#maela the mad

[stellisketches]

I got an ask that told me I could talk about anything and boy am I about to make them fucking regret it

[imaginarianisms]

full name :  daenerys i targaryen. other names :   dany, my lady, little princess, dan ares, wife, moon of my life, sweet queen, good lady, great lady, sweet lady, my shining queen, gentle queen, fair queen, great queen, gracious queen, just queen, bright heart, bright light, little silverhair queen, my radiance, my delight, my light of love, my love, my sweet song of joy, her grace, your grace, your worship, your high-and-mightiness, your radiance, your magnificence, stormborn, daenerys stormborn, daenerys stormborn of the house targaryen the first of her name, daenerys targaryen the first of her name, queen of the andals and the rhoynar and the first men, queen of meereen, queen of westeros, queen of the nine daughters, queen of the bay of dragons, empress of all valyria, princess of dragonstone, princess of summerhall, the dragon's daughter, dragonmother, khaleesi, khaleesi of the great grass sea, khaleesi of the dothraki, mhysa, the breaker of shackles, the unburnt, the breaker of chains, the mother of dragons, the mother of monsters, the bride of dragons, the bride of fire, the daughter of death, the slayer of lies, child of three, little girl, arrogant child, soft mewling fool, the beggar queen, treacherous sow, westerosi pig, cow, little whore, ignorant whore of a westerner, horselord's whore, whore, little whore, westerosi whore, the whore of westeros, bitch of a queen, oathbreaker, monster, the mad king's daughter, sunset savage, savage, bright shining child queen, the targaryen girl, the young queen shining from afar, mother, tato, aelalla, maela, qathei, our beloved queen, young girl, little queen, child queen, sweet young girl, little dragon queen, sweet child queen, the targaryen princess, the targaryen queen, the true targaryen, our hope, our rightful queen, the queen of the rabbits, the younger more beautiful queen, the daughter of dragons, the silver lady, the silver queen, the dragon queen, the queen across the waters, the queen across the sea, the queen in the east, the queen beyond the bones, the lady regent of the seven kingdoms, the queen of the sunset kingdoms, the queen of the seven kingdoms, lord of the seven kingdoms, protector of the seven kingdoms, protector of the realm, slayer of masters, the liberator, the unifier, aegon the conqueror with teats, rhaenyra come again, she-dragon, the fairest of them all, the fairest woman in the world, the most beautiful woman in the world, the last dragon, the amethyst empress returned, the world's deliverer, the prince that was promised, the princess that was promised, azor ahai, azor ahai returned, azor ahai reborn, the great stallion, the fiery stallion, the stallion who mounts the world, the unifier of the great grass sea, zhavorsa kazga, khal vezhven, sorceress, the black dragon, the dragon, the winged victory, daenerys the dragonbinder, daenerys the dreamer, daenerys the conqueror, the great khaleesi, the great khal, the obsidian empress. age : 16-17 (a game of thrones), 18-19 (a clash of kings), 20-21 (a storm of swords), 22-23 (a feast for crows-a dance with dragons-the winds of winter), 24 (a dream of spring). species : human; seeress & dragonrider (main); human; draconic alterhuman (modern). gender : femme leaning futch presenting cis woman. sexuality : ambiamorous demibiromantic bisexual.

origin : dragonstone, the crownlands, westeros. (main; verse varies); america (modern; verse varies). current location : dragonstone. (main; verse varies); americas (modern; verse varies). nationality : westerosi; essosi (main; canon); american (modern). ethnicity : the blood of old valyria (house targaryen, house velaryon, possibly house celtigar & house rogare), with first men (house blackwood & house massey), rhoynar (house martell & house dayne), andal (house arryn) & summer islander (house velaryon) ancestry (main); multiracial; white, indigenous, black, latina, & desi. spoken languages : high valyrian, dothraki, ghiscari & the common westerosi tongue. (main; canon); english, spanish, italian, latin, asl & basl. (modern). family : aerys ii targaryen (father-uncle), rhaella targaryen (mother-aunt), rhaegar targaryen (older brother), viserys iii targaryen (older brother), rhaego (son; khal drogo), drogon, rhaegal & viserion (her children, her dragons) the silver (her mare), barristan selmy (grandfather figure), shaera velaryon (maternal figure; @velcryons). partner(s) : khal drogo (first husband; deceased), hizdahr zo loraq (second husband; executed on charges of treason), daario naharis (paramour), currently single.

