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the children of brienne nagoni, tyril starfury and nia ellarious

arianwyn starfury was born during an era of change in undermount, and of a very rare marriage where her parents were uluvalir. with striking purple skin, she was not interested in the estate and was instead drawn to her mother's orcish heritage. always with a strong, fiery temper, at age nineteen she packed her things and left to flotilla, where, alongside imtura tal kaelen, became a fearsome pirate and member of clan nagoni

samwenn starfury was his father's son. he was wise, adept with his sword as well as lute, cunning and ruthless, and despite inheriting the beautiful face features of his mother, was instead a pink copy of lord tyril. he'd inherit the estate, being named by adrina herself and spend years under the tutelage of the best professors all across morella money could buy.

zayrann was what in modern day it'd be non-binary, for they rejected the gender norms of morella and was instead interested in books, knowledge, adventure, arts and sciences. they had no taste for ruling, but neither for violence, and instead studied to become an advisor for the ruler of whitetower.

benjamin ellarious was adopted by lady brienne and her legal paramour, nia ellarious, to whom she was handfast by orc law. he had been rescued by mal volari from the clutches of the thieves' guild, and the pair fell in love with the boy. he was charming, clever and wilfull, and went on to study at the university and ended up writing his mother's tale, which he called 'blades of light and shadow: the tale of brienne nagoni, hero of morella'

irena ellarious was another adopted girl that had been a trainee for the temple and whom nia related much with, although she grew with none of her innocence and cluelessness. she was nevertheless kind, nurturing and generous, yet brave and possessed an admirable integrity. she'd be the head and lead of the reformation of the temple of light.

evalynn ellarious was from a female line of the former king of port parnassus, which had been impoverished and depended on trade. she was a great beauty, and many lords (and ladies as well) fought for her hand. she ended up marrying a high-profile person and enriching her family.

inspired by @rjschoicesstuff amazing drawing of his mc's rex children, and finally getting to show you brienne's kiddos!!! 🫶🏻🤧

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i'd love to participate! my top interests are:

Brienne Nagoni (f!orc!mc) x Tyril Starfury x Nia Ellarious or even your MC if you're into that!

Elisa, Elena &/or Edurne Connor, OG HSS MCs (Elisa is shipped with Emma, Elena with Maria and Edurne with Michael) or as a sister dynamic (their pronouns are: Elisa, she/her ; Elena, she/her; Edurne, she/they; faceclaims- Talia Ryder (Elisa) Grace Van Dien (Elena) Kennedy Walsh (Edurne)

Marianna Howard (f!D&D MC) x Ernest Sinclaire or mother-daughter dynamic with her daughter, Elizabeth (pronouns are both she/her, faceclaim Ruta Guedmintas if portraying her younger version or Joely Richardson as her older version, Elizabeth's is Freya Mavor and Mr. Sinclaire's is Tom Hiddleston in Miss Austen Regrets and/or The Hollow Crown)

Here are their references (edit made by aria-ashryver, gif made by me, and the faceclaims of the Connor sisters listed)

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Five Stages of Grief Series: Denial

Author's Notes

During the release of Bk2's early chapters, I wondered if anyone would be up for a fix-it fic of each reunions wit actually canon reactions. So here I am, after the b3 cover fiasco. This series will include Imtura, Tyril, Mal, Nia, Aerin and Valax's reactions. I've got taglist for everyone save Valax, since she was a LI later in the book. If you wanna be tagged in Valax's piece, let me know!

English isn't my first language, so please forgive any typo/grammar mistakes I may make

No beta, we die like men and all that jazz

If you wish to read more of my Blades writing, let me know!

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Summary: Nia deals with the aftermath of Brienne's disappearance

Word Count: 1.3k

Category: Angst, heartbreak, group fallout

Pairing: Nia Ellarious x F!Orc!MC (Brienne Nagoni, mentioned)

Rating: PG-13

TW: Alcohol abuse, religion

Book: Blades of Light and Shadow

The party was abuzz, and Nia observed bemused how, again, Mal and Tyril teased one another as Imtura and Brienne observed, chuckling. Threep was on her shoulder, eating treats as he and Loola commented on the scene.

Then, the purple vortex opened, and before she could properly react, Brienne had been snatched away. As the group argued loudly how to rescue her, Nia dropped on her knees, sniffling in silence “Brienne…?”

Mal helped her up, rubbing her shoulders “Don’t worry, Priestess, we’ll get her back. We won’t give up on her.”

Everyone silently agreed to sleep this off and come back stronger tomorrow, after processing what just happened. For one moment, everything she ever dreamed of was at her fingertips: a woman she adored in the most delicious blasphemy that made the Gods jealous, a future, a sense of owning herself for the first time, and a world of possibilities at her fingertips.

But now, Brienne wasn’t there.

“She’ll come back,” Nia declared. “This is Brienne. She never gives up on anybody. She fights for her own. That is how we came to be. Because she loved Kade so much, she put herself through all of this for you, Kade. She’ll find a way back to us. To… to me.”

Silence rippled the room. Kade seemed convinced. She had crossed the entire continent once for him. Because that was Brienne. She loved with her whole self until the end.

Even if it meant ripping out her heart and throw it into a dark, bottomless pit.

Like she did when she stabbed Nia with the Sword of Light.

Because Brienne’s love for Nia was such, that she’d rather mourn the lamb she was than to condemn her to losing her entire self to greed and vengeance.

Three months flew by. Nia and her crew had gone to many places in the kingdom, on the quest for Brienne. Despite some moments, she knew that Brienne lived. She knew it deep into her soul. She kept praying, kept fighting despite wanting to lie down and cry. Because she knew Brienne would do the same. Because Brienne lived still, and she needed her. And because she wanted to breathe the same air again.

To smell her fragrance of jasmine, pine wood and poppies. Feel her warmth in her large, soft skin. Lie her head on her belly, that felt like the fluffiest of pillows. Hear her body work. Stroke her long, dark curly hair, always down with small braids. She had always wanted to braid it, feel the silky touch on her fingertips, to make her see herself as beautiful as Nia saw her.

And she would. Because Brienne was alive, and waiting for her to return the favor of saving her like she did when she was most alone and desperate.

“Nia?” Imtura called.

“Yes, Imtura?”

“…What if she’s dead?”

Nia shook her head “She’s not.”

“How would you even know?”

She clutched the bracelet Brienne retrieved in that forest for her, so she’d feel even the faintest ghost of her touch “A part of my soul would die, and my heart would be no more.”

Imtura looked down “Let us hope it doesn’t come to that.”

“It won’t. We’ll find her.”

Four months flew by, and the group was starting to lose hope. They had decided to rest on a tavern, where a very obviously drunk Imtura and a dejected Tyril fidgeted with themselves. Then, Imtura slurred “Alright, elephant in the room, I’ll say it: Brienne’s likely dead. Gone. Left to rot in a ditch and we’re just running circles.”

Tyril glared at her “If the Hero of Morella had died, Imtura, we would’ve known. Tragic news travel fast. Someone would’ve found her.”

“She’s not dead, Imtura, we just haven’t found her yet. These things take time.”

“And how come nobody in the continent have heard, hmm? Easy, she’s dead and all of this for nothing.”

Mal got up abruptly “I know you’re losing hope, but you don’t get to disregard Brienne’s life being at stake just like that.”

Imtura sized him up easily, being four heads taller than him “Brienne wouldn’t want us to waste our time with her death. So why delay it?”

Nia once again swallowed her anger and shook her head “She’s not dead.”

Imtura pointed a finger at her “You don’t know that, because, flash news, the heart and soul thing is bullshit! She’s dead, she’s not coming back and it’s time we own it.”

Tyril finally reacted, slamming his large hands so hard he broke the table and got up, eyes blazing fury “If you’re so keen on burying her alive, then do it away from us. Her true friends won’t give up on her and the search and will carry on.”

“Fine!” Imtura bellowed.

Then, got up and left, leaving behind shocked patrons and gossiping owners. Nia sighed.

She was alive. And the answer was back in

“Whitetower.”

Mal and Tyril looked at her like she had just turned green “Pardon?”

