#ndm aife

[toadjunkie]

Doodles I did of the lovely ladies of The Good People

[unseeliethot]

Don't have shoujo vision at home? Store bought is fine

Have YOU been consumed by a burning excitement and absolute infatuation with @moiraimyths demo of their game Na Daoine Maithe? Do YOU wish you had obnoxious phone backgrounds to showcase the love you have for these characters?

Say no more, obnoxious it is and here they are! Free and all!

[oldmisfortune]

I was supposed to design my oc bUT AS ALWAYS i got distracted by a warm up and didn't stop 🤡

I almost didn't post this because i didn't feel like it was that good but my friends were super supportive so here i am

Conclusion: I am not immune to Aife

[the-clockwork-three]

ROs' names in ogham

Ogham is the first writing system in Ireland, first used in to write Primitive Irish. It is usually seen carved into ancient standing stones found around the country.

So anyway I thought it would be appropriate to write the Na Daoine Maithe characters' names in it. Ogham is read from bottom to top, and due to Tumblr tomfoolery, you may have to click the image to see the name in full.

Not everything transliterates literally however. There are no fadas in ogham, so Aífe and Flannán lost fada privileges. Keagan is technically written as "Ceagan" due to the lack of the letter "k". There also is no letter "v" in Irish so I wrote Meave's name in my personal favourite way, "Meabhdh".

Bonus! Tadhg (my MC)

[maistiruin]

I know you don't do HCs but I like your theories so I wondered if you had any ideas what their weddings might be like 👀

anon i am so sorry because I kept forgetting about this in the drafts

planning fictional weddings may be one of my favorite things to do ever. Everyone else under the cut. This is arranged by who I had ideas for first. Lengths and details may vary.

Shae

You and Shae avoid getting married the whole time somehow, despite doing married people things your entire relationship. And then it's tax time and you realize it would be way more convenient to do these if you were married. Now you're married.

OK, tax joke aside, one night after a long time of marriage-esque domesticity, you just wake up bolt upright and ask, "Should we get married?"

Shae's still a little sleepy so they just grumpily tell you to ask again in the morning. They wrestle you back into a cuddle position. You are soft putty and cannot win.

Before you can wake up and ask again, Shae is up first and beats you to it. You should have proposed first!

You send out invitations—not a lot, just the people who matter. Shae's family, the friends you've made, small group only. You specifically tell everyone that it's because you're getting married in a few days, but everyone still brings food to the outpost like it's some kind of potluck.

The ceremony takes place three days later in the garden. Under the trellis, where some berry plants are tied to prevent them from falling over. It smells like it's about to rain, and you have to act fast.

It starts as a light drizzle that becomes a whole shower just in time for the final kiss. Everybody rushes inside before the rain gets any worse, but all in all, it was a great day.

Maeve

You and Maeve do get engaged and all, but in the spirit of her U-Haul Lesbian vibes (...U-Haul Bisexual?), one weekend in the heat of wedding planning, you spirit away and just elope.

It's a private affair with just you and the crows (ravens?) as your only guests. You come back to the capital two days later and dive back into the wedding planning whirlwind.

You still go through with the public wedding, but now it's more fun for you both. A lil wink to each other as you repeat your wedding vows. No one else gets the joke.

No one will ever know the wedding was just for show, except maybe three people (Flannán included?) and this knowledge will stay secret until at least your 10th wedding anniversary.

Robin

Robin canonically cannot got to a church, so you have a destination wedding instead.

First stop, the trash heap. You have to pick out your wedding rings. There's a lot to choose from.

Next stop, wherever the hell you want. It doesn't matter, they can take you there.

If you can't decide immediately, Robin will cycle between a few places, including but not limited to: Shae's outpost, the forests of Murias, literally right at the Seelie-Unseelie border, the throne room at the People's Castle, and the hoard he calls home.

What follows next may be romantically stupid or stupidly romantic, depending on which end you are so inclined. You exchange vows at the location of your choice.

Part of me wants to say Robin splits their wedding vows into sentences and each one is said in a different location, but I don't know how great teleportation is for either party.

Robin is as Robin does, the last line they say is "We're married now, buck-o."

Seems legit enough. Now let's go pick the honeymoon location.

Flannán

Married and engaged in the same day.

You wake up one morning to see Flannán trying to fit a ring over your finger, and he tries to make you go back to sleep and pretend like nothing happened, but eventually relents and proposes.

As soon as you step out of the bedroom, you find people rushing around the castle covering every inch of it with winter blossoms. Flannán looks as surprised as you.

He flags someone down to say that the proposal is off. He's bright red as he explains that he already proposed to you on accident.

Turns out this isn't for the proposal.

Apparently, no one trusts you or Flannán to plan your own wedding in a timely or easy manner. You are now getting married.

Talk about overwhelming. You just got engaged less than an hour ago. To be fair, it doesn't matter how you got married. Just that you finally do.

Also Flannán's dogs are chewing on the decorations the whole time. If this were a wedding with a photographer, they would feature in every single shot.

Not because the photographer was too focused on the dogs (valid but not the case). It's because they want to be included in everything.

Aífe

OBVIOUSLY a massive ceremony. All of the Seelie court is invited. I'm torn between having it in the palace gardens or the throne room. Both seem like great ideas.

Aífe's wedding will be loaded with outfit changes like nobody's business. She has at least ten gowns for herself, and then ten outfits for you so you match with her every single time.

The ceremony would be simple if not for the break taken for every outfit change. Aífe made all these dresses, she MUST get to use them.

