#int. eamon

[thanflowers]

❀ — memes / accepting!

@gwahren said: “what i did, i did for us.”

        “elethea, you had the man killed!” elspeth hisses the words under her breath, only daring to do that much because they are safe behind the walls of thea's own private rooms in gwaren. she expects that anyone close enough to overhear them here is someone elethea would have to trust enough to already know about it anyway. “what if someone discovers what you've done? after all that you have built here?” 

[raeynbowboi]

How to Play as Alistair Theirin in DnD 5e

I only recently got into playing the Dragon Age games and was drawn to Origins definitely not because a certain handsome knight looked very kissable. So, after installing mods to let Alistair have a boyfriend and making my way through the game, I enjoyed the character enough that I decided to try building Alistair in 5e using the 2024 rules. So, let's see how we can translate the Prince of Fereldan to Dungeons and Dragons.

ORIGIN

Alistair is a Human with slight Elven blood. 2024 edition removed Half-Elves, and even if they were an option, I wouldn't call him one. He is a Human in every way that counts. So, we will start by making his Species a Human. Humans gain 1 bonus skill and a free Origin Feat. For his bonus skill, we'll give him Perception as a nod to his elven ancestry. We'll pick the Tough feat to increase his Hit Points.

For his background, Alistair Theirin is the illegitimate son of King Maric Theirin and Fiona. Unable to be raised by his true father, he was raised by his half-uncle Arl Eamon until the Arl took a new wife who felt threatened by the boy's presence, and Alistair found himself sent to the Chantry to live out his life in the monasteries. It is only because Duncan saw potential in him and fought to recruit him as a Grey Warden that Alistair was able to escape the fate of becoming a true Templar. Despite being a common-born bastard, Alistair was raised in Castle Redcliffe by the Arl, which could be reason to call him a Noble. Joining the Chantry at age 10 could certainly count toward the Acolyte background as well. The Chantry did train him to become a Templar, which could justify a Soldier background. All three allow him to boost his Strength, Charisma, or both so you can't go wrong with any of the options. However, being King Maric's illegitimate bastard son plays a very big role in his storyline and has had huge ripple effects throughout his life. As such, it feels like the most important aspect of his backstory and leads me to label him a Noble for +2 STR, +1 CHA, proficiency in History and Persuasion, and the Skilled Feat. The Skilled feat lets Alistair gain 3 more skills, and we'll give him Survival, Deception, and Insight. The boy's not the sharpest spade in the shed, but he's pretty good at knowing when the player character is being bothered by something and knowing when to say something.

Alistair is undeniably Good. He projects a lot of confidence and hides his insecurities behind a veil of humor to keep people at arms length, but he does usually speak in favor of freeing and helping others. Doing the right thing is a surefire way to win approval from him. Even when he disapproves of freeing the blood mage Jowan, he also disapproves if you execute Jowan. He cares a lot about duty, and will begrudgingly admit that he should do something because it is his duty as a Grey Warden to do so, no matter how much he might dislike it. As such, I would label Alistair as Lawful Good.

CLASS

PALADIN OATH OF THE WATCHERS

Alistair's class is pretty straightforward. Templars are holy warriors trained by the Chantry to fight mages. As a Grey Warden, he can sense Darkspawn and Blights, and the story involves fighting many Darkspawn, Undead, Demons, and Dragons. He is very obviously a Paladin. The Watchers come the closest to fulfilling the duties of a Grey Warden. They swear an oath to thwart the mischief of extraplanar creatures who would threaten the stability of the multiverse by crossing over into the prime material plane. They can also bolster the party's saving throws against INT, WIS, and CHA saves, which are primarily made as Spell Saving Throws. They also get Detect Magic and Counterspell, making them somewhat better as anti-mage classes. For our Paladin skills, we'll choose Athletics and Religion.

BUILD OPTIONS

I can't assume what technique your DM will use for stats. So, I'm going to use the Standard Array. If you're using Point Buy or rolling for stats, treat the Standard Array as a template for which stats matter the most for Alistair. As a Noble, Alistair gets +2 STR and +1 CHA.

