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{{Quote|Do you know what cared Balon Greyjoy is playing? He is trying to exert his silken arms over the authority of whom he believes to be a weak-willed wench whose only worth of character lies in her ample breasts, is he not?|Vivian's feisty reaction to Balon Greyjoy}}{{Quote|'''Vivian Rosethorn''': You mutinied against your captain. You mutinied against your queen. Do you have any last words?<br>'''Devan Firth''': Can you please just...just tell our families this isn't how we died. Tell them we all died at sea, fighting the waves and storms to our last breath.Tell them we died like heroes.<br>'''Vivian Rosethorn''': By the Old Gods and the New, by the Drowned God and the Sparkling Fields of all Seven Heavens...I vow that it will be done.|Vivian Rosethorn promises to the men she is about to execute<br><br>}}{{Quote|'''Geryon Greyjoy''': I have a proposal for you, Moonport Mare. You will marry with Balon Greyjoy, thus uniting our great house with your house. Thus, you and your people will not be cut down by our spears and our axes, and you will not have your ships splintered across the Stony Shore. You will be allowed to keep your precious scrap of islands and your precious scrap of a sister to yourself, do what you please, but two thirds of all benefits will progress to Pyke. What do you say? <br>'''Vivian Greyjoy''': I say no. I also have a proposal of my own concoction. I will withhold my bid for Harlaw, but will be in permanent receiving of two-thirds of its profit from work done and taxes paid. I will part ways with your lord and discontinue the war, saving innumerable lives in the process. I will not marry Balon Greyjoy, but I shall sign an honourable treaty that will bar us from warring again in our lifetimes.<br>'''Geryon Greyjoy''': Ha! Do you think I will be naive enough to sign such an underperformed deception, you foolish bitch?<br>(Both sides produce their swords, daring one another to make the first move)<br>'''Vivian Rosethorn''':This is madness! Enough blood has salted the ocean already. Further pollution of its glorious depths can be avoided if we part ways with my agreements met.|Vivian negotiates with Geryon Greyjoy}}[[Category:Female]]
 
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"You should have seen her. She fought...she fought like a seamstress - every move graceful, practiced, precise, absolutely beautiful. Only a warrior at heart could fight like that, and we are talking about a woman!"
―Geryon Greyjoy describes Vivian Rosethorn

Queen Vivian Rosethorn is a major character in the second, third, fourth and fifth season. She is the second youngest daughter of Lord Arthur Rosethorn and Lady Hale Rosethorn of Moonport. She is the warrior queen of Moonport and head of House Rosethorn and is known as the Moonport Mare, as well as Swanwielder for wielding the hand-and-a-half sword Swansong.

Biography

Vivian was the fourthborn daughter of Lord Arthur Rosethorn. She was born on Moonport, with her three older sisters acting as the handmaidens to her mother since her House believed that children must be broken into hardships and manual work that could be considered unpleasant early, so that they are hardened to threats and to unpleasantness that could be inflicted upon them. By the time of her tenth name-day she would have a younger sister, Ariadne. When she was a child, she ran obsessively, outpacing even the more seasoned athletes on the island her age, and also took to teaching herself to read and write. Like all ladies, the septas put her to sewing and needlework and learning the history of the Seven Kingdoms, and by the time she was seven years old she could chronologically name all of the Targaryen rulers in history, as well as the members of their Small Councils.

She took a deep interest in swordcraft and swordsmanship when she was ten, and practiced with a homemade sword when she was alone, eventually developing her own style that was controversial to normal styles since it relied on agility rather than strength and incorporated speed and fluid strikes to the blind spots of an opponent. When her father caught her practising with a sword, he had her punished since ladies were not expected to wield a sword, let alone fight in battles. This only persuaded Vivian to continue training herself, and when she was fifteen her mother, revealing she knew the whole time of her daughter's practices, actually presented her with a sword of her own, and her father couldn't do anything to stop her from being officially trained.

Eventually, her father died of greyscale right in front of her, and her sisters were killed when the Ironborn of Pyke tried to invade Moonport - they were apparently savagely raped and groped before they were flayed and pierced to death by the Ironborn. The remains of her sisters were sent straight to the castle akin to a name day present by Euron Greyjoy. A sixteen-year-old Vivian was traumatised by this act, and her mother declared war on Pyke in vengeance for her daughters' rape and savage murder. Her mother was later assassinated by a Pyke sellsword right in front of Vivian, who responded by duelling and killing the sellsword by impaling him through the back of the skull, between his jaws. This would be her first kill.

She became the Lady of Moonport as a result of her mother's murder, and a warrior famed for challenging the captured leaders of her opponents in battle to duels and sparing their lives when they lost - she had never won a duel officially, but she remained resolute that her defeat was absolutely possible. When she was eighteen, she was gifted with her family's ancestral Valyrian Steel sword, Swansong, which became her signature weapon and she famously wielded it in battle against the Coral King Ryon Greyjoy, defeating him in single combat and impaling him in the back, striking a weak point in his armour.

Vivian's war with Pyke spanned the rest of her life until the War of Inheritance, and she became widely feared by Balon Greyjoy because he was the first opponent he had faced that was a woman and had become so unpredictable that it frightened him, though he would never ever admit it. He never met her until the prelude of the Battle of Harlaw, but there were developing rumours that Vivian could transform into a unicorn, which was proven incorrect. Vivian lived on Moonport her entire life, only sporadically going to the mainland and never exploring a great deal of the Seven Kingdoms, but geographically she was an expert on the Kingdoms and could navigate place to place all over Westeros if she wanted to.

Season 2

Vivian is being armoured by her male servants on her castle on Moonport, while her squire Baltan reading out a ravenscroll describing how Balon Greyjoy has made claim of Moonport and its surrounding islands, since they are within a fifty-mile proximity of Pyke. Vivian curiously speculates how that makes a fair fraction of the mainland Balon's, and yet he does not seek to take that as his own. Her squire answers that Balon Greyjoy is simply trying to exert himself over those around him and make it clear that he will pay the iron price for what he wants. Vivian retorts to this, saying that he is trying to exert himself over who he still believes to be 'a weak-willed wench whose only worth of character lies in her ample breasts', provoking a blush from Baltan.

