#nymeria of ny sar

[kate-bridgerton]

Daenerys and her non-Targaryen Westerosi Ancestors

[laurellerual]

The mummers off the Ship showed her how a hero stands, and taught her speeches from The Song of the Rhoyne, ...

@insomniarama

[dorneuniverse]

Nymeria herself remained the unquestioned ruler of Dorne for almost twenty seven years

Martell Week 2024: Day 5 - Favorite 'pre-Doran' Martell

[fandom-trash-goblin]

nymeria of ny sar really built up a kingdom from rag-tag war-torn refugees, changed the male primogeniture, pieced together a broken land and meria martell said, point blank, in the range of dragonfire "return at your own peril" and made sure her threat was true and deria martell really walked into a city of murderers that wanted her dead and desecrated and walked out without harm, with a treaty that promised peace.

and you're asking me to stan rhaenyra "i forgot my step-daughter's claim so my totally not a bastard son could inherit" as the original westeros feminist? umm no

[tragedy-peanut-gallery]

So I tried my hand at @melrosing ‘s asoiaf art meme! Hope I’m not late to the party!

Note: the pose used in the red wedding scene here isn’t mine, it belongs to tiktok artist mellonsoup (@mellon_soup), so credit to them and I have their og image under the cut!

[game-of-style]

Nymeria of Ny Sar, the Warrior Princess and ancestor of House Martell - Zuhair Murad Fall 2021

[glibgossamer]

I noticed that some artists tend to draw Nymeria of Ny Sar like a salty Martell and not a sandy Rhoynar princess from Essos, so here she is, folks.

I chose teal for the Rhoyne, and the symbol on her belt is the Imazigh symbol for ships (according to Google anyway) 💚

[natividadmoon]

Day 05 Martell Week: Favorite Pre-Doran Martell

That Nymeria doesn't have the last name Martell? sorry, she is the founder of the NYMEROS MARTELL house. There's not much to say, Nymeria surfing while she remembers her childhood in Rhoyne when she was a girl, both clothes are based on Egyptian clothing with Arabic influence, and fantasy obviously <3.

Arianne as a pic announcing the week (it was months ago, sorry, but I have to finish this challenge, sorry)

[sunspearesque]

oberyn sleeping with yronwood’s paramour when he was a teen and then defeating his angry ass in a duel which would eventually lead to his death is the last ‘fuck you’ from his badass ancestor princess nymeria to the yronwood bloodline LMAO

[atopvisenyashill]

The Ruling Princes and Princesses of Dorne

Leaders of Dorne During and Post Nymeria’s Conquest

Morgan Martell - Wentworth Miller

I just thought it would be cool if the line came from a multiracial Morgan Martell. 

Mors Martell - Miguel Ángel Silvestre

The coming of the Rhoynar to Dorne is clearly inspired by Moorish Spain so I specifically chose a Spanish actor for Mors.

Nymeria of Ny Sar - Sofia Boutella

Since the inspirations for the Rhoynar are Moorish Spain and Dorne is Palestine, I focused on choose Maghrebi/North African and Palestinian faceclaims for the characters from here onward.

I think Sofia actually looks kinda like some of the drawings for Nymeria as well!

Morra Nymeros Martell - Hiam Abbass

I chose the name Morra because I thought Nymeria would want to name her first born, likely knowing there would be some push back against a woman inheriting, after the father whose seat she’d be taking over.

I also thought Morra would likely be a bit older considering Nymeria lived for so long

Mors II Nymeros Martell - Takfarines Bengana

The Red Princes

We aren’t told why they rule together.

I figured that meant either they were triplets and the oldest decided they should rule together, or that the oldest was sickly and decided to give their siblings ruling power to help cover the gaps they wouldn’t be able to fill as a disabled ruler.

With that in mind, I tried to find people around the same age, and gave them all “M” names because George loves naming conventions like that. I like to believe Myria is the oldest and the disabled one, with Mellei as the leader of her forces and Manfrey as her right hand in Sunspear. 

Myria Nymeros Martell - Hafsia Herzei

I completely made this name up

It should be pronounced MY-ree-uh.

I combined the “Ny” sound from Nymeria but with the M from Mors, then added the “ria” because a number of female Dornish names end in “ia.” 

Manfrey Nymeros Martell - Rami Malek 

There’s a Dornish character named Manfrey, one of Doran’s cousins. 

Mellei Nymeros Martell - Nadia Hilker

One of the two servants that Doran assigns to Arianne is named Mellei.

I figured it was likely an old fashioned Dornish name, along with Morra. 

