Rose garden filled with thorns.

Elena Ligonier | 25 | witch. Sister, daughter, lover, mother.

[captiveelena]

Medieval Fantasy Pick Up Lines. Send me one for my muses reaction!

❝Messere, you can scale my battlements any day!❞

❝What's nobility like you doing in a dungeon like this?❞

❝I'd rather be beheaded than be denied a date with you.❞

❝Yes, I am indeed a wizard. Watch me make your clothes disappear!❞

❝What a fine set of chalices you have.❞

❝It seems as if my dragon has finally found a nice cave to rest in.❞

❝You wouldn't happen to know where a lonely knight could sheath their sword, would you?❞

❝Is that a knife in your armor? Or are you just happy to see me?❞

❝If I were a horse, I'd rather you mounted me without the saddle.❞

❝Would you care to see my long sword in action?❞

❝You look like a person in distress, why don't I save you?❞

❝Your chastity belt would look great on the floor of my sleeping ❞ chamber.❞

❝It's not the size of the staff that matters, but the magic within.❞

❝I am beset by this dragon in my loins, and only you can quench its fire!❞

❝Don't believe the rumors you've heard... the taint didn't affect my important organs.❞

❝Like a mare, I can be ridden for hours.❞

❝They say a knight is always as hard as their armor.❞

❝What a fine gown you're wearing, messere. Perchance may I talk you out of it?❞

❝I may not be a Chantry Member, but I can take you to the heavens.❞

❝Come up to my chamber and I'll show you the largest treasure in the land.❞

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longlostgwenllian:

‘’Oh, so I’m going to have to work for them am I?’’ Elias replied mirroringher smile. He could tell she was nervous and he knew no words could reassure her. She was scared and with every right to be. He would do his utmost to get them out of there though. 

‘’How about we say I’m a merchant, a carpenter and you have invited me in because I’m too build a new crib for Hope, a bigger one. No one will question that surely. Then we can go for a walk to assess the grounds or something. A tour maybe and then we just slip into the woods and don’t look back.’’

“Not intentionally, I’m not playing games. But when I feel the moment is right for a secret to be shared...It shall be,” she said with a nod of her head, not so much as a teasing smile present. Nerves were certainly taking hold, taking over any rational thinking she may have had, even if her fears felt ridiculous. 

“A carpenter... Yes, a trusted one at that. We can’t give them any cause to believe something is wrong or to distrust you in the grounds. Surely you could find your way to charming them before we never look back.” Even though she felt hesitant, Elena managed a gentle smile before she stepped and pressed a kiss to Elias’ cheek. “I will never be able to thank you enough for this.”

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thornedaemon:

“A walk would be far better than being inside with a baby,” He mused, raising an eyebrow slightly as he watched their interaction. “And I don’t doubt it. A mother will always have my greatest admiration for the lengths she goes for her children.”

“And this would be her first time truly being outside, so far she is quite happy and is even beginning to smile. That sight alone is enough to never allow us to be kept inside for too long again,” she smiled with a glance to the child in her arms. “May we walk with you? I’m afraid good conversation is hard to come by these days, as you can imagine,” Elena said with a gesture towards the sour-faced guard.

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vesparia-drago:

“Well with a girl like this you will be invited to all the garden parties and, when she is older, the matchmaking mama’s will try and reap her up for their boys.” Vesparia laughed, “Maybe I should ask the blacksmith in Illyrium to create a weapon for you - just in case.” She winked.

“Oh please, no matchmaking for a long while yet,” she laughed with a shake of her head. “Heaven I’m not for her beautiful blue eyes to be breaking hearts just yet, I may need a weapon to fend off the suitors. But she and I can handle ourselves, I am sure. My mother taught me well and I intend to teach her just as well.”

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Welcome To The Family ││ Elena & Bailin

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bailindurwell:

“Elena,” Bailin started. “You take Hope and you run. You go where you know that you are safe and I swear to you that you will never have to see Lucian again…”

“But I wont spend the rest of my life running, that isn’t the life I want for my daughter.” Elena sighed, closing her eyes for a brief second due to the headache she could feel beginning to consume her. “Please, if Lucian returns, promise me you will be careful? I don’t want to see anyone hurt for this cause.”

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Chance to be free | Elena & Azula.

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enchanting-barmaiden:

Azula froze up. She listened intently before grabbing onto Elena’s shoulders and forcing the other young woman to turn slowly so that Azula’s tri-colored eyes could stare deep and hard into Elena’s. “You are doing this child a kindness. Do not ever think that you took her father from her. He abandoned her. He made other women of more import than your well-being and hers.” She shook her head. “I will not allow you to think that you are wrong in this situation.”

Azula couldn’t help but to look confused. “I never knew Lucian was so capable of such evil…” She shook her head again and paused before giving Elena a comforting smile. “Lucian kidnapped you. He manipulated you. He kept you against your will. He then impregnated you, cheated on you, and hasn’t even shown up for the birth of his child or any of the days after. Don’t you ever blame yourself for that. When Hope is older, she won’t either.”

The situation was indeed a complicated one, but Elena wasn’t sure anyone could see it but her. The man she was to run from was a dangerous one, who knew exactly where he could find her brother even when she didn’t, and it was a great risk to take. But at the same time she knew that she had to. “If I am not wrong then why does it feel like I am? I fear that...running might have her taken from me when she is all that I have left,” she said with a lowering of her gaze, looking to the child in her arms.

