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FELYX HIGHTOWER : introduction + pins. JEYNE CARON : introduction + pins. JASPER REYNE : introduction + pins. ELOWEN SALTCLIFFE : introduction + pins.
「 ⚔ 」 STATUS ﹕ closed.
「 ⚔ 」 LOCATION ﹕ the docks of lannisport, evening.
「 ⚔ 」 WITH ﹕ @armvredfate + kayla.
the moon illuminated jasper's alabaster skin, and as he watched the way it swirled the tides he wondered whether his lover was gazing upon the same night sky. if only he could call to him, sing to him, tell ronan that he was not the enemy — not to them, anyway. throughout the festivities they had heard nothing but barbed words towards the islanders. the liege remained tight - lipped, mumbling his replies and focusing more on the banquet and displays of violence than much else. each insult felt like a stab to their own chest ; when would he look upon those blue eyes again ? would he ever ? against the rocks, jasper brought their knees up to their chest and looked across the glittering water. if only they weren't so scared. if only they could take one of the boats and sail to lonely light themself. “i can feel you staring at me,” their head barely twitched, but it was directed towards the shadow in their periphery. “i am not going to return to the festivities, if that is what you want. there is nothing for me there. i am just waiting until i am permitted to return home.”
「 ⚔ 」 STATUS ﹕ closed.
「 ⚔ 」 LOCATION ﹕ the cliffs of casterly rock, evening.
「 ⚔ 」 WITH ﹕ @regaldecay + leana.
the celebrations had tapered off for the evening, and after his dear wife tended to the scratches and scrapes earned in the melee felyx was watching the sun set from the great cliffs of casterly rock. even the waters seemed to shimmer with gold ; he was glad for the invitation, for the opportunity to watch his dear friend celebrate another passing nameday, and for a moment of respite from changing dirty linens and burping his newborn daughters. being a father had been all felyx hightower had ever wanted. after five years of disappointment, the gods had graced him and mira with two miracles — perhaps the wait had all been worth it, in the end. “lady swann,” he smiled as the raven - haired woman approached, “i trust you have caught up with my wife ? i am sure there is much to talk about. she misses you when you are apart.” a slight hesitation. he chuckled, lowering his head. “my apologies. i am usually less worn than this. i fear i may have overestimated myself, and underestimated my age, when it came to signing up for the melee. i am not as young as i once was.”
「 ⚔ 」 STATUS ﹕ closed.
「 ⚔ 」 LOCATION ﹕ the markets of lannisport.
「 ⚔ 」 WITH ﹕ @harrenrot + desdymona.
there was a certain type of freedom that came with being beside the coast. jeyne was more at home in the towers of nightsong, quietly sewing or brushing up on some light reading, but the markets were a perfect opportunity to stock up on some silks and threads that were harder to acquire back in the stormlands. arms were filled with materials, and although she cradled samples of every color — garnet red, the green of spring meadows, slate - blue as if plucked from the waters surrounding lannisport itself — she still wore her infamous black. how long would it take, until the grief dissipated enough that it was no longer a dear friend ? like a drop of ink in water they were waiting for the pigment to spread, to fade, to one day leave her clear again and open to move on. one day she would need to marry. one day, perhaps, she would need to have children again. the thoughts had her staring into nothing, and as she came back to herself jeyne realised they had been staring at the lady of harrenhal for quite some time. “my apologies, lady lothston, i was lost in my own thoughts ... ” they breathed, “isn't the fabric beautiful ? ”
「 ⚔ 」 STATUS ﹕ closed.
「 ⚔ 」 LOCATION ﹕ lonely light.
「 ⚔ 」 WITH ﹕ @armvredfate + reyna.
lonely light was not so lonely for elowen. her dear cousins warmed the rock, and although she needed to sail to spend time with her family she was far from burdened by the trek. it was worth it, to look upon the beauty of reyna ( and the stoic, hardened features of ronan ), to convene with the fellow islanders that might as well have been her siblings. “we have much to discuss, dear cousin. i hope that you are well ? ” greetings were not needed. she moved on the air like a ghost, taking hold of reyna's hands in hers. “the seas are ruthless tonight. i do hope there are some late arrivals to the casterly rock celebrations — those tides are not for the faint hearts of the westerners.” often she would look out into the icy bay, wondering how many skeletons haunted the depths. lannisters and plumms and reynes. cleganes and crakehalls and leffords. it did not matter which banner they flew, when the drowned god took their skin and their souls along with it. “i am surprised your brother is not off with his rat - faced liege.”
