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—— the hunt. —— open.
𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄 will be left, with all the noise the group is making trudging through the kingswood. not that it really matters, she supposes —— she cannot claim to know tyron lannister, but if he's a king like every other, he'll want everyone here to leave the real trophy of the day for him. it's too humid for her liking. an hour in, and she's already miserable. every moment or two, she has to reach behind her head to free her braid from where it's snagged on the bow slung across her back. that is what distracts her ( looking down when she should be looking up ) when someone ahead of her shoulders a branch out of their way, and it comes whipping back for her. her hand shoots up to catch it, and almost does. but not before it stings across her face, hard enough to make her hiss out a breath as her eyes water. slender fingers raise to her cheek, tracing across the smarting skin. it will soon swell into a welt, she knows, and before she can put a rein on it her temper frays. " fool ! " she snaps. " are you blind or deaf to not know i'm behind you ? "
#꒰ 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 ˒ meryem ꒱ ☀️#glory.start#all of her closed starters have been friendly so#have a grumpy girl
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—— the tourney grounds . —— open .
𝐀 𝐒𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐀 𝐖𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐊𝐄𝐓 full of trinkets and coins and candies stops before him —— a gathering of simple little things to divide amongst the children who play games amid the larger tourney. for a heartbeat, he considers sending the man away with nothing. the gods know he isn't carrying any sweets or toys or little trinkets ; too much gold has been spent on this celebration anyway. but is he not a lion of the rock, richer than the heavens as far as the man with the basket is concerned ? a smile limned with weariness washes over criston's features. he plucks a ring from his finger —— a gold band studded with rubies —— and tosses it into the basket. a lord who doesn't carry a coinpurse because he's never has use for one, not a lord who is beggared. ( he does not remember where the ring came from, anyway. not his mother's, not a gift from his sister nor his mistress ... he will not miss it. ) as the man with the basket trails to another guest, criston's eyes skim away and fall upon another. " come to watch the games, or to join them, my liege ? " he asks. his brows raise just a little. " or to gamble, perhaps ? "
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🜲 ⸻ · 。… in the conflict between lions and men, criston lannister begins their first steps up the ladder in the game of thrones. known to be pragmatic and equable, their rumored phlegmatic and rigid tendencies might prove to be their unmaking. the court bards play upon themes of a lion sleeping in the last rays of warmth from the setting sun, gold and emerald rings upon your fingers whilst the mines beneath your feet run dry, a beast stepping into a trap for the joy of being known when composing a tune for them. while they are the ruling lord of casterly rock and warden of the west, it is said that their loyalties lie with house lannister. only time will tell if the tides shift favorably for them or if the climb is too hazardous for even the most sure - footed. ⸻ tw : brief mentions of mental health issues ( depression ) and miscarriage .
𝐃𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐄𝐑 . 🕯️
full name : criston lannister .
titles : ruling lord of casterly rock . warden of the west .
also known as : the debtor lion cris , if you're a member of his family .
gender : cis man .
sexuality : heterosexual .
age : thirty - eight .
place of birth : casterly rock , the westerlands .
nationality : westerosi .
languages : the common tongue of westeros . the bits of rhoynish his mistress has taught him .
𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 . 🕯️
hair : brown . rip to the lannister blonde shoulder - length .
eyes : green .
body and build : tall , rather fit but not necessarily muscular , broad - shouldered .
scent : warm and a bit spicy --- notes of black pepper and nutmeg , a touch of vanilla , brandy .
notable features : curly hair , a proud nose . he's always dressed well , though a discerning eye might have noticed that tailors have been repurposing old clothes rather than having something new for every occasion . he shares his grand - uncle tywin's sense of quiet authority , though not so much of his cruelty . there is a kindness to his eyes , though a bit of solemnity there too .
𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 . 🕯️
positive traits : pragmatic , equable ( laid - back , not easily angered ) , family - oriented , sentimental , intelligent .
negative traits : phlegmatic ( prone to periods of melancholy depression , essentially ) , rigid , remembers each slight and holds onto a grudge like a lion with a bone , doesn't confide in anyone unless he is pushed to .
zodiac sign : cancer sun , tba moon , tba rising .
summary : every ounce of patience that his father lacked was poured into criston . even as a child , he could often be found flat on his back in the gardens of casterly rock , content to stare up at the clouds and listen to the wind for hours on end . often he was dragged from a book to the training yards to practice his sword - play or his archery ; a velvet couch suited him as well as a horse . devoted to his siblings , but resentful of his father and his cousins in the crownlands . it is not true to say that he grew up lacking anything , because even with their debts --- he is a lord's son . he didn't always feel loved , though , and he learned to crave it like a beggar craves bread . not admiration , not a chorus of yeses simply because the world falls at the feet of a lion , but being known . those who see him daily might know there are times when he finds it a chore to rise out of bed , to be lord of the rock , though he does it gladly rather than shrug that burden off to someone else . he's a man of easy smiles and quiet laughs and ( at times ) few words , a man capable of shrewdness and playing the long game .
𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐘 . 🕯️
there was a tourney held the day the newest little lion of the rock was born . they say a man died , pierced through the throat by a shard of broken lance , and lord lancel drank and cheered and proclaimed to all who’d listen that he’d have a son by sunset . inside the rock itself , while his mother shrieked and labored , the son was born . quiet , even with his first breaths . the septas worried at first that he wasn’t breathing . they patted , pinched , and pricked the soles of his feet with needles and recieved no more than faint whimpers and little jerks in response --- until a slap from the maester set him screaming . his little cheek was still pink with the handprint when they nestled him into his wet nurse’s chest .
a spot was worn down in the rug on the floor of lancel lannister’s office , where the man paced and fumed . as though he could outrun his worries right there , in a straight line . criston remembers staring at it , sitting on his hands and swinging his feet off the edge of his chair , even at ten thinking how foolish it was … to walk and worry , while the cousins his father so greatly admired spent money they did not have . a lannister always pays his debts , they told him , but no debts got paid while his father paced and let the lannisters on the throne spend as they pleased .
fathers should love their sons . lancel did not love criston . criston poured it into the world like the lack of it was an artery that had been cut --- bleeding it onto his siblings , onto the endless parade of girls who maybe hoped to be his wife . somehow the puddle of all that love he bled never quite made it to the crownlands .
they dumped the weight of all the gold they did not have upon his shoulders the day he became a man . someone lesser might have drowned beneath that weight . someone lesser might have shouldered it off onto a sibling . criston did neither .
the year lancel lannister died , criston did not hold a tourney in his memory . he could not afford it .
he could count on one hand the times he had been told no by someone , before his queen of love and beauty tossed her crown of flowers beneath the hooves of his horse . trampled , like the heartsblood of the man who died on his nameday . it was a little like dying , too , to put his hands on her waist and feel her teeth sink into his lip and forget every preening lady who had ever come before her .
he could tell you the day he realized his heart belonged to her . he could tell you how it felt like one of the lions beneath the rock was ripping through his ribs to that very same heart , the day she lost his son . he could not tell you how many of his secrets she sent to dorne .
for years he planned ways to keep his family’s debts from crushing them all . but on the day he recieved the invitation to the spring celebrations from his cousin on the throne , he decided … he would let the weight of that debt fall upon the king’s head , in order to pay it for the lannisters of casterly rock.
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closed starter, for @badfated ! 🐍
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐑 with a click that was almost silent in the night air. it was an old habit from when she was just a girl — to sneak into lusine's rooms ; to clutch her robe closed, hiding a vibrant silk scarf wrapped around stolen slices of candied lemon and other confections. with a conspiritorial smile, she hitched up the end of her nightgown and slipped onto the bed, revealing her stash. ❝ i snagged some of the best bits. �� for you is the part she does not say. they were girls together, before lusine was wisked away into the clutches of the lions. the memories of that are sweeter than any sugared thing bundled in her scarf.
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RYAN CORR as HARWIN STRONG HOUSE OF THE DRAGON | S01E06: The Princess and the Queen
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closed starter, for @normvlise ! 🐍
𝐀 𝐒𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐑𝐌 𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐍'𝐒, meryem tugged the lady redwyne along with a mischievous glint in her eye. ❝ i saw his art earlier. he's actually quite good. ❞ quite good — for a street vendor hired to draw simple things for visiting nobles. ❝ we must have our portrait made together. we look too lovely not to remember it. ❞
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closed starter, for @cscensionism ! 🐍
❝ 𝐈 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐓 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘. ❞ it was her own fault for waking up with the rising sun and slinking out to take care of the horses. lannister men, she'd quickly found, were far too rough - handed for the fine horses of dorne. the curve of her smile is hidden behind a carved crystal glass of pale wine ; her dark eyes glimmering just as brightly as she beholds her dearest sister. ❝ have lunch with me ? the food is bland, the company doesn't have to be. ❞
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🜲 ⸻ · 。… in the conflict between lions and men, meryem martell begins their first steps up the ladder in the game of thrones. known to be cunning and beguiling, their rumored duplicitous and hotheaded tendencies might prove to be their unmaking. the court bards play upon themes of a rainbow of silks upon slender limbs, a game of cyvasse beneath citrus trees, and a jewel - toned snake winding between your fingers when composing a tune for them. while they are the princess of dorne, it is said that their loyalties lie with themselves (neutral) house martell. only time will tell if the tides shift favorably for them or if the climb is too hazardous for even the most sure - footed. ⸻ 🐍
𝐃𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐄𝐑 🍊
full name: meryem nymeros martell. ( her family can call her mery. )
titles: princess of dorne.
also known as: the morning sun. the jewel of the water gardens.
gender: cis woman.
pronouns: she/her.
sexuality: bisexual.
age: thirty-two.
place of birth: sunspear, dorne.
nationality: dornish.
languages: fluent in the common tongue of westeros. rhoynish. mostly fluent in valyrian, though with an accent.
𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 🍊
hair: brown. dark at the roots, a bit sun-faded toward the ends.
eyes: brown.
body and build: average height, slender. she is lean from a lot of time spent on horseback, quite willowy.
scent: notes of citrus and jasmine.
𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐒 🍊
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𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑, warden of the west. the debtor lion. intro. interactions. 🕯️ 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐄𝐌 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋, the morning sun. the jewel of the water gardens. intro. interactions. 🍊
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