#daine the wildmage

[ithopoiia]

thinking about numair having a tiny painted portrait and lock of diane’s hair that he carries around ✨

[allxthingsxglxtter]

“Someday I must read this scholar Everyone. He seems to have written so much--all of it wrong.”    

Veralidaine Sarrasri 

[sassystudent-me]

[masterkeynobi]

god going thru the tortall big 3 (sotl/immortals/pots) again is actually so interesting bc the protags have such diff rships to, like. their liege and the capital r Realm and duty and such it's Very fun + jon himself is [presented as] such a different person in each series bc of both what his age and responsibilities are (how they differ) & simply who he is to each. like, alanna is his best friend & ex & fucking. sword arm. right hand man. she's his champion and the kind of knight who, to paraphrase lord raoul in squire, finds dark places and brings them light and all that. like she's not a general or a bureaucrat or a commander the way raoul or gary + her rship to jon is so so Personal that she can afford to a) yell at him and b) fuck off away from corus when he makes decisions she doesnt like. she's allowed to yell at him because he's a close personal friend and he's the thing she's sworn to.

the interesting thing about daine is that she is loyal to Him (she's smitten with him upon meeting him, she and numair are the crown's pet mages and she does a great deal of spycraft for jon whenever it becomes necessary) but it's through a different. idk what the word would be. lens perhaps? like, she's not sworn the same oaths of loyalty to him that any and all knights/nobles must have + she Can defy him and he would be very hard pressed to stop her lol who the fuck can take thee Wildmage to task and win + she has an informal personal rship with him if a more businesslike one than alanna does. but the immortals books do emphasize that she bears him love and loyalty and by the time pots rolls around she and numair are living in corus.

kel on the other hand is sworn to jonathan in the way that all knights are sworn to the king and doesn't particularly like him. so true babygirl get his stupid ass!!! she is a knight and her duty is to king and country but unlike alanna. unlike alanna! she puts country first. she commits treason for her people and means every word of it she puts what she considers her duty and honor above what politically /is/ her duty and her honor. shes stubbornly un-charmed by all of jon's kingliness and has only the relationship to him of a knight to her liegelord. and he respects her but has and would continue to fuck her over if it meant the machine of corus kept running. its really good i fucking love these books man

[where-our-stories-start]

[the-tiktok-rogue]

extended cooper family round up!

[artcake]

Veralidaine Sarrasri, called Daine the Wildmage.

My next favorite Tortall girl, after Kel- I loved her arc and her connection to the animals.

[spaceteenagers]

What exactly are you here for?

To see with eyes unclouded by hate.

here it is!!!!!! the daine numair princess mononoke au!!!!!!

the first post

Numair summoned the demon that cursed him himself, and he’s searching for a cure and he won’t let anyone make his mistakes, to try to control what gods do. Daine is the half god daughter of the forest god. Her mother was killed by a group of bandits lead by whoever lady eboshi is here, and she is almost completely feral. and this is practically just canon up to now. theyre closer in age here, numair is probably abt two years older then daine?  boy tammy that was a weird fucking thing u wrote anyway my buddy is reading tempest and slaughter and she got me in the mood for ths, but you know i cant believe it took me this long to think of it, a wolf princess, a man expelled from his own country , why havent i done this years ago 

@tamorapierce

[aki-chan2014]

Took me a while to figure out what Daine to draw for the final book in the Immortals series but then I eventually settled on the locket thing that Numair keeps.

[frogsandboxes]

These Artworks Are Not Licensed

@TamoraPierce - Duel Wield has finally decided that my hobby artist self is a horrible, horrible threat and must be stopped. 

[allxthingsxglxtter]

@galaxydrcaming​ || For Anyone

“Coming back and finding so many new places to explore...I can’t say I’m disappointed.”  Daine giggled a little at the sugar-glider on her shoulder, Treeflame chittering in her ear about how pretty Camelot was.  The castle reminded Daine of home, even if it was very different from Tortall, and she was enjoying being able to explore.  Turning a corner she paused when she nearly walked into someone, Treeflame hiding in her hair as Daine smiled at the other. “Sorry!  I should’ve been more careful rounding corners.”

