Ygraine Hallwinter

“I want you to remember me when I’m gone. I want you to hold on to yourself and cherish what makes you special. Never let your voice be silenced.” - Ygraine, Tragedy Strikes

The mother of Shimoa Hallwinter, wife to Janus Hallwinter and lover to Shay Shadowdwell.

## Ygraine Hallwinter

### Relatives

Janus Hallwinter (husband)Shimoa Hallwinter (son)

## Appearances

### Appearance

Ygraine is a very feminine figure, with soft brown eyes and blonde hair. She usually wore a blue shoulder less dress with a green belt matched with her silver circlet. She was always seen wearing a golden cross.

### Personality

Ygraine often seemed quiet, gentle and soft spoken. However she was not afraid to stand up to her husband when needed. She was very faithful, making her son go to prayer with her.

### Biography

Ygraine was born to a wealthy family in the Northern Isles. Not much is known about her life then, outside of finding Shay and ultimately traveling to the mainland with them. Ygraine was arranged to be married to Janus.

Her money and servants helped renew the Hallwinter family’s fortunes., which had currently only consisted of the Hallwinter Estate, with little finance and no staff. She gave birth to a son and heir, whom she named “Shimoa”, which she claimed was a traditional name from her homeland.

Throughout her life, she maintained a relationship and ultimately an affair with Shay. However the latter believes Ygraine was terrible at playing political games.

Ygraine met her death in *Tragedy Strikes*, having been stabbed by an unknown assailant after threatening to leave her husband and leave him in debt. She died in her son’s arms, giving him her cross necklace and asking him to remember her.

### Relationships

#### Janus Hallwinter

Ygraine had a rocky relationship with her husband. The two married for convenience and not out of love. The two had a child together, Shimoa, and Ygraine hoped that Shimoa would grow up to resent Janus and eventually bring about his death.

#### Shimoa Hallwinter

Ygraine deeply loved and cared about his son, acting as his only parental figure in his childhood. She died in his arms trying to comfort him. She named him "Shimoa" as it meant "blessing of death" in the elvish tongue. She did not tell him of this but hoped to mold him into the avenger of her life, which she felt had been taken from her by Janus.

#### Shay Shadowdwell

Ygraine and Shay were friends from youth, having both grown up in the Northern Isles. She protected Shay from being killed as a changeling and the two stayed close, traveling to the mainland together. The two were involved in a relationship despite Ygraine’s marital status.

## Trivia

Ygraine's name comes from the legend of King Arthur, as the Lady Ygraine/Igraine is Arthur's mother, made a victim by Uther Pendragon. However, her story follows more parallels to Morgan le Fay, bearing a child in the hopes of being avenged.

Her circlet is not found on her body, and by her own people's customs, means her soul will not rest until it is reunited with her body and buried with her. It is implied the assassin who killed her took the circlet for this exact reason.

The flower that symbolizes Ygraine is a calla lily. Closely related to Shimoa's lily symbolism, the lily is toxic if ingested. However, the calla lily is used to denote rites of passage in life, especially funerals, tying closer to Ygraine and her death's meaning in Shimoa's life.

Her belt piece is meant to look like fallopian tubes, symbolizing her role as a mother in the story.

She wears a cross in her concept arts. However, in the actual chapters, she wears a dragon necklace to symbolize the elven deity Sabrahiel.

## Gallery

Ygraine's Standard ClothingYgraine's Funeral DressYgraine's Youth DressSpotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5deaz5ncD75V63ZUWvfHo9