STR 15, DEX 12, CON 14, INT 8, WIS 10, CHA 13

Alistair is prebuilt in Dragon Age Origins to be a Shield & One-Handed Weapon Warrior with a Templar Specialization. As such, we'll focus on building Alistair under the assumption he'll be using a Longsword and Shield.

For his Fighting Style, Dueling is going to make him more effective at using his sword.

At 4th Level, take the Mage Slayer feat to get +1 STR, bringing our STR to 18 and making us better at shutting down mages.

At 8th Level, take Shield Master to get +1 STR bringing our STR to 19, and granting us Evasion on successful Dexterity Saving Throws. This will not only protect us again spells like Fireball, but it'll also potentially negate any damage from a dragon's breath weapon.

At 12th Level, put +1 into STR and CHA capping out our STR at 20 and bringing our CHA to 15.

At 16th Level, take Inspiring Leader as Alistair comes into his own as a leader, raising his CHA by +1 to a total of 16.

At 19th Level, the epic boon Boon of Energy Resilience not only allows Alistair to choose two damage types to become resistant to, he gains the chance to redirect damage of those damage types to other creatures during the fight, allowing him to redirect some of a mage's fireball back at them. However, he could instead choose the Boon of Epic Fortitude to get +40 Hit Points to negate his rather low Constitution score.

Alternatively, if during your campaign Alistair finds items that raise his Strength such as Belts of Giants Strength or Gauntlets of Ogre Power or you just manage to roll high for stats, you might choose to more heavily invest in increasing his CON and CHA. But Mage Slayer and Shield Master are the two most important feats for him to take since fighting mages is what he was specifically trained to do. It is worth pointing out that a higher CHA improves his Aura of Courage, boosting not only his but his allies' saving throws against everything, not just spells.

PALADIN SPELLS

1 Alarm, Detect Magic, Detect Evil & Good, Divine Smite, Protection from Evil & Good 2 Moonbeam, See Invisibility, Find Steed, Shining Smite, Warding Bond, Zone of Truth 3 Counterspell, Nondetection, Crusader's Mantle, Dispel Magic, Remove Curse 4 Aura of Purity, Banishment, Staggering Smite 5 Hold Monster, Scrying, Circle of Power, Destructive Wave, Dispel Evil & Good

ROLEPLAYING AS ALISTAIR

On the surface, Alistair can come across as a proud, confident, charismatic comedian with a knack for cheeky remarks and sarcastic retorts. His sense of humor is rather irreverent, with a mix of self-deprecation. He can also come across as somewhat immature and childish, openly showing hostility toward Morrigan and cracking jokes at Wynne about her age.

Alistair is used to being pushed away by others: by his birth father, by Arl Eamon, by the Chantry. He uses humor to deflect when you try to get to know him, a defense tactic meant to spare him future pain by not allowing a genuine connection to develop. Underneath the swagger, confidence, and humor, Alistair has very low sense of self-worth, always afraid he's not good enough or important enough. To the point that he seems genuinely shocked when the player wants to actually get to know him, and even more surprised when they return his affections. Much of this comes from lacking a sense of belonging and always feeling like an unwanted outcast or an unwelcome intruder. And those that did try to get close to him often only did it because they found out he was a prince and wanted something out of him, leaving him with very few real friends or a real sense of family.

Alistair also doesn't want to take charge. He prefers to be a follower rather than the leader and laments the idea of being looked to or stepping up into leadership. In one dialogue, he fiercely rejects the idea of leading, saying that it just leads to getting lost, people dying, and him ending up stranded with no pants. While this sounds like a Noodle Incident we're never given the full context for, it could be deeper than that. His fear of leadership likely ties back into his feelings of inadequacy and irrelevance, as though he's not good enough to be king, or fearful that he'll make a stupid call that makes everything worse. Alistair's dream life when he's controlled by the Sloth Demon gives us a glimpse into his deepest desire: to be an ordinary man with a happy and loving family. He would be content to find his family, settle down as a loving brother and uncle, and never have to fight again. Which makes it all the more tragic that his sister blames him for her lot in life and he basically has to earn her love. Just one more relationship where he's left to feel unworthy. One more person who only values him as a Prince they can get something out of.