Vivian learns that there has been a mutiny on a cargo ship off the shore of Moonport and rides out with her entourage to meet with the captured mutineers. They are presented before her to be executed, and she calls for their names and, when she receives them, she asks if they have any last words. One of them only asks that she tells their families that they died at sea, fighting the waves and storms to their last breath. To the surprise of her guards, Vivian vows that she will. Then she calmly, but not coldly, stabs the mutineers in the hearts and has their bodies taken away to be cremated. When one of her knights, Ser Florian Tarth, asks her why she said such a thing, she explains that honesty and honour have their places, but sometimes those places do not coincide.

When Vivian sleeps, she experiences a frightening nightmare and wakes hysterically gasping from the experience, getting out of bed and rushing to the balcony of her castle to breathe. When approached by a septa, she dismisses her and simply says that it was a small disturbance. When she looks back out over Moonport, her expression is frightened. Later, she is training her younger sister Ariadne in needlework, in which the twelve-year-old is proficient but unsure of herself. Ariadne asks about the mutineers, and asks what will happen to the ashes - she answers that what left the sea a sinner must be returned to the sea to repent, indicating their ashes have been cast into the sea. When she asks what Ariadne has been sewing, and Ariadne reveals a distorted image of Vivian's smiling face with an upturned nose, Vivian laughs at this and denies that being her, and when Ariadne insists that it's her, Vivian grabs her sister, wrestles her against her lap and tickles her belly until she, shrieking, apologises and begs for mercy. Stopping, Vivian lets her sister return to her sewing and smiles. Outside, she spots a ship sporting the Greyjoy sigil and frowns, wary that her enemy is approaching, but notices a white flag of surrender.

Vivian rides out to meet with the men on the ship, one of them is Geryon Greyjoy, one of the nephews of Balon Greyjoy. He comes with a scroll from Balon, writing that they must relinquish their bid for Harlaw, as it belongs to the Greyjoys. Vivian retorts that there are Moonport citizens there and they are being mistreated because Balon is unhappy he is losing the war to the woman they are citizen to. Geryon announces that they have a proposal: Vivian is to marry with Balon Greyjoy, thus uniting the two houses, but Greyjoy will be superior to Rosethorn as they would be the greater house. She will be allowed to keep her 'precious scrap of islands and her precious scrap of a sister' to herself, but the people will owe allegiance to Pyke. Knowing that this is a manoeuvre by Balon to dishearten her and cause her to make a political mistake in attacking Geryon and lose favour in the war, Vivian rejects these demands and makes a proposal of her own: She will withhold her bid for taking Harlaw, but will indefinitely receive two fifths of the profit resulting from the work done there and taxes paid.

In addition, she will part ways with Greyjoy and discontinue the war, saving innumerable lives in the process. She will not marry Balon Greyjoy, but will sign an honourable treaty with him that will prevent them from warring again in their lifetime. At this, Geryon laughs derisively and declines on behalf of his father. calling her a foolish bitch. This provokes her guards to draw swords, and the Greyjoy entourage respond by drawing their own swords. Vivian slowly unsheaths Swansong and claims that enough blood has salted the ocean, and further pollution of its glorious depths can be avoided if they part with her agreements met. Not wanting to risk his life in combat, but simultaneously not wanting to leave the confrontation with the opposing side victorious, Geryon sneers at Vivian and vows that he will be back with soldiers, and see if her beckoning smile and lustrous hair will serve her any better then.

A Septa enters Vivian's chambers whilst she is falling asleep in her chair. She is sharpening Swansong, and while the septa is present she questions why she is doing this because it is made of Valyrian Steel and does not rust or need sharpening. Seeing that she is doing this to divert her from thinking about how she was politically unable to bring the Greyjoys to meet with her on even footing. The septa puts a hand on her shoulder in comfort and assures her that there was nothing that could have been done to stop the arrogant Geryon from complying without completely providing the Greyjoys with benefit, and putting her people to the sword or to the chains. Smiling at the comment, Vivian relaxes in her chair and puts Sunstroke down, voicing her gratitude that the Gods had given her the candor to be the moral superior to her adversary.

It is at this point that she realizes, in the mirror, that the septa is drawing a knife behind her back. Reflexively, she reaches for Swansong but the septa grabs her and throws her against the bedpost, breaking it. She brandishes the knife and lunges, claiming that the Gods may have given her candor but they haven't given her longevity. She pins Vivian to the bed and they struggle, with the septa proving to be stronger and, though being deprived of her knife, she manages to wrestle through Vivian's defences and begin to throttle her with both hands. However, Vivian finally reaches for the knife and stabs her assailant in the thigh. While the septa is writhing on the floor from the stab, Vivian runs and screams for the guards, but the septa grabs her again and throws her against the balcony, almost throwing her over the edge. The septa takes the knife from her thigh and lunges, pinning Vivian to the frame of the balcony, but Vivian twists herself and pulls the septa over the edge, where she falls to her death.

The septa's face is unrecognisable on account of the fact that her face was smashed in the fall. Vivian gives a description of the septa and it is learned that she was only employed in the last six months, and that she originated from Pyke. Vivian deduces that she was an assassin meant to remove her from the equation if she didn't comply with the demands of Balon Greyjoy. She orders that the people of the Iron Islands be made aware that their ruler had been audacious enough to use dishonourable strategies to get what he wanted, knowing that they will view this as a miscalculation of paying the iron price. Back on Pyke, Balon waits on the harbour of his island, waiting for a raven to say that Vivian is dead, but when he does not receive it he turns and walks back to the castle. His fifteen-year-old daughter Yara volunteers to lead the fleet of Pyke against the Rosethorns, but he declines, wanting to test Vivian's resolve further.

Vivian's ships sail to Harlaw with Vivian at their head. On their way, they are confronted by Greyjoy ships with Balon Greyjoy and Yara at their head. The two lead ships - Vivian's Riptide and Balon's Kraken's Bite - converge and planks are laid out when Vivian calls for parley with the commander of the fleet. Balon Greyjoy crosses the planks with Yara, and his two other commanders Ser Tarlon and Darion Greyjoy, Vivian with Ser Florian and Baltan, and Ser Spyros Rosethorn. Vivian humbly greets Balon, who retorts to her by scorning her politeness as folly and trickery. He demands that Harlaw is his by right, and any who defy him are his opponents. He insists that House Rosethorn becomes a vassal to House Greyjoy and they will be allowed to live.

