V A L A E N A V E L A R Y O N
Main Title; Lady of the Tides
General Title; Regent of Driftmark, Mistress of Driftmark
Valaena stands just a hair taller than most of the horses in her stables, which a confident horsewomen it makes her not, with a slender build. She carries most of the trademark Valyrian features, silver hair, pale skin, with a notable exception of purple eyes as her mother's mother was from the Riverlands, and gave her the trait of Tully blue eyes.
Valaena was not expected to be much. While she was beautiful as a child, she was from a large family who had few connections anymore. As so, while she was raised to be the perfect southern lady, she was also given much more freedoms than the average highborn lady, she wasn't made to entertain like her cousins, and she didn't have too many marriage proposals like her elder sisters. She spent most of her time in the library, and became a very well-read young woman. She had entertained the idea of becoming a Septa before news of Monterys Velaryon's wife passed. Before she knew it, bargins were being made and she was becoming the newest Lady of the Tides. In truth, she had quite a good relationship with Monterys, they were both studious people by nature and they became quick friends, and she found no hardship bearing his child. When he passed she mourned him like she would a friend. On his death bed, he named her regent of Driftmark until their son came of age, something no one contested as the Velaryon house was a dying house and she was as loyal as most.
Valaena, as a result of her more sheltered upbringing, was not the most cut throat noble, but she is a very shrewd business woman.
In the past eight years since her husband's death she had doubled their fleet and while they are no where near the numbers they used to have, she is determined to revive Driftmark to it's former glory. In fact, she has also started to rebuild Spicetown, as their best port town had remained a charred blight as a relic, which Valaena thought was absolutely ridiculous.
Valaena also has the reputation of being called a Mother of Bastards, as she started taking in first the Celtigar bastards that couldn't stay on Claw Isle for one reason or another, and then other bastard's started to make their way to the island of Driftmark, especially if they wanted to escape the notice of other houses. Valaena takes them in, the older ones she finds work for the younger she takes care of and gives them more of an education than they could of hoped for otherwise, and helping them find their way in the world once they were older.
Prince Rhaegon Targaryen - House Velaryon is a vassel house to House Targaryen of Dragonstone, and as such Valaena does come into contact with the Prince, or at least the Prince's envoy's from time to time.
Lord Jaehaerys Valeryon - Her son, currently 9 years old
Daenerys Valeryon - Her daughter, currently 8 years old
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