#brightfire

[beezhive]

i want your quiet / your screaming and thrashing / the salt on your lips / and hands that god gave you

[historicaltargs]

"He had curly silver-gold hair, deep violet eyes, and pale unblemished skin. Aerion's face was sculptured and imperious, with a high brow, sharp cheekbones, and a straight nose. He frequently wore clothing as bright as fire, in red and yellow and gold, and a black cloak bordered in scarlet satin" - ASOIAF wiki

Fancast - Cody Fern

[sp1resong]

you're the one who told me my hair looked better black, you're the one who told me to never look back!

my whole mission with btt is to lure people in with my cool worldbuilding and dramatic gay cats, only for them to realize halfway through that they're reading the world's most convoluted arthuriana adaptation (alright not really an 'adaptation' so much as just 'me doing whatever the fuck i want whilst also being autistic' but still)

(inspired by the album cover for Love Run by The Amazing Devil!)

[highgardenart]

Prince Aerion Targaryen

“…known as Brightflame or Brightfire—a most puissant knight but cruel and capricious, and a dabbler in the black arts.”

[esther-dot]

"Evil King Harren had walled himself up inside, so Aegon unleashed his dragons and turned the castle into a pyre."- Arya(ACOK IV).

"Aerys meant to have the greatest funeral pyre of them all. Though if truth be told, I do not believe he truly expected to die. Like Aerion Brightfire before him, Aerys thought the fire would transform him . . . that he would rise again, reborn as a dragon, and turn all his enemies to ash."- Jaime(ASOS V).

Guess who gonna follow their footsteps.

"And I am Daenerys Stormborn, Daenerys of House Targaryen, of the blood of Aegon the Conqueror and Maegor the Cruel and old Valyria before them. I am the dragon's daughter."- Dany(AGOT IX).

Go Dany, Daddy will be so proud of you.

There’s a reason why a lot of BNFs now admit she will! It isn’t something D&D did for lolz. 😂 To me one of the big “hold on a sec” moments was reading that about Aerys:

The traitors want my city, I heard him tell Rossart, but I'll give them naught but ashes. Let Robert be king over charred bones and cooked meat. The Targaryens never bury their dead, they burn them. Aerys meant to have the greatest funeral pyre of them all. Though if truth be told, I do not believe he truly expected to die. Like Aerion Brightfire before him, Aerys thought the fire would transform him . . . that he would rise again, reborn as a dragon, and turn all his enemies to ash. (ASOS, Jaime V)

After Martin wrote this about Dany:

When the fire died at last and the ground became cool enough to walk upon, Ser Jorah Mormont found her amidst the ashes, surrounded by blackened logs and bits of glowing ember and the burnt bones of man and woman and stallion. She was naked, covered with soot, her clothes turned to ash, her beautiful hair all crisped away … yet she was unhurt. (AGOT, Daenerys X)

It's a little matchy-matchy, and then we have all this stuff about ruling over ashes/burnt bones:

The skulls of dead dragons looked down from its walls. Upon a towering barbed throne sat an old man in rich robes, an old man with dark eyes and long silver-grey hair. "Let him be king over charred bones and cooked meat," he said to a man below him. "Let him be the king of ashes." Drogon shrieked, his claws digging through silk and skin, but the king on his throne never heard, and Dany moved on. (ACOK, Daenerys IV)

Which is followed by Drogon turning his home into ashes and burnt bones:

Drogon made his lair inside a shallow cave. He had dwelt there for some time, Dany had realized when she first saw the hill. The air smelled of ash, every rock and tree in sight was scorched and blackened, the ground strewn with burned and broken bones, yet it had been home to him.Dany knew the lure of home. (ADWD, Daenerys X)

It's almost like it's leading somewhere....

[amirisqueer]

Selira 2024 Reference Sheet

Character info under cut.

