#twst Leia

[quess-art]

Character Design for Princess Leah, mother of Silver

Design notes & Headcanons!

We very limited information about Leah so most of my choices are headcanons

Her princess design is based on King Henrik's colours which I assume are the colours of royalty

Since the Knight of Dawn's hair colour is Aurora's, Leah's hair is based on Prince Phillip's hair colour

Leah's dress is based on Aurora's and Aurora's mother's dresses in the Sleeping Beauty movie, especially the veil, dress cut, and accessory shape (modelled after Aurora's crown)

As the Princess of Dawn, many see Leah as a kind and beautiful princess who is always surrounded by butterflies attracted to her spirit

Although she isn't unkind, she has a sense of pride and petty vengeance. Many don't know that pretty-looking insects aren't the only critters around her

Like how Silver attracts animals and woodland critters, Leah attracts insects and arthropods. To an extent, she can communicate with these creatures. Thanks to this, crops grown on this land are bountiful and infestations are extremely rare

Leah is usually seen working in the castle so she uses the time surveying farmlands as moments of respite from maintaining the royal image (she also learned a lot of swears due to this)

Almost like Silver, when she sleeps, she's dead to the world. She's gotten used to waking up with her little friends crawling around/on her. When her future-husband was assigned to be her guard, he nearly had a heart attack the first time he saw this

She has 3 creatures she's especially close with: Albert XLI the silk moth, Ravanche the centipede, and Paon the jumping spider. She planted Ravanche multiple times on Henrik when they were younger when he was being stupid or annoying

She almost used her again when she saw Henrik antagonizing her husband but he stopped her. She constantly reminds him that he has already repaid the royal family for taking him in when he was younger but his sense of integrity and knighthood always seeks to repay the kingdom

But she is no knight or fighter. When the war ravaged the lands and fae-human relations broke in part due to Henrik's foolishness, she was separated from her knight and husband throughout the war

[k-looking-glass-house]

Every mother pray in a brighter future for their children...

Every parents have their issues.... but deep down once in their life as child or adult, they did pray for a brighter future to their signifiant else. And a lot are praying no matter what, for that future... No matter which side you are on.... It's sad on both... Sometimes over justice you need to chose peace, a painful and cruel peace... Princess Meleanor or Princess Leia did have cruel fate but their children may have a brighter one.

Anyhow take care of yourself and loved one around

[hanafubukki]

Hi Hana!

Please tell me you know the song Deliver Us from Prince of Egypt (if you don't, you must go listen to it). That one line slaps so hard and it makes me think of Dawn Knight and Silver and Meleanor with Malleus

The line: ,,My son, I have nothing I can give but this chance that you may live."

Tell me I'm not the only one

Come here Althea, I just want to have a talk ☺️🌻🌸

I haven’t seen the movie in ages, but I remember the story. I listen to the soundtrack occasionally and…argh, the pain!!

Two brothers who loved each other but ultimately couldn’t see eye to eye, and we know that would never happen with Malleus and Silver. They love each other too much and understand the other’s pain for that.

But yes!! That song! That lyric!!

A mother having to give up her son so they can live. The parallel of both Meleanor and the Knight of Dawn.

Meleanor who stood as the final barrier so Lilia can escape with Malleus.

The Knight of Dawn fighting to buy some time for Leia and baby Silver.

And you could even say the lyrics apply to Lilia as well for both Malleus and Silver.

“I have nothing I can give but this chance you may live”

Lilia trying his best to hatch Malleus, giving his life and magic to him. Lilia raising Silver, a human, which is vastly different than raising a fae.

It’s not “nothing to give” but more “everything”

These parents gave their everything, gave their love, to their babies.

There’s also the similarities of the sons being raised by someone else like Silver and Malleus were.

You know what other lyric that fits so well??

“Sleep and remember my last lullaby”

The last lullaby!! Meleanor’s Lullaby!! The song that Lilia sang to Malleus and Silver!! The one that Malleus hummed to baby Silver and when he put everyone to sleep!!! Can you hear my heart shatter?? 💔😭

My favorite song in the move is “when you believe” I love listening to that song 🥹💞

[oddberryshortcake]

I would kill for someone to draw Silver finding closure with his bio parents like this before returning to his life with his loving adopted fae family 😭

[gloriousbouquetlove]

No sería tierno pensar que sí Silver fuera hijo biológico de Lilia, este tendría la costumbre de dormir boca abajo colgado en un árbol, costumbre que heredó gracias a sus genes fae murciélago.

