The Women Of The Dance:

the women of the dance:

“The great Lords would have given us another two years of war […] it was the women who made the peace.”

jodie comer as rhaenyra targaryen, natalie portman as alicent hightower, alexandra dowling as helaena targaryen, lucy griffiths as alysanne blackwood, rebecca ferguson as johanna lannister, juliet aubrey as jeyne arryn, alicia vikander as the unnamed lady tyrell, and jodhi may as elenda baratheon

A Song of Ladies ❧ Wynafryd Manderly

Not every man has it in him to be Prince Aemon the Dragonknight or Symeon Star-Eyes, and not every woman can be as brave as my Wylla and her sister Wynafryd… who did know, yet played her own part fearlessly. ― Davos IV, A Dance with Dragons.

She had played the dutiful daughter, the blushing bride, the pliant wife. She had suffered Robert’s drunken groping, Jaime’s jealousy, Renly’s mockery, Varys with his titters, Stannis endlessly grinding his teeth. She had contended with Jon Arryn, Ned Stark, and her vile, treacherous, murderous dwarf brother, all the while promising herself that one day it would be her turn.

top 20 pre-asoiaf characters as voted by our followers: → #15: visenya targaryen (99 votes)

Visenya, eldest of the three siblings, was as much a warrior as Aegon himself, as comfortable in ringmail as in silk. She carried the Valyrian longsword Dark Sister, and was skilled in its use, having trained beside her brother since childhood. Though possessed of the silver-gold hair and purple eyes of Valyria, hers was a harsh, austere beauty. Even those who loved her best found Visenya stern, serious, unforgiving, and some said that she played with poisons and dabbled in dark sorceries.

Ser Kevan remembered the girl she once had been, so full of life and mischief. And when she’d flowered, ah… had there ever been a maid so sweet to look upon?

young cersei lannister (requested by anonymous)