Ellaria Sand is a bastard from Dorne, but is not discriminated for this, as Dorne has different views and customs towards children born out of wedlock compared to the rest of Westeros, where bastards are often discriminated. She is the paramour of Oberyn Martell, as even in Dorne a Prince cannot marry a bastard, and mother to the four youngest Sand Snakes, the bastard daughters of Oberyn. She is vengeful, and like Oberyn, bisexual.