#❛ —𝐄𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐀 𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐍 . * ⋆

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eirelia's  relationships  with  each  of  the  starks  is  found  at  varying  degrees.  cregan  was  not  present  when  she  came  to  winterfell  ,  felt  out  of  place  and  angry  for  her  proposed  purpose.  her  father  had  been  controlling  and  difficult  to  manage  ,  she  hated  winterfell  and  the  starks  for  what  they  represented  ,  hated  being  stuck  near  a  blackwood  she  was  raised  to  despise.  but  the  starks  warmed  her  cold  heart  ,  made  her  feel  welcome  ,  and  because  of  that  she  was  far  kinder  to  them  as  time  passed.  that  turned  into  a  genuine  friendship  with  harry  ,  a  positive  acquaintanceship  with  lyanna  and  alexia  ,  and  an  interesting  place  with  cregan.  she  didn't  feel  bitterness  towards  him  ,  and  he  treated  her  just  as  his  siblings  did  in  that  she  was  a  welcome  member  of  winterfell.  he  was  also  the  stark  she  knew  the  least  about  if  the  cousins  were  counted  out.  a  smile  blossoms  on  her  lips  at  his  tease  ,  "  i  thought  one  could  never  get  enough  practice.  "  she  teases  further  ,  even  if  she  would  trust  him  for  this.  lia  was  just  closer  to  kaina  ,  but  she  appreciated  cregan's  offer  ,  prompting  her  response.  "  far  be  it  from  me  to  offend  a  prince  ,  i  would  be  thankful  if  you  could  assist  in  not  letting  this  scar.  i'm  far  too  pretty  for  such  things.  "  lia  has  a  good  bit  of  confidence  ,  but  her  words  are  further  in  jest.

cregan , in both his youth and his adulthood , could be described as a temperate person . he was difficult to rile , almost impossible to provoke , and despite his natural curiosity , he was not intrusive . he did not pine for the secrets of others , even if he was as enchanted with them as he seemingly was eirelia . it was the opportunity to learn more of her that he was drawn to . once that was gone — he had not grown close enough to any person to know what would come of his affections thereafter . he breathes an all but silent chuckle through his nose at her rebut , accompanied by a winsome smile . it fades some as he brings attention to her cut , gleaning what information he could from the fleeting glances he’d made towards it . “ it looks that way , ” he agrees with the lady’s assessment of her injury , leaning in ever so incrementally whilst still keeping a more than polite distance . “ not so much practice , ” he begins , smile returning to his face , “ i got enough of that earning my silver link . ” though he knew enough and was capable to a level that a grandmaester had granted him leave to forge six links of his own chain — many seemed to discount him as a novice , and likely would until his chain was completed and he bore the title maester . “ still , i would try not to let it offend me so if you’d prefer to go to kaina . ”

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𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 : @encirclet​​​​ ( cailin mallister )

 all  the  mistress  did  was  stand  there  as  yet  another  noble  complained  about  their  kin  in  the  dungeons.  house  ashwood  was  furious  ,  they’d  sent  several  letters  and  caught  her  at  every  turn  of  a  hallway.  lia  had  half  a  mind  to  hide  for  the  remainder  of  their  time  here  but  refused  to  give  them  that  satisfaction.  iit  did  seem  ,  however  ,  that  her  lack  of  reaction  didn’t  go  well  with  them  ,  and  eventually  the  ruling  lord  stalked  off.  the  lady  glanced  as  they  passed  ,  eyes  returning  forward  to  catch  sight  of  someone  she  hoped  hadn’t  heard  that  entire  conversation.  or  lack  there  of.  “  hello  ,  lady  mallister.  ”  she  greets  softly.