Full Name: Selira Samra Brightfire Age: 20~ in appearance, 21-55 (depending on the point in the story) Birthday: 01/11/1971 Height: 5'0" Other: he/him, gay

Selira is a kind, persistent person who loves to help others. He's intelligent, and has a vast knowledge of medicine, chemistry, and biology. Sel is patient and caring; he listens carefully to what others have to say and takes them seriously. Selira is empathetic, and he does his best to comfort his friends. He's also loyal (to a fault), and has a hard time saying "no." This often leads him being dragged into situations he doesn't want to be in. He also has a chaotic, fun-loving side, something that only his friends get to see.

Selira is very uncertain and anxious, and has a difficult time making decisions, or even talking to people. He spends most of his time indoors, and longs for company. Selira is a people pleaser, and he values himself on how helpful he is. Part of why he helps others so much is that he's desperate for approval and friendship. While he is patient, when Selira is finally made angry, he snaps, and often says cruel, horrible things. He also has a bad habit of hiding his problems from others, which also results in bad coping behaviors, like drinking. He has a crippling fear of abandonment, small spaces, and spiders.

Selira specializes in healing spells, though can use a variety of fire spells too. He also knows how to use darkness magic, but isn't very skilled with it. Selira can use a galmour to appear human. He is the descendant of an ancient aetherian witch, the original Selira, and is named after her. His namesake is a touchy subject for him.

[ashes-writing-corner]

So I got the main guys of the 141st done, but what about other CoD characters? Do they have dragons? Abso-fucking-lutely! And I'm gonna continue this little series with a recently found favorite and his dragon:

König and Amsel

König

1. König is of course a title. For the sake of this AU his name is Kaleb (I refuse to call him Kilgore because that sounds WAY too extra/on the nose).

2. He is, of course, king of his own kingdom, called Edren, which borders Athana to the north.

3. He became king at fifteen, after his father was killed by an assassin from another kingdom. At the time he was considered too young to rule, but he was a fast learner and took to heart both the words of his advisors and the needs of his people.

4. Kaleb is betrothed to Princess Lyra of Athana, and has been since they were both children. There's a five year age gap between the two, and they alternated visiting each other's kingdoms during the summer months, so as to not interrupt either of their studies, until they were both adults.

5. He does deeply love Lyra, but admits he's jealous of her close connection with the Ghost of Dragon's Keep...

6. Claimed Amsel at the age of seventeen, which actually angered a lot of the common people in Athana, as they saw Amsel "The Black Bird" as their primary protector.

7. Has impeccable aim with a crossbow, on both dragon and horseback.

8. Has been teaching Lyra his language. He's basically like her own version of duolingo.

9. While a good ruler, Kaleb is a jealous man. He sees Simon as competition for his betrothed, and does what he can to keep Lyra from him while he's in Athana.

10. Let's just say hell has no fury like a giant scorned. A giant who also happens to have the second largest dragon in existence at his disposal...

Amsel

1. Known as the Black Bird to the commoners of Athana, Amsel is the second largest dragon in the known world. Only his mother Nova is bigger than him.

2. Is the brother of Lyra's dragon, Talaera. The two were nest mates and are still close. Their riders are betrothed but that doesn't mean they'll mate. Dragons are cool, but incest isn't, even among them.

3. His scales are a deep purple that they look almost black, hence the name Black Bird. His flames are deep violet with veins of black and red.

4. He can eat cattle and other livestock whole, and often does. This actually angers a lot of the farmers in Edren, who've been calling for Amsel to be locked up.

5. Is protective of his sister and family, as well as his Rider. Amsel has a relatively nasty temper towards anyone who dares to think of harming them.

6. Amsel tolerates humans. He doesn't necessarily like them, but he tries not to harm them either. They're like insects to him: sometimes fascinating, other times a pest.

7. Refuses to wear a saddle as he finds them binding. Also has a deep hatred of chains. Do not bring a chain anywhere near Amsel, as he will melt it.

8. Like his Rider sees Simon, Amsel sees Brightfire as a threat rather than competition. He believes Talaera deserves better, but Tala is stubborn in that regard.

