#but the parallels where twelve and fourteen inherited faces

[oswinian]

#eleven got reckless with others so twelve chose his face as a reminder to save others #thirteen got reckless with herself so fourteen chose his face as a reminder to save himself #but both faces were chosen because of donna

+ the realization:

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[anomaly00-archive]

WRITEBOARDWALK FERRIS WHEEL DAY 3: FOILS PARALLELS

DANTALION VI AETIER’S LIFE IS ONE CARVED BY HIS OWN HANDS. Born as the third prince of Aetier and fifth in line for the coveted phoenix throne, Dantalion’s destiny seemed set in stone; one day he would be given up to an advantageous marriage and spend the rest of his life supporting and advising his eldest sister, reilma-imperessa Areiona, when her time for queenship had come.  But for Dantalion’s mother, consort Ruona, this was not enough. She had dreamt of her son and his golden reign upon Aetier’s throne, and by hook or by crook, that dream will come true. 

When he was seven years old, reilma-imperessa Areiona was found dead in her room. Died of illness they said. Coincidentally, Dantalion was sent off as a political hostage to Taul. While there seemed to be little correlation to these two events, many were curious as to the sudden change of hostages from what was originally planned. 

Dantalion’s seven years as a political hostage among the Iskaavar, however, proved to be fruitful. Under their tutelage, he learned their ways of warfare, of the hunt, of their culture, their people, their magicks. He saw firsthand the lives and knowledge the masters and guards of the silk road had to offer. And most of all, it is in Taul that Dantalion first encounters his greatest companion (and other half), Titania. But though he loved the Taulan plains and adored the Iskaavar like family, he never forgot his mother’s promises. “You are destined to be king, my little lion. I have seen it, lived it, in my dreams; a vision from Vithail himself. My Dantalion will be king.”

His return to Aetier at the age of fourteen was the first step amongst many to his path to the throne. For twelve years, he labored to give himself every advantage possible to make himself a worthy candidate for the throne. He forged alliances, won favor, gained fame and fortune as a war hero on his father’s campaigns to the north, and capitalized on any and every connection his late-mother gave him. But all his planning came for naught when his father chose the first prince Aretos as his official heir. Scorned by this decision, Dantalion slew his father, usurped the throne, and enacted a decree that any of his siblings that dare lay claim to his crown be executed. Many of his half-siblings were executed or cut down where they stood— except for one.

Princess Astaria vi Aetier, the late prince Aretos’ twin sister and, by birth, next in line for the throne. She had fled the capital under the cover of night, and escaped to her territories in the north where she might draw upon her allies, and her husband’s armies in Allemand, to claim her crown.

Thus, it seemed, another King’s Game had begun. 

With the help of the might and mind of his brother, Andras, and beloved, Titania of Taul, and the defeat of his sister in the Siege of Konstanye, Dantalion’s crown seemed secure. He was free to usher in an age of prosperity and wealth to his citizens. From his expansion of maritime trade, to his great sponsorship of the arts, Dantalion had done many things to win the people’s hearts and minds to his side. In the end, consort Ruona’s visions came to fruition. Her son sat upon the phoenix throne uncontested, a golden king. And throughout the continent the people whisper his name in such fear, respect, and awe. Dantalion the great, they call him. The Lionheart. Favri-Deori. Areia-blessed. Son of Aetierya, son of fortune. For centuries to come, his name will ring in history as one never to be forgotten.

— In relation to Fenice

Contemporary historians have oft taken interest in the parallels of Dantalion’s history to that of his daughter, Fenice. Both were never meant to inherit the throne. Both were raised away from court in, what could be liberally described as “exile.” Both of their lives were heavily influenced by their relationship with Titania of Taul, as well as being in the center of other conspiracies. Ambitious, cunning, with an ever-shifting mask that could make the god of a thousand faces weep in envy, the similarities are hard to ignore. 

Only time will tell how similar Fenice’s path differs from her father’s. Or, perhaps, they will not differ at all. Perhaps Fenice truly is her father’s daughter and adopt her father’s most infamous epithet for herself. 

Kinslayer

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