「 ⚔ 」 STATUS ﹕ closed.
「 ⚔ 」 LOCATION ﹕ the shores of pyke.
「 ⚔ 」 WITH ﹕ @tevinterra + alannys.
the iron islands weren't known for their culinary achievements. there was a lack of wild game, not like the abundance available on the mainland, and although fish leapt from the water as if they ached to be eaten there was only so much one woman could take. at sea, where the days were long and the conditions brutal, those aboard areon's ship needed to take matters into their own hands — it was truly a feat of human engineering just what could be pickled in jars. “it does not smell good, but i assure you it's ... well, it's palatable,” she couldn't help but chuckle, thinking of how many of her crew mates had lost their lunch over the edge of the ship when the current became too treacherous. not elowen, though. she was a saltcliffe, and saltcliffes were made to walk amongst the decks. “i believe the mainlanders will be eating like kings across the water. i am glad to be missing the fanfare, the way that westerlanders bathe in gold as if it were mud, but some venison would not go amiss. maybe some steamed plums.”
「 ⚔ 」 STATUS ﹕ closed.
「 ⚔ 」 LOCATION ﹕ the melee.
「 ⚔ 」 WITH ﹕ @brokenxxwings + matheos.
once, they had been younger battling with wooden swords. now they were grown with their own lives, with their own obligations, but there was one thing true for all men — they were all waiting for a moment to blow off a little steam. the melee was only a few minutes away, and through the crowd of awaiting competitors was a face that felyx would recognise anywhere. his friend of many years, a fellow man of the reach ; approaching matheos, he reached out a hand for a firm shake. “i am not surprised to see you here. itching for an excuse to feel the rush of adrenaline ? lewys has put on quite the celebration. it's refreshing to be able to speak to adults after six months of fresh fatherhood.” although the ruling lord adored every moment with his new daughters, the burps and splutters weren't conducive to an intellectual conversation. “i wish you luck in the melee, my friend. i hope my old bones see me through in one piece.”
「 who 」 mira + felyx @paroch1al 「 where 」 after the melee
the melee had ended in a triumphant victory. her husband had won round after round , showing everyone the strength of hightower, but mira had still seen the slight strain in felyx's smile as he'd headed toward the tent used for preparations and unwinding. a twinge of worry had pierced her heart , and as the next pairing stepped into the pit , mira gathered everyone to leave. she gently asked tysha , her handmaiden , to wait outside the tent with the twins. "so , you fashion yourself a young man still ?" the words were soft and teasing , with the slightest hint of bite underneath. mira stepped into the tent , dark eyes glittering even in the dim light. felyx looked unharmed , and even better he looked … good. mira always counted herself lucky when it came to her husband. he was toned , all firm muscles and sweat-slicked skin. her husband was still handsome. "who allowed my husband to get injured like this ?"
after the attack, he had never been the same. felyx may have been well into his fortieth decade, but the strike to his side had done more to age him than the passing moons ever had. his gait was uneven, slightly laboured, as he pushed his way back into the tent. behind him, as was the case for every great man, was an even greater woman. as he shrugged off his clothing he felt the presence of mira at his back, chuckling once his wife spoke. she always had been the voice of reason. “i am not that old, sweetheart. i may not be blonde like i used to, and the crows have certainly left their footprints beside my eyes, but i was quite formidable out there against men half my age.” it was then that he grunted, resting his hand against the thick coil of scar tissue at his side. there were superficial wounds across his skin — the nick of the end of a blade, scuffs and grazes where the men had fallen and brawled in the mud. felyx eased himself into the nearest seat, watching his wife with a warmth that was always present whenever he looked upon her. “it was just some friendly fun. nobody intended to maim anyone. i'm not injured — only sore.”