Es una escena tierna para sus padres, pero nunca se separan de él por miedo a que caiga, y sí por alguna razón no pueden estar junto a el, los familiares de Lilia siempre están para cuidar del pequeño murciélago albino.

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It would not be cute to think that if Silver were Lilia's biological son, he would have the habit of sleeping face down hanging from a tree, a habit that he inherited thanks to his fae bat genes.

It is a tender scene for his parents, but they never separate from him for fear of him falling, and if for some reason they cannot be with him, Lilia's relatives are always there to take care of the little albino bat.

[nymphilily]

Meleanor's winning btw

Good evening TWST Nation. Today I bring you this out of context meme for a half finished AU. Tomorrow? Who knows

[sunanthonyz]

I realized that I still want to draw my vision of the Silver's family

(so don't be alarmed if there are more posts about this)

and also just something-

[rayroseu]

"Im sure a beautiful male that looks a lot like Levan will be born."

THOUGH,,, He did pass the awkward dork genes to Malleus' personality... and for that we are eternally grateful ‼️🙏✨

I still laugh at Knight of Dawn and Silver.... they really said to just copy paste him 😭😭 good job twst devs✨✨

Although this makes me think that magical individuals have stronger genes, Princess Leia most likely dont have any magic so maybe thats why hes so alike to his father?? His mom is magicless therefore her physical features didnt transfer onto him lol

Also I headcanon that Levan would be quite saddened that no features of him transferred to Malleus bcs I think he's Diaval of TWST and Diaval in the movie Maleficent thinks highly of himself—

[harunayuuka2060]

The servant: Please, Your Majesty! We beg you!

The servant: You need to escape!

Queen Leia: *cradling Baby Silver* I'm waiting for the fairies.

The servant: Your Majesty...

Queen Leia: ...

Queen Leia: I must face the consequences of our actions.

Queen Leia: However, my dear child, my prince, has nothing to do with any of this.

The servant: Your Majesty... The young prince needs you. He needs you, Your Majesty. What is he going to do without his mother?

Queen Leia: I will entrust him to the fairies. And...

Queen Leia: And I hope my child will never get to learn about us.

Queen Leia: *looking at Baby Silver* *holding back her tears*

Queen Leia: *whispers* Forgive me, my dear prince. For I am a cruel mother.

Baby Silver: *smiles*

Queen Leia: *kisses his forehead* Please be always in good health. I love you, my dear child.

[prince-kallisto]

Princess Leia, Henrik, & the Dawn Knight

Things are steamrolling ahead and I have no idea what's going on haha. I'm sure other people have mentioned/solved some of the things I will mention, but I guess this post is more for me trying to keep track of what is going on haha

There seems to be a Princess Leia/Leya, which may be referencing Queen Leah, who is Aurora's mother in the original 1959 Sleeping Beauty. It is said he's very beautiful, and also Henrik's sister. Henrik is not considered a savory person to be around, and not as attractive compared to Princess Leia. I believe Henrik in the captain of the SIlver Owls. I thought I didn't know who was based on, until I looked at King Stefan (more on that later)...

It's rumored that Princess Leia is in love with the Dawn Knight, which is where I get a little confused. From what we know of the Knight of Dawn/ the Dawn Knight, he's extremely handsome, strong to the point where even the fae fear him, and is basically the classical knight in shining armor. Where I get confused is that the Knight of Dawn has golden hair, and Lilia says it is rumored that he was "gifted" with beauty. This description of the Dawn Knight's appearance sounds...awfully familiar to Aurora?

Since this is TWST, I shouldn't take the references too seriously, but I'm hung up on how he was "gifted" with beauty. Aurora was given the gift of beauty by Fauna (which kinda fits the nature-esque theme we have atm). However, this Dawn Knight is, well, a knight. We don't know his name, I believe, but if he is based off Aurora, the story would turn out rather differently.

Edit: Now im even more confused! I thought I solved the case, but the Sleeping Beauty mentions that Aurora was "named after the dawn." Hello?? Perhaps Aurora really was a badass knight in the TWST universe lmao

There is the chance that the Dawn Knight has some connection to King Stefan, however. King Stefan was Aurora's father, and didn't play a major role in the original movie.

