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I should compile a canva or a presentation with all of the world building i created on lys tbh .

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐆𝐎𝐃𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐘𝐒

It's a fact well known that the main God wordshipped in the city is the Love Goddess, however, there are two other Gods that are by her side, her companions and lovers, sometimes husbands as according to the stories. While initially wordshipping the Valyrian Gods, after the Doom, Lys began to develop it's own culture and temples, to stablish themselves as different from the Valyrians. While other Gods remain on the Lysany Mythology; a sometimes God of the Sea, Goddess of Marriage and Longevity and God of Death.

Aelagona: The name of the Goddess of Love derives from the Valyrian word of Jorrāelagon. She is the most worshipped God in Lys and both women and men alike praise her presence. Celeberations for her occur for a week each month, in which those who are in couple engage in offerings for good fortune and wealth as well fertility if they wish for children. Through the city, there is dance and food, and what is often offered to the Goddess is maidens, during that week, a lot of maidens who come of age offer their maidenhood, it is said that given on that week, the Goddess would favor them through life with passionate thirst. Aelagona has two husbands, each one representing the sun and the moon, war and peace, both warriors in different ways. It's costumary in Lys when a husband is off to war, that a wife would take a lover, if bastards are born from this, they are raised in the main household, and it's a sign that the husband will come home safely.

Areāzma: The God of War, Battle and Strategy. He is Aelagona's main husband and lover. It is said he found her bathing on the shores and claim her as his on that same night. This is why he is also associated with the Moon and the Night. Soldiers wordship him before battle and during war itself. Areazma, alike the Love Goddess takes his name from a Valyrian word of War and does take lovers in the battlefield but it is less common. Soldiers and sometimes sellswords would wish for good fortune in battle in his temple by bringing their wives and bathing them in blood, a sign of one's willingness to fight for what they love and protect it. Areazma is accompanied in battle at times by the Goddess of Marriage and Longevity, Haerōsa, who alongside him, choose special warriors who are treated as heroes upon return.

Apovēzos: The Sun God and the god of peace times, songs and poets. Associated with good crops and deals, Apovezos is the Love Goddess second husband, who she took during the day Areazma left for war one day. Apovezos is also worshipped in the pleasure houses of Lys as stories say that the children of Aelagona and Apovezos are blessed with the pure Valyrian beauty and foresight of dreams. Celebrations in his honor happen on the temple during the day, where foreigns alike are invited and requested to join a dance celebration. Refusing to do so is seen as a bad omen. Apovezos is at times, associated with the crops and hunting, seen with a bow and arrow in most of the artwork around it.

𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐆𝐎𝐃𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐘𝐒

While minor Gods prayed on Lys, they are still part of their Pantheon. They are seen as companions, lovers or children of the main Gods, depending on the stories told by the main ruling houses of Lys.

Aembar/Aembara: The dual role of the Gods of the Sea. The Sea is seen as both depending on the state of the weather itself. A good weather and fast sail is atributed to Aembar, Sea God and the storms are seen as warnings and omens from Aembara. Both are said to be born from the Love Goddess and each one from each of her husbands, and they are as well, seen as lovers, something taken of their Valyrian tradition. Rituals take place the night before sailing and they have to be done on the deck of the ship, kneeling down the statues of both of them and pray, before as well, make love on the deck to be blessed by the Love Goddess.

Ābraera: Goddess of Marriage and Longevity, also seen in the battlefields. Seen as sister of the Love Goddess, she offers soldiers in the battlefield a safe return home as well a life well spend. Not a lot of festivities are done around her, except during wedding themselves. The female warriors of Lys do take her as their main Goddess to wordship and in order to enter the ranks, one must be wed the night before, to show the goddess trust in their marriage and life. She is often depicted as being a lover of the God of Death, Haerghon. It is said she brings the spirits of the dead soldiers to him in hall of heroes.

Haerghon: God of Death and the Afterlife. The Lyseni people see death as a great honor if all rituals are done properly. A good life spend in love, fertility, deals and all other aspects of life, are worthy of being taken to the Hall of Heroes, where your soul is said to spend eternity living, rewarded for your life. Haerghon is the less worshipped God among the pantheon but he is nevertheless respected and despite seen as a lover of Abraera, he is also seen as a lover of the Love Goddess. It's tradition before battle, in pleasure houses, that soldiers are allowed for free in the houses where the bedwarmers and women of silk welcome them, and give them honorary rites, in case of their death.

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Luna and Blake in Wolf Pack | 1.05 - “Incendiary”

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this is the daily reminder that if you unfollow, softblock. seeing people on my dash who have unfollowed me (which is funny because they follow every other blog of mine), makes me feel weir.d

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HEAVY IS THE HEAD: all these sentences had been taken from goodreads quotes source with the key word of : crown. change pronouns, titles, locations and names as you see fit.