cersei shrugged a thin shoulder, casting her thoughts back to the septon that had read story after story of horrors that could be found in the islands. " the ironborn lords do as they please with those born without iron in their blood. one's sex matters not. only the blood of salt and iron would be worth any respect, and others will always be cast aside. " the lion knew this not to be true. her childhood septon had been a staunch westerman who lost his entire family in ironborn raids, and he certainly relished in scaring little ladies from getting swept up by a dashing iron sailor. despite so, everything she had learnt crumbled the second she met aeron greyjoy upon the pier of lannisport.
" i suppose that is why i cannot blame some trepidatious faces lurking from the lady's side of the crowd. " the lion gestured languidly towards elinor tyrell with satin-draped arm, eyes flicking at the young reyne with a knowing glance. " her kin might wonder continuously if they will be on the receiving end of such humiliation. " like all those with even a modicum of power, the tyrells' pride certainly runs deep.
at their words, emerald gaze fixed upon jasper reyne's face, curious and intrigued. " ice does not have to be painful. " cersei would wield the ice herself and attack before anyone has the chance to hurt her first, but it is unsolicited advice that will not fit someone like jasper. certainly not a lion, but something altogether softer, and so, her brows knitted together in gentle concern. " has an ironborn lord cause you pain today? i know manners and niceties are not deeply entrenched in their customs but they should know better than to be quite so disagreeable during such a happy occasion. "
that was it, then. they were not of iron, not of salt ; he was flesh and blood like any other westerner, and it meant that they would forever be on the back foot. did his lover only want a boy to warm his bed ? they had once thought it was mutual, a need and desire extinguished only by each other, but looking out upon the celebrations made the young reyne feel like little more than a brothel boy. “cast aside … ” it sounded as a mutter. eyes, like two balls of moss, focused on the ground beneath their feet as they spoke. maybe jasper was not the leader of the pack. they certainly didn’t have a roar within them, and they did not run at the front of the herd, but they were a great cat all the same ; perhaps they were just overdue a moment of truth. there weren’t many he could speak to that would listen, even less that would understand — cersei lannister was the perfect distance away to lend a listening ear to the boy about to bubble over. “not just today. every day since i have met him. it feels as though he holds my heart in his fist and he is slowly squeezing. i do not know what to do with myself.” they glance to the woman at his side. they had braved the chill of the north, had choked on salt water and had almost succumbed to the wrath of the waves, and yet nothing hurt more than seeing the eyes of his ironborn dart away. their lonely light, their everything. without ronan, maybe jasper was destined to always be what his late brother had assured him ; useless, a spare part, a boy that would rot in the darkness of castamere until the sky turned black above him.
victaria would be a liar if she claimed she was wholeheartedly happy about being in the midst of this celebration ⸻ though they would lose no sleep over it. even if the harlaw was happy for their captain and friend, victaria can't help but wonder just how bewitching the tyrell has to be to anchor down a greyjoy. looking up at the familiar face of elowen, there's a slight smile on the harlaw's chapped lips ( and the wine was only doing so much to clench their thirst ). "careful, the roses might take offence to whatever it is you are doing." warning tone devoid of any actual meaning behind it. victaria hands elowen the goblet from which she tries to enjoy the sweet wine ( and failing completely at it ). feet splash, dark eyes now fixated on the moving water of the fountain. "have you met the tyrell? i am curious to see how she will fare in pyke." and they hope to the drowned god that she does not keep aeron from sailing with them.
