ᵇˡᵒᵒᵈ ╱ 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒

*      𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬      .

full   name   : ariyah blacktyde. nickname ( s )   : riyah by friends and will answer to ari from family. age   :   twenty6. gender   +   pronouns   : demi woman, she and they height   :   five foot, seven inches or 170.18 cm nameday : august 20th, leo. sexuality  : panromantic, pansexual marital   status   :  unwed, unbetrothed. status : liege of blacktyde. spoken languages : common tongue. accent : slurs the end of a word into the other and speaks quickly, accent typical of the islands. nationality : westerosi.

*      𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞      .

faceclaim : sofia bryant. ethnicity : unknown. hair : naturally brown, has a reddish tone to it. eyes : light brown. scent : sea salt and other scents from the ocean. dominant hand : right. build : slender, tall. allergies : none. scars : many, uncertain how many there are and can't remember from what. distinguishing features : tbd. clothing style : anything that is easy to move in, not often in skirts unless it's necessary.

*      𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧     .

mbti : tbd. enneagram : tbd. element : water. temperament : choleric. character   inspirations : eris ( sinbad ), asami ( the legend of korra ), starfire ( dc comics ), nami ( one piece ). deadly   sin : lust. heavenly   virtue : charity. godly   parent : aphrodite.

*      𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬     .

hobbies : whittling, has many figures made out of driftwood in blacktyde, and swimming. they like to be in water more than on top of it. religion : the drowned god. alliance : house blacktyde. personal goals : before was to run trade routes and raid to their heart's content, but if they have to lock in she will.

*      𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬     .

lady estrid blacktyde : mother, alive. lord hrothgar blacktyde nee tawney : father, deceased. lord beron blacktyde : father, alive. lady iselin blacktyde : sibling, alive blacktyde e : sibling, alive.

*      𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬      .

ariyah isn't a master of anything and likes it that way. the wooden figurines they make have an issue with them and she does it on purpose. a seal might have a head too big and a small body, or a whale with an exaggerated tail and small eyes. she has names for all of them and will explain why they remind them of certain people. be careful as you might be the next fish with googly eyes and an ugly tail.

they look for people that seem like they could get swindled easily. on the mainland, in the islands, it doesn't much matter. if ariyah sees something that they want then they'll find a way to take either. they'll promise the world for it and may hold up their end of the deal or not, but there's a thrill that they get from luring people close and giving them nothing.

their ship is called the pearl. they know it's simple and they feel like it reflects how they are as a person. they like when things are simple and to the point, and they don't like when people talk in riddles or engage her in conversation and don't just say what they want or need from them.

*      𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲      .

they haven't ever cared much for the politics of it all. ariyah has cared only for their family and what fun could come from being upon the seas rather than anything outside of it. a child that would run after their parents to be underfoot, and when asked to find something else to do, would do the same thing with their siblings. as she grew it extended to vassals and their ships, coming into her own at the age of six and ten. ariyah took to raiding as a fish takes to swimming and learned to enjoy all that came with it. she likes to take pretty things, being something like a robinhood in how quickly they will give them away to whoever they think is less fortunate. when it became heard and known that the greyjoy heir would be chosen based on merit, they cared little. what their cousins did held little interest to them until ariyah realized what that would mean for the islands and only then did they begin to watch and listen. the greyjoys first, and then their own home.

ariyah never had the desire to be the heir of anything, not seeing herself as someone that needed the responsibility of leading anything but their own crew. when she heard that their mother would pick an heir based on aptitude, they didn't consciously do things to take herself out of the running but there were years where if anyone suggested it it could be laughable. stories about wild nights in taverns, flings left across the islands and anyone else that fell prey to doe eyes on the mainland, ships sunk because they wanted something were prevalent where ariyah was concerned and they thought it was good enough for them to not be trusted. hearing about the kingsmoot, she couldn't have cared less. hearing about the dragons also had little affect, but hearing the extent what wylla greyjoy had done on the mainland did. who she killed meant nothing, but the manner of how it had been done ariyah found it to be weak where the ironborn are concerned.

*      𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬      .

full   name   : cleos bracken. nickname ( s )   : will not respond to monikers of any sort. age   :   fifty. gender   +   pronouns   : cis man, he and him. height   :   six foot, four inches or 193.12 cm nameday : december 25th, capricorn. sexuality  : demiromantic, demisexual. marital   status   :  unwed, unbetrothed and unwilling. status : heir of stone hedge. spoken languages : common tongue. accent : a riverlander accent, thick when agitated or upset but always having a quiet confidence. nationality : westerosi.

*      𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞      .

faceclaim : clifford smith jr ( method man ). ethnicity : blood of the first men. hair : natural black. eyes : sienna brown. scent : oils used on the horses in their stables and on his swords. dominant hand : left. build : broad chested, tall. allergies : wasp stings. scars : multiple from horse rearing and some from his time as knight. distinguishing features : various moles and beauty marks. clothing style : typical of the riverlands, mostly dark muted maroons and golds.

*      𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧     .

mbti : the commander. enneagram : the expert. element : earth. temperament : phlegmatic. character   inspirations : james " ghost " st patrick ( power ), michael corleone ( the godfather ), bruce wayne ( universe ). deadly   sin : wrath. heavenly   virtue : patience.  godly   parent : ares.

*      𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬     .

hobbies : animal husbandry, some drills still done from his days in knighthood, penning his thoughts on what happens in stone hedge, accounting for the books. religion : the old gods ring more true than the faith of seven.   alliance : to be determined. personal goals : to raise house bracken's standing and to throw their bid behind whoever will push for that, as well as him legitimizing his daughter.

*      𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬     .

lady roslin bracken : mother, alive. jon bracken nee smallwood : father, deceased. lady myria bracken : sibling, alive. liege amahle arryn nee bracken : sibling, alive betha rivers : daughter, alive.

*      𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬      .

the stables are the place that he allows himself to feel emotions without having consequences for it. the kingsmoot had tested his temper and control more than he has to deal with in the riverlands and he spends a lot of his time checking on their well being. the thoughts that he doesn't tell his family or other trusted people get said in the ear of his prized steed, bane.

aside from bane, cleos keeps hounds on the grounds of stone hedge but is seen the most with the ones that he has named bear and atlas. atlas is known to be protective over him and his family, while bear has a better temperament to be pet by outsiders but does not sit long for affection.

his gravitation to the old gods is because he finds them to be more dependable than the faith of seven. he has seen the septs and the citadels in king's landing and oldtown and thinks that is a smoke and mirror, and that those gods are ones that require a flashy display.

he's aware that he is someone that can be cruel in his ambition, and he doesn't hide the way that he feels others in the realm do. he's not a man that will put a pretty tongue on to soothe someone's ego and expects the same, however he knows that there is a fine line between honesty and being rude and doesn't allow people to cross it lightly.

he fears irrelevance more than death, understanding it to be a norm in life. his father's death is something that he's got complicated feelings for, and he knows that his mother's will be too. where their tempers are fire hot, his is a permafrost of control learned in his short stint in knighthood rather than from his parents' teachings. he wants to do what his mother hasn't, feeling that a lot of how their family has been wronged is because it's easy to ignore the loudest people in the room.

*      𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲      .