Neila Vyrwel
Age: 24
Born: 276AC
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Abilities: Skinchanger
Beast: A March Panther; Tyraxes
House: Vyrwel (Non-Canon)
Seat: Ebonshear
Location: Northeast of Sunspear at the end of the Dornis peninsula.
Sigil: A black panther on a jade field
Words: Sight in Shadow
Kingdom: Principality of Dorne
Background:
They called her the Jewel of Dorne, never a princess but certainly fit to be. With jet black hair that fell in waves over soft, golden skin and a tenderness always present about her, she was her father’s pride from her first breath. She spent her days studying etiquette and matters of court, learning the proud history of her house and that of the Dornish principality until it was noticed her interests lie elsewhere. Upon discovering the girl had a particular proclivity for combat and spearmanship, her father allowed her to be trained alongside her bastard brother Tryston, only a few months her junior.
It was on her seventeenth name day that the girl was given a pair of young panthers that she named for Targaryen dragons of old. The beasts were meant to be a vanity piece, caged and held in the grand hall of the palace. However, with their presence came strange dreams, and with the dreams, terrible restlessness. In a sleep deprived stupor, Neila one day opened the cage, much to her handmaiden’s horror. Yet, the cats did not attack. Rather, Tyraxes and his sister Syrax merely prowled out of their enclosure and laid at the lady’s feet. From that day forward, the cats roamed freely and the cage was removed. The dreams persisted, though became lighter in tone, peaceful even, granting the lady her rest.
Neila has grown close to both creatures, though her bond with Tyraxes far surpasses any relationship with the second panther. Syrax instead opts for her freedom, often straying from the palace and returning only when she is ready.
Assets:
Cunning
Intelligent
Thoughtful
Extroverted
Thick Skinned
Efficient
Flaws:
Seducer
Spoiled
Promiscuity
Audacious
Venomous
Notable Family:
Tryston Sand — Half brother, a bastard borne of several nights of passion between her father and a serving girl
Tybolt Vyrwel — Father, the aging and ailing Lord of Ebonshear
Edric Vyrwel — Elder Brother, deceased in Robert’s Rebellion