“do you think i am scared of some flower ? i am a siren. she should be quaking on her stem when i am near.” elowen chuckled and seated herself beside victaria, thanking her for the wine and taking a hearty sip. they were going to need it, if the celebrations would last well into the night. “i have made a measured decision to keep my distance. i cannot trust myself with what i might do, being so close to the pulse of a mainlander. i am much more comfortable in your company. i am aching for the salt air already.” when she was back on saltcliffe, elowen's first order would be to submerge herself in a bath of ice water and settle herself back into the cold. even when the sun was high, when the snow had melted away from the mountains across the ocean, the iron islands were burdened by a prevailing chill and a perennial greyness. just how she liked it. “i expected better from the captain.”
when : the first night of celebrations, before the feast
where : lewys' private quarters
with : felyx hightower @paroch1al
lewys is well familiar with babes — between his six, myrielle's five, vaeron's four and erryk's one, he'd say he has quite the practice with holding them properly. more than that, he enjoys the time with the little gremlins, especially when they're this small, able to be held with two palms, close to his heart. "you've been blessed twice over, hightower. perhaps the time of wait has been worth it." there's a gentle jest there, but such is the way between friends. "she is a beauty. let me have the other, too." the quiet of his chambers allows him to do as he wishes, without being curraled by the many visitors who wish to give him congratulations and speak of other useless matters, like the sudden absence of the pests of the kingdom.
here, lewys is more content to focus on the children. "do you believe we will finally have that lannister - hightower wedding now? lancel is only two years older than them, it seems like a reasonable gap."
the call to casterly rock was not one of pure obligation. it had been many moons since he had seen his dear friend, and although the passing of time had aged their faces and bodies he looked upon lewys as the younger fighter he had met all those years ago. their friendship did not decay — instead it was evergreen, blossoming more so whenever they had a chance to spend time together. the two babes of hightower, the newest bricks in the castle wall, were barely old enough to travel, but leaving behind mira and his girls had not been a viable option for the lord. instead they had made the treacherous journey with the assurance that lewys would keep both myrcella and freya as safe as his own children. felyx offered up the other twin, so that his friend could cradle them both. he knew lewys was quite experienced in having his hands full. “perhaps. it would do good to unite our houses, and what better way for us to do so. already they are feisty, with the same beauty as their mother. lancel will find it difficult to choose between them.”
where: the great hall
when: during the opening feast
who: open !
the ruling lady of blackhaven eyes the others around her from over the rim of her goblet. the arbor gold is thankfully flowing, and though she needs to keep her wits about her, she cannot help but to keep going back for more.
she's always been an avid people watcher, always careful to study others when they speak both to her and to others. it's a talent she's been able to truly hone during her time as her father's cupbearer. always watching the way he and his advisors interacted during council meetings.
“they've truly spared no expense, haven't they?” she murmurs to the person next to her, looking over at them for a moment before sipping from her goblet again. “have you ventured to the west before? i must admit, this is my first time… at least that i can recall.” her father had taken her to the west before, but when she was far too young to truly remember it all.
she was grateful that jewel tones included black. jeyne had worn little else for the past years of her life, and she doubted much would change any time soon. there she sat, resplendent, in her dark attire, with only a small helping from the generous feast laid out before them. like the birds of her house, jeyne found it a mighty feat to muster much of an appetite ; how could she, so deep in the throes of grief as she was ? the words of cassana were a welcome excuse to lower their cutlery and let their stomach settle. “it is quite the display, isn't it ? i hope my sisters are enjoying the festivities.” enjoyment was a foreign concept. jeyne wasn't sure she quite knew what it meant anymore. still, she would feign entertainment and passion, if only to survive a moment longer. the middle caron sister had long since realised that living through grief was about moving from one moment to the next — not peering into the future, not turning her head to gaze at the past. she traversed the present as stepping stones, making it to the next second, then minute, then hour. “i think i have visited most places. me and my sisters answer to any call, if we are invited. it is nice to have a reason to leave the castle, although my sewing calls to me.”
「 who 」 ronan + elowen @paroch1al 「 where 」 the shores of pyke
the skies were somehow always grey over pyke. so much untouched sky , vast and reaching , besting the ocean in size , and yet all it was , was grey. he heard , rather than saw , elowen walk up to him , and he tightened the fist that had been loosely curled at his side. he took a step back from the edge of the cliff. "cousin. you look well." it was unfair , ronan's mind supplied , that it took him days to fully recover from the slightest of voyages. the quickest of glances at the ocean left him queasy , yet every other iron islander were unbothered and eager for another go at taming the sea. "are you upset we're missing the festivities ?"
