was it her nerves that now bore a HOLE in her system with honed teeth, or was it simply the keenness she held toward seeing such a public figure in person? she had always kept her attentions on the politics of this nation ( seeing as how they, in the LONG RUN, affected her own ), but even as the keeper of counsel for the starks, she HARDLY found herself worthy of even gaining presence to the president. regardless, she kept her gaze up front and on the woman she had been ASSIGNED to shelter until, of course, the woman came nearer. only then did brienne move her gaze to amidala, a faint and polite smile to her LIPS( and gods, was she young ). ❛ it is a… a PLEASURE to meet you, ma’am. ❜
She twists herself so the other woman could see her gaping expression. But it was quick to break into a smile and a laugh. “I didn’t realize you came all this way to look for trouble.” Padmé was the trouble, though. The whispers in the villages were because of her. She removes complacency where it walks.
‘ i don’t look for it. i find it by ACCIDENT. ’ and most of the time she found it without wishing to, and hoped she could back from it before it found her where she stood. there was trouble everywhere, and Brienne was most always caught in the midst. ‘always by accident. ’ no person in their right mind would ever seek TROUBLE on purpose –––– it was the thieves, the murderers, the dangerous men who did.
Her head tilted at the other woman’s words. She wished it were that way, that good would always prevail. Amidala dropped the twig on her lap and it rolled off to the side opposite the small pile. “I don’t think it’s that clean,” she said, “The things we do can be seen as bad, even though we believe them to be good. So I’d say good and bad are on a more equal playing field than what we wish.”
the woman had a good POINT, and Brienne caught herself faintly frowning and looking off again, toward some distant speck at which she wasn’t actually seeing. ‘ it depends who you are, i suppose. ’ she didn’t explain herself. her views were set; those who were bad saw good as bad, and those who were good saw bad as BAD. and she wished to be one of the good. yet… there she’d learned, too. ‘ i don’t see any trouble around here. ’
She turned to glance around the tree. Her eyebrows raised, but Amidala shrugged and went back to fussing with the twigs at her side. “That’s because there’s not as many people to lean on,” she said, “nor a system to wrap ourselves around.” Her nails dug at the tip of the twig in hand. “It can also breed the worst type of people for that very reason.”
‘ i imagine the good always OUTWEIGHS the bad. ’ it was the mindset she held for most things: where there was bad, there would always be good. if there were no good, there would be no bad, and vice versa. right now, though, she was in the presence of good. strong good. ‘ do you think?’ she backtracked again, returning around the tree to watch the woman’s work. ‘ that the good will WIN?’
The woman sits against a tree. Her hands are busy at working twiddling a twig from the small pile she has gathered beside her. The sound of a rushing river can be heard not far behind her. Her body moves up, signaling her silent laugh. “You’re the first person to say that in a long while.”
‘ not many are known to speak the TRUTH. ’ she turned her head towards the sound of the river, wandering around the tree in a wide arc to see what was on the other side. ‘ it’s better than being the only person to say it. places like these always sow the best people. ’
though the peace of traveling EASED her mind, she knew she shouldn’t allow her guard to fall. there was no reason, however, to have it held so high when only this woman was here by her. there had to be something she could say; the hushed silence was doing nothing for her mind, and so she drew a breath, allowed a curl to her lip. ‘ you’re very lucky to be living here. ’
i am the only child the gods let my father keep.
the freakish one, not fit to be a son or daughter.
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INTRODUCTION
first things first. read canon information with caution! this blog is not spoiler free, and this tab contains massive book and show spoilers.
hi there! if you haven't guessed it or read it in the hover, my name is katherine. i'm currently a twenty-year-old college student prone to randomly-busy days and general laziness. forgive me in advance. i’m an english-writing major, and sometimes writing for class can take the inspiration right out of me. i do check up on here every day, as well as skype. if you would like my skype for plotting or for chatting, please don't hesitate to come into my inbox and ask for it! i'm very happy to give it out.
DISCLAIMER
this is a roleplay blog for brienne of tarth from george r. r. martin's epic fantasy novel series game of thrones. i do not claim to personally own the character brienne. grrm is the one who wrote the world and its inhabiting characters. d&d own the game of thrones franchise. i'm not gwendoline christie. fml. this is not my only blog. i also run arepure. personal is gwendoline.
i do own the writing on this blog. i made the layout entirely on my own; the background and coding belong to me. the icons are also cropped and edited by me. please don't steal anything here. i'm very willing to answer any questions about coding or editing, so feel free to hop into my inbox and ask me things! i don't promise i'll get back to you too quickly, but i will be sure to help you out.
