Sybel Stokeworth

Sybel is the eldest daughter of Lord Ossifer Stokeworth and his lady consort Farrah the Fair of House Falwell.

She became Lady of Stokeworth following her father's death in 399 AC.

Appearance and Character
As a child, Sybel was morbidly obese, earning her the nickname 'the Fat Lamb'. Sybel never took it personally as a young lass and often laughed if it was mentioned.

As she grew taller over the years, the weight distributed more evenly along her curvy frame. As a woman she is undeniably heavy still, but she carries her weight proudly and without shame, despite her grandmother's critical comments. She considers herself attractive and has always dressed to accentuate her womanly features, while keeping propriety in mind.

Sybel has long, chestnut brown hair and light gray eyes. Her face is symmetrical, her skin fair and smooth. By all accounts, weight "issues" (depending whom you ask) aside, she is undoubtedly and classically beautiful.

It is said she inherited her father's coloring but her mother's good looks.

(Meta: I know the artwork depicts a slender woman.  It's temporary: use your imagination.)

Most would describe Sybel as charismatic, clever, and calm. She smiles and laughs easily and rarely, if ever, takes things to heart.

Birth
Sybel was born in 381 AC to Lord Ossifer Stokeworth and his wife and consort, Farrah the Fair of House Falwell, whom her father had met years earlier at the Kingswood Tourney. It was love at first sight for Ossifer, and the two wed shortly after a secret courtship.

It should be noted that the marriage resulted in a broken betrothal between Ossifer and Ermesande Rosby, whom his younger brother later married in an effort to mend relations.

Childhood and Tutelage
Arthur and Gemma Stokeworth were born in 384 and 388 respectively and were welcome additions to the Stokeworth family, especially to Sybel who had been left to the care of her grandmother Meredyth Hayford while her parents disappeared for weeks on end, traveling and touring.

Meredyth Stokeworth (nee Hayford) had always thought her eldest son a lazy fool and found his pretty wife to be just as hopeless, and took it upon herself to raise his children. The widow of a lord who had died too early and left her with two willful young sons, Meredyth had years of experience in raising children under her belt already. She also had a lifetime of knowledge to pass on and was eager to raise a worthy heir to succeed her son, as she believed him a failure and had often fantasized about an alternate reality in which she had suffocated him in his sleep when he was still a babe. As far as as Meredyth was concerned, this was her chance to make things right.

A disciplinarian at heart, she was hard on the children, but unlike her worthless son, his children--Sybel and Arthur, specifically--were bright students. Sybel in particular soaked up material like a sponge and was naturally ambitious, two traits Meredyth strongly approved of. Too many women in Stokeworth history had been simple and had depended on their husbands to manage their affairs for them.

Meredyth passed on her mastery in statecraft and intrigue to her grandchildren, all of whom she believed would one day manage households, either their own or those of their spouse. To her granddaughters Sybel and Gemma specifically, she expressed the need for young ladies to be charismatic and respectable. She taught them the arts and what all she knew of the sciences.

Misfortune & Ascension
Arthur died unexpectedly when what seemed to be a simple cough developed into something far more sinister. Within a week he was dead. At fourteen and nearing the end of his schooling, his death was a huge blow to the Stokeworths.

Arthur's death proved more devastating when mere months later, a few moons after the new year, Ossifer Stokeworth died from complications with gout. Before his passing, he named his eldest child Sybel as his successor. No one at the time was aware that Farrah Falwell was pregnant once more; no one could have predicted that she carried their unborn son in her belly.

The Young Lamb
Olyvar Stokeworth was born in the first moon of 400 AC, just seven months after the death of their father. Their mother, nearly forty at the time of his birth, became ill due to complications. She was bedridden until she, too, died in 402 AC, just two years later.

As a babe, Olyvar was small and sickly. He rarely cried and had ittle appetite. Sybel and Gemma, along with their grief-stricken grandmother Meredyth, took special care of young Olyvar. They were delighted when his health improved over time.

In a Nutshell
Sybel, with the help of her grandmother, has ruled Stokeworth for eight years.

At six and twenty she remains unwed, but she has never expressed a desire to marry. Gemma, now nineteen; and young Olyvar, seven, are her primary concerns.

Her focus is the continued prosperity of Stokeworth, but ambition is always on her mind.

Grand Tourney of Harrenhal
Sybel attended the grand tourney where she met and had a one night stand with Berena Tully.

Family
See image.