Evaine Blackthorne

Lady Evaine Blackthorne was the eldest daughter of Lord Lamorak Blackthorne and was briefly a candidate to become matriarch of House Blackthorne. She was one of three sisters, along with younger siblings Isolde and Ygraine, that would go on to be known as the She-Griffins Three. A highly skilled swordswoman and jouster, Evaine is a contentious figure according to most historical analysts and scholars; many consider her to be a meddling hot-tempered upstart while others consider her a pioneer for expanding the role of women in mainstream Aradian society.
Evaine's father was locked in a war with Brecilidia, and spent most of his life in an enemy dungeon; as a result, Evaine and her sisters were left to fend for the family themselves, with their elder brother Galahad as man of the house and regent-lord. Galahad was an inspiring young warrior but he fell in battle quite early in his campaigns, aged only seventeen; his elder sister Evaine took to donning his armor and acting as him in later battles to keep the morale of his Stormtroopers up. The sight of the "Ghost" Galahad was terrifying to enemy soldiers who believed the youth they'd killed had risen from the grave to wreak terrible vengeance.
Upon her father's death, Evaine strongly pressed her claim to succeed him. However her brash manner and her gender earned her suspicion among the lords and financiers who were electing to make the decision, and she was passed over in favor of her banker cousin Allister. Furious, the She-Griffins Three took their mother and stormed from the halls of the Eyrie Peak, not to return for many years.
Evaine later split from her sisters after their mother's death. She made a living as a war adviser to her cousin Lord Gwynllyw Monmoth, and though society rarely let her don her armor in the open field, she nevertheless took up her sword whenever she could. Evaine maintained a grudge against Brecilidia for the death of her father; she aided Edward Blackthorne, Allister's son, in his campaigns in Brecilidia as one of Blackshanks' Boys (the lone female of the party). Late in life, just before her death of natural causes at the grand age of 111AE, she fostered the future lady Jayne Blackthorne at her home on Crystantheum.