However, in the 2014 live-action disney movie, Maleficent, King Stefan betrays Maleficent by cutting off her wings to win King HENRY'S favor. Henrik is heavily related to name Henry, and King Henry was the father to Queen Leila. King Henry waged the war against the Moors, and passed the duty onto King Stefan after his death, and with Aurora's curse, this all transformed King Stefan into a tyrant.

Perhaps the Knight of Dawn draws inspiration from King Stefan, and Henrik draws inspiration from King Henry?? Instead of being Leia's father, Henrik is Princess Leia's brother, which still has a signifcant connection to the movie. The name Henrik also means "Lord of the House," which may further imply that the similarities are intentional.

Later, Silver is mistaken for "that person," but it couldn't be the Knight of Dawn because Silver doesn't have that blond hair or imposing figure. Did the Dawn Knight and Princess Leia already have a child? Because I have no idea who "that person" could be yet, but the Silver Owls seemed to have a positive view on "that person."

I'm also wondering over the nature of Silver's sleepiness. He says so himself, how it's extremely unusual and no doctor or mage can figure out what it is. Silver seems to have some connection to the War time period, and I think it may have something to with his sleeping blessing/curse. Idia says that the magic behind a blessing or curse is very similar, but the intent behind it (e.g positive or negative) that distinguishes the two. Going back to Sleeping Beauty, Aurora would technically have both a blessing and a curse, the curse from Maleficent and the blessing/loophole from Merryweather.

But what does this all mean???

I have no idea haha. I'm just trying to figure out these maybe-important NPCs before trying to delve into the whole Levan mess haha. If y'all have any ideas or corrections, please share! I'm very intruiged by the direction this story is going.

[lightvsdark18]

JP Book 7 spoilers (this was a random story that turned into more than the original plan)

They stopped in an abandoned building, pulling their hood down and staring up at the thorns covering it like serpents. They removed their cloak and stuck it on a tree, then tugged tightly on their armor and entered the abandoned home.

The thorns reached out and clawed at their armor as they stepped through the mess of vines, looking for the room they were searching for. The vines became thicker the deeper they went, having to draw their blade and carve a path through.

Finally the large doors were in front of them, pressing their hands on the old doors and taking a deep breath before pushing it open. There they stood, gazing into the space of the throne room, vines covering the floor as a cradle sat beside the two thrones.

They walked forward, stepping on the thorns as it scratched up their boots. They reached the thrones and kneeled down like a servant bowing to their rulers.

"Princess Meleanor and Prince Levan-" they looked towards the left throne. "Knight of Dawn and Queen Leia-" they looked towards the right throne.

"Your sons have become strong, independent men. They have achieved great things and brought peace between the humans and fae. Even though your time with them was cut far too short, know they are sons to be proud of."

They gazed at the left throne. "Lilia Vanrouge hatched your son and guided him to be a mighty king. He connected Malleus to humans and taught him how to understand his neighbor. I know you distaste for humans, but know Malleus has made beneficial bonds and grown to be greater because his human friends."

They gazed at the right throne. "Lilia Vanrouge raised your son despite knowing his identity. He raised him to kind-hearted and dedicated man. Though his crown is gone, he is a powerful knight, his strength is unmatchable and his loyalty unwavering."

Their eyes moved back and forth between the thrones. "I'm glad to have the chance to meet them and be called their friend."

They unzipped a pocket on the side of their leg and took out a picture. "I came here today to honor the man who gave your sons a chance at life by delivering a memory of them before he parted from this world."

They stood up and set the picture on the dust covered blanket in the cradle, showing an older Malleus, Silver and Sebek with white haired Lilia in the middle.

They stood before the thrones again and bowed, saying goodbye. They turned away and left the castle. They retreated their cloak and found a bat behind it. It looked at them and tilted its head at them.

Then a raven fought down and rested on the bench beside the bat, both looking at each other and back at them. Then a firefly, a dove and a blue bird sat down on the leafless tree, all staring at them before taking off together.