9. He has defective muscles in his throat, so rather than roaring he screeches. His voice is a little higher pitched than one would expect (kinda like his Rider...).

10. Has no desire to be used as a weapon to hurt people, fearing he'll become as notorious as his father, Daharak the Hellborn, who is now seen as a force of evil.

And that's it for these two! I really hope you guys liked it! I have a few more characters for this AU already made (Laswell, Graves, and, because I actually do love her, Farrah). I don't know if I'll do anyone else from the game after that. If the interest is there I might take suggestions and include others in this AU. I'd like to incorporate Alejandro and Rudolfo, possibly even Valeria and even Makarov into this at some point. Let me know what you guys think!

[inlovewithquotes]

The traitors want my city, I heard him tell Rossart, but I'll give them naught but ashes. Let Robert be king over charred bones and cooked meat. The Targaryens never bury their dead, they burn them. Aerys meant to have the greatest funeral pyre of them all. Though if truth be told, I do not believe he truly expected to die. Like Aerion Brightfire before him, Aerys thought the fire would transform him.....that he would rise again, reborn as a dragon, and turn all his enemies to ash.

-A Storm Of Swords

[gloamingdawn]

May 26 - Day 6 Gleaming / Hurt

Lyn had bypassed the press line in favor of a more direct path to the door made by flanking around the back of all the photographers — none of whom bothered to look behind them, after all, the people they were here for were more than glad to pose and chat in the view of all their lenses 

She’d grown up dirt poor, but had danced in the splendor that was the Royal Ballet centuries ago, back when she had been a much younger girl. The hubbub reminded her of a show the King and Queen had formally decided to attend, meaning the rest of the Court had to as well to keep up appearances. The opulence then certainly hadn’t matched this — and this time she didn’t have to powder over her freckles. 

It was funny how out of place she felt, even if she knew she looked fucking amazing. Her ivory silk dress was extremely simple, but clung to her like a second skin. The color of it highlighted the honey tones in her tanned skin, made all those freckles pop, and really accented the brightfire blaze that was her untethered tumble of copper orange hair. The off-the-shoulder and low back cut showed off the umber brown Skold Ashil designary tattoos that capped both of her shoulders, as well as the runes scarred in a line down her spine by one of the seers that spelled out blezan til megin. 

That blessing of power would carry her through — even if, maybe, only the vrykul word for blessing would only be visible to most people. A demi-cape of golden feathers started at the level of her shoulder blades, with some of the longer feathers ending just at the top of her hips. A scattered few of them glimmered softly with an ethereal witchlight. Most of them were her own, but a few had come as gifts from distant Sisters. 

She would always be more comfortable on the battlefield, in a surgery suite, or her quiet cabin with her young son than here, surrounded by socialites. But it was nice to experience something different and shake off the rust. 

The art was all beautifully done, Vixannya was a master of her craft, and it had become a pleasant personal game to spot the muses and speak to them a little about the process. Something, certainly, to pass the time. Plus it had been a delight to run into another feathered friend, Sana, drifting around the show. 

It wasn’t surprising to learn that the legendary afterparty was, in fact, just that. She felt the most at home in the Earth space, unsurprisingly, but she’d made a point to check out the others as well. Serazhen, a former patient and Tart colleague, pressed an old fashioned into her hand while she watched Ryland and his performing companions drift about in the shifting skybox. He truly seemed in his element, and she couldn’t help but smile as he pulled off a couple particularly difficult movements with expert ease. 

Fire was where her breath truly caught, though. 

Of course that was where Dicenne was; it only made sense. Their complications had been years ago now, and things were certainly better now between them than they had been in a long time — mostly thanks to Ash being a very charming and well behaved toddler who had only had one meltdown at a small family cookout in Ratchet. 

But it still felt wrong to look for more than a few moments, even if that was technically a big part of why he was here, on stage, indulging. 