Alistair is very emotionally reactive. Smashing his mother's amulet against a wall as a child. Screaming in the chantry just to see how long it would take for a priest to come check on him. Being consumed by grief after the death of Duncan. Alistair feels things very deeply and wears his heart on his sleeve. When humor fails to deflect, sometimes he'll emotionally lash out with words instead. When he does manage to be reserved, it's him actively suppressing his emotions, such as not wanting to talk about the incident after his sister blames him for ruining her life, or barely saying two words to Arlessa Isolde who is the main reason he was sent to the chantry.

While Alistair is by no means a scholar, he's actually rather astute when it comes to reading people and situations and can be rather thoughtful and wise. I would actually say he's probably got a 14 or 16 in Wisdom in-character. He recognizes when the player has started having dreams of the Archdemon and stays up at night to reassure and comfort them. There's also the rose he plucks in Lothering and later gives to the player if they've romanced him, where he explains that it stuck out to him because it was something beautiful growing in a bleak place. This thoughtful and poetic side of him is rather indicative of a sort of wisdom he doesn't openly showcase a lot, but is there just below the surface.

So, some things work thinking about while playing as Alistair:

He's not very good at hiding how he really feels. Whether it's his dislike for Morrigan or being caught staring at the player's butt by Wynne, subtlety is not one of his strengths.

While Alistair won't raise alarms when you pick locks, lie, intimidate, or pickpocket, he draws the line at cold-blooded murder. This is to say he's not a stock archetype goodie-two-pauldrons paladin that refuses to do anything wrong ever.

He's quick to speak of redemption when the party finds the murderer Sten imprisoned in Lothering, but objects when the party considers freeing the blood mage Jowan imprisoned below Castle Redcliffe.

Alistair does not like dwelling on dark or uncomfortable topics, often either handwaving the issue, refusing to talk about them, or cracking jokes to distract people away from the things he doesn't want to address.

Much of his decision-making comes from the heart, and it takes some convincing to get him to make decisions based on logic.

I'm fairly satisfied with how Alistair turned out. His stats could be better, but beyond that, he's doing a fairly good job at translating from Dragon Age to DnD. This is the first time I've written a "how to roleplay" them section so, lemme know if you want me to keep doing that. And while I started with my favorite himbo boyfriend, I really like most of the Origins characters, and I'll probably build a few more of them eventually. But Alistair is the reason I got the game, and by the Maker, he's going to get top billing.

[thewardenisonthecase]

Ungrateful - part 2

King!Alistair x Queen!Cousland

Part 1 here.

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A/N: I don't love this but its the best I can offer.

Anneliese was in the training courtyard, sparring with some of the new guards they recently recruited, when Teagan approached her, a worried look on his face. 

“I’m terribly sorry to interrupt, Your Majesty, but you must come with me.” He said. “It’s an emergency.” 

She turned to the guards, telling them to keep on training, before nodding and following Teagan. “What’s happened?”

“Nothing yet, but it will soon if you don’t intervene.” He said, as they hurried down the halls. From afar, Anneliese started to hear shouting.

“Is that-”

“Alistair and Eamon, yes. I don’t know how it started, but they’ve been at it for some time.” 

Anneliese stopped and put a hand on her forehead. “Oh Maker, I know what it is.” She sighed. “Teagan, I think its best if I go alone.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes. Just…make sure no one else approaches the King’s study, yes? I’ll handle this.” 

“Of course.” He nodded and walked away, and soon, Anneliese sprinted, the sound of shouting getting louder and louder. 

She stopped right in front of the door, taking a moment to catch her breath before nodding to the guard as he opened it and she stepped into the room. 

“What in the Maker’s name is going on here?” She said, loud enough for the two men to stop and look at her. 

Anger was written all over Alistair’s face as Eamon just shook his head, looking down. 

