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CREGAN STARK IN HOUSE OF THE DRAGON:

"A Son for a Son" 02.01

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when   jovial   night   was   cleft  by  voices ,  cries  of  a  wolf  in  camp  had  bewildered  lord   (  for they were many wolves , were they not ?  )   he  had  not  expected  to   stumble   stride  from  tent   ﹠   come  face  to  face  with  a  real  one .   a  familiar  one .     the  emerald - eyed  beast  of  his  brother   ...   &  the  insolent  boy  bold  beside  it .

&   once   more   the   elder   is   defied .   he  should  grow  to  expect  it ,   every  warning  falling  ever  relentless  upon  deaf  ears .   it  was  not  rickon's  presence  that  irked  him ,   more  so  his  inability  to  follow  orders ,   his  disobedience  ,   his   reckless   loyalty .

dark  brow  furrows  as  little  brother's  stubborn  face  sways  in  a  mirage  of  heaving  stars .    he  leans  closer ,    hair  reeking  of  honey - mead  and  horse .         ❝   you   are   far   too   eager   to   get   yourself   killed .   ❞         intended  snarl  leaves  throat  as  more  of  an  incoherent  grumble .          ❝   your   duty   is   to   our   people   at   home ,   ❞          a  matter  more  important  to  him  than  even  war .     ❝   you   will   leave   at   first   light .   ❞     he  turns ,   unconscious  whether  pup  trails  at  his  heels  or  no      ──  for    he    has    left    a    fifth    brimful    tankard    in    his    tent    and    very    much     intends     to     return     to     it .

@cregn : ❝ shut up and go home. ❞

Rickon shouldn't be here. He knows he shouldn't be here, and he'd known since he'd set out from Winterfell on Shaggy Dog's back that Cregan would be angry at him for being there. None of that had stopped him. He hadn't even hesitated long enough for it to deter him before he'd set out after the Northmen marching south under the Stark banner.

"No." Rebellion has always lived in the hearts of the Starks, no matter what anyone may say, and it's what has Ricken practically bristling at the thought of returning to Winterfell like an obedient dog because Cregan said so. "I'm not a child. I don't have to do what you've said. And I won't. I'm going south. Shaggy Dog will protect me."

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becoming elizabeth.

the following prompts were taken from the starz series becoming elizabeth, a period drama set in tudor england, following the life of the future queen elizabeth the first after her father’s death, & during her brother’s reign. some prompts have been lightly edited for roleplaying suitability. please note — these prompts may include mentions of blood, war, death, & other things some might find upsetting. feel free to change pronouns & prompts as you see fit !

❛ the [ king / queen ] is dead. long live the [ king / queen. ] ❜

❛ there. you’ve said your goodbyes now. ❜

❛ can a [ king / queen / title ] not speak for themselves ? ❜

❛ wait for instructions, & have faith. ❜

❛ already the wheels are turning, & no - one even takes breath to grieve. ❜

❛ they won’t make us wait to marry, will they ? ❜

❛ we’re ahead of them all for now. we need to keep it that way. ❜

❛ don’t let them see you doing that. ❜

❛ you’re not a child anymore, you’re the [ king / queen / title. ] ❜

❛ the court can be a forest of opinion, with no clear path through it. ❜

❛ you saw how they swarmed around [ name ], even as they were dying. ❜

❛ a great hole has opened up in the world, & men are going to be scrambling to fill it. ❜

❛ the more you let in, the more you leave yourself exposed. ❜

❛ a [ king / queen ] is made by marriage to a [ queen / king. ] whether they’re dead or alive is not the issue. ❜

❛ to act like age is any protection from the designs of men ! ❜

❛ you look thin & you look sad. ❜

❛ pay no attention to the designs of men. they forget them as quickly as they make them. ❜

❛ i’ve seen it many times, [ name ], you galloping away from the trouble you started. ❜

❛ well, how disappointing to be remembered for what i am, rather than who i am. status over personhood. ❜

❛ would you have remembered me if it was not for my status ? ❜

❛ what do you think you’re doing, barely dressed & out here ? ❜

❛ what devil down there is playing finger puppets with us all ? ❜

❛ yes, i am still here, full of regret, & shame, & wine. ❜

❛ so have your tutors assigned me as something for you to study ? what lesson am i ? ❜

