Brienne of Tarth was not a fan of arranged marriages. She had been betrothed to a few noble houses and knights over the years, but had rejected each one, feeling that they didn't truly value her for her skill with a sword or her loyal heart.

As a result, she had accepted her fate as a maiden, determined to spend her days wandering the battlefields and protecting those in need, and swearing oaths to those she deemed worthy, rather than languishing in some dismal castle as a mere accomplice.

But when she received a letter from her mother and father, demanding that she get married. That she would be disowned like Tarth if she didn't, that a marriage was for alliances and heirs. So she had to agree, she had to return to the Sapphire Islands after long years of fighting to marry someone she had never even met.