#eldred greenbriar

[viivdle]

nothing to add.

#cardan greenbriar #the cruel prince #the wicked king #the queen of nothing #the folk of the air #tfota #how the king of elfhame learned to hate stories #htkoelths #holly black #tfota memes #holly blacj #the court of shadows #<3 #dain greenbriar #balekin greenbriar #lady asha #cat milk #i had to. #high king of elfhame #eldred greenbriar

[tessorange-art]

Ever thought of doing art of Taniot from the folk of the air?

and i think i drew all the Greenbriar now ! 🪲✨

#eldred was so hard to draw #i hate this man #Taniot #eldred greenbriar #elfhame #the cruel prince #tfota #the cruel prince fanart #tfota fanart #holly black #elfhame my art #my art

[zelodolongirl]

Dain was killing the unborn Greenbriar children of the next generation

Now it is well known among folk of the air fans that Dain sent the ghost to kill Liriope after she became pregnant with his child Oak but thanks to Oriana Oak survived and Oriana pretended Oak was Madoc’s son. But isn’t it kind of odd that Eldred was able to have six children and Dain had Oak unexpectedly but none of the other Greenbriar siblings have any kids when most of them have been alive for centuries and I doubt they were celibate during that time? I know it’s rare for faeries to have children, but the Greenbriar’s seem pretty fertile, and Dain managed to have Oak unintentionally so shouldn't any of his siblings have also been able to have at least one child? Unless Dain was deliberately stopping any children they could have from being born. Think about it Dain probably thought if any of his siblings, especially Balekin and Elowyn, had children then it could ruin his own chances for the throne. And if he was willing to kill his own child to become king then he could definitely kill his siblings’ children and so whenever his sisters or Balekin’s lovers became pregnant he sent his spies to cause a miscarriage or something. I know this might seem farfetched, but this is a pretty good theory and I’m actually using this in my fic The Dark Queen of Faerie on ao3 if you want to read about it. Oh, and JKarrEagle is also using this theory with my permission for her story Evil King of the Faeries which can be found on fanfiction.net and ao3.

#the folk of the air #fan theory #dain greenbriar #eldred greenbriar #oak #greenbriar line

[evenstarfalls]

I did also forget that Eldred is bisexual. Apologies king

#i mean hes till sucks #the folk of the air #the cruel prince #eldred greenbriar #tfota

[puffballlofdoom]

!Soft Nicasia (?)

Unpopular opinion: I don’t blame NIcasia for falling for Locke. Her “mistake” just shows the girl’s vulnerability, her almost childish  naïveté and thirst for some kind of closeness, tenderness and intimacy. It wasn’t just a fling, she had warm feelings for Locke till the very end. She was, in fact, the only one who truly mourned him. Come on, faerie aristocrats/ royalty (and also queens, I guess) used to be polygamous (cough Eldred, cough Balekin, cough Caelia, cough Cardan) so why not Nicasia?!

#princess nicasia #we do stan nicasia here #nicasia #the folk of the air #locke #locke x nicasia #nicasia x cardan #htkoelths #the cruel prince #jude duarte #tqon #eldred greenbriar #the wicked king #the queen of nothing #queen nicasia #faerie customs

[jurdanhell]

Surely you have noticed that since his reign began, the isles are different. Storms come in faster. Colors are a bit more vivid, smells are sharper.

do. do y’all think this changed when cardan was crowned because that’s just how he sees things?

like he sees colours more vividly than eldred did, his emotions were more wild, less contained, so storms came in quicker

#bc we all knowo eldred sucks #but the idea of cardan seeing everything as brighter makes me so askdfjal inside yk #tfota #the cruel prince #jurdan #the wicked king #the folk of the air #cardan greenbriar #cardan #jude duarte #the queen of nothing #tcp

[naughtnixnothing]

i may be thinking too much into this but i kinda think that balekin, madoc, and the ghost killing the greenbriars during the coronation was a bit of foreshadowing to signify that they would later betray the high king, the last greenbriar. but unlike madoc and the ghost, balekin was killed because he murdered the former high king which is kind of a greater sin than murdering the heirs to the crown.

#this really doesn't make any sense idk what came through me #also ik jude felt more betrayed than them #more than cardan #but since jude is allied to the crown and their interests (esp madoc) lies against the crown #they still kinda betrayed the high king #also i saw a post some time ago claiming that balekin dying was inevitable #bcs of the curse of the blood crown #like since eldred hasn't crowned dain yet #and balekin killed him and unleashed the curse upon himself #so yeah #that mf totally deserved it #cardan greenbriar #jude duarte #tfota #the cruel prince #the folk of the air #the wicked king #the queen of nothing

[cruelprincae]

❛ Near immortality is an unbelievable and fascinating gift. You come back to life at unpredictable intervals outside of your control with the reflexes of a wet noodle, thus making you unable to defend either yourself or your team. Somehow, as you always do, you have turned your one asset into a liability. ❜

❛ It is not that I care about your dead opinion, father. ❜

#( idk how to tag this exactly but this is the conversation they always have when cardan dies and eldred just comes over to tell him off #( cardan “LEAVE ME ALONE FATHER YOU'RE DEAD” greenbriar #( eldred “I may be dead but I'm still disappointed in you” greenbriar #( also feel free to jump in on this quite embrassing family discussion jshgsjkghsfks

[starrynightsxo]

"He slides my ruby ring off his finger. 'I, Cardan, son of Eldred, High King of Elfhame, take you, Jude Duarte, mortal ward of Madoc, to be my bride and my queen. Let us be wed until we wish for it to be otherwise and the crown has passed from our hands.'"

- Cardