forgotteneilionora
forgotteneilionora
Eilionora Stafford
151 posts
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
forgotteneilionora · 7 days ago
Text
OOC | Staffords, Varmonts, Calainons, &c.
from the bar/aria ooc:
forgottenarias
18h
Aria when everyone suddenly wants her to join a nunnery: 😒
@quillington 🤣🤣🤣🤣 … not me just realizing Marian is probably on the Aria joins a convent train! 🤦🏻‍♀️ def gonna be throwing that one out to hubby ASAP
quillington
48m
@forgottenarias All the varmonts: aria should definitely dedicate her life to worshipping a god she doesn’t believe in One (1) varmont: or…you know…she could…crazy thought…marry. One of us ofc! Me, in fact. She should marry ~me
forgottenarias
30m
@quillington Aria: I hate it here (… unless that marriage thing is on the table…?)
Okay but actually is Marian going to try to ‘help’ Roderick marry @forgotteneilionora by suggesting getting rid of Aria influencing Eilia’s decision by sending her off to a nunnery (also killing two birds w/ one stone bc she’s out of Arthur’s life now!) but meanwhile Marian is also plotting with @forgottenamira abt how they can just make the whole Eilia problem go away…. 💀💀💀
quillington
27m
@forgottenarias Oooooh i loooove it!!! Ok w amira abt to tell Eilia that roderick will hear of Arthur’s miraculous recovery being an act of witchcraft and Marian abt to tell her she’ll be shipped off to some abbey, it’s official—roderick has got himself wifey #4 and omg you knowwwww amira is only ~too gkad to plot w Marian to take the newcomer out…sfhkljgffh @forgotteneilionora
forgottenarias
25m
@quillington A one time alliance between the queens is *officially under way!!!*
But not poor Eilia though! 😭😭😭 girl don’t do ittttt he’s awful and those women are def gonna try to kill you! 😭😭😭😭
quillington
23m
@forgottenarias Also I’m ~guessing this convent is in the ovn? Not that that’s a huge plot point but like…even if astaira somehow gets free there’s no getting aria back and look what happened to auntie Réalta there like…
@forgottenarias Marian and Amira who’re def already besties: this doesn’t make us friends tho Dfhkkjgffhhn
Ughhhhh sooooo trueeeee abd i do think she knows that! She knows the tale of Réaltas mysterious death and of Elaine’s too and 👀 I don’t think she knows whose behind it exactly but I think it’s pr clear to her there’s a pattern there and this is risky business, and that for the sake of astairans she probs shouldnt do this but her family is both her strength and, in this particular case, her weakness and she’s do anything to protect them and besides, she tells herself, (and this is the trap roderick sets) if I ~do gain power in the ovn I can use that to help astaira…
forgottenarias
14m
@quillington Ooo that’s a good point but yes you’re probably right!!! This convent *would* probs be in the OVN bc it’s not actually about her becoming devout, right? It’s actually just being a political prisoner in a new scenic location! 🤦🏻‍♀️ and w/ the history of what happened to their aunt + even if Aria DID run away… she wouldn’t have anyone to help her in the OVN!
(Not me imagining she meets the house of Sun cult and is like ‘wtf is that a stained glass of Arthur? I know that guy!’ And suddenly she had allies 🤣🤣)
quillington
42s
@forgottenarias right???? like i do think as bad as her position is ~currently, she'd be completely on her own there and as we've established the ovn is wayyy more cut throat than astaira like lakjsdfkjsdf ooof our girl in a world of hurt but also in a v controled walled environment and everything just SOBBBBBB
I KNOW THAT GUY BAHAHAHAHA omg not aria weaponizing the sun cult ~against the ppl who created it that's a straight up atreides play well done angel honestly <3333333 lajkdsfjldjkfkjsdf aria also filling their heads w the things roderick never wanted them to hear like 'you deserve your own voice in your governance!' lkasjdfkljsdkjf roderick: 'peasant nonsense!' (also honestly w marian involved, and everybody probs def wanting her out in the country where ambassadors and conspirators cant get to her so easily...lands of the sun ~do make a lot of sense alkdsjfjkdsf sooo makes sense to ~me honestly lakjsdfajkdf)
forgottenarias
24m
@quillington Honestly Amira are about to have the BEST time plotting the downfall of a potential fourth wife 😅🤦🏻‍♀️ Poor Eilia honestly the WORSE place to be in! And this legit has been arias fear all along that something like this would happen! (Tho she figured it would come from Rodrick threatening her death not both queens coming at Eilia like this!) just another gut punch for our girls 😭
quillington
2s
@forgottenarias that's true it coming from both queens def confirms even if they were thinking like 'maybe we'll be able to garner some alliance w them like surely ~they know what its like etc' but like no!!!! we are alone in this!!! and its gettting WORSE all the time and alkdjsfkjsdfjdf SOBBBB
FORGOTTENARIAS SAID:  @QUILLINGTON YESSS!!! IT’S TURNING INTO SUCH A TANGLED MESS OF THINGS I AM OBSESSED! I WONDER IF MARIAN ALSO ISN’T USING THIS AS A WAY TO GET HER FAM OVER FROM OVN LIKE ‘OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE WILL NEED TO ESCORT HER BACK TO THE NUNNERY… WHO BETTER THAN MY DAD AND ANY OF MY NUMEROUS BROTHERS! BUT MAYBE THEY SHOULD STAY AWHILE, TOO! ALSO IG MY ANNOYING SISTER CAN LECTURE HER ON THE VIRTUES OF THE ONE GOD OR W/E 🙄…
QUILLINGTON SAID:  @FORGOTTENARIAS OOOOOOH YESSSSSSS AND AFTER SUCH A ~LONG JOURNEY TO ESCORT HER THERE (SINCE YOU DEFFFF DON’T WANT A PRISONER…I MEAN NUN LIKE THAT TO SLIP THRU UR FINGERS LIKE HER SISTER DID!!!!!!) THEY’LL SURELY ~NEED TO REST AND RECUPTERATE BEFORE THEY CAN TAKE HER BACK…DSLKJFASDJFJSDF
FORGOTTENARIAS SAID:  @QUILLINGTON OBVIOUSLY THEY WILL!!! THEY’LL NEED TO STAY FOR QUITE AWAKE, ACTUALLY! THEY’RE VERY TIRED 😅
OMG THIS IS HONESTLY ALL TURNING INTO ITS OWN OOC BUT… KNOWING MARIAN & AMIRA ARE TRYING TO GET RID OF EILIA ASP… DOES MARIAN MAKE HER OWN MOVES BEHIND AMIRAS BACK TO TRY TO GET ARIA TO POTENTIALLY MARRY ONE OF HER BROTHERS? (I ASSUME RODERICK WOULD NOT LIKE THAT IDEA SO MAYBE IT’D BE MORE ‘YOU GOTTA BE A NUN FOR A BIT AND THEN MY BROTHER WHISKS YOU AWAY AND MARRIES YOU, ISN’T THAT ROMANTIC??’ ARIA: GROSS, NO. )
BUT THE IDEA THERE BEING THAT ONCE EILIA IS OUT OF THE PICTURE, WOULD ASTAIRA POSSIBLY RALLY AROUND THE REMAINING STAFFORD WHEN THE VARMONT CIVIL WAR FINALLY ARRIVES… AND THEN, IF THAT STAFFORD IS ALIGNED WITH THE HOUSE OF THE SUN… IS ASTAIRA BASICALLY ON TEAM ARTHUR AT THAT POINT?