“A purple speck abducted her. Maybe Kade wasn’t far off when another possible realm abducted her for Gods knows what. We must investigate at once!”

Tyril looked at Nia sympathetically “I get where you come from, but we mustn’t leave any stone unturned.”

“We shouldn’t leave any page unturned either!” She cried, determined.

Mal, defeated, spoke “If you must, then go. Books and I have never been friends, and I’d be a burden there.”

“B-but we do everything together!”

“When Brienne was here, maybe. But she is not here, and without her…”

Nia nodded bitterly, then declared “I do hope your reasonings are enough not to break her heart when she hears of this.”

Mal looked away. Tyril flinched, like he had been punched in the heart. Perhaps she wasn’t the only one who had been charmed by Brienne after all.

“Especially you, Tyril. I hope not being there when she returns is worth all those stones turned.”

Then, she turned away and left.

On the ninth month, a soft knock woke Nia from her prayers. Adjusting her sleeping robe, she opened the door to a devastated but determined Mal.

“May I come in?”

“I’d never turn down a friend. Come. Do you want something? Tea? Pastries?”

“My stomach’s closed, but thank you.”

He sat at her chair, and she in the edge of her bed. Nia looked up and broke the silence “What brings you here? Where is Tyril?”

“Elf boy and I quarreled nonstop when you left. Couldn’t agree on anything. He left for Undermount, and I…”

“Gave up on her too.”

“Came to honor her memory. She may be alive, but I don’t think she’ll be back. And… I’m tired of being useless. I want to do something with my life than chase empty quests and even emptier coins. Brienne would want me to have a legacy on my own, even if she may never see it.”

Craving to talk of her, she leaned towards him and asked “And what legacy is that she’d want you to pursue?”

That night, a dream and a new hope was born.

Even if Mal spoke of her as if she’d died, Nia knew that Brienne was fighting with all of her might to come back home. To her arms. To their bed. To the future they had whispered to one another beneath the covers.

The moment her errands with Mal were done, she strid towards the room and raised her chin to the robed woman before her “I have thought about your offer. It’d be my honor to accept being the new High Priestess.”

She’d make the world a better place when Brienne came back. Because she would. Because that was Brienne. And because she knew the Gods were not done with her yet. Because they were meant to be each other’s faith. And they would. Because her Brienne lived.

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Meet Brienne

artwork by @oh-so-youre-a-nerd | template by @storyofmychoices & edit by @aria-ashryver

Full Name: Brienne Elindae Nagoni

Meaning behind the name: Brienne- Beauty

Birthday: 12th of January, ????

Status: Alive

Nickname: The Hero of Morella, the Hero of Riverbend, kit, landrat

Age: 24

Parents: Unknown

Sibling(s): Kade of Riverbend

Further Family: Devana Nagoni (aunt) Clan Nagoni

How old they appear: Mid-twenties

Weight: 110 kg

Height: 1.96m

Skin Type: Green

Religion: Spiritualistic

Sexuality: Bisexual

Hair color and lenght: Jet black, down till her shoulders and in small braids

Taste in clothes: Brienne dresses comfortably and for battle, although she loves revealing clothes and tasteful lingerie

Music: Brienne has a bawdy taste in music due to her simple upbringing in Riverbend, enjoying sailor's songs

Good habits: Kind, humorous, incredibly strong, brave and good-natured

Bad habits: Stubborn, self-sacrificing and too trusting

Guilty pleasure: NA

Hobbies: Practising fighting skills, reading and exploring new places

Deepest fears: Losing Kade or Nia again

Love Interest: Nia Ellarious (main) Tyril Starfury (Uluvali), Aerin Valleros and Princess Valax of the Ash Empire

Child(ren): None (yet)

Actual Residence: Brienne is a nomad, always moving places where the next adventure is

Allies: King Arlan Valleros, House Starfury, the people of Riverbend, the Temple of Whitetower, Willow the fae, Valor Nightbloom ( @oh-so-youre-a-nerd )

Enemies: The Dreadlord (dead) the Ash Empress (dead)

Goals: Become a renowned hero

BACKSTORY

Brienne was just a baby when Kade's parents took her in. She never knew her mother or father, and nobody from her birth family ever asked for her. She and Kade grew up together, Brienne working on different jobs across Riverbend to keep the family afloat and keeping Kade alive by paying the doctor.