❛ we’ll find you a bucket of water for you to dunk your head in, sober you up. ❜

❛ please stop flirting so outrageously with [ name ] ! ❜

❛ you’re offering me the [ king’s / queen’s ] ear, are you ? ❜

❛ actually, i’d like to offer you the [ king’s / queen’s ] hand. ❜

❛ best marry you while i have the chance, then. ❜

❛ i shouldn’t have to send an army to fetch a [ husband / wife ] for myself. ❜

❛ your & my opinions, [ name ], are best kept to ourselves, for they are of no worth. ❜

❛ i don’t believe i outrank anyone, really. ❜

❛ you up here craving power, [ name / title ] ?  ❜

❛ ah, well, i’m quite sick of decisions, myself; quite overwhelmed by them. ❜

❛ you learn much more about your parents after they’re dead than you ever did when they were alive. ❜

❛ so, what had you done to deserve a clap in the face ? ❜

❛ i had ideas of marrying people i should not, & i was sent away for it. ❜

❛ there have been a great number of movements at court. ❜

❛ i only wanted to know more of court. ❜

❛ i’m still in mourning, & you’d now have me gossip with you like a fishwife ? ❜

❛ i carry the sins of my [ mother / father. ] ❜

❛ i never dreamt you’d have such new & sudden - found maturity. ❜

❛ wait ? to be sold off again to the highest bidder ? how do you think i ended up in [ name ]’s bed to start with ? ❜

❛ no [ man / woman ] with any wit should allow themselves to become a piece for barter in other people’s games. ❜

❛ i’ve been trapped at court like a fly under a glass. ❜

❛ if only problems at home were as easily solved as they are here, with a sword & some strength of character. ❜

❛ i dread the day when my enemies have managed to pay for your sword. ❜

❛ perhaps you would permit me to ride with you one day. ❜

❛ have you really been as foolish as i hear you’ve been ? ❜

❛ you consider me a valuable piece in this game, whether you admit it or not. ❜

❛ is no - one to marry for love ? ❜

❛ do you know what rooms like this become for women ? cattle sales, as owners barter over our value. ❜

❛ it’s treason, what we’ve done. ❜

❛ speak for your own weakness, & your frailty, & your lack of ambition. ❜

❛ you really expect me to believe you married them for love ? ❜

❛ i trust you no more than i trust a rabid dog. ❜

❛ well, war is never over. so with any luck, you’ll still get yourself killed. ❜

❛ i wanted not to look a fool ! ❜

❛ talk like this again, i will have you whipped. ❜

❛ some still say you’re a bastard. ❜

❛ i should strike you for thinking such a thing. ❜

❛ you think i’ve ever got what i wanted ? ❜

❛ never be sorry for a personality, [ name. ] ❜

❛ i find it hard to picture you a matchmaker. ❜

❛ if only we were all free. free to act as we choose. to do what we want. if only. ❜

❛ [ name / title ], do you not know what this sound requires of you ? ❜

❛ pray, when will you stop torturing me ? ❜

❛ i wanted to check if you were always going to look at me like this, or if it were only temporary. ❜

❛ i am sorry that my marriage caused this. ❜

❛ believe it or not, your opinion means a great deal to me. ❜

❛ i will end up like my [ father / mother / relative ], banished & alone. ❜

❛ the world wants us at odds, we don’t have to let it be that way. ❜

❛ people pay far less heed to what i’m doing thank you think, [ name. ] ❜

❛ i have no effect on the standing of anyone in this world. ❜

❛ i’m not trying to hurt you, i’m trying to warn you. ❜

❛ i have no opinion on who or what you marry. you are of no consequence to me. ❜

❛ for your safety, your sanity, come to me. ❜

❛ it was, as you so often tell me, a hideous time, so why do you need these reminders of it ? ❜

❛ everyone thinks i am a fool to have married you.❜

❛ i won’t speak ill of any [ man / woman ] with ambition. ❜

❛ all women are used. choose who to be used by. ❜

❛ i suppose other people’s money is an easy currency to spend. ❜

❛ we will not surrender because you feel the strain on your wrist reaching into your pocket, or because you were born without pride. ❜

❛ if this is the price of staying at court, i will return to the country. ❜

❛ spied on by royalty, what an honour. ❜

❛ why must i always be the spectator ? why can’t i just this once play the part ? ❜

