Ysabel Toland

Ysabel Toland is the current lady of Ghost Hill. Born with the complexion of a Salty Dornish, Ysabel sports dark hair and eyes, and tawny skin. She’s slim and small, with the lithe build of a Water Dancer. She dresses in her House’s colors--green and yellow--when she is outside Ghost Hill.

## Biography

### Early years

Ysabel Toland was born in Ghost Hill to Ynys Toland and Andrey Manwoody. As the second born, she was not the heir to Ghost Hill and was brought up more freely than she would have been otherwise. Nevertheless, tutors were still brought to Ghost Hill for her upbringing and she received the standard education of a girl of her status.

Still, she was allowed to run and play to her heart’s content, something she enjoyed doing from an early age. She proved to be an unruly child who gave her tutors and family plenty of trouble. She’d climb trees and swim on the shore rather than attend her lessons, becoming quite the skilled acrobat in the process.

At age six her natural speed and agility caught the eye of her good-uncle, the Braavosi Cossomo Reyaan, who decided to take her on as an apprentice with her parents’ permission. Thus she began to learn the art of Water Dancing**,** showing great promise at it.

Tragedy struck a year later when her father died during the War of the Stepstones, near Ghost Hill. The event devastated the family, who, while glad the Lord Consort of Ghost Hill had died a warrior, were still hurt by his loss.

Inspired by her brave father, Ysabel applied herself to her martial lessons more than ever, and by fifteen, she’d become an expert Water Dancer. By sixteen, she could fight with armor as well as without.

While her older sister applied herself to learning the business of ruling and assisting their lady mother with it, as well as with the art of war, Ysabel took advantage of her freedom by heading into town for drinks with friends. She was a cheerful girl, quick to laugh and draw smiles from those around her, who made friends fast and never took things too seriously.

### The Defiance

Around that time, her mother fell ill and succumbed to the disease, and thus Ysabel’s older sister Valena became Lady of Ghost Hill. She would lead their holdings for four years, until her death during the Defiance in 379.

This meant that Ysabel would become Lady of Ghost Hill aged nineteen, and woefully unprepared for the task.

### Current events

Ysabel traveled to the Tor in 380 AC for the tourney, where she met Nymeria Jordayne and became enamored with her.

## Timeline

360 AC- Ysabel is born.

362 AC- Ysabel’s sister, Dyanna, is born.

368 AC- Ysabel begins learning Water Dancing under the tutelage of her Braavosi good-uncle, Cossomo Reyaan.

369 AC- Ysabel’s father dies during the Second Lysene Spring.

376 AC- Ysabel’s mother dies of an illness; her sister becomes the Lady of Ghost Hill.

379 AC- Ysabel’s sister dies during the Defiance. She becomes the Lady of Ghost Hill at age 19.

380 AC- Aged 20, Ysabel visits the Tor for the tournament.

## Family tree

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## Supporting characters

**Gascoyne Gargalen**, her grandfather. (*Castellan*)

**Cossomo Reyaan**, her good-uncle and a Water Dancer. He serves as her bodyguard. (*Warrior*- Water Dancer)

**Gwyneth Ladybright**, *Ship* *Captain.*

**Arianne Wells**, *Medic*.

**Lucifer Sand**, her half-Uncle and a Red Priest of R’hllor, *Questioner*.

**Dyanna Toland**, her sister. (Played by LoonySpoon)

**Allyria Sand,** her cousin. (Played by Celestial)

**Qoren Gargalen**, her young half-Uncle.