Sigrun Blacktyde

Daughter of the Sea Wind

Lady of Blacktyde

Captain of the Forlorn Hope

Lady of the Iron Islands (former)

Warlord of the Iron Hosts (former)

Captain of the Company of the Rose (former)

Frenya Blacktyde

Queen **Sigrun I Blacktyde** (71 AC, Blacktyde - 103 AC) was the Queen of the Iron Islands and Lady of Blacktyde. She was the firstborn child of the late Lord Boremund Blacktyde and Lady Mhaegan Blacktyde (neé Volmark). Sigrun was known by the locals of Blacktyde as **"The Shieldmaiden"** and as the **"Lady of the Tides"** by the Ironborn in general. She was the captain of the great galley *"Forlorn Hope"* and wielder of the legendary Valyrian Steel axe Riptide.

She was killed in The Ironborn Civil War in 103 AC after being defeated by Rodrik Greyjoy

## Appearance and Character

Sigrun has long blonde hair she arranges in braids, with the right side of her head close-shaven. She has pale green eyes and a slim, bony face. Her most notable feature, however, is a large, x-shaped gash on the right side of her face that runs from her lips to her right ear and up her nose down to her cheek. Sigrun is strong, tall and athletic, although a tad clumsy and heavy-handed.

Sigrun's wild and headstrong, bold and sharp witted. There is a boldness to the way she walks; part saunter, part sway. Sigrun has a strange crazy, scary and uneasy appearance to her, perhaps due to the large gash upon her face or her pale green eyes. She's ambitious and proud, but reserved, gloomy and quiet, preferring to speak only when she truly has something to say.

Sigrun enjoys drinking, and loosens up after a few cups. Her crew follows her with discipline, and she insists in keeping the troops of Blackyde battle-ready at all times. Many of those are veterans from her voyages east, raiders and mercenaries.

## History

Although Lord Boremund Blacktyde was eager to get a son, it was Sigrun that the Drowned God first gave him. She was born during a terrible storm at Castle Blacktyde. Although her father and mother never minded her very much, preferring the newborn Falki, the heir, to her. Her father always treated her as some diplomatic gift he would soon get rid of and sent to another lord. Her mother was always distant, and her cold unloving nature left Sigrun to her own devices. She would create a very strong bond with her siblings, however, which she protected fiercely, Falki, Wynafryd and Frenya. Sigrun during her early teens was as wild as a little beast. She would go to the sea to swim naked and run through the fields upon horseback.

Sigrun was betrothed to a Harlaw when she was 18 years old against her will. Her father meant to have the ceremony as soon as possible, but Sigrun left aboard a ship with the help of her brother and sisters, joining Veron Greyjoy's raid of the Andalos Coast. There she acquired the taste for battle, where she found her one true love: war.

The marriage would eventually be cancelled as the Harlaws got understandingly upset and impatient with Sigrun. She would stay at the Stepstones on the Ironborn's way back as she did not want to return to Blacktyde yet. There, she went undercover as a man under the name of "Sigfryd", raiding with the crew of a pirate ship from Sunstone for several months. Eventually, she returned to Blacktyde when she heard news that yet another raid was being organized. Returning with chests of gold and silver, her father pardoned her in order to seize her wealth and dismissively agreed to let her join the raids.

At the Cinnamon Straits, Sigrun created a bond of friendship with other Ironborn raiders, such as Dagmar Drumm. It was at these distant shores of the Jade and Summer Seas that Sigrun started to experience with women, developing a taste for the forbidden fruit. Although she would take many concubines at each port, she knew her father would never allow her to bring them to Blacktyde, so she claimed no saltwife of her own.

She would join the raid to the Rhoyne at 93 AC as well, plundering the great mother river of it's riches, much to the anger of the Volantene. There she developed a reputation for herself, now a seasoned warrior, she became known for her fierce fighting and tactical mind. The Ironborn would return two years later, at 95 AC, but this time the might of the Volantene navy got the better of them. Sigrun was severely injured during the ensuing battle, barely escaping with life. The Ironborn retreated and fled the battlefield, but she refused to yield. Badly wounded, Sigrun's crew managed to take to the port and sneak into the city, although most of them were cut down by the Volantene guards. Sigrun survived at the slums of Volantis for months at her own, badly wounded, given by dead certainly by her comrades. Her face had been badly scarred during the fight by a Volantene swordsman, and it took weeks for the gash to even stop bleeding. It was but by a miracle that she didn't bleed out at the dirty alleys of that wretched city.

Seeking to survive, and to get an axe back at her hands, Sigrun enlisted amongst the ranks of the Company of the Rose to fight at the Disputed Lands. The Company of the Rose was originally founded by the men and women of the North that rejected King Thorren's Stark kneeling to Aegon Targaryen, choosing exile rather than bending the knee. The Company by the time Sigrun joined, at 96 AC, was barely composed by Northerners, who occupied the higher officer ranks, sons and daughters of the original exiles. Back in the day she probably wouldn't need to hide her identity, as many northern shieldmaidens fought under their banners, but as most of the troops that actually fought were essosi by then, as any other company of the Free Cities, she donned her Sigfryd disguise yet again.