The elder man spoke. “Your Majesty, I think it would be best if you left-”

“No.” Alistair cut him off harshly. “She’s going to stay and you’re going to repeat everything you’ve told me to her.” 

“Alistair-”

“Don’t ‘Alistair’ me. If you’re brave enough to say all that to me, surely, you can say them to my wife.” 

Eamon looked at her, eyes almost pleading for help. Anneliese turned to Alistair and walked towards him. She put a hand on his back, before turning to Eamon. “What is it that you told him?” She feigned innocence. 

The old man sighed before straightening his back. “I only made a suggestion, Your Majesty. One that would benefit the future of Ferelden.” 

“Oh, please.” Alistair said. “When you put it like that, it sounds like you’re suggesting to have the Empress of Orlais over for dinner and not…” He stopped himself, taking a deep breath. “And not that I replace you with another, just to have a child.” He said, looking at Anneliese. 

Anneliese sucked in a breath. So, Eamon had done what she insisted he wouldn’t and just as she assumed, it had all blown up. Great. 

She looked at it. “Is it true, Eamon? You’d suggest such a thing.” 

“Yes.” He said. “I know that you love each other, but this is about the future of Ferelden. You have no heirs, and it is your duty-”

“Enough.” Alistair interrupted him once again. “I already gave you my answer. If you want to keep any goodwill I still have of you, you’ll stop with this conversation. Anneliese’s brother has sons, if we fail to produce a child, I’ll pronounce them as my heirs.”

“But the Theirin bloodline-”

“I don’t give a damn about this bloodline! I don’t care about it, it can die with me if the other option is letting go of the one person who’s ever cared about me.” 

“Alistair.” Anneliese whispered, putting a hand on his cheek. He sighed, turning to her before rubbing his forehead. “Eamon.” She said. “This topic is over.” 

“I-” he sighed in resignation, dropping his head. “Of course.” 

She nodded, and turned to Alistair. “Let us go somewhere else.” 

He nodded and followed her outside. 

. 

They were in Alistair’s room, Anneliese leaned on the bed frame as he paced back and forth. 

“You’re going to dig a hole in the ground if you keep with this, love.”

He stopped to look at her. “I’m sorry, it’s just…I cannot believe he would even dare to suggest such a thing. After you’ve done for him.” He walked to her. “Though, you’re taking this better than I expected.”

She looked at him. “I already knew about it, Alistair.” 

“What?! How?”

“Zevran intercepted a letter for me, one in which Eamon spoke of you divorcing me and remarrying someone capable of carrying a child.”

She could see by the look on his face that he had even more questions, but he only shook his head and asked “Then why didn’t you tell me?” 

Anneliese sighed. “I had hoped that Eamon would come to his senses. I urged him to not bring this topic with you but it is clear he did not listen.”

“Why would you do that?”

“Because I know that, despite everything, you still care about Eamon. I did not want your relationship with him to be jeopardized because of me.” 

Alistair’s gaze softened as he looked at her. Truth be told, he and Eamon had not been on the best terms for quite some time. He felt that Eamon still treated him like a child with mud on his face asking for help while Eamon felt that Alistair never listened to him. It was only a matter of time until it all came to a head. 

But he appreciated that Anneliese still thought of his feelings in such a delicate situation. The Maker knew how much the topic of pregnancy - or a lack of it - hung over both of their heads, and how much it pained her. 

“You know,” She broke the silence, interlacing her fingers with his “at least there was something good to come out of this.”

“Really?” He raised a brow. “And what would that be?” 

“Now I know that you truly are never getting rid of me.” She smirked. 

“You had doubts?” He said, dramatically. 

She smiled. “I wouldn’t say doubts, but maybe-”

“Let me make it very clear then.” He interrupted her. “You’re stuck with me forever, young lady, whether you want to or not.” Alistair said, before tackling her on the bed, placing kisses all over her face as she laughed. 

“Alistair!” She breathed as he stopped to look in her eyes. “What was that for?” 

“Clearly, I’ve been doing a poor job of showing how much I love you, if you were questioning that. I’m fixing that.” 

Anneliese chuckled, playing smacking his chest. “You idiot.”