UN/FOLLOWING
i unfollow after around two months of unannounced inactivity. in past experience, two months is about the length of time it takes for someone to lose muse completely, and i really would like to know, instead of someone just disappearing. if you return and i've unfollowed you, just message me and of course i'll follow back. xx
SHIPPING
i really like shipping, but i'm not here to ship. i'm here to write. brienne is, not surprisingly, a woman with very little desire for sex. i'm willing to explore ideas, so if you think they might mesh well together, feel free to punch me in the face!
TRIGGERS
i personally have no triggers, so you're all fine. i don't get triggered by needles, but i don't prefer looking at them, so if you'd like to tag them for me, go ahead, but i won't bite if you don't. this is a current list of triggers that i tag for other people. all triggers will be tagged trigger // if you would like me to add anything, please send me a message! in addition, i also tag my ships as trigger warnings, in case others would prefer not to see that content.
mutuals only on threads. it makes me more comfortable. feel free to send in memes even if we aren't mutuals - that's a key way to help me discover you ( and a key way to get me to follow you, since sometimes i'm too lazy to go through my followers list ).
no need to match my length. if it gets long and you can't find inspiration for it, feel free to shorten it. if you're filled with inspiration, feel free to lengthen it! i generally try to match length, but occasionally i can't, so i don't expect the same of you.
please don't godmod. aka, don't write "he watched as brienne [action that i did not write for her]" unless it's a small thing that won't personally harm my interpretation of her. brienne's actions are her own, and i prefer to keep tight to that!
ON FORMATTING
i like consistency in posts. i revert my partner's reply to small text, unless they already use small text. i use super small if they use super small. i try to match my partner's formatting: i like the way it looks. if you have issues readying small text, though, please don't be afraid to come and tell me! i'm fine making exceptions for people.
ON NEW FOLLOWERS
please allow me a few days to follow you. most times, i'm very lazy and so don't feel like going through my followers list but i promise i do go through it.
ON REBLOG KARMA
since apparently, this needs to be addressed. i do reblog karma as much as possible. the only time i don't is when i don't think brienne would say/do anything on the list. no need to do reblog karma with me!
now here's where we get to what i think is the most important part of my blog: the canon. there is a lot of debate in the asoiaf fandom when it comes to george r.r. martin's book canon, versus d&d's show adaptation of the novels. i play brienne's personality as book!canon. for show-based muses and those who have not read the novels, however, i will be happy to play in her show arc ( in which i acknowledge the events of the show instead of the book, on top of various book knowledge ). otherwise, i default to complete book!canon ( meaning, no acknowledgement of anything that happened in the show ).
i believe this section will be important to the show watchers when it comes to fully understanding my characterization of brienne. if you'd like to read/skim over it, it would be much appreciated! thank you in advance!
** these book-canon details will be present in my interpretation for show verses.
MAJOR DIFFERENCES IN BRIENNE'S CANON
SHOW-CANON: brienne is part of renly baratheon's kingsguard. BOOK-CANON: brienne is part of renly baratheon's rainbow guard, whose knights are named by colors and wear colored armor. brienne's official title in his guard is 'brienne the blue.' she takes her rainbow cloak with her upon renly's death.
SHOW-CANON: brienne and jaime are found by three stark men. when they recognize jaime, brienne kills them before they can return to robb. BOOK-CANON **: while they row down the river, brienne, jaime, and cleos are pursued by ser robin ryger, one of robb stark's men. she stops them by rolling boulders on their galley, effectively breaking it. they continue by land.
SHOW-CANON: jaime attempts to flee by taking one of brienne's swords. locke and his men find them in the midst of the fight and take them hostage. they take jaime's hand so that he cannot fight. BOOK-CANON **: brienne, jaime, and cleos are ambushed by archers. cleos dies in the frey. jaime attempts to flee by taking cleos' sword. vargo hoat and his men find them in the midst of the fight and take them hostage. jaime saves her from rape; they take his hand. he saves her again after she convinces him to keep living and take revenge.
SHOW-CANON: brienne and jaime are in king's landing when the purple wedding happens. BOOK-CANON: both the red wedding and the purple wedding happen while brienne and jaime are still traveling to king's landing. upon their return, loras accuses brienne of killing renly and jaime has her arrested for her safety.
SHOW-CANON: jaime gives brienne armor, podrick payne as squire, and a sword. he names the sword oathkeeper. BOOK-CANON: jaime gives brienne a pouch of coins, a royal writ signed by tommen, a shield, new armor, and a sword. brienne names the sword oathkeeper.
SHOW-CANON: brienne and podrick travel together. brienne attempts to get podrick to stop being her squire. BOOK-CANON: brienne runs into podrick, who is following her because he thinks he will be able to find tyrion. she allows him to stay with her. brienne also runs into hyle hunt and randyll tarly, both of whom she does not like. hyle joins them on their journey.
