@wolfshroud replied to your post:
imo it makes the rebellion even more justified because perhaps robert knew she was with child, perhaps they had been sexing up because you they’re already promised to each other. so he had to go after her because by law he’s required to defend her honor and it strengthens it if a child is involved bc it validates that it wasn’t just over this “1 girl k” also rhaegar is gross and doesn’t deserve the romanticizing
just all of this !! this is what i want to be known for !! please on my tomb write that “kay loved robert + lyanna = jon” it for real could make sense and if she was early in her pregnancy when rhaegar rapes her then it makes sense she could pass off the belief that her pregnancy is with him and not robert and we don’t really know how long jon had been alive before ned found them so he could have been like 2-3 months old at the time.
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@wolfshroud || a memory from their past
She saw it, the truth in his eyes long before her hand ever touched his neck. But the crowd behind her would not take her word for it, would not believe his innocence. Children from the village, raped and murdered. And the man standing before her was the accused. The pain in his eyes was obvious, that the people he’d lived alongside his whole life would believe such a crime to be his. But fear drove people to cling to an easy solution. And he had been the unfortunate one to face their wrath.
Of course, he vehemently denied that he could do such things, and Kahlan could see in his eyes that he was telling the truth. She’d never had to speak up for the innocent before, having only ever been summoned to confess the guilty. But speak up she did, finding her voice amongst the crowd. Still though, they did not believe her, demanded his confession.
Torn, she turned to Giller, her wizard and travelling companion - it wasn’t safe for a Confessor to travel alone these days. Especially not a young one such as herself. All he had to offer her was tightening of his lips. Swallowing the lump in her throat, she stepped up to the man, who was nodding at her firmly. To him, wearing this crime was worse than confession, and if that’s what he had to do to prove his innocence, he was willing.
Blue eyes flicked up to meet his, and she wished she could draw strength from the conviction she saw there. However, she could only match it with tears, welling in her eyes as her hand lifted, wrapping loosely around his throat - she needed not grip him fiercely. With a breath, time became hers, Kahlan letting go of the constant control she held over her powers. The shattering force emanated from every pore of her skin, thunder without sound rocking the ground, knocking back those who stood too close.
He fell from her hand, his knees hitting the ground as those words left his lips. “Command me, Confessor.” It took her a moment to find her voice, quietly asking him to tell her her the truth - and it was all he could offer. His min was hers now, bound to him and her every wish. His words gushed forth, that he had never touched the children, had not been responsible for their fates.
Kahlan barely heard the gasps from the crowd, those who had just convicted an innocent man of confession, though she slowly became aware that they mutter among themselves. Hushing the man, she turned to them. “When a Confessor assures you of one’s innocence, in the future, you will listen to her, will you not?” There were nods, before the people began to shuffle away, no longer wanting anything to do with the scene before them.
“Giller…” Her voice was quiet, though pleading as she turned to her wizard. “I don’t…what do I do with him?” She’d confessed the guilty in the past, and order them to good deeds in service of their village as payment for their crimes…but this. This man did not deserve this. With shattering realisation, Kahlan remember that she hadn’t even asked him his name.
“Brophy, my mistress. Though you may call me whatever you wish.” Cringing at that, she returned her gaze to Giller, who seemed to be thinking. “There is something, though it is rarely used…It will not cure him of confession - that is impossible, but it may…it may help.”
She was already nodding, following along when Giller led them away from the village square, Brohpy at her heels. He stood over her protectively when they stopped, Kahlan not having the strength to command him otherwise, simply sitting while the wizard went to work with his spell. When he gestured for the man, Kahlan had to ask him to enter the circle Giller had prepared in the dirt - though Brophy’s eyes never left her. A gaze Kahlan found hard to meet. She’d done this, stripped him of his life. She only prayed Giller could do something for him.
She couldn’t follow the wizard’s chant, though within seconds, the man before them was surrounded in a eerie white light. It grew until Kahlan had to look away, flinching when a sharp cry burst from the man’s mouth. The long sound twisted, morphed until it was something else entirely, a low howl.
The light winked out, the young Confessor horrified at what stood before her - a wolf, larger than anything that naturally lived in the Midlands. “Giller! What have you done?” The wolf seems alert, glancing down at himself as if taking in his new form. But surely that couldn’t be true.
“My lady, please, do not be alarmed...” The words nearly caused her to fall backwards, perfectly formed from the wolf’s mouth. Her eyes flicked between Brophy and Giller, the wizard explaining that the new form would lessen her hold on the man’s mind - that like this he should at least be able to live his life as he chose, though it would no longer be a human life.
“Brophy, I’m so sorry,” Her head shook as she sank to her knees, feeling a soft muzzle pressed against her cheek a moment later. “Do no be, Mistress. I chose confession - I did not commit those crimes, and I could not live with everyone thinking that I had. I’m grateful to you for granting me my innocence. I would have lived happily in your servitude.”
Her hand came up, threading into her fur. “You didn’t deserve this.” The nuzzle against her cheek pushed her back slightly, until she could look into his eyes. Eyes that didn’t show simple, blind adoration, but something deeper, and she relished in seeing it. “I will happily live like this. Perhaps the wolves will treat me better than my people did. Mistress, I can feel freedom - I can stray from you if you let me. Though, I am still yours. Should you ever need me, I will be there, under your command.”
A nod, though Kahlan can’t imagine ever calling on him for such a thing. He had every right to live a free life, as free as he could get. Shakily, the young Confessor took her feet, brushing off her dress. A stain stuck to the white silk, one not so easily brushed away, and it nearly brought fresh tears to her eyes. She had changed today, had lost yet another sliver of her childhood innocence, just as she had been warned she would. She was the most powerful being in the Midlands, and yet she was at the beck and call of those who requested use of her powers…whether that use be right or wrong.
Swallowing, Kahlan’s hands clasped in front of her, gaze meeting the bright eyes of the wolf. “Brophy, I…command you to find your freedom, you use it as you wish..” The wolf bowed, a flick of his tail as he turned and trotted into the forest, leaving Kahlan feeling somewhat alone in the world. Until a hand found her shoulder, strong and reassuring. “Goodbye, Brophy.”
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“ nothing can stay. ”
002. AMRIT BRAR / ACCEPTING.
❝ shall you ? ❞ a victory of gold , a war between houses and worlds and she’s got slick skin from BLOOD she did not spill . when did this truly become her war ? sometime after the death of robb stark , she suspects . ARYA STARK but her eyes say different / she bleeds war and this place reeks of black magic . perhaps the bastard had been touched by the void as well . he did have a bad habit of picking the worst . she unravels , a stern nature & she is not easy on the eyes . she does not want to be easy on the eyes . no woman should be a slave . hands clench , for gods alike , she is no kind girl . there is no spring . no rebirth . BOLTON , STARK , LANNISTER , BARATHEON , THEY MEANT NOTHING . silly men playing at being gods . all the while , a true god woman sat across from them , a laugh on her lips when they said she was not meant for battle .
in a land of gods and monsters , fear grows . and he has watered her for years / the liar & the bastard . an ancient oak tree bloomed inside of her , strong in her bow and promise . winterfell was not the home of the brave . not anymore . ❝ come with me . you need not hide in fear anymore , arya . follow me to the empire and i swear that monster shall never lay another hand on you again . ❞
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