#ilarya dondarrion

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what's elyana's relationship with her family like

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Elyana's relationship with her family ranges from loving to terrible depending on the family member 😄

She loves her mother - Ilarya Dondarrion, nee Dayne - very much. The two have a lot in common, not only in regards to their appearance, Elyana also gets her kindness and lively nature from her mother. Her mother left Dorne to marry a Westerosi man for love, so she is definitively Elyana's role model when it comes to wanting to be true to her heart.

Elyana also loves her father, Halfdan Dondarrion (name very much up for discussion, I suck at those ^^), but her childish adoration for him takes a bit of a hit when he sends her away to King's Landing at her brother's behest.

Elyana's feelings for her older brother Tristan Dondarrion (FC Ben Barnes) are not only complicated, they border on downright hatred. He is the reason that Elyana is sent to King's Landing (because he doesn't want to risk her being "ruined" by a stewart's boy). He treats her quite terrible and a lot of it is probably rooted in internalised racism towards his Dornish heritage, which is a lot more prominent in his sister's appearance (he likes to remind her that Westerosi men probably think of their favourite exotic whores whenever they look at her) and thus a constant reminder even when he looks more like their father and is "Westerosi passing". It probably doesn't help that he's very handsome and thus gets away with a lot. Tristan is also very ambitious and feels like he deserves more than to be the heir of a mere second born. This doesn't end with himself, he is also borderline obsessed with making a prestigious match for his sister - and her infatuation with a lowborn doesn't go well with his plans at all. When he learns that Elyana slept with Criston prior to him being sworn into the Kingsguard and taking his vows, he even loses his temper and hits her.

In short, fuck him.