#*house oleander

* — HELEWYS OLEANDER : WHISPERS

❝ sabotage the things i love the most. camouflage so i can feed the lie that i'm composed...❞

⚘ —HOUSE OLEANDER of hellespoint : 𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔰𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔪. 𝔩𝔞𝔰𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯.

in 129—131 AC , the dance of dragons.

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⚘ —HOUSE OLEANDER of hellespoint : 𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔰𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔪. 𝔩𝔞𝔰𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯.

in 283—305 AC , the baratheon/lannister reign

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Can you tell us more about House Oleander's political agenda and their role within the power structures of the Reach? Did they back the Tyrells during AC or were they one of the houses that meant to be Lords Paramount themselves?

Vivienne is a fable beauty and probably sent to court to advance the family's position by marriage -- what's her opinion on this? Is she also ambitious? Is her lighter colouring symbolic of her nature?

Feel free to treat this as a safe space to tell us stuff you wanna share but no one has asked yet. I'd love to hear more details!

And finally can you tell us the faceclaim for Mikael Oleander? I would like to get a better look at him.

Your faceclaims are super well chosen btw, the actors are largely unknown and share the family characteristics.

aww thanks so much for your kind words. i will do my best to answer tour questions below. 💜

house oleander is a house that basically built themselves from nothing. from the get go their motives were all about what could pull them higher and higher socially. they are not as powerful politically as the tyrells, but they do share a long history with them. members of the house married into the tyrell house and vice versa over the years. in the dance of dragons era, house oleander has a fairly large influence in the reach. they have solid connections both within and without the reach. especially once the Hightowers start making moves in the capital, as the matriarch of their house is otto’s sister. juliaena marries into house tyrell during this time period as a show of solidarity between the two houses during this period as well, while her sister’s hand was claimed by rhaerion targaryen. the oleanders never ruled the reach in name but were certainly one of the most well known houses. i certainly think that if they had their way they would’ve taken over as lords paramount of the reach, but opted to keep their enemies close instead. 

vivienne is certain a passioned storybook damsel. i based her off of a large combination of fictional and historical characters. her beauty was definitely more of a curse than a blessing as it resulted in many of her woes. it’s what initially resulted in her mother shipping her off to the capital alongside her older sister. vivienne has always been a dutiful woman. thus, it wasn’t difficult for her to go along with being used as a pawn because in her mind it was for the greater good. she never really had ill feelings about it, nor did she hope to gain more from it than what was necessary for her family. the woman didn’t really have any personal ambitions. all she wanted was to be happy alongside her beloved, jaegor. however, even that wasn’t possible for her ultimately. thanks to her family (the Hightowers and the oleanders) she was forced to marry rhaerion instead. while he claimed to love her, the only good thing that really came out of that arrangement that worked in her own favor was that birth of her daughter aeva. also, her coloring is most certainly an ode to her gentle nature and innocence. great eye!