Allison Blackthorne

Lady Allison Highcliffe was the eldest child and only daughter of Lord Allister Blackthorne by his wife Phaedra Platanaget. She was doted on highly by her father and named in part after himself. As she grew she became highly sought-after as a marital match due to her father's wealth as well as due to her great physical beauty; she shared the exotic features of her Gilded Isle heritage, with streaks of gold in her hair and similarly golden-colored eyes. Allister was immensely choosy with who he would allow his beloved Ali to wed, mainly out of love for her, but also possibly because he was trying to leverage Lord Vonostra out of control of the Great Riverford with promise of his maiden daughter as a match. Her father's plans were dashed when Allison met and fell in love with the older nobleman Humphrey Highcliffe. Allister was loathe to deny his favorite child anything she wanted, and it did not hurt that the House Highcliffe owned a substantially wealthy trading port either, and so the Golden Griffin agreed to the match.
Allison bore a daughter for Humphrey named Fiona, but after stillbirthing a son, Healers warned her that she would not be able to bear any more children safely. Humphrey loved his young bride dearly and was content to make his brother Royce his heir. He eventually arranged a match for Fiona with his cousin's son, a young knight named Sir Theseus Knox. Their son and Allison's grandson, Hephaesus Knox, would go on to be a significant figure in Aradian history when he married Allison's great-niece, Lady Jayne Blackthorne.
Allison herself lived a happy life to the age of sixty-four, dying to winter fever. Her husband, though ten years older, did not long outlive her. They were buried together at the Highcliffe.