SHOW-CANON: brienne and podrick run into arya. brienne kills the hound. BOOK-CANON: none of that happens.
SHOW-CANON: brienne and podrick run into sansa and littlefinger. littlefinger's men attempt to kill them. BOOK-CANON: none of that happens.
SHOW-CANON: brienne and podrick save sansa from ramsay's men. brienne swears her sword to her. BOOK-CANON: brienne, podrick, and hyle run into another group of brave companions. brienne kills the leader, but has her cheek half-eaten by biter. gendry, part of the brotherhood without banners, kills biter. they nurse brienne back to health, then take her to their leader, lady stoneheart, the undead catelyn stark. when stoneheart makes her choose between killing jaime lannister and hanging, brienne does not choose. only after the trio is nearly hanged does she finally choose the former.
SHOW-CANON: brienne and podrick follow sansa to the wall. on the side of the tullys and starks, the duo goes to the seige of riverrun to try and persuade the blackfish to aid them. he refuses, and brienne and pod leave empty-handed. BOOK-CANON: brienne ( and, assumedly, podrick and hyle ) go to the seige of riverrun to persuade jaime to follow them. he does, thinking brienne has finally found sansa and the hound.
MINOR DIFFERENCES IN BRIENNE'S CANON
SHOW-CANON: brienne's father teaches her how to fight. BOOK-CANON **: brienne's father allows her to train with ser goodwin, tarth's master-at-arms. she receives the equivalent of a knight's training.
SHOW-CANON: brienne is the one who recognizes stannis as the shadow with the face. BOOK-CANON: catelyn is the one who recognizes stannis as the shadow with the face.
SHOW-CANON: catelyn commands brienne to bring jaime back to king's landing to exchange for her daughters. BOOK-CANON **: catelyn commands brienne to bring jaime and his cousin cleos frey, both captives at robb's camp, back to tyrion, in king's landing, who has promised the exchange.
SHOW-CANON: the guards are assumed to help jaime out of the tub after he faints. BOOK-CANON **: brienne and qyburn help jaime out of the tub after he faints. afterwards, brienne helps care for him.
SHOW-CANON: locke throws brienne in harrenhal's bear pit for entertainment's sake. BOOK-CANON **: vargo hoat attempts a third rape. brienne bites off his ear to stop him. in his anger, he throws brienne in harrenhal's bear pit.
SHOW-CANON: brienne and podrick encounter hotpie, who tells them arya is traveling with the hound. BOOK-CANON: brienne encounters nimble dick crabb, who tells her he has seen a girl and a fool traveling ( assumedly, sansa and dontos hollard ). the travel to the whispers, where they run into a band of brave companions, who kill dick. brienne kills them.
brienne.
story.
headcanons.
a roar went up from the crowd as a helmetless red-bearded man with a griffin on his shield went down before a big knight in blue armor. his steel was a deep cobalt, even the blunt morningstar he wielded with such deadly effect, his mount barded in the quartered sun-and-moon heraldry of house tarth.
a few voices hailed him with cries of “tarth!” and, oddly, “a beauty! a beauty!”
“ser colen,” catelyn said to her escort, “who is this man, and why do they mislike him so?”
ser colen frowned. “because he is no man, my lady. that’s brienne of tarth, daughter to lord selwyn the evenstar.”
OVERVIEW
she is the eldest daughter of lord selwyn tarth, lord of evenfall hall, and his only living child. her older brother, galladon, drowned when he was eight and she was four. her two younger sisters both died in the cradle.
name. brienne ( of ) tarth. nickname(s). the maid of tarth. brienne the beauty. brienne the blue. sow in silk. hound with teats. wench. etc… title. knight - lord commander of bran's kingsguard. morality.lawful / neutral / chaotic / good / grey / evil religious belief. the faith. ( faith of the seven ) sins. lust / greed / gluttony / sloth / pride / envy / wrath virtues.chastity / charity / diligence / humility / kindness / patience / justice primary goals in life. to fight for a lord she believes in. to bring justice to the land. to protect those she cares for with her life. to give her life for the common good. languages known. the common tongue of westeros. secrets. most of the time, she does not feel confidence in herself. viewpoints oftentimes conflicted and tendentious. quirks. taps her fingers when she has nothing else to do. when feeling subordinate, rarely meets the eyes of the other people. savvies. knows how to navigate with an oar. able to ponder war tactics relatively well: not perfect. build. slender / scrawny / bony / fit / athletic / curvy / herculean / babyfat / pudgy / obese / other height. 6 ft, 5 in. ( 196 centimeters ) weight. 187 lbs. ( 84.8 kg ) abilities. incomparable ability at sworddancing to most of the knights in westeros. restrictions. homeliness closes many opportunities which might otherwise be afforded to her.
brienne of tarth did not always wish to be a knight.
as a young child, she had loved the stories and songs that filled the halls of evenfall. those dreams shattered too soon, after coming to the realization that the boys would rather laugh at her unfortunate countenance than offer their hands to her. the gods had not been kind to her.
