A young sex worker living in King's Landing, Essie met a Lysene oarsman and fell pregnant with his son. Giving birth to a boy, she named him Gaemon. Raising him in the House of Kisses with her lover Sylvenna Sand, she wished to give him a better life, teaching him the more progressive customs of her native Dorne.
When Queen Rhaenyra abandoned King's Landing, Essie decided to make a move for power, declaring for all to hear that Gaemon was in fact the son of King Aegon. With no one there to verify or deny the claim, they moved to crown him as King.
Unable to access the Red Keep, due to the rulership of King Trystane Fyre, they ruled from The House of Kisses, taking the Street of Sisters as their own district. Acting as his official Hand of the King, she took on the name Lady Esselyn.
Despite being popular among the people of King's Landing, they were quickly deposed by Boros Baratheon and brought back to the Red Keep for interrogation. Under duress, she finally admitted that she had lied about Gaemon's heritage.
Essie was among two dozen loyal courtiers to be executed by Baratheon. She was survived by Gaemon, who, due to his age and innocence, was kept alive as a political prisoner.
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