FORGOTTENARIAS SAID:  @QUILLINGTON MARIAN IS REALLY THROUGHOUT A WRENCH IN HIS SON’S NOT!RELATIONSHIP! (NOT TO MENTION ALSO DOING IT TO @FORGOTTENALARIC COMPLETELY UNAWARES 😭) 
and from eilia's engagement drabble:
PHABBLEBABBLES SAID:  @QUILLINGTON I’M REALIZING I DON’T KNOW IF ARIA IS IN THE RIGHT HEADSPACE PRESENTLY TO MAKE THE CONNECTIONS THAT HEALING ARTHUR = AMIRA’S THREATS = EILIA CONCEDING— ESP SINCE AMIRA WAS LIKE ‘YOU CAN’T PROVE IT AND NEITHER CAN I!’ TO ARIA BC SHE WOULD BE WRACKED WITH GUILT ABT KIND OF SETTING THIS ALL IN MOTION 😭 I FEEL LIKE THESE TWO ARE ON A CRASH COURSE TOWARDS FEELING BETRAYED BY THE OTHER (BC ARIA IS KEEPING HER OWN SECRETS LBR!) AND SO… NO GOOD THINGS COMING ON THE HORIZON FOR THEM 😭
QUILLINGTON SAID:  @PHABBLEBABBLES HONESTLY EILIA WOULD BE SO GLAD!!! I MEAN SHE ~DOES LOWKEY AND IRRATIONALLY RESENT IT NGL BUT SHE ~KNOWS THAT’S HER WORSE NATURE COMING OUT SO SHE’S ~TRYNA STOP BUT I FEEL LIKE ALL SHE’S REALLY DOING IS REPRESSING IT WHICH…THAT’S V MUCH NOT GREAT!!!! DGJKKGFHJK BUT IT ~DOES SPEAK TO YOUR POINT ABT THEM BEING ON A CRASH COURSE AND 😭😭😭😭 BUT!!! HONESTLY EILIA WOULD BE GLAD ARIA ISN’T PUTTING THAT TOGETHER ATM!! SHE DOESN’T WANT HER TO KNOW HONESTLY!!!!! BUT I ~DO THINK SHE’LL BE VISITING HER FRUSTRATIONS ABT HER NEW SITUATION ON ARTHUR ABD KINDA SCAPEGOATING IT ALL IN ~HIM AND THAT ~RELATIONSHIP RATHER THAN VISITING IT ON ARIA HERSELF FRANKLY: HE’S THE REASON! HE’S THE BAD INFLUENCE! HE’S THE PROBLEM! ARTHUR: I WISH MY DAD HAD HALF AS MUCH FAITH IN MY ABILITY TO CREATE SITUATIONS AS EILIA DOES — HE MIGHT CONSIDER NAMING ME HEIR!
from ur tags: # ARIA LITERALLY DEVESTATED BY THIS NEWS!# (AS WAS I! 😭)# AND POOR EILIA HAVING TO SHOULDER ALL OF THIS ALONE# 😭😭😭# ARIA WOULD BE GUTTED IF SHE KNEW THE REAL REASON WAS JUST HER# AND THAT SHE SORT OF PUT THIS ALL IN TO MOTION BY SAVING ARTHUR# HONESTLY AMIRA PULLING OFF A MASTERFUL SCHEME HERE 🤦🏻‍♀️# (RUINING GODFREY’S PLANS OFC!!!)# UGH I’M SO SAD
AMIRA OUT HERE HIGH FIVING MARIAN WHILE GODFREY FACE PALMS IN THE BG
PHABBLEBABBLES SAID:  @QUILLINGTON YAAAASSS MORE EMOTIONAL TRAUMA! 🙌���🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 WHAT? THE STAFFORDS… REPRESSING THINGS? 😱 JK THEY’RE CLEARLY PROFESSIONAL REPRESSORS 🤦🏻‍♀️ I DEFINITELY THINK ARIA IS NOT GOING TO LIKE FEELING LIKE SHE’S BEEN LIED TO IF/WHEN ALL OF THIS COMES OUT BC SHE WOULD BELIEVE SHE COULD HAVE SURVIVED LIVING IN THE OVN (RUINING SOME NUNS LIVES PROBS) IF IT MEANT EILIA WASN’T RODERICK’S WIFE! (IS THAT REAL… PROBABLY NOT? ALSO NOW I’M WONDERING HOW MUCH ARIA REALLY KNOWS ABT AUNT REALTA’S DEATH… LIKE DO YOU THINK THERE ARE THINGS DOM MIGHT HAVE ONLY TOLD EILIA?!) ALSO EILIA PROJECTING HER FRUSTRATIONS ON ARTHUR MAKE SO MUCH SENSE! LIKE AS MUCH AS ARIA HAS CHANGED HIM I DO THINK HE’S DONE THE SAME TO HER, TOO! NOT ARTHUR LIKE ‘AWE YOUR SISTER HAS FAITH IN ME!… AND MY ABILITY TO MAKE THINGS WORSE.’ 😅🤦🏻‍♀️
so you were completely right that this was turning into its own ooc so...i thought id go ahead and make just that! heehee (also sorry some of these are in caps??? idk alkjsdfkjsdf i couldn't undo it lakjsdfjksdf we're just randomly shouting there ig hahaha we got excited!!!! as we should!!!! lkajsdfkjsdf anyway!!
MARIAN'S BRO/ARIA
ok so i have to giggle abt marian's ~dblcross here bc like poor aria like...since we know godfrey's already tryna get ~one of the staffords~ to marry edmund and now marian's pulling the same re her folks and still nO ONE has suggested arthur???? ;DDDDD arthur: mom! come oN! ;D no but honestly that makes sm sense bc aria ~is a bastard and while the ~astairans who godfrey's courting wont buy that, the ovn whom marian's courting ~will so yeah!! but i just thought it was kinda funny from that pov lakjsdfkjsdjf
but yeah honestly i think house of the sun ~diversifying by snagging a varmont princess, a stafford princess, etc...it makes sm sense!! esp since they probs plotting to off eilia before she has any kids, that means the line of stafford's new heir ~is aria and that gives house of the sun the most direct claim to the astairan throne should they maneuver to get her re-legitimized which, rankly, if they let the marriage to eilia go through...she will be bc ~right before they tie the knot~ evidence of a shameful lie perpetrated by that astairan clerk or whoever brought forward this testimony will suddenly surface!! amazing!! the staffords are trueborn again! alkjsdfkjlsdf
so do you think they're like 'ok bro #1 we're maneuvering for @forgottenguinevere and ~any of the later sons~ go for @forgottenarias ? bc then the firstborn can claim the empire and the line of a younger bro can claim astaira and either way they nicely set up, kinda thing? or aria as a back up bride for bro #1? or frankly the sun trademark does seem to be keeping their options open so yeah maybe just...doing that?
