Visaera Blackwood

Visaera Blackwood is the youngest child of the late Lord Symond Frey and Lady Cassana Vance and current Heir to the Crossing. She is the youngest sister of the late Jeyne Frey. Her uncle is the current Hand of the King, Perceon Vance. She acted as a Lady-in-Waiting to Berena Tully following the death of Berena's mother, Bethany Blackwood. She married Ambrose Blackwood in 407 AC.

Appearance and Character
Due to her most formative years occurring in winter, Visaera is smaller than most of her Frey ancestors. Her hair is of a honey blonde color, and her eyes are hazel; this contrasting appearance mirrors how Visaera never shared a bond as they did, due to her extensive time spent in Riverrun. As Visaera nears womanhood, her hair turns ginger. Visaera's wardrobe is less opulent than her late sister's was.

Years of service to the ladies of Riverrun have seen her become proficient at her duties, although Visaera has a mischievous heart. She cares little for the traditional role of women, and spent two hours practicing in the courtyard of Riverrun for every one spent at Lady Berena's side. In her spare time, Visaera enjoyed sneaking and climbing around Riverrun, which saw her become quite stealthy. The death Visaera has witnessed affects her more than she tries to let on, but surely these losses cannot be healthy.

Early Life
Visaera Frey was born in 393 AC, the youngest child of Lord Symond Frey and his wife, Lady Cassana Vance. Jeyne's youngest sister was placed in her mother's arms and, perhaps distracted by the chaos, none removed Jeyne from the room as her mother bled to death. Whatever anger Jeyne harbored towards the babe from that day forward, she would conceal it well. This marked Visaera's first brush with death, moments after her birth. Memories of a woman with tears down her cheeks and her lover's name on her lips would haunt Jeyne's dreams for many years, but Visaera retained no such memory. Visaera's uncle, Whalon, used Lord Symond's grief to his advantage; as his broken brother wept at night, Whalon made moves to cement his own reign. Whalon, though ruthless, was effective in recovering Frey lands from the famine. Thankfully, they barely had a reputation to keep intact. Uncle Whalon produced more than a sizable harvest- he sired a number of bastards. Symond was too buried in melancholy to reprimand his brother for his shameful actions, for a time. The baby Visaera was seldom handled by anyone save for her nursemaid. That is, until Jeyne grew older and fulfilled the motherly role in her younger siblings' lives. In 398 AC, five-year-old Visaera cries for a day when Jeyne leaves to serve Princess Visaera Targaryen following a botched plot by Uncle Whalon to marry himself to Jeyne.

Visaera witnessed the violence leading up to her father's death, noting a number of distant family and servants who vanished, including her nursemaid. Symond never invited his younger brother back to the Twins, but he was a touch too dead to stop him, and none of his children saw their uncle for what he was. Jeyne resumed her role as a motherly figure to her siblings, though her youngest sister Visaera was sent to serve Lady Bethany Blackwood in Riverrun during 400 AC.

Lady-in-Waiting
The companion of a mother she never knew, Bethany Blackwood, became Visaera's new surrogate mother. Though Visaera's quietly rebellious side began to make itself apparent around this time, it was never in the company of her Lady; she took Lady Bethany's disappointment as if it were coming from her real mother. From Lady Bethany, Visaera learned to trust, to survive courtly life, and to serve. In 401 AC, Visaera and the Tully entourage attended the wedding of her sister Jeyne to their Uncle Whalon. Hearing the news of Whalon's death on their wedding night was like honey to little Visaera's ears.

Lady Blackwood's suicide created an aura of death around Visaera that the girl never felt fully able to shake.

She took up service to Lady Bethany's daughter, Berena Tully, soon after.

While present during the events of Taming of the Lady, Visaera remained in the dark about the bastard Landon's true nature until told by Jeyne at Harrenhal in 407 AC.

Recent Events
Visaera departed Riverrun with Berena Tully in 407 AC to attend the Tourney at Harrenhal in 407 AC. She is reunited with her sisters, intending to return to the Twins following the celebration's end. After a failed betrothal to Eon Stark to secure Northern complacency, newly-betrothed Jeyne conspires to marry Visaera to Loreon Lannister. Jeyne is murdered by her betrothed, Prince Jacaerys Targaryen in 407 AC, leaving Visaera's remaining sister Elana Frey to become Lady of the Crossing. Visaera is made the Heir of the Crossing, until the time comes- should the time come- that Elana marries and has issue.

Current Members

 * Elana Frey, Lady of the Crossing b. 392
 * Visaera Frey, Heir to the Crossing b. 393

Past Members

 * "Black" Walder Frey b. 260 d. 325


 * Tywin Frey, Lord of the Crossing b. 287 d. 339
 * Walda Frey, Lady of the Crossing b. 290 d. 366
 * Walder Frey, Lord of the Crossing b. 300 d. 369
 * Emmon Frey, Lord of the Crossing b. 325 d. 390
 * Symond Frey, Lord of the Crossing b. 360 d. 400
 * Donnel Frey, Lord of the Crossing b. 390 d. 401
 * Jeyne Frey, Lady of the Crossing b. 388 AC d. 407