Isbell

In raising them, Maugan of Cleia had all of his children go on a voyage to see the world, as he had. Ser Nerin went north, to Scotland, a wild and vicious place, so they say. When he returned, he had a wife. Her name was Isbell. And she was as wild as a sleeping cow, as vicious as honey. All loved her, and put no concern in her heritage.

She knew how to talk to sailors and princes alike, with the same good humor and earnest flattery that kept a peace in Cleia for two decades. She was, though, prone to melancholy, and could be found wandering the river, looking out to the sea. When they asked what troubled her, she merely said "It's deeper wider than it looks, isn't it?"

When she vanished, all wept. It was as if laughter had been taken away from them. The story that went around was that she had been a seal, and had found her seal skin. Neirin had kept it in a box, so she could not leave. Ser Neirin went looking for her, and for his missing daughter, but never found her.