Lyanna Greyjoy is the queen consort of Urragon X Drumm, the High King of the Iron Islands. Born just two years before the region’s secession from the Iron Throne, the subsequent moot elevated her father, Victarion II Greyjoy, from paramount lord to high king. After coming of age she was wed to the heir to Old Wyk in a futile attempt at appeasement; a few years later her brother, King Torgon IV, was deposed by Lodos Drumm himself.

Though House Drumm’s usurpation came at the expense of Lyanna’s family, it was just as much to her own personal gain. Already influential in her capacity as the heir’s wife, she emerged as an integral partner in Urragon’s rule after his succession to the throne. In the decade since, Lyanna has remained an essential member of the king’s council, lending the regime an administrative finesse and political cunning that the ironborn too often lack.

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Appearance and Character Edit

The Greyjoys are known to be dark-haired and comely, and Lyanna is no exception; at nine and thirty her beauty has hardly begun to fade. Full lips, arched brows and hazel eyes compliment a defined face crowned by a deep brown styled with elegant simplicity. Her fair skin is often contrasted by garments of red or black, representing the houses of her marriage and birth respectively. Though she has a keen sense for fashion, she usually avoids ostentatious and impractical garments.

Though she generally possesses a reserved temperament, Lyanna can be remarkably personable. She cultivates a unique charm through a calm and thoughtful presence, and her quietest utterances can still resonate throughout a room. Refined speech betrays a level of education and worldliness far beyond the average ironborn, but she is not without the laconic candor for which her people are known. What the Queen once lacked in natural affability has been acquired through decades of practice in noble courts near and afar; even her most genuine expressions of empathy are carried by measured declarations.

Conscious of her influence and compassionate toward her own kind, Lyanna strives to be a good steward to the kingdom, by whatever means or sacrifices may be necessary. Despite her relative refinement, she shares her people's resentment toward the greenlanders as well as their dreams of empire. But the firebrand is not her part to play; the Queen instead embraces her diplomatic finesse, providing an open hand where the King could only offer a closed fist. More importantly, her managerial talent and keen sense for courtly intrigue help to keep the ruling council aware of threats and opportunities abroad.

History Edit

The Kraken's Daughter Edit

Victarion Greyjoy produced his only daughter fifty-nine years after Aegon’s conquest - and less than two before his own coronation. Merely a babe at the time of the Iron Islands’ secession, Lyanna was the only noble girl elevated to the status of a princess following the subsequent Kingsmoot.

As her father struggled to balance reform and tradition during his reign, Lyanna proved the perfect counterweight to her brothers. She was well-spoken, well-mannered and well-learned; the ease with which she excelled at her studies compelled her father to hire a more expensive tutor. A bookish child, Lyanna became just as acquainted with foreign histories and customs as she was with her own.

Even at an early age, however, Lyanna could see the futility in her exotic fascinations. She recognized the contempt in which the Andals held her people, and resolved to resent them in kind. By her adolescence, Lyanna’s interests were decidedly local; she explored the deepest mysteries of her native faith and acquired an informal education in overseas commerce. Though she seldom strayed far from the castle of Pyke, Lyanna became impressively knowledgeable in naval architecture and navigation.

Such pursuits, however, were ultimately irrelevant to her intended future. As the only daughter of Vicatarion II and the only sister of his successor, Lyanna’s utility toward a political marriage was invaluable. By the time of her brother’s reign, Lord Lodos Drumm had emerged as a fierce critic of the Greyjoy monarchy - and King Torgon had little choice but to appease him. Shortly after her sixteenth name day, Lyanna was wed to Urragon Drumm, the heir to Old Wyk.

Among Usurpers Edit

Life at Old Wyk seemed especially dreary compared to her time at the royal court. As with any arranged marriage, there was no love between Lyanna and Urragon at the beginning; it took time for her to recognize how much he truly differed from his notorious father. Nevertheless, she grew with child faster than she grew in affection; at the age of eighteen Lyanna produced a healthy son.