Sigrun, however, reminds her time under *"The Company"* fondly, not only because it took her out of the slums of Volantis but also because she learned much from her time there. Sigrun had knack for the martial, and soon started climbing the company's ranks. Her military mind was sharp and her control of her troops astounding, quickly responding to any threat or opportunity on the battlefield. "Sigfryd" would reach the rank of Captain and lead the attack against the Rhoyne pirates that had taken the ruins of Ny Sar as their base, pushing the Norvosi to hire the Company of the Rose to rid the place from the scum. When Norvos refused to pay the company, fires to the forests of Norvos were set and many of their mines and fields sacked in retaliation. She would fight under Lys later, during raids around the Myrish Disputed Lands.

Sigrun would return to Blacktyde however at the year 97 AC with chests full of gold and much more experienced than before, both as a person as well as a warrior and now, a commander. Sadly, however, soon after her arrival, her brother Falki who had inherited the lordship from Boremund perished from a severe wound taken at the Ironborn raid to the Summer Isles, which he was struggling for the past year already. After some political struggle and infighting, Sigrun managed to ascend as Lady of Blacktyde in place of her uncle Wulfgar, although this created a bitter rivalry between the two.

For her distinctive military career in Essos and her sharp military mind, Sigrun was appointed by King Urragon X Drumm as Warlord of the Iron Hosts, the highest ranking officer in the Ironborn army.

## Recent Events

Sigrun led the Ironborn host at the Arbor during the war that later would be known as Urragon's Folly. She led the Ironborn forces at the Siege of the Arbor and ordered the Sacking of Ryamsport. She took the Redwyne gold as payment to spare the castle but was left no way to sail back to the Islands with the loot after Urragon's crushing defeat at the Battle at the Redwyne Straits against the combined Royal, Redwyne and Hightower fleets. Sigrun eventually bent the knee to King Viserys Targaryen, but refused to bend to Veron, leading to a delicate situation at the islands.

Back in the Iron Islands, after the death of Veron Greyjoy at the Siege of Seagrave, Sigrun called forth a moot to choose the next ruler of the islands, with the support of the drowned priests. At Nagga's Hill, she claimed the seadragon throne, being supported by a landslide majority of the captains and lords. The moot was interrupted, however, as Florian Greyjoy, son and heir of Veron, landed on Old Wyk and marched against the moot in an attempt to stop it before Sigrun was elected. Nevertheless, the forces of Harlaw, Goodbrother, Farwynd and many others changed sides at the last minute, joining Sigrun against Florian and massacring his forces at the Battle at Nagga's Hill. Sigrun was then drowned and crowned with a driftwood crown by Hrothgar Waveson as the new Lady of the Iron Islands.

Not a week later, a massive Redwyne Fleet had landed on Blacktyde, and with them they had brought forces to siege Castle Blacktyde into submission. Sigrun rallied the lords of the Iron Islands, and engaged the Arbor forces head on at the Battle of the Red Waves, attaining a decisive victory and shattering the forces of Redwyne. In pursuit, at the Cape of Eagles, Sigrun offered mercy to the remnants of the Redwyne fleet. Sigrun earned the respect of Lord Franklyn Redwyne, which in admiration of the Ironborn lady, bent the knee to her out of his own will. After this, Sigrun was crowned Queen by acclamation of the lords of the Iron Islands aboard the *Forlorn Hope*, upon the waves of Ironman's Bay.

## Family Tree

* Lord Sigfryd Blacktyde - b. 1, d. 54
* m. Lady Esgred Blacktyde (neé Farwynd) - b. 8, d. 83
	+ Lord Boremund Blacktyde - b. 31, d. 95
	+ m. Lady Mhaegan Blacktyde (neé Volmark) - b. 48
		- **Queen Sigrun Blacktyde - b. 71, d. 103 AC**
		- Falki Blacktyde - b. 72, d. 97
		- Wynafryd Stark (neé Blacktyde) - b. 78
		- m. Brandon Stark - b. 72
		- Lady Frenya Drumm (neé Blacktyde) - b. 80
		- m. Lord Uther Drumm - b. 77
	+ Wulfgar Blacktyde - b. 33
	+ m. Helga Blacktyde (neé Stonetree) - b. 45
		- Uthgar Blacktyde - b. 71
		- m. Tysha Blacktyde (neé Lannister) - b. 70
			* Tristifer Blacktyde - b. 89
			* Marq Blacktyde - b. 91
			* Harwyn Blacktyde - b. 94
		- Daegon Blacktyde - b. 74
		- Alannys Goodbrother (neé Blacktyde) - b. 75
		- m. Dalton Goodbrother - b. 80
	+ Manfryd Blacktyde - b. 36, d. 87
	+ m. Varana Blacktyde - b. 36, d. 90
	+ Sygarda Saltcliffe (neé Blacktyde) - b. 52
	+ m. Lord Baelor Saltcliffe - b. 40, d. 95
		- Harwyck Saltcliffe - b. 74, d. 95
			* Andrik Saltcliffe - b. 92
		- Meera Saltcliffe - b. 77
		- Lord Joron Saltcliffe - b. 80
		- m. Visena Saltcliffe (neé Sathmantes) - b. 80
			* Donnor Saltcliffe - b. 98
	+ Selyse Orkmont (neé Blacktyde) - b. 55
	+ m. *Late Lord Orkmont*
		- *Little Lord Orkmont*

## Skils (Meta)

Skills: Leadership(CHA), Warcraft (MAR), Siegecraft(MAR), Naval Warfare(MAR), Two Handed Weapons(COM), Precision(COM), Endurance (COM), Footwork(COM), Shipbuilding(EDU)

Aptitude: Field Commander(MAR)