Molly Mollen

Alaric Mollen †

Molly Mollen is the first daughter of Cregan Mollen and the current Lady of Frostcrown. She was named Lady of the castle after it was revealed that his father had declared his children would inherit the castle before his brother. She is three and twenty, born 75 AC.

## **Appearance and Character**

Molly is a beautiful slender woman, but don't let that fool you. She is like ice; pale-skinned and cold-hearted. Her wavy black hair is as dark as her soul. She has small green eyes and thin lips, matching her small round face. Her beautiful looks allow her to easily manipulate others, gaining her whatever she wants.

Molly is ruthless and pessimistic after all the events that happened in her life so far. She has stopped believing in the Old Gods and has become quite ruthless ever since, not scared by sins. But after everything, she is still fair and just, acting nice to anyone who is the same. She is respected by her people, and feared by her enemies.

## **History**

### **Early Life**

Molly Mollen was born in 75 AC, just at the start of Maegor's Breath, as the second child of Cregan Mollen and Lyanna Forrester. Both Cregan and Lyanna cared a lot for their children, and they always had a close relationship. Molly was especially close to her only sister, Mary, who was four years younger than her. Molly was always a role model for her and always acted like a good big sister.

While Cregan spent time with his older son and heir, Arnolf, it was Cregan's brother Karlon who spent time with Molly, acting as a teacher. Karlon was very close to Molly and acted as a good advisor and teacher, but he did make Molly quite uncomfortable from time to time.

### **Uncle Karlon**

When Molly was 15, it was when she first 'bled'. Both her parents were nowhere near at the time, so Molly went to the next closest adult she could find, who happened to be her uncle Karlon. Karlon however, was eerily smiling the whole time she was telling him what had happened. He invited young Molly to his room, stating he would give her a remedy that could cure her situation. Unaware of the situation, she followed.

Only at the age of 15, Molly was forcefully deflowered by her own uncle. The more she tried to scream, the more Karlon pressed his hand against her mouth, slowing down her breathing in the process. It was around the time Molly was about to pass out when the door suddenly flew open. Hearing a portion of the muffled screams, Karlon's bastard brother and the Captain of Guards Owen Snow barged in, thinking someone was in trouble. Realizing what was going on, he did not hesitate at all, sticking his sword through Karlon.

At first, when Cregan arrived, he immediately sent Owen to the dungeons, not believing him as he did not think it was possible for his brother to do something like that, sentencing his bastard brother to death for the murder of his brother. Molly only found out about this the day of the execution. Just before Cregan got up on the small podium set up for the execution, Molly ran through the crowd to his father. Explaining everything that had happened, she pleaded for the life of Owen as he had saved her. Cregan eventually agreed but demoted Owen from the rank of Captain of Guards.

### **The Massacre of the Mollens**

During the final days of 92 AC, the Mollen family left their home of Frostcrown to visit the Riverlands at the invitation of Cregan's sister Gwen, who was getting married to a scion of a small house there. At first, everything went according to plan. The wedding was great, and everyone was enjoying the time. The Mollens stayed longer than expected, and they only left during the start of 93 AC. It was a few days after they had left that the news of King Rhaegar's demise reached them.

At the brink of war, the Mollen family got stuck in the middle of a war, and like all wars, there was violence. As they followed the road that went next to the Green Fork, they were ambushed by raiders, who were deserting soldiers not wanting to fight the war. They ambushed the Mollen cart, carrying the banners of many different Riverlander houses, and killed a dozen of the guards before demanding Cregan and his family's belongings. Cregan refused and met his fate then and there. The bandits didn't stop there and followed to kill the others. Molly's brother Arnolf fought hard until an arrow pierced his skull. Her mother and sister didn't even stand a chance. Molly, however, was once again saved by her bastard uncle Owen, who was also attending the wedding. The bastard distracted the bandits long enough for Molly to take her little brother's arm and run off into the forest.

The two traveled through the Riverlands, raiding small shops and sleeping in barns. Every castle they went to, they were rejected, being mistaken as beggars. Eventually, they reached a point where they couldn't raid, or find barns to stay in. Molly's brother got sick not soon after, and later, died in his sister's arms. Despite being sick and hungry, Molly managed to bury Alaric near the Green Fork. She was eventually found by a merchant couple, who happened to be passing by. The two fed her, and let her stay in their cart. Their destination was Sevenstreams, which was at the edge of the Blue Fork. There, surprisingly, she was reunited with Owen, who had taken up cage fighting to gather enough gold to get a horse. Not wanting to see his uncle get hurt, Molly stole two horses and brought them to her uncle instead. The two rode all the way to Frostcrown, barely making it.

### **Lady of Frostcrown**

Molly was named Lady of Frostcrown when she was the only one left that had a claim, as it was revealed her uncle Harlon had left for the wall to take the black to help his own uncle Rodrik out while they were in the Riverlands. But when Harlon and Rodrik came to Frostcrown for the funeral, Rodrik revealed Harlon hadn't said his vows yet and technically hadn't taken the black yet, pointing out he still had a claim to the castle. Harlon, however, refused, stating he would not contest Molly, explaining he wanted to take the black to escape the responsibility of Frostcrown, but nonetheless stayed in Frostcrown after, as he was the only true family Molly had.

After the funeral, Molly was approached by her great uncle, and the Lord Commander of the Night's watch, Rodrik Mollen. He told Molly is she ever needed someone to talk to, she could send a letter to him, then gifted her a white eagle which she named "Lyanna" after her mother.

Molly soon named Harlon her castellan, as she had no one else she could name. Soon after, Harlon introduced Molly to his bastard daughter, Arya, who became her close friend. Arya had a talent for manipulation and taught Molly about it. Together, they formed a small network of spies in the castle, which eventually grew into a network of information that included key points in the North. Realizing it wasn't enough, Molly decided to expand her network outside the North, to her true enemy, the Riverlands.

### **The failed marriage**

In 96 AC, Molly was betrothed to the youngest of the Burley Brothers, Boremund. It was a marriage born out of political reasons, and not of love. Without love, there was no respect, and the marriage did not go well for Molly. Boremund did not love nor respect Molly and only saw her as a lady he could use to control the house she was bound to.

The same year, Molly got pregnant with a child that she did not want. Owen wanted to intervene again but couldn't, and Harlon didn't even have a single clue as to what was going on. The final idea once again came from Molly's cousin Arya, who encouraged to kill the man to stop him for good. Molly, however, couldn't get herself to do it.

Molly's first child was born in 97 AC, who was named Borroq, a common boy's name in the mountain clans, despite Molly's unwillingness. The pregnancy was rough and painful for Molly, but Boremund did not wait another moment before trying to get her pregnant again, wanting to produce as many heirs as he could. That was the moment when Molly snapped. Following Arya's instructions, he put heavy sedatives on her husband's drink during dinner. It wasn't long before he excused himself to sleep. It was then and there when Molly smothered Boremund's face with a pillow, and by the time he woke up, it was too late.

Word was sent to the Burleys that Boremund had been killed by enemies of the Mollen's, and his body was sent back to them with the head of a prisoner Molly had executed, claiming it was him who killed her husband. It was soon found out that Boremund was successful in getting Molly pregnant once more, before his unfortunate death.

## **Recent Events**

Her second child was born in 98 AC, who she named Cregan, after her father. She also renamed her first son Alaric, after her little brother, not wanting to keep the name her late husband gave him.