Vaughan's relationship with Aelin's court
After Fenrys found him,he spends a few months in Terassen and does de blood oath to Aelin,becoming port of her court and having diferent relationships with the other members
Vaughan and Fenrys are besties.
They're the youngest between the original cadre members(at least the alive ones) and are always considered the "wildest" ones, expecially when the subject is going out and "meet" some new people.
Sometimes when the court goes out to deal with something they're constantly interrupted for some ex lover of Fenrys or/and Vaughan,and random people that somehow know the two of them
They kinda bring out eachother's best.Fenrys helps Vaughan to be less quiet and express himself more,not allowing him to hide his wild and fun side.While Vaughan helps Fenrys to stay centered and keep calm when the past starts to hount him sometimes.
Vaughan and Aelin are the only two people in the world that Fenrys talks to about Connall,because they are the friends he trusts the most
Even with Fenrys as his best friend,the strongest conexion Vaughan had in the cadre was with Gavriel.The warrior was practicaly a father figure for him.
So you guys can imagine how devastated he was when he found out about Gavriel's death.
He asked for a moment alone and after more then an hour Rowan went after him.
They did respect eachother and fought side by side,but didn't really know anything about the other.But the time they spent in comfortable silence in the balcony somehow started to change that.
They started training thogether and won eachother's admiration quickly.
And everybody knew wherever he was,Gavriel probably was happy to see that the people he loved had someone to lean on.
Initially the lady of Perranth wasn't sure how she felt about the warrior.
He seem'd polite,but they never had a real conversation until the theather's opening ball.
He aproched her and after a few seconds of akward silence he said "I smelled you know".
When he realised she was totally confused he clarified "When I was..."looking" for Lorcan...I smelled you in the forest.I was planning on helping whoever was walking alone in the florest,but then I had the weird feeling I should turn around and go as far away as I could...I guess that was good,otherwise I would have acidently bumped in Lorcan and probably both of us were not going to be here today"
"So you was also trying to chalenge the oath?"
"I never tough that what Lorcan did was a good reason to try to kill him.He's a good male...deep down I guess"
After that day the two of them became friends.
Everytime Aelin needed someone to go to Perranth in her name,Vaughan would volunteer and spend a few days with Lady and Lord Lochan in their house.
Surprisingly Lorcan and Vaughan get along pretty well.
Even tho they're best friends,Vaughan is way more focused and quieter than Fenrys,and Lorcan respects that in him.
When Vaughan visits Perranth they train thogether a lot and even after centuries knowing eachother's style of fight they still find ways tho surprise the other.
After dinners Elide,Lorcan and Vaughan sit near one a huge fireplace and spend hours and hours talking.
Even tho people supose Lorcan just interact with him because of his friendship with Elide,both know they are actually friends and that pisses Fenrys off
Vaughan is facinated by Lysandra's powers.
He met a lot shapeshifters during his life but none that could shapeshift as easilly as Lysandra.
And the Lady of Caraverre became very interested when Vaughan mentioned that it was possible to win every fight even in animal form,even his,that wasn't as big as Fenrys's wolf.
She asked a few tips to fight as smaller animals and he started training her.Sometimes with Rowan's help.
It was not unusual for Orynth citezens to see a Falcon,an Eagle and a Osprey flying near the castle.
At first,Aedion didn't really liked Vaughan.
Acording to him "he simply desapeared during the war and only came back when it was convenient for him"
Aelin just told him to shut up.
He spent weeks ignoring Vaughan's mere existence,until he found out how much Gavriel cared about the male.If his father liked him so much there must had a reason right?
He wasn't planning to ask the male about it,but he ended up doing it in a day the two of them were alone in the meeting room.
Vaughan was happy to tell him about the lion. Stories of adventures that most people didn't know about.Or even point out similarities between The Lion of Doranelle and The Wolf of the North.
After a while the two were sharing stories of their own,and planning Orynth's security thogether
Aelin was apprehensive when Fenrys sent them a message telling he found Vaughan and that he agreed in going to Terassen meet her.
She wasn't sure if giving the blood oath to someone she dind't know was a good idea.But Fenrys,Lorcan and Rowan seemed to trust him,so at least she could give him a chance.
Her doubts desapeared in the second she saw the smile Fenrys gave Vaughan. Fenrys had started smiling again after the war.
That was the wild smile he used to give before Connall's death.
In that exact moment she knew she had to keep that male in her court,even if just to make her friend happy.
She had already made her decision before even talking to Vaughan,but as soon as they started a conversation she was sure.
Between all the members of the cadre he was the one that enjoyed art and music the most.
With less then a hour she had already shared all her plans for the theather and library and he had gived such good sugestions she was ready to make that male the culture minister of Orynth.
He is usually the one that acompanies her to watch dance and orchestra rehersals.
She couldn't be happier to have her court complete