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𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 : @ruinovs​​​​ ( thalina tully )

 it  was  completely  irregular  to  find  eirelia  so  out  of  sorts.  she’d  spent  years  perfecting  her  ability  to  seem  completely  in  control  ,  regulated  with  her  emotions  save  when  she  wished  to  be  scornful  and  careful  with  her  words.  that  was  before  her  sister  was  thrown  into  the  dungeons  ,  marking  for  a  very  different  mistress  of  laws  should  anyone  find  her.  her  eyes  were  dead  as  they  stared  at  the  stack  of  papers  on  the  desk  ,  letters  from  angry  nobles  demanding  to  know  what  rights  dorne  had  to  imprisoning  their  kin.  when  the  door  opens  ,  she  only  slowly  glances  up  ,  relaxing  a  bit  when  it’s  not  yet  another  person  to  yell  at  her  and  test  what  little  control  she  does  possess.  “  lady  tully  ,  what  can  i  do  for  you  ?  ”  she  forces  out  ,  trying  to  shake  the  oblivion  her  mind  had  threatened  to  pull  her  to.

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@qcyqoyi​​

 “  lord  reed.  ”  eirelia  greets  ,  not  knocking  or  asking  for  permission  before  she  slips  into  the  study  he'd  been  granted.  they’d  all  been  quite  lucky  in  their  arrangements  ,  it  seemed.  “  i  have  something  to  discuss  with  you  that  may  be  of  your  interest  and  benefit.  ”  she  didn't  often  so  obviously  mess  with  the  affairs  of  her  most  detested  house  ,  but  lia  was  annoyed  ,  put  out  ,  and  seeking  alternatives  to  extinguishing  a  problem  that  went  far  past  a  rivalry  of  houses.

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to : @reignrbs​ ( open )

 eirelia  hadn’t  loved  slipping  on  her  ass  through  the  halls  of  winterfell  ,  but  she  did  love  chaos.  now  ,  in  the  courtyard  with  a  frosted  ass  and  sore  limbs  ,  she  couldn’t  help  but  grin  at  the  cackling  ironborn  and  sparkles  in  the  sky.  “  well  isn’t  this  a  sight  ?  ”  questions  the  lady  aloud  ,  glancing  about  to  the  nobles  and  small  folk  alike  who  gathered  for  the  beauty  in  the  sky  ...  and  the  ones  groaning  about  the  ice  that  had  yet  to  even  get  off  the  ground.

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𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 : @wnterreign​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​  ( harrion stark )

 every  ounce  of  her  being  relaxed  the  moment  her  sister  walked  through  the  doors  of  the  bracken  apartments.  lia  hated  spending  time  in  them  ,  but  had  made  a  point  to  do  so  since  that  was  the  best  way  to  know  when  her  sister  was  released.  she  avoided  her  brother  like  the  plague  ,  confined  quarters  making  that  nearly  impossible.  a  knock  at  the  door  to  their  apartments  stirs  her  from  watching  her  sister  nap  on  the  couch  nearby  ,  glancing  towards  the  guards  stationed  there  with  a  cocked  brow.  slowly  the  lady  pushes  up  from  her  own  chair  cracking  open  the  door  with  a  flash  of  surprise  on  her  features. “  your  grace.  ”

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to  :  your pick ! ( @silverflcmes​​  )

 “  oh  ,  pardon  me  ,  but  have  you  seen  a  girl  that  looks  nearly  the  same  as  i  pass  through  here  ?  ”  her  younger  sister  ,  who’d  stormed  out  of  their  apartments  when  eirelia  insisted  on  taking  the  room  with  the  largest  window.  the  girl  was  dramatic  ,  but  lia  didn’t  like  the  idea  of  her  sibling  running  about  sunspear  alone.  that  ,  and  their  brother  would  be  far  too  annoying  to  face  if  she  admitted  why  the  younger  ran  off.

