Jocelyn Meadows

**Jocelyn Meadows** is the Lady of Grassfield Keep and the adjacent town of Grassy Vale. Raised without any expectation of inheritance, she became her house's presumptive heir following the Rosegold Rebellion, during which her brother and father were both slain in battle. After her grandfather's death in the first moon of 99 AC, Jocelyn succeeded him as the head of House Meadows.

## Appearance and Character

Lady Meadows is a slender woman standing at an above average height, with fair skin and a square-shaped face crowned by chestnut brown hair. Thick brows rest above round, light brown eyes, and she is further distinguished by a slight cleft in her chin.

A pleasant demeanor and quiet charm conceal an enigmatic nature; though Jocelyn readily appeases conventions and expectations, she seldom truly abides them. She is quick to learn, a quality that often renders her too cocky to foresee the outcomes of her mistakes.

## History

### Early Life

The long rule of Lord Normund Meadows began in 42 AC, when his father was slain by Wat the Hewer during the Faith Militant uprising. Save for his house's reliable involvement in the Reach's wars, his rule of Grassy Vale was largely stable and prosperous - though his family life was not without tension. The arduous births of his only two legitimate children, the twins Timoth and Triston, rendered their mother incapable of producing further issue. Lord Normund nevertheless continued to sire children, albeit with lowborn lovers. As their father became increasingly careless and provocative, however, the twins grew to be diligent and genteel.

Jocelyn was born the second child of Lord Meadows' heir, Timoth, and his wife, Sybell Lyberr. She enjoyed a usually idyllic upbringing at her house's pleasant southern holdings, with easy access to all of Grassy Vale's urban amenities. Among her earliest memories, however, was the prolonged mourning that followed the Fourth Dornish War, during which her uncle Triston perished in battle. Jocelyn's cousins were subsequently raised closely alongside her and her siblings as their own mother struggled to contend with her grief.

Behind her brother and father in the line of succession, Jocelyn was never expected to have the slightest part to play in her house's affairs. Instead she was raised to abide feminine propriety so that she might eventually marry one of the Reach's more prestigious houses. Nevertheless, her bookish mother insisted on providing all of her children with a well-rounded educate, and Jocelyn proved a quick learner.

### Rebellion

Though Grassy Vale had become accustomed to periodic involvement in the Dornish Wars, none were prepared for the severity of the Rosegold Rebellion. Lord Normund Meadows had by then become one of the most outspoken critics of the crown in the Reach, and at the time of its outbreak in 93 AC he was fully prepared for war. His heir Timoth, widely recognized for his martial talent, was sent to serve in House Tyrell's main host while Lord Meadows himself prepared to defend Grassfield Keep.

Lord Meadows' preparations proved entirely insufficient. During the battle outside of Grassfield Keep, Jocelyn's brother Russell perished, and her cousin Branston defected to the crown. Her lord grandfather was initially intent on enduring the subsequent siege, but after reassessing their stock of food, Lady Maris Meadows convinced her husband that resistance would only bring starvation. To the surprise and outrage of his peers, Lord Meadows surrendered after only three days, shamelessly abandoning a cause he had for so long supported.

Worse than the loss of his reputation was the loss of Lord Meadows' firstborn and Jocelyn's father, Ser Timoth Meadows, at the catastrophic Battle of Bitterbridge. By the war's end, a girl of fifteen had become the presumptive heir to Grassfield Keep.

### First in Line

Despite his embitterment and illness, the elderly Lord Normund did not neglect to prepare his heir for her eventual rule. For the first year, Jocelyn's daily routine overbrimmed with vigorous lessons in statesmanship and commerce, facilitated again by her mother's guidance. From her eldest living uncle, Ser Bonifer Flowers - then the castellan of Grassfield Keep - Jocelyn received further lessons in military matters, though her understanding of such never grew beyond rudimentary. This tutelage ended only on account of personal tensions between the two; as Lord Meadows grew ill and infirm, Ser Bonfier began to impose his authority over Grassfield Keep.