they had once played together, splashed in the shallows and speared fish when the tide was out. no longer. elowen and ronan were grown, now — weighted by obligation and expectation — and as she looked across the bay she wondered what awaited on the other side. her muscles were still sore from the raid, but she craved the surge of lactic acid in her body ; terrorising southerners filled her with bright, vibrant life, and it turned the grey of pyke to an almost technicolor. “don't flatter me, farwynd. you look terrible as always.” she crunched into the apple she had brought with her, one of the spoils they had pilfered from the trembling folk of the west. elowen knew of another westerner that trembled at the sight of her cousin, but for violently different reasons. long fingers tented over her heart. “devastated. how will i ever recover. for the first time in my life i don't wish for any mainlanders to die. i wouldn't want to miss all the fun.”
where : the markets of lannisport
when : the first afternoon of celebrations
with : open (0/5)
gilliane has never considered herself exactly materialistic as it is becoming of a noble woman — besides the fact that clanspeople are considered less noble than those not from the northern mountains, and the fact that her birth mother was a wandering wildlings with no fondness for material things, the redhead has always appreciated more the effort of a handmade gift of stone, wood or paper than that of a bought one. it's obvious to them that it's not the same in the westerlands. the markets are the greatest she's ever seen — bigger and shinier than the ones from dorne during the end of wartime — and every table has a bright gemstone and glittering gold pieces that the salesperson swears that are the best of the best from the westerlands' own goldsmiths and mines.
some indecision is natural, she supposes, even for themself. it is the reason that they look at the nearest person's finding than to fetch one for themself. "they claim to have gems of all colors of the rainbow. is that the color of your attire?"
it did not matter for a moment that gilliane was not fully of noble birth. if they had it their way, jasper would have switched places without hesitation ; for them, the mark of a reyne was more a drawback than it ever had been something to cherish. if he had been born in flea bottom, perhaps, or amongst the commonfolk somewhere else, the life of a bard would not seem all that far away. what did any of that matter. there they were, having been dragged to casterly rock against their will to attend the lord's nameday celebrations, searching the crowds for ironborn and coming up short. there were none of their sharp features, nobody brushing past him with that seaweed aroma. there was no farwynd to be found — for the first time jasper truly knew the meaning of a cold heart. she spoke, and the words drew him from his trance. jasper hummed and shook their head, plucking an ocean - blue stone from the selection and holding it to the other. “it reminded me of someone, is all,” responded the young liege, “and my clothing ... well, i usually trust my good sister when it comes to matters of dress.”
clarice had been lingering near the sun-warmed stone, a cup already in hand, when she caught sight of him crossing the yard. the smile that appeared on her wine-stained lips came easily, genuine, as it always did with felyx. she spent most of her time alone here, so it was nice to see an old friend. ❝ felyx, ❞ she greeted, letting her fingers curl around his wrist before he could withdraw, as her eyes softened as she looked him over, the travel-worn edges, the way relief seemed to sit on his shoulders now that his journey was done. she eased her hand free only to gesture to the terrace beyond, where the sea breeze carried the scent of salt and grapes. ❝ you know you're most welcome here. . any excuse to steal you away from oldtown, even if it's briefly. ❞ ❝ i'm doing swell now that you are here, so come. ❞ clarice turned with him, ready to lead the way to the terrance that had a cup waiting for him. ❝ tell me everything you've been up to. ❞
it was always the way, with clarice's words wine - edged and gilded. he ensured to keep his wedding band on clear display whenever he crossed into the arbor ; such silken welcomes reminded of him of his youth, back when there was less grey in his hair and with smoother skin surrounding his eyes. “i am glad to have a change of scenery. i could count how many times i have left the tower on one hand since the arrival of our children. fatherhood is quite the excuse.” not every father was like felyx hightower. he had refused help from the servants in matters of linen changes and feeds, and was as hands - on with the care of his daughters as their mother. him and mira had been, and always would be, a team — they were a formidable force in ruling their region, in enacting change and punishment, and in caring for the angels that the gods had bestowed upon them. “it is beautiful here, as always. you are quite the gracious host.” he followed behind to the terrace, “i have been spending my time doing little else beyond being a father. it is an incredible thing, looking upon the face of something so perfect and seeing the manifestation of love.”
