Gwyn Baratheon

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Shireen Connington

**Gwyn Baratheon** is a polymath and the daughter of Rodrik Connington and Argella Baratheon, and the couple's third child. She is the wife of the Castellan of Storm's End Lyonel Baratheon and mother of their only child.

## Appearance and Character

Unlike her brothers, the firstborn Connington daughter was born with the curly, fiery hair of her father, yet her eyes like pools of blue were due to her Baratheon heritage, as well as her height. As a woman, her curves deepened, her complexion has become fairer and her lips have yet to lose their youthful fullness. There is a roundness from girlhood she has yet to lose. She speaks in a tone seemingly free of trouble.

Gwyn is outwardly calm, her patience only multiplied by motherhood. She has a gentleness and a sense of nurturing that emerges most around children and those whom she perceives are in need of it. Open-handed with her affection, Gwyn is the opposite of her parents in many ways. In her marriage, she is the calm before the storm. Despite her absent-minded nature, Gwyn has a great appetite for knowledge.

## History

Born in the later half of 416 AC, Gwyn's infancy was likely the longest span on time spent at Griffin's Roost. Both parents were alive and well, however Lord Connington was absent for her birth due to his position of Master of Laws which kept him away at King's Landing in order to serve Queen Visaera Targaryen. Gwyn's earliest years were primarily spent away from the capital in the safety of her father's ancestral seat. Girlhood waning, Gwyn was sent to the court of Storm's End, where she became acquainted with the two great loves of her life: Lyonel Baratheon and learning. Painting had been a passive interest for years, but as she matured, so too did her relationship with art. She discovered a love of numbers, mirrored only by her love of socializing and living the life of a proper lady. Improperly, however, she became increasingly close with Lyonel. What started as a spark between two adolescents manifested into an all-consuming inferno of lust.

That all came crashing down when Gwyn discovered she was pregnant in 435 AC. Gwyn knew they'd be married, that the changes she made to herself- her faith, her new way of dress, her slimmed waistline- would keep Lyonel at her side. It didn't. Lyonel shied away from marrying her, summoning a short spell of shame to engulf Gwyn and send her into a period of despair and ultimately trauma. A household knight by the name of Ser Benedar Rogers became acquainted to Gwyn, and though he came on strong, Gwyn could not move on from Lyonel. Ser Benedar, proving himself to be the worst of bastards and forced himself upon her one night. No matter how hard she tried, this assault shakes her to this day, and affects her relationship with her husband.

During this period, she grew closer to Lyonel's brother Edric Baratheon, a companionship that continues to this day. Eventually after urging by his father, Lyonel wed Gwyn in 435 AC. She gave birth to their daughter Lyanna a few short moons later, and though she unconditionally loves her husband, she was never able to fully forgive her husband for this betrayal.

Architecture is one of Gwyn's newest loves, and though she values function, she sees it as a marriage of her love of art and numbers and treats designing elaborate forms as a means of expression. Like her other interests, her knowledge of dragons was born of her keen interest in science, and Gwyn built this knowledge over many a sleepless night spent over dusty old books describing every known dragon, their anatomy, and their behavior. Over time, her knowledge became extensive, and grew her further into a scholar. Gwyn exists in a state of constant self-improvement, for fear that if she stops, her melancholy will consume her.

## Family and Household

* Gwayne Baratheon, Lord of Storm's End
	+ m. Aelinor Targaryen
		- Laena Baratheon
		- Robar Baratheon
		- Lyonel Baratheon
			* m. **Gwyn Baratheon née Connington**
				+ Lyanna Baratheon
		- Edric Baratheon
* Ser Davos Baratheon (†)
	+ Lady Lysa Baratheon née Tyrell
		- Bryce Baratheon
		- Rolland Baratheon
		- Cyrenna Baratheon
		- Marya Baratheon
* Argella Connington
	+ m. Lord Rodrik Connington (†)
		- Stannis Connington
		- Desmond Connington
		- Gwyn Connington
		- Shireen Connington
* Errec Baratheon