Ameline Rookwood

Lady Ameline Rookwood is the only daughter of Sir Sebastian Rookwood and his wife Priscilla Holloway. She is a cousin of Lord Siegfried, head of House Rookwood. Ameline is a childhood friend of Talia Blackthorne; she spent some time fostered at Griffin's Peak when she was 14, where the two were schooled in ladies' etiquette. Ameline has somewhat of a dolorous and pessimistic temperament, particularly after her mother's death of fever and her father's disappearance (he accompanied Bedivere Blackthorne to the Untamed Isle and was never seen again). She has a pale complexion and pitch-black hair that she often ties into two buns; her bright hazel eyes are said to be the only color in her otherwise long, grim face. In 1015AE, Ameline currently attends Talia as a lady-in-waiting at Everglow City.
Ameline inherited the leadership of the Rookwoods following the death of her cousin, as he had no progeny. She married Indoril Druun, and had three children with him; Caradoc, born 1021AE. Talia, born 1024AE. And Valar, born 1027AE. Amie was considered an able ruler, though her eldest son was a prodigy that quickly eclipsed her. A widow since 1028AE, she maintained a lachrymose manner for most of her life, famed for her black lace dresses and elaborate dark eyepaint. Upon a visit to Bastion City in 1059AE, she was struck with a sudden illness, coughing up blood; healers and even Queen Talia were unable to intervene and she died of a consumption weeks later. Her operations were swiftly taken over by the increasingly prolific Caradoc.