occupation : queen. (main; canon). student, activist, influencer & socialite as she technically doesn't have to work as a wealthy woman but does so anyway. (modern). religion :  syncretic view of the gods of old valyria, the dothraki horse god the great stallion, & the faith of the seven & later mother rhoyne, r'hllor & the old gods; omnist. height :   5'2". body type :  slender, hourglass, fairly well toned; short. disabilities & neurodivergencies : autistic, C-PTSD & hypersexuality due to trauma. hair : silver-gold (natural); was bald for a time after khal drogo's funeral pyre, her hair became short & recently grew long with intricate braids interweaved with silver bells. eyes :   bright eyes; amethyst eyes. tattoos : obtains traditional henna tattoos on her hands. piercings :  n/a (main; canon); beaded & a dragon in hoop earrings style (modern). scars : her hands are calloused due to being the wife of a warlord, has faded stretch marks across her belly from her pregnancy carrying rhaego, on her inner thighs & hands while riding drogon before she gets the proper saddle & reins. (main; canon).

educational background : little growing up, mostly streetsmarts for a very long time as she grew up on the streets of the free cities in exile with her brother viserys then later becomes self taught in a khaleesi then a queen's education & eventually becomes knowledgeable in magic & valyrian sorcery, particularly glass candles via marwyn the mage of the citadel. (main; canon); college. (modern). social media : n/a (canon); most general social media (modern). smoking :   n/a. drinking :   social. drugs :   cannabis to induce trance & divination by the dosh khaleen at vaes dothrak; has taken the shade of the evening while visiting the house of the undying in qarth.  athletics : a wonderful dancer, quick runner & rider of horses & dragons. hobbies :   singing, dancing, flirting, music, poetry, writing, literature, reading children's stories & songs from westeros about tall & handsome heroes, languages, history, archery, gardening, sunbathing, bathing in scalding hot baths, equestrianism, riding, hawking, sailing, swimming, sweet things, dragonlore & sorcery. favorite drink :   mare's milk, peach juice, milk & honey. favorite food :   sausages, cheese, grapes & peaches. favorite music :   classical (canon); indie, folk, pop, classical, rock (modern). clothing style :   classical gowns of the age, wears mostly gowns of silks, satins, velvets, myrish lace, furs whenever necessary and jewels, does wear dothraki wardrobe with a painted vest & riding leathers while barefoot & her hair oiled, with silk or horsehair pants, woven grass sandals, a medallion belt and a hrakkar cloak that was gifted to her by khal drogo, has a qartheen gown which leaves one breast bare & several ghiscari tokars, was gifted a lacquered dragon mask from the asshai'i shadowbinder quaithe upon her visit there that she occasionally uses in warfare for intimidation and to protect her face, and according to rumor to prevent others from falling in love with her, upon returning to westeros, she begins to wear more westerosi & valyrian cultural clothing while wearing one sun painted on each of her cheeks representing her desire for justice and vengeance for elia martell and her two children rhaenys and aegon targaryen and as homage to the princess nymeria of the rhoynar who led her people to a new home, gemstones reflecting both her valyrian and non-valyrian heritages that're connected to the silver bells in her intricately braided hair as per dothraki custom, one for each of her victories in her conquests of western essos and now westeros; while she does show homage to her non-valyrian heritage by wearing an overcoat with the sigils of house velaryon, house massey, house arryn, house martell, house dayne and house blackwood, she mostly begins wearing her black valyrian steel armor created from the forges of qohor during her conquest of essos and dresses of the black & red of house targaryen. (main; canon); casual/business casual, coquette, goth, hyperfeminine, academia & preppy (modern).

Tagged by: stole it from ourselves& !! Tagging: anyone who breathes !

[rainhadaenerys]

Dany's titles and names

Daenerys Targaryen

Stormborn

Princess of Dragonstone

Khaleesi

Khaleesi to Drogo’s riders

Khaleesi of the Dothraki

Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea

The Unburnt

Mother of Dragons

Breaker of Chains / Breaker of Shackles

Queen of Meereen

First of her Name

Queen of Westeros

Lady Regnant of the Seven Kingdoms

Protector of the Realm

Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men

Azor Ahai

Stallion Who Mounts the World

Princess That Was Promised

The Younger More Beautiful Queen

Child of Three

The Slayer of Lies

Daughter of Death

Bride of Fire

The Last Dragon

Dragon's Daughter

Daughter of Dragons

Bride of Dragons

Dany - by Viserys

Little Princess - by Ser Willem Darry

My Lady - by Ser Willem Darry

Dan Ares Wife - by Khal Drogo

Moon of My Life - by Khal Drogo

Silver Lady - by Mirri Maz Duur

Great lady - Brass merchant

Child queen - by Tyrion

Sweet child queen - by Tyrion

Bright shining child queen - by Ser Barristan

Young queen shining from afar - by Qavo

The Most Beautiful Woman in The World - by Quentyn, Victarion (and presumably many people all around the world)

