#{ even roses have thorns : house galanodel }

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the noble and ruling house of galanodel:

HIS ROYAL MAJESTY LAUCIAN GALANODEL,  SECOND OF HIS NAME.  THE COLD KING.  deceased.   portrayed by mahershala ali.

HER ROYAL MAJESTY XANAPHIA GALANODEL,  FIRST OF HER NAME. THE GOOD QUEEN.  previously of house amakiir.  deceased.  portrayed by jada pinkett smith.

HER ROYAL MAJESTY BETHRYNNA GALANODEL,  FIRST OF HER NAME,  CHAMPION OF KYNYESA,  SAVIOUR OF AIDOS,  PLANESWALKER,  SWORN GUARDIAN OF JIFTHALAS AND ALL HER ALLIES. THE MARTYR QUEEN.  portrayed by janelle monae.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS ILLYRIAN GALANODEL,  THIRD OF HIS NAME,  HEIR APPARENT TO THE JIFTHALAS THRONE,  AMBASSADOR OF THE KINGDOM OF JIFTHALAS,  SWORN GUARDIAN OF JIFTHALAS AND ALL HER ALLIES,  KING REGENT.  THE GUARDIAN PRINCE.  twin brother to queen bethrynna.  portrayed by chadwick boseman.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THERIC GALANODEL,  FIFTH OF HIS NAME.  SECOND IN LINE TO THE JIFTHALAS THRONE.  THE WISE PRINCE.  portrayed by lamar johnson.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS VALEN GALANODEL,  FIRST OF HIS NAME.  THIRD IN LINE TO THE JIFTHALAS THRONE.  THE WILD PRINCE.  portrayed by jordan fisher.

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beth + relationship w her brothers ay

LET ME RANT ABOUT MY KIDS  ||  ( always )  accepting!

         to put it bluntly:  beth’s brothers are her world.  she is naturally close to her twin,  between being her sole confidante when her magic began to become more powerful and she made her ultimate decision to run away from home in fear of her father’s reaction,  to petty squabbles of  ‘ if you’re the older one,  how am i more mature than you ’,  but her natural nurturing instinct revealed itself when theric was born,  who she arguably babies more than her actual baby brother.

         it’s because of her brothers that the decision to leave home was so hard,  but ultimately,  she knew that it would be for their protection.  she feared her father’s wrath,  but she also feared what he would do to them if she had enlisted them in helping her hide her manifesting power. and when their parents died  let’s ignore the fact that she never got to say goodbye to her mom  beth took upon a matriarchal role in the family,  NOT because she was the only woman in the royal household alive,  but because she knew that a void was left by her mother.  she couldn’t necessarily fill that void perfectly,  but she could at least do her best to be there for her brothers,  especially valen,  who was still a child when xanaphia passed on.  but let’s break it down brother by brother shall we ?

        ILLYRIAN:  said simply,  he is her rock.  while she was off,  you know,  saving the world,  not only did illyrian help to keep their home safe from any potential attacks,  he essentially ran the kingdom in her absence.  not because she wasn’t ready for that leadership position or because she had other,  bigger things to do,  but because the kingdom could not be left without a leader,  and illyrian,  aside from being next in line should something happen,  was the obvious choice.  he has a heart of gold and a keen mind and is always able to see the bigger picture and the more important things in life,  while beth can sometimes get bogged down by the smaller things.  she’ll never admit it,  but she idolizes her twin brother and wishes some days that she could be just a little more like him.  he is her most trusted advisor,  her best friend,  and no matter who passes through their lives,  they know they’ll always have the others back.  plus,  he also took a finace off her hands by falling in love with him,  so that got rid of the arranged marriage she was also running from.  thanks,  twiny. 

          THERIC:  while beth’s natural nurturing instinct was revealed when theric was born as previously mentioned  ( he was her first true little brother,  because at that age of what equals to the human four / five years old,  her twin didn’t count ),  theric is a bit of a mystery to beth.  it’s not just that he’s the middle child and is,  tragically,  sometimes forgotten about,  but theric is naturally quiet and pensive.  he speaks when there is something important to be said,  and often has valuable insight on things because of this.  if illyrian is away or busy,  beth turns to theric.  they aren’t as close as the twins or beth and valen,  but she knows that he exudes a quiet but sharp wisdom and intellect beyond his years that will one day come in great use to matters of state,  should he chose to be privy and pursue them.  she wishes to know him better,  though.  sitting and reading together on cold winter nights doesn’t exactly do that,  but sometimes,  his quiet is a peaceful sanctuary for her to lose herself in,  but to also reflect in. 

           VALEN:  the baby of the galanodel household,  valen is a trickster by nature,  giving him the monkier of the WILD PRINCE.  he loves nothing more than pestering his older siblings and the staff of the palace,  and more often than not,  beth finds herself either a victim or a co-conspirator of his schemes when she has the time  ( and she always carves out time for her baby brother ).  she tries not to mother him too much,  but because their mother died when he was quite young,  she often has no choice in the realm of disciplining him for some of his nastier tricks.  don’t ask about the time he almost rode a griffon into one of the private greenhouses that help make up the extensive gardens of the jifthalas palace.  it was a nightmare of epic proportions.  the family almost delved into full on civil war.  STILL,  she loves him.  he may be a pest,  but he’s her pest,  and hopefully,  one day,  he’ll find some way to put his…  out-of-the-box thinking to good use. 

            tldr;  i could write a thesis about the galaonodel siblings but they’re as tight-knit as they come and i think about them way too often.