… nor would they be kind enough to grant her happy marriage. her father found three men willing to take her hand in marriage. the first died of a cold fever. the second, ser ronnet connington, gave her a rose and told her it would be the only thing she would have of him.
her realization spurred her to physical altercations between her and those who mocked her. eventually, her father allowed her to take up training of the field, granting her tarth’s master-of-arms, ser goodwin, who taught her the courtesies of the sword. at the age of sixteen, she was betrothed yet again to ser humfrey wagstaff, a man bent on treating her cruelly. well trained and vowing never to be wed to a man who could not defeat her in a duel, brienne challenged him - and won.
at the age of seventeen, lord selwyn tarth sent her to storm’s end to fight on renly’s behalf.
at the battle of bitterbridge, she defeated those who mocked her and wagered on who would first take her maidenhead. at her request, renly granted her a place in his rainbow guard, renaming her brienne the blue.
soon, stannis baratheon sent a shadow to assassinate his younger brother renly. brienne, present at the assassination, was promptly accused of murder after two knights his blood on her hands. catelyn stark, also present, vouched for her innocence before taking flight with brienne. when they reached robb stark’s camp, catelyn convinced brienne to enter into her service, and brienne was soon after told to bring jaime lannister back to king’s landing in exchange for the stark daughters, whom catelyn believed to be held hostage. they left the camp in the middle of the night, along with cleos frey, a cousin of jaime’s.
along the way, a band of outlaws killed cleos. jaime attempted escape, but brienne fought him off - until the brave companions found them and took them hostage. the brave companions cut off jaime’s sword hand, leaving him unable to fight. upon noting his despair, brienne convinced him to live. in turn, jaime stopped brienne from being raped, telling the men that her father, lord of evenfall hall, would pay her weight in sapphires for her safe return.
eventually, the hostages and their captives reached harrenhal.
brienne shared a bath with jaime and learned of king aerys ii targaryen’s wildfire plot, and how he slew the king to stop it from happening. she did not, however, leave with him, but was kept as vargo hoat’s 'prize.' that evening, hoat attempted another rape, but she bit his ear off to stop him. as punishment, she was thrown in harrenhal’s bear pit to die. jaime returned soon after and slayed the bear before taking her with him.
during their return, robb and catelyn stark and joffrey baratheon were killed. brienne fell into despair at catelyn's death. at king's landing, ser loras tyrell, once part of renly’s rainbow guard, accused brienne of murdering renly. jaime had her arrested for her own safety, where she then convinced loras of her innocence. jaime gave her the valyrian steel sword oathkeeper, as well as a new haulberk for her armor lost at the hands of the brave companions, a new horse and shield, two bags of gold, and a royal writ to find sansa stark, and sent her on her way.
along the way, she spotted podrick payne following her. he explained to her that he was once tyrion lannister’s squire, and believed that he may be able to find tyrion with sansa once more. she allowed him to follow her, but soon ran into hyle hunt, a sellsword whom she had once known at renly’s camp.
their travels took them straight into the jaws of death.
along the way, the trio encountered nimble dick, who joined the band under assumed knowledge that he might lead them to sansa stark. they then ran into the remains of the brave companions. nimble dick was killed, but they continued their travels, this time to the saltpans.
this time, they encountered more remnants of the brave companions. not so lucky, brienne was nearly killed, but survived with several broken ribs and a severe wound to her cheek. gendry, one of the members of the brotherhood without banners, killed biter before he could kill her, and took them, captive, to lady stoneheart. the undead woman gave her an ultimatum: to kill jaime lannister to prove her loyalty, or hang with podrick and hyle. brienne chose to hang. as they dangled, brienne screamed a word...
last known location: pennytree.
i. sleep.
brienne of tarth does not have good sleeping habits. generally, her duties overtake any other decisions or desires she might have. sleep is not high on her list of things to accomplish, and will often be set aside for other demands. if she can, she will attempt to catch her sleep during the darker hours, but her time unconscious is cut drastically if she has something to do or if she has something on her mind. when settled and comfortable, it often takes her at least twenty to thirty minutes for her to finally fall asleep –––– and that’s on a good day. she often has trouble falling asleep; hyper-self-aware of both herself and her surroundings, she oftentimes wakes up and has trouble falling back asleep.
as for sleeping around people, her habits are even worse. she can only sleep soundly around people she trusts wholly and completely, which poses quite a problem for a woman who has learned not to trust anybody at all. most of the time, it is her own decision to stay awake when there’s someone around –––– she knows full well she will not be able to get to sleep, if at all. all other times, it is her own body that acts against her and doesn’t let her fall asleep. when that happens, she often goes days on end with little to no sleep, resulting in an inevitable crash at the end, during which she is very difficult to rouse awake again and very short-tempered if disturbed.