Little dragon queen - by Tyrion

Little queen - by Tyrion, Franklyn Flowers, and Belwas

She-dragon - by Jon Connington

Sweet queen - by Xaro, Daario, Hizdahr and the Green Grace

Gentle queen - by Reznak and Hizdahr

Gracious queen - by Grey Worm and Hizdahr

My shining queen - by Reznak

Sweet lady - by Hizdahr

My light of love - by Xaro

Bright light - by Xaro

My sweet song of joy - by Xaro

My delight - by Xaro

My sweet delight - by Xaro

Great queen - by Quhuro Mo and Reznak

Dragonmother - by Quhuru Mo

Dragon Queen - all around the world

Silver Queen - all around the world

Mother, Mhysa, Maela, Qathei, Tato, Aelalla - by the freedmen

Aegon the Conqueror with teats - by Tyrion

Magnificence - by her Ghiscari subjects

Your Worship - by her Ghiscari subjects

Your Radiance - by her Ghiscari subjects

Your Grace - by her Westerosi Subjects

Your High-and-Mightiness - Brown Ben Plumm

Little silverhair queen - by Belwas

Fair queen - by Daario

My radiance - by Daario

Bright heart - by Daario

Bitch of a queen - Gerris Drinkwater

The Mad King's Daughter - by Leo Tyrell, Tyrion, Arianne and Westerosi smallfolk

The queen of the rabbits - by Dany herself

Mother of Monsters - by Dany herself

Queen of Slaver’s Bay - by Mace Tyrell

Young Girl - by Dany bherself, by Ser Barristan

Just Queen - by Tyrion

The Targaryen girl - by Ned, Littlefinger, Harry Strickland

Sweet young girl - by Illyrio

Arrogant child - by Qavo

True Targaryen - Illyrio

The fairest woman in the world

Our rightful queen - by Mollander

Our beloved queen - by Tyrion

Targaryen queen - by Tyrion

Targaryen princess - by Ned

Whore - by Robert Baratheon, Kraznys and Grazdan mo Eraz

Our hope - by Aemon Targaryen

My love - by Euron

Good lady - by brass merchant

Little girl - by Mero

Treacherous sow - by Mero

Horselord’s whore -  by Prendahl na Ghezn

Westerosi whore - Kraznys

Westerosi pig - by Kraznys

Cow - by Kraznys

Soft mewling fool - by Kraznys

Little whore - by Kraznys

Ignorant whore of a westerner - by Kraznys

Savage - by Kraznys

Sunset savage - by Kraznys

Whore of Westeros - by Kraznys

Beggar queen - by Kraznys 

[josiesimblr]

Manny: My Dad is gonna kill me.

Ava: He’ll be mad.

Manny: Nah. Like...he’s gonna kick my ass. Punch me in the face. And damn, he hits hard. *sighs* And my Mom...I’m kinda scared about her reaction the most. I really think she’s gonna be so hella angry. That I did this and dragged you into it. But whatever she feels- my Dad will take it on and make it worse because he lives for my Mom. My uncles and my aunts and all my family- they’re gonna make this into something so big because that’s just how my family operates. Fucking extra about everything.

Ava: We’ll face them. I have to face my Aunt Magda. And she won’t be mad- she adores you- but I know she’ll be disappointed. I’ve always told her everything and she’ll be hurt I kept this from her. I hate the thought of hurting her. Still. We knew this, Manny. *deep breath* Now it’s our reality and we have to face it. And I would never let anyone hit you in the face. I want to see your Dad try it.

Manny chuckles: I’ll use you as a human shield. 

Ava: And what else?

Manny: I miss my sister and the twins and my brother and...everyone. I’ve never gone any time without them. I wish they were here. I know Maela and Nicky and Nialla are here in spirit. But it would have been nice to see my brother smiling at me. My Uncle Benjie joking around. My uncle Nico making sure everything went smooth. My aunt Allie and Merchy crying. I’m just feeling like a piece of me is missing right now- they’re all such a part of me, Ava. And I just have this weird feeling inside...I can’t stop thinking about Nicky and Nialla. 