Vivian calmly responds that her claiming Harlaw is no different in nature to the Old Way, which provokes a snort of derision from Balon. He mocks her strategies, saying that she believes she is adhering to the Old Way of the Ironborn, but that does not apply to turning on your own kin - Vivian cunningly responds that Balon is not her kin, but he ignores this and continues by saying that House Greyjoy has held Harlaw and the islands surrounding it for centuries. Vivian answers by pointing out that Harlaw is the Greyjoys by right, but since there is a substantial percentage of Rosethorn supporters and citizens there that are being mistreated on account of their origin, Vivian has the moral right to take it and liberate it. Vivian swears by the Old Gods and the New that she will take no vengeance of a violent nature on the Greyjoy people of Harlaw once she takes it, and will see that it is democratically run as if they were a collective faction.

Balon does not comply with her offer, and insists that he may take Moonport and claim it and its islands as his own. Balon cleary expects her to react by striking him down, so when she draws Swansong and the Greyjoys draw their weapons ready to defend themselves, Vivian stabs the sword into the plank before them, in a space between her and Balon. She says that if he takes the sword there and then, she will give him the entirety of Moonport without a fight. Balon believes this is a trap and that when he goes to take the sword he will be struck down by her guards. Vivian then orders her men lay down their arms to prove she is not deceiving him, but Balon still stays his hand out of paranoia - when Yara goes to take it instead, Vivian insists that only the supreme leader of either faction may take the sword. Balon eventually refuses to take her sword because she has infected it with the touch of a Rosethorn whore.

Vivian takes the sword and claims that now, since she is the first of the two to even touch the sword, she has the right to Harlaw. Balon furiously insists that she bend the knee to him and he will allow her to live on as his inferior and mistress. He tells her that she will not sway him with politics, and that he will pay the iron price for his triumph. Vivian calmly answers 'As will I', and Balon strides off of the planks and back on to his ship, followed by Yara and the others. Vivian shakes her head and turns back, lamenting that the Greyjoys will not even meet her halfway.

The Greyjoys and the Rosethorns amass their armies for battle, and Vivian is being fitted into her armour, staring into her unicorn helmet and talking to herself. She asks herself why the rest of the world must always fight, and why she is always forced into a situation where she must cleave her way out. To change the subject, Vivian asks Baltan about his parents and Baltan tells her that his parents were squire and handmaiden to Ser Arthur Dayne and Elia Martell respectively, and that when Ser Arthur Dayne was struck down by Eddard Stark and Elia murdered by Ser Gregor Clegane the Mountain, they fled to Moonport and started a family there as blacksmiths, which is why he knows so much about armour and how to fit it. Vivian remembers that her father was a strict man but a kind man - he whipped her when he caught her practising with a sword, but this only persuaded her to continue, and he helped convince her of the value of her people, in that they were of possibly better value than even the most masterful of warriors. Taking Swansong in both hands and experimentally spinning it like she practised as a child, she walks out of the tent and sheaths Swansong.

As the ships are readying for battle with the Greyjoys, Vivian watches them be loaded with cannons and spears, before looking down at the sea, at her reflection. Ariadne walks out to meet her, and hugs her painfully. Ariadne hysterically begs that Vivian be careful, because too many things could happen at sea and Ariadne doesn't want to lose her only sister. Vivian promises she will return in one piece, and when Ariadne begs that she comes with her, Vivian firmly rejects, since she doesn't want to lose her only sister either and a battlefield is no place for a twelve-year-old girl. Ariadne quietly asks that when Vivian returns, she teaches her how to use a sword. VIvian promises she will, and soon she will teach Ariadne to be a warrior worthy of Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning. Hugging her sister one last time, Vivian turns and boards the Riptide.

The Rosethorn fleet sails for Harlaw and, on the journey, Vivian is approached by Baltan, who asks her if she thinks they will survive the night, let alone the battle. Vivian returns that she will ensure that she survives because she made a promise to her sister that she would come back. Baltan tells her that his parents served the Rosethorns all these years for a reason - they believed that they would be better masters than the ambitious and callous Greyjoys. Their conversation is interrupted when a vicious series of cannon shots rocks one of the ships in the fleet and the battle begins. Vivian commands her men to open fire on the furthest ships, thus boxing in the closer ships and making them more vulnerable to cannonfire. Ordering that the majority of men on each ship go to below deck sothat they cannot be struck by arrows. Finally, the Riptide and a ship called Orca crash into one another, with the Orca split into several pieces by the spear-like hull of the Riptide.

Recovering from the collision, Vivian watches the firefight and spies Harlaw to be close at hand, ordering that they regroup and advance on the island, but then she realizes that there are a ring of larger ships around the island, protecting it. On the Kraken's Bite, Yara sees the Riptide and orders that they concentrate fire on that ship. Once the fleets come into close proximity, the Rosethorns lower gangplanks on to the enemy ships and the soldiers cross them and a full-on melee breaks out between the crews of the ships.

However, a large number of Vivian's ships are destroyed as a result of the strategy and most of the crew are forced to swim to shore and be caught in the battle. Vivian draws Swansong and spies Yara, and they lock eyes. The gangplanks are broken and a substantial number of the Rosethorn soldiers are left to fight on the Greyjoy ships. The Riptide leads the Rosethorn ships on to the shores of Harlaw, and a huge battle ensues. Vivian tries to take to the shore herself, but Yara, who had her ship pursue the Riptide beforehand, leads a group of her soldiers on to the ship and Vivian engages Yara in a ferocious swordfight across the deck. Despite Yara being a highly skilled warrior, Vivian uses her surroundings to outmanoeuvre her and disarm her. Vivian holds the edge of her blade to the girl's throat. Yara calmly asks that Vivian killy her quickly, but Vivian strikes her on the forehead with the pommel, knocking her out and taking her prisoner.