“I’m sorry that he isn’t the man you believed he was, he fooled me for a time also,” Elena quietly sighed as she looked to Azula again. “I wouldn’t be doing this if I didn’t think that it were for the best, or that it were possible. There is..,” she paused, glancing over her shoulder to make sure no one had entered the room, before continuing with a quiet voice. “There’s a man who also wished to help Hope and myself be free of this, he’s been incredibly kind. He also makes me smile.”

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rhosyn-dur:

“Why, thank you for your condolences but I get on without him, barely.” Rhosyn was being so honest, so easily. It made her uncomfortable but she could not help herself. She needed to connect with someone, anyone, save for Daemon. “I am sure that you will find that you are enough for her, and more. Mother’s are goddesses to their children, after all. No matter what they do.” She smiled once more and looked back at the guards. “So you must be very important to someone.”

“Of course you do, women are much more resilient than given credit for,” she nodded, gently beginning to shush the child in her arms as she began to stir. Strangers usually made Elena feel uneasy, sometimes she even felt that way around people she knew, but there was something comforting about speaking with another mother. It was like it was just what she needed. “I do hope you’re right, my mother certainly was to me,” she nodded before glancing quickly to the guard. “My daughter is the important one, but we are quite a package deal so I’m afraid we both must endure this for now,” she said with a gesture to the guard. “As if I am incapable of taking care of my own child.”

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vesparia-drago:

Elena’s answer sent Ves’ blood boiling. Stupid men! “Well,” she smiled back at the baby, “he is all the poorer for it.” She lowered her voice in a conspiring whisper and said to the baby, “Your mommy gets to have all this perfection for herself. And I will be inviting her for tea at least once a week so I can play doll.”

Elena smiled fondly as she watched Ves with the baby, laughing softly at her whispering. “That is very true, it is his loss,” she nodded, saying more for her own benefit over anything else. “Well it is about time I became more popular because of my daughter, we would love that,” she smiled. It was strange to think that she used to be so incredibly anti-social, not she was desperate to just get outside again. How the tables had turned.

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Welcome To The Family ││ Elena & Bailin

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bailindurwell:

Bailin couldn’t help but to give a wry smile as he placed one hand on Elena’s shoulder. “Lucian may have his men and his…talent. But I was born and raised in Tanaia. I won’t say much more than that…but, I’m far more than just a simple Innkeeper. I lay down my sword decades ago, but I won’t hesitate to pick it back up to protect you and your child. Even against Lucian.”

“He swore I could never take her from him, even when I didn’t wish to. I was set free while he swore he would never let her leave for she is his heir,” she said with a shake of her head. “You are very kind but I don’t wish for any one else to get involved in something potentially dangerous. It’s simple to take my daughter away, but what is to say we wont be found again one day? You know he wouldn’t rest if he cares for her as much as he claimed. My only hope is that he will learn that she is a girl and not care for her.”

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Chance to be free | Elena & Azula.

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enchanting-barmaiden:

“Oh, darling!” Azula gave Elena a squeeze before pulling back and placing a hand on the other young woman’s cheek. “There’s no need for you to fear. Lucian will die before he touches you or that beautiful baby. I swear it.” There was an uncharacteristically serious tone to her voice before she gave way to a smile. “Just tell me what you need, Elena. Anything at all.”

“I need you to tell me honestly; am I being cruel?” she asked before moving away, picking up the baby from the crib carefully before cradling her in her arms. “Lucian is a cruel man, that is true. He was heavy handed, he said the vilest of things, but he never hit me. Yes he made a game of my emotions, he forces me to feel things for his own benefit, but I saw a light in him. It was dim but it was there,” she said while looking down at Hope, smiling sadly at her. “..But he had another woman in his bed when he knew I was expecting, he told me I would never be the only one and made found the thought of wanting to be a family amusing before disappearing again. ...Am I cruel for taking a daughter away from her father?”

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thornedaemon:

“Thank you, I hope so as well,” He returned, bowing his head slightly in his thanks. He really truly did want children…eventually. “And you’re welcome,” He added before tilting his head curiously as he listened. He knew at times like these, it was safer to stay off the roads alone, but this seemed almost…controlling, the way the other man hovered just within earshot of the conversation. “I understand the sentiment, if I had a daughter and wife as lovely as you two, I’d want to keep you safe as well.”

“Honestly, it’s entirely for my daughter,” she said with a slight nod, struggling not to roll her eyes as the man behind her said her name with almost a warning tone. Glancing over her shoulder, she clearly told him to ‘stop it’ before returning her gaze back to Daemon. “I am more than capable of taking care of myself, some people are just over protective. Not that I see what harm a walk could do, even if strangers do stop to talk.”

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rubyhoney:

♔ gorgeous outfits in the tudors [17/??]

   └ mary tudor’s dark red dress (s03e06)

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vesparia-drago:

Vesparia laughed at the other woman’s final statement, “Hope, it is a beautiful name for a beautiful girl.” Vesparia turned serious for a second. “Has her father seen her yet? I remembered you telling me that he was… Not very present.”

Elena’s smile was warm, proud to be able to say she made such a beautiful and pure thing, but Vesparia’s question caused her smile to falter. “No, he hasn’t seen her. He disappeared days before her birth and doesn’t wish for us to know where he is. But that is his loss, fool him for willingly missing out on this little girl.”