“Truth is beauty”

“Do not wait for a coronation; the greatest emperors crown themselves.”

“A King and Queen cannot support a crown with eyes looking down. Their universe expands as far as you can see.”

“Rise, Luthiel, in the name of love you came and in the name of love I crown you!”

“Heavy is the head that wears the crown”

“He will be the destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne.”

“A crown doesn't really do much of anything. Just sits on one's head, quite useless. Oh, I suppose it sparkles.'

“As long as you want the belt, don’t run away from the fight. Do what it takes to win the battles you face.”

“Just because a moth flies close to a flame and lives, doesn't mean the next time it won't catch fire”

“But what good is a crown when your head can't hold it? What good is a throne when it is a wheelchair? And what good is a king with no kingdom?”

“I wore my crown long before the king came.”

“I mean, power hungry has to be genetic. I mean, how he got that crown on his head so young? Fifteen is the youngest ever to ascend.”

“There are fireflies winking around his head, landing in his hair. A crown. His dive is infuriatingly graceful.”

“But men are shortsighted. Especially when a heavy crown is blocking their eyes.”

“The day you remove the crown from your head is the day you will become the real queen.”

“Illusion is the crown of the herd - kings that remain sheep.”

“A crown of feathers amidst the rugged terrain, an eagle's kingdom takes its reign.”

“Use your imagination. Wear your crown on the inside.”

“A queen is not made by a crown but by the fire in her soul. The Lioness of Bharat is a tribute to the fearless spirit that shapes legends.”

“A king is not his throne nor his crown.”

“On the night when the moons are under the veil of a storm, a daughter to the crown shall be born.”

“There is no crown without guilt.”

“Fear not the dead, fear the living...”

“. . . golden brilliance splitting through the clouds like the crown of a princess on her coronation day.”

“There's always something left to lose”

“A crown is both a great gift and an onerous burden.”

“Perhaps in another time, I would have considered what it meant to meet inside a broken crown. Today, I was too intent on who waited for us there.”

“Lucid dreams are the dreamer’s treasure.”

“It is spiritually wise to protect your crown. Do not allow everyone to put their hands in your hair.”

“Even when she's dethroned by hardship, she still wears the sun as a crown.”

“A crown of kisses to the queen of dreams.”

“A smart woman fixes her own crown and does not dethrone other women from their own glory. For she knows on her own, she is strong.”

“Does that mean you won’t be building me a castle in our new kingdom?”

“Because, your grandmother said I could be prince of the Enchanted Forest.  She’s going to steal me a crown and everything.  We have it all planned.”

“A crown of thrones and stars to show the world that we are as much of dreamers as they are but we are merciless and restless in achieving our goals”

“I think you underestimate the stubbornness a crown can press into a man or woman's mind.”

“A prudent woman wears her crown with pride. She believes in the power of love and she knows the value of her life.”

“If you don't take your eyes off the crowd, you may miss the crown.”

“Do not wear spiritualism as a crown to inflate your EGO....be mindful”

“She got an empty crown filled with lies and deception”

“Admit it, peasants… Could the usurper wearing my crown have pulled that off?”

“God will be attractive both in the cross and in the crown”

“That’s because the true power of magic is not to send random objects careening off across the room. The true power of magic is to make ordinary people bow.”

“I hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman’s life.”

“As a king can wear a crown, a crown can also weary a king.”

“If you want to miss your crown, follow the crowd. If you want to wear the crown, go alone and be yourself.”

“Ah, Princess, a crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.”

“Cursed the crown that brought such grief to me”

“The greatest warriors fight not for crowns and splendor, but for love.”

“What you express in your character is what your lifestyle crowns”

“Who ever heard of a king without ears? Why, his crown would fall straight down to his neck!”

“A girl in a crown of stars was coming toward him, but before she could see who he was he slipped through his curtains of flesh.”

“Who in the universe halts when the enemy tells them to?”

“God has ordained you for your own assignment in the Kingdom”

“It's you, our queen with your crown, going into some body of water where we cannot follow you.”

“It was a hollow victory they gave me. A crown...it was the girl I prayed them for. Your sister, safe... and mine again as she was meant to be. I ask you, Ned, what good is it to wear a crown?”

“I want something good to die for. . . to make it beautiful to live.”

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SECRETS, LIES AND CONFESSIONS SENTENCE QUOTES. a collection of sentences and quotes found on goodreads with the key words of: secrets, lies and confessions. you can change pronouns, locations, name and anything else you see fit.

SECRETS 

“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”

“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”

“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

“I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.”

“I'd learned that some things are best kept secret.”

“The more you leave out, the more you highlight what you leave in.”

“I thought about how there are two types of secrets: the kind you want to keep in, and the kind you don't dare to let out.”

“A good friend keeps your secrets for you. A best friend helps you keep your own secrets.”

“Lies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.”

“Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.”

“A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.”

“Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.”

“Word spread because word will spread. Stories and secrets fight, stories win, shed new secrets, which new stories fight, and on.”

“With a secret like that, at some point the secret itself becomes irrelevant. The fact that you kept it does not.”

“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.”

“Sometimes, the biggest secrets you can only tell a stranger.”

“The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn't one.”

“I never lie," I said offhand. "At least not to those I don't love.”

“When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy.”

“I've learned that we're all entitled to have our secrets.”

“I feel bare. I didn't realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.”

“Don't trust people who tell you other people's secrets.”

“Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them.”

“People are secretive when they have secrets.”

“If I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner...if I let it slip from my tongue, I am ITS prisoner.”

“You cannot let your parents anywhere near your real humiliations.”

“Everybody has scars, and every scar has a story. Especially the ones you don’t see. Those go deeper. And cause more damage.”

“Sometimes, loyalty gets in the way of what you want to do. Sometimes, it’s not your secret to tell.”

“It was almost comforting, this mutual acceptance of our secrets.”

“Don't you ever want to have just one thing that no one else knows about, so no one can ruin it for you?”

“I choose to love you in silence, for in silence I find no rejection.

I choose to love you in loneliness, for in loneliness no one owns you but me.

I choose to hold you in my dreams, for in my dreams you have no end.”

“All the secrets of the world worth knowing are hiding in plain sight.”

“This is what happens. You tell your friends your most personal secrets, and they use them against you.”

“Lies don't end relationships the truth does.”

“Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own."

“The Universe doesn't like secrets. It conspires to reveal the truth, to lead you to it.”

“What you didn't tell someone was just as debilitating as what you did.”

“I prefer death to dishonor for me and my child.”

“Elizabeth felt as if every cell in her body was aflame with desire.”

“Aye. I’m afraid for my immortal soul now.”

“But some secrets are too delicious not to share.”

“I know a secret,and secrets breed paranoia.”

“Some secrets are meant to be known- but once known you can never forget them.”

“The story of my family. . .changes with the teller.”

CONFESSIONS

“To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.”

"That's why I haven't said it. It's not the right word for you and what I feel for you."

"Shut up. If you care about me at all, you'll just shut up and go away."

"I've been loved before--by Corinne, by other women...But what the hell do they know about me? What the hell are they in love with when they don't know how fucked up I am? If that's love, it's nothing compared to what I feel for you.”

“Everyone has two memories. The one you can tell and the one that is stuck to the underside of that, the dark, tarry smear of what happened.”

“You're the most annoying girl on the planet. You make me want to throw myself off a bridge. And, unfortunately, I am one hundred percent, head-over-heels, crazy in love with you.”

“They always say they didn't. I never heard of one who said, 'You know, I deserve this.' Never happens.”

“It’s inevitable. But we pretend it isn’t until that point where we can’t deny it anymore. Then we begin to repent.”

“No! We repent for the opportunities that we missed. The doors we should have walked through.”

“We make the choice . . . and then the choice makes us”

“I thought I understood what was best. I knew too little and believed too soon.”

“after the words were out, I felt... lighter.”

"Confession: if you gave me the chance, I'd love you until forever."

“Late have I loved you, O beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you!”

“If no one is perfect in this world, then it would be foolish of you to confess your sins to anyone. Unless you feel they must be perfect in the first place!”

“It's an easy thing to confess one's faults. But what dusk is deep enough to hide one's virtues?”

“When I pulled you on top of me and, you know, gazed dreamily into your eyes and said I liked you, I did not mean as friends. Obviously.”

“Loving you is like breathing. It’s impossible for me to stop.”

“For the same reason I can’t cast a spell to make your eyes green. You can’t create what already is. I was in love with you before that.”

“The one sincere confession is the one we make indirectly - when we talk about other people.”

“Memories remains about you always within my heart.”

“Your beauty. is impossible to define. Maybe divine?”

"I enjoy a good blurting out of secrets as much as the next person.”

“When you fight evil with evil, the outcome is certain: evil will win”

“I tried to unlove you, i failed”

“I must confess that... the most wasted of all days is the day that does not bring you.”

“Without confession, there is no cleansing.”

“i just want to be honest about my feelings without destroying everything.”

“Sometimes you feel alone because, like you, others aren't so ready to confess their shortcomings and struggles.”

“I’m a fixer, Allie. Taking care of others is what I do. I don’t know how to turn it off.”

“I want to hear you say those words again. If you do, I won't hold my feelings anymore. I might hug you or kiss you.”

“Yes, I’ve killed! I’ve killed as indiscriminately as God! And yes, I will kill again. I must.”

“Self-destruction is inevitable because existence is a full-time job.”

“Words are confessions of your actions. Choose them wisely.”

LIES

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”

“I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.”

“The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.”

“I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.”

“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”

“There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics.”

“A truth that's told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent.”

“It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.”

“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.”

“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.”

“Lies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.”

“It is an occupational hazard that anyone who has spent her life learning how to lie eventually becomes bad at telling the truth.”

“Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.”

“Lies require commitment.”

“Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies.”

“History is a set of lies agreed upon.”

“The best lies about me are the ones I told.”

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive.”

“Oh, don't cry, I'm so sorry I cheated so much, but that's the way things are.”

“Nothing is ever certain.”

“Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs.”

“Anyone who believes what a cat tells him deserves all he gets.”

“A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth.”

“Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”

“I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.”

“The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.”

“We're all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.”

“Lying is done with words, and also with silence.”

“There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite.”

“The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them.”

“Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies.”

“I guess sometimes you have to lie to find the truth.”

“The cruelest lies are often told in silence.”

“The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.”

“When no one you know tells the truth, you learn to see under the surface.”

“A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.”

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@sigilsongs asked: a tentative , exploratory kiss between friends?. from faeleys of old valyria

The   brazier   in   the   corner   cast   soft   shadows   across   the   stone   chamber,   its   flame   licking   gold   onto   Faeleys’   cheekbones.   Doreah   watched   her,   half   reclined   on   the   silk   cushions   they   had   scattered   across   the   floor,   the   air   between   them   filled   with   the   scent   of   orange   blossoms   and   dragon   oil.

They   had   spent   the   better   part   of   the   evening   speaking   in   low   voices,   slipping   between   Valyrian   and   the   common   tongue   like   dancers.   Doreah   had   laughed   too   often—light,   melodic   sounds   she   had   forgotten   she   possessed.   And   Faeleys,   ever   composed,   had   smiled—real,   lingering   smiles   that   softened   the   sharpness   she   wore   like   armor.

Now,   the   silence   between   them   was   not   uncomfortable,   only   full.   Possibility   hummed   in   it.   Doreah   reached   out,   brushing   a   stray   strand   of   hair   behind   Faeleys’   ear.   Her   fingers   lingered   longer   than   they   should   have."I   wonder,"   she   said,   voice   a   whisper   in   the   candlelit   hush,   "if   it’s   true   what   they   say   about   your   kind."

"That   you   are   kissed   only   by   flame."   Doreah’s   smile   was   slow.   Curious.   "But   I   think   you   could   be   kissed   by   something   softer."   Her   lips   hovered,   hesitant—a   breath   away   from   Faeleys’.   An   invitation,   not   a   command.   A   question.   And   then,   the   kiss.   Brief,   searching.   A   press   of   lips   that   trembled   more   than   it   dared.

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imagine going to a pleasure house and this beauty is at the center.

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CHLOE ROSE ROBERTSON as LUNA BRIGGS in WOLF PACK (2023).

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@rosecrowned asked: ❝ They’re blue bellflowers. They reminded me of your eyes. ❞ (doreah)

Doreah   blinked,   caught   off   guard   not   by   the   compliment   itself—men   said   such   things   all   the   time—but   by   the   softness   in   Margaery's   voice.   The   blue   bellflowers   nestled   in   the   Tyrell   girl's   palm   looked   delicate,   their   petals   trembling   in   the   breeze   like   dancers   mid-turn.

Her   smile   curved   slowly,   practiced   but   not   cold.   "In   Lys,   we   say   bellflowers   grow   where   secrets   are   whispered   and   never   told,"   she   murmured,   reaching   out   to   brush   one   of   the   blossoms   with   her   fingertips.   "Perhaps   that’s   why   they   suit   me   so   well."

She   tilted   her   head,   studying   Margaery   now   with   curiosity   rather   than   caution.   "You   noticed   my   eyes.   Most   only   pretend   to."   There   was   no   bitterness   in   her   tone—only   a   quiet   intrigue,   like   the   flicker   of   candlelight   behind   gauze.

"And   what   shall   I   notice   in   you,   my   lady?   The   rose   or   the   thorns?"

