehall, lady in waiting, b. 421