❛ if only you held the scripture a little more dear. ❜

❛ i worry sometimes that history’s going to repeat itself. ❜

❛ you may hiss & tease & hate me, but you may not disbelieve me when i say that you are magnificent, for you are. ❜

❛ you may well ruin my life, [ name. ] & i’d fucking let you, if you’d like to. ❜

❛ i have seen sensible men & sensible women die all around me, & yet i stay standing. ❜

❛ i wish you’d tell me who you’re writing to, with such impenetrable dedication. ❜

❛ i’m old enough to make my own decisions without counsel. ❜

❛ the country is a powder keg. our duty is to stop anyone lighting either fuse. ❜

❛ spring has come & gone, my love. all should be renewed. ❜

❛ if you do still mourn them, know that the dead want us free, for they are. ❜

❛ i would not keep reading a letter that has caused as much pain as that one has. ❜

❛ they are a loaded canon, & the game of court is to see which gunner can fire their rage in the right direction. ❜

❛ forgive me, [ name ], but i cannot fuck the threat away this time. ❜

❛ freedom comes by the leave of others, i’ve learned. ❜

❛ i do not believe you have the ability to keep your word. ❜

❛ you wish me to tear apart my own family & my own country ? ❜

❛ it’s quite extraordinary how people can see so much, but they cannot see themselves. ❜

❛ i think they don’t scheme & plot against you & i. i think they don’t think of us at all. ❜

❛ beauty really is wasted on the young. you don’t use it, or believe in it, & just when you start to, it disappears. ❜

❛ somewhat forgotten now, though, aren’t you ? ❜

❛ even i can divine the true purpose of these celebrations, & they’re not for me. ❜

❛ do i have your leave to speak freely ? i’d hate to presume the right to an opinion again. ❜

❛ you wield your power as a royal readily enough, so you clearly have not forgotten it. ❜

❛ perhaps just mind that others have not your power. ❜

❛ you know me. why can’t you take my side ? ❜

❛ i will always be on your side against those that wrong you, but when you use your energy in shitting on those weaker, i choose neutrality. ❜

❛ i’m sure it was unpleasant to be you just then, but it’s most unsettling to be me, & to have caused it. ❜

❛ my dress is only for tonight. do not spoil it, else my revelation of tolerance for you will be short - lived indeed. ❜

❛ do you know how awful it is, to be forced to live with that bastard ? ❜

❛ i know who you are now, [ name. ] i will not speak out of turn to you again. ❜

❛ i take no pleasure, though, in making myself small to ease the fears of others. ❜

❛ lord, how will things ever be done with these constant dances we must perform ? ❜

❛ i am the [ king / queen / title ], not you ! i am to be consulted, i am to be obeyed ! ❜

❛ i am not even given say over myself, it seems. ❜

❛ you are in this room not to rule, but to learn from those that do — from me. ❜

❛ look, we’re not gonna have a performance over last night, are we ? ❜

❛ i married a [ man / woman ] of little wit or judgement. ❜

❛ i believe you may think you saw something last night that you did not. ❜

❛ i did not believe that you had been cast in the same mold as your [ mother / father / relative. ] ❜

❛ we cannot replay this moment. choose carefully how you act in it. ❜

❛ i tried to teach you the way this great game we find ourselves in is played. well, even if i say it myself, i have been a most excellent teacher. ❜

❛ what will it be, then ? it isn’t how it seemed, or, [ she / he ] seduced me ? ❜

❛ forgive me, i skipped ahead. you are in two minds over something else ? ❜

❛ i’m glad you know the truth without me telling you, & my mind without me speaking it ! ❜

❛ you do yourself a disservice to pretend to be so cold. ❜

❛ did you think them a better puppet if you used your cock instead of strings ? ❜

❛ choose [ her / him ], if you want. it won’t end well for them, for you. ❜

❛ i would that we had been married long ago. ❜

❛ the way the world thinks of you, what it says, is precious. it can protect you, or it can end you. ❜

❛ what you’ve done does not matter. it’s what people think you have done is all that matters now. ❜

❛ affection must not slip into overfamiliarity. ❜

❛ i know you find me rude, [ name. ] i do apologize for it every time  ❜

❛ no letters have come for you. i have told you i would tell you if they did. ❜

❛ i imagined you’d taken a silly fancy to them. but this … ❜

❛ how knowledgeable you are in these matters. ❜

❛ if word gets out, then we will both lose our heads. ❜

❛ what pain you have caused, & shame you have brought. ❜

❛ i thought you were planning to marry me to the [ king / queen / title. ] ❜

❛ never forget that you’re worth more than any [ man / woman ] who’s lucky to marry you. ❜

