#loa and eris being closer in age than he is with his brothers will never not be wild

[clockwork-ashes]

eris and his mom having a strained relationship is like so intriguing to me. because she loves him, but sometimes he looks like beron? and she remembers him as a sweet child, but he has a reputation for cruelty?? she would give up a life in the day court to stay with him, but secretly wonders what might have happened if she had chosen differently???? HELP that’s so painful :(

[theladyofbloodshed]

This is speculation, how old do you think are Kallias, Thesan and Helion are? Beron is clearly the eldest (I think he might around 900/1000+) with Tarquin being the youngest at what? 80/90? Tamlin is around 400, so he is the second youngest and Rhysand ranking at 530 years and older than both of them.

Personally, I think Helion might be the second oldest, waaay younger than Beron but also not exactly a age peer to Rhys. Maybe Thesan comes in at third oldest, younger than Helion but closer to his age range. And Kallias is younger than them and might be around the IC + Rhys age, but he is more mature and gives off different vibes than them, so maybe he is one century older than Rhys (600 ish). So it would be like this :

Beron >> Helion >> Thesan >> Kallias >> Rhysand >> Tamlin >> Tarquin

I like your rankings. These are mine based on nothing but my own imaginings:

Beron > Thesan > Helion=Rhys > Tamlin > Kallias > Tarquin

Beron:

I don't actually have Beron as that much older than the other high lords. I know the narrative shapes him that way but he wouldn't wait a long time to have an heir because it makes his position unstable and easy for the taking. I can imagine he got married and produced an heir as quickly as possible once he got on the throne - but was picky because as high lord he could be. IIRC he's described as handsome and tall but not that he looks particularly old. He married LoA when she was 20, but I have him as only maximum 100 years older. I also think he killed the previous high lord because that's the type of dude he is.

Thesan:

His mother is from the Continent who they fought against in the war, so I have him as being born before there were any tremors of war happening. There are still attitudes against people from Xian as demonstrated by Nuan's appearance at the high lord meeting, so I feel like Thesan would need to be older than the war but not much older than Rhys.

Rhys & Helion:

I have them at similar ages. LoA married at 20 and met Helion at 19. With the prospect of marrying an older man, I feel like Helion would have been the same age as her and at a similar stage in his life. Rhys fought in the war, as did Helion - during which the LoA had at least two children, one of them Eris. As the Day Court HL was killed by Amarantha, I hc that it was Helion's brother who never had an heir and he ended up as HL despite not expecting to which is why he's kind of a playboy who loves to party.

Tamlin:

Tamlin was only a boy in the war, not old enough to be fighting so we know he is at least younger than Rhys and Beron. I think he's about 30 years younger than Rhys.

Kallias:

I hc that he was the youngest son the of HL Amarantha killed hence why he already knew politics and had the ability to put Viviane on border duty. It's said Amarantha kills the HLs and most of their families. I have him as about 350 - old enough to know people in Prythian and be knowledgeable about politics.

Tarquin:

As he's 80, I see him as the absolute baby of the group. Like the others, he was never supposed to be high lord but Amarantha killed most of his family.