Outfit changes extend to the reception, too.

Aífe sings you a lovely ballad and you just have to stand there and take it and how in love you are with her. And you need to let her finish the song or else she'll be very cross with you, and that's no way to start your marriage.

Unless, of course... you would like to sing with her? She does love it when you duet.

The wedding reception is truly equal parts reception and equal parts recital. People (mainly Aífe) showing off their talents and having fun, celebrating.

Keagan

Full disclosure, it is impossible for me to think of Keagan wedding HCs without thinking of my Arranged Marriage AU at the same time. And that's a very different wedding than what I imagine Keagan would normally have. Probably still similar enough though.

Sorry for talking about the Arranged Marriage AU (not sorry actually :P)

Anyway, garden wedding for sure. Aífe wouldn't say no to lending the royal gardens for her dearest friends' wedding.

It may also be next to one of those super cool waterfalls in the royal gardens but I have my personal reasons for wanting that.

It's a bad idea though because waterfalls are Loud, so maybe we'll keep it to that nice gazebo by the water.

There have been spring showers every day leading up to the wedding so the two of you are rightly worried about wedding plans, but when the day comes, it's nice and sunny.

It's actually too nice and sunny.

If you turn around at any point during the ceremony, you'll see people holding up things over their faces so that the glare from the sun isn't bothering them.

There's a tiny part of you that's actually upset that it didn't rain because you two planned this whole affair around the idea that it would be raining, and now it's not.

The wedding goes off without a hitch. Not a single dry eye when Keagan is done with his vows, made worse when it's your turn.

The reception is not much different from Aífe's (though significantly less of a talent show).

I imagine it's a bit more of a game. You and Keagan can be playful that way.

From the audience, all that can be seen is Keagan turning to you and whispering something in your ear that makes you smile.

From where you're sitting, he is trying to get you to break so you two can leave the reception early.

He is trying very well.

You both leave the reception early.

[grimalkinsquill]

I'm being very normal about this visual novel demo, I promise (you can learn about it more here, the demo is freely available on Steam and itch.io)

[bella-daonna]

all this talking about Aife being possessed and being a d&d warlock and being chosen by the gods (through the stone of destiny) and being reluctant to use her magic to help you get something off the shelf…

Hmm… 🤔

Why is she so reluctant? Did she possibly strike a deal with something powerful in order to ascend to the throne? Perhaps it was once the princess disappeared- but then what happened to the king and/or queen?

Maybe she purposefully did something to get rid of the royals

But I just somehow have it in my mind that she didn’t necessarily want to do it

[robin-goatfellow]

Flannán: We need to distract these guys.

Robin: Leave it to me.

Robin: Centaurs have six limbs and are therefore insects. Discuss.

Aífe, Keagan, and Shae: *Immediately begin arguing*

Maeve, watching in horror: Oh, this. I don’t like this. I don't like this at all.

[moiraimyths]

Say hello to Aífe, Queen of the Seelie Court & the next love interest for The Good People / Na Daoine Maithe!

There are many things that could be said of Aífe Ealabhàn, Queen of the Seelie Court, and not all of them are especially good: Flirtatious, dramatic, and a primadonna to the core, the Queen is often perceived as vain and unserious, concerned only with matters of beauty, decadence, and maintaining the status quo.

To tell you the truth, however… despite her silly and sometimes vapid disposition, the Queen has a tenuous relationship with many in her court — particularly the loyalists of the old regimen, whose own figurehead still roams the palace halls. They all love Aífe’s flair for fashion and find her bombastic antics an entertaining spectacle, but her reign and rise to power has been cloaked in mystery, murder, and so-called divine intervention from the very start. Given this, one must begin to wonder… is she truly as she presents herself to be, or is it a facade to mask something more sinister?

Perhaps the truth lies somewhere in the middle. Then again, given the state of the Unseelie Court… maybe there’s another reason Kings are dropping like flies.

Dying to know more? We don’t blame you, darling, and you’re in luck! If you follow us on Twitter, we will be hosting “Aífe Week” up until February 27th. During this time, we will share all kinds of fun facts and insights about her, including mythological inspirations!

Alternatively, send us questions right here on Tumblr! If you address a question to Shae, Keagan, or Aífe, they may very well answer!

Slán go foill! (Bye for now!)

- Clotho 🧵

[icy-moons]

Aífe Ealabhán, Queen of the Seelie Court 🦢🌷

[unseeliethot]

Quick aife for the road

[oldmisfortune]

!MINOR SPOILERS FOR THE DEMO AHEAD!

Contents: Mothman Keagan CG-like illustration of a scene in the demo

I found the Local Moth Man(TM) in a shady alleyway on my first playthrough, I've had a very vivid image in my head of what that would look like and I finally got around to drawing it!

BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHING, I know he doesn't have red in his design ;; but I added it to the first draft before I fetched the ref and I never got to fixing it idoalsothinktheredaccentsreallyhelphimpop

I hope that's alright ;;

[the-clockwork-three]

Happy Birthday Aífe!!!!

Giselle AU, or There's a pretty ghost in the forest and Bláithín cannot keep her out of her mind. What's the worst that can happen when you dance with death?

Content warnings: character death, suicide, implied cheating, body horror

[maistiruin]

NDM characters as wrong answers on a test

Shae

Keagan

Aífe

Flannán

Maeve

Robin

bonus: MC

[maistiruin]

disappointed in myself for how quickly I dropped the "Aífe has committed murder" thing.

[bella-daonna]

swole goals: to get stronk so I can sweep the seelie queen off her feet