GODFREY & EDMUND'S WEDDING
@forgottengodfrey now like @forgottenedmund you either need to act really fast and steal ur dad's betrothed pronto or else its time to seduce aria!! ofc there ~is option c, but that's a bit trickier...
honestly i think godfrey is like 'yeah shiv's totally dead' (the man is NOT an optimist!) HOWEVER that ~does create an opportunity for him to produce a ~fake shiv if nothing else!! lakjdsfkjsdf godfrey: 'if i just keep her away from stafford, no one will know the difference bc they've never seen her before...' but that gambit ~does come w its own risks sooooo he may be training some poor girl abt the right age w the right look off in the bg buT he's hoping not to use her -- the real deal would serve farrrrr better! but yeah if eilia and aria both fall through, and real shiv still hasn't gotten on his radar as a living person, godfrey's probs gonna be tryna set up edmund w his fake!shiv lakjsdfjkdsf then, if the real one shows up he'll claim the real deal is the fake alkjsdfajklsdf and kill ~her off like her sisters alkjdfjsdf
before such time as he pairs up his fake shiv w edmund, tho, he'll still keep an eye out for the real one just in case...even if he's already trotted her out, he'll 'capture' the fake and give her to the real shiv as a show of trust lkjsdfjksdjkf and then try to set up the real one w edmund instead lakjsdfjkdsf
if ~none of the staffords work hellooooooo lorcans aljskdfkjdf and if ~that doesn't work he's hitting up eithne and then going down ~that line...au where ~none of them work out but he did already kill rosie and he's just like 'shit' lakjsdfjkdsf jk jk
honestly, circling back to the staffords tho, while varmont engagements ~are long, i think atp, esp since i think @forgottenamira has probs shared w godfrey (tho not tristan, he aint a plotting partner that kids' too much a goodie two shoes!) that aria's a seer and once godfrey hears that he's like EILIA WHO????? ;lkajsdfkljsdkajfsdf
like, edmund, a prince from a line of seers, wedding a seer princess and avenging all the murdered seers and restoring the faith of astaira is a mouth-watering narrative in his mind and he thinks the astairans would be moved by that and really like 'omg yeah this makes sense' given edmund's own heritage so he might have sympathy there, etc, and since edmund and rosie are on the rocks anyway, (tho he will probs still plan to play that up and kill her,) moving on to aria is soooo good in his eyes la;kjsdfkjlsdfj the ~only issue ~is the eilia being the eldest daughter of the last king and queen pherself so yeah godfrey like' time for a lil light regicide' if edmund can seduce aria lakjsdfjksdfj (arthur: NOOOOOOOOOO) he'd also probs atp publish what ~tristan did during the pyre walk (tristan: NOOOOOOOOOO) to play up like...this fam been fighting for witches all along basically!!! lakjdskjfsd
AMIRA, ARIA, & EDMUND'S WEDDING
amira, meanwhile has ~completely ~other ideas!!!! like her brother, tho, amira is confident that shiv is dead and thinks only a fool would imagine otherwise. that mat ter, to her, is entirely closed
also needless to say as soon as she shows ~any signs of pregnancy, eilia is dead af (complications from the pregnancy im afraid, so sad...) or giving them any real trouble at all...esp since amira's been having nightmares abt her!!! lakjdsklfjksdf that girl is oUT!! lajksdfjksdf
as ive said, i def do think she wants aria under her thumb and eilia ~dead but i think her plan, then, is to spirit aria away to ~kolchis actually as someone else while producing a fake ~aria who sadly died of the same mysterious illness as elaine and/or her elder sister!! so sad!! but now the stafford threat is over since the others have sworn allegiance already and are hated by the astairans ~anyway (rian: HEY!) buT a witch is saved and is now in her back pocket, and now amira can get to the srs business of finding her son a suitable bride!!
i defffff think amira is going the foreign princess route w this one! s he wants someone who can bring either a huge army or stupid wealth to the marriage but, preferrably, both! they've got a navy but the need smth to counter on land which they can either get by lfealty or by coin and she'd bit edmund's strategic prowess against arthur's ~any day and feel confident of victory (not that she'd ever tell her boy that!! lakjsdfkjlsdf #bestmomaward)
EILIIONORA
so eilia's like 'welp, ~im dead! but aria's not, and astaira's not!' and so her main push is def saving them and i think she's now turning her attentions to getting aria ~out!! the logistics are fairly simple now that they have not one but ~two rebel contacts they know of (saoirse and cillian). saoirse's gonna be a lot more difficult to get ahold of, and cillian's even a ~bit tricky bc he has to sneak around given there's such a high possibility of recognition etc but!! its doable and the logistics would basically involve sneaking aria out through the tunnels and into the waiting arms of the resistance
now this IS extremly risky bc roderick's gonna be in a beheading mood if he ever sees aria again so this cannot go poorly!!!! and even tho they have free range of the castle now they're gonna need more than that on their side if this is to work, so i deffff think some huge distraction will be necessary so i thinkkkk eilia's honestly gonna leave that largely to the biggest, most bombastic distractor generator she knows: roderick himself lakjsdfjksdjf
so, i think eilia's thinking a time when ppl are openly coming and going from the palace is the ideal: so three events come immediately to mind: 1) roderick and eilia's engagement party, 2) the princes' find a princess party 3) roderick and eilia's wedding (and for all i know some of these events might be folded in together). the best options, in her mind, are the ones where foreign ambassadors and/or royalty are present bc then he cannot really lock down the castle wo cauing and international incident and making himself look bad/weak etc so!!!!!
i ~also think she'd probs rather go w whichever of the international events comes ~second bc having had a prior opportunity to speak w their royal orinthian cousins and/or their reps would be ~ideal bc making it look like aria has gone ~there is kind of the perfect cover!!! i do think eilia ~will be negotiating for their help for the resistance tho but i do think she's lost lots of trust in them since they bailed on helping astaira in their war against the varmonts so she doesn't trust them to ~not cozy up to roderick by immediately turning aria over to him if they had her in their power. b ut she ~does trust in their sense of self-preservation and secretly helping to keep roderick busy in astaira by supplying the local resistance would ~def be of benefit to them, so she'll make it look like she's been talking to them abt aria basically to roderick lakjdsfkljsdf and probs even send some maid of hers off to them to treat on her behalf who -- if caught -- won't be in danger since....she can go wherever she wants and will have some story abt a relative or finace or smth and whatever roderick wont care if he buys that
anyway, leading up to that, i do think eilia will make a big deal abt negotiating to have aria in ~her household etc to defray any suspicions that she's thinking of...her not being there soon, bc its the obv move eilia ~would make to keep aria close to herself! and itd be weird if she ~didn't do what it took to ensure that! even tho i dont think the plan would hinge on that frankly what it ~would hinge on is getting rid of aria's guards but w that guy being so sleepy all the time, i think drugging hima dn then getting like cillian to hit him on the head and make it look like he passed out drunk or smth would be too tough
the next the next step is aria's wardrobe and like...getting her to wear a cloak or smth then send that maid i talked abt earlier who resmebles aria over to the orinthian contingent v pubically so aria's there and talking to them everyone sees! while aria switches clothes w that maid and slips out into the secret passageways through the kitchen or what have you w the resistance's help and rides out into the night
frankly, the biggest cocern here is def arthur bc you knoW that boy wiLL be drifting over to aria like a moth to the flame hahaha so if its either his engagement/finding a princess party or else just...finding smth for him to do is a big deal franklybut if eilia's queen already/its her wedding or she's already been married, itd be as simple as her summoning him her new son to her side for a long chat but yeah even so she can't keep him ~all night and he'll eventually notice that lady wearing aria's cloak...aint aria! so that's an issue
another issue is getting aria to agree to this, id imagine? s ince she was told to leave once before and refused then, too? b ut i think eilia might frankly order her 'its what the resistance needs and therefore its what astaira needs aria -- and ~i need to know you're safe, too' etc would probs be how she'd try to convince her and ordering her if none of that worked but idk if she'd refuse it?