letters sent back and forth from kings landing to oldtown, ravens between unlikely friends. sharing every little detail, every little milestone, every little bump and sweetness, she shared with ruling lord hightower, her good friend. she shared with him every change to her bump, craving, everything. what she decided to omit were the details of her loss in the north. she does not mean to keep secrets from her friend; it was just too painful to write down. when his daughters were born, she was nothing but happy for him and his wife. since her darling argon is doing well, and she does not have any engagements that she as queen, must attend. she promised felyx that she would visit old town, and that day has finally come.
her sweet boy just looked up at the hightower lord; argon looked so much like the king. her friend’s offered arm helped her from her carriage. “It is good to see you, my friend. thank you for opening up your home to argon and i. I cannot wait to meet your darling twins, and i will be sure to spend time with mira. how has she been faring since giving birth to the twins?” she nodded her head, “you may.” offering the six-month-old to him.
“oh, it's nothing — this is as much your home as it is mine. make yourself comfortable. we have dressed up one of the chambers so that it should be suitable for the pair of you, but do not hesitate to let me know if there is anything else you require.” felyx had always questioned why he was in line to rule over oldtown, and had once dreaded the day his father passed away. when the light faded from the older hightower's eyes and the lordship was passed down to the eldest - born son, he took to his position despite the strangeness of it all. now it was taken in his stride ; felyx hightower, the rightful sovereign, guided by a love of his people akin to that of his own children. argon had more weight than his new arrivals, and yet he shouldered the boy with ease. “a mighty future leader,” felyx smiled, before gesturing for meira to follow along behind him. “mira is well. the hightowers are not small people, and that was certainly the case with bringing two of them into this world. it was a mighty feat, mightier than any bravery i have seen amongst soldiers. she is truly the strongest woman i know.” whenever he spoke of his wife, the light of his once - dark life, felyx felt a swell of adoration in his chest as though he was fit to burst entirely. “but there is so much i don't know. if there is anything you could offer so that i can take her of her better, please do enlighten me.”
ronan felt like this ribcage had been cracked open and exposed. somehow the loneliness that had found its way into every part of his life seemed to fade with ever touch , every kiss. jasper was unlike anything ronan had ever experienced before. they were blunt , rude and loud , but also tender and adoring. their oddities made ronan laugh and wonder what else jasper would reveal down the line. "thank you , for your kindness , my liege." ronan helped jasper with his own shirt. it was too big for the liege , fabric billowing around him and pooling onto the bed. he looked pretty. jasper wearing his clothes made something hungry grow within ronan , and he pulled them in for another kiss. the blunt reassurance felt too soon , yet inevitable. "i am yours , as well ," ronan replied , voice far too shaky for his liking. "i wouldn't cross the seas for anyone else. if i didn't have you , i'd still be at lonely light." jasper would be able to feel ronan's heart beating in his chest. it would be impossible to avoid. "no matter what happens , i'll never belong to anyone else."
their hazel eyes softened. there were once such high walls, their trysts ending with grunts in each other's direction, but now whatever sensation lived deep in their chest was almost too much to bear. it suffocated him, it felt like drowning ; he stared up at ronan, inspecting each sharp corner and angle of his iron features. “and lonely light is oh so lonely,” it came as a breath, before he jabbed at the ruling lord's chest with a little, distracted laugh. “careful, farwynd. it's starting to sound like you're falling hopelessly in love with me.” the door knocked, and after quite the roll of their eyes jasper peeled himself from the bed once more. he scuttled to the door, pulling it open, glad of the length of ronan's shirt to obscure anything too inappropriate. before forgetting, after taking the plate of cured meats and candied nuts, they thanked the worker that had delivered it and returned to the bed to curl up upon it with their legs folded beneath them. “this is what i imagine the heavens to be like,” a moan escaped the liege as he bit into a hunk of smoked ham, “satisfied, in the bed of a handsome man, having my fill of good food.” if only it could last forever.