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↠ 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐆𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐂 . ( sentence starters for the muses that fall under the southern gothic genre. feel free to adjust wording / pronouns accordingly. )

❛ we bite the hand that feeds. ❜ ❛ it's out there. ❜ ❛ darkness surrounds this place. ❜ ❛ don't go out past dark. ❜ ❛ this place has rules for a reason. ❜ ❛ they're plotting your demise. ❜ ❛ they feed on fear. ❜ ❛ i feel like they're watching me. ❜ ❛ they don't like outsiders. ❜ ❛ what a load of bible - pushers. ❜ ❛ god ain't watching here. ❜ ❛ that place looks like it hasn't been touched in years. ❜ ❛ you're gonna need a gun if you go in there. ❜ ❛ don't go down there. ❜ ❛ they found a body by the river. ❜ ❛ stuff like that happens here all the time. ❜ ❛ we don't talk about that. ❜ ❛ this place can't be real. ❜ ❛ did you see that? ❜ ❛ it's easier to bleed than to sweat. ❜ ❛ it comes out at night. ❜ ❛ i want nothing. ❜ ❛ that was fucking creepy. ❜ ❛ we're gonna die in these woods. ❜ ❛ did you bring a flashlight? ❜ ❛ you better pray that it never finds you. ❜ ❛ run. as far and as fast as you can. ❜ ❛ they're all angry. ❜ ❛ did i do something to offend them? ❜ ❛ you'll learn the secrets the longer you're here. ❜ ❛ this ground is founded on fear. ❜ ❛ don't anger the townsfolk. ❜ ❛ they're good folk if they let you know them. ❜ ❛ lock your doors. ❜ ❛ you look sick to your stomach. ❜ ❛ if you listen closer, you can hear it screaming. ❜ ❛ fuck this town for ruining us. ❜ ❛ you can wash me in blood before i let this town take me. ❜ ❛ you think they're looking at us? ❜ ❛ if yours is glory, then mine must be shame. ❜ ❛ i'm saving my strength for running. ❜ ❛ i'll forgive it all. even as it all comes back to me. ❜ ❛ i am never coming back to this place. ❜

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House Vagnaron are also known for having dragons in the time it was a stronghold of Valyria, but they were also experimenting with shadowmancing and more and thus their dragons were different. Rumors are that they still have eggs hidden in the depths of the Vagnaron household.

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most of the words i came up with are for her to use when she is in bed.

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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐆𝐎𝐃𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐘𝐒

It's a fact well known that the main God wordshipped in the city is the Love Goddess, however, there are two other Gods that are by her side, her companions and lovers, sometimes husbands as according to the stories. While initially wordshipping the Valyrian Gods, after the Doom, Lys began to develop it's own culture and temples, to stablish themselves as different from the Valyrians. While other Gods remain on the Lysany Mythology; a sometimes God of the Sea, Goddess of Marriage and Longevity and God of Death.

Aelagona: The name of the Goddess of Love derives from the Valyrian word of Jorrāelagon. She is the most worshipped God in Lys and both women and men alike praise her presence. Celeberations for her occur for a week each month, in which those who are in couple engage in offerings for good fortune and wealth as well fertility if they wish for children. Through the city, there is dance and food, and what is often offered to the Goddess is maidens, during that week, a lot of maidens who come of age offer their maidenhood, it is said that given on that week, the Goddess would favor them through life with passionate thirst. Aelagona has two husbands, each one representing the sun and the moon, war and peace, both warriors in different ways. It's costumary in Lys when a husband is off to war, that a wife would take a lover, if bastards are born from this, they are raised in the main household, and it's a sign that the husband will come home safely.

Areāzma: The God of War, Battle and Strategy. He is Aelagona's main husband and lover. It is said he found her bathing on the shores and claim her as his on that same night. This is why he is also associated with the Moon and the Night. Soldiers wordship him before battle and during war itself. Areazma, alike the Love Goddess takes his name from a Valyrian word of War and does take lovers in the battlefield but it is less common. Soldiers and sometimes sellswords would wish for good fortune in battle in his temple by bringing their wives and bathing them in blood, a sign of one's willingness to fight for what they love and protect it. Areazma is accompanied in battle at times by the Goddess of Marriage and Longevity, Haerōsa, who alongside him, choose special warriors who are treated as heroes upon return.

Apovēzos: The Sun God and the god of peace times, songs and poets. Associated with good crops and deals, Apovezos is the Love Goddess second husband, who she took during the day Areazma left for war one day. Apovezos is also worshipped in the pleasure houses of Lys as stories say that the children of Aelagona and Apovezos are blessed with the pure Valyrian beauty and foresight of dreams. Celebrations in his honor happen on the temple during the day, where foreigns alike are invited and requested to join a dance celebration. Refusing to do so is seen as a bad omen. Apovezos is at times, associated with the crops and hunting, seen with a bow and arrow in most of the artwork around it.

𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐆𝐎𝐃𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐘𝐒

While minor Gods prayed on Lys, they are still part of their Pantheon. They are seen as companions, lovers or children of the main Gods, depending on the stories told by the main ruling houses of Lys.

Aembar/Aembara: The dual role of the Gods of the Sea. The Sea is seen as both depending on the state of the weather itself. A good weather and fast sail is atributed to Aembar, Sea God and the storms are seen as warnings and omens from Aembara. Both are said to be born from the Love Goddess and each one from each of her husbands, and they are as well, seen as lovers, something taken of their Valyrian tradition. Rituals take place the night before sailing and they have to be done on the deck of the ship, kneeling down the statues of both of them and pray, before as well, make love on the deck to be blessed by the Love Goddess.

Ābraera: Goddess of Marriage and Longevity, also seen in the battlefields. Seen as sister of the Love Goddess, she offers soldiers in the battlefield a safe return home as well a life well spend. Not a lot of festivities are done around her, except during wedding themselves. The female warriors of Lys do take her as their main Goddess to wordship and in order to enter the ranks, one must be wed the night before, to show the goddess trust in their marriage and life. She is often depicted as being a lover of the God of Death, Haerghon. It is said she brings the spirits of the dead soldiers to him in hall of heroes.

Haerghon: God of Death and the Afterlife. The Lyseni people see death as a great honor if all rituals are done properly. A good life spend in love, fertility, deals and all other aspects of life, are worthy of being taken to the Hall of Heroes, where your soul is said to spend eternity living, rewarded for your life. Haerghon is the less worshipped God among the pantheon but he is nevertheless respected and despite seen as a lover of Abraera, he is also seen as a lover of the Love Goddess. It's tradition before battle, in pleasure houses, that soldiers are allowed for free in the houses where the bedwarmers and women of silk welcome them, and give them honorary rites, in case of their death.

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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐗 𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐘𝐒

Used to the seven during the dance of dragons, after the Rogare fell from grace, the other houses voted them out as a great house and now the Rogeres are referred with the titles of "Grace" instead of Prince or Princess like the ruling houses. The six ruling houses are all confirmed descendants of Valyrian Households before the Doom and evolved into their own ventures through the years. At least two of them are descendants of Dragonriders, while there is a third one in dispute. The Houses all reunite in a council and each house as a member elected to survey as one specific matter. There are usually intermarriages between the houses to avoid wars between one another, though many seek marriages with other Free Cities, specially Myr or Tyrosh.

House Orthys: The richest of the houses with Prince Lysandro the elected treasurer and coin master of the house. Their sigil is represented with pearls and a woman's shape with a crowned heart, as they are followers of the Love Goddess with the richest and exclusive pleasure houses in Lys. Only exclusive clientelle can enter and they have the best girls and boys, trained and treated well. It's were Prince Viserys found his lover Doreah, perchusased for Daenerys as a Handmaiden. House Orthys is often the one hand visited when companies and people need loans and they rule the coin with a tight grip. If the coin is not delivered, they will ask for something as valuable in return. Prince Lysandro is master of coin, with his sister Narcysa managing the Pleasure Houses and their half sister Oriana being a companion to Quentyn Martell, travelling to Dorne. Without Orthys founding, no war efforts or ships or armies can be contracted.

House Haen: Members of house Haen are known to be warriors of the Love Goddess or the Goddess in Battle and they protect the city from attacks. They are also know for their beauty and the gold of pin in their sigil symbolize their wealth as well a symbol of safe passage. House Haen has a history of letting people take safe refuge during the war at the Stepstones. They are also known for having survived a poison attack after Myrmadora Haen went to King's Landing as a potential bride to Aegon III. Due to this their sigil, added wings to the horse, to refer their coming back. They handle the prepartion of the female armies of the city and protection of temples.

House Saan: House Saan can consider themselves distant relatives of the Velaryons, with a similar sigil upon their coat of arms. House Saan handles the construction of ships and fleets as well the protection of the city in materials, making sure the city is well stocked and protected after the war of the Stepstones. House Saan are known supporters of the Targaryens during the centuries, during the dance, an old friend of Mysaria, Daemon Targaryen's paramour, traveleled to Westeros and spied for them at court. She brought with her, the support of another house, house Vagnaron. At the time the two of them were bethroded.

