Yssa Greyjoy

Jocasta Greyjoy

Jayne Greyjoy

Quellon Greyjoy

Yssa Greyjoy nee Sunderly is the wife of Vickon Greyjoy and Lady Reaper of Pyke. She is his only true advisor of her husband, and his closest friend. She is a fierce warrior, sailor and administrator. Yssa is protective of her friends and family, and following a series of events through their lives that ultimately led to their marriage, she and her husband Vickon are considered an inseparable duo.

## Appearance

Yssa may tower over many in her presence, but this phenomenon is mainly the effect of her personality; the woman is short and lithe, standing at just over five feet of compact muscle and fire. Her skin tans in the days after being badly burnt in the sun from working the deck of a ship, highlighting the many scars covering her body from various battles won and lost. Callouses dot her hands from years of handling lines and wielding blades. She laughs easily and smiles even easier, her voice the perfect pitch for telling animated tales around the ale-stained galley table of a ship.

Her charcoal hair is often braided and elaborate plaits that no Ironborn should rightly know how to do, to keep the heavy strands off the back of her neck in strong sea winds. A rough-hewn beauty when she was younger, Yssa has aged like the strong wine she drinks, but her pale grey eyes have lost none of their sharpness and vigor, often catching the moonlight on particularly clear nights with an unnatural glow.

She is mostly seen wearing her mother’s sailing coat: a weathered thing of smoky black wool, warm and slightly oversized, frequently mended by a skilled hand, with wide cuffs and antiqued brass buttons bearing the kraken sigil of House Greyjoy (they were once tarnished silver, embossed with the drowned man of House Sunderly, but have since been replaced due to age and disrepair). It is rare to see her without this coat, and is thought to be one of her most prized possessions — alongside the slim, beaten silver cuff she wears on her left wrist stamped with a kraken and made from the melted blade steel that once belonged to a few ghosts of her past.

## History

Yssa Sunderly was born in 101 AC to  Lord Victarion Sunderly. Much like her future betrothed, her father was off fighting the Civil War that raged on.

At the very end of the war, of course, without their knowledge, she was betrothed to Vickon Greyjoy, the heir to Pyke. This would begin their long, complex and ultimately loving relationship with one another.

Her early years were spent as any other Ironborn, sailing and fighting. Frequent visits to Pyke were also a factor of her life.

Despite what her husband tries to hide, when they first met, he was a meek, somewhat pudgy boy that was shy around her. However, they became friends. At Pyke, they were rascals, a dangerous duo. Of course, their fathers continued to make sure they were raised properly. They first started growing distant at around 12-13, having more arguments as friends, and eventually, lovers. Her first kiss was Vickon, as was her first heartbreak.

Yssa found her first love however at sea. She knew ships. She knew how to build them, maintain them and sail them. Her mind was that of a \*naval engineer.\* At a young age she helped her father build his ships, as well as design a grand flagship, one that would be built in the future.

When the Cobblist Revolt started, she sailed with the other Ironborn, having command of her own ship, (one she helped build.) Here she met with Vickon briefly, both trying to reconcile and become friends once more. Their on and off love affair was of course a constant source of gossip in taverns and her father wanted it quashed. Not that she wanted to do it for his sake.

However reconciliation would have to wait. The war ended, but the Reaving did not. Following her betrothed once again into Essos, she was there when he claimed Bellanora Prestayn and Nightfall both as well as his name as the Kingfish.

However in those three years, they did return to one another. Vickon kept visiting her ship, and rarely took with his fresh salt wife. Even when they weren’t interested in lovemaking, he loved hearing about her naval projects, even her \*\*civil engineering\*\* plans back home. Slowly, over three years, their friendship was restored. She knew the man behind the name Kingfish and truly loved him, and he her. By the time Vickon ascended as Lord Reaper of Pyke, she was married to him as Lady Reaper.

Their rift was mended, though another would break out later in life.

As Lady Reaper she helped manage the \*\*finances\*\* of Pyke as well as the rebuilding of the Iron Fleet. During the dragonblight outbreak, she managed to direct the flow of coin to places that needed it most, something Vickon is thankful for to this day.

As a mother, she bore several children she loved greatly. Much like her husband, the two act very differently privately with their children and each other, often in fun and silly ways, that sometimes shows itself in public.

 However in 124 AC, the second rift with Vickon erupted. Yssa miscarried early that year, causing her to distance herself from her husband. She believed that she was destined to bring ruin, and in her mind believed distancing herself from her husband and family was best. There were many shouts and arguments coming from their chambers for a good part of the year, until Yssa Greyjoy was seen departing Pyke. Neither Lord nor Lady Reaper were on speaking terms until late 125 AC.

Nothing is known about what caused them to reconcile, but what is known is that their marriage and friendship is stronger than ever.

In 126 AC, she helped construct a great vessel for House Greyjoy, using the plans she made as a child. The \*Drowned Havoc\* it was called, and Vickon loved it so much he immediately made it his lead ship over \*Nightfall\*, the ship he named after his sword. Both would sail as its captain in equal rank during the great Reaving of 126 AC.

After Vickon’s defeat at sea, she helped console her brooding husband as well as rebuild their fleet, and now travels with him to the capital in 130 AC.

## Family

* Vickon Greyjoy, b. 100 AC
* m. Yssa Sunderly, b. 101 AC
	+ Andrik Greyjoy, b. 119 AC
	+ Aeron Greyjoy, b. 121 AC
	+ Jocasta Greyjoy, b. 121 AC
	+ Jayne Greyjoy, b. 125 AC
	+ Quellon Greyjoy, b. 130 AC

## Meta

\*\*Skills:\*\* Naval Engineering(EDU) Civil Engineering(STA) Finances(EDU)