“True, but I’m your idiot.” He leaned in for a kiss. 

She smirked. “Of that, I have no doubt.”

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[byreticence]

where: nsa technology divison who: @couverts / eamon!

though he’s an incredible creature of habit and very strict with scheduling, sometimes cecil goes against his typical behavior for no clear cut reason. it’s why he’s decided to haunt the technology division with his presence fifteen minutes earlier than the scheduled time of his meeting with eve. he doesn’t make it a habit; it’s not his division, after all, but it’s a division that’s always intrigued him nonetheless. it speaks to his need to disassemble something and piece it back whole to learn how it works. “is that the newer model?” he asks with only a brief glance at eamon. the weapon eamon’s laid out before him holds his attention more keenly. “we arrested someone the other night carrying one similar to it.”

[nell-clarke]

@eamono-rourke

Nell ran a hand through her hair, fingers catching on stubborn strands at the back which resulted in a sigh. It had been a long, tiring day of revising and organizing files in between seeing patients, but Nell ultimately enjoyed it anyway. She liked to be busy all day, every day.

She glanced at her watch, noted the time, then quickly retrieved her next appointment’s file. Eamon O’Rourke. She spent quite a bit of time worrying about the Irish prince both on and off the clock, mostly because in her relatively short career as a psychologist she’d only encountered persistent depressive disorder a few times. Although that technically didn’t matter, as no two patients were ever exactly the same. 

[quinntamsin]

*Raises her her hands as her warder, Delphine, blocks the Fade’s attack. A weave of fire wraps around the creature burning the Myrddraal.*

“I like Oddities.” - Loial son of Arent

Episode 5 “Blood Calls Blood”, continues the major shake up for the first season of Wheel of Time. Alright, in Eye of the World, everyone is still in Andor and comes to its capital, Camelyn. It’s here where we meet Elayne Trakand Daughter-Heir of Andor, Gawyn and their half-brother Galad. It seems that they decided to introduce Andor later, which makes more sense for Season 2 honestly since Tar Valon is central to A LOT of character development for Books 2-3. Tar Valon, is a definite dream for the eye, a little low end for the VFX, but that’s understandable .Its easily on par with the Witcher, and I think by season two we’ll be on GoT level of VFX. Alright, introducing Loil, our Ogier, I’m not sold on the make up, but they nail the nose, and the beard. His deep voice FITS hard, and yet I really didn’t see any tufted ears. I think they decided to forgo the ears and make things a bit less animated. The ears would likely have ben hard to do with all the set pieces they are already creating. Once again we jump back to the Tuatha’an where Egwene and Perrin are now dealing with the Whitecloaks. Fuck, I hate these fuckers, and Galad is the only one I ever liked remotely. More nuances on the Way of the Leaf, good to see Valda getting some serious resistance.

One big thing in this story I forgot to mention, in the books Kerene dies off set in a river killed by Darkfriends. HER death in this series emphasizes not only the sorrow of her loss, but honestly gave her more agency. Especially, since in the books she is the “Captain-General” aka she was -the defacto leader of the Green Ajah! Stepin’s actor nails the grieving, and his warder friends while a little stiff in their acting convey the emotion right for the scene.

Rafe made the whitecloak abuse of Egwene reminescent of Witch Investigations from England and the New World. Honestly, it was disgusting, but luckily the scene wasn’t too overgenerous. Game of Thrones failed this aspect hardcore especially in the White Wedding and their treatment of Sansa. Eamon again is a fucking piece of shit, and the actor is…insidiously good at his job. The fact they are torturing Perrrin and it activates his wolfbrother abilities is interesting. Their options are plainly given, but I mean it is just blunt that Eamon is a plainly evil man. 

The story eluding to Egwene’s strength (future Amyrlin material right there bitches) does a good job as they segue into her escape fro the White Cloaks with Perrin. Marcus Rutherford, does an okay job in his confession to Egwene in how Perrin killed his wife. I think that the scene itself was one of the weaker ones in today’s episode, but it doesn’t marr the totality of their collective acting. Perrin to me was always either a boring or fascinating. The escape itself solid shows the dangers of the Wolfbrothers and honestly Egwene’s subterfuge was well played.