Ava gentle: They always will be. You didn’t betray them, Manny, by making your own way without them. And you’re thinking about the twins because they’re your family. 

Manny intense: You are too. You’re my family now, Ava. I’m so glad you took this chance with me. 

Ava teases: I couldn’t let the Holmes curse ruin the rest of your life.

Manny laughs, takes her hand and kisses it.

Manny: May I have this dance?

Ava: Certainly.

[stellisketches]

So what have you changed and added to Wyverns? In my personal little verse I like making Wyverns more of an Esmund thing over an Irene thing (I find it sad that Garroth can’t speak to Raven, they deserve to chat), and it kinda feels like you’ve done the same? So I’d just love to hear all the Wyvern headcanons and changes

So I've kind of done something similar, basically I made wyverns a symbol of Irene but also specifically a symbol of the Ro'Meave family, not so much Esmund himself as he never had a specific wyvern he rode, it was just his children. I headcanon that anyone who wields a relic gains the ability to talk to wyverns, since they were made by Irene and she put a lot of her power into them. This actually supported by canon though because Garroth and Raven are able to talk to each other at the end of season 2 after he gets his relic. I haven't written too much on wyverns (yet) but I'll at least list what I put in the Maela the Mad post plus a few extra:

Wyverns used to be able to travel to and from realms on their own as they were capable of creating their own personal temporary portals until they sealed off this power along with their whole realm after the War of Scales.

Wyverns also have their imagery tied to Kul'Zak, as they were kind of seen as "wanderers" between realms. Also it was Kul'Zak who helped them seal away the wyvern realm from the overworld

Wyverns don't really have genders, so whenever I refer to them with a pronoun know that its simply based on vibes and I may alternate

Wyverns don't actually gain sentience (ability to speak like a person) until their around 300-350

Ages 0-100 are considered infant wyverns and 100-350~ are considered adolescent wyverns

Wyvern bonds more commonly during infancy or adolescence than in adulthood

Wyverns also take life debts pretty seriously. If a human saves them, they are honor-bound to protect/serve them for the rest of the human's life.

This isn't the same as a wyvern bond, but bonds can happen as a result of a life debt later down the line.

This is just my personal opinion, but I don't actually think Garroth and Raven were actually bonded. I don't think Raven ever mentioned it and since he doesn't want to refer to Garroth as his friend in season 2 I think its an understandable assumption

This one's just for me, but I wanted to talk about the Ro'Meave wyverns I mentioned in the Maela the Mad post

Krysoff was the most famous out of all the wyverns, mostly because he had the most legendary riders out of everyone (Astarse I, Garath I, and Kulza I). He was a cobalt wyvern and also Garroth's personal favorite growing up.

Bemeld was ridden by Sion and Rahne, and like I mentioned before, Bemeld was one of the two sentient wyverns the Ro'Meave's had, meaning they and the Divine warriors were able to talk to one another and (according to Esmund and the other divine warriors) was the wisest being they had ever met, being very kind towards humans as well as highly strategic during battles. Bemeld was an emerald wyvern and also Vylad's favorite

Xarxes, the obsidian wyvern, is the second most famous, or moreso infamous I should say, as he was the most terrifying out of all the wyverns. Let's just say he had murder down to an industrialized process. He had two riders, Maelyn I and Maela I, who strangely enough both claimed that Xarxes ferocity existed only on the battlefield, and when he wasn't fighting had the disposition of a bitchy kitten (though this was largely ignored by most historians). Xarxes was Zane's favorite because of course that little edge lord liked the goth wyvern.

I haven't written much about Rmora yet, but she was a ruby wyvern and bonded to Astrid I

Also haven't written much for Dhurga, but she was a bronze wyvern and belonged to Sion II and Aya II

Lastly there's Strygr, the iron wyvern and the other of the two sentients. He was briefly ridden by Kulza I and Aya I (before the latter was killed in battle, another thing thing I forgot to add to the family tree), however he was only recorded as being bonded to Yrene I, however they disappeared with Yrene after she abdicated her position as Lord. The two of them were never seen again, though there have been several sightings over the centuries across many different regions of a spot of glinting silver flying through the skies.

[stellisketches]

Jesus fuck tell me literally anything you want your Ro’Meave family tree got me foaming at the mouth

oh god I shouldn't be given free reign like this. I never know what the people want to hear about.

The only people/generations that I have some stuff written about that I haven't talked about as much would be Maela the Mad and her sister Kulza II, Garmund III and his brother, Simund and Calmund, and Esmund's two children, Astarse and Sion.