obv ~im not tryna push you into this on ~my end, but eilia is def tryna push aria into this hahaha honestly some piece of her would feel absolutely broken wo her but...she thinks she's doomed atp so her mindset is that she's gotta use what time remains to her to save the ppl she loves is kinda how she sees this like...this truly ~is an act of desperation on her part i gotta say!
so yeah def feel free to say so if you don't think aria ~would go along w it bc i def want aria to do what ~you want her to do/think she would do, but i think this is what ~eilia's tryna make happen even if it falls through! which could, itself, cause hella drama and, if nothing else, produce that argument we've seen coming for quite some time now frankly! and it could still get them an agent in orinthia still potentially to send coded letters back and forth etc so there're still things we can do/wont be messing up a potential plotpoint for eilia if aria being involved int this doesn't work etc!
there's also the option of aria ~does go along w it and it ~almost works but, say, arthur ~does notice too early and brings her back (and has that confrontation w the resistance we've talked abt etc thinking they're kidnapping her or whatever!) and learns she's a seer and then has to decide what to do w that so like...if you want we to do this plot but ~also still have her stay at the palace that's an option, too! but yeah if its presented as a kidnapping to roderick rather than an escape, then he won't be looking to behead ~her but, instead, the resistance which...is frankly smth he already wanted to do lajdsflkjsdf if we go w this option, this is also another opportunity for cillian to be outted as lord ormond/cillian frost since arthur would def recognize him so yeah! lotsa things we could do w any vers of this if we want! so yeah!! this world is literally our oyster heehee
i think there was more but...ill leave it at that for now lakjsdfkjdf
15 notes · View notes
forgotteneilionora · 8 days ago
Note
Aria/Eilia - “ why can’t you look me in the eye? ”
"I won't long be sharing this room," said Eilia, gaze cast out the open window. She gripped the sill with both hands, fingers closing against the ever cooling stones in the dying daylight. "But it may be we both shall have finer accomodation soon."
Aria was silent behind her, but Eilia felt her eyes boring into her back as sure as she felt the salty sea breeze licking her face. She'd expected her to say something, Eilia realized. Wanted her to. Instead she stood in silence, limpid gaze scanning the far horizon, forced to say the words sooner than she'd hoped. Was this to be her final glimpse of freedom, espied from what she'd once seen as a cage? She laughed, a bitter sound, and turned to face her sister. A far more binding cage was soon to come.
Aria was pale in the dying light, Eilia saw, her face drawn. She already knows what I'm going to say. Aria shook her head, came forward, raised a hand. Stopped short. "You haven't--"
"Not yet," she admitted. "But I'm going to."
Aria did come forward then, clutching Eilia's hand. Her skin felt cool and clammy and Eilia thought at once of that night, that strange night, when Arthur Varmont had come shivering into their tower. When Aria, foolishly as it turned out, had saved him from his cruel fate only, it seemed, to seal their own. Amira's hand had not been clammy when she'd clenched Eilia's wrist. Her grip had hurt as, smiling, she'd leaned close and, smiling, she'd threatened. At last, the secret was out. Amira knew and, soon, would tell others -- her husband, for one. Aria was bound for a cruel death, if Eilia did not cooperate. Yes, the very death their father always had feared for her.
"No, no, you can't accept Roderick Varmont! The people--"
Eilia broke free of her sister, turned away again. "I can serve the people far better as his queen than as his prisoner, Aria."
"He's manipulating you. Can't you see that?"
"Aria! We have no choice."
Silence again. Then, softly, softly. "What?"
Eilia's fingers twisted together. She fought the impulse to bite at them like a little girl. You should have let him suffer, that boy of yours, she thought bitterly. You should have let him die...But she couldn't blame Aria for saving a life, even such a one as that. It was the right thing to do, helping someone, and it was bitter fear that made the words bubble up within her, now, not justice. But how could she explain?
There was that other threat...Eilia did not know if Roderick's queens had worked in tandem or come to such conclusions separately, but she was dizzy with their words. She couldn't tell Aria that, either, though, couldn't tell her the whole truth: that it was all to save Aria, and Aria alone, but perhaps if she bent it, only just slightly, well, then her sister need not feel any guilt...But, still, she couldn't face her when she said it. Determinedly, Eilia kept her back to her sister, gazing fixedly out the window, again, towards the sea as twilight slipped softly from shining day to velvet night.
"If I refuse...They're going to send us to their country, Aria, shut us each up in some nunnery somewhere, imprisoned and controlled. Forever. They'll separate us. We'll never escape, Aria, we'll never come home, we'll never--we'll never see each other again, never know if Shiv lived or died, we'll--"
She felt Aria's arms come round her and, suddenly, Eilia realized she was crying, the taste of salt on her lips, as her hands rose, gently, to touch her sister's arms locked around her.
"You're right, of course," said Aria close to her ear. "We can do more for the people from within."
Eilia nodded but, outside, the blaze of the dying light resembled a fire, kindling and sharp and leaping to consume each fresh-born star studding the evening sky.
I'm going to die, she thought.
She knew the stories -- her own aunt, the Princess Réalta dying mysteriously in her cell while waiting to be burned to death for witchcraft. Empress Elaine's slow, unexplained illnes leading to her shocking death within weeks. Even Marian's own badly hushed up claims, reported to Eilia's father by his spies, that she, herself, was being poisoned (though she had survived). It all added up to one terrible certainly: Roderick's inconvenient dalliances had a way of perishing quite unexpectedly. And Eilia was certainly inconvenient. Inhaling a deep breath, she let her head tilt, gently resting it against Aria's.
But I swear by all the Guardians, if its the last thing I do, she thought. I won't let her die, too.