[sassystudent-me]

Daine

[emilyhurstpritchett]

A sketch in progress, started at church and continued in rehearsal. Daine the Wildmage! posted on Instagram - https://ift.tt/2NB5WQ2

[big-ass-magnet]

I love Daine so much. I love how she just... *clenches fist* annihilates her enemies with the force of her rage.

[where-our-stories-start]

[annikasafternoonread]

Kel thing here- No one talks about that little moment during the Progress when one of Kel's oldest sparrow friends dies and she brings the body to Daine. Just, brings her friend to Daine even through there's obviously nothing to be done, and the Wildmage cries too. They mourn for the sparrow together. This tiny little bird.

No one talks about how Kel is probably one of the very few people Daine has ever met who feels the way she does about the People.

Others are sad about animals dying, but it doesn't hit them the same way. When we first meet Kel she risks her life fighting a monster and climbing a cliff to save a bag of kittens. In the ruins of Haven she morns the sacrifice of the sparrow who wedged itself into the eyesocket of a Killing Device so one of it's human friends could sneak up and kill it, crushing the sparrow with the same blow.

When the girffon's parents finally arrive for their child and Kel is left standing there with the things she used to bath this pest that clawed and bite her and broke her fingers and cost her sleep and Kel still will miss him, Daine is with her, she understands.

From warhorses too big and stubborn for her that Kel refuses to let be be put down, to the general kindness of putting out food for the local sparrows, to paying for the sausages stolen by a random ugly dog and stopping the man who wanted to hurt it- From the moment Kel arrived at the palace, she showed a value for the lives of creatures that nearly everyone else around her didn't.

In Haven, when Daine fills many of the fort animals with magic and changes them so they can think more like humans, it's not because Kel needs the help. I don't think it's even wholly because the animals asked.

But she knows. She knows how Kel thinks of animals- Beings to be respected even when they are ugly, even when they are ornery or annoying or get in the way, even when they are small and cannot speak.

Even though Kel hasn't a drop of wild magic, she still is ready to die fighting for the animals who need her. They are People to her, too.

And she will protect them.

I just wish we talked about that more. Daine and Kel's connection is an understated but crucial core part of the Protector of the Small books, and it makes me cry Every. Single. Time.

Hello this is beautiful and make me cry just a little bit because you're so fucking right. Dead on. Every word.

For Kel, it doesn't matter who someone is -- young or old, weak or strong, male or female (or other), ally or enemy, human or horse or cat, they are all valuable to her. They are all people, and they are all worthy of her protection. And she'll work with them, meet them where they are. She doesn't want to change them or break them or make them any less than they were born to be. She loves Peachblossom's stubbornness and pride. She loves Jump's mischief. She loves watching the griffin grown and thrive. If they were different, they wouldn't be them.

She sees the creatures' intelligence and their kindness and their courage -- and their sacrifice. She sees them the same as any human. The sparrow was as much a soldier as Oluf was, or Gil. And she mourns them the same.

It makes sense that Daine sees the People as people, of course, because she is of their blood. She can speak with them, understand them, become them. Other folks might scoff at it, but they also respect it as a part of her power -- and she's powerful enough they wouldn't dare say much to her face. They might respect it, but there are still likely few who truly understand it like Kel does, few who feel the same way. Kel has no connection to the animals beyond just... kindness. Compassion. But her connection by choice and caring is just as powerful as Daine's connection by blood and magic.

I hope they get to connect more, perhaps in times of peace. Share stories of their animals, or share knowledge and skills. They would be good for each other. A steady soul, an understanding heart, a kind hand. They'd have a lot to talk about. And they both need more friends, people to lean on and let carry them when things are heavy.