[llondonfog]

I've been thinking about the eclipse all day. I feel like movies and shows use the eclipse as something dramatic and thrilling, but my experience was very peaceful and comforting. When the sky got dark, the sun felt harsher and more scorching in the brief seconds I accidentally looked at it, all the way up to when the moon totally covered it and it was suddenly like this soft and beautiful nightlight. Like the eye of a hurricane. I can't help but think about the knight of dawn and Silver. They could only be together for a few moments in time, and fate just couldn't keep them together, but I imagine the little minutes they had were quiet and sweet

oh anon, this is so bittersweet and precious, i love this analogy.

we know from ch7 so far that the knight died shortly after silver's birth. we also know that the time of silver's birth was a tumultuous one for the knight and his kingdom, with warring factions of other human nations vying for control and pushing the boundaries of their borders. with this in mind, it's devastating to realize how little time he got to spend with his newborn child— a child he loved so dearly, and enough to willingly sacrifice himself in a desperate bid to protect their existence. it's even worse when you realize that there seems to be no mention of silver's kingdom in twst's history books— the only connections that silver has to his birth father are lilia's memories and the ring around his neck. there are no stories that exist for silver to understand his father, to learn not just of his character, but who he was as a person. who was the knight? how did he fall in love with silver's mother? what kind of food did he like? what was his favorite color? did he cry when silver was born? did he hold his son close and whisper a long-dead name with such fragile tenderness, did he look at silver as if he saw the sun itself and was blinded by love?

i like to imagine what those few stolen moments of peace might have been— the felt animals that the knight sewed by hand clutched in silver's baby-fat fingers, the cascade of the knight's hair like a gold curtain over his son's face as he hums a lullaby and spins him slowly around a richly decorated room. the awe in the knight's eyes as he dares to touch the soft cheek of a creature so pure and innocent, born of him and yet with none of the bloodstained shadows in his wake. the way his heart must have ached at the giggles of his son, an already happy child, as the babe stuck fistfuls of golden hair into his mouth and blew bubbles around them.

he loved his child, his little prince, his sun in the dawn sky. he loved his child enough to die for him.

in any case, i'm so glad to hear you got to savor that special moment during the eclipse. i know i was stunned into silence staring up at the halo of totality, looking up at something so magnificent that it truly made me feel how tiny and in awe i am of the miraculous wild world that we live in <3 we really experienced a once in a lifetime event and i'm so thankful for it.

(may i also offer: killswitch lullaby - flawed mangoes is a piece that i often have on repeat when i'm thinking about silver and the knight; those dreamy and peaceful, what could have been vibes for something so far off in the nostalgic distance)

[twstjam]

you guys have no idea the amount of hcs I have made up about Silver's parents, the Knight of Dawn and Princess Leia, and his uncle (?) King Henrick just for this one au

[hanafubukki]

God I am brainrotting HARD over potential Knight of Dawn and Leia shenanigans….as in they need a third member to balance them out. Maybe this character (OC/Reader) is a half-fae who fights for the humans, but is distrusted and scorned by both sides. Bonus points if they somehow hate their fae side! Knight of Dawn (and Leia) are the only ones to treat them with decency, hence them falling for one or both of them. They’re basically like the Baul to KoD’s Lilia and are super loyal to them, their right hand man.

And maybe they’re eventually close enough to both KoD and Leia that they’re entrusted with baby Silver (like Meleanor and Mallegg with Lilia), but sadly something happens to them before they can take care of the baby.

Ok enough rambling, I shall get writing immediately.

Hello Anonie 🌺🌷🌻

This is a very interesting concept! It’s especially interesting as it’s a half fae who defuncts to the human side. I feel a very Sebek vibe from them. I can imagine this happened because of their parentage and the animosity going on between the two races 🥺

Being hated by both sides, I can just imagine how the faes must have treated them 😔 I can definitely see Knight of Dawn and Leia treating the Reader nicely, and getting to know them and gradually, they fall for either the Knight or Leia (or both), which would be so wholesome and cute.

Just imagining seeing the faces of General Lilia and Baul as one of their own fights against them, they had trouble with the Knight before but this adds onto it.

What if I add/change it a bit Anonie? That they were cursed with the baby? To be the protector of Baby Silver as he slept. The Knight and Leia loved them too and wanted them to live in a world of peace and prosperity. Where half faes and human can be accepted, and Baby Silver would have a protector who can tell him stories about his parents and who loves him as well (like Lilia loved Malleus and was in charge of the egg). Silver would also awaken to someone who loves him too, a changed Lilia, and as a result so would the Reader.

I can just imagine how Reader and Lilia would react to each other and how eventually they would reach a level of camaraderie (or maybe more).

If you end up writing your story, please tag me. Would love to read it ☺️🌻

[sleepypandaarts]

So diasomnia chapter 5 came out… I haven’t seen the full thing cause I can’t read or speak Japanese but I’ve seen clips…

IM NOT CRYING I SWEAR IT’S JUST IT’S JUST-

[gloriousbouquetlove]

The Phantom General and The Dawn Knight

This crazy idea came to mind.