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to  :  alarra goodbrother ( @vencmovs​​  )

 “  you  have  to  tell  me  how  sailing  as  a  family  went.  ”  her  voice  is  teasing  ,  eirelia  imagining  it  to  be  more  hellish  than  fun  to  sail  the  seas  with  the  father  of  your  children.  especially  if  that  father  was  the  kraken  prince  rumors  sang  so  interestingly  about.  “  i  do  assume  it  was  at  least  better  than  winterfell.  ”  though  she  wouldn’t  admit  to  many  she  did  enjoy  seeing  an  interesting  tension  build  between  the  members  of  house  stark.

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character updates below the cut.

𝐀𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐗𝐀𝐒 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋  .

remains in sunspear with his wife, sharra martell, and son, oberyn sand ( plus aaliyah mormont and darnell arryn ). eventually they chose to travel around parts of dorne, but do not stray out of the kingdom. happily shows off his home to his wife before returning home to soak up as much time with she and oberyn before they are forced to visit highgarden.

𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐊  .

returns home to winterfell with her family where she dives into preparing things for lyanna and sunwoo's wedding. attends that, as well as the wedding of cailin mallister and helaena florent, has a short visit with their cousins, house tully, in riverrun afterwards. she then returns to winterfell before leaving once more to visit some of the northern vassal houses with her knights, including sebastian manderly. they visit white harbor first so bash can see his family, including alistair manderly. after a few weeks of this they return to winterfell shortly before the travel to highgarden.

𝐂𝐄𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐑𝐘𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐋  .

travels back to winterfell to settle for a moment before returning to the rills where he also again sees his sibling, vika ryswell. he helps pack and move his children permanently to winterfell. attends the weddings of lyanna stark and sunwoo lannister, as well as cailin mallister and helaena florent. visits the dreadfort at the request of harrion. in his remaining days in winterfell , ced posed the question to harry of legitimization , thus naming his youngest child catlyn a lady ryswell as well.

𝐃𝐀𝐄𝐆𝐎𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐘𝐉𝐎𝐘  .  

spends his time in pyke with his family, travels with kaelys to suss out suitors, spends time with his daughter, alissa, as well as enjoys a visit from gisele with their twins, roryn and loren.

𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐀 𝐅𝐎𝐖𝐋𝐄𝐑  .  

returns to sky reach to bury her sister. remains there with family for a time before returning to sunspear. spends time there with the martells before going to visit calla tarth for a short period. then returns back home to be with her family once more.

𝐄𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐀 𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐍  .  

returns to winterfell and busies herself with work. spends time with the starks, helps prepare for lyanna and sunwoo's wedding that she attends. also attends the wedding of cailin mallister and helaena florent before visiting her family briefly. returns to winterfell where she remains the remainder of the skip.

𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐑𝐀 𝐓𝐘𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐋  .  

returns to bury her second brother in highgarden. spends her time in there with her siblings, saadet, ferah and cemal. writes melina hightower often.

𝐇𝐔𝐆𝐎 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓  .  

travels to winterfell with the starks, and eventually greets his betrothed, katerina blacktyde, accompanied by maery greyjoy. brings kat to visit his family on bear island, where he sees his sister, aaliyah mormont, before returning to winterfell. spends much of the time with kat and the starks.

𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐒 𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐘𝐄𝐍  .  

visits king's landing for some time and spends it with willas marbrand and his family that are there ( sans aedar ). makes a short visit to the driftmark to see corlys velaryon before he travels back to summerhall to spend more time with his son, daeron. spends much of his time reading if he's not with his son or being visited by family at summerhall.

𝐌𝐘𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐀 𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐓𝐎𝐍  .

myranda heads straight to essos thanks to aeron greyjoy, spending a majority of her time in volantis but also visiting other free cities. has a short fling with another pirate while there. writes her family often, including brother, soren snow, spends her time with her friends and suedo family in volantis.

𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐀𝐍 𝐇𝐀𝐖𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐄  .

returns home with her family before being sent to king's landing by her father to be with her betrothed, willas marbrand. her older sibling comes as chaperone. writes aranya baratheon and serena karstark often while avoiding her betrothed and spending her days in the great libraries of the red keep. eventually is allowed to go home when willas ventures to visit his friend, calla.

𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐒𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐇  .  

returns to the eyrie with the arryns and helps everyone settle in. eventually is visited by his niece, visera waters. shows her the eyrie and then takes her to the clan redsmith lands with osric arryn in tow. after their visit ends, he returns to the eyrie to continue his duties to the arryns.

𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐍𝐄  .

spends his days in sunspear rearranging the guards, assigning those he trusts to watch over ryon, nym and their siblings. makes short visits to starfall and yronwood to see his family and myriah yronwood respectively. much of his time is then spent training his guards, assessing their loyalty, and pining after his princess. nearly visits king's landing several times but is unable to get away from sunspear towards the end of the skip.

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she'd  expected  nothing  from  the  starks  ,  didn't  wish  for  a  friendship  or  even  truly  to  get  along.  in  truth  ,  she'd  once  dreamt  of  the  day  that  harry  took  the  throne  he  would  dismiss  her  ,  no  ties  to  her  now  dead  father  to  keep  her  around.  but  then  lia  had  fallen  in  love  with  her  job  ,  enjoyed  her  laws  and  the  level  of  power  she  held.  she  was  her  father's  child  on  some  level  ,  but  she  also  believed  in  being  fair  with  the  power  she  did  possess.  then  that  unthinkable  happened  too  soon  ,  and  by  that  point  she'd  gotten  closer  to  harry  and  felt  the  pain  of  his  own  loss.  their  friendship  only  grew  from  there  ,  and  now  she  didn't  wish  to  be  anywhere  but  winterfell  because  the  starks  were  more  welcoming  and  family  than  her  own.  what  she  felt  now  between  them  was  uncharted  ,  terrifying  ,  and  made  the  mistress  of  laws  wish  to  ru  rather  than  stand.  but  she  was  no  coward  ,  she  did  not  run  from  what  scared  her.  "  i  promise  i  shall  ,  i  can't  let  this  pretty  face  scar.  "  she  teases  ,  not  at  all  that  vain  as  to  think  a  scar  would  mar  her  for  good.  her  heart  skips  at  his  offer  ,  and  she  lets  a  simple  smile  remain  on  her  own  lips.  "  perhaps.  "  she's  not  sure  if  she'll  take  him  up  on  the  offer  or  not  ,  but  his  next  comment  earns  laughter  from  her  chest.  "  oh  ,  my  dear  king  ,  there  shall  be  no  if  when  it  comes  to  besting  you.  "  she's  seen  him  spar  ,  harry  is  skilled  but  eirelia  is  far  quicker.

        harry's  mind  couldn't  make  sense  of  the atmosphere that'd settled over them but with distance, he found it dissipating, allowing breath to enter his lungs easier. lacking any clear answer, he attributed it solely to the tension here in dorne and the losses he'd faced since king's landing. both of his sisters had nearly been kidnapped. it only made sense that he'd be more protective of his friends. and eirelia, despite their friendship being more recent than other, had become one of them. thus it was worry alone that'd made his heart quicken when he'd thought someone had hurt her.   ❝ you should still see kaina, ❞   he added. however, his smile gradually returned to his face. focus instead shifted to the new knowledge she'd revealed to him, a little surprised that he'd never noticed it given how restless he'd been back in winterfell. then again, his midnight walks were limited to the castle halls or the godswood, not the training yard.   ❝ if you do, perhaps we can spar together one day. ❞  especially now that he was curious about her skills. wanting to further eliminate the strange mood, he continued,   ❝ i promise i won't exile you if you manage to best me. ❞

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𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 : @qcyqoyi​​​​​​​​​ ( brandon reed )

 “  we’re  powerless  in  terms  of  laws.  ”  lia  says  with  a  gentle  shrug  as  she  walks  alongside  the  master  of  whispers.  their  citizens  were  in  dornish  dungeons  and  there  was  nothing  they  could  do  about  it.  she  hated  being  weak  ,  and  that’s  exactly  how  they  felt.  “  have  you  heard  anything  useful  ?  ”  while  she  assumed  he’d  announce  it  in  a  meeting  ,  eirelia  couldn’t  help  but  ask.  her  own  sister  sat  in  those  dungeons  ,  the  mistress  was  desperate  to  free  her.