Vivian's fleet, despite sustaining heavy losses in ships, wins the battle and takes Harlaw from the Greyjoys, creating an outpost, and to Balon Greyjoy's horror the people of the island actually bow to Vivian as their leader because they find her to be more benevolent by reputation,and are impressed that she didn't kill Yara, the daughter of her mortal enemy, and instead took her prisoner. Three days following the battle, Vivian returns to Moonport to see her sister standing on the pier waiting for them. Vivian disembarks first from the ship, and Ariadne sprints towards her and hugs her so hard she nearly knocks them both into the sea. Vivian smiles and comforts her sister, whispering 'I told you so'. When Yara is dragged, in chains, from the ship, she sees the sisters and snarls at them, vowing that they will regret their victory one day, and she will be the one holding a blade to their throats that time. Vivian watches her be dragged away.

Season 3

When Balon Greyjoy learns that his daughter has been taken prisoner by Vivian Rosethorn, he self-delusionally believes that the Moonport Mare has subjected her to being raped by his generals. In actual fact, Vivian has been treating Yara like less of a prisoner and more of a guest, inviting her to dine with them and even allowing her to walk freely through the island, but with people watching her. Vivian has been questioned repeatedly about her motivation for being so generous to the prisoner of her mortal enemy, especially from Ariadne, but Vivian retorts that they are not savages or brutes, and must treat their prisoners with respect that is deserved. She watches Yara sitting by the beach of Moonport, skimming stones miserably with Ariadne, and when Baltan arrives and is shocked to see Yara in such close proximity to Ariadne, Vivian points out that there is an archer in the clifftops, hidden from sight, watching the two girls on the beach to ensure that Yara doesn't try anything.

A raven arrives with a message from Balon demanding that Vivian return Yara to Pyke, or she will live to regret it. She asks that a raven be returned, stating that Vivian will return Yara once Balon has called for a treaty with them that was originally discused by Vivian when the two of them last met. Baltan advises her to make the terms more in their favour because it is the duty she has to her house that dictates she improves the status of House Rosethorn, but Vivian brushes this aside and says that it is her duty to ensure that her house survives, and survives in prominence but not necessarily in dominance.

When Yara dines with Vivian one night, Vivian treats her to have her choice of the small banquet she has arranged, including a prized shark. Yara dines, but refuses to speak to her captor, and hasn't spoken to her since their duel at Harlaw. Vivian tries to make conversation, without appearing oppressive or desperate or giving any reason to be derided, but Yara originally remains silent. She secretly steals a knife during the banquet, but Vivian intercepts this move and asks that it be returned to the table. She presses Yara with the fact that her father has ordered her release, which catches Yara's attention for a moment. Once Vivian explains that Yara is no more her prisoner than she is her enemy, and that she has no quarrel with the Greyjoy warrior. Yara interrupts her by cursing her for taking an enemy alive when an Ironborn warrior would have cut her throat without a second thought, but Vivian cuts her off by pointing out that she follows the Ironborn tradition of paying the iron price, but isn't herself an official Ironborn. Yara is silenced by this logical argument and asks why she has not been kept in a cell like a prisoner should, and Vivian reminds her that she is not a prisoner.

She teaches Ariadne how to fight, firstly by teaching her basic stances and postures, making her impatient and desperate to actually cross blades with someone. She then proceeds to duel her sister, slowly instructing her on defensive strokes, explaining that defence is better than offence because defence will keep a warrior alive. She proves to be considerably competent, but a little too eager to make a killing stroke that means she is impatient. Once she has proceeded to train Ariadne for three hours, Vivian meets with Ser Florian and learns that the people of Harlaw are prospering under her rule, including those who originally supported the Greyjoys. Geryon Greyjoy has been sighted off the Stony Shore, pillaging the ports there and trying to recruit prisoners to join the Greyjoy army so that they can strike back. Vivian asks that letters be written to the nearest ports along Westeros, ones that appear to be the next targets of Geryon Greyjoy, but Florian points out that this is what they are expecting her to do so that she expands her resources and thins out the defences to Moonport so that the Greyjoys have an easier job in striking them down. Vivian simply asks that, instead, they ask for refuge for those trying to escape from the raids.

Vivian's plan succeeds but it draws the Greyjoys closer to the islands near Moonport. A brutal skirmish ensues when Greyjoy's men try to raid Blue Harbour. The skirmish is won by the Rosethorns, who capture the ships and allow the crew, including the slaves taken from the Stony Shore, to work with hugely reasonable payments on the harbours of Moonport. Confident from the victory, Vivian orders that they use the obtained ships to liberate the Stony Shore when Geryon Greyjoy tries to attack it again. In the ensuing crossfire, Geryon Greyjoy is savagely wounded in the leg and the Rosethorns take him with them so that he can be healed and simultaneously kept as their prisoner. Vivian insists on personally nursing him, and when Yara sees her tending to her cousin's wounds, she suspects that she is going to sabotage his recovery somehow and angrily confronts her, but Vivian shows her that she is in fact bandaging the spear wound to his leg. Yara incredulously questions why she is being so lenient, so compassionate, with her enemy, and Vivian repeats that her 'enemy' is not somebody she considers evil, and is just as much a man as she is a woman and Yara is a soldier. Yara suddenly takes a liking to Vivian and the two of them become friends and Yara even plays with Ariadne in the gardens of Moonport.

When a recovered but crippled Geryon, who is forced to walk with the aid of a cane that Vivian personally provided, approaches Vivian in the banquet hall and Vivian offers him a casket of wine, which he accepts since she aided him through his injuries. He remembers the Battle of Harlaw and acclaims her for being a highly skilled fighter, apparently fighting like women would sew, and Vivian replies by remarking that she has already heard what he has said about her fighting, since he previously said the same thing to Yara and involved the fact that it was impressive since she was a woman. Unwilling to quarrel further with the Rosethorn girl, Geryon asks her about her father and why he had to quarrel with the Greyjoys. Vivian retorts that he already knows exactly why her father fought them, at which point Geryon is silenced when he suddenly understands what she is talking about. He argues that his father will not stand for two of his kinsmen being held by the enemy, and Vivian answers that this is what she intended because it would soon persuade the Lord of Pyke to meet with her on equal ground properly so they can discuss terms of treaty, at which point Geryon comments on Vivian's stubbornness on that front. Geryon asks if she would want him dead for the things his family had done, and Vivian answers with the words of Geryon's own house - 'What is dead may never die'. They are completely unaware that Yara overheard them.

