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âI will not fight you,â Princess Meria told Rhaenys, ânor will I kneel to you. Dorne has no king. Tell your brother that.â
âI shall,â Rhaenys replied, âbut we will come again, Princess, and the next time we shall come with fire and blood.â
âYour words,â said Princess Meria. âOurs are Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken. You may burn us, my ladyâŚbut you will not bend us, break us, or make us bow. This is Dorne. You are not wanted here. Return at your peril.â
Thus queen and princess parted, and Dorne remained unconquered.
FIRE & BLOOD | Aegon's Conquest
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KINGS OF WESTEROS DURING AEGON'S CONQUEST
Aegon's Conquest, also called the Conquest, was the campaign in which Aegon I Targaryen conquered most of Westeros. Aegon subdued six of the Seven Kingdoms, successfully resisted only by Dorne.
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ASOIAF as historical paintings (17/â) Meria Nymeros Martell, the Ruling Princess of Dorne during Aegon's Conquest
Meria: I will not fight you, nor will I kneel to you. Dorne has no king. Tell your brother that. Rhaenys: I shall, but we will come again, Princess, and the next time we shall come with fire and blood. Meria: Your words. Ours are Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken. You may burn us, my lady ... but you will not bend us, break us, or make us bow. This is Dorne. You are not wanted here. Return at your peril. (The World of Ice & Fire)
art by Charles Guillaume Brun
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MARTELL WEEK - day O3
⤝ favorite moment
âI will not fight you,â Princess Meria told Rhaenys, ânor will I kneel to you. Dorne has no king. Tell your brother that.â âI shall,â Rhaenys replied, âbut we will come again, Princess, and the next time we shall come with fire and blood.â âYour words,â said Princess Meria. âOurs are Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken. You may burn us, my lady...but you will not bend us, break us, or make us bow. This is Dorne. You are not wanted here. Return at your peril.â Thus queen and princess parted, and Dorne remained unconquered.
fire and blood, george r. r. martin
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âYeetâ
-Meria Martell to Lord Rosby moments before pushing him from the top of the Spear Tower, probably
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Ladies of House Martell:
Meria
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As gross as the parallel is, it's interesting that GRRM has Quentyn hear false rumors of Dany that vilify her for promiscuity in a similar way that their shared ancestor, Meria was vilified by her enemies:
The more Quentyn heard of Daenerys Targaryen, the more he feared that meeting. The Yunkai'i claimed that she fed her dragons on human flesh and bathed in the blood of virgins to keep her skin smooth and supple. Beans laughed at that but relished the tales of the silver queen's promiscuity. "One of her captains comes of a line where the men have foot-long members," he told them, "but even he's not big enough for her. She rode with the Dothraki and grew accustomed to being fucked by stallions, so now no man can fill her." -- Quentyn II, ADWD
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Age and ill health finally did what dragons and armies could not. In 13 AC, Meria Martell, the Yellow Toad of Dorne, died abed (whilst having intimate relations with a stallion, her enemies insisted). -- Fire and Blood
Both Dany and Meria are/were powerful women ruling in their own right whose enemies fabricated falsehoods about them and tried to depict them as sexually depraved since they couldn't defeat them. This is clearly an intentional parallel not only between Dany and her ancestor but between both of them and Catherine the Great who was also sexualized by her enemies, who couldn't defeat her. She, too, was said to be participating in beastiality with a horse when she died, which was false.
Through Dany and Meria, GRRM is showing how women in positions of power are vilified by misogynists who want to uphold the status quo.
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A Welcome to Dorne
The Yellow Toad of Dorne knew they were coming. The moment the sky cried out a thunderous roar, she knew that they were upon Sunspear. The ground shook briefly. They had landed. Still, she did not move from her seat. They would see her on her throne as her subjects had done before.Â
Hollow steps approached the throne room. The doors creaked open.
âWho are you?â a voice demanded.
She did not reply. The tone was already testing her temper.
âWhere are the guards? The servants? Or is this an ambush?â the voice asked. âIf it is, Meraxes is waiting outside, unless you wish this castle to be burned to the ground, I would advise against it.â Â
She hummed. âYou��re one of his consorts, arenât you?â
âI am the wife of the future King Aegon, Rhaenys Targaryen.â
âAh, the second one.â
âYouâve heard of us.â
âHere and there amongst the usual ramble of attempted invaders.â
âThere is nothing usual about us.â
âSo, Iâve heard. You have a different kind of weaponâŚa living one.â
âOur dragons have already defeated the Lord of High Garden, the Stormlands, the Riverlands, and the Isles, that is not to mention the submission of House Stark, Arryn, and Lannister. We have conquered most of Westeros. Would you count that as usual?â
âYou believe a few bent knees are worth anything?â
âThose bent knees have welcomed us into the continent.â
âSome plots of land and six divided unruly kingdoms, what a prize youâve won.â
âWeâre looking to make it seven.â
The Toad smiledâa cruel smile.
âWe both know what Iâm here forâ, Rhaenys said. âI will give you the same choice as the others, bend the knee or else.â
âIâm afraid, I canât barely sit up, much less bend a knee.â
âDo you think this is a jest?â
âHardly, if it were I would be laughing.â
âWho do you think you are?â
The old woman frowned. âI am Princess Meria of House Martell, ruler of Dorne.â
âFormer rulerâ, Rhaenys added.