In the first years that humans arrived in the Briar Kingdom, a young Lilia Vanrouge (about 200 years old) meets a young healer.

At first Lilia is on alert for this human, but as time goes by she becomes captivated by the woman's beauty and kindness.

And the young woman is not far behind either, although Lilia at first had a cold behavior towards her, she could see that deep down she was a determined being with the goal of becoming stronger to protect her comrades.

Lilia shows strange behavior, she waits impatiently for the training to end, her mind is in the clouds and she smiles from time to time. This was obviously noticed by her best friends Meleanor and Levan, and Lilia had no choice but to confess.

Levan on the one hand is happy that Lilia is in love with someone (even if it's a human), and after learning this Levan strives to find a way to make a peace treaty with the humans (but the senate flatly refuses). to this idea).

While with Meleanor she doesn't know what to think, on the one hand, she is happy that Lilia found love (since she was worried that Lilia would die alone like an abandoned dog), but on the other hand, the person Lilia fell in love with is a HUMAN, a relationship between a fairy and a human for several and very obvious reasons could never work, but here is Lilia the fairy with the most rational sense that is known to anyone and does not care about this. But who is she to judge, after all when a fairy falls in love nothing stops him (she knows this very well after courting Levan for 50 years).

But unfortunately an event occurred that would change everything.

The young healer discovered that the silver owls were kidnapping the forest fairies to sell them and in turn that they were making weapons with the magic stones they found in the caves to attack the dark fairies.

The young woman did not sit idly by, she asked her bird friends to warn Lilia, and in the meantime she, along with other humans who were against the actions of the silver owls, would save the fairies.

But when Lilia and her troops arrived everything was chaos, there were fairies flying for their lives while the silver owls had already eliminated all the traitors one by one.

Despite having their magical weapons, the silver owls were defeated by the dark fairies. Without any other options, they retreated, but they swore that this would not end here and they were going to seek revenge.

After the fight Lilia looked for her beloved only to find a horrible scene, that sweet woman with eyes bright like dawn and lips of a tender pink color is replaced by a corpse that has lost the light from its eyes and its lips stained with its same red blood. And Lilia simply can't stand the pain and breaks down, he cries and screams to whoever is in heaven why this happened, why an innocent woman had to suffer such a fate.

When Meleanor finds out what happened she can't believe it, these damn humans threatening her kingdom out of greed and willing to kill their own species to achieve it, this simply makes her sick.

And Levan is not far behind, he knows that not all humans are evil, but this act they just committed is horrible.

Both are together with Lilia to console him for his loss.

100 years later, the dark fairies and the silver owls were in the middle of a battle, both sides were equal and it seemed that there would be no end to it, until their champions came face to face. On one side was General Lilia Vanrouge and on the other was the Knight of Dawn. Their battle was brutal, both possessed extraordinary strength and abilities, so powerful was their fight that their masks flew off, revealing their faces.

Lilia was paralyzed, there in front of him was she, the woman he once loved, golden hair like the sun, pink lips like a tender rose, and those beautiful eyes that shine like an aurora. Lilia could only whisper: “Leia.”

The knight of dawn looked surprised:

“How…how do you know my name?”

And before both could say anything else, their troops called them, they both made their troops withdraw since on both sides everyone was very badly wounded.

With Lilia, he couldn't believe it, she was there, his beloved had returned, but apparently fate likes to play with him, since she returned, but as his greatest enemy.

Meanwhile with the knight of the dawn, or rather with Leia, she was deep in thought.

“Who was that fairy?”

How did he know my name?

Why didn't he attack me?

So many thoughts passed through his mind, but the one that was most in his head was:

“He looked like the man I saw… no… that I met in my dreams.”

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I really don't know how I had this idea, I was just sitting there and thought: "what if the knight of the dawn is a woman and marries Lilia and they have Silver."

I would like to think that in this way many things would change, Meleanor and Levan would still be alive and would be with Malleus, Silver would not have to feel like garbage knowing that his biological father was the one who murdered the mother of Malleus, the knight of the dawn (Leia) wouldn't have to do such a horrible act and could be with his son, and Lilia wouldn't have to lose anyone she loves and could live a happy life with his wife and son.

This idea is crazy, but I like it (or maybe it's a way to deal with the big hit of depression that chapter 7 and what's missing from it) generated in me.

I'm sorry if it's not completely understood, English is not my first language.