Aliandra Martell

## Justiciar of Sunspear

Aemma Arryn

**Princess Aliandra Nymeros Martell**, simply Ali to family and close friends, is the youngest child of the ruling Princess of Dorne and her consort. She is a renowned tamer and breeder of sand steeds, and was recently appointed the Justiciar of Sunspear by her aging mother.

## Appearance

The people found among the harsh dunes, within the grim red stone peaks and along the deadly coasts of the kingdom of Dorne have a notorious reputation for their licentiousness and hot-blooded behavior—salty, sandy and stony alike. It must come as no surprise then that the youngest daughter of House Martell possesses both of these qualities in more bountiful measure than most, with a penchant for hedonism.

She is tall, slender and fleet of foot in a way that can only be described as graceful, though one must liken it to that of a swordsman, deadly and precise. Most noticeably, her Lannister ancestors have left their mark upon Aliandra in the gold-flecked green of her lambent gaze, in the lighter, silken quality of her riotous mane, and in the smile that threatens to sack entire cities when curved the right way, with a candid tongue to match.

## History

**390 AC:** Aliandra is born at the Water Gardens, the youngest child of the Princess of Dorne and her consort. Like most things in her life, the pregnancy is a surprise, and though labor takes a heavy toll on her mother they both manage to survive the ordeal and recover quickly.

**392 AC:** The girl takes to riding nearly before she takes her first steps, immediately comfortable upon the back of the pony her father is tasked with leading around the courtyard at Sunspear many times a day. When he is busy, his chief seneschal is given the reluctant task instead.

**395 AC:** She begins her lessons (literacy) early, and though she is tutored in mathematics and theology, in the ways of the curved bow and all the finery and social deportment afforded her station, it is history Aliandra loves best. Queen Nymeria becomes her favorite storybook hero.

**398 AC:** Alester Dayne visits Sunspear a second time. She was only a babe and not old enough to remember the first. He finds her in the courtyard practicing her shots with a straw target, and spends several hours correcting her stance, attempting to hone her aim (accuracy).

**402 AC:** While riding along the banks of the Greenblood with the daughters of Lord Allyrion, Aliandra and her friends are set upon by bandits. Though she is a proficient shot by now she has yet to learn how to aim on horseback. Still, the arrows (marksmanship) are enough to barter their escape.

**405 AC:** The Princess of Dorne sees fit to give her youngest daughter the run of the stables in an effort to keep her occupied and out from underfoot. She learns everything from grooming to breeding and how to care for foals, as well as trimming hooves and shoeing from the farrier.

**409 AC:** She sits at court with her mother during the proceedings in the aftermath of the War of the Green Hills. There is much debate over the fate of House Yronwood and, after several days, she is the one to send the Knight of Vultures into exile by order of the Princess.

**412 AC:** By now it is apparent that the people of Sunspear and the surrounding shadow city are besotted (home loved) by their young princess, and also that Aliandra herself has a way about her that could persuade a pirate king to hand over his life’s savings if she but talked him into it.

**414 AC:** Bors returns from the war in the east and with him brings her a gift, a magnificent stallion of the kind more suitable for a Dothraki khal than a princess of Dorne. She immediately dubs him “the red” and with much planning decides to found her own breed of horse.

**416 AC:** Unwilling or perhaps unable to attend to every matter at court alone, the ruling Princess conscripts her children for that very purpose. While her uncle had long been given the responsibility concerning the household troops, Aliandra is bestowed the title Justiciar of Sunspear.

**417 AC:** Aliandra foregoes the festivities in the capital in favor of a trip to Godsgrace, where the royal family have commissioned engineers who will dig canals from the Greenblood to irrigate new farmland in the desert to provide more food for the surrounding area.

## Possessions

### Animal Companions

* The Red - An enormous stallion the color of pure flame from the herds of the Great Grass Sea, gifted to Aliandra by her militant uncle after being taken as spoils of war in Essos. She plans to use him as the foundation sire for a sturdier breed of sand steed, able to traverse long distances while bearing a rider in heavier armor than the Dornishmen currently employ.
* The Black - A prized sand steed filly from the stables at Sunspear, whom Aliandra plans to breed with the Red when she is of age and thus create a more robust breed of horse. She is so called for her mane, tail, coat and hooves are all black as sin. The princess prefers to leave her horses nameless so as not to grow too attached when they are bought and sold.

### Weapons

* A nameless bow which has been passed down through House Martell from generation to generation, made of some black material that is suspected to be dragonbone. Aliandra supposes that it was made after the death of Queen Rhaenys from the pillaged carcass of a fallen Meraxes. It usually hangs from her saddle, along with a quiver of red-fletched arrows.

### Trinkets

* A pendant of rose gold and topaz in the likeness of the sun and spear which is strung on a thin jeweler’s chain and is most always found hanging around her neck. It was a gift from her sister upon her appointment to Justiciar of Sunspear and also serves as a badge of office. A signet ring of the same precious metal adorns her right hand, used to seal important documents.

## Connections

* Bors Martell - Her aging uncle, whom she is able to confide in from time to time though the two have never been very close as far as siblings go.
* Alester Dayne - A wayward knight who used to regale Aliandra with stories when she was a girl and who first taught her how to shoot a bow.
* Walter Yronwood - The first man for whom Aliandra ever passed a sentence, exiling the knight from Dorne upon intervening after years of war.

## Rumours

* The princess dips her arrowheads in poison.
* She lays with her own horses (a rumor from outside of Dorne).

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