Facing a future she feared to be beneath her, Lyanna made the most of her situation by leveraging her maiden name. As a royal princess, she enjoyed a status high above every other woman in the Iron Islands - and it was to them that she turned her attention. Lyanna became well-networked with the the oft-forgotten rock wives of the ironborn nobility, and through them she became acquainted with the lords themselves. All of the most compelling gossip seemed to flow to and from Princess Lyanna, and in private gatherings she relished in the informal power she’d accumulated.

By the start of 79 AC, Urragon and Lyanna had at last developed a genuine sense of affection - but this was disrupted by a conflict that pit the family of her birth against the family of her husband. The political ineptitude of her brother, Torgon IV Greyjoy, culminated in a rebellion against the crown, and Lyanna helplessly awaited its end within the confines of Drumm Castle. As the good-daughter of the rebellion’s leader, she was incapable of assisting House Greyjoy in its suppression - and as the sister of the king, she refused to take part in House Drumm’s disloyalty.

At Old Wyk, Lyanna was only ever met with terrible news. The rebellion resulted in the deaths of her two elder brothers and the decisive overthrow of the Greyjoy monarchy. Lodos Drumm seized the crown for himself, and Lyanna Greyjoy was deprived of her royal status. Only her younger brother, Veron, remained, and at seventeen he was woefully unprepared to rule Pyke.

The outcome of the civil war left Lyanna embittered, yet powerless to resist her fate. She produced a second son for her husband, but it took another year for them to reconcile. The only silver lining was her future; she eagerly awaited the death of the usurper, so that a Greyjoy might wear a crown once more.

Indeed, Lyanna’s Greyjoy name became an even more important asset to the Drumms after their ascendance to the throne. Though Lodos’ legitimacy remained perpetually in question, through his good-daughter his descendants could proclaim themselves rightful successors of Victarion and Torgon. Moreover, the marriage left a foundation with which the Drumms could one day build an alliance with their former adversaries.

The legitimacy she lent would only be strengthened by her active support of the new regime, and in this Lyanna found opportunity. She was permitted a more active role in House Drumm’s rule, lending her knowledge of Pyke’s fleets to administrators at home and serving as a diplomatic face throughout the islands. She traveled often, with and without her husband, and on a few occasions entreated with the kingdom’s immediate neighbors on the mainland.

But the experience she gained in this decade did not come through her marriage alone. Struggling to adjust to his rule over Pyke in the aftermath of his family’s downfall, Lord Veron Greyjoy was frequently away from home. During such absences, Lyanna often served as an informal regent, utilizing her familiarity with the castle to keep it in order. She relished in these returns to her childhood home; at Pyke she wielded great authority, commanded the peoples’ respect, and excelled at her work.

The Iron Queen Edit

Much as she pragmatically embraced the Iron Islands’ change in rule, Lyanna’s resentment toward the usurper only grew with each day. Though he never lost the loyalty of his vassals, King Lodos proved a lackluster leader, and under his reign the condition of the Iron Islands was stagnant at best. Thus it was to his court’s quiet relief when his ship sank during a routine voyage in 89 AC. The crown passed down to the far more capable hands of Urragon X Drumm, and Lyanna was ready to assist in his rule.

Whereas her predecessors had been passive consorts, Lyanna immediately became an active and influential partner in her husband’s reign. She helped to supervise further development of the Crimson Fleet and was allowed to participate in meetings of the Salt Council. More importantly, she cultivated information networks both at home and abroad, leading the kingdom’s intelligence apparatus alongside the Lord Sentinel, Hrothgar Goodbrother.

These preoccupations limited the time Lyanna had to tend to her children, though she still remained sufficiently involved in their lives even after they came of age. Her stature in the Iron Islands grew alongside her influence at court; even some of the most traditionalist ironborn noblemen grew to admire their relatively refined queen’s contributions.

As the Queen, Lyanna’s role has remained multi-faceted; diplomatic meetings, clerical work, and economic planning are often encompassed by a single day. Though she provides a delicate touch and a cautious instinct to the king’s management of the realm, her goals are nevertheless in line with many of the islands’ warriors. With her husband’s rule more secure than ever, she turns her attention to the other side of the Sunset Sea.

Recent Events Edit

With grand occasions planned in both King's Landing and White Harbor, Queen Lyanna prepares for lucrative diplomatic opportunities on a scale yet unseen.

Family Edit

House Drumm Edit