❛ do you know what they say of you ? ❜

❛ how can i know what others say when i’m not there ? ❜

❛ i’m sorry for the letter i sent. ❜

❛ i know you think yourself cleverer than me, & in truth, you may well be right. ❜

❛ even the cleverest need learn, & for that, they must listen to those with experience. trust me, i have plenty. ❜

❛ you will come with me to court, & we’ll show the lies for what they are. ❜

❛ whose idea was it for you to come here, of all places ? ❜

❛ they wish us to fight it out to the death & hope they’re standing behind a winner at the end. ❜

❛ don’t hand me the power to destroy you & then ask me not to use it. ❜

❛ you trying to stuff your wad into every young purse with a claim to the throne ? ❜

❛ i hate this. it’s like watching a greek tragedy, the end foretold from the start. ❜

❛ i haven’t come to fight with you. let’s do something that we enjoy. ❜

❛ there’s been enough gossip flapping around your house that it took flight & reached mine. ❜

❛ are you so very proud of your own actions that you present this face to me ? ❜

❛ after all that you have been through, all that i have seen & admired, you choose this ? ❜

❛ all your fine tutors of latin & greek, yet no - one taught you this ? ❜

❛ you wouldn’t look at me like that if you knew what i had done. ❜

❛ i know you are taken to drama, [ name ], but you could have spared it on this one occasion. ❜

❛ you are the only player in this game worrying about the rules. ❜

❛ as god persectures me, i think his greatest trick is that he leaves you still well alone. ❜

❛ your view out onto the world, [ name ], is a little different from the one that the rest of us have. ❜

❛ i’ve spent my whole life waiting for men to prove themselves honourable, but no matter how decent or pious, they all had their price. ❜

❛ ambition is much admired in men, but derided in women. ❜

❛ the crown forgives your absence, & welcomes your return. ❜

❛ it has been three nights you’ve spent in my garden, staring up at my window. ❜

❛ if there’s one thing i’ve come to learn is an inevitability with you, [ name ], it’s that you change your mind as often as the sea. ❜

❛ when we last spoke, you said you were in love with me. ❜

❛ i’ve come to you for a new life, not for us to beat ourselves with misery & the past. ❜

❛ i’d been all but banished from this place, but i fought my way back. ❜

❛ i will not give up my victories to marry in the shadows. ❜

❛ you know, sometimes it’s good to share your worries with an inferior, inconsequential person. ❜

❛ i know you will not believe that you owe me an explanation, but try to take my word for it here when i tell you that you fucking do. ❜

❛ i’ve made a mistake, haven’t i ? this choice, it was the wrong one. ❜

❛ this is a chance to make something good & whole from the ruins of before. ❜

❛ it’s too late for what is good, what is easy, but you can still do what is right. ❜

❛ they say you are refusing to speak. do you wish me to have you tortured ? ❜

❛ is this what love looks like, coming from you ? ❜

❛ i believe i’m allowed the privacy of my own feelings if kept within my own head. ❜

❛ i hoped you would continue to have goodwill towards me. ❜

❛ what conclusions you draw, without ever hearing my testimony. ❜

❛ well, you must be very pleased, having poisoned every man against me. ❜

❛ what cannot be cured must be endured, [ name. ] ❜

❛ i, too, have done deeds & said things in order to keep myself safe. they will sit heavy on your heart the rest of your life. ❜

❛ what happened to you all ? everyone & everything came back quite changed. ❜

❛ having, seemingly with great surprise, discovered yourself unpopular, must you flap & hiss like a goose at any hand of friendship extended to you ? ❜

❛ if the hand is yours, [ name ], you best keep it out of my reach, or else i’ll break it. ❜

❛ i have always stood by you, & now i only ask you for what you’ve always had of me. ❜

❛ you must stop that. no [ husband / wife ] will stand for that kind of boldness. ❜

❛ you cannot allow yourself to be sold off to another court. ❜

❛ you were always so keen to prove that our positions in this world were alike. ❜

❛ stop fighting to stay free, as if our hands are not already tied, as if they haven’t always been. ❜

