#rhaena had a favourite from the vale named alayne i'm just saying

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Brienne of Tarth's parallels to Elissa Farman

Something I just noticed. In Fire & Blood, we're told that Elissa Farman was betrothed twice -- at 12 and 16 -- but "frightened off" both suitors.

Brienne of Tarth has been betrothed three times:

The first time she was only seven and the boy died two years later

Her second betrothal was to Red Ronnet, whom she met when she was 12; it could be said that she scared him off during that meeting, seeing as her appearance put him off from the betrothal (as sad and awful as that is).

Her third betrothal was to Ser Humfrey, a man in his 60s that she quite literally fought off at the age of 16.

In addition to the fact that the Fair Isle is a bit like a west coast version of Tarth, I think it's interesting that Brienne and Elissa both scared off their betrothed at the ages of 12 and 16. Though Brienne had one prior betrothal, that was not a factor in it ending