Lucinda Grandison

**Lucinda Grandison** is the sister of Lady Shyra Grandison, youngest daughter of Lord Gerald Grandison, and current proprietor of the Roselily brothel in King's Landing. Despite not holding a political position, she is a fiercely charismatic force in the capital, serving her sister's interests.

## Appearance and Character

A handful of years younger than her sister, Lucinda still has a firmer grasp on her youth, and her looks most certainly don't suffer for it. Save her height, there is nothing about the Grandison which could be described as average. Every part of her look is carefully designed to be as beautiful as possible.

Dressing herself in the finest of silks from far and wide, and adorned with trinkets of jewels and precious metals, the scale of her vanity is clear to all. For years, Lucinda has compensated for her status as lesser than her sister by appearing as a vision of true beauty. In someone who was not so completely devoted to her sister, such habits could almost be perceived as jealousy.

## History

### Birth and Early Life

Being born the second daughter to Lord Gerald Grandison could be seen as either a blessing or a curse for Lucinda, depending on one's perspective on things. Whereas her sister was provided a more relaxed environment for her early years, Lucinda was strictly observed and expected to behave at all costs. Of course this did nothing to prevent her from being perhaps one of the most mischievous children ever seen within the walls of Grandview.

At an early age her favorite game to play was to take the belongings of the servants who had been assigned to attend her, and hide them across the keep for them to struggle to find. It is no doubt that she was sent away as early as she was, for even the strict rules set by her father had not predicted the trouble she could cause.

### Youth at The Roselily

Much like her sister, it was at the age of 5 that Lucinda was sent away by her Lord Father. She arrived in the capital to find her sister already well-established at the brothel which Lucinda would, in time, come to call home. Having never met Shyra before, she was cautious at first, preferring to spend her time playing with the coins she found around the brothel than join in on Shyra's lessons with their uncle.

It was during this time spent largely unsupervised that she saw what life was like around a brothel, and likely when she picked up the early seeds of an interest in coin and commerce. However, over time, Lucinda grew closer with her sister, and even learned some things from her about spying and intrigue. It was never a particular area of interest for her - she wasn't opposed to the idea of using secrets against people, she was simply bored by the idea. Although, she found the idea of poisons fascinating, and would always try to turn these lessons towards that subject.

### In the Shadow of Shyra

Some time after Lucinda arrived in the capital, and shortly after she had grown close with her sister, Shyra left for her new manse, and became more open to Lucinda about her plans to take Grandview for herself. While Lucinda had no love for her family outside of her sister and her uncle, she found that she missed the lessons and time spent with her sister. It was around this time that she threw herself into studying the business of the brothel. Learning not just from her uncle, but also from the whores around her how to count coin and entertain customers.

However, it wasn't long into this newfound connection with the whores of the Roselily that Shyra asked of Lucinda something which she wasn't sure she could provide. Shyra wanted her to become more involved in the spy ring around the capital, and to report back to Shyra whatever was found. It would not be the last of such requests, and over time she would grow accustomed to them, and more involved in running the spies in the capital for her sister.

It wasn't long into her lessons on commerce and spying before Shyra left King's Landing to return to Grandview, and when she did, she entrusted Lucinda with exactly what she had grown to desire - Shyra gave her control of all her agents in King's Landing, as long as Lucinda was loyal to Shyra, of course. While most would see this as an opportunity to seize power for themselves, Lucinda - close to Shyra already - had grown to admire her sister, and took this as an opportunity to prove herself.

### Second Sister

A short time after Shyra had left for Grandview, Lucinda received some exceptional news - she was now the heir to Grandview, under the new Lady Shyra Grandison. She took to her new position as heir and second-in-command easily, and while she did not enjoy seeing Shyra take parts of her capital spies and move them elsewhere, she knew that it was needed to spread House Grandison's influence.