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𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 : @wnterreign​​​​ ( harrion stark )

 lia  had  already  been  on  edge  ,  her  youngest  sister  being  called  back  didn’t  bode  well  at  all.  hours  ticked  by  ,  and  she  heard  a  whisper  of  conversation  that  pushed  the  mistress  of  laws  to  briskly  walk  to  the  stark  apartments.  it  may  just  be  a  rumor  ,  but  she  needed  it  confirmed  or  denied.  eirelia  didn’t  even  wait  to  be  announced  ,  she  walked  in  and  instantly  found  the  king  in  his  study.  “  is  it  true  ?  ”  her  voice  is  shaky  ,  she’s  nervous  ,  worried  ,  anxious  and  stressed  and  it  all  shows.  normally  the  bracken  is  controlled  ,  in  this  moment  she  is  anything  but.

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𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 : @silverflcmes ( lyanna stark )

"  your  husband  is  doing  well  at  the  joust  ,  i  see.  "  lia  begins  ,  falling  into  step  with  the  princess  easily.  she's  in  far  brighter  spirits  in  highgarden  than  expected  ,  the  initial  annoyance  of  once  again  being  stuck  with  her  family  not  hitting  as  hard.  it  likely  helped  that  she  had  not  yet  crossed  paths  with  her  brother  ,  securing  a  room  apart  from  the  other  brackens  with  a  small  study  attached  under  the  premise  that  she'd  need  space  to  work  as  this  was  a  talk  of  peace  ,  and  peace  meant  talks  of  laws.

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𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 : harrion stark ( @wnterreign​​ )

 “  one  of  ravella’s  sisters  came  to  see  you  earlier.  ”  eirelia  begins  ,  slipping  into  the  king’s  study  as  she  assumed  he  wouldn’t  send  her  off.  lia  never  liked  the  blackwoods  ,  but  especially  found  herself  annoyed  with  the  eldest  as  of  late.  the  antics  were  annoying  ,  she  hated  playing  keep  away.  it  wasn’t  even  fun  anymore.  “  at  least  ,  i  assume  she  wasn't  here  to  check  on  her  sister.  ”  adds  she  with  a  shrug.

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𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 : alarra goodbrother ( @vencmovs​​​​​​​​​ )

 it  wasn’t  hard  to  seek  out  the  friend  who  had  scarcely  disappeared  the  night  prior.  lia  was  attuned  to  those  in  her  life  ,  alarra  had  become  a  friend  and  she  sought  to  check  in.  there  was  no  blame  in  not  assisting  in  putting  out  the  flames  ,  there  was  concern  if  she  had  been  hurt.  when  the  lady  finds  the  other  seemingly  fine  a  brow  raises.  “  where  did  you  go  ,  alarra  ?  ”

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to : @fallencrxwns​ ( ravella stark )

 the  sound  of  the  queen’s  gait  was  far  too  easy  to  pick  out  while  she  was  pregnant  ,  eira  almost  hated  how  easy  it  was.  she  slowed  ,  turning  a  bit  to  spot  the  woman  and  offering  a  very  fake  worried  look.  “  now  ,  your  grace  ,  should  you  not  have  an  escort  ?  the  grand  maester  claims  it  only  to  be  a  matter  of  days  before  we  have  our  new  heir.  ”  her  tone  is  patronizing  ,  but  only  slightly.  if  anyone  heard  her  they  truly  would  think  she  was  only  worrying  for  ravella.