âYou are on my land, my lady. Not yours. Your blood does not flow into the sand of these desserts. Your ancestorâs hands didnât build these castles. You hold nothing to this place.â
âI intend to change that.â
âI will not fight you, nor will I kneel to you. Dorne has no king. Tell your brother that.â
âI shall but we will come again, Princess and the next time we shall come with fire and blood.â
âYour words. Ours are Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken. You may burn us my ladyâŚbut you will not bend us, break us, or make us bow. This is Dorne. You are not wanted here. Return at your own peril.â
A deadly silence fell over the throne room. The same hollow footsteps eventually began walking toward the doors. They creaked open before shutting close.
Moments went by before hushed steps went across the marble floor.
âPrincess, are you alright?â the timid voice of a servant asked.
Meria turned her head. The young girl had stayed despite her orders.
The girl went to her side. âSheâs one of them, those Dragonriders. Sheâll come back again, wonât she?â
âShe will.â
âWhat will we do? She flies on a dragon.â
âDo you fear little birds because they can fly?â
âNo?â
âWe hunt them, donât we? They can soar above in the air yet we can still hunt them.â
âYes, with arrows but they arenât the same, dragons breathe fireâ, the girl insisted.
âAnd birds can peck your eyes out. Just because something can fly doesnât mean they are invincible.â
âBut then how can we kill them? Theyâll return to try and conquer Dorne.â
Meria crossed her hands together. She neither smiled nor frowned. âThen weâll have to shoot this little bird out of the sky.â
Technically not part of Martell week but I'm glad it fell on it :) Lowkey dedicated to @martellspear
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Day EXTRA Martell Week: Favorite trope/HC
Even the extra ends, yesssss! It was going to be a fuller image to show you the top and pants that I feel like the Martells wear under some tunics, but it stayed at the bust size. One of HC that I try to capture is the use of Khol on the eyes like the rings inspired by ones of Andalusian origin that a friend showed me.
The one in the drawing is a young Meria, by the way, about 30 years old, a mother and I think she was already princess regent of Dorne, so she was a determined and tenacious woman from a very young age. willing to tarnish her image in history, if that gave freedom to her lands and her people.
Nymeria drawing of the character of the day
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officially one week until martell week!!
â Meria Martell
"Your words. Ours are Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken. You may burn us, my lady ... but you will not bend us, break us, or make us bow. This is Dorne. You are not wanted here. Return at your peril."
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Meria Martell, the Yellow Toad of Dorne, The red Princes of Dorne
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A timeline of the ruling princes and princesses of Dorne from Meria Martellâs death to the formal union of Dorne and the rest of the Seven Kingdoms in 187 AC.
Anything marked with a * means itâs a canon date. The rest are speculation and a lot of math on my part. I also made up the names for a few characters as well! Also rip the quality on this but when you click it, it looks better.
More explanation under the cut.
Where I ran into most trouble in trying to figure out this timeline when we have not nearly as much information as we do about literally every other major Great House of Westeros, is the line from Morion the Mad to Qoren Martell. Thereâs several quick changes in princes during that time and we donât even know what their relation is to one another in several instances. So I tried working out the timeline in a few different ways - I tried it with Mara Martell, Morionâs heir, as his very young daughter, as a twin sister, as a younger sister, and I finally settled on her being his much older aunt as making the most sense.
I think it makes the most sense because Morion is considered young and yet his father was Prince for a very long time; it doesnât make sense that a ruling prince would wait so long to have an heir unless in a parallel to Jaehaerysâ later issue, several of his heirs die and leave the line of succession a bit uncertain. So I concluded that Morionâs father, who I named Voren, had several older children that died, likely during the Vulture Kingâs first war (we know itâs suspected Deria was funding him) so when Voren died, the throne went to his reckless, dumb ass youngest son, Morion. With Morion dying without any children, the throne passes next to Deriaâs second child, Mara, and the Nymeros Martell line descends from them. This also makes sense because in canon, Morion was angry that his father didnât send soldiers to kick the Iron Throne out of the Dornish Marches during Lord Rogarâs War; if Voren had children that had died in a previous conflict, it would make sense that heâd hesitate to get involved again.
Qoren was also a bit tricky. He had to be old enough to fight in the Stepstones War against Daemon, but young enough to not be married yet and be considered a potential match for Rhaenyra two years later. After a lot of wondering how in the hell I make that work, I finally figured - again, similar to Cregan Stark and Jaeherys, that there was a surplus of heirs at this time. Mara would have come into her throne already old with children and grandchildren, and her heir would come into the throne also already old, same as Meria/Nymor/Deria. Makes sense that the prince before Qoren was therefore a grandfather or great-grandfather, and that Qorenâs father never took the Sunspear Throne.
I stopped at the unification of the Seven Kingdoms simply because we get absolutely no information on what was going on in Dorne until Doranâs mother. Apparently, Dorne was real quiet during the Blackfyre Rebellions, hah.
And as for names...
Voren - we have several instances of Dornishmen with names that end in the -en sound. Doran, Oberyn, Llewyn, Yoren, etc. It seems like a common naming quirk, similar to the Northerners being really fond of -on and -ard endings. I thought Voren sounded the most like a real name.
Ellario - We have Elia and Ellaria so I figured there should be a male version of the name. I didnât want to use Elio, so Ellario was born.
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Meria Martell receives the letter from Aegon Targaryen the Conqueror Artist: Francisco Vegas
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explain your reasoning if you dare
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