Could I ask for a little hcs, funfacts or lore dump regarding Astris and/or Merilith ? 😊🙂↕️
Of course of course!!
Astris
She had short affairs with both Daeron Targaryen and Valarr Targaryen, Daeron's was before and actively during the Ashford Meadow tourney and Valarr's was for a little bit after!
Astris tried to get her first daughter Palina to be the heir of Highgarden since she herself couldn't rule House Umbrapis but she didn't succeed with that either. Nearly divorced her damn husband over it lmao
Her nickname is Lady Pollen because of her being an Umbrapis (bee) and with how she helped expand House Tyrell (flower)!
She's very very ambitious and along with learning typical talents of ladies she also insisted her tutors teach her what she'd need to know to rule a house which helped a lot with working behind the scenes of House Tyrell
She's sooooo close to Olenna when Luthor and her marry, Olenna reminds her a lot of herself
Outlived both her brothers and also her sister by law Celesse. She also outlived her second cousin Kierat, and she was the main one out of the main branch of Umbrapis' to even be close to him so that sucked for her
As talented as she is at a lot, admittedly she is not the best at embroidery. She gets impatient with her ambitious projects
Closer to her youngest brother Braeden than her younger brother Maxir, at least when she was younger since she felt jealous that Maxir was being chosen as heir when she felt she was more suited for it, but they do get closer in adulthood especially when Maxir makes his daughter the heir!
Merilith
She doesn't share her visions and dreams with anyone until she was in King's Landing with Margaery, who is the first person she spoke to about it!
Merilith only barely remembers her brother Connas, and anything she does know about him is from asking their Septa and tutors who knew him. Her dad barely ever talks about him
She's a big reader, she didn't have tooooo many friends growing up once Connas was sent to the Vale and then Winterfell so a lot of her time was spent in the Nocturnum Keep library
Merilith also spent a lot of time in the godswood as a place for her to relax on her own, she has technically followed the Faith of the Seven but she's never been particularly religious
Very excited to be an older sister to her father and stepmother's baby, though she's also very worried about if she's good enough to help teach them
Her visions have mostly been centered around Jon, but she has also had plenty of visions about Daenerys and the White Walkers!
Cersei teaches her a lot when she's in King's Landing about the political game of Westeros, which as much as they have an interesting and not great relationship is ultimately helpful for Merilith becoming Lady of the Hivelands
She's definitely a little like. Off. but being largely separated from people your age and having visions and then falling in love with a man that was resurrected does that to a person I think