Yara is helping to train Ariadne to duel, and fights easy so Ariadne disarms her and becomes more confident. The next time they fight, she disarms Ariadne and holds her by her arm off the ground, causing Vivian to laugh at the circus the session has become. Vivian takes over and after the training has finished, Yara asks to be alone with Vivian on the beach. The two of them walk until Yara asks her what she was discussing with Geryon the other night. Vivian goes quiet and sits down on a rock, where she asks Yara to join her. Vivian recollects how her father died of greyscale when she was young, and later her sisters went to an outer area of Moonport to bury him, since all members of the family were buried in a cemetery near the cliffs. When they arrived, the Greyjoys raided Moonport. Yara stares, suddenly realising where the story is leading. Vivian describes how her sisters were captured and taken to the ships just as the Rosethorn troops arrived. Her sisters were all routinely subjected to savage raping, mutilating and brutal groping, before they were flayed and died of the anguish. Their remains were sent to Vivian on her sixteenth name day, in a manner akin to a birthday present, so her mother declared war on Pyke - Yara becomes horrified at Vivian's graphic and frightening description of her sisters' remains. Vivian proceeds to describe how her mother was murdered violently in front of her, and how she responded by fighting and killing the man in vengeance. The monologue is concluded with Vivian explaining that the very reason that the war between their families has continued to this day is because the Greyjoys have been unapologetic about their brutal definition for paying the iron price. Yara, a tear in her eye, asks her why Balon would never have told her this, and why instead it was said that Vivian's sisters skinned and castrated the soldiers in their sleep before killing themselves in a savage rage. Vivian answers that Balon probably wanted to be remembered as the historical hero of the upcoming war, which is ironic since every action he has taken since then has painted him as the antagonist of the situation.

Balon Greyjoy finally agrees to meet with his enemy and Vivian sails to meet with the Greyjoy ships with Yara and Geryon, who are not bound or gagged to the surprise of Balon. When their ships meet and Vivian asks that Balon agree to the terms of the treaty that were laid out before the Battle of Harlaw, Balon arrogantly laughs and calls out 'We do not sow!' at which point Baltan reveals that he is a traitor and slits Vivian's guard from behind, also impaling Ser Florian from behind, incapacitating him. The Greyjoy soldiers spring from hiding on Balon's ship and strike down Vivian's men. When Vivian attempts to join the fight, Balon falls upon her and draws a falchion, threatening to slit her throat. When Geryon and Yara protest, Balon orders his soldiers to knock them unconscious. Balon and Vivian grapple and Vivian pins him to the ground and holds Swansong to his throat, but the Greyjoy warriors hold spears to her back and threaten to skewer her. Vivian surrenders, dropping her sword, and Balon orders his ships to open fire on her ships. Vivian is chained with her hands behind her back and dragged into the ship.

Season 4

On the way back to Pyke, Vivian is stripped half-naked and hung over the top deck of the Kraken, with her legs and arms spread wide, so that the soldiers and crew can grope, beat and humiliate her to their pleasure. Balon watches this with cold pleasure in his eyes, and Yara is brought before him, where she voices her horror at what is being done to someone who has been less her captor, more her host and a kind host. Balon brushes her complaints aside and claims that, since they are Ironborn, they have a right to do as they will to their prisoners, especially if it eclipses or mirrors that which has been done to them. When Yara asks what exactly Vivian did that justified her being ravaged as she was, but not basically raped, Balon retorts that every grope is for a splint of wood lost by every ship at Harlaw during the battle.

Vivian is lying, her upper body cut and bruised by the beatings and attacks by the soldiers, suspended during a rainstorm as the ship reaches Pyke and Baltan is sent to guard her as she is unchained and taken from the ship. Vivian furiously calls Baltan a traitor, and Baltan retorts that her family originated from Pyke and thus he is simply defending his former homeland. She is dragged naked through the streets of Pyke to the castle, with the townspeople incredulously staring at who had been rumoured to be a fierce and dangerous enemy, but who looks pitiful and feeble right now. Vivian is thrown in a cell at the uppermost tower of the castle. Vivian is give a scrap of rags to dress in, when Yara asks for the Lady of Moonport to be given something to cover herself with. Other prisoners are deliberately allowed in, and one of them attempts to rape her, but she hysterically breaks his wrists in several places, then pushes him out of her cell for the other prisoners to see.

Balon has her awakened by freezing water being hurled over her, and she is then dragged in front of Balon in his throne room. Balon forces her to voice her apologies for starting a war that has severely damaged the economy of the Iron Islands. Vivian says nothing, but locks eyes with Yara, who gives her a sorrowful look of regret. Balon has her whipped and orders that she apologises. Vivian refuses, saying that she cannot apologise for being the victim of a situation that Balon himself created. Balon feigns not knowing what she is talking about and Vivian proceeds to blame Balon for starting the war when his men savaged and murdered her sisters. Balon continues to deny this, becoming angry, until Yara stands up and tells the court of Pyke what Vivian told her on the beach back at Moonport. When she gets to the point where Vivian's sisters were returned to her gift-wrapped as name-day presents, Balon strikes her in the face and orders that Vivian be drowned the next day. Vivian stands up and faces Balon, calling him a hypocrite and a coward, and scorning his claim that he pays the iron price properly and honourably, and then tirades that he has flouted every single ethical rule of the Ironborn throughout the war that he started. Before Balon can stop her, Vivian demands a trial by combat.

Balon names Ser Tarlon Greyjoy, his nephew and the finest sword in the Iron Islands besides Euron Greyjoy, who has recently disappeared at sea. He believes that nobody would dare stand for Vivian since she is the disgraced enemy of House Greyjoy, but to his abject horror Yara names herself as Vivian's champion. The trial is scheduled the next day, on the beaches of Pyke. Balon tries to revoke the trial and prevent his nephew and daughter from fighting, but is unable to as per the Old Way. Before the trial, he tries to convince Yara to step down, but she refuses. Vivian is visited by Yara minutes before the trial and the two of them hug in a manner expected of comrades, with Yara apologising that it had to be this way, but she just wanted Vivian freed and her father slighted for mistreating her and lying to Yara her whole life. Vivian calmly rejects her apology and says that the Drowned God can decide who is to blame once the trial is over.

