ᴡᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ 𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵𝓼 ᴏɴᴄᴇ

biography

there were celebrations all throughout king’s landing when it was announced queen laisa had given the king an heir, a healthy baby boy, on the first try. news of a frail little princess following on her brother’s coat tail was met with apathy. that was how life would go for vaessa, always scuttling in behind the fanfare that followed her twin, the crown prince of westeros. 

the court looked at her and saw what they wanted to see. a perfect little princess, quiet and obedient, it was only those closest to her that saw the truth of what vaessa was. a  future king’s closest companion, the first born daughter of a woman hand picked to be a queen, who had learned the hard way what it took for a woman to wield power in the court of king’s landing. 

as the first born daughter of the king, there would be no question as to vaessa’s fate. all her childhood, she carried the knowledge that one day she would be married off to some lord of her father’s choosing. as a little girl, she dreamed of where she might end up. she imagined she would flourish in the fertile lands of the reach, spending her days on the riverbanks, sipping on fine wines. or perhaps she would be sent to strengthen ties with the stormlands, where she would live amongst her mother’s people. 

how shocked she was then, when her father told her she would be sent to the iron islands, to marry the high king’s eldest son. a reward for their continued loyalty. she would one day be a queen. but her kingdom would be a collection of damp rocks, her subjects blood thirsty pirates. although the iron islands would not have been the fate she would have chosen for herself, she was determined to make the best of her future. poring through every book she could find on the history of the iron islands. all the books in the world, however, could not prepare for the harsh reality of the iron islands, filled with people who saw her very presence there as a threat to their independence. 

more than half vaessa’s life now, has been spent living on the iron islands and still she feels like an outsider. even when she became their queen, her people still looked at her with distrust. she wasn’t entirely without allies however, she remembered her mother’s lesson. the power of silence, observing others and allowing them to tip their hand. she charmed her way into the lives of those who didn’t wish to see her exiled immediately, and kept a close on those who had less kind intentions toward her, taking them down whenever she had the chance. vaessa was by no means the most popular high queen the iron islands had seen, but she was nothing if not determined, and even after all these years she is still working hard to forge a place for herself in her newfound home. 

wanted plots/connections

her iron islander mentor, the first real friend she made after coming to the islands, and the person who taught her about their culture and politics. 

misc iron islander allies/enemies etc. the people she has managed to win over, as well as the people who still don’t trust her and everything in between!

childhood friends from her days growing up in king’s landing, maybe someone she had a bit of a flirtationship with before her marriage just for that little bit of drama?