… that being said, she’s suffered from this mild insomnia for so many years that she hardly ever looks tired. her body has adjusted to it, and she’s learned to hide it.
ii. scars.
brienne of tarth has several scars decorating her body. when she was a child, she obtained several scars on her person for her endless days of sparring with ser goodwin. they lurk on her forearms, on her biceps, and on the sides of her abdomen. over the years, these have faded to almost nothing.
jaime lannister left her with a deep gash on the inside of her right thigh; since healing, it has faded and blended into the stretch marks. the brave companions left her with several others, including one to the right of her philtrum which just barely ghosts over her lip, obtained after one man’s fist drove her lip into her teeth. several more were left on her abdomen and her jaw in the scuffle preceding the shout of “sapphires!” she does particularly well not talking about these or answering any questions about them when asked.
the bear pit at harrenhal left three long scars across the inside of her shoulder and halfway down her bosom, a reminder of the places where claws sunk deep into her flesh. these, though healed, are bright and very easily seen.
the most prominent out of all brienne’s scars is the huge gash that biter left in her cheek. a large chunk of her cheek was torn away, leaving her incapacitated for several days. in the fight, she also sustained a broken arm and three broken ribs. this scar will never heal completely.
lady stoneheart and the brotherhood without banners left her with a faint scar along the midst of her neck. it runs to her ears. this one is hardly noticeable, and only able to be seen in direct light.
iii. sex.
brienne of tarth very strictly does not equate sex with love. this stems, mostly, from her experience with the anything regarding the raw experience. since early childhood, she has been exposed to crude words and slights made at her expense. sex is not done out of love, in her mind, but out of lust, for torture, or to establish dominance. being also the subject of a certain bet in renly’s camp has made her increasingly warier of those who exhibit any sort of sexual interest in her.
branching off of this: she also has a fear of losing her virginity. this comes directly from the brave companions and vargo hoat. even broaching the subject within the confines in her own mind brings forth at least slight discomfort, as well as certain ill memories of hoat –––– in fact, most of the time she cannot think on losing it without instantly being reminded of him. prone to distrust, it takes her longer than a few months, if not even a year or more, to feel assured enough around the other person.
however, in relationships of mutual respect, these set states are blurred. being asexual**, she does not experience any sexual attraction towards anyone –––– this includes people in whom she confides. this just means she will never be the one to instigate a sexual act: that’s based on the other person. she doesn’t care to have sex to ‘prove her love’ when she can just as easily commit to protecting the other person with her entire being. but, she’ll willingly engage in the act for anyone she loves and trusts fully.
( ** several people have come to me for clarification on the meaning of brienne’s sexuality. here’s the fast version: she does not experience sexual attraction, but she still has a sex drive. )
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** these verses work in both book and show canon threads.
As a child, Brienne never believed herself to be like the other girls. She could never stitch correctly, her fingers too large and clumsy to hold the needle, and her body was always too large for a lady's gowns. Her septa took note, always reminding her that she was different –––– "freakishly tall" were her words. Brienne found some comfort in her father and older brother Galladon, but when Galladon drowned and her sisters never made it past the cradle, she found it more and more difficult to take the boys' taunting. More and more did her interest grow in sword work, until at last, after several battles with the boys, her father allowed her to train under the instruction of Ser Goodwin, Tarth's master-at-arms.
Ever since Robert's Rebellion, Tarth had sworn its fealty to House Baratheon. After the war of the Five Kings broke the surface, Selwyn Tarth sent his only daughter to fight on Renly's behalf. She went willingly, and stayed willingly, in spite of all the rude looks the knights gave her. She never quite fit in with all the rest, and when the other knights attempted to woo her in a bet for her maidenhead, Randyll Tarly pulled the wool from her eyes. In the mêlée at Bitterbridge, she those knights down one by one, defeating even Loras Tyrell, if only for her hatred of roses. After the victory, she requested that Renly accept her into his Rainbow Guard and from then on was known as Brienne the Blue.
Renly's death struck her hard. If Catelyn Stark had not been there the moment it happened and witnessed the death herself, like as not Brienne would have stayed until the other rainbow guards cut her down. Luckily, the woman convinced her to flee before the inevitable and follow her to her son's camp. Brienne agreed, traveling with he. She wished to leave to avenge Renly, but Catelyn convinced her to enter into her service instead, subsequently becoming the second person to whom Brienne ever swore life, oath, and sword.
