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arya is probably the only person who has kissed and held balerion since his rhaenys died. you ever think of that

#i do. i do 😭 #asoiaf #arya stark #princess rhaenys targaryen #balerion the black kitten #the old black tom #crying forever #queue and me we're in this together now

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GRRM did AFFC so good actually. Flipped the male-centric series on its head with majorly female PoVs and then started the book with our resident paranoiapilled Cersei Lannister convinced that her killer is hiding in the walls of the Red Keep. He introduced the first true knight of the series, keeping an oath to a dead woman. No chance, no choice. Asha fighting centuries of patriarchy to fight for her throne. “Balon let her believe she was a man.” “Your father made the same mistake with you.” Sansa and the whole Vale arc? Arya’s Cat of the Canals arc?? Hello? We have been served female characters on a platter here and I for one am eating. it. up. He truly snapped here tbh.

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Garin Of The Orphans & Cedra

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arianne martell

— princess of dorne

martell week, day 3: favourite moment

On the morning that she left the Water Gardens, her father rose from his chair to kiss her on both cheeks. "The fate of Dorne goes with you, daughter," he said, as he pressed the parchment into her hand. "Go swiftly, go safely, be my eyes and ears and voice... but most of all, take care." "I will, Father." She did not shed a tear. Arianne Martell was a princess of Dorne, and Dornishmen did not waste water lightly. It was a near thing, though. It was not her father's kisses nor his hoarse words that made her eyes glisten, but the effort that brought him to his feet, his legs trembling under him, his joints swollen and inflamed with gout. Standing was an act of love. Standing was an act of faith. He believes in me. I will not fail him.

from Arianne's TWOW sample chapter

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elia martell

— princess of dorne, wife of prince rhaegar, mother of rhaenys and aegon

The Princess Elia was a good and gracious lady, though her health was ever delicate.

Daenerys IV, ASOS

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House Martell — moodboard

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top 20 favourite book-only asoiaf characters (as voted by our followers) ⤷ #2. arianne martell

Princess Arianne strode to the litter on snakeskin sandals laced up to her thighs. Her hair was a mane of jet-black ringlets that fell to the small of her back, and around her brow was a band of copper suns. She is still a little thing, the captain thought.

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Nymeria herself remained the unquestioned ruler of Dorne for almost twenty seven years

Martell Week 2024: Day 5 - Favorite 'pre-Doran' Martell

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Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken - Rhys Cooper

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“why, if the gods were cruel, they would have made me my mother’s firstborn, and doran her third.”

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obara sand | nymeria sand | tyene sand

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"it ends in [fire and] blood, as it began. it ends when casterly rock is cracked open, so the sun can shine on the maggots and the worms within. it ends with the utter ruin of house lannister and all its works."

— nymeria sand

obara sand | nymeria sand | tyene sand

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"'girl or boy, we fight our battles. but the gods let us choose our weapons.'"

— obara sand

obara sand | nymeria sand | tyene sand

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Elia Martell, commissioned by @chemtrailsoverthesun

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arianne martell and daemon sand, the hottest situationship in westeros

this is my first drawing in a year *phew* and who’s better to draw than these emotionally constipated lovebirds? lol… i tried to be as canon accurate as i could with a sprinkle of headcanons *cough cough the nip piercing and the beauty marks* hehehe :3 i hope y’all like it!!!!! <3

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The Sun’s Son

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“Blessed be the Daughters of Cain Bound to suffering eternal though the sins of their father”

- Ethel Cain “Ptolemaea”

Art of Rhaenys and Daenerys that I commissioned by @catlvur