Yara brings a sword and shield to the trial and Ser Tarlon brings a shield and mace. Balon announces the circumstances of the trial and calls for the duel to begin, glaring vehemently at Vivian for her politically outmanoeuvring him. When the fight begins, the duel appears evenly matched until Yara is wounded in the thigh by a blow from the mace. There, Ser Tarlon gains the upper hand, until the duel proceeds into the shallow waters and Ser Tarlon steps on a stonefish, which causes him to convulse and scream in agony, at which point Yara tires him out, pressuring his increasingly poisoned leg by causing him to move back and lean heavily on his leg. Eventually, she disarms and stabs him in the neck, killing him. Desperate to wheedle a victory out of the situation, Balon revokes her victory since she is a woman and thus cannot fight in a trial by combat, and also she cheated because her opponent was poisoned by a stonefish. When Yara protests and the people become curious and begin to argue with one another. Balon smiles victoriously and calls that the drowning of Vivian Rosethorn will be carried out at nightfall.

However, in the midst of her absence, Ariadne is made the de facto Lord of Moonport and, guided by a crippled Ser Florian, gathers a group of ships to attempt a rescue mission, of which she is the leader. She guides the fleet, taking on account the lessons that Vivian gave her on how to steer a ship and guide a fleet, she reaches Pyke and launches a surprise attack. The Greyjoys are caught unawares and Ariadne charges ashore with her sister's troops. Vivian spots the attack from her cell window and a cannon shot destroys the wall that separates her cell from another. Ploughing through the debris, she vaults from the hole in her cell and climbs down. She runs back into the castle, having to cross an uneven rope bridge to get there, and retrieves Swansong from the armoury. Running back, she is confronted by Baltan, who has two archers accompanying him, being sent to stop her from escaping.

Vivian accuses Baltan for being a traitor again, but Baltan sneers at her for calling him as such, since he is not a traitor on account of never originally being loyal to Vivian. He indirectly hints that he ensured Balon would botch her trial by combat so that she would die, and they wouldn't have to have this confrontation. He tirades Vivian that her family have always been pretenders to their own throne, when all island civilisations incompatible to Telos are the rightful property of the Iron Islands. However, Baltan then contemplates making her death look accidental and disguise himself as a Rosethorn supporter so that he can survive if the Rosethorns succeed in their current attack.

Disgusted at his disloyalty, Vivian remarks how he is willing to let one leader die and suffer after another, to which Baltan callously remarks 'What is dead may never die', to which she replies 'Maybe...but you will', and charges to fight him. However, Baltan is seized from behind and Ariadne appears, wrestling with him against the ropes of the bridge. To Vivian's shock, her sister overpowers Baltan and throws him over the bridge to his death. The archers open fire and Vivian throws Swansong at one of them, killing him, while his comrade is killed when Ariadne throws Baltan's dagger at him and strikes him in the eye. Ariadne takes her sister and the two of them escape to the ships. Yara watches them go and Vivian turns to look back, and their eyes meet briefly. Vivian salutes Yara, before turning and boarding the boat back to her fleet.

While they are on a ship back to Moonport, Vivian is nursed by one of the ship's septas, since it is a fear that she, who has spent several days barely dressed or warm in a cold cell with rain and merciless winds, is contacting pneumonia. Vivian is confirmed to be unaffected and is allowed on the top deck, in a cyan leather tunic, where she meets with her sister. The two of them embrace for the first time in what appears to be ages, and Vivian applauds Ariadne for leading an army herself to lead such a dangerous rescue mission and Ariadne confesses that she was terrified and didn't know how Vivian coped. Ariadne stops short of talking when she realizes her sister's grope marks and scars across her breasts and other parts of her body and is horrified by what has been done to her. Vivian brushes them aside, saying that they no longer bother her, but Ariadne becomes angry that they have mistreated her kin. Vivian calms her sister by saying that she is beginning to think like a vengeful enemy, and that is not her, and Ariadne is astonished her sister can be so calm in denying they take vengeance for what has been done to their ruler.

In spite of their victory, Ariadne's rescue cost them three ships and was deemed impractical and reckless, but this opinion was changed when it was revealed that Vivian had been returned alive. When Vivian is returned to Moonport, she is greeted by her councillors, and Ariadne steps down as Lady of Moonport on account of the current lady's return. To celebrate, Vivian and Ariadne dine together alone, for the first time since the war began. Vivian is told that the War of Inheritance in the North has escalated upon the loss of Rience Thalatrix, and when Vivian questions why she is being told this, Ariadne explains that the Thalatrix have been losing the war on account of their bravest warrior's loss, nay their finest, so it can only be speculated how horribly it would have affected their house if Vivian had been killed. When she mentions how Balon mistreated her himself, Vivian denies this since he didn't personally abuse her because he would have wanted to say he had no part in it, and had no blood on his hands literally. The sisters argue over the prospect that she'd been killed by the Greyjoys, until Vivian argues that if they truly thought she'd died, they wouldn't have instigated a rescue mission.

While Vivian is undressing into her nightdress, she solemnly takes a moment to inspect the scars she received from her time with the Greyjoys. Vivian winces when she strokes a particular scar on the crest of her throat, and remembers that Baltan dealt that scar when he betrayed her. She dresses for the night and pours herself a cup of Dornish wine. Ser Spyros Rosethorn enters her room and greets her, and the two of them stand on the balcony watching over Moonport. Vivian claims that, even in her captivity, she forgot how beautiful it was from her chambers. She also laments that the one thing she thought when Ariadne threw Baltan over the bridge was how heartbreaking it was that her supposed trusted friend would be the one to turn her sister into a killer. Spyros assures her that it would have happened anyway, but she is unable to accept this. Vivian contemplates that she has lost an advantage against Balon Greyjoy now, since he has been able to keep her in chains - he will never underestimate her the same way again, because he has seen her in the definition of her depravity. She takes Swansong in both hands, studying the blade and how curiously clean it is on account of it being Valyrian Steel. She voices her acknowledgement that the most merciless battle is yet to come, and that Swansong has not finished its feast of blood and tears.

