Meredyth Mooton

Lady Meredyth Mooton is the current Regent of Maidenpool and Head of House Mooton. She is the only daughter of Lord Symond Mooton and Cynthea Bracken, and the widow of Jonothor Tully.

Biography
Like all other highborn women, Meredyth Mooton was birthed with but a single purpose in mind: to marry, to reproduce, and, if her husband permitted it, perhaps sew the clothing which her children would one day wear. As the flowers of Spring began to bloom in late 379 AC, Meredyth completed the second of her three purposes in life, but it did not come without a cost. It was a babe half-born; twisted and partially unrecognizable—a symptom of Meredyth’s malnourishment and grief, the Maester promised. It was only then, in a bloodied bed with the terrors of war around her, that Meredyth was finally alone. A salmon might always travel with its family, its school, but in Riverrun there was no babe to occupy her belly, no husband to keep her warm, and no father to remind her of stories of home.

It was a frigid autumn evening in 356 AC when Cynthea Bracken finally managed to expel the first of her children from her loins. It had ten fingers, ten toes, the brunette hair of her mother, the blue eyes of her father, and soft bridged nose of them both; it was perfect. The babe would come to be named Meredyth, and if Lord Symond and Lady Cynthea had anything to say in the matter, she would certainly complete all the hallmarks of ladyhood within her life.

As a child, Meredyth was what one would realistically expect of a girl born into aristocracy. She quickly learned how to curtsy, how to properly handle a fork and knife, and how to treat guests and other members of Westeros’ elite. By all regards, Meredyth was the poster child for proper behavior, proper manners, and the proper lifestyle of a Lady. Even then, Meredyth was strong too. She did not cry when her mother struck her legs for slouching, she did not cry when her uncle and cousin moved from Maidenpool to King’s Landing, and she certainly did not cry when a brother was born and her position as heir replaced. It was in Meredyth’s middling years as a teen when her education of theology and floristry was replaced with more “practical” knowledge. First it was basic arithmetic, then accounting, then business charters; all in the name of making Meredyth a more attractive candidate for marriage. For almost a year he ferried Meredyth across the realm where she picked up bits and pieces on sailing here or there. Symond sought the highest bidder for his daughter's hand, yet it was no secret in Maidenpool that there was but one prize Symond eyed: a future Queen of House Mooton. Unfortunately for Symond—and rather fortunately for his daughter—his wish did not come true, and so in 375 AC Meredyth married the nephew of Lord Paramount Oscar Tully, Jonothor.

Like most marriages, it got off to a rather awkward start. At age nineteen, both Jonothor and Meredyth were adults in nothing but name. In many ways, they were still children, yet the world expected them to somehow craft the perfect family, to serve lealy and ablely, and to be silent while doing it all. Perhaps it was that childhood innocence which brought Meredyth and Jonothor so closely together while they lived in the keep of Riverrun, sleeping in the same bed which Meredyth would come to soil with blood but four years later.

As hard as the pair tried, Meredyth got pregnant not once in the pair’s four years of marriage, and no love could force that. It wasn’t 379 AC when the couple got their first taste of good news in what felt like decades. The maester told them that Jonothor would be a father, Meredyth a mother, and she would finally complete the second tenant of motherhood. It would all have to be put on hold for just a little while longer, however. A feud overblown, blood spilled, and the wrong person assassinated sent the realm spiraling into war, and Meredyth’s family along with it. Jonothor was the first, cut down by the blade of Tommen Lannister in some field outside of High Heart. Symond was the second, buried and bloated beneath his flagship The Contorta off the coast of Seagard. Meredyth’s unborn baby the third, sent downstream and burned like a good Tully.

No longer was Meredyth a wife, a mother, or a daughter. She was hopelessly alone in a world which kept taking from her, and so before the turn of the year, as the dust began to settle but the embers still burned, Meredyth returned to Maidenpool alone. There was no fanfare or celebration, and the Mootons did not cry out with glee when Daeron was crowned King. Instead, they buried their dead quietly, and Meredyth ate the pain she’d buried since Jonothor’s death at High Heart. There was no protecting her now, the damage had been done. The grief, the stillbirth, and the stress brought upon Maidenpool crippled her, condemning Meredyth to a life of pain, grief, and suffering.

With the announcement of Daeron’s Grand Feast, Meredyth sees the event as an opportunity to repair the hole that has formed within her and to find the peace which she so desperately seeks.

Timeline

 * 356 AC - Meredyth is born.


 * 375 AC - Marries Jonothor Tully
 * 379 AC - With Jonothor and Lord Symond’s deaths, Meredyth returns to Maidenpool.
 * 380 AC - Present day.

Supporting Cast
Ser Yohn Mooton [45] - Master at Arms


 * The uncle of Meredyth, Yohn was the final Commander of the Gold Cloaks during the reign of King Vaegon. Removed from his command following Daeron’s accession to the throne, Yohn now eyes the Prince of Dragonstone and his ticket back to political notability.

Morgan Mooton [15] - Outdoorsman


 * The younger brother of Meredyth and Lord of Maidenpool. He currently squires for Lucarys Velaryon, the Master of Ships and Lord of Driftmark.

Catelyn Cox [17] - Agent


 * In the service of Meredyth by request of her uncle, Catelyn's primary role is to care for the Regent of Maidenpool, but it is her secondary role that she is much more skilled in.

Ser Denys Gray [54] - Castellan


 * The Castellan of Maidenpool and a reminder of her father’s legacy as Lord of Maidenpool. Denys was once a close friend of Lord Symond, but now he serves to maintain the finances of Maidenpool proper.