ASOIAF/HotD/GoT posting.

[andgracetoo]

Sami (Samira Grace for the purposes of any fantasy AU) is very Northern Coded. She's from Canada, she likes the cold. It just works.

It's probably most likely she'd be a Wildling (very similar to Val and in fact I've seen Katheryn Winnick fancast as Val, lol). But she could be from any Northern House, noble or bastard or common. She'd bully and/or charm her way into being trained with weapons - if she's from North of the Wall, this will just be part of her normal upbringing.

I'd actually love to do an inversion of the Wildling tradition of men stealing wives, and have her steal a husband.

Alternatively she could be from Essos, maybe Braavos, or simply ending up there. She could be one of the Faceless Men, actually. They trained Arya, so they do accept women.

As far as Westerosi houses she could be from, I mean, anywhere in the North? Perhaps in the Vale - her coloring is similar to how Jon Arryn is described. The Reach would work too, she could be a Tyrell or a Hightower. It'd be more of a stretch for her to be Valyrian, but I'm willing to roll with it. Any House that has characters described as fair-haired and/or blue-eyed, really.

Any point in the timeline is fine, whether it's HotD times or GoT or something else. I could come up with something to stick her in anywhere. (And eventually I'll be uploading some Vikings icons for the Aesthetic, I am not making a separate account this time, lol.)

I mostly ship her with male characters, but she would be a great protector of women, like Brienne of Tarth. She could easily swear her sword to a noble lady/queen, or also like Brienne want to join a Kingsguard/Queensguard. Arranged marriages are always a possibility too, though she'd be a bit of an older bride. There are possibilities for "spoils of war" scenarios which is also appealing.

Making her a sellsword or even a pit fighter in Essos would also be a very easy option, or otherwise having her sold into slavery. (Wildlings are considered viable options once Daenerys starts wreaking havoc in Slaver's Bay, or she could be born in Essos.)

Even if she's noble, she's not particularly special as far as dragon blood or green-sight/warging goes. She may possess dormant abilities to pass on to any potential children, but she would not show any magical skill. Her true talents are in physical combat and also in learning languages. She is good on horseback and can joust, but she is not a skin-changer.

I picked Iain Glen as her father in her default/canon, but obviously that wouldn't be the case in any GoT AUs. Ser Jorah is not her father, lmao.

Comments

RE: Targaryen/Valyrian heritage (because icons)

[andgracetoo]

Elephant in the room. Right now the only icons I can find are the silvery haired ones. (If you have good sources for icons, please let me know.)

It is not my intention to make her a Targaryen or Valyrian in any way. I mean, I'm open to it? I could certainly make it work, and I'd be interested in playing it out. But she's also really North Coded. Maybe she'd be the bastard daughter of some Targaryen who ventured up there for whatever reason?

Actually, wait. I'm kind of cooking. Bastard daughter of Jahaerys the first would be pretty cool. Bastard half-sister to Viserys & Daemon? Sure, why the fuck not? (Or, like Hugh in HotD, she could be a daughter of Saera, making her Viserys and Daemon's... niece. Right? Yeah. Saera is sister to Vizzy and Daemon, which would make them her uncles. That might be too weird? Sister might fit better, idk.)

Not the point, but I made myself laugh thinking that there's not a very cool way to Targaryen-ify her name. Saemira? Samaera? Nah, I like Samira. So even if she does have that lineage in a scenario her name won't reflect it.

There are other options: members of House Dayne and House Hightower are described as having somewhat Valyrian coded features (but I subscribe to the theories that their ancestry predates any Valyrians arriving in Westeros). There's also House Velaryon.