11 notes · View notes
forgotteneilionora · 10 days ago
Text
OOC | Astairan Kingslist Mock Up
notes: so we know that astaira is a nation that has lasted for thousands of years, imma mention the first three kings in the mystical ~age of heroes~ and then imma skip down to more modern kings dskjlafksjdf and actually go from modern -> historical rather than the other way around probs
pls also note that i see there as having been multiple of these ~eras (think irl BC(E) and AD/CE), which is why there're thousands of years of history, as we've mentioned, but the current calendar year is only 1293. i only went back to the year 1000 but ill happily do more if we like! i tried to include a smattering of new and of familiar last names too, w a high proportion of staffords, as discussed, and yeah <3 primarily used [ this ] post for reference <3
finally, except the canon names, all names are simply placeholder names!
AGE OF HEROES
cillian stafford -- ruled during the age of heroes, wed the goddess alya, first queen of astaira, and sired w her the line of stafford
--- stafford -- cillian's second brother, ruled after cillian
--- stafford -- cillian's youngest brother, the last of the three original brothers to rule astaira
AC
1288-present -- roderick varmont, b. 1245, m. 1262, m. 1264, m. 1265
1281-1288 (7 years) -- eilionora stafford, b. 1267
1263-1281 (18 years) -- domhnall stafford, b. 1243, m. 1264
1255-1263 (8 years) -- finnian lorcan, b. 1230
1244-1255 (11 years) -- dubhán stafford, b. 1215, m. 1238
1238-1244 (6 years) -- ciar stafford, b. 1179, m. 1196
1236-1238 (2 years) -- caoimhe ormond vii, b. 1170, m. 1192
1236 (4 months) -- callum braoin, b. 1192, m. 1222
1233-1236 (3 years) -- declan stafford, b. 1214, m. 1232
1233 (1 month) -- conan básdorcha, b. 1216
1232-1233 (1 year) -- aine ó loch lorcan, b. 1208
1228-1232 (4 years) -- aoife killough, b. 1161, m. 1198
1228 (29 days) -- bréanainn boyle, b. 1187
1228 (2 months) -- cillian stafford, b. 1196, m. 1220
1226-1228 (2 years) -- tairdelbach lorcan b. 1154, m. 1173
1226 (2 weeks) -- fionn calleary ii, b. 1182, m. 1203
1225-1226 (1 year) -- diarmuid stafford v, b. 1162, m. 1182
1222-1225 (3 years) -- senan calleary, b. 1206
1222 (3 weeks) -- feardorcha stafford, b. 1187, m. 1221
1222 (7 months) -- mellán hanthom, b. 1203
1222 (9 days) -- fergus ormond, b. 1180, m. 1213
1200-1222 (22 years) -- brigit malconaire iii, b. 1180, m. 1209
1134-1200 (66 years) -- cerball lorcan, b. 1121, m. 1138
1123-1134 (11 years) -- sorcha calleary, b. 1036, m. 1073
1103-1123 (20 years) -- macdara malconaire ix b. 1041, m. 1073
1101-1103 (2 years) -- cathaoir tierney, b. 1053, m. 1086
1043-1101 (58 years) -- darach malconaire, b. 1019, m. 1043
1011-1043 (32 years) -- cormac byrne, b. 964, m. 1002
1000-1011 (11 years) -- caoimhe lorcan, b. 967, m. 169
10 notes · View notes
forgotteneilionora · 10 days ago
Text
Timeline
year 1245 – birth of roderick
year 1246
year 1247 – birth of marian
year 1248 
year 1249 – birth of amira
year 1250
year 1251
year 1252
year 1253
year 1254
year 1255
year 1256
year 1257
year 1258 – birth of rian, alaric, death of queen millicent in childbirth
year 1259
year 1260
year 1261
year 1262 – roderick becomes king, war breaks out w antilla thus inadvertently starting roderick’s world conquest
year 1263 OC/1 AR – birth of éabha, surrender of antilla, roderick is crowned emperor, surrender of kolchis, fighting breaks out with kvenheim
year 1264 OC/2 AR – birth of cormac, bartholomew weds a calleary, roderick weds amira, birth of eoin
year 1265 OC/3 AR – roderick courts réalta who is subsequently accused of witchcraft, trial and mysterious death of réalta in her cell, birth of aine of calleary, roderick weds marian
year 1266 OC/4 AR – birth of eithne, surrender of kvenheim, roderick invades vinetta
year 1267 OC/5 AR – aged 0 – birth of eilionora, ciara, guinevere, arthur, death of bartholomew’s calleary wife, surrender of vinetta, roderick invades malakarta
year 1268 OC/6 AR – aged 1 – birth of brigit, finnegan, fiona, sebastian
year 1269 OC/7 AR – aged 2 – birth of aria
year 1270 OC/8 AR – aged 3 – birth of aoife, edmund, surrender of malkarta, roderick invades aarnu
year 1271 OC/9 AR – aged 4 – birth of siobhan, cassandra
year 1272 OC/10 AR – aged 5 – birth of roisin, death of empress elaine
year 1273 OC/11 AR – aged 6 – surrender of aarnu
year 1274 OC/12 AR – aged 7 – léna takes aria to kil-kennar to meet seeress aine, roderick invades argadara
year 1275 OC/13 AR – aged 8 – death of queen léna
year 1276 OC/14 AR – aged 9
year 1277 OC/15 AR – aged 10 – surrender of argadara, roderick invades xangadu
year 1278 OC/16 AR – aged 11
year 1279 OC/17 AR – aged 12
year 1280 OC/18 AR – aged 13 – death of sorcha, surrender of xangadu, roderick invades alytar
year 1281 OC/19 AR – aged 14 – death of king domhnall, eilia is elected queen, eilia establishes the astairan leagueincluding such powers as faulia, orinthia, and affaraon (amongst others) to fight against roderick together and begins a policy of temporarily waiving taxes on use of trade routes she wishes to encourage w her allies till they were established and profitable, eilia immediately begins to patronize shrines and festivals to further encourage astairan participation in their faith, eilia begins building a university in county kil-kennar, magnetism is first theorized in astaira
year 1282 OC/20 AR – aged 15 – eilia offers naval support to maritime trade to defend the cargo, macdara weds valentina and offers aid to the riverbend, the rotating bookmark is invented in astaira
year 1283 OC/21 AR – aged 16 – eilia begins the process of suring up mints and reforming the gold content in coinage, invention of the stationery harbour crane in hanthom, surrender of alytar, roderick invades aotepo
year 1284 OC/22 AR – aged 17 – eilia advocates for education for all in and out of astaira and introduces the innovation of public libraries for all in astaira, vertical windmills/stationery tower mills invented in malconaire
year 1285 OC/23 AR – aged 18 – eilia comes of age, surrender of aotepo, roderick invades affaraon, eilia dispatches a large naval force to aid affaraon which after this war has yet to be heard from, eilia begins work on building multiple significant shrines to the guardians throughout astaira to encourage wider participation in festivals and faith, spectacles invented in lorcan
year 1286 OC/24 AR – aged 19 – eilia charges her poet laureate with composing histories of astaira, her religion, and culture and proliferates them throughout the world as far and wide as she can, mechanical clock invented in astaira
year 1287 OC/25 AR – aged 20
year 1288 OC/26 AR – aged 21 – astronomical compass invented in stafford, surrender of affaraon, roderick invades astaira
year 1289 OC/27 AR – aged 22
year 1290 OC/28 AR – aged 23 – siege of kil-kennar
year 1291 OC/29 AR – aged 24 – desolation of the fens, pyre walk begins, battle of malconaire, siege of stafford, eilia surrenders on behalf of all astaira, conquest of astaira, roderick proposes marriage to eilia
year 1292 OC/30 AR – aged 25
year 1293 OC/31 AR – aged 26 – roderick turns 49, ice ball, riots, hangings, tournament, the present
5 notes · View notes
forgotteneilionora · 1 month ago
Text
“You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.”
— Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms (via wordsnquotes)
155K notes · View notes
forgotteneilionora · 2 months ago
Text
OOC | More House Stafford Stuff
ik...we simply do NOT have enough house stafford lore posts so i simply had to make us another rather than reblog an old one alksjdfakljdfj *facepalm* idk this felt cleaner to my brain somehow lakjsdfjkdsf but anyway @forgottenarias and i were having a chat on disco so i wanted to migrate that here <3
STAFFORD BLUE
so we said...and i can't find the og bit, but we said that there's a color called stafford blue and it comes from a v rare mineral, only ever found in county stafford, that came from the heavens when the three stars fell to earth in the site now known as the cathedral of stars/the vault of the heavens, which is the highest point in all of stafford county
we're still debating on the exact ~tone of the color, and correct me if i misremembered, but i believe its got the depth of a midnight blue, and the warmth of lapis lazuli...
SKY BURIALS
ok so irl sky burials ~are a thing and there're a couple types -- like throwing bodies off really tall things, or else burying them on ~top of really tall things, and when lauren said the following abt a phantom of the opera play, it occurred to me that house stafford might be THE ppl to do that???? probs the burying on ~top...hurling ur loved one off the side of a mountain feels a bit violent for them somehow idk but maybe that's my fear of heights speaking BAHAHAHA anyway!! thought we might chat abt that too? anyway:
Lauren! 💕 — 10:52 AMLmao, I looked up the plans for the reno to the building that got submitted to the city previously to see about the rooms, and it is p cool! Iirc there were plans for a rooftop graveyard for Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again?
@Lauren! 💕Lmao, I looked up the plans for the reno to the building that got submitted to the city previously to see about the rooms, and it is p cool! Iirc there were plans for a rooftop graveyard for Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again?kate aa — 11:01 AMAHHHHHHHH omg the way I’m kind of OBSESSED w the idea of a rooftop garden grave….I love graveyards…not me like lfr burial rights for one of our ~sky-centric families???
STAFFORD GENERATIONAL TRAUMA (oops)
kate the great -- OH I also had this thought after reading Arthur’s comment… do you think Aria & Eilia were brought up with that mentality that he mentions of not really doing anything for their own enjoyment that wouldn’t have some sort of ~purpose in serving the people? I mean they both obvs have their hobbies and things but idk… I was wondering if there was some internalized guilt in the idea for her that she could just go wander around the artisans stalls for her own enjoyment? If that makes sense
kate aa — 10:19 AMIt doesssss!!! And honestly I ~do think Eilia, anyway, v much has that internalized sense from the noblesse oblige mentality that she was raised w like…yeah you get privileges but ur ~purpose is to serve abd if you ~aren’t serving ur kinda being an ass bc these ppl depend on you and you can’t just go and take that for granted etc!!!! I do think that probs came from Dom tho, giving up everything he e er wanted for the greater good, and I don’t know that it was ~intentional to make her feel that way, but I think it’s how he handled his own heartbreak???? And yeah!!!! So idk if Aria’s feel that way or not? But I def think ~Eilia anyway does
kate the great — 10:25 AMYess! All of this! I def feel like Eilia probably got it at lot more than Aria did but growing up in that home I think it probably was pervasive honestly! Idk I also just imagined them having this sort of… not unhappy but v somber childhood (even when Lena was alive honestly) bc like… trying to imagine little Eilia and Aria running around that castle being little kids having fun is hard, ya know??? At least in my brain lol
kate aa — 10:28 AMOh no I defffff see it that way too!!!! Like EVERYTHING in their lives was out of duty right down to the reasons they were born, and I do think the three of them stole lil moments, like that drabble you write abt the cathedral of stars, and I def think they were v much loved etc, but even that took a backseat to D U T Y and their whole lives were abt that right from the start
kate the great — 10:29 AMYes! Honestly the idea they’ve kinda ALWAYS been trapped in the citadel in a way but now they’re LITERALLY trapped
kate aa — 10:33 AMUghhhhh yeahhhhh!!!!! Like I don’t think Eilia even fully knew there ~was another choice she could make than becoming queen while still feeling she was still a decent human being???? And I do think she was good at it abd enjoyed it but yeah I don’t think she believed there ~was an alternative frankly??? Not this being the forced vacation thry v much did NOT want no but!!!! They still trapped it’s just now they know it I—
kate the great -- I’m sorry I’m apparently going deep into Stafford lore today bc I was actually thinking the other day— why didn’t Dom ever remarry? Do you think maybe it’s because he knew he was sick??
kate aa — 10:35 AMI LIKE THATTTTT!!!!!!! Maybe he was even getting pressure abt it too abd just kept likr putting it off and yeah — omg not me like what if @forgottenmarian or even @forgottenguinevere were in contention as a future bride for him, tryna prevent the varmont war?
kate aa — 10:36 AMAlso you know I’m ALWAYS down for deep stafford lore!!!!!
kate the great — 10:37 AMThat makes so much sense and honestly! It’s so sad for them! They’re all trapped in this like… spiral of duty and burden and family trauma and also fear and they’re not doing NOTHING obviously but they’re still stuck! In these paths someone else created! Like… the idea they felt like they had more agency without Roderick but did they really deep down when they’re just stuck in this path Dom created for them?! (… I mean yes they DID have more agency before but you get what I’m saying hopefully?!)
kate the great — 10:38 AMOne of Marian’s terrible sisters 1
[10:39 AM]Honestly tho any of those a potential, esp with the Calleary connection…
kate aa — 10:43 AMAbsolutely I do!!!! And also like…part of what’s trapping them I think in Dom’s own personal trauma cycle —> family trauma cycle is, I think, being utterly unaware of it? Unaware they’re trapped? Unaware they have no choice in this? And actually instead, in Eilia’s case, thinking they’ve actively ~chosen it???? And interestingly I think that’s true of @forgottenrian too like — they’re all trapped in this cycle started by their great-grandfather, even Dom, and fighting so hard to stay afloat they don’t realize they’re only drowning if they stay in the center of the river? And they could just walk out??? But they know there’re other ppl in that River too and none of them believe they have a right to even look ~towards shore till they can get everyone else out?? So they’ll never realize they could??? DHKHFFH idk if I’m making sense dhkjfddg
kate aa — 10:45 AMRIGGGGHT!!!! And [dom] knew he was just gonna die so it’d only cause more harm than good but you can see where all the advisors would be like ‘w these connections maybe we could change the way things are headed at least for a long while…’
kate the great — 10:48 AMRIGHT! No I totally get that and that’s such a good way to describe it! And it’s so funny bc, at least on Aria’s side, she can’t understand why Arthur wouldn’t just STOP wanting to be emperor bc he clearly doesn’t really want her! (In her mind at least) meanwhile she’s literally trapped in a similar cycle he is! She just thinks hers is the right one because it’s the noble cause!