Their whole family save Brienne caught a deadly flu, and although Kade survived, their parents did not. Kade was only fifteen, and only knew how to tell stories, so it was up to Brienne to be the breadwinner. She started by moving around heavy stuff for all of the village, as well as helping with rogue animals by fighting them with her incredible strenght and scaring off thieves and rogues who tried to take advantage of the lesser people of Riverbend.

One day, during an escapade of the pub for not paying their gold, Brienne ran into an adventurer and a priestess, and her life changed forevermore.

DURING THE SERIES

What started as a fun adventure, soon unravelled a plot from the Shadow Court to take over the Realm of Light. The worst part? Kade had been trapped in there, and Brienne was compelled to do anything in her hand to take him back, starting by collecting all the Onyx Shards and taking them to Whitetower to purify them.

She first recruited the rogue adventurer, Mal Volari, and the Priestess of the Light, the beautiful and powerful Nia Ellarious. She felt drawn to the last one, and soon the feline nesper Threep joined forces with his insatiable knowledge... and hunger.

Exploring all of Morella and facing threats, they recruited the lonely and prickly elf, Tyril Starfury, to their crew and soon started collecting more shards... and making more enemies on the way, and adding a few crimes to their list.

During a fight gone wrong with the orcs and grobtars, they recruited Imtura Tal Kaelen, soon known as the daughter of Ventra Tal Kaelen, who had united the orcs as a whole and founded Flotilla, the long lost home of Brienne. She had mixed feelings about her own kind, finding their good and bad deeds, and soon she started to have feelings... for several people, but the strongest connection was towards Nia, although she was drawn to Tyril as well, and had a wild night or two with Imtura, seeking to feel seen by one of her kind.

During their journey through the Deadwood, they came across the Valleros princes, Baldur and Aerin. She found Baldur rude, cruel and overly gross and a major asshole, but Aerin's sweetness and mysterious and kind nature drew her towards him in a different way. Spending quality time, they parted ways as he returned to Whitetower and she, to Undermount, where they faced against Duchess Xenia, who had impersonated Tyril's estranged best friend, Kaya Druskaven.

The fight was cathartic for Tyril, and he and Brienne came close, and the journey took them to Whitetower, where they savoured their last night as mere adventurers, and, with hope in her heart, they marched onto the Temple of Light... only to find out the terrible prize to purify the shards!

Horrified, but determined, the gang, especially Nia, fought against High Priest Solerne and got out of there, seeking Prince Aerin's knowledge... only to be betrayed by him in the last second, discovering that he had been working with the Dreadlord all along! Taking Nia hostage, Brienne set herself: she'd get her out of there, as well as Kade, dead or alive, but she would. And she did, beating Baron Vostrasz and other Shadow lackeys, acquiring a new nesper along the way and facing off against what was left of the Shadow Court in the final battle... that turned out fatally, for the Dreadlord successfully possessed Nia, and Brienne had to kill her with a Blade of Light in order to get him out.

Her grief did not last long, though, for she woke up from such death and got out of there, being honoured as the Heroes of Morella, and Brienne and Nia promised one another to seek out better uses for Nia's talent. With a new horizon, and much to think about the future, they stayed the night at the royal castle.

However, during her lap of victory, her time was cut short as she was forcibly taken by a powerful woman who identified herself as Princess Valax of the Ash Empire, who had discovered that Brienne was a realm-walker and wished to kill her and use her special blood to take over the Realm of Light.

Despite being tired and worn out of the experiments she had made on her. A new friend appeared, of the name of The Watcher, who'd help her on her journey as a realm-walker. She successfully got out... only to find out she had been gone for a year!

Hellbent on getting her family back, she regrouped with her friends and, after the pleseantries of her comeback, and an attack of Valax vanquished for now, her new task was afoot: close the rifts from the Realm of Light so balance could be restored. Aerin, whom Brienne had captured, joined them due to his sage knowledge, and the two became close despite Brienne's still anger of his betrayal, but there was something about him that couldn't keep her away from him, even if she should.

