Dechtire of Ulaid was born the daughter of the High King of Teamhair in the land of Eire, but her father was murdered, and his throne usurped. Her mother fled with her three children, and won a throne for her son Conchubhar in the province of Ulaid through marriage and cunning. Dechtire however, never wanted to be a queen, or to have a throne, and married for love. Nonetheless, one her wedding day a twist of fate left Dechtire fleeing Ulaid in the company of a man who was definately not her husband.
He, Lugh, the Longhand, was the last Lord and King of the Sidhe. To Dechtire, he was an outlaw, simply a leader of a cowardly raiding party. Irish myth would have it that a he turned her and her ladies in waiting into birds, and that they flew, but the truth is everyone at the wedding was drunk, and no one knew Dechtire and the other girls were even missing until well after midnight. Dechtire, whose story lasted a year and a day, is reduced to a few mere lines in another man's epic. This is the story of a woman who is only remembered for being the mother of Ireland's greatest hero, but was one of those rare beings who walked between worlds as they were fading.
Words: 9516, Chapters: 2/20, Language: English
Fandoms: Game of Thrones (TV), The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, Sevenwaters Trilogy - Juliet Marillier, The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Dechtire of Ulster, Lugh the Longhand, Conchubhar Mac Nessa King of Ulster, Nessa, Mugain, Meabh, Angus, King Eochu, Fiochem, Fergus Mac Roi, Cathbad, Luchta, Fionualla
Relationships: Dechtire and Sualtim, Dechtire and Lugh
Additional Tags: Genocide, War, The Celts, Ireland, the history of Ireland, Irish Mythology - Freeform
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