❛ if this was the path god decided, you wouldn’t have to struggle to stay on it. ❜

❛ i wish i had listened to you long ago. ❜

❛  love marriages are for peasants wishing to fuck without sin. ❜

❛ unlike everyone else, choosing their path based on what has the least risk & what has the most gain, you simply do what you believe is right. i have never known anything like it. ❜

❛ the story for me here is already writ. i knew it long ago, i always have. & i know the end. however … perhaps i do not need to stay for it. ❜

❛ if you wish to hide from me, do not hide in places that i’ve shown you are good for hiding in. ❜

❛ i know you hold them in great disdain, but do you know how like them you are ? ❜

❛ we can do what you want, we can do whatever you like, please, please, just don’t go in there. ❜

❛ how dare you act as if my life was as simple as this, & that only you know that ? ❜

❛ i can apologise to you later, but first just answer the question … do you love me ? ❜

❛ if you do this, you are on your own. ❜

❛ why do you assume they will return your loyalty just because you have decided to give it ? ❜

❛ i didn’t know where to go, & so i found myself riding here. ❜

❛ you haven’t thought of me at all since i left, have you ? ❜

❛ i see you are determined to make amends, but perhaps start with actions, rather than words. ❜

❛ why do you ask me to do that when you know that i can’t ? ❜

❛ i wonder if we’d have thought it worth all the death & blood we spent in changing the world the first time if we’d known it’d be changing back. ❜

❛ i feel like i’m meant to apologize for being in here. ❜

❛ it is an impossible thing i am looking at now, but then again, i have lived through impossible times before. ❜

❛ i’m here for the one who came to me & promised me freedom. ❜

❛ i did believe that you had taken flight from both court & your sense as some sort of protest at the injustice in your life. ❜

❛ i suppose neither of us had possession of one another. ❜

❛ i’m sorry to have not remained in mourning for you for the rest of my life. ❜

❛ we’re married, or do you sometimes forget ? ❜

❛ you want to upset the whole world to give you, what, power ? ❜

❛ if you wish to murder me, [ name ], do it better ! ❜

❛ whenever there’s a chance of power, a man will always come to a woman who can give it to them. ❜

❛ enough damage, enough lives have been lost in pursuit of want rather than duty. ❜

❛ i believe i am worth your attention right now, for what other option do you have ? ❜

❛ you’d perhaps have done better to keep me as a friend. ❜

❛ you can’t change the game we find ourselves in. you can only play it. ❜

❛ i fear my own family just as much as i fear yours. ❜

❛ do you think you do not somehow answer to me, [ name ] ? for you do. ❜

❛ quite the unfortunate hand you played, [ name. ] ❜

❛ the truth that hits me again & again is that i have no love for you. ❜

❛ i know you like to think that i am raised up while you are trodden down. ❜

❛ you could choose the quiet life, & you do not. you choose this. ❜

❛ you are no victim. ❜

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stars    fade    &    dawn    unfurls    in    plumes    of    rose  ,    lavender  ,    swathed    now    in    dove's    grey    wing    &    clouds ,    underbellies    full    with    snow ,    loom    quiet    threat    above .    the  wolf  had  observed  the  morn'  silent ,   eyes  far  away ,   contemplation   &   trees   &   the  gods   his  companions .   wintry  blanket  devours  approach  of  footfalls ,   solitude  cleft  asunder  by  fragrant  arrow  of  tender  words  loosed  by  regal  guest  'afore  him .

 ❝   we're  alone  now .   ❞    ────   @dariaryz .

had   she   too   been   granted   restless   sleep  ?    he  makes  no  complaint ,   for  the  she - dragon  has  forsaken  castle  hearth  to  willingly  seek  him .   thoughts  fluster .   he  looks  to  her ,   eyes  lift  quietly ,   contemplative .     ❝   your  grace  . i  pray  your  encounter  with  the  north  has  been  comfortable ?  ❞

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UHTRED RAGNARSSON - THE LAST KINGDOM S1, EP1.

