Ravenna Dynaris

Ravenna Dynaris is the proprietor of the Hanging Helm, an inn and tavern in King’s Landing. Her family was exiled from Tyrosh when she was a young girl, and she has lived almost half her life in King's Landing, much of that time being spent managing the tavern left to her by her father.

Appearance and Character
A delicate beauty, Ravenna has a svelte frame and diminutive appearance. Her warm smile and grey, doe-like eyes conceal her guile, while the air of confidence she commands does quite the opposite. Her hair is worn in the style of her homeland of Tyrosh, usually dyed a soft lilac, although the color often changes with the moons of the year.

Despite living most of her life in the capital, she still speaks in a thick Tyroshi accent, a byproduct of a childhood in the free city. She is almost always seen clothed in expensive furs and silks, taking great pride in her appearance and being eager to show off her relative wealth.

History
Ravenna’s father, Teyrin Dynaris, was once a general of high standing in the Free City of Tyrosh. Ravenna was born to him and her mother, Kiera Dynaris, in the 5th month of 381 AC. Her early life was a tranquil one, growing up relatively well off in their manse in one of the more upscale areas of the city. The name Dynaris was not one that many outside Tyrosh would recognize, and even in the city they were seen as little more than upstarts, but Teyrin still managed to afford a comfortable life for himself, his wife and their daughter.

The family’s downfall began when Ravenna was only fourteen, and her father took the side of a rival of the Archon of Tyrosh in a minor political dispute. Ultimately, the Archon prevailed over Teyrin and his ally, and the Dynaris family was forced into exile, fleeing across the narrow sea with only a fraction of their wealth.

Eventually, they ended up in King’s Landing, and Teyrin used their remaining gold to purchase a tavern in a decent part of the city, not far from the Red Keep. They had not been able to bring much wealth with them, but the tavern’s previous owner had lost most of his own assets in the Great Famine, and was forced to sell the property for far less than its true value. On the day the tavern opened, the ex general hung his helm over the front entrance and swore never to don it again, giving the establishment its name.

Even with property and a steady source of income, things got worse for the Ravenna before they got better. A couple years after their arrival in King’s Landing, Kiera Dynaris passed due to an illness, and the young girl was left with only her father.

Being his only child, Teyrin taught Ravenna the skills she would need to one day run the Hanging Helm in addition to the traditional Tyroshi education she had recieved while still in the Free City. Ravenna proved to be a fine apprentice, and showed herself to be capable in managing finances as well as the other skills necessary to run an establishment such as the Hanging Helm.

The father and daughter ran the tavern together, for a time, until the year 401 AC, when Teyrin too died and the ownership of the Hanging Helm passed to Ravenna. The young proprietor has run the tavern alone since then, and has seen it prosper even more than it did under her father.

As the year of 407 reaches its latter half, business continues as usual at the Hanging Helm. King’s Landing seems a little quieter with much of the city’s nobility attending the Tournament at Harrenhal, but Ravenna hopes that as the festivities up north come to a close, the returning lords and ladies will bring a new surge of prosperity to her little corner of the city.

Family

 * Teyrin Dynaris, Father (Deceased)
 * Kiera Dynaris, Mother (Deceased)

Staff

 * Patrek (Bartender)
 * Ellery (Assistant)
 * Narbert, Willis, Thom (Cooks)
 * Serra, Dacey (Barmaids)
 * Pate (Dishwasher)