House Dagaeron: Descendants of Dragonriders of Valyria before the doom, their dragons were said to be more Wyrm than Dragons, as their bloodbond with them wasn't as strong as the Targaryens before the Doom happened. Still, their sigil depics a White dragon atop of a rock symbolizing Valyria. The trident represent their command over the sea and the god of War and the scythe adoration for the God of Death. House Dagaeron are the negociatiors in the current regime of Lys, in a position known as gonfaloniere, an elected military leader. They command the male armies of Lys and negociations with anyone who wishes Lys aid in battle.

House Vagnaron: Descendant of dragonriders who were exiled from Valyria due to extreme experiments with shadowbinding and blood magic, they rose to power in Lys due to their military force. During the dance, the heir of the House travelled to Dragonstone to show support for Queen Rhaenyra with his then bethroded of House Saan, and also as an old client of Mysaria. House Vagnaron were the ones who took the Rogare's wealth after the war, deeming their actions of taking Prince Viserys, then King Viserys II as hostage as unreasonable. They are known shadowbinders and followers of the R'hallor.

House Pendaerys: House Pendaerys are related to the Celtigars of Claw Isle. They are perhaps the smallest of houses but a wise one, worshipping the God of Death and known for having visions of the future, like House Vagnaron, they are known shadowmancers and can bring people back from the death though it's said the second life is shorter than the first. House Pendaerys has a sea dragon on their sigil,a book and a horn, all things House Celtigar claim to have in their possession. Like the Celtigars, Pendaerys are the keepers of knowledge and healers, so they have the records of every citizen and slave on Lys, tracing every family tree, like the Celtigars. They are said to have been dragonriders of seadragons but this is a disputed fact.

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No one tell Theon that his name means God in Lyseni, he will never let it go.

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LYSENI EXPRESSIONS AND IDIOMS.

Doreah herself might use these when expressing something. While she knows many languages, Doreah will go to Lyseni when she is surprised, shocked, in fear or most likely, in deep pleasure. The first is the phrase, the second is the literal meaning and the third is what it would mean.

"Drakon en luxa." Dragon in the light. A powerful being revealed.

"Seluna sussurat." The moon whispers. Secrets are being shared.

"Sangra pyron est." Blood is fire. Passion and revenge are linked.

"Oenos veritas." Wine is truth. People speak freely when drunk.

"Lux te spectat." The light watches you. You are under scrutiny.

"Cantus thalassae." The sea's song. A call to adventure or longing.

"Glyka in polemos." Sweetness in war. Kindness even in dark times.

"Aurum verberat cor." Gold strikes the heart. Wealth corrupts or tempts.

Gender Matters: "Meus" (mine, masc.), "Mea" (fem.) Plurals: Add -ai → Drakon → Drakonai Adjectives precede nouns: Aureus gladius = Golden sword Genitive (possessive): Add -is → Lux Basilissis = The queen’s light

Lyseni Language: The Language of Paramours & Pleasure

In the city of Lys, famed for its beauty, art, and devotion to pleasure, language is an instrument of seduction, trust, and intimacy. In its pleasure houses, often called Domai Amoraegon ("Houses of Love"), language is both a performance and a contract.

Keeper (exclusive client) - Custos Mērī

Kiss - Basia

Touch - Tangra

Whisper- Susurra

Room - Thalamos, also meaning sacred chamber

Perfume - Aromae

Bond / Vow - Nexum

Silk -Serika

Kissed one -Basiata

Desire -Volessa

Dance -Orchysa

Curtain -Velaria, Dancers are referred to Velaerias.

Mirror / Specula

First Paramour -Primorisa

Customer - Naenie Custae

Matron of the House - Domina Volessa

A new addition to the House - Amorina

Bound Pair - Nexorae, can refer to a prefered client and their lover or a pair that works together.

Phrases Heard in a Lyseni Pleasure House

My keeper awaits. Custos meus manet.

The vow is ours alone. Nexum est solum nostrum.

You are my only flame. Tu es floga mea sola.

Shall I dance for you? Visne ut orchysem tibi?

Your kiss lingers. Basia tua manet.

I am bound to you. Ad te nexor sum.

Your gaze strips me bare. Visus tuus me nudit.

Enter the thalamos. Intraet in thalamon. Formal entry to private space.

I wear only the silk you gave me. Solum serika tua fero. Ownership and softness.

You have claimed me. Me vindicasti.

No other shall touch me. Nemo alius tangra me. Sacred exclusivity

Cultural Concepts Unique to Lyseni Pleasure Bonds

The Bonding Ceremony (Nexoria): When a paramour and keeper enter into exclusivity, it is sealed by sharing perfume, touch, and a whispered vow. This makes the keeper financially responsible but also spiritually connected.

The Veil of Pleasure (Velaria Amorae): A symbolic curtain used in private rooms to mark the space as sacred. Once drawn, it signifies intimacy and silence.