Tar Valon’s internal politics are small now, but we learn more and more about the backstory of the world. Stepin and Lan show off figures representing the Forsaken, the Aes Sedai of legend who turned on the Light. The gay energy in the Tower and the platonic energy between the Aes Sedai is palatable. I like how Liandrin tries to get to Nynaeve, and how Alanna tries to warn Moiraine. There are ears everwhere in the Tower, the Black Ajah watches, and perhaps Mogdien has already draped her control of the Red for the future.

“The Wheel of Time weaves as it wills.”

Hottakes

1. More Nynaeve choosing Yellow Ajah with her Tar Valon clothing doing some nice foreshadowing.

2. Loial is strange, the slight blonde ginger hair they gave him looks better upclose than in some of the promotional images they dropped.

3. I just wanna give Nynaeve and Egwene a hug! Two Rivers sisters unite!

4. Logain Ablar laughing at the “boys” as they watch him is an interesting twist. Is he seeing Rand rising as the Dragon and Mat’s leadership of the Band? Who knows?!

5. Liandrin you Black Ajah bitch, stay away from Nyn!

6. Rand getting flustered when Loial calls him an Aielman, fucking finally! Give me some Aiel soon! Far Dareis Mai preferrably!

7. The fact that there appears to be different funeral rites for Stepin versus those out in the field is interesting. Is this cultural, or is it because Stepin took his life.

8. Lan’s grieving cry is pretty fucking Klingon if you ask me.

[bloodxjustice]

Dragon Age Verse

Hero of Ferelden: 

Human || Mage || Blood Mage & Shapeshifter

Circle Saved || Werewolf Curse Broken || Harrowmont & Anvil Broken || Eamon’s Family spared/Jowan Escapes/Conner Lives || Alistair on the Throne || Loghain Executed || Dark Ritual Performed || Warden Lived and became Commander of the Grey in Ferelden Romanced Morrigan

Completed Vigils Keep and Saved Amaranthine || Spared the Architect ||Followed Morrigan into the Eluvian.

All Companion’s Quests completed in positive outcomes!

Champion of Kirkwall:

Human || Mage || Force & Spirit Healer & Blood Sarcastic Hawke 

Carver Lived as Grey Warden || Bethany Died || Arishok Killed || Sided with Mages || Anders Spared  Romanced Anders

All Companion’s at max Friendship and quests completed.

Harold of Andraste:

Human || Mage || Rift

Saved all Refugees int he Hinterlands || Saved Mages || Stroud left in the Fade & Hawke Lives || Warden’s Remained with Inquisition || All Three Worked together to Rule Orlais || Blackwall made to be a Warden || Cole lived as Spirit || Cullen stops taking Lyrium || Chargers still live ||  Morrigan drank from the Well || Took down all High Dragons || Cassandra is made Divine!

Romanced Dorian

All Companions Quests Completed on Positive Notes!

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These were all the choices I could remember~! 

[dirtyenglishsky]

eamono-rourke​:

Eamon couldn’t help but let out a snort with the whimsical thoughts the prince was giving. He hadn’t even reached the figure, just been within hearing distance, but it had been so ridiculous he couldn’t help it. “Perhaps it’ll be the next big blockbuster. Maybe you could even try out… it’d have to be for the Dutch prince though,” he started, sinking down heavily next to the other.

“Aren’t you suppose to be deciding who’s back you’re going to support if it turns into war?” It was a valid question, he knew his eldest brother would be taking the possibility seriously. He also knew that their family would unanimously stand beside Matthias, not that he paid as much attention to politics as he should. With a half sigh he gestured towards the other. “Are you going to share that?” 

Elias grinned, “are you saying I couldn’t try out for the leading lady?” With his free hand he pretended to brush long, luxurious locks over his shoulder as he gave Eamon an exaggerated wink. 

