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Daevabad trilogy

I don't know if the daevabad fandom is still alive, but I just finished the trilogy and I am not ok

I CANNOT believe people are sleeping on the absolute BADDIE that is Duriya, so I made her some fan art (and her guy Rustam)

If these doodles get like 15 likes i promise I'll color them 🤞🏽

But SERIOUSLY Duriya be badass. A gold eyed shafit woman who tamed a river god, maintained her sense of dignity and pride despite a society that demeaned her existence, bagged a pure blood prince, and rekt a crazy woman's mad scheme???

AND single handedly raised a child??

DURIYA THE QUEEN YOU ARE

i have had way too much time to create head canons of these characters so if anyone is interested in hearing them PLEASE ASK MY ASK BOX IS OPEN

In the meantime, here are a few:

-Sobek deeply cared about/ loved Duriya- as much as one like him is able. When she reappeared with a child in tow, he was happy to see her- but deeply jealous.

-Rustam was terrified to find out Duriya was pregnant. He wanted their child, a child made from love, but was afraid of what would happen to Duriya and their baby once people found out. That being said, he never once considered terminating the pregnancy. He was a Nahid- a doctor. He knew ways to abort an early pregnancy. But as scared as he was, the baby was wanted.

-While in the human world, Duriya would often sit by the Nile and talk to Sobek. They were both lonely creatures and took comfort in each other's company. She considered him a dear friend; but didn't miss the way his eyes tracked her as she grew into adulthood. She made a point to discover as much about Sobek as she could and was well aware of the sacrifices he asked from humans in the past.

-While pregnant, Rustam would often hold Duriya and touch her stomach for hours without saying a word.

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Darayavahoush clearly is a tortured, haunted man. But the fuck is going on with Rustam? His life served the sole purpose of keeping his sister hostage. The only thing we know about him, as a person, is that he was a gentle botanist. Otherwise, we only learn about how he was brutally tortured. His bones broken and rebroken as Ghassan's men beat him within an inch of his life because Manizheh didn't just reject him but rejected him and tried to kill him. How he was thrown into the dungeons for weeks because Manizheh misstepped, nonverbal for months afterwards, unable to sleep in the dark. His body mutilated and his head on a spike.

I'm sure Manizheh loved her brother but right now (just started on Empire of Gold), I'm fairly certain it was her who had Rustam killed. Because she could not afford the weakness he presented to her anymore. Rustam was never his own person, only a bargaining chip, battered and broken when necessary.

#justice for rustam #the poor man seemingly didnt have a break once #did i make it obvious that i dont like manizheh?#i dont blame her for how her oppressors tortured rustam but i feel like she should have been smarter and kept her mouth shut more often #even nahri did better than her and she didnt grow up oppressed and imprisioned #rustam e-nahid #manizheh e-nahid #the daevabad trilogy #the kingdom of copper

absoutely loved river of silver

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