[10:48 AM]Honestly characters who don’t even realize they’re basically the same feel down like
2 notes · View notes
forgotteneilionora · 2 months ago
Photo
Tumblr media
4K notes · View notes
forgotteneilionora · 2 months ago
Text
Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media
MORGANA + Pre-Raphaelite paintings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The Salutation of Beatrice (1869) Veronica Veronese (1872) Proserpine (1874) Lady Lilith (1873) The Damsel of Sanct Grael (1874)
6K notes · View notes
forgotteneilionora · 2 months ago
Text
OOC | Singature Scents
ok so like...this is neither here nor there but i wanted to note each of my kiddos' scent profiles! (did i look into real and historical perfumes? you betcha! and i had a BLAST! this has been a v long time coming honestly...if you wanna go on a similar journey i highly reco [ this ] website to get you started!! i esp enjoyed reading their history tab v well documented and, at least through the ancient, middle ages, and renaissance eras -- which is as far as my best knowledge goes -- v accurate!)
godfrey calainon -- godfrey smells like success: rich, warming herbs on a bed of musk. Sweet and balsamic notes of [ storax and cassia ] lie on a bed bed of musk and amber attended by frankincense, myrrh, saffron, and sandalwood.
tristan calainon -- tristan smells warm and clean, like [ pine, ivy, bay leaves, myrtle, and rosemary ] from the soap he uses (tis really the one luxury he does go in for big, that soap ngl laskdjfdf)
eabha calleary -- eabha's scent of reminiscent of the sea: light, refreshing, uplifting, and deep, sporting notes of spritely salt and seductive jasmine, beech leaf, and seagrass augmented with a hint of briny mint, zesty bergamot and pomegranate, and herby seaweed amidst grounding and woody cypress with lush labdanum and finished with a hint of brown sugar evoking the salty-sweet air of a fine day's sea breeze
cormac calleary -- cormac's scent is a heady, and overwhelming thing (he def has cologne on and def applied -- aka dumped -- waaaaaaay too much on this morning!!!!) but it does take some ocean notes, and might be interesting if applied less liberally: ozone, brine, oud, sandalwood, minerals, camphor
ronan forst -- ronan smells like the woods and a campfire: woods, smoke, cedarwood, rosemary with a bright citris finish // citrus heavy with notes of lavender, rosemary and thyme // Dry juniper berry, patchouli, green leaves
cillian frost -- cillian smells like fresh-picked crops and earth // rosewood, thyme, sage, bergamot, basil, vertiver, ambergris
saoirse frost -- clean, airy, and, warm: iris and lilac, with hints of fresh greens and citrus w a woody bed // elderflower
alistair grey -- fresh cotton, metal, and leather // artemisia, caraway, honey, bulgarian rose, narcissus, iris butter, beeswax, cederwood, vetiver, patchouli, oakmoss, leather
valentina malconaire -- heady rose, cardamom, clove, nutmeg, tuberose, ambergris
roisin malconaire -- light, fresh, green, and bright: rain, ivy, vetiver, orris and violet, a dash of sage, and a squeeze of citrus on a bed of white oak // + cypress, grapevine, amber
rian stafford -- gourmond vanilla for a comforting and alluring quality, like the soft glow of a distant star w musk as its sensual and alluring base, like the faint scent of the night air and twinkling fresh pear and cinnamon for warmth and a touch of mystery, like the deep space between stars
eilionora stafford -- smells like starlight on a velvet night: frankincense, sage, w a benzoin bed // top notes of of bright, clean, and shimmering bergamot and spicy cardamom, middle notes of almond, cinnamon, and cloves, and a base of amber and cedarwood.This fragrance is described as warm, sensual, and alluring, with a slight gourmand quality
roderick varmont -- top notes of basil, rosemary, mint, lavender, and lemon, orange, and neroli. middle notes of complex palisander, jasmine with aromatic spices of black pepper, juniper, and fir. anchored by a back base notes of warm, woody oak and grounding earthy vetiver for a sophisticated, masculine scent
amira varmont -- amira smells like the god-kings of kolchis, wearing a heady combination of [ pepper, spikenard, cinnamon, aloeswood, ambergris, musk, frankincense, myrrh, balsam, indigo, dyers’ herbs, lapis lazuli, fustic, and storax ]
arthur varmont -- lily of the valley, saffron, and rose, petrichor, air-dried linen // fresh and herbal, with the clarity of Thyme Tea, evoking purity and calmness. As the scent evolves, the heart reveals a delicate balance of Lily-of-the-Valley, the exotic richness of saffron, and the timeless romance of rose, creating a perfect harmony of softness and power. As the fragrance settles, the warmth of white suede and musk envelops the composition, adding a smooth, comforting layer. To further enhance its mysticism, sandalwood, and olibanum contribute a sacred, resinous depth that gives this fragrance an understated yet noble feel
2 notes · View notes
forgotteneilionora · 2 months ago
Text
V for Victory | Eilionora & Brigit
It was the fourth day of the tournament, and the archery contest had, at last, been decided. Strange as such games were compared to those held at the Astairan festivals in the past, Eilia had watched the archery competition, being less violent, with greater ease. Her pride, when an Astairan had been named victor, could not be denied. No plastered on smile or forced clapping for this champion, no. Her pleasure was genuine as her adulations.
As she had on each and every day, Eilia rose to give over the trophy to the archer, to signify his victory. Coming to the edge of the dais, her smile bright, she locked eyes with him...with her. For a moment, only a moment, her smile slipped, surprise freezing her features, but in the blink of an eye, her earlier expression had resumed.
Brigit Malconaire, what on earth are you doing?
"Congratulations, master, upon your most splendid victory today! In the name of His Imperial Majesty, Roderick the First of His Name, by the Grace of the One True God, of [Varmont], and of Antillia, Kolchis, Alatyr, Aarnu, Vinetta, Kvenheim, Aotepo, Argadara, Xangadu, Malakarta, Affaraon, and Astaira, and of his Dominions beyond the Seas, One True Emperor, Protector of Vyrajj, God-King of Kolchis, Archduke of the Two Isles and of the Shimmering Seas Overlord, King-Elector of the Astairans, Lord of the Two Lands, Sun-King of the Hauren, Divine Emperor of the Iddenese, the Freefolk, and the Cockaignians, Evenstar of Astaira, Conqueror of the Twelve Kingdoms, Defender of the Faith, and God’s Own Champion--" Eilia paused, catching her breath. "I award you this prize in recognition of your valor and skill. May the Great God ever bless you with the Emperor's own favor."