[dorne-source]

Pre-canon Dorne Week:

Day 2 - Major Events [Nymeria's War]

[247reader]

Okay, so it appears tumblr's new image viewer (boo!) doesn't like large/long images, so, though it ruins my subtle rainbow theme, I've split the various Westerosi historic figures into separate images, and queued them up.

Here we have Nymeria of Ny Sar, who brought her ten thousand ships to Dorne, in clothes inspired by ancient Sumeria. The spear in particular is based on an artifact found in Girsu.

Fun fact: Enheduanna of Ur, daughter of Sargon of Akkad and famous as the first named author in history, went into exile in Girsu after losing a political battle in Ur; her exile was less dramatic than Nymeria's, and she eventually returned to Ur and resumed her position.

[lemonhemlock]

Who do you think should be the ruler in hotd?

I put off answering this because it was the most complex question and, as a result, I'm going to break it into two parts (part II linked here).

I've already posted my thoughts on House Hightower, so my answer will unfold in a similar way: I do not believe House Targaryen should be in charge of the affairs of Westeros (and, no, I do not believe Dany will sit the Iron Throne at the end of the series, but ofc we will only get confirmation once the final book is published).

This issue goes beyond Targaryens being awful people or the system being structurally unfair in the first place, favouring the strong and rich above the majority of population. House Targaryen are proudly descendant from the fallen empire of Valyria, which became as evil a place as you could probably conceptualize within a fictional world, before you write in their inevitable demise by hubris. House Targaryen should and do meet a similar demise in the main series.

Old Valyria was not only a slaver's empire, but they based their entire way of life on horrific blood magic. They intentionally expanded and conquered peaceful societies in order to subject those people to forced labour and human sacrifice rituals to sustain their malignant civilisation. The Great Empire of the Dawn predates Valyria and tells a similar story: of a great and vast society that reached legendary peaks only to fall as a result of corruption and depravity. We are not meant to look at these fallen empires and wax nostalgic over them.

The Targaryens are in no way as repugnantly villainous as their ancestors, but they have not escaped the rot of Old Valyria either. They take pride in being the last Valyrians left and actively look to preserve their Valyrian bloodline, keep to their Valyrian customs as much as possible and set themselves apart from society with their doctrine of exceptionalism and their refusal to assimilate. "People say Targaryens are closer to gods than men".

Incest and polygamy are one thing, but the main issue I would highlight in regard to the Targaryens is their use of dragons. It's easy to overlook because dragons are very popular mythical creatures, look cool AF and represent a very entertaining wish-fulfillment fantasy. But in-universe, dragons are a terrifying weapon of mass destruction that Targaryens use in order to subjugate an entire continent. They represent the worst type of absolutism - the one you can't fight back against because they possess a military weapon that outclasses any other and they can wield it with impunity, without any checks and balances.

The fact that the dragons die at the end of the Dance is a good thing.

After losing their dragons, the Targaryens do not necessarily get any better at ruling. At least now the balance of power with the other great houses is fairer, but the history of the dynasty continues with rebellions (of their own making) and many other questionable reigns. Their last King, Aerys II, commits such appalling abuses of power that the Westerosi lords have no choice but to depose him.

The removal of House Targaryen is not done bloodlessly and without its share of barbarity, but it is not meant to be seen as an unfair usurpation either.

I thought it very fitting that we begin HotD with our two main characters discussing Princess Nymeria finding shelter in Dorne. Alicent is trying to convince Rhaenyra to take the lesson seriously, but she is distracted and playful. She knows the story already, but does not engage with it critically. In that scene, she is merely a girl bored by a historical event she is made to recite from memory.

But we, as the audience, shouldn't discount the symbolism: Rhaenyra the dragonlord is telling Alicent the dragonless about Princess Nymeria and her people fleeing the horrors of dragonfire and extreme violence. She rips the page out. "So you remember."

Alicent will remember and, years later, when she is the one terrified for her own children's lives under Targaryen rule, she sends the page back to Rhaenyra, as a reminder of their childhood friendship. But there is nowhere for Alicent to run and no other way for her to protect herself. She has appropriated dragons for her faction (Aegon's banners hanging behind Otto as he hands Rhaenyra the page) and is now using them as her own deterrent.

Princess Nymeria found shelter in Dorne, but Dorne is not part of Targaryen rule at this moment, even though they abusively include Martell sigils on their emblems of state. Targaryens play by their own rulebook and there is no way to resist them other than controlling them via infiltration or fighting fire with fire. The Greens have failed with the former; now they will try with the latter.

[dorneuniverse]

Pre-canon Dorne Week: Day 3 - Dornish characters

[sayruq]

Arianne Martell Week 2022: Day 1 - Family & Dorne

[annabrainchase]

ASOIAF + The Mark of Nymeria