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beneath  ancient  oak ,   with  trailing  smokeberry  ﹠  crimson  buds  of  dragon's  breath  blooming  at  his  heel ,   he  seeks  respite   ───  from  duty ,   from  demands ,   from  the  dust - stained  cloak  that  weighs  ever  arduous  in  this  gaping  heat .   ( once more he dreams of frost , of snow - capped towers , of returning to his own )   for  the  red  keep  alone  seems  more  populated  than  the   entirety   of   the   north ,   a  swarm  in  a  red  hive .   he  is  grateful  castle's  clamour  does  not  reach  its  godswood ,   buried  deep  within  city's  heart ,   where  all  with  their  faith  of  the  seven  pay  no  heed  to  the  remnants  of  wild .     &   at   least   under   the   trees   he   can   breathe   ...

 ❝   first   time   here   ?   ❞    ────  @forgaeven .

dark   head   rears   as  (  he's  loath  to  admit  )   she  catches  him  unawares ,   intrudes  upon  his  leaf - shaded  solitude .   a  doe ,   light - footed  with noble  airs ,   approaches  the  wolf .   lashes  cast  down  ﹠  storm - greys  clash  with  dornish  hues ,   his  curiosity  now  rising  to  meet  her  own .     ❝  aye .  ❞    &  hopefully  my  last .    balsam  fir  branches  rustle  dry  as  salt  breeze  breaches  walls .      ❝  what  brings  a  martell  princess  here  ?      ───  f'give  me  if  i'm  wrong ,    but  you  do  not  keep  faith  with  my  gods .  ❞

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the  godswood :  their  respite .   though  hoarfrost  memories  wrought  ﹠  resurface  to  harden  ice  within  forlorn  eyes .     for  death  raids  winterfell  &  reaps   ───  father  ,  brother  ,  wife  ───   it  fills  the  crypts  as  harvest  fills  stores .   oh ,  has  he  endured  it  ...  writhed  beneath  grim  claws ,  grappled  somber  bite  'gainst  his  skin ,  snarled  &  begged  for  it  to  leave .   but  grief  does  not  devour  him  :  he shakes his pelt ,  scatters  lingering  traces ,  ashes  to  the  wind .   he picks himself up ,  composed  of  heart ,  to  defend  remnants  of  his  pack  ( ever the dutiful wolf . )

    &  yet   the  she - wolf  sees  through  him ,  of course she does ,  clear  as  a  scent  on  the  wind .   he  buries  underside  of  chin  into  cloak's  fur ,  circles  pale  roots  to  join  her ,  gratitude  in  storm - greys .   silhouette  broad  beside  her  finer  form ,  brooding ,  dark  'gainst  ivory  bark  &  cloaked  by  cascades  of  crimson  leaf .  though  pelts  furl  thick  'pon  broad  shoulders  the  air ,  strangely  for  him ,  scathes .     ❝  i  am  to  set  out  for  the  wall  at  first  light .  ❞    his  noble  bridge  of  nose  pinched  betwixt  forefinger  ﹠  thumb ,   as  if  to  keep  duty's  weight  at  bay  a  moment  longer .    ❝  winterfell  is  to  be  at  your  mercy  once  more ,  little  sister .  ❞    a  sliver  of  fond  suspicion  lifts  brow  astute ,  testament  to  brotherly  instinct .     ❝   ─── i  trust  you  will  behave  this  time  ?    ❞

@cregn said: ❛ there’s a storm coming. ❜

breath  pumps  through  lips  visible  in  icy  air  ...  fall  remains  short-lived  this  deep  north  where  all  promise  of  warmth  evaporates.  mere  illusions  those  soft-fleshed  southern  born  grasp  at.  they'll  find  frost  on  fingertips  and  no  comfort  in  sight  ⸺  to  be  northern  is  to  have  steel  threaded  in  very  the  marrow  of  your  bone.  only  they  could  make  this  desolate  tundra  into  something  resembling  home.     ❝     aye,     ❞     there's  sweet  lilting  delight  to  thickly  accented  voice,  wispy  as  snowflakes  balancing  on  inky  lashes,  carrying  on  whistling  winds  towards  keen  ears.

the  lord  lingers  smoky  grey  against  backdrop  of  white.

❝     that's  not  why  you  hesitate though.     ❞     slate  eyes  lift,  beckoning  for  company  against  gnarled  roots  of  the  weirwood.  she  takes  prayer  here  twice  daily,  lessons  as  well,  and  lastly  solace.  what  could  plague  his  thoughts  so?     ❝     sit  with  me,  dearest,  i  do  not  appreciate  the  shadows  in  your  eyes.     ❞

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—  he  should  not  have  given  chase .   a  flash  of  pale  velvet  antler  through  thicket  &  leather-gloved  fingers  seize  reins  with  instinct ,   mount's  noble  head  reels ,   spurs  forth  a  few  paces  into  the  dim  clearing ,   an  arrow  loosed  in  swift  flight   ...

