Arya Mormont

## Scion of House Mormont

**Arya Mormont** is the second daughter of Lord Joren Mormont and his wife Gael Hornwood.

## Appearance

The Little Bear always stood in the shadow of her elder half-sister, much to the chagrin of the Lady Gael Mormont. Where Lyanna was light, Arya was dark. Her eyes, not a clear winter day, but instead a heavily lidded shade of amber, with specks of sunlight preserved in them. On her cheeks a constellation of freckles. Her lips a touch overly large and her brows thick and expressive. Her thick hair with a tendency curl, a shade of brown so dark that it is nearly black falls to just below her shoulders. Though she is no great beauty, not the sort to go to war for, the younger Mormont girl is nonetheless pretty. Just a hair shorter than her sister, her arms and legs are strong and muscular. Her curves, though womanly could not rival the imagery of the maiden. Instead the Little Bear seems built for endurance, her build generally lithe.

Like all other Mormont women, she is more comfortable in furs and leathers than the skirts of a lady. However, she cuts a surprisingly nice figure in the thick northern dresses her mother foists upon her for events. Arya would not be caught dead without her bear pendant, the compass that would always point her towards her birthplace.

## History

**398 AC late** - Joren Mormont is wed to Gael Hornwood after his whirlwind romance with the Wildling woman, Gyda, fails. His first born and former love have returned to their children. He is not an unkind husband, but he is cold and distant. The marriage is one to unite the two smaller houses.

**399 AC 10th Moon** - Lady Gael Mormont blesses her lord husband with their first child, small female babe. She is named Arya in hopes that she will grow to be strong and fierce. She is given a bear pendant like her sister before her.

**405 AC** - While his marriage to Lady Gael still remains chilly, Joren loves his daughter and sees to it that she begins to learn to use weapons. He sometimes sneaks her along on hunts; though he and the lady keep trying, they have yet to produce another child.

**407 AC** - Lyanna returns to Bear Isle, there is much hidden turmoil within the household during this time. Lady Gael is less than enthused about the return of a bastard, one older than her own daughter and a threat to her lineage. The lady is not unkind to the bastard, for she is at least a girl, and it is not long before she discovers that she is pregnant. A son, she is convinced. Arya is instantly enthralled with her new wildling sister and the tales of her adventures.

**408 AC** - Brandon Mormont is born; her attitude towards Lyanna changing nearly overnight. She is never the warm mother that the girl perhaps would want, but she is kinder. Her relationship with Joren appears to have warmed and the two behave more like newly-weds after this point. Brandon, too, receives a pendant.

**410 AC** - Arya, growing taller and wilder every day, proves herself to be an excellent climber when she scales the tallest tree on the Island and refuses to come down for a whole day. From her perch she promises herself that she will see more of the world someday and she will climb the greatest of heights.

**414 AC** - While the men go off to war, Arya busies herself learning to sew dresses with leathers and furs from her hunts with Lyanna. She finds that she does enjoy putting on these dresses, feigning the appearance of a lady of a rougher time. Burying her feelings about war, she convinces her sister to wear the dresses that she has crafted.

It is also during this time that Arya rescues an old plow horse from early retirement, after he falls and injures one of his back legs. Although she is no great healer, she receives help from her mother and the stable boy who had always been enamored with her, and nurses the large horse back to health. Arya claims the steed as her own and proudly rides him any chance she gets.

**415 AC** - Arya is delighted to welcome her sister as an official Mormont woman. She had never seen her elder sister as anything but that.

**416 AC** - A half drowned dragon comes to their hall. The bastard Maelys, having been rescued by Lyanna, is welcomed in their hearth and at their table. Arya gives her sister space, for she can see they are courting, their love obvious to all who have eyes. When Maelys leaves, Arya comforts her sister, wondering if perhaps her sister would have been happier to have followed him south.

**417 AC** - Arya travels south with the rest of the Mormonts to Kingslanding.

## Possessions

### Animal Companions

* Old Man -- Arya’s rescued Plow horse. The steed is overly large for her and slow at times, but the love between the horse and rider is there. He is not an overly attractive horse, but not ugly either. His coat is chestnut brown, with a white diamond on his forehead, his mane, tail, and the hair on his hocks are cream colored. His nose is tinted pink and his eyes a deep, dark brown.

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