After her sixteenth nameday, Jocelyn began spending most of her time at Grassy Vale along with her other bastard uncles, Robin and Sumner. Though the former was responsible for overseeing the town, it was with the latter that she had the more intimate and instructive relationship. Sumner acquainted Jocelyn more thoroughly with the town - including elements usually kept from the view of highborn visitors. She was learned how to entreat with the smallfolk and quickly forged invaluable connections with the most industrious among them.

While Jocelyn resided in the town with her youngest two bastard uncles, the eldest of the three assumed the regency of House Meadows in all but name, as Lord Normund had grown too ill to perform his duties. Friendly ears within Grassfield Keep revealed to Jocelyn that Bonifer Flowers was plotting to have his father disinherit his heir in favor of her cousin, Selwyn Meadows. Along with Sumner, she hastily returned to Grassfield Keep, hoping that her presence at court would help to thwart such a scheme. Conveniently, little action was needed on her part, as her return coincided with an outbreak of the dragonblight in the Crownlands. Though cases of it were rare in Grassy Vale and otherwise unheard of at Grassfield Keep, Bonifer Flowers contracted the disease and perished shortly thereafter.

### Green Grass and High Tides

In Bonifer's absece, Jocelyn was able to form an effective - if still unofficial - regency council. Robin Flowers had returned to Grassfield Keep to assume the position of castellan, and they were further assisted by Sumner Flowers and Sybell Lyberr. Though the ailing Lord Meadows was almost always content to leave his decisions in their hands, a notable exception came in 98 AC.

As the White Rose initiated a rebellion against the crown, Jocelyn and her uncles anticipated that her grandfather would once again seek to join the Tyrells in an ill-fated uprising - and together they conspired to undermine any such allegiance. Instead they were surprised by his insistence that House Meadows should lend its full support to the crown.

Nevertheless, House Meadows' involvement remained modest. After the White Rose's defeat, the house shifted to a position of neutrality in the next round of conflict. Jocelyn found herself preoccupied with her grandfather's critical condition; as he laid on his deathbed, she saw to every last arrangement needed to ensure a smooth transition of power. In the first moon of 99 AC, Normund Meadows perished, leaving Grassfield Keep and Grassy Vale to his granddaughter.

## Recent Events

Since her recent succession, Lady Meadows has largely remained at Grassfield Keep and Grassy Vale, where she has attended to minor matters that had been long neglected by her predecessor.

## Family

* Normund Meadows, Lord of Grassfield Keep b. 29 AC d. 99 AC
* m. Maris Cafferen b. 30 AC d. 91 AC
	+ Timoth Meadows b. 51 AC d. 93 AC
	+ m. Sybell Lyberr b. 55 AC
		- Russell Meadows b. 75 AC d. 93 AC
		- **Jocelyn Meadows**, Lady of Grassfield Keep b. 78 AC
		- Perianne Meadows, Heir to Grassfield Keep b. 80 AC
	+ Triston Meadows b. 51 AC d. 83 AC
	+ m. Arwyn Hasty b. 53 AC
		- Branston Meadows, Ranger of the Night's Watch b. 72 AC
		- Selwyn Meadows b. 74 AC
		- Margot Meadows b. 77 AC
* w. Tysane of Tumbleton
	+ Bonifer Flowers b. 58 AC d. 96 AC
* w. Alyce of Ashford
	+ Robin Flowers b. 61 AC
* w. Gwenys of Grassy Vale
	+ Florence Flowers b. 63 AC
* w. Olenna of Oldtown
	+ Sumner Flowers b. 69 AC

## Skills

* Attractive, Conniving, Bannerman, Lord
	+ Networking (CHA)
	+ Espionage, Poisons, *Cloak and Dagger* (INT)
	+ Racketeering (STE)
	+ Counter-Intelligence (STA)
	+ Botany (EDU)