Helen Sunderland

**Helen Sunderland** is the de-facto second daughter of Cecil Sunderland. She is close to her twin Estella and is a lady-in-waiting to Zhoe Arryn. She is quite clingy to her sister, and her sheltered and gleefilled upbringing has made her naively cheerful where her sister is the opposite.

## Appearance and Character

Helen looks much alike her twin, though she prefers to keep her light brown hair shorter and in twin braids along the sides. She is also about as pretty as her sister, accompanied by her charming smile. Though her wits and intelligence are less active than Estella’s, Helen still manages to uphold her own innocent charm.

Helen is often quite cheery, smiling many a time to the point where anything but can be taken as a sign of distress. She is patient with her friends and everyone around her as well as expressing an in-depth interest in animals, manifested in her ‘pet’ raven whom she affectionately calls “Maester”.

## History

Helen was born a few moments after Estella to Cecil and Melantha Sunderland. From a young age she was a cheerful and sheltered child, much more so than her sister, and enjoyed to spend most of her time in outside environments watching the world and the seas that surrounded the sisters in their natural state. She was never much of a lady, struggling to fulfill even the simplest of her mother’s ladylike standards, though the animosity between Melantha and Helen could never be as strenuous as that between Melantha and Estella. Oftentimes she would intrude into her sister’s studying, usually reading up a few books and trying to follow Estella’s intelligent conversation, which quickly became one-sided rambles, before getting distracted and wandering off.

Estella spent much of the earlier part of her adolescence among maesters, completing the education her sister had undergone in private study. It was here learning how to write and read, as well as appropriately authoring letters, that Helen discovered the ravens. It was a creature she had only ever heard of before, and seeing one in person gave her a great emotional connection to the birds. A few days later the Maester stumbled in on a mess, with Helen, a single raven stood upon her arm, in the Center of it all, petting the raven she now called ‘pet’. The Maester, distraught, brought the matter to her father, whom responded with a humoured laugh. In the next few months Helen, whether by the hand of the Maester or her and Estella’s mutual study, Helen trained and studied zoology and animal behaviours and characteristics to the point where it was one of the only subjects Helen had ever surpassed her sister in.

When Estella was arranged to serve as a lady-in-waiting to Zhoe Arryn by their mother, Helen refused to stay so far away from her sister and though she was never involved in the original arrangement it was otherwise accepted by all involved and even their rigid mother. In the Eyrie a much more timid side of Helen came out, and most of her talking was left to her sister, with Helen sitting behind caring for her raven. When Cecil died, Helen, who was far closer to him, was even more withdrawn, locking herself away and refusing to talk to anyone save her raven and Estella, who took the role of a motherly caretaker alongside their sisterly bond.

## Family

Unlike Estella, Helen was very close to her siblings and family, though her relationship with her mother is still quite strenuous and split, between the two Helen is the one whom receives the better memories from their sisters.

Family Tree

### Close Family

Cecil Sunderland (deceased) - Father

Melantha Sunderland née Arryn (Born 50 - 48 years old) - Mother

Davos Stone (Born 68 - 30 years old) - Half-brother

Estella Sunderland (Born 78 - 20 years old) - Twin Sister

Dianna Royce née Sunderland (Born 79 - 19 years old) - Sister

Clarisse Sunderland (Born 81 - 17 years old) - Sister