Aemma Flowers

Aemma's personal heraldry. A wilted red rose on a white stem with three falling petals on a blue field.

## META

### Alternative Characters

Davos Manning

Aemma Flowers is a bastard daughter of a Garth Serry. She was born to him of a lowborn mother after the death of his own wife. Aemma was raised on the island of Southshield but was kidnapped by ironborn raiders at the age of 18 when the ship she was on came under attack. An ironborn man by the name of Vickon Wynch would take her as his salt wife and the pair would have two children together. Aemma escaped her life as a salt wife but in doing so was forced to leave her children behind at Iron Holt.

## Appearance and Character

Aemma is a woman of average height but she walks with a slight hunch from her many years at sea. She has black hair that has begun to grey, but only slightly, and light blue eyes. Aemma is not physically strong and could even be described as frail.

The bastard woman is prone to fits of rage due to her moodiness and wroth nature. However, she is also rather diligent in her work and especially enjoys ensuring ships are constructed in a way to move as efficient as possible. She lost her faith long ago after being abducted by the Ironborn. The Seven, in her view, never came to save her and the drowned god was repulsive. She has turned away from religion and relies on her own abilities and intuitions to guide her through life.

## History

### Childhood

Aemma had a challenging childhood after the passing of her father. Her trueborn siblings treated her with constant disdain except for her eldest brother, Steffon. It was he who introduced Aemma to the seas and what it meant to be a sailor. A ship, generally, was no place for a woman but knowing that she would face ridicule ashore he thought it in her best interest to come with him. Aemma quickly fell in love with ships and the sea and it did not take long for her to become adequate in managing a crew.

### Life on the Isles

When she was abducted at the age of 18 her entire life changed. She had hoped to be able to find a knight of a lesser house to marry and have a large family with. Instead she was taken by Vickon of House Wynch and forced to bear him two children. Her time in the isles was not all bad as her salt husband allowed Aemma a great amount of freedom. He would bring her sailing with him and even began to teach her how to wield a small blade. That decision would prove fateful as Aemma would use her skills with a blade to set herself free at the age of 25. Her two children were left behind and she has no knowledge of what ever came of them.

### Life after Escape

Oldtown was the first destination. She didn't know what kind of welcome she would receive on Southshield so the bastard had not intention of returning there. Oldtown was a huge city and she was confident she could find a new life there. Shortly after arrival she met another bastard named Ryam Flowers. The two would marry and begin a family of their own having their first child that year, Steffon Saltspray. In the years that followed Aemma would start turn her skills at sea into a life of a merchant. She would captain and a trading galley called the *Joys of Spring*.

Aemma insisted that any children she were to have needed to have a noble name. So she adopted her own heraldry which Steffon adopted upon receiving his knighthood. The wilted rose represents the effect of salt on flowers. It speaks to her time as a salt wife and the way it damaged her. The rose is red with a white stem as an inversion to the colors of House Serry given her bastard status. The three falling rose petals represent individuals that she has lost throughout her life. The first two petals being her children left behind at Iron Holt and the third being her eldest brother, Steffon. Lastly, the field is dark blue to represent the sea. The name she chose to adopt for her children, Saltspray, is a double meaning to the obvious spray of water you feel while aboard a ship and the less obvious history of her capture and salt wife status.

## Family

* *Garth Serry*
	+ **Aemma Flowers**
		- Wynch Child
		- Wynch Child
		- Steffon Saltspray
		- Senna Saltspray

## Meta

**Attribute:** Diligent

**Skills:** Geography (EDU), Naval Engineering (EDU), Commerce (STA)