I probably have the most written for Maela the Mad, so I'll give what I have on her.

To quickly summarize, Maela the Mad is the person who was essentially the first domino for the great wyvern exodus from the overworld back to their own realm. (Content warning for brief mention of a suicide attempt at the very end. Skip the last two lines in the paragraph that mentions the northern tower)

Also, before I begin, I want to talk about the presence of wyverns in Ru'aun.

You see, before the War of Scales (the war that caused the wyverns to seal off travel to their realm entirely, which happened only like two generations after this btw) wyverns could travel between their realm and the human realm fairly easily as they could make small, temporary portals to travel with. Many wyverns made part-time homes in the Overworld, and a small amount even bonded with humans. Esmund's children and grandchildren had all bonded themselves to a wyvern. (I'm gonna list their names because I fucking love names but if you don't care about that feel free to skip. There was Krysoff, Bemeld, Xarxes, Rmora, Strygr, and Dhurga) However, all but two (Bemeld and Strygr) were adolescent/baby wyverns. Wyverns don't actually gain sentience until their around 300-350 years old. Meaning that before that their minds are more akin to that of an elephant or a dolphin. Intelligent, but not capable of speech and mostly bound to their instincts and (if they have one) their human counterpart.

To start from the beginning, Maela I was the younger twin sister to Kulza II, being born of a Caesarian-Section that left their mother permanently paralyzed from the waist down. Their mother, Astarse III, was pretty old when she had them, and passed away in their mid teenager years. During their adolescence, Kulza bonded to Krysoff and Maela to Xarxes. (Also, their adopted cousin Rahne bonded to Bemeld). Both of the twins were HIGHLY magicks sensitive, however Kulza and Maela were fairly different in their personalities; Kulza was a solid B/B+ when it came to politics, and had a more pragmatic/realist view of the world. She was a bit superstitous and didn't put a whole lot of trust into magick (she only used her magicks as a last resort essentially). Meanwhile, Maela was a scholar who held a deep interest in magicks and witchcraft. She is one of the only people ever recorded by history as being capable of practicing both forms of sorcery. Despite their differences, they got along well and were pretty close with each other. The two of them actually fought together in a war that took place in a northern region (in which they were BARELY twenty years old) where both of them proved to be absolute BEASTS on the battle field: what with their magicks and sick ass wyverns and such. During her time Maela USED to be referred to as Maela the Mage or (mostly by her enemies) Maela the Darkwing, This was partially due to the darker-color auras her magick had and partially due to Xarxes, who was a black wyvern.

Anyway, the war settled down and the both went back to O'Khasis. Kulza married a commander she had met in the war (Simon the Stormwielder, who was also pretty badass) and Maela went back to studying her magicks. Life was pretty alright.

A handful years down the line, Maela started getting even more deep into the witchcraft rabbit whole. She was trying to find ways of amplifying her power so she could better help O'Khasis and defend it if necessary.

Kulza tried to talk her out of it, saying that the deeper she went into magicks the more dangerous it was going to become for herself. Maela didn't really pay her much mind.

One night, at the O'Khasian Archive (The original one, this was several generations before the purge of pages) a great blinding light and the sound of an explosion emanated throughout all of O'Khasis.

Now, Maela had been studying in the archive, and while Maela never told a soul what happened that night, what caused the explosion, what she saw, and what she created, it was pretty safe to assume one of her spells had gone poorly.

While she was still functional and could hold normal conversations, Maela wasn't the same after that night. She reportedly would have instances where she would stare off into random corners of a room with fearful expressions, and instances where she would have a violent mood swing without any trigger. They never lasted more than a few minutes before she returned to her senses, apologized, and quickly withdrew herself from whatever situation she had been. There were also some reports that she had become silently paranoid, constantly looking over her shoulder and around every room she entered like someone was following her.

Kulza got really worried about her. She tried to tell her to take a break from all the magick studying and go off to live in the countryside for a bit to take a breather. Maela refused. She had begun to have dreams, you see. Dreams of realms being created and destroyed, merging and ripping apart. She saw strange and familiar lands burning, and blood spilling across snow.

These dreams were driving her even more insane, and she decided she was going to do a spell to try and figure out what exactly it was that she's seeing.