At the mention of making a decision the prince’s grin faded, and he took a long, quiet drag on his cigarette. “Nah,” he exhaled, blowing smoke away from Eamon. “Liechtenstein, we’re neutral. Always have been, more or less, you know? Neutrality suits me fine, I don’t have beef with either of them, they should follow their hearts. We’re all gonna die one day may as well do it happily,” he shrugged. Elias didn’t really like thinking about serious matters, such as politics, war, anything related to running a country, really. In fact, he usually went out of his way to avoid them completely. That being said, he could still feel the weight of the situation, and he knew what his responsibilities were, even if he wished blissful ignorance on himself. 

“Here, knock yourself out,” he offered the lit cigarette to Eamon and smiled.“So what would you do in their situation? The lovebirds. I don’t care about the war-” he wrinkled his nose, then corrected himself, “don’t care to discuss it, anyway.” 

[aaronphotonyc-blog]

Jag gick från att ha en ansiktsbehandling att ha permanenta hudskador

En kvinna som utvecklat permanent ansiktshud skador efter använder en ”high-end” kosmetisk produkt på rekommendation av en skönhet terapeut har tilldelats € 37 500 skadestånd mot salongen i krets Civil domstol.

FÅ rabatt på Botox Stockholm

Margaret McLaughlin, en 45-årig marknadschef, berättade domstolen att, i mars 2013, efter att ha mottagit en bonusbetalning från arbete, bestämde hon sig att unna sig själv en ansiktsbehandling på Revive, Milltown Road, Dublin.

McLaughlin berättade hennes barrister, Bláithín Gallagher, som efter behandlingen skönhet terapeuten rådde henne hon har känslig hud och rekommenderade att hon två gånger varje vecka använder Image Total Resurfacing Masque, en kemisk peeling till salu på Revive.

McLaughlin, Hazelbrook, Kilmacud Road övre, Stillorgan, Dublin, sade hon köpte produkten och använt den en gång men tvättas det bort efter fem minuter eftersom hon kände en brännande känsla på läpparna.

Svullnad Hon sa det då fast och hon tyckte det var en normal reaktion. Hon hade senare används det andra gången som hon hade fått instruktioner men sveda blev värre. Hon hade också utvecklat svullnad av sin näsa och rodnad på sin panna och haka.

Hon hade gått tillbaka till Revive som domstolen hört, är nu i konkurs, och hade informerats av chefen att tillämpa en hydrokortison kräm. McLaughlin sa Gallagher, som dök med Cosgrove Gaynard solicitors, att hon kände ingen förbättring av sin hud som var röd, flammigt och kliande, och hon senare hade gått till sin GP.

Domstolen hörde hon hade utvecklat acne rosacea, en hudsjukdom som orsakar rodnad i ansiktet. Hon sa att hon hade pågående problem med sin hud även om det har gått mer än tre år sedan händelsen.

Hon sa: Jag hade en perfekt hud innan. Jag gick från att ha en ansiktsbehandling som en höjdare att ha permanenta hudskador.

Hon stämde återuppliva upplevelse begränsad med en adress på Herbert Street, Dublin, och även produktleverantör Renaissance Products Limited, Church Street, Howth, Renaissance House, Dublin, för vårdslöshet. Båda tilltalade förnekade ansvar. Renaissance Products Limited påstådda the Image Total Resurfacing Masque var en high-end produkt säljs endast av proffs som hade utbildats. Domstolen hörde att en analys av produkten inte visade någon fråga.

För hård ' McLaughlin hävdade produkten hade varit för hårda för hennes hud. Hon hade varit nödställda och hennes förtroende och hennes liv hade påverkats. Domstolen hörde hon måste vara noga med att inte utsätta sin hud i solen.

Domare Groarke sade återuppliva upplevelse Ltd hade underlåtit att utföra en hudanalys eller ett lapptest på Ms McLaughlins hud innan man rekommenderar produkten och därför hade misslyckats i sin omsorgsplikt.

Domaren sa barrister Eamon Marray, som verkade med Donal M Gahan, Ritchie & Co solicitors för renässansen, att han var nöjd inget fall hade gjorts mot dem.