Lynnea Horpe

Lynnea Horpe

Lynnea Horpe is the youngest daughter of Lord Harwyn Horpe and the late Lady Dorea Horpe. She remains happily unmarried and has recently been spending a good deal of her time
tending to her ailing father. Her mother succumbed to illness in 96 AC and her beloved older brother, Olyvar, was killed at the Battle of Mistwood in 97 AC. Olyvar’s widow, Coletta Horpe née Mertyns, has lived with Lynnea at Greywood for five years and has two young children.

## Appearance and Character

Lynnea is of average height, 5’6”, with an athletic build. She has brown eyes with hints of gold. Her chestnut brown hair is wavy and reaches past her shoulders, but she usually keeps it braided. Her skin is fair but with olive undertones. She prefers practical clothing and often wears her brother’s old garments, especially when spending time outdoors.

She is a free-spirited and strong-willed woman. She enjoys spending time in the forest, either wandering alone and enjoying nature or helping village folk with their woodland pig herds or gathering plants in the forest. Lynnea shares with her late brother a youthful idealism and sense of adventure. Her personal hero is Jeyne Poore, leader and martyr of the Poor Fellows.

## History

### Childhood

Lynnea never fit into the conventional role expected of a daughter of a noble house, but that was fortunately rarely a problem at Greywood. Her mother, Dorea, was Dornish, related to the Tolands of Ghost Hill, and always encouraged her to follow her interests even if they were not typically feminine by Stormlander standards. Her father always taught her that the smallfolk of the forest villages nearby were to be treated with respect and the Horpe household would never let them go hungry. Lynnea’s parents encouraged independence and relationships with many different kinds of people, so Lynnea grew up knowing and learning from many village folk about their livelihoods.
Lynnea was always close with her brother, Olyvar, three years her elder, and the two even invented their own language to write notes to each other and share secrets. They often explored the forested areas around Greywood and made hiding places in caves or tree hollows, where they would leave each other coded messages when they were apart. They both learned much about the local floral and fauna from villagers, especially from Old Wanda of the Wood, a healer who lived alone in Kingswood but whose aid was frequently sought by villagers. Their older sister, Arianne, occasionally joined them, but not often because she preferred not to get her clothes dirtied. Olyvar taught Lynnea how to hunt with him and she mastered the art of tracking and stalking deer and smaller animals. Like her sister, Lynnea also enjoyed lessons with the maester and septa, though Olyvar often grew impatient with them.

### Adolescence and Young Adulthood

As she grew older, Lynnea subtly resisted her family’s attempts at finding her a husband. They wanted to give her a choice, so she endured the courtships, but always found a clever way to sabotage the match. It often wasn’t difficult once they discovered her rugged nature. By the time it became a concern for the family, her mother was growing ill and Lynnea devoted her time to finding a cure. Neither the maester at Mistwood nor Old Wanda could cure her. Lynnea used her knowledge of forest plants, studied medicinal tomes, and even wrote to maesters famous for their healing skills and relatives in Dorne, but she, too, failed to find a cure. Her mother’s death was a serious emotional blow to Lynnea.

## Recent Events

During the Year of Skulls and Daggers, Olyvar and Lynnea were both inspired by the thought of an independent Stormlands. Greywood and nearby villages alike had witnessed the degradation of their beloved forest since Aegon’s Conquest, and they had heard stories of Jeyne Poore and the Poor Fellows’ heroic resistance to Maegor the Cruel. Determined to stand up for his house, his smallfolk, and all Stormlanders, Olyvar secretly set out to meet the rebels in the Rainwood. Lynnea begged him to allow her to join him – she could ride as good as any of his men and knew how to travel through dense forest – but he refused. She followed him anyway, keeping herself hidden and silent until she made herself known to Olyvar when he was alone to warn him of an unknown raiding party she had scouted out nearby. He bade her continue following in secret as he was not sure if they could truly trust the rebels. She followed, watched, and learned from the shadows as Olyvar and the rebel party traveled to Mistwood.

When the various warring parties came to Mistwood, some of the rebels from the party they joined began killing smallfolk indiscriminately. Lynnea and Olyvar realized that while some of the rebels truly sought Stormlander independence, there were many in the group who were happy to steal from and murder anyone just for the thrill. Olyvar tried to defend the smallfolk who had been unable to make it into the stronghold and Lynnea did what healing she could, but she had no experience with serious combat wounds before that night. Lynnea’s brother was slain before her eyes for his attempts to protect the innocent bystanders and she fled, still unknown to the rebel group as Lynnea of House Horpe.

Back at Greywood, Olyvar’s widow Coletta is heartbroken and furious at the so-called rebels. She now takes on the responsibilities of being the acting Lady of House Horpe, given Lord Harwyn’s worsening condition. Lynnea has fallen into a dark despair and is now bent not only on justice for the smallfolk and Stormlanders, but on a very personal revenge for her brother. Disgusted with the so-called rebels in the Rainwood, she seeks to find those who would fight not just for blood, but for freedom.

## Family

* Lord Harwyn Horpe (father)
* Lady Dorea Horpe née Toland (deceased in 96 AC) (mother)
* Arianne Morrigen née Horpe (older sister)
* Olyvar Horpe (deceased in 97 AC) (older brother)
* Coletta Horpe née Mertyns (goodsister, widow of Olyvar) and her two children