Brienne learned of the Red Wedding and the Purple Wedding the same as Jaime; traveling through an inn on their return back to King's Landing. The death of Catelyn and her son struck her nearly as hard as Renly's, and she fell into despair for the rest of the journey to King's Landing. There, they ran into Loras Tyrell, who accused Brienne of murdering Renly and fleeing. Despite her refutation, he still thought her guilty, and so Jaime had her imprisoned for her own safety in the Red Keep. When Loras finally visited her and believed her true, Jaime had her called to him, where he gifted her his Valyrian steel sword, Oathkeeper, as well as a shield, armor, and other things, and dismissed her to find Sansa Stark.
Never a day went by without Catelyn Stark and the oath to bring the Stark girls to safety crossing Brienne's mind. Her honor was strong, her promises even stronger, and so she set off from King's Landing with Jaime's sword and her writ to find Sansa Stark. Along the way, she ran into Podrick Payne, whom she took along with her. She also encountered Hyle Hunt, one of the knights who wagered for her maidenhead back at Renly's camp. He, too, joined her. After a nasty meetup with Brave Companions, which left her with her cheek half-eaten, they were brought to the Brotherhood without banners, where the undead Lady Stoneheart commanded her kill Jaime Lannister. After nearly hanging, Brienne agreed to the order.
Ever since Robert's Rebellion, Tarth had sworn its fealty to House Baratheon. After the war of the Five Kings broke the surface, Selwyn Tarth sent his only daughter to fight on Renly's behalf. She went willingly, and stayed willingly, in spite of all the rude looks the knights gave her. She never quite fit in with all the rest, and when the other knights attempted to woo her in a bet for her maidenhead, Randyll Tarly pulled the wool from her eyes. In the mêlée at Bitterbridge, she those knights down one by one, defeating even Loras Tyrell, if only for her hatred of roses. After the victory, she requested that Renly accept her into his kingsguard and from then on took to serving him –––– if not as a knight, then as a woman sworn to protect her one and only love.
Brienne, Jaime, and Qyburn left Harrenhal not nearly as torn as the were arriving. Though Brienne did not travel in better spirits, still aching after the near loss of her life, she traveled begrudgingly with them. Brienne learned of the Red Wedding the same as Jaime; traveling through an inn on their return back to King's Landing. The death of Catelyn and her son struck her nearly as hard as Renly's, and she fell into despair for the rest of the journey to King's Landing. The trio made it back to King's Landing only days before the wedding of Joffrey to his new Tyrell wife, and so were in attendance to watch the chaos ensue. Days later did Jaime have her called to him, where he gifted her his Valyrian steel sword, Oathkeeper, as well as new armor and a new squire, Podrick Payne, and dismissed her to find Sansa Stark.
With her oath to Catelyn Stark and Jaime Lannister's honor in her hands, Brienne set out with Podrick to find Sansa Stark. Along the way, not weeks after beginning their honorable journey, they met Hot Pie, who told them that he had seen Arya Stark with the Hound. They ran into the duo in the mountains, thirty miles from the Bloody Gate. In her attempt to persuade Arya to follow them, Brienne battles and severely wounds the Hound –––– by that time, the girl escaped. The first attempt with Sansa, too, failed, though they managed to follow her and Littlefinger to Winterfell. For weeks, Brienne waited for the candle at the highest tower to be lit: the signal for she and Pod to come and rescue her.
After killing Stannis and avenging Renly's death, Brienne and Podrick went on to seek Sansa, who they soon discovered to have fled from Winterfell during the battle. When at last they found Theon and Sansa and saved them from the Bolton men, Brienne pledged her sword to her, just as she had for Catelyn. Once Theon went his own way, the trio traveled to the Wall, where Brienne noted a certain Free Folk's eyes on her. It was soon after that Sansa commanded she and Podrick go to the seige of Riverrun and attempt to persuade the Blackfish to supply them with his men to battle Ramsay Bolton. There, she ran into Jaime Lannister, who allowed her to cross the seige line into the castle. Unfortunately, Brienne could not sway the Blackfish's mind, and so she and Podrick returned, empty-handed, to Winterfell.
It took her all she had not to betray the undead Catelyn Stark a second time, but somehow she did manage to throw away her honor, her dreams, her love –––– if only to keep her oath to the woman. In leading Jaime Lannister to his death, she broke her vow to keep his honor, and, ashamed, took it upon herself to stay with the band of brothers. Stoneheart wanted them all dead, one at a time. What better way to keep her vow than to stay with the woman and her group of followers? Besides that, the group was well enough: the Lightning Lord knew none but by audacity, and the rest never treated her as a woman; with them... she fit right in.