Gifts with Meaning:

Silk scarf (Serika): Given to claim a paramour.

Perfumed oil (Aromae Nexoriae): Used in rituals to seal the bond.

Mirror (Specula Volessa): Offered to paramours to admire themselves as seen through the eyes of their keeper.

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THE LYSENI LANGUAGE. COMMON WORDS AND MORE.

SOME VOCABULARY.

Sun: Aelios

Moon: Seluna

Sea: Thalassa

Fire: Pyr

Sword: Gladius

King: Basileus

Queen: Basilissa

Dragon: Drakon

Light: Lux

Love: Amora

Please: Erosan

Thank you: Gratias

More :Maera

Beautiful: Kallina

Goddess: Theissa

God: Theos or Theon

Water: Hydra

Wine: Oenos Peace: Paxia

War: Polemos Magic :Magikae Blood: Sangra Sky: Ourana Star: Asteari Gold :Aurumea Silver: Argenon Dark/Night: Nykta Light (adj.): Luxea Sweet: Glyka

Grammar Rules:

Sentence Structure: Lyseni follows a flexible Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) order, allowing for poetic expression.

Example: "The king rules the land" becomes "Basileus regit terram."

Pluralization: Plurals are formed by adding the suffix "-ai" to nouns.

Example: Drakon (dragon) becomes Drakonai (dragons).

Adjectives: Adjectives precede the nouns they modify and agree in gender and number.

Example: "Golden sword" is "Aureus gladius."

Possession: Possession is indicated by the genitive case, typically by adding "-is" to the possessor.

Example: "The queen's light" is "Lux basilissis."

Verb Conjugation: Verbs are conjugated based on tense and aspect, with a focus on fluidity.

Present: -et (e.g., Regit - rules)

Past: -en (e.g., Regen - ruled)

Future: -es (e.g., Reges - will rule)

Example Sentences:

The sun shines brightly.

Aelios luxet clarus.

The dragon flies swiftly.

Drakon volat celeriter.

The queens will love peace.

Basilissai amores pacem.

Cultural Notes:

Lyseni, with its roots in a culture that values beauty, wisdom, and power, is a language of poets and rulers. Its speakers are known for their eloquence and the ability to weave complex ideas into their speech effortlessly.

The language's softer tones and rapid pace reflect a society that prizes intellect and artistry and pleasure, drawing from the rich traditions of both Valyrian and classical antiquity.

A lyseni paramour is called Jorrāelin / Jorrāelina, derivative from the Valyrian word Jorrāelagon, meaning love. A Jorraelin is a male paramour while the Jorraelina is the female paramour.

When the Jorraelina becomes a wife, her title changes to Bēdārila, another derivate of Valyrian which for them means High Princess. Any children they have as a Jorraelina are legitimate by law though not in the line of succession unless the wife had not been able to bare children. Upon becoming Bedarila, she runs the household.

As a Jorraelina/ Jorraelin, they would wear a tunic or toga with the color of their House, signifying who they belong to. If they are the only lover, they will wear also a bracelet or pin with the personal coat of arms of their paramour. Lyseni born Jorraelins wear two belts and often in softer colors and creams, while those who were born outside of Lys wear more earthy palettes and wear only one belt, with the colored tunic.

After 10 years, if there is no marriage proposal from their paramour, the Jorraelina is allowed to find a marriage elsewhere, with their paramour having a hand in choosing their husband, usually someone inside their own House.

COMMON PHRASES: Hello | Salvea Goodbye | Valara Yes | Ita No | Nai How are you? | Kaemodo es? I am well | Bene sum You are beautiful | Kallina est | "Beautiful (fem.) you are" Please help me | Erosan auxiliam da | "Please, give help" I love you | Amora te | “Love (noun/verb) you” The goddess bless you | Theissa benedicat ao May the light guide you | Luxa ducet ao | "The light will guide you" Fire and blood | Pyr kai sangra You are mine | Tu nuhoan I want more wine | Volo maera oenos Praise the queen | Lauda Basilissa The sea sings tonight | Thalassa cantet nykta

Doreah herself was a Jorraelina to Prince Lysandro Orthys and the Prince of House Dagaeron, while it was rare she had two paramours, Doreah was considered special to others and thus, she was prophetized upon birth to be allowed to have three lovers. A Jorraelina can also handle the female warriors of a household if they are knowledgeble in the craft.

Besides this, of course their main duty it is to their paramour and to share their bed. If their paramour wishes to share their bed, there will be a rose placed on their bed on the day. Doreah herself had no need for this as while she had her own daytime rooms, she slept in the chambers of her Prince. Rumors have it, she would had become a Bedarila if King Viserys had not arrived.