#( illustrations belongs to l.ilithsaur. )

[arsprince]

not sure if anyone here's read the book 'deathless', but the character of koschei the deathless (also from slavic folklore) is a big inspiration for my take on stolas... also the darkling from shadow & bone... and i want to talk about it... dark, seductive, powerful men with an agenda who crave more By a long, thin window, a child in a pale blue dress and pale green slippers waited for a bird to marry her. — deathless Oh, I will be cruel to you, Marya Morevna. It will stop your breath, how cruel I can be. But you understand, don’t you? You are clever enough. I am a demanding creature. I am selfish and cruel and extremely unreasonable. — deathless A marriage is a private thing. It has its own wild laws, and secret histories, and savage acts, and what passes between married people is incomprehensible to outsiders. — deathless Just remember that the only question in a house is who is to rule. The rest is only dancing around that, trying not to look it in the eye. — deathless