#the band of exiles

[spore-loser]

day two : reputation ( image ) @bandofexilesofficial

there was a reason he had that fox mask, you know. // the male was somehow able to move between his three roles—an emissary for the night court, ally to jurian and vassa, and liaison to tamlin—and still dress immaculately.

but vassa is too brash, too young. she didn’t play the game // a queen by night, and firebird by day, sold by her fellow human queens to a sorcerer-lord who had enchanted her. damned her into transforming each dawn into a bird of fire and ash.

he was mad—had gone mad long before // reborn through the cauldron using the hideous remnants of him that amarantha had hoarded as trophies for five hundred years, his soul trapped and aware within his own magically preserved eye.

[copypastus]

I believe Tamlin would get better much faster if given some rest, love and care instead of people coming to his house and lands to yell at him.

Another piece I ran out of time to finish for @tamlinweek

[velidewrites]

Jurian: I told Elain her ears flush when she lies Vassa: What why Jurian: Watch this Jurian: Elain, do you like Lucien? Elain, covering her ears: No! Jurian: *smiles triumphantly*

[bandofexilesofficial]

Art commissioned by sanktadu1, art by nyastellar on instagram of the Band of Exiles playing poker at Emerie’s house.

👀you up for some visitors? @valkyrieappreciationweek @emerieweekofficial

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[goddessofwisdom18]

@lucienweekofficial Day 4: Lover <3

Jesminda and Lucien as a retro romance novel! Would you pick it up? :’)

I imagine Jesminda as being a tree spirit, dryad type of girl. Half Himalayan pine (her father, from the Winter Court) and half Elm (her mother, from the Autumn court); real world ethnicity-wise, I see that as half Tibetan, half Catalan or Occitan (because I imagine the Autumn Court as the Pyrenees)! And I imagine her being more late Autumn, very Evermore by Taylor Swift, wooded and rich and chilly 🤎

[harperbrynne]

Lucien living in the Autumn Court.

Lucien learning about his people.

Lucien living in the Mortal Lands.

Lucien learning about Elain’s people.

[littlefireling]

🎵 Kissy face, kissy face sent to your phone, but I'm tryna kiss your lips for real (uh-huh, uh-huh) 🎵

For @bandofexilesofficial - AU Day

Happy New Year!!! 💗💗💗 I can’t believe it’s already 2025. Maybe if we’re lucky, this year we’ll finally get the next ACOTAR book🤞

To start off the year right, I offer you our favorite Band of Exiles playing the Apt. drinking game. Apt. was definitely one of my favorite songs in 2024 and the catchiest.

Thank you to my lovely friend @acourtofaudacity for helping me come up with the idea for this commission <333

Art by: Stardesuka (on IG)

[shadowqueenjude]

I'd love to see more of Jurian and Vassa interacting with their found family, the Band of Exiles (which I anticipate Elain joining)

@jassaweek

[yennas-stuff]

Smooth brain take:

The rule of three means three sisters and three bat brothers together!

Big wrinkly brain take:

The rule of three can be applied to the three sisters and their three separate powerful groups of friends and allies:

The Inner Circle

The Valkyries

The Band of Exiles

[whatisamettafor]

I told y’all Lucien will be happy too, these guys are having a great time.

[acourtofthought]

Do some in this fandom really not pay attention to Sarah's writing or past books?

A known to be very problematic e/riel, while specifically writing her post is not ship related and using every characters name tag and the e/riel tag is claiming e/riels are the only ones who care for Elain because we don't feel the twins will be a major part of her story. Because why would SJM have written them as her friends if they were not meant to play a major role in her arc.

For the same reason that in canon Amren became Nesta's friend in ACOWAR, helped her train but did not end up playing a major role for her in SF? For the same reason that Gwyn and Emerie became Nesta's found family instead?

All the twins have done for Elain is spend time baking with her and dressing her. That is the canon friendship e/riels are dying on their hill for.

In canon they haven't helped Elain train her powers. In canon we have no evidence they care for her turmoil over Graysen or Lucien or her father or stabbing a man.

In canon Az does not even address them by name or share a single on page conversation with these supposed friends of Elain's, people he himself trained yet he ignores. Yet he had half his bonus dedicated to Gwyn. Yet Sarah found a way for Az to share conversation in SF itself with Gwyn, a brand new character.

It was canon Feyre once believed Ianthe her friend, canon is not the trump some think it is.

We don't care less for Elain because we don't imagine her arc will feature much of the twins. We care more for Elain because we know what a SJM friendship actually looks like and we haven't seen it in the series for her yet.

That's not to say she and the twins won't always be fond of one another. It's possible to have more than two friends after all and Elain being liked by many would be the type to have friends wherever she goes.

However we look forward to friendships for her that involve characters who push Elain outside her comfort zone and who force her past her polite shell, something we've never seen when she's around the twins.

It's funny how hard they'll push Vassien together because to them she's such an "important, amazing" character that she deserves to be by a future fae High Lords side yet somehow she's not good enough to become Elain's friend. Though Vassa, not the twins, actually knew and cared for Elain's father just as she did.

Caring for the same father figure would logically create more of a sisterly bond than liking the same tarts and baked goods.

[sunbrightheart]

the band of exiles | rockstar modern au.

tracklist: circles, pierce the veil // new perspective, panic! at the disco // sugar, we’re goin’ down, fall out boy // beverly hills, weezer // my friends over you, new found glory // she looks so perfect, 5 seconds of summer

[copypastus]

Poly+ ACOTAR Week - Day 4 Adventure (Lucien/Vassa/Jurian) @polyacotarweek

I just think after everything life's thrown at him lately, Lucien deserves to be a part of a happy thriving polycule.

[velidewrites]

Lucien: So you have 12 apples and your friend asks for 6

Lucien: What do you have?

Jurian: [tears up]

Jurian: A friend

[bandofexilesofficial]

Who does each Band of Exiles member put on their hear me out cake?

(can be in ACOTAR or in an AU)

[spore-loser]

day one : diplomats & emissaries (politics) @bandofexilesofficial

Follow your instincts, and handle all with respect and diplomacy. — r.y.