❝  nice  aim .  ❞   @worthyheir's  well-spoken  lilt ,  laced  with  sarcasm  breaks  wooded  silence .

 ...    for  only  leafmould  settles ,   flutters ,   in  wake  of  cloven  hooves  that  passed  swiftly  by ,  stray  arrow  jarred  amongst  roots  like  cracked  rib .

the  wolf  steels  himself  with  sullen  smirk  :   ❝  it  took  me  unawares   — you  distracted  me .  ❞      &  yet   any  prey  would  be  valuable ,   for  the  winged  beast  was  already  bleeding  his  livestock  dry ,   denying  his  men  their  fill  through  its  own  gorging  feast .     ❝  besides ,  ❞     lip  quirks  with  jest  ,    with  challenge      ❝  i  have  yet  to  see  your  prowess  at  hunting .  ❞

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›        FIRST   LINE   PROMPTS       

"You’re   not   on   the   list."

"Need   a   light?"

"You   dropped   this."

"Is   that   your   drink   or   mine?"

"You're   late."

"I   thought   you'd   be   taller."

"You   always   stare   like   that?"

"They   told   me   not   to   trust   you."

"I   wasn’t   expecting   you."

"You   clean   up   well."

"You   look   lost."

"Haven’t   we   met?"

"Not   what   I   imagined."

"Are   you   following   me?"

"You’re   not   from   around   here."

"You’ve   got   something   on   your   cheek."

"Mind   if   I   cut   in?"

"You're   sitting   in   my   seat."

"I   was   warned   about   you."

"That’s   a   dangerous   smile."

"This   seat   taken?"

"You're   the   distraction."

"Why   are   you   looking   at   me   like   that?"

"You're   early."

"You're   late   on   purpose."

"First   time   here?"

"Try   the   champagne."

"That   color   suits   you."

"You're   exactly   how   I   pictured   you."

"We’re   not   supposed   to   talk."

"We   shouldn’t   be   seen   together."

"Do   I   know   you?"

"That   watch   doesn’t   match   your   suit."

"You’re   not   very   good   at   hiding."

"Someone’s   been   asking   about   you."

"Thought   you’d   never   show."

"You   have   good   taste   in   music."

"Don't   turn   around."

"Guess   we’re   partners   now."

"You   shouldn’t   be   here."

"Do   you   believe   in   fate?"

"You’re   late.   I   almost   left."

"That’s   my   drink."

"I   think   you’re   in   the   wrong   place."

"Your   cover’s   slipping."

"Tell   me   that   wasn’t   on   purpose."

"Are   you   going   to   apologize?"

"Care   to   dance?"

"That’s   quite   an   entrance."

"You   always   this   bold?"

"I’ve   heard   of   you."

"You’re   not   easy   to   find."

"You   look   nervous."

"Sit.   Please."

"You   read   the   file?"

"You   shouldn’t   trust   me."

"Nice   aim."

"We   weren’t   supposed   to   meet   yet."

"You   took   your   time."

"So,   you’re   the   infamous   one."

"Someone's   been   watching   me."

"Your   timing’s   suspicious."

"You   look   like   trouble."

"That’s   a   nice   trick."

"I’ve   been   looking   for   you."

"Are   you   hurt?"

"They   didn’t   say   you’d   be   charming."

"You   always   arrive   like   this?"

"That’s   classified."

"Don’t   trust   the   bartender."

"You're   bleeding."

"You   have   five   minutes."

"Where’s   your   partner?"

"I   wasn’t   briefed   on   you."

"You   have   terrible   timing."

"I   wasn’t   expecting   company."

"I   thought   you   were   a   myth."

"You   look   bored."

"I   saw   you   watching   me."

"You're   not   like   the   others."

"So,   you're   the   backup?"

"Try   not   to   get   killed."

"That's   a   dangerous   dress."

"You   don't   belong   here."

"We   meet   at   last."

"That’s   not   your   real   name."

"You   weren’t   followed,   right?"

"We’ve   never   met.   Officially."

"Don’t   say   my   name."

"Is   this   seat   cursed   too?"

"No   sudden   moves."

"We’re   alone   now."

