Samira Martell

Samira Martell is the last of six children born to Princess Frynne and her consort, Ryon Allyrion. She has been a lady-in-waiting to Queen Visaera Targaryen for six years, and cares for the Prince of Dorne, a boy of five, Trystane Martell.

Family

 * Mors Martell (d.)
 * m. Naeris of Braavos (d.)
 * Frynne Martell d. 400
 * m. Ryon Allyrion d. 404
 * Lewyn Martell d. 398
 * Meria Martell d. 411
 * m. Laenor Targaryen d. 413
 * Aliandra Martell d. 405
 * Eliane Martell d. 413
 * m. Laenor Targaryen d. 413
 * Trystane Martell b. 413
 * Morgan Martell b. 392
 * m. Valena Dalt b. 394
 * Alleras Martell b. 414
 * w. Jynessa Dalt b. 397
 * Oberyn Sand b. 414
 * Samira Martell b. 398
 * Quentyn Martell d. 398
 * m. Alyse Ladybright d. 405
 * Nymor Martell d. 392
 * Qoren Martell b. 394
 * Olyvar Martell b. 397

Appearance
As a girl, Samira paled in comparison to her sisters for their beauty. Then, the princess was all leg and freckles, all spotted over the thin bridge of her nose from hours spent beneath the Dornish sun. Mousy and diminutive by look, Samira's ferocity would always betray her appearance.

Now Samira is a testament to womanhood, blossomed; years of growth and time spent in the social graces of the capital have gifted her far more than soft, careful footing but an elegance and poise that echoes her own mistress. Samira has long, black-brunned hair with ends that loosely coil and large brown eyes.

Timeline

 * 398 ☩ Following the death of Lewyn, Princess Samira is born.
 * 400 ☩ Her mother, Princess Frynne Martell, passes.
 * 404 ☩ Samira begins learning the practices of the Red God by way of her eldest sister, Meria. The same year her father, Aliandra and their caravan are attacked and Samira, Meria's "shadow," shares her rage as the Dornish throne passes on.
 * 405 ☩ After months of isolation, Aliandra steals her own life and every Dornish bard sings of her falling. Young Samira learns every word of it, and mourns her sister.
 * 409-412 ☩ When Laenor Targaryen lands in Dorne to wed Meria, Samira accompanies her brother, Morgan, as he tours Dorne and later, Lys.
 * 412 ☩ After receiving word of Meria's death and Eliane's ascension as the new ruling Princess of Dorne, Samira and Morgan return to Sunspear. Again, Samira mourns the loss of a sister - but grieves the loss with far more difficulty of the sister she had idolized. To keep occupied, Samira is sent to King's Landing to serve as a lady-in-waiting to Queen Visaera Targaryen.
 * 414 ☩ Samira attends Visaera when she visits Sunspear, eager to see her brother following the death of Eliane. There, her mistress calls for Trystane - Eliane's infant son, an orphan and Prince of Dorne - to be removed from beneath Nymeria Uller's care in favor of Samira, instead. Her brother Morgan, the last of their brood, would assert himself as Trystane's Regent.
 * 418 ☩ Samira attends the festivities at Summerhall, intending to depart the queen's service and return to Sunspear with Prince Trystane upon its conclusion.

Birth
Princess Samira Martell was born in the year 398 AC, following the death of her eldest brother - one she would never meet in the flesh. The smallest princess was the last of six children born the fruit of Princess Frynne Martell's union with her consort, Ryon Allyrion of Godsgrace. Sunspear still grieved the loss of its heir when the Princess of Dorne labored in the pools, birthing her; some would say Sunspear never stopped mourning. Samira's birth was not heralded so remarkably as those born before her as enveloped within the clutches of sorrow the Martells were in Lewyn's memory.

Still, Princess Frynne kept the babe Samira had been close to her chest without a moment of pause. She doted upon her, as an infant, and placed within her all the hopes she had once set upon the shoulders of her late brother. Frynne was said to be reluctant to let Samira out of hand's reach and denied the aid of wetnurses. When her mother died in 400 AC, wetnurses would care for Princess Samira.

Early Life & Childhood
Samira was an inconsolable girl who tested the wills of septa and tutor alike. Her wants betrayed the lessons her esteemed tutelage struggled to memory with the princess committing only to small amounts of concentration between fits of rage and weeping. These outbursts would end with her father removing her kicking and screaming from the study alongside the company of her older siblings and their mentors, and holding her by the wrists until she cooled.

Better-behaved days revealed a sharpness of wit and a greater interest in foreign literature. Samira took effortlessly to the stories told of Asshai-by-the-Shadow, where no children, such as she, roamed or played; the youngest princess consumed page after page of its tales and wonderment developed from the shroud of its mysteries. Samira shared similar interests in the Free Cities, and what lied beyond the shores of Westeros- perhaps it was this childlike enchantment with the unknown that drew her in to Meria's fires like a moth soon after. Her eldest sister, a follower of R'hllor, began teaching her the practices of the Red God. Samira, the little lamb, a starry-eyed girl that hung on each word that fell from Meria's mouth in idolization, followed eagerly in her prayers and obediently in sacrifice.

In 404, a Martell caravan was attacked amidst the height of the Scarlet Winter. In this attack, her father is slain and Aliandra is beaten, bruised, and dishonored; nonetheless, she and her paramour are recovered from the assault. Princess Meria is enraged by the attack, and yearns fiercely for revenge - with her, Samira. The next year, Aliandra jumps from one of Sunspear's towers and every bard in Dorne strums her song in taverns and great halls alike. Samira steals twin daggers from her late sister's bedchambers, and learns to wield them.

When Meria took Laenor Targaryen as her princely consort, Sunspear shifted. Her brother, Morgan, grew weary of her safety, and took her with him as he toured the keeps and holdings of Dorne. Early the next year, they would travel even farther and across the sea to Lys. There, they broke bread in the halls of the Lysene Targaryens and Samira flourished in her studies and abilities with the blade, excelling with all credit due to hands-on learning. It is then, in 411, that Samira begins networking not only the servants of the palace, but the friends she had collected beyond and about those close in Lys.

In 412, word reaches Samira and Morgan in Lys regarding Meria's death by dragonfire in a foolish attempt to tame the beast. Samira is stricken by the news, and has great difficulty coping with the loss of the sister she most admired and aspired to become. They return to Dorne early that year, and Samira's closeness with her brother Morgan falters as he becomes consumed with his new roles in his attempt to alleviate some of the responsibility from Eliane's shoulders, as the new Lady of Sunspear. To keep her occupied as well as continue her studies outside of Dorne, Samira is sent to serve as a lady-in-waiting to Queen Visaera in King's Landing.

Lady-in-Waiting
In 414, Samira is one of Visaera's ladies in attendance when she visits Sunspear. Anticipating the sight of her brother following Eliane's death, Samira is at his side to grieve the loss of their sister as the only remaining children of Princess Frynne still living. Morgan introduces to them Trystane Martell, the orphaned Prince of Dorne, son of Eliane Martell and Laenor Targaryen. The infant is removed from his care beneath Nymeria Uller in favor of Samira as Morgan asserts himself as his Regent.