Talla Cuy

House Cuy

Lucas Hightower

Agramore Cuy

## ***(ARCHIVED - RETCONNED)***

 Talla Cuy is the eldest child of Garse Cuy and the cousin of the Lord of Oldtown, Lucas Hightower.

## **Appearance and Character**

Talla has always been considered tall for a woman, even when she was younger she was constantly larger than the boys she played with, towering over them when they chased and wrestled each other. Though Talla can stand just as tall as nearly any man she meets, her small, lithe frame clearly separates her from the tough, burly warriors she so often spends her time around. Her thin size seemed to fit perfectly with Talla's abilities, however, and even if she may not beat any man in an arm wrestle, she has made a living beating any in her way with her quick movements.

Ever since her kidnapping, Talla has kept her lush, jet black hair cut short, never going past her shoulders. The Mother seemed to have blessed Talla with a near flawless countenance, for even with her horribly abused past, none of her facial features displayed any sort of scarring or dis-formations from the beatings she suffered.

Talla is a brutal woman, one to speak her mind true and to the point, no matter who she is conversing with. The woman had been beaten, tortured, starved, and raped nearly her entire childhood, yet she survived; Talla lacks any sort of compassion or sympathy for any person she meets save for her brother. Her foes are spared absolutely no mercy whatsoever; she had learned from a young age how the world works, to kill or be killed, and lives fully by those words. Besides Agramore, any who tries to talk to her will be met with a cold, standoffish woman, and she has become somewhat famous around Sunhouse for her rude and quite unladylike behavior.

## **History**

### Childhood

Talla was born to Lord Garse Cuy and Lady Cerysee Cuy just minutes before her twin brother, Agramore, which Talla used as a point of tease against her brother for the entirety of their shared childhood. She hardly ever called Agramore by his actual name, instead always referring to him as "little brother". Even with Talla's nonstop teasing and playful ribbing, the two Cuy twins grew up incredibly close together. As a boy and the heir of the House, Agramore was always treated differently from Talla, yet the two still always found ways to spend their time together. Talla loved sneaking away from her tutors and septas to play outside with her little brother.

### A Cuy Disaster

To celebrate their seventh nameday on 74 AC, the twins spent the day playing and riding their ponies down the coast just south of Sunhouse. With a day planned of only fun and joy, only a few household guards accompanied the twins during their celebrations. Unfortunately, a small gang of pirates decided that particular stretch of coastline would be their target that day. Screams of excitement and laughter soon turned to terror and dread as dozens of disgusting and ruthless men descended upon the twins and their guards.

The Cuy guards fought bravely, but the soldiers were hopelessly outnumbered and cut down without any mercy shown. As all but the last of the guards fell lifeless to the ground, the Cuy twins fled as fast as their little ponies could take them. The twins unfortunately became split up in the frantic fleeing and the last remaining guard could only wrangle up Agramore to his horse to flee fully to Sunhouse.

Talla screamed and cried and fought as hard as a young seven year old girl could, but she was helpless to the pirate's assault and soon found herself thrown into the hold of their ship. Talla could only watch between a small crack of the pirate's ship and eyes puffed and clouded with tears as the coast of her home disappeared off into the horizon.

### Forced to Grow Quickly

For two and a half moons, Talla was at the mercy of the pirate's tortures and abuse as she was forced to travel along with them from the Stepstones all the way up the Essosi coast. Bloodied, bruised, and beaten senseless, the Seven finally decided to grant Talla an escape from her torment when the pirates arrived to the ports of Braavos. The captain of the pirate group took Talla along as he visited a seedy tavern near the ship, planning on using the battered young girl as entertainment later.

Fortunately, the pirate drank far too much and his grips upon Talla loosened, letting the small girl flee from her captor and off she went into the dangerous streets of the beautiful city. Talla had absolutely nothing to her name save the torn and filthy rags she wore but for the first time in what felt like a lifetime she had her freedom. For the next two years, Talla was forced to learn quickly how to survive as a homeless orphan; she became quite talented at slipping through closed doors to snatch food scraps as businesses closed, or slip her needy little fingers inside one's pockets at even the smallest distractions. Despite still going to sleep hungry most nights, and not having a single coin in her possession, Talla's life had slowly begun to look more positive due to her seemingly naturally born abilities. Memories of her childhood with Agramore soon became the only thing keeping the little girl from giving up. That is, until the Gods decided she needed yet another twist to her fate.