The Targaryens always ruled, mighty and strong in Westeros. Even mightier they became, when Robert Baratheon attempted to overthrow the ruling family –––– and failed. Though Tarth was a vassal to the rebel House, the Targaryens made no qualms against it. Brienne grew peacefully, until the day she realized that she was not made to be Evenstar, or even a lady to any lord. Her dreams of knighthood were disagreed upon by her father, and when he insisted that she take a husband for the third time, she fled from her home. With dreams of becoming a knight, Brienne Tarth donned armor and sword, cast aside her birthright, and renamed herself. No man nor woman would know her sex; she was tall, she was strong. She would fit. Not desiring anyone find out who she really was, she had her shield repainted, and from then on was known as Ser Galladon the Grand, and unknown knight with the shooting star above an elm tree over a sunset field on his shield.
modern.
Born into a moderately wealthy family, Brienne Tarth always knew she was better off than the rest. But her looks deceived her, and soon she became an object of scorn and laughter for the other students. Her schooling ended up rough, not a true reflection of her own self. Straight out of schooling, in an effort to find her own identity, she decided to attend her local police academy. There, she learned the ins and outs of English law, in addition to self-defense and how to handle various weapons. Her current employment –––– not quite an officer, though she was willing to don the title –––– had her moving around, meeting in various troubled locations. Her life and mind revolved around her career, as it always would.
As a child, Brienne lived on a little chunk of land called Tarth in the middle of a vast sea, dreaming that she might one day leave one day to explore more of Narnia. Per her own request, she was allowed tutelage of the sword and shield, and became a swordswoman in her own right. When she was finally old enough to take out on her own. Her father allowed it only after hearing that Jadis' reign of winter was over, and so the summer child went on her way, and when she heard of the kings and queens of Narnia, she went to see them for herself. Her skills proved worthy to them, enough that they knighted her and named her place in Cair Paravel, where she continued to reside for the years to come.
harry potter.
Brienne Tarth was born as a pureblood to rich Selwyn Tarth the wizard and his wife, an unknown witch who passed away before memory allowed her a picture of her face. Even as a little girl, Brienne was never very good at focusing. Whenever her parents attempted to teach her histories of the magical world, she would never listen -- only when they spoke of spells did she pay attention. At the age of eleven, she was invited to Hogwarts. First year, her core class grades were rocky. Through the years, however, she became better at balancing coursework, though she still favored spelled-based courses like DADA and Transfiguration.
Born a twin to the First Order's Captain Phasma, Brienne grew with her twin, playing at practicing at weaponsplay for many a year. However, around adolescence, Brienne began to become more aware of the injustices of the growing Order, and, after making her mind, decided to pursue the goodness of her moral compass. She split from the family –––– and her beloved twin –––– at the age of thirteen, carving a path towards the Resistance after a stray word in a nearby planet. The young woman continued her training, preferring the lightsaber to blasters and rifles, even if her force-sensitity was dulled without her twin. After a time alone, she reached the Resistance base, joining of her own accord, where she worked to fight as a Resistance warrior, wishing to see the First Order broken and irreparable –––– to the exclusion of her own sister.
Brienne was born and raised as part of the Resistance, learning the grip of the force and lightsaber through Luke Skywalker's training. Under his tutelage, she became well-versed with the saber, able to control the force as well as many of the others, and slowly learned her own techniques and body-granted gifts. After an unfortunate incident with one of his pupils-turned-rogue, she continued in the Resistance with her will to see Kylo Ren's rising First Order destroyed growing even stronger, weaving her way onto the front lines and destroying what troopers of the First Order that she could.
An woman alone in the world is a dangerous thing, especially as one so strong and large as Brienne Tarth. When she was a young girl, too young to remember, her father relocated their family from High Rock to the southeasternmost tip of Morrowind. Though her family was of Breton blood, Brienne never took to the call to magic and arcane arts as keenly as others. Instead, she focused on the art of swordplay, learning of her own strength in the process and using it to her advantage. In her twenties, after more than two decades of biding her time with her father, Brienne decided to take off on her own, traveling the continent of Tamriel in her quest to find a king or lord to serve, in the hopes that the land's perpetual warring might someday stop.
Three years younger than Ned, Valerie grew up influenced by his own path. By her adolescence, she became increasingly aware of the injustice caused by words and actions. Although never wanting to do anything as drastic as join the military, She began to take interest instead in a quieter path closer to home, and largely disregarded her father’s suggestions that she join Tim in working with him. At the age of 18, she decided to go into law enforcement, although she was never a true officer. Up until the age of 27, she worked, until one day an accident with her dispatch team left her the prime suspect of a homicide. After suffering nightmares consisting mainly of violence against her, Valerie moved to king’s landing, in part to try and recover, and in part to be nearer to her brother, one of the only ties to her childhood. Reincarnation was a myth to her, but only after suffering a particular bloody nightmare filled with shadows did she begin to listen to the warning signs around her.