She cast a spell to see into the future. She saw what she had seen in her dreams, only in greater detail. Her worst fears were confirmed when she was told that that was to be the future. She asked what would cause it, and she was given the following description:

Ruler and Warrior, With bracelets of ink and blood and a face of many patterns, it is from this life which will be born a hatred and betrayal, one that will herald the destruction and rebirth of all that is true and and all that is false. For the herald's destruction must come those that they once loved and loved them in return.

Well, that's needlessly cryptic and foreboding. I mean, how is someone supposed to decipher that? Ink bracelets? Patterned face? Sounds pretty whack if you ask me.

On a completely unrelated note, did I mention that Kulza has vitiligo? And several arm tattoos she got in the war? Must of forgot, my bad.

So, quite a few things happen after that in an undecided amount of time (honestly this could have happened anywhere from a few days to a few years after the vision and I haven't fully planned out everything), but I'll skip to the part where Maela murders Kulza's husband and declared that Kulza needs to die for the safety of the realm. Now, just a little before this happens, Rahne (their cousin) takes off on Bemeld to try and find the one person they think can stop this whole debacle. But while that's happening, Maela has organized a small but loyal band of followers that attempt to storm the castle, while Maela herself flies Xarxes around O'Khasis in case her sister tries to escape. The castle is defended by Kulza's men although Kulza is nowhere to be found herself. On the third night of Maela's horde's attempt to break into the castle, Maela is perched on Xarxes atop the Juumel Katedraal, and hears a pained voice from behind her.

"I beg of you sister, let us end this now, so neither of us shall bear the scorned title of kinslayer."

Maela turns to Kulza, riding atop Krysoff.

"I will end this, dear sister, but only with your death."

And Xarxes takes to the skies.

The battle that took place between the two wyverns and the two sisters was so great and fierce that many of the O'Khasians below mistook the battle for an incoming storm. Lights danced across the sky, arrows flew from Kulza's bow, and the shrieks and roars of wyverns tore through the night like thunder and lightning. Maela threw all the magicks she possessed at her sister, and Kulza became so desperate she finally began to use her own magicks, a terrifying and destructive force that she had kept hidden away for very good reason.

It seemed Lord Luck could not decide which sister he favored. In a single moment, many things happened all at once

Xarxes sunk his teeth into Krysoff's wing, ripping it off in a single motion.

Kulza emitted a a spell that watchers on the city walls described as a dark and molten sun bursting and spreading as if the sky began to crack open.

Kulza fell from her wyvern, but not to her death. Instead, she landed in the lake of the Ro'Meave memorial gardens. She dragged herself into the giant glass mausoleum that held Ro'Mevia's tomb. Maela and Xarxes shattered through the wall, raining glass upon the whole crypt.

Maela was barely able to pick herself off the ground, but still she held a dagger in hand to kill her sister with. However before she got the chance to do anything with it, she felt her arm which held the dagger be pulled back by a large, firm hand.

Remember how I said Rahne was going to get someone's help?

That someone was Esmund the Mother Fucking Protector, who was very much still alive and well at that point in history.

"I return to the place that I built for my wife and our family, only to find her resting place desecrated and two of our wyverns, sworn to this family by blood, dead. What, in the name of all living gods, did you do?"

Maela is trying desperately to explain to him what happened, why Kulza needs to die, and Maela needs to be the one to do it in order to protect the realms from collapsing in on each other. She tells him the vision, the prophecy she was granted. Ruler and Warrior, bracelets of ink and a patterned face. But Esmund just looked at her with disappointment and sadness. He doesn't understand.

Now, this is where things get fuzzy cause I haven't written it all out yet, but essentially, immediately after what became known as the Twinfire Battle, all the wyverns of the realm (since they are telepathically linked) felt the pain and anguish of the two baby wyverns who slaughtered each other because their humans put them against one another. The night that it happened, thousands of wyverns took to the skies and through their combined efforts made several massive portals form throughout Ru'Aun that 95% of the wyverns left through. Bemeld (Rahne's wyvern, who was sentient) explained to Esmund that the wyverns were going into mourning, and they would not be back for a very long time. Only a few wyverns, who's bond with their human ran very deep, stayed behind. Bemeld said they would serve the rest of their life bond to Rahne before returning to the wyvern realm as well.

In the following days, after talking to Esmund and seeing him off as he returned to the Divine Warriors, Kulza makes a decision. Though, if we're being honest with ourselves, it wasn't really a decision as she knew in her heart she would've never picked the alternative.

Kulza did not have her sister executed. Despite the betrayal, despite her husband's needless death, despite the death of their wyverns, despite everything, Maela is still Kulza's sister.

And Kulza still loves her. She is all that she has left.