Under Lucinda - and under Shyra's command - the web in the capital flourished, expanding until nearly every nefarious dealing in the capital was reported to Lucinda, and in turn to Shyra. In return, Lucinda was provided with coin unlike anything she had experienced before - their father had not deigned to provide them with anything save what they could take in the capital, a decision Shyra had been quick to reverse. It was with this coin that she found her love for all things beautiful, buying beautiful dresses and jewels, over time she grew to become dependent on being beautiful, almost to compensate for not being the one leading House Grandison herself.

Several years after her sister provided her such gifts, her uncle decided to provide her one more - on her eighteenth nameday, he turned over the Roselily to her, and decided to retire to the now flourishing Grandison manse. It was at this point that Lucinda decided to not only work to grow her sister's influence, but to make her mark on Westeros a permanent one. She invested great portions of the coin from her sister into renovating the Roselily, turning it from just another brothel into one of the greatest in the capital - at least according to Lucinda.

### Love and Hate

It was not long after her new position as owner of the Roselily that things with her sister changed, however. Shyra met the man who would become her Lord Husband, and grew less focused on her spy rings, and in turn less focused on Lucinda's role in House Grandison. This did not sit well with Lucinda - who had by this time grown to see the concept of love as foolish and weak, she had after all seen how easily the pretense of love could be used to manipulate. Perhaps this was the reason she grew to hate the new Lord so much.

Of course, this marriage did not cause a lull in the work for the spies in the capital. Lucinda kept the work maintained as it had been before Shyra had, as Lucinda often put it, 'become distracted'. It was during this time that Lucinda came into her own as the leader of the spy ring - after all, she had no commands to instruct her anymore, and had to rely on her own, albeit lesser than her sister's, knowledge of intrigue. Still, it kept the Grandison spies from abandoning their employer, and as Lucinda saw it, that was good enough for now.

## Family

***Bolded**names indicate those that were lord of their respective house at some point or another. Italicized names indicate that the character is now deceased. (m.) denotes a marriage into the family.*

* ***Lord Lyonel Grandison b. 15 AC - d. 62 AC***
* *(m.) Joanna b. 17 AC - d. 55 AC*
	+ ***Lord Gerald Grandison b. 35 AC - d. 85 AC***
	+ *(m.) Cassandra b. 38 AC - d. 85 AC*
		- *Harlan Grandison b. 55 AC - d. 85 AC*
		- *(m.) Joy b. 57 AC - d. 85 AC*
			* *Arianne Grandison b. 80 AC - d. 85 AC*
			* *Argella Grandison b. 82 AC - d. 85 AC*
		- *Edric Grandison b. 56 AC - d. 85 AC*
		- *(m.) Floris Caron b. 58 AC - d. 85 AC*
			* *Rolland Grandison b. 81 AC - d. 85 AC*
		- *Lyonel Grandison b. 63 AC - d. 85 AC*
		- **Lady Shyra Grandison b. 66 AC**
		- (m.) Alyn Storm b. 63 AC
			* Jon Grandison b. 93 AC
			* Ravella Grandison b. 95 AC
		- Lucinda Grandison b. 73 AC
	+ *Willis Grandison b. 37 AC - d. 75 AC*
	+ Corwin Grandison b. 40 AC

## Household Members/NPCs

* Corwin Grandison - Uncle
* Aladore 'the Rose' - Bard
* Lynesse - 'Mistress of Maidens', who manages the whores
* Priscella - 'Mistress of Mirth', who manages the more general entertainment offered
* Ser Symon Waters - Commander of her Guards

## Additional Notes

* Lucinda's character is based partly on portrayals and historical accounts of Lucrezia Borgia, and the character of Lucifer from the TV show of the same name
* The song which could best be described as Lucinda's theme song would be Power & Control
* She has renovated entire rooms of the Grandison manse into a near-inexhaustible wardrobe of fine clothes and jewels
* She keeps a wide collection of deadly poisons in her home at the Grandison manse