Brienne Tarth had a relatively normal childhood up until the age of 8, when her mother and siblings were murdered. This prompted her father to establish the Battalion, who pulled her out of school to keep her safe. She spent all of her adolescence concentrating on training and learning various skills / information from her father, with only limited interactions to the outside world. Once she reached adolescence, he allowed her somewhat more freedom, granting permission to leave the mansion without someone over her shoulder –––– that didn’t mean she wasn’t still aware that there was probably someone watching her, making sure that she didn’t step out of line. She enrolled in college courses, focusing on forensics, in the hopes that they would aid her with the Battalion. She mostly preferred to mimic her father’s deeds, lending her support, attention, and guidance to those who needed it. On occasion, she also moved into weaponry and tech, where she aided the other members in training.
After an undisclosed tragedy, marked with the scent of Stoneheart and the Brotherhood, led to Jaime Lannister's death, Brienne found herself in the company of his twin sister, former queen now disgraced, caring for her as she would have never cared before. Through the wilds they ran from those who wished to kill Cersei, and off the land they lived, masquerading as a knight and a lady, until the day came when Cersei could finally regain control once more over the Seven Kingdoms. The Queen of the Andals and the First Men took Brienne as her own knight, and, unbeknownst to Brienne until the question was voiced, ask that they be married. From then on, Brienne was named Ser Brienne of House Tarth, Consort to the King.
Intended as a flexible book arc verse for any character with whom Brienne interacts during her journey with Jaime. After Catelyn Stark instructed her to bring the Kingslayer back to his brother in King's Landing in exchange for her daughter, Brienne set out with the man and his cousin. Whilst traveling, they trio was attacked by archers. Cleos Frey was killed in the fray and Jaime attempted escape, which Brienne was able to prevent only moments before they were found by Vargo Hoat and his men –––– collectively known as the Brave Companions, and widely known as the Bloody Mummers. During their captivity, the Mummers treated them less than kindly, taking Jaime's sword hand and abusing them both on their ride to Harrenhal. At Harrenhal, Brienne learned more of Jaime's past, which majorily changed her perspective of him.
Intended as a flexible show arc verse for any character with whom Brienne interacts during her journey with Jaime. After Catelyn Stark instructed her to bring the Kingslayer back to his brother in King's Landing in exchange for her daughter, Brienne set out with the man. Whilst traveling, Jaime attempted escape, which Brienne was able to prevent only moments before they were found by Locke and his men –––– collectively known as the Brave Companions, and widely known as the Bloody Mummers. During their captivity, the Mummers treated them less than kindly, taking Jaime's sword hand and abusing them both on their ride to Harrenhal. At Harrenhal, Brienne learned more of Jaime's past, which majorily changed her perspective of him.
It was always Renly Baratheon. He was the boy who had stuck out in her mind since the moment he had come to Tarth on his leisurely lord’s progress, the boy who she had dreamed about. It seemed fate had it the same way for her. Little Bryen Caron, to whom she would have been wed in the month of her first flowering, died of fever. Several years later, Ronnet Connington gave her his rose and refused to wed her at all. But it was Renly who was her third. Her father, ever willing to consent to a marriage between Tarth and Baratheon, consented to it. Months later, the wedding was underway, and Brienne Tarth of Tarth thereby became Brienne Baratheon, Lady of Storm’s End.
this blogs puts into practice mains, but not exclusivity. basically, what that means is that i'll go to mains first and foremost to ask interest on threads i'd want to do. reasoning behind not doing exclusivity is, the asoiaf fandom is a place where people constantly come in and leave, and i feel uneasy being tied to one particular version of a muse for fear that the mun might up and leave at any given time. it's happened to me before, and it's not fun. however, i am usually deeply attached to the people i am mains with.
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i prefer people who i know are fairly consistent in their replies to me. i like to know that people are dedicated to their muse and are passionate about their writing. i like to be friends with them, i like them to be reliable. mains are the people i talk with every day / every few days.
if you're mains with me and you go on an announced hiatus and you're planning on coming back, i'll keep you up here because i love you. if you go on unannounced hiatus or do not attempt to write with me for a while, then i'm going to remove you after two months. please don't take it personally: if you return and begin writing again, i'll be happy to add you back!
don't be afraid to approach me if you'd like to become mains with me! i would be happy to accommodate you, if that's what you'd like. i'm not scary, i swear!
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