### A New Gang

Now nine years old, Talla had roamed the streets as she had done for years now, setting her sights on a rich looking man strutting about the harbor. Moving as silent as a cat, the man's purse tied to his belt looked like a juicy, easily won prize to the starving Talla, and she deflty approached and began the nimble act of acquiring his coin when all of a sudden her wrist was snatched in a powerful grip. Talla tried to scream and run but the man was relentless and strong; she had no choice but to succumb to her new captor. Talla could count herself lucky now, however, as the man would turn out to be unlike the pirates whom originally kidnapped her; he was a top lieutenant of a small-time gang and was quite impressed at the skill Talla showed. He gave her one easy choice to make: work for him or attempt to live with her hands cut from her wrists.

Life in the gang was rough and exhausting, but for the first time since her kidnapping, Talla felt some sort of family. As long as she pulled her weight, the gang treated her kindly enough, with the man who originally "recruited" her taking a particular interest in her. Before long, the man became more and more friendly with young Talla, and with her insistence, he began mentoring her in the famous Braavosi ways of water dancing.

Now Talla's life truly began to improve, with each passing month, she grew more talented with a rapier in hand, and there was hardly any place the young girl couldn't sneak into, hardly any pocket safe from her professional, dainty fingers. Talla even began saving coin, allowing herself to feel hope that she could one day return home to Sunhouse.

### The Return Home

Throughout Talla's teenage years and well into her twenties, the girl's life was one of practice and thievery. Through constant practice, Talle became incredibly talented with her rapier, rivaling even her mentor himself. There was hardly a man she met that could best her in single combat. In a lifestyle that chewed up and ended lives ruthlessly, Talla survived and thrived. Even though she brutally and relentlessly rose through the ranks of the gang, Talla never gave up her dreams to one day return home to her beloved brother and home. However, her mentor's clear favoritism that he held towards Talla compared to the rest of their gang reared it's ugly head on one fateful day in 96 AC.

After a series of botched jobs and multiple fatalities, a mutiny began and spread across the gang like wildfire. Talla and her mentor fought and slain multiple men that they just considered comrades the day prior; after nearly two decades of constant practice, Talla's moves with her rapier truly looked as if she were merely dancing and toying with the men before slicing and bleeding their life force away. However skilled Talla proved to be, the mutineers proved too numerous, and after he mentor fell dead to the ground, Talla fled and was once again on the run through the Braavosi streets.

Luckily enough, Talla ran into a merchant ship *just* as it pulled its anchor and began its journey to Westeros to sell the wares packed within. Talla swam after and boarded the ship easily enough, and without much effort successfully remained hidden until the ship arrived to White Harbor. Many moons would pass as Talla travelled south through Westeros until finally, after twenty four long, brutal years, Talla saw her home castle grow larger and larger as she returned back to her family.

## New Conflict

Mid 98 AC brought along new conflicts and death to the Reach. With the murder of Manfryd Rowan by Lord Gwayne Tyrell's brothers, war broke out throughout the Reach. Following the summons of Lucas Hightower, Talla traveled with the rest of her house's raised levies to Truemark. Leaving her brother and his children behind at Sunhouse so soon after finally returning home killed Talla, but the woman knew someone from their family had to represent the Cuys, and Agramore was certainly no fighter.

Disorganization and confusion brought the Hightower host to an utter standstill for far too long; by the time they moved on Highgarden, the rebellious Tyrells had been crushed at the Battle of Dosk, with the royal army led by Viserys, having easily swept aside the measly garrison at Bitterbridge, rushing to Highgarden. Lucas and the rest of the Hightower forces fled to Oldtown to make their last stand against the combined might of the royal army.

After an embarrassing and emotional outburst during Lucas' war council following a failed peace parley, Talla managed to help convince Lucas to push once more for peace with King Viserys.

## **Family**

Family Echo

* **Caspor Cuy**
* m. Lynora Cuy
	+ **Edmund Cuy: 29-66 AC**
	+ m. Aubrey Cuy: 28-60 AC
		- **Garse Cuy: 47-83 AC**
		- m. Cerysse Cuy: 47-89 AC
			* **Talla Cuy: 67 AC**
			* **Agramore Cuy: 67 AC**
			* m. Lia Cuy 69 AC
				+ Renly Cuy: 87 AC
				+ Lynora Cuy: 90 AC
				+ Lorence Cuy: 91 AC
		- Lynesse Cuy(Hightower): 54-97 AC
		- m. Lyonel Hightower: 54-93 AC
			* Lucas Hightower: 73 AC
			* Leo Hightower: 75 AC
			* Leona Hightower: 76 AC
	+ Samwyle Cuy
	+ m. Victaria Cuy
		- Lysa Cuy(Mullendore): 20-93 AC
		- m. Rupert Mullendore: 26-93 AC
			* Hugo Mullendore: 60 AC
			* Renly Mullendore: 70 AC