So she drifted back to Earth and meandered in the familiar comforts of food, drink and dance.

@daily-writing-challenge / @vixannya / @rylandfalkov / @dicenne

[jonquildove]

artfulprecision.

Sansa was excited at the prospect of going to Highgarden, which surely seemed like a magical place, one that she had previously associated with King’s Landing, once upon a time. It gladdened her heart, that she would not see Joffrey again, she was free of the Lannisters at last. Free to marry Willas Tyrell, a man who the girl said was kind and liked hawking. He had a brown haired moustache, and wore clothes of finery, like a suit. She loved having her sister Margaery, she smiling as they leaned out on the balcony railing together. She’d always wanted a sister like her. They talked and hung out in the gardens at the red keep in King's Landing, bonding over their interests, like going dress shopping and asian dramas. Margaery had said about marrying Willas, during going deeper in the garden, whispering it, as she knew there were spiders in the garden. She could see how scared the girl was, trembling in her body, she seeing the girl stressed and in terror, a reddening bruise on her cheek. She had said Joffrey was a monster, at Olenna's persistence of wanting to know if he was a good or bad man for Margaery; knowing from experience that Aerion Brightfire was handsome yet a monster still. She clasped Margaery’s arm in excitement, as the ship docked at the Mander’s port, and the ship captain announced to the travellers that it was time to get off. Seeing Highgarden for the first time, she thought that it truly lived up to its reputation, as the prime capital of the Reach, a white and brown castle surrounded by a rosebush garden with mountains rising up in the background, she hoping it was okay to start a life there. She could see golden roses adorning the triangular rosebushes in the gardens. “I am ever so happy we’re here, Margaery. If the Lannisters had heard of this plan, beforehand…”

[echoesverse]

✨ hi welcome im bee and this is my oc blog. all my ocs are from my echoes universe, which will hopefully be a game one of these days. until then here are all of the insane (mostly) bisexuals that live in my brain.

feel free to ask anything about them!! ✨

✨ ocs: (some but not all btw will probably edit this as i go)

first gen:

isabela ramírez-wolfe, callum mac shamhráin, aiden mckeough, ciara byrne-mckeough, fiona mckeough, harlow taylor, juliet parker-kelly, mark kelly, raeva o’halloran

second gen:

fallyn mckeough, forest kelly, maverick ‘nines’ ruiz, katherine ‘kat’ kelly, iain mckeough, poppy ainsley-mckeough, rhys mckeough, lux níc shamhráin, xavier mac shamhráin, chiara ottaviano, dominik ‘dom’ albrecht

third gen:

birdie lyn mckeough, roísín mckeough, rory mckeough, hayden ‘aj’ albrecht, réalta gryffudd

ships: evergreen, brightfire, true north, nine lives, lyndom, daphrest, iainpoppy

[historicaltargs]

https://character.ai/profile/helgamiras

Promoting my CharacterAI profile, where I have a few Targ AIs (book only) and plan to do more

Also take criticism, advices, requests, recs, whatever

[sp1resong]

arthuriana but with sad gay cats is a good and valid premise for a story (<- daily affirmations)

i have lost this entire post twice now. i've given up. woe canon btt height chart be upon ye. i fucking guess.

[highgardenart]

Prince Maegor Targaryen

“Aerion Brightfire’s son was born in 232 AC, and given the ominous name of Maegor by his sire…”

[organic-water-molecule]

Steal my resources

Gonna tag some random people join if you please:

@imobsessedwiththeatre @zay-does-things @brightfire-tallykins @echosdevil @chaiayatot @thehellsystem @eerie-eclipse

Thank you @anti-homophobia-cheese for the tag! This one is super fun!

Tagging @cha-melodius @zwiazdziarka @orchidscript @firenati0n @read-and-write- @gayrootvegetable @alasse9 @caterpills @xthelastknownsurvivorx @cultofsappho @love-has-a-way-ofgrowingbackward and anyone else that wants to play!