"Take   off   the   mask."

"I   know   what   you   did."

"Who   let   you   in?"

"You’re   prettier   in   person."

"You’re   not   what   I   expected."

"You   shouldn’t   smile   like   that."

"Don’t   flatter   yourself."

"What   took   you   so   long?"

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───   𝑜𝑛   𝐶𝐻𝐼𝐿𝐷𝐻𝑂𝑂𝐷 :  a  brazen  boy .     ( unburdened with the weight of his whole wintry realm that fell swift upon shoulders of a wolf pup forced to grow claws too soon )     reckless ,    growing ,    wild    ...     much  to  the  ire  of  his  lordly  father  he  would  oft'  wander ,  roam ,  winterfell's  boundary  ever  at  his  back .  the  wolfswood  a  favoured  haunt  mock  battlefield ,  having  swayed  any  fellow  child  or  sibling  to  tail  in  his  ragged  warband .  ( blame the maester : for sitting lessons on the land that was to be his only encouraged the boy to go forth & claim it ! )  dragging  an  ash branch  sword ,  his  russet  direwolf  pup  beira  bounding  loyal  at  heel ,  he'd  lead  them  boldly  to  arid  wilderness  of  ancient  stream  &  stone ,       old     gods    ever     omnipresent . playfights  ensued ,  snow  drifts  heaped  into  forts ,  into  defensive  ice  walls      ( ❝ treacherous dangers lurk beyond with moon-skin ﹠ eyes like blue stars and must be kept at bay ! ❞ )       high  in  dark  woodland  the  boy  of  unruly  brown  hair  would  stand ,  aside  his  own  modestly  crumbling  frozen  hall ,  chest  puffed  out  with  all  the  proud  dignity  of  brandon   the   builder . ...  &.   all  fervour  from  such  expeditions  was  duly  lost  when  he  was  found  &  confined  a  while  within  such  walls  raised  by  that  very  hero .

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doing a quiz and i just-

- well it’s obviously the bloody tree isn’t it

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───   𝑀𝑈𝑆𝐸   𝐴𝑆   𝐴   𝐷𝐸𝐼𝑇𝑌 .

𝐠𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 :   oaths  ( sealed in blood )  ,  the virtue of justice .  protector of the household .  boreal winters .  fertility  ,  grief  ,  the waxing moon . 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 :   the first snowfall .  mourning .  standing beside your sister .  a haunting lone howl .  sentinel groves deep in mountains where darkness cools & pools .  warmth of a hearth on frost - bitten skin .  unruly hair .  the burn of mulled ale in unfed belly .  fangs of grief .  burying underside of chin into cloak's fur .  frost - ridden iron .  hiemal mist . 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 :   scots pine .   rowan branches .   woody  nightshade .    juniper .   wolfsbane . 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 :   amber .   slate .  mountain crystal . 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬 :   timber wolf .  elk .   a friesian stallion . 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 :   charcoal .  burnt umber .   russet .   cinder grey . 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 :   salted meats ,  honey ,  mulled cider ,   wild blackberries  ﹠   the dark heel of rye bread . 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 :   black pepper .  woody copal resin .   spruce leaves ,  leather ,  blood . 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫 :   carve his name ( claw marks in silent stone ) .   bare your bones beneath the north wind .  keep heirlooms close at heart .  lick your own wounds .

tagging :    @dariaryz ,   @warriorfavoured ,   @ladysnows ,   @realmsdelite ,   @wulfmaed ,   @lcerys

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           everything    i've    ever    let    go    of                                                     has    claw    marks    on    it .

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   &.       𝑖𝑛       𝑡𝘩𝑒       𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑘       𝑀𝐼𝐷𝑊𝐼𝑁𝑇𝐸𝑅       ...

#𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐍 . ＊ it rattles the bones of our fathers , carries 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠 from the dead ──── & you , you light a candle . . . and 𝑖 make sure the bairns are fed .

  —    a    private    &    selective    portrayal    of    fire  ﹠  blood's    𝑤𝑜𝑙𝑓    of   the   north ,     𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐍     𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐊    .    mutual - exclusive .    with    influences    primarily    from    book    &    personal    headcanon .    penned   by   annie .  

 a   study   in   :    sempiternal   promises ,   brotherhood ,   licking   your   own   wounds ,   instinctive   survival   &   nocturnal   lament .

＊ carrd .