But what she does, out of love, is crueler some might argue than a quick end.

Maela was taken to the northern tower and kept there for the rest of her life. Her chambers were comfortable and filled with books, but the chambermaids and guards who looked after her said she had taken to muttering to herself and spent most of her time tracing the lines between the bricks of her holdfast rather than any reading. Many a times she would begin screaming about her dreams and what she saw, repeating the prophecy over and over again. One or two times she tried to fling herself off the tower, crying about how she didn't want to experience the hell of the collapsing realms.

Kulza even tried to visit every once in a while. They went about as well as you'd expect.

Kulza had also been pregnant during the original debacle, as she later found out, and gave birth to a son she named Stormund. She had a second son, Garath, several years later with an unrecorded father.

Maela died at the age of 38 from unknown causes, as Kulza refused to release any details about her sisters death, and all of the guards and chambermaids were sworn to secrecy. Kulza herself passed ten years later, on the evening before the anniversary of Maela's death.

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Outside of any of the big 3 main cast who's your top 3 favorite Ro'meave in the Dynasty n why. Even if it's.not.explicitly canon I'd love to hear ur hc

Oof that's hard. I love (pretty much) all my Ro'Meaves but for very different reasons. The main contrast is loving them from a writing standpoint and loving them from a character/personality standpoint. So I'm just gonna make a list for each lol.

From a writing standpoint:

Zane I/Zane the Martyr- His story was the first one I came up when I began making the tree. I wasn't really planning on giving him much of a personality at first as I was more focused on the historical event in which he lived but he grew on me and I really like the character design I came up with for him. I have a pretty wide range of character tropes I enjoy and sometimes I just like to write someone who is just genuinely a good and kind person. Also he was kind of a badass in the end as he defended the Cathedral with a pretty noble and badass speech when the angry mob showed up.

Maela I/Maela the Mad- I'm still working on a different ask where I talk about her, but oh my god I really like her story. Unhinged women are great, but unhinged women who cause huge effects to the plot of the story? BANGER. Her story is also a deeply tragic one, and while she does some pretty awful things I can't help but feel sorry for her on some level.

Galahad I- Ok I know I literally JUST added him onto the family tree but I'm really interested in what his story is going to be. I haven't fleshed it out fully yet but I will spoil and say he straight up killed his brother

Honourable Mentions: Gordainia, Gianna I, Caelestis III, Garmund III, Zane II, Ygritte of Gal'Ruk, Zane III, and a bunch more

From a personality standpoint:

Caelestis I- If I got an ask for who was the most unhinged Ro'Meave to ever live (in the fun way) it'd be this fucker. Once cut out his own eye to prove a point and chopped off his own arm to make a statement.

Esma the Uncrowned- Again, I really love me a badass lawful-good character every once in a while

Astarse I/Garath I- I'm putting them as a tie because their very similar. I had fun playing with Astarse as she's Esmund's firstborn child and she probably ranks 2nd-3rd in the most unhinged Ro'Meave category. She works as a foil to Esmund and she fought beside her father in quite a few battles. Also she got half her face burnt off one time and has pretty sick character design. I like Garath I because she was really badass and rode a wyvern (techinally a lot of the 1st and 2nd generations rode a wyvern but she became the most famous wyvern rider, also her wyvern's name was Krysoff and I love him)

Honorable Mentions: Sion I, Elara, Igeyin, Maelyn IV, Raphael & Helios, and a bunch more

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I really am gonna have to turn Maela the Mad into an AO3 fic because jesus fucking christ man

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Remy sighs: Listen, Maela. I really can’t discuss RJ and Diosa and their twins, my grandbabies. But it’s true, they’re together. And as for the other baby and why RJ is mad at me-

Maela waits for her father to continue speaking, grows alarmed when she’s certain she hears him crying. Her father rarely cried.

Maela upset: Daddy! What’s wrong! Please tell me!

Remy: I will. But it’s something I need to tell you face to face. Like a man. And not over the phone. Okay? Trust me.

Maela: Daddy, I want to come home! I hate to hear you upset! Where’s Mom? Let me talk to her!

