[barrowkings]

DESCENDED FROM THE FIRST KING, OF THE FIRST MEN —

BARROWKINGS: a low activity multi, and sideblog to @lordustin (feat. wyllas dustin), predominantly featuring the members of house dustin. check main blog for rules + family lore. hotd and akotsk verses available!

CANON CHARACTERS

barbrey dustin - lady of barrowton; mother of wyllas; widow of william dustin.

william dustin - former lord of barrowton; friend of ned stark; died at the tower of joy during robert's rebellion.

roderick "roddy the ruin" dustin - commander of the winter wolves during the dance of the dragons.

bethany bolton (née ryswell) - barbrey's sister; first wife of roose bolton and the mother to their son, domeric.

ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

wymond dustin - founder of house dustin and combatant during the thousand years war. pledged the hand of his daughter to the stark king.

[acecroft]

Toby Stephens as Captain Flint in Black Sails 1x01

[barrowkings]

Will expects nothing less from his father, his lip curling from under moustache into a sharpened smirk. ❝ I could hear the words before they ever left your lips, father! ❞ Will barks, a laugh loud and whole, pulled deep from within his stomach. He knows Roderick well: Lord Father, shaped from both cold winds and bloodied steel. He shoulders the man, affectionate roughhousing as it were. He knows no other form of love for his father. Direct, firm — that is his way — and it be his, too.

Green eyes query the man, his wrinkles folding the ink that marks his face; an homage to their long gone ancestors. Prideful of his ancient blood. ❝ Naught to be done of it, eh? ❞ Will questions, his voice low, thoughtful. Fingers stroke through his reddened beard as he picks apart the argument posed by his father. No middle ground to be had with Roddy the Ruin; things either were, or they were not. Suffering or peace; life or death. One cannot live in half-death! ❝ Kill the tyrant and another takes his place; and on and on it goes. Still, we bloody our hands for the prosperity of our loved ones, do we not? We hope, that after our slaughterous toiling, that we avert the deaths of those who need live. ❞ A pause, the wind whipping over his head, ❝ What do you think of, lord father? Tell me. ❞

@knightsigils / cont. ( for the old batteaxe, roddy! )

[barrowkings]

She creeps through the halls of the castle, like a ghost over the hills; her footsteps silent, her breath still. Her dress swishes around her boots, worn and spattered with dirt, carrying her toward the last place she saw her sister. Bethany steps lightly, purposeful; cursing the occasional plank underfoot that gives her coming approach away. The handmaids pay her no mind, accustomed to her silly pranks, and they are keen to not mention her by name as she passes by.

From the threshold, she peeks around — dark hair expertly plaited down her back — as she observes her dear sister. One might mistake Barbrey for Bethany, or Bethany for Barbrey. As sisters, they looked quite alike, but Bethany knows her sister better than anyone. The slight slope to her shoulders; how she braids her hair; or wraps her cloak… There's simply no mistaking her, and once she's certain of her target, she approaches. In a matter of paces, she looms over the other, and quickly, pounces.

❝ Boo! ❞ Bethany shrieks, hands coming down like claws upon the shoulders of her sister. Regardless of her reaction, she cackles like a witch, her nose scrunching at the success of this day's hoax. ❝ Did I scare you? ❞ She beams, winding around to kneel in front of Barbrey. Her giggles are barely contained behind her tight-lipped smile, accepting of all the curses and swears she deserves. ❝ Did you forget you said you would go riding with me? I waited for you by the stables, but Roger said you were inside. ❞

@praeludio / plotted!

[dailyjamesflint]

10 James Flint screencaps per episode | 2.04.