Needless to say, these were not her own words, but rather a script she had been given. But she leaned close as she put the trophy into Brigit's hands and whispered. "Careful -- there is something afoot." It was the only warning she could give her, for now. "If you can, try to meet with me later. I shall tell you what I can."
0 notes
forgotteneilionora · 2 months ago
Text
Is He Dead? | Eilionora & Aria
After the tournament, their rooms had seen a transformation. As rooms previously intended only for summer use, they had not withstood well the pangs of winter, but one night the ladies had returned from one of Roderick's overbearing dinners to find the place done up in blue and silver, hung with warming tapestries and fine curtains to match. The floor was laid with a rug and braziers had been added here and there to help keep every corner of the room from turning too frosty, not simply the mantel itself.
At first, Eilia had assumed this was the work of her erstwhile suitor-captor, but one look at Aria and she'd felt her gut sink. And when she turned her own keen eye towards the various refreshments, she too noted hints that it was not, indeed, the emperor. She could see that the style -- while certainly bearing that tell-tale Varmont stamp -- had made a genuine effort to align with the more paired down aesthetic of the Astairans, something Roderick would not for a moment even consider doing, and it was done, too, all in the colors of their House as if acknowledging their true standards not as bastards, but as legitimate -- and Roderick was not one to gainsay himself. No, this had not been done by Roderick. Likely, it had not even occurred to him. Someone else, entirely, had been responsible for winterizing their chambers. And, worse, Aria had not seemed entirely surprised...
It was not long thereafter that Arthur Varmont had stumbled into their tower, screaming and stumbling. Aria's behavior had surprised Eilia, again. Often, in Eilia's experience, Aria's habit in such unprecedented circumstances, was like to stand back and allow someone else to take control of the situation. She did no such thing. Aria stood up, herself, went to Arthur, and it proved Eilia's turn to hang back and act only as directed. Normally, she might have been glad to see Aria so inspired, but it was what she called him...Arthur. No 'highness' or even 'prince' appended to the name, no. Just...Arthur. That was not like her sister, either.
Getting him back to his room had been some trouble. Arthur took his training very seriously, and the direct result that evening was that he had not proven very light when having trouble supporting his own weight. With Aria under one shoulder -- and Arthur clinging to her as if she were a buoy in a stormy sea -- and Eilia under the other (and guardians! His skin had been cold to the touch!), they'd collectively stumbled their way towards his chambers -- towards Aria's chambers.
It had been strange, absurd, almost, to pass under that portal, the stars-and-sun motif still intact, and stagger, half-hunched, into the room with their imperial burden. To find its blue maintained but even that done to the overbearing Varmont standard, and decorated, too, in jarring red, with eagle and sun and wing symbols near everywhere one looked, seeming to dance with the morningstar imagery still blazoned across the walls beneath it. Eilia had not liked it one jot. But she'd liked what she'd seen next still less.
Supporting one side of the prince, Eilia hadn't been privy to her sister's own expressions, but once the boy was half-slung upon the bed (it took some extra maneuvering to actually get him back onto it but that had been accomplished, thanksfully, by his own servants), then she had been able to see her face. Aria seemed to see nothing but the prince, shivering and semi-conscious, her look not the guarded mask they'd been taught in childhood, but open, and even cornerned -- not simply for a human being in pain (even Eilia felt that pang, little as she liked the arrogant prig of a so-called prince!), but genuine fear for a friend, or for a...
But no. She would give it no name. Still, it was not the first time Eilia had feared that Aria's own tactics had worked against her. Images of the way Arthur had held her, of the way Aria had tilted her gaze up to meet his eyes, came flashing before Eilia. With their task done, and the servants fussing with Arthur's nearly limp legs, Eilia turned to go, but Aria did not move.
"Aria?" she hissed. Aria did not hear.
Queen Marian was bustling about the room, directing the situation. Aria had nothing left to do.
Eilia placed her hand on Aria's shoulder. Her sister seemed to start. "I'm going," she whispered. "We can do no more good here, now."
But Aria had only told her that she would join her, shortly. She had not.
Eilia had not turned in, sitting up by the fire in one of the new, comfortable seats now positioned in the previously too-sparsely made up room. She waited up for her sister. Aria did not return for quite some time.
Eilia was still gazing into the fire, contemplating all these things, when she heard the door creak open. Half-jumping, she turned towards it to see Aria. Her face was pensive, now, finally unreadable, and Eilia pushed out a breath. "Oh, Aria," she murmured. "Is he--Is he dead?"
18 notes · View notes
forgotteneilionora · 3 months ago
Text
ok so in the time since i wrote the above (which is all still true) eilia's honestly grown more bold in her rebellion bc she surrendered in order to spare her ppl but since the riots she's realized they still wanna fight so!! she does too! her rebellion is...different bc i mean she is ~v much a captive but i do think she's more outspoken/brazen in saying what she thinks (within reason)! she's been helping the resistance where she can and actively tryna disrupt roderick from the sidelines lakjsfjsf
anyway!! i ~do think she was initially pro team guin when she thought that astairans wanted to be assumed into the varmont empire, bc 1) guin seems like the best alternative!! and 2) it'd be the best move to keep the largest number of astairan rights in tact (a la allowing female inheritance at least etc). however, this was ~always complicated by the fact that roderick's been pressuring eilia to marry him, and so eilia knew she'd ~also want to protect her ~own kids and ~their rights etc. however, now that she's moving away from the idea of integrating w the varmonts, while on a personal level im sure she'd like guin, she's much less supportive of her claims at least as they pertain to astaira bc she's come off the idea that guin -- as a varmont -- has ~any rights to rule astaira, at all! ~she wasn't elected by the ppl! but, by the sounds of it, that'll suit guin just fine hahaha but yeah!! that's smth that's probs shifted etc
OOC | Eilionora & Guinevere
LAUREN!! these two are really interesting bc i feel like they're actually in v similar situations, really, forced into a role they'd rather not have by duty and pressure (tho in eilia's case, her father was great -- the pressure was def more external etc but still), they're also both big sisters and have to deal w everything that does along with all of that! yet, they're standing here on opposite sides of history, v nearly pitted against one another, yet simultaneously standing on the precipice of potentially being family and alksdjfkdljsf if this aint complicated idk what is! anyway, i def think we could have some fun w these two!
1 note · View note
forgotteneilionora · 3 months ago
Text
For a star to be born, there is one thing that must happen: a gaseous nebula must collapse. So collapse. Crumble. This is not your destruction. This is your birth.
Zoe Skylar
65 notes · View notes
forgotteneilionora · 3 months ago
Photo
Tumblr media
292 notes · View notes
forgotteneilionora · 3 months ago
Text
Tumblr media
Julia de Burgos, from Song of the Simple Truth: Poems of Julia de Burgos; "Poem of the New Course,"
614 notes · View notes
forgotteneilionora · 4 months ago
Text
Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media
BRAVEHEART (1995)
PRINCESS ISABELLE
dir. mel gibson
427 notes · View notes
forgotteneilionora · 4 months ago
Photo
Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media
the rainbow: indigo
2K notes · View notes