Back on the Shadow Realm after closing the rift, fighting off gruesome monsters, they found the counterpart of the Deadwood... the Whimsywood, where the Fae had been living all along! What first seemed like an easy task, the courtiers of the Dreadlord that had escaped the battle almost crushed the mission, but, on the final moment, Brienne convinced them to be on their side and helped fend off once again Valax, who was incredibly hell-bent on killing off Brienne and use her blood for her mother's purpose. Closing the rift, they parted to Riverbend, where Brienne found out that she was now revered as a hero of her people. She spent the night in her hometown, where she got intimate with Imtura and Aerin and got closer to Nia and Tyril. However, the fact that Aerin had left after their magical night hurt her, but she had no option but to carry on.

The next stop to the rift was the dwarf town, Zaradun, where she found out a new world underneath the sand, where she was unfortunately thrown to jail. However, a new friend arose: Cherta, a rebellious dwarf who she made a deal with: helping her on each other's quests. However, the dwarven crypts were dangerous and impredicible, and they almost died fighting off Ancients. It didn't help that Cherta's plan failed miserably when her grandmother turned into a terrible monster.

During the fight, they discovered that the elves mixed shadow and light magic, which they called true magic. This set off Tyril, her Dinvalir then, who had a faith crisis. She comforted him and both set to learn more about the Old Gods and how to stop Valax and the Ash Empress.

While trying to seal the rift in Zaradun, Valax found Brienne and dragged her and her group to the Shadow Realm. During the fight against her, Nia finally gave into her Shadow self and binded Brienne and Valax together, avoiding Valax hurting her. Now, the next rift was in Shroudwatch, and they'd have to journey long there.

They stopped in Ironbreach, a Shadow version of Riverbend, where they met the Ashen people and helped out the struggling villagers. While trying to save an Ashen child from drowning, Brienne was dragged by the current and Valax saved her, and both had to shelter from the storm, where they shared their first kiss and adopted a baby Owlbear, named Wallace. After the storm, they reunited with the crew and set for Shroudwatch. They infiltrated Lord Kerrigan's ball, which the Ash Empress also attended. Trying to seal the rift alongside the Watcher, Valax turned on them and a battle once again ensued, where the Watcher was killed and his powers passed to Valax. When the Empress was about to kill Brienne, Valax opened a portal back to the light realm, where they sailed to Flotilla with an old friend. There, they found themselves in the midst of Ventra Tal Kaelen's funeral.

Imtura quickly dissolved the monarchy and created the unified clans, and during the party, Brienne met her aunt Devana Nagoni and found out more about her mother, and why they died. They gathered the orc army and set for Whitetower, where the final discoverment was made: the Ash Empress was the Mother of Grey, who had been wronged by Nifara.

Gathering the last allies wasn't easy. Brienne and Mal went to the Thieves' Guild to recruit the Reapers. It almost ended up in blood, but Brienne and Mal made it out alive.

Now with an army on her back, they set camp for the upcoming battle. Her former companions showed up...including Aerin, whom she was pissed with. But nevertheless, she spent the night with Nia, Tyril, Aerin and Valax. During that night, she declared her love for Nia and Tyril and decided that, should this end well, she'd figure out how to be with both Nia and Tyril.

The battle wasn't easy, but she finally swaded Valax to her side and, after a long battle, they defeated the Ash Empress thanks to Valax's valiant effort. But there was one last thing to do: the last rift. She decided to bind both worlds together again, light and shadow becoming one once again.

It wasn't an easy transition, for many damages had been done, but eventually, everyone came around with Brienne and her friends' help. She did damage control in Port Parnassus, adventuring with Tyril and Mal, help Aerin in the Whimsywood, support Imtura's sailing adventures, help Nia with the temple and the old king, and better the lifestyle in Ironbreach and Shroudwatch.

She was not aware of what would come next.

AFTER THE SERIES

[WILL ADD AN 'EPILOGUE' WHEN THE SERIES ENDS]

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