Remy coughs: She’s not here. She’s staying with RJ and Diosa for a time. And please don’t call her cell about this, Moonbeam. We wanted to keep it a surprise but your mother is having a baby and she needs rest and no more trouble-

Maela gasps: A baby! Mom is having a baby!  But she’s 39, she’s so old! And what trouble? Why isn’t Mom with you, why is she with them? Daddy, this makes no sense-

Remy interrupts: Maela. I promise when you come home? Daddy will have this all sorted out. Don’t worry. And don’t worry Manny either. I don’t need him getting upset, you know he starts acting crazy. *sighs* It’s very complicated, that’s all I can say. You enjoy your summer, Moonbeam. And when you come back...we’ll talk. I’m taking a trip to the Philippines with your uncle Nico and we’ll all be back as a family once summer ends, I promise you that.

Maela hangs up with her father, touches her fingers to her temple in worry.

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Maela: Daddy? 

Remy pleased: Moonbeam! How are you, princess?

Maela softly: I’m okay...how are you?

Remy: I’m blessed and highly favored, my sweet child. What’s up with you? You sound you like got something on your mind, Moonbeam.

Maela hesitant: I do... it’s about RJ. And Nicky. And Diosa... Daddy, what is going on? I’m really worried! I talked to RJ and he said something about having a baby with Diosa and to ask you about his other baby and then Nicky overheard and it was all a big mess!

Remy gruff: Nicky overheard?

Maela: Yes! He was so upset! And RJ sounded so...cold? What are RJ and Diosa doing together? And what about RJ’s other baby? Why did RJ sound like he was mad at you? I’m really confused!

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Lucas gentle: Ingrid, it’s a bad burn, but I don’t think it’s gonna scar, okay? I’m gonna get you some painkillers and try and find some burn cream for your hand. And you should be fine for the bake off, I promise.

Ingrid’s drunkenness had worn off because of the pain. She takes a deep swallow.

Ingrid weakly: Okay.

Manny angry: That fucking Nicky. How the hell is he gonna get her drunk and cooking? He’s so selfish, it makes me sick sometimes.

Ingrid: Don’t. Don’t be mad at him, Manny. He was trying to help because he-

Maela: He what?

Ingrid sniffs: Nothing. He didn’t do anything but help me. 

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Diosa cries: Why does he do this, Neely? I know he loves me. I know it. But it’s like he looks for any way to hurt me. Whenever he can.

Nialla: I love my brother, Diosa, but honestly? Nicky is terrible. He’s so dead inside. I don’t know what it will take to bring him back to life. But if you keep dealing with him, you’re going to end up just like him. Cold and bored and empty.

Diosa insists: I HAVE to make him mine, Neely. You don’t understand. He won’t let me HAVE him. If I could just have him- I know I’ll be fine.

Nialla: You want him because you can’t have him? Diosa, that’s not good. It means you like the idea of Nicky. Not the real person.

Diosa allows her best friend to hold her close.

Nialla: Let’s go. You and me and Maela. We can go to Roxy’s, dance...have a few drinks...

Diosa sobs: I’m not in the mood for Roxy tonight. You two go. I’m going to go home.

Nialla: Are you sure? We can-

Diosa: I’m sure. I really want to be alone right now, Neely. Please don’t be mad- but I just need time alone. To think.

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Maela pleads: Diosa, don’t make a scene! This party is going so nice for RJ!

Diosa furious: I won’t make a scene. But I can’t let Nicky get away with this! Flirting with girls right in front of me?

Nialla exasperated: Diosa. He does it ALL the time. I wish you’d let my brother go. He’s an ass. I swear he does this on purpose, just to get a rise out of you!

Diosa: I don’t give a f*ck why he does it, but I’m not going to let him think this is okay!

Maela: He’s looking right at you with that big sh*t eating grin of his, Diosa. He knows he’s getting you mad. Don’t give him the satisfaction! 

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Maela snaps: The baby you might have conceived with Nicky last night! Because neither one of you used protection! That baby!

Maxine gets up, puts her hands to her forehead.

Maxine: Conceived? 

Maela: Conceived! No protection! Oh my goodness, do you even KNOW what I mean?

Maxine: I...um...so Nicky told you...we...I lost my virginity...and-

Maela shouts: Save it! I don’t want to hear about your lost virginity. First of all, virginity is a stupid word that shouldn’t even exist, let alone be something you lose. You lose jewelry and car keys, not your so-called virginity. What you did was have your first sexual experience. We women need to empower ourselves and stop talking about our sexuality using annoying words like virginity. But that’s a discussion for another time. I’m too mad to even go into it. What I want to talk about is how you had unsafe sex with my cousin, and what you plan on doing about it! HUH? Exactly what, Max?!

Maxine cries: Oh, Maela. Stop yelling at me! I don’t even know what you mean. I’m so confused and I’m really feeling like I want to cry.