Marra Rogare

Marra Rogare was a daughter of Lysandro Rogare, the head of House Rogare. Her inheritance included her father’s library, while her share in the family’s wealth came through the Rogare Bank. The collapse of that bank ultimately stripped her of both property and security, as the fortunes of the family she inherited from were converted into debts and punishment.

Inheritance and Family Wealth

When Lysandro’s holdings were divided among his children, his palace went to Lysara, his ships to Drako, and his pillow house to Fredo; Marra received the library. All of Lysandro’s children shared in the wealth represented by the Rogare Bank. His bastards received shares too, though smaller ones than his trueborn children. Effective control of the bank, however, belonged to Lysaro, the eldest son. Marra thus inherited a defined part of her father’s estate, but the financial institution underpinning the family’s broader fortune was in another sibling’s hands.

Flight During the Collapse

Lysaro’s attempt to secure power in Lys by diverting bank funds helped bring about the institution’s ruin. As depositors demanded their money and the vaults emptied, Lysaro fled the city. In the upheaval, Drako escaped to Volantis aboard one of his galleys, while Marra fled to the temple of Yndros dressed as a man and claimed sanctuary. Her flight was a bid for refuge amid the swift destruction of her family’s position; it did not preserve the estate she had inherited.

Loss of the Library and House Rogare

The fall of House Rogare reached beyond Lys, ruining people who had entrusted their money to the bank. In Lys, the family’s properties and possessions were seized. Marra was deprived of her books, while her brother Fredo lost the Perfumed Garden. The family’s remaining property, including enslaved people owned by the siblings, proved insufficient to repay even a tenth of the debts left by the bank’s collapse. The Rogares themselves, along with their children, were then sold into slavery. Marra’s brief claim to sanctuary therefore stands against the larger outcome: the loss of her inheritance and the enslavement of the family whose wealth it had once represented.