Season 5

Balon Greyjoy, knowing that the Rosethorn counterattack to Vivian's imprisonment would cripple Pyke and destroy his house for good, is contemplating that he shouldn't end the war, but before he can come to that conclusion the barbarian Caelan Merlock penetrates the Iron Islands with his army of sellswords and compels him to continue fighting with the Rosethorns. Back at Moonport, Vivian and Araidne are duelling one another in training, more furiously this time since Ariadne has improved and challenged her sister to a duel to demonstrate this. Vivian is hugely impressed at her sister's progress, and even more so when Ariadne blindsides her and places her blade against the base of her spine. Ariadne contemplates that she has won, before she noticed that Vivian has already positioned her own sword against Ariadne's breast, stalemating the duel. Vivian remarks that she has missed having a sword in her hand.

She swims in the sea at Moonport, discovering that her scars are entirely healed since the saltwater doesn't sting her. She continues to swim, until she is called by Spyros to return to the shore because she is required for council business. Vivian dresses back and returns to the castle, where her council has been awaiting her with a message stating that the Bloodtreaders have travelled to Pyke along with the entirety of their forces, and thus have attracted the attention of both combatants in the War of Inheritance. Believing that there will be an interference by both sides in the War, Vivian orders that envoys be sent to Snowhall and the Nest, explaining their situation, and what has recently transpired at Pyke, so as to gain the allegiance and sympathy of the stronger side, which is currently House Cray.

Ariadne visits her sister and catches her practising the swordsmanship that Vivian taught her alone, and Vivian finds it entertaining, only announcing her arrival by deflecting one of Ariadne's blows when she turns to strike an invisible foe. The two sisters sit down and she asks if Ariadne truly wants to be on the battlefield now that she has killed for the first time. Ariadne voices her complex reactions to having killed Baltan back at Pyke, and that it hasn't scarred her as badly as was expected, and that it has told her that she wants to continue fighting alongside her sister at last, until they are no longer fighting. Vivian then presents her with a steel one-handed sword and shield.

Vivian personally receives a raven from Pyke from Yara, stating that her father is in league with Caelan Merlock the Barbarian, and that he is as good as being extorted by the savage. She decides that she ought to eliminate this alliance before it causes them to lose further favour in the war. Once more, she demands that a fleet be amassed to take Pyke and to extract a treaty from Balon Greyjoy before any more disasters occur. Vivian then reads a second letter carried by the raven and discovers that House Thalatrix, who has suddenly eclipsed their opponent in the War of Inheritance, has asked the aid of House Greyjoy in eliminating House Frey. She orders that the development of a fleet be increased and accelerated, so that they can prevent an alliance between the Greyjoys, the Bloodtreaders and the Thalatrixes can be forged and eliminate their chances in their war.

A fleet is amassed and Vivian sees her sister being fitted into armour of her own and dismisses the squires, continuing to fit the armour herself. Seeing the styling of their sigil in the breast of the suit, Vivian smiles at Ariadne and the two of them share a silence before Vivian announces that Ariadne will command two dozen of her own ships, making her a commander. Fitting her sword to her belt and slinging her shield to her arm, Ariadne takes her sister's hand and the two take their ships, with Ariadne naming hers Unicorn.

They set sail, and make for Pyke, where they catch the Ironborn unprepared. Ariadne reveals that she has already called for Harlaw to build more ships, adding another seventy-five small but armed and powerful ships to their fleet. Vivian's ship at the head of the armada, they continue and commence the Great Siege of Pyke. The Greyjoys set cannons along the shores, as well as mounted pikes, and the cannons pepper the ships, including the Unicorn, and Vivian stands at the front of her ship, watching the crossfire. Most of the ships endure the defences and reach the shores, and Vivian and Ariadne take their armies against the waiting Bloodtreaders. A vicious battle ensues between the Rosethorns and the Bloodtreaders, in which Ariadne personally fights Caelan Merlock and, driving him too deep into the sea, kills him. Vivian continues, driving her forces further into Pyke, ordering that no villagers be harmed or killed and no women raped, no houses or establishments pillaged, or those who do so face execution. They take the lower part of Pyke, wiping out the Bloodtreaders, and Vivian uses a bow to fire an arrow into Balon Greyjoy's chamber, demanding that he come and parley with her.

Balon sends his brother Victarion out to meet with Vivian, and the two of them greet one another. Vivian speaks pleasantly towards her adversary, asking that they lay down their swords and agree to treaty with the Rosethorns. Victarion refuses this, claiming that Balon will never consent. Vivian states that she isn't asking for Balon to consent, only for him to agree and keep his consents to himself if he wishes. Victarion faces Vivian, nose-to-nose, and says that what Balon had done to Vivian when she was his prisoner had twisted her morality and sense so that she thought it was the right thing to parley with the Greyjoys. Vivian calmly tirades Victarion, saying that she knows that the Thalatrixes have come to treaty with him and that they are planning to combine forces. They can avoid a bloodbath with an additional house thrown into the butchery if the treaty is agreed to, and Victarion finally claims that, if a flaming arrow is fired from the tower of Pyke at sunrise, then they have agreed to the terms and willing to lay down their arms.

Vivian recognizes that this is a plan to tire them out and orders that they make ready to lay siege to the castle, since they lost a substantial amount of their men in the battle on the beach with Caelan Merlock. As she returns to her troops, Ariadne confronts her and insists that they storm the castle now while they have the opportunity, but Vivian insists that they wait until sunrise to see if their terms have been met, before deciding to attack. When Ariadne protests, Vivian calmly tells her that she feels too badly for what happened to Vivian when she was a prisoner, and that it has tainted her somewhat, but not weakened. her. Realising that Vivian is right, Ariadne agrees with her sister.

When the sun rises, no arrow is fired, so Vivian prepares to attack. Her army sieges the castle and penetrates it easily, only for a series of arrows from an army of archers to hold them back. The Rosethorns cut through the archers, disarming them and taking them prisoner. Vivian continues to Balon Greyjoy's chambers, crossing the bridge where Baltan was killed, and finds him awaiting her on the other side. With him is a young man who reveals himself to be Rience Thalatrix. Vivian tries to reach Balon, but Rience bars her path and the two of them engage in an intense duel across the bridge into Balon's chambers. Vivian is entertained to find her opponent to be a precise match for her in combat. Vivian eventually disarms Rience and moves in to stab him, but Rience sneaks a knife from his belt and presses it to her belly, stalemating the fight. Vivian and Rience stay still for a second, eyes locked, until Vivian twists her hip, dislodging the knife and strikes him in the face with the pommel, knocking him out, before advancing on a resolute Balon, holding the blade of her sword to his throat. Smiling triumphantly at him, she announces that he has lost.

Balon Greyjoy is tried for war crimes and found guilty, but Vivian demands that the option of execution be revoked and that every man know that he had usurped the concept of paying the iron price. Yara visits her and asks why her father hasn't been killed, and Vivian responds that she forgives him for what happened to her as a prisoner and that the regret and public knowledge that he has flouted his reputation and honour would be punishment enough. She visits Rience and the two of them exchange morals and goals, and Vivian sympathises with him wanting to kill his brother and taking Snowhall to end the War of Inheritance. She applauds his swordsmanship and recognizes that he is holding back, and he tells her about the injuries he suffered atop the Weeper during the Battle of the Labyrinth. He introduces his sister Elia to her and explains that they ought to combine forces to take Snowhall and forge an alliance with one another. Vivian announces publicly that the Iron Islands can be the property of the Greyjoys, but Harlaw will remain as a cooperative property of the Rosethorns.

Season 6

Personality and Appearance

Vivian is lithely built, angelic and with long, curly yellow hair and deep brown eyes, as well as silky skin and a hard expression of calm confidence - the look of a born warrior. She normally wears silver armour with a deep cyan cloak, including a helmet shaped like a unicorn's head (In a similar fashion to Sandor Clegane's helmet), a cuirass breastplate, flauts and only light armour on the joints, and no gorget since she prefers fighting with agility and the ability to move quickly and flexibly. Otherwise, she normally wears a cyan gown with drooping sleeves, and an elaborate web of red jewels around her neck. She wields Swansong, a Valyrian Steel hand-and-a-half sword.

Vivian is a headstrong, independent, selfless and compassionate woman with a fiercely idealistic nature that speculates how her gender are exploited and not considered especially strong or courageous and inferior to the men, and strives to prove that a woman like her, born a woman to a powerful house with a reputation for having powerful male warriors. She is not slighted by the sight of blood, destruction or agony, but she is deeply disturbed by each of these being inflicted on the innocent. Vivian orders that, during invasions, that no children are to be harmed and no women raped, showing that she has strong moral principle, and also is motivated by her wish to make an example of how a wartime leader can be remembered for being a merciful one.

She has a calm, reserved exterior and a silky voice that shows she is confident, peaceful and a very tolerant person. She is able to forgive mutiny or opposition when she is faced with such things, which she knows she will as a leader and a woman. Vivian is respectful of others, especially those of note and accomplishment, and refers to people, even her enemies, by their respected titles. Vivian gives the option of surrender to prisoners and defeated adversaries and wishes good fortune to her enemies in the combat to come. In spite of this, she can be perceived as overtly confident, but this is more closely based on a speculation involving her judgement as a woman.

Vivian is a glorious warrior, being a seasoned rider, a proven battle commander and an extremely skilled swordswoman. She is described to fight in a duel the way a woman would be expected to sow - with graceful, practiced movements that appear elegant to viewers and terrifying to the opponent she is facing. This is because her face betrays not one of her moves, and the moves she makes are both fluid, unexpected and frequently devastating. Vivian's true skill is shown by her being able to match Rience Thalatrix (Possibly the best swordsman in the North) and it is even hinted that she surpassed him - however, it is unknown what the outcome would have been if Rience was fighting in his prime. Despite her superb skill, she is not incapable of being overt in her goals and methods of proceeding, and has an unfortunate weakness of being sometimes dangerously ruthless when she is pushed to a certain extreme.

Despite being benevolent and charismatic, Vivian has the notable weakness of being extremely stubborn and almost indomitably fixated on a goal once she has devised one, given that she was essentially able to master anything she put her mind towards. Her stubbornness was such that she would justify her actions with surprisingly poignant but convenient factors, such as ensuring that she survived and triumphed in the Battle of Harlaw just so she could return to teach her sister how to duel. She would also remain resolute in treating her prisoner, Yara Greyjoy, whom she had defeated and taken prisoner in battle, like an honoured guest, despite heavy insistence that she treat her as a prisoner to make her house one to be feared.

Quotes

"Do you know what cared Balon Greyjoy is playing? He is trying to exert his silken arms over the authority of whom he believes to be a weak-willed wench whose only worth of character lies in her ample breasts, is he not?"
―Vivian's feisty reaction to Balon Greyjoy
"Vivian Rosethorn: You mutinied against your captain. You mutinied against your queen. Do you have any last words?
Devan Firth: Can you please just...just tell our families this isn't how we died. Tell them we all died at sea, fighting the waves and storms to our last breath.Tell them we died like heroes.
Vivian Rosethorn: By the Old Gods and the New, by the Drowned God and the Sparkling Fields of all Seven Heavens...I vow that it will be done.
"
―Vivian Rosethorn promises to the men she is about to execute

"Geryon Greyjoy: I have a proposal for you, Moonport Mare. You will marry with Balon Greyjoy, thus uniting our great house with your house. Thus, you and your people will not be cut down by our spears and our axes, and you will not have your ships splintered across the Stony Shore. You will be allowed to keep your precious scrap of islands and your precious scrap of a sister to yourself, do what you please, but two thirds of all benefits will progress to Pyke. What do you say?
Vivian Greyjoy: I say no. I also have a proposal of my own concoction. I will withhold my bid for Harlaw, but will be in permanent receiving of two-thirds of its profit from work done and taxes paid. I will part ways with your lord and discontinue the war, saving innumerable lives in the process. I will not marry Balon Greyjoy, but I shall sign an honourable treaty that will bar us from warring again in our lifetimes.
Geryon Greyjoy: Ha! Do you think I will be naive enough to sign such an underperformed deception, you foolish bitch?
(Both sides produce their swords, daring one another to make the first move)
Vivian Rosethorn:This is madness! Enough blood has salted the ocean already. Further pollution of its glorious depths can be avoided if we part ways with my agreements met.
"
―Vivian negotiates with Geryon Greyjoy