Hello, beautiful people. This is Ardynn Redfort of The Vale and House Redfort, bannermen to House Arryn. At 25 she's the (quite) younger sister of reaver, who she is loyal to above anything else in the world. Both of their parents have been dead for years, which means she and her brother have been responsible for keeping the Redfort name in good standing. Like all of the ladies, she has felt the pressure of being prim and proper and she has since mastered the art of pretending. At the same time she lives a sort of double life, engaging in frivolous and risky behaviours. She's sneaky, as she's had to be in order to keep up appearances, and quite a good actress. Ardynn is aware of how delicate the family's social standing is, even if it appears to be solid from the outside.
Those whom she trusts enough to let her guard down know the real Ardynn: wild, spontaneous, sassy, and perpetually longing for something more than her position in society allows. She very loyal and very proud, which makes the fact that shespends most of her life preteding a real kick in the ass. Her pride she learned from her father, who made sure to remind her that Redforts are descendants of the First Men. She spends extra time riding and often trvels Westeros, favouring the Isles and Dorne when she's looking to get out of The Vale.
Ardynn was betrothed once...I'd love to find someone for that...but she hasn't been married off yet, and this suits her just fine since she perfers the company of women anyway. She's a very closeted lesbian with occasional bisexual tendencies, or "survival tactics", as she would refer to them. This is probably the one thing that she has been the most careful about. Men she finds useful for power purposes and friendships but she's not at all interested in them sexually...despite having tried to convince herself otherwise/try it out/etc.
SO. For lines I have reaver, of course. She's close friends with ramsie, who she bonded with over riding, and helalyn is a soul sister who shares her FUCK YOU attitude. She's also involved in some secrecy with layni. I would love to work something out with everyone else! Specifically I was hoping for a family who could have kind of taken Ardynn and her brother under their wing once both of their parents had died. Also if any men are up to be the close friend to whom she was formerly betrothed, and there's more to that one than meets the eye as well. Brainstorming is love.