ithinkcat
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Loved the pinterest you made. I wish there was a hug reaction I could give your post.Realized I never did what mood asked us to on this thread. Gonna do that now (totally not procrastinating writing my research paper). Hi everyone, I'm ithinkcat. Call me whatever you want. I'm playing Princess Ariawyn (though a few characters like family and Anders would call her Aria), the eldest princess and first born of the King of Alor. She's a woman of immaculate grace and wit that strives to care for the people of Alor. She makes everything she does look like it's easy, and there's nothing she can't do. At least, that's what she wants everyone to think. In reality, she's running on a knifes edge pushing herself beyond her limits to appear her best to everyone. Hardly anyone knows this since she goes out of her way to hide any and all weaknesses she has (hint* I have a secret list of things she royally sucks at...gl finding out what they are). Traumatized by the loss of her mother, she's become dead set on not letting her mother's legacy be just a footnote in the historical records and with the somewhat recent death of her father as well, she fears Zoleii is trying to take permanent control of Alor. Feeling like she's running out of time and options, Ariawyn is getting pretty desperate.
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I'll sum up how I think Aria and Zoleii interact with each through some rough dialog:*Aria and Zoleii meet each other in a palace hallway*
A: *smiling brightly/obviously fake* Morning Queen Regent Zoleii. Your eyebrows look beautifully lush today, like the large bushes in the palace garden.
Z: *Also fake smiling* Thank you Aria. And may I say that you're looking healthy today. You must be eating well. Would you like me to have a larger corset made for you?
*both shoot daggers at each other with their eyes and then continue on before actually killing each other*
BTW, I had it in Aria's history that Serana's accident happened before the King remarried. I chose that because it made sense to me that he would only really be so over-the-top scared of losing what few heirs he had left if he was still unmarried. I like the idea of Zoleii being the one to heal Serana, and maybe that was why he chose to marry Zoleii. That's just my 2 cents, though. I can change it if you and mood like it better the way you two discussed.
Athanas
Ariawyn and Harridan would definitely know each other. Maybe not well, but Aria obviously participates in military functions (to the dismay of many people) so I think it's inevitable that they would have some sort of relationship. Probably negative. I can't think of a way she would excuse his vices and arrogance and temper and...everything. Plus, it sounds like he's close to Zoleii, so Aria probably already made a "tell me if Harridan is anywhere within 1 mile of me" detection spell so she could avoid him.
Ambiloquous
I don't think Ariawyn would know Uziel, but she would know him when he's busy being Jorel. Her relationship would likely be professional at most. She'd visit the tower only every so often to gather studying material.
Tietaja
On the one hand, Aria was almost Arkyn's daughter-in-law and she would have been quite the angel during her visits to Evander. On the other hand, the late King of Alor did back out on the betrothal between Aria and Mal sort of out of the blue. I'm not sure what kind of relationship these two would have. Aria would have fond memories of Arkyn at the least.
Sylvio
Elmon has probably gone hunting with Ariawyn and the noble entourage at some point. Ariawyn might have even had some profession meetings with him about trade and internal economic policies. Ariawyn probably likes the results he gets, but has probably publicly spoken out against a tiny minority of his ideas. I don't think she would mind him trying to buddy up to her, but she would know about his family and would not like how much power they had accumulated for themselves in such a short amount of time.I have no idea if Ariawyn would even know Ramona.
AI10100
I assume Ariawyn doesn't know Lady Allison Ryzel Cleftoryl yet, unless you got something in mind.
RabbitsWarren
Aria also has a detection spell prepared for Orryn. She would hate how he treated their father, but she would blame Zoleii for being such a bad mother more than him.
Terrier B
I don't know. Ariawyn spent a lot of time in her childhood at Evander playing with Ander. Would she have met Signy any?
Void Dweller
Because of the age difference, I think Ariawyn's and Ander's betrothal was broken off before Elynor was born. Maybe she was born, but she would have been too young to remember Ariawyn most likely. After that, Ariawyn stopped visiting Evander almost entirely until her father died. She would have been pen-pals with Anders that whole time, but no idea how that could lead to Elynor and Aria forming a relationship. If they did get to know each other, I think Ariawyn would really like Elynor. She might even start doting on Nell like a little sister and make Serana super jealous.
