Westeros Notorious Rulers and Families

Lynesse Hightower

Lady Lynesse was also known as Lady of Bear Island, daughter of Leyton Hightower, born in 271/272 AC.Lady Lynesse married Jorah Mormont, they had no children. History: During the tourney at Lannisport, Lynesse allowed her favor to be worn by Ser Jorah Mormont, Lord of Bear Island, who was twice her age and widowed. He crowned her the queen of love and beauty after winning the tourney and asked for her hand in marriage, to which Lord Leyton Hightower consented. Lynesse and Jorah married shortly thereafter in Lannisport. Although they had married for love, the marriage did not remain happy for long. Having grown up in House Hightower in prosperous Oldtown, Lynesse was unprepared for life at poor Bear Island in the north, and she quickly became miserable. Jorah attempted to reproduce the luxurious lifestyle his wife was accustomed to by lavishing her with expensive gifts and voyages to Lannisport, Oldtown, and Braavos, but Jorah quickly drove himself into financial ruin. Lynesse was unimpressed with Jorah's defeats in other tourneys, and she refused to sell her jewelry. During a visit to Winterfell, a drunken Lynesse confessed her unhappiness to Lady Catelyn Stark.In desperation, Jorah began looking for less savory ways of paying off his debts, attempting to raise money by selling some convicted poachers to a Tyroshi slaver. Learning that one of his bannermen had engaged in the slave trade, Lord Eddard Stark declared Jorah's life forfeit. Rather than face the Warden of the North, Jorah fled with Lynesse to Essos in 293 AC.Jorah would have preferred to live in Braavos, but he instead chose the warmer Lys to make Lynesse happy. Jorah became a sellsword, but Lynesse outspent his earnings tenfold. While he was fighting Braavosi on the Rhoyne, Lynesse moved into the manse of Tregar Ormollen, a Lysene merchant prince. Tregar threatened to enslave Jorah if he did not give up Lynesse, so the Northman abandoned Lys for Volantis. Lynesse is now Tregar's chief concubine; even his wife goes in fear of her.