Janei Banefort

The young ruler of Banefort **Janei Banefort** is one of the most dangerous women in the Westerlands. Prideful and skilled she desires greater and power in the Westerlands.

## Appearance and Character

Janei is an average sized girl with a slight athletic build with short neck length red hair, emerald green eyes, and fair skin. She wears simple clothes compared to her high birth, a simple brown tunic, pants, boots, a silver inlaid rapier, a parrying dagger, two daggers in a double scabbard, and two daggers hidden in her boots.

Calm and prideful Janei is a dangerous enemy and a powerful friend to have. She has long tolerated her family's lesser position in the Westerlands despite their power status but has an ambition to see her family in its rightful place. She rarely uses her birth name, instead going by her nickname. Prideful and a known killer and soldier she is blunt in her opinion and arrogant with those she talks to, though she is gentler around her family.

## History

### Early Life

The first born child of Lord Gerold Banefort and his wife Jocasta Stackspear Janei was born at sea during a break from a storm and was nicknamed Zephyr for the gentle breeze that saved her family, though she would not take the name for years and for a different reason. Her parents doted on her and declared she would be their heir no matter what. When she was five her mother gave birth to her second child, a baby girl named Jocasta.

Jocasta's birth had been a miracle on its own and her mother was incapable of giving birth again, securing Janei future. The two sisters were close, though while Janei proved to be a talented girl and Jocasta a rather plain girl. In tutoring she was very attentive to lessons on warfare, both sea and land, and capable with a rapier. Her true talent, however, was with her daggers and learning how to track humans.

### Taste of Combat and Succession

At sixteen House Lannister raised its banner against House Targaryen and House Banefort sided with their liege lord. Dressed as a boy, merely for appearance, Janei joined her father in the war and during a skirmish she killed a knight in a duel.

One knight while Janei was scouting with her father and several trained scouts. They came across a large contingent of Rivermen and a small outskirt camp. Getting close to the camp Janei overheard a knight boasting about how skilled he was, declaring he would claim many treasures from lords to the men at arms with him. She was about to leave when the knight mentioned claiming her father's prized cloak and in a fit of rage sliced his unarmored throat from behind. Her father and his men rushed to her defense as the enemy men at arms rose to attack her, killing them from behind. After that night the men of Banefort started calling her Zephyr for how quick she killed the man and she finally took the nickname as her primary.

When the Westermen invaded the capital Zephyr, as she now answered too, and her father were separated as fought through the streets of the city before being forced to retreat. Her father was not so lucky.

During the course of the battle her father joined the Lannisters of Lannisport in their attack on the Dragonpit. Her father was burned to death with Tyrion Lannister when Balerion attacked, he was only identified later by his ruined hood, the only part of his famous cloak that survived the blast. To young and determined not to confront those responsible for her father's death she stayed far out of the way during negotiations.

When she and her father's remaining men returned she found the Banefort closed to her by her uncle Jason who claimed she was unfit to rule and said that her sister would rule, with him as regent. Zephyr knew her sister would never agree to that and discovered he had locked her in her room with their bastard cousin Jaime.

That night, Zephyr and her father's men, gathered in the lands outside the Banefort and declared they would take it back. With the aid of some castle servants, she and the men snuck into the castle. Her uncle had bought the loyalty the remaining guards in the keep, and confident he could hold the land as long as Zephyr was outside. But they were outnumbered and quickly dispatched by the battle harden solders. Her uncle was a schemer and not a warrior but sill came bursting out, sword and hand and found Zephyr facing him, rapier and parrying dagger in hand. A quick duel followed in view of loyal Banefort men and Jason's captured rebels ending with Jason disarmed.

Her uncle was sent to the wall where he died on the way there when he drowned at sea. There would be rumors for years that his niece ordered the drowning, but there was no evidence and Zephyr refused to comment.

## Recent History

Janei has begun making plans to claim what she feels is owed to her family as the masters of Banefort. She sent a letter to Lord Tytos Lannister, inviting him to the Banefort. Upon the arrival of Lord Tytos Lannister, Sir Joffrey Lannister, and Tybolt Lannister Janei began negotiations with Tytos on a marriage between herself and Tytos youngest son, Damon Lannister. Also during this time her bastard cousin Sir Jaime left the Banefort, furious at what he felt he was being cheated from.

## Family

* Lord Jaime Banefort d. 77 AC
* m. Tysha Banefort d. 74 AC
	+ Lord Gerold Banefort d. 93 AC
	+ m. Lady Johanna Banefort nee Stackspear
		- Lady Janei 'Zephyr' Banefort b. 77 AC
		- Jocasta Banefort b. 82 AC
	+ Castellan Jason Banefort d. 93 AC
		- Ser Jaime Hill b. 79 AC
* Lady Cerelle Banefort
* m. Lord Tommen Lannister of Casterly Rock

## Household

### Banefort Household

* Castellan Rogar Stackspear
* Maester Joffrey
* Sir Jaime Hill
* Captain Brom

### Banefort Fleet

#### Warships

* Lioneater
* Hooded Man
* Kracken Beacher
* Tydeturner
* Drumm Beater
* Banebringer
* Gerold's Pride
* Grey Sinker
* Badsister
* Serpent Slicer

#### Longships

* Farwind
* Gentle Breeze
* Zephyr's Grace
* Sea Flyer
* Truesighter

## Stats and Skills

Attributes: Agile (+2 STE, +1 COM), Elusive (+2 STE, +1 INT)

Skills: Daggers (STE) Reconnaissance (STE) Rapier (COM) Abidexterity (COM) Warcraft (MAR) Naval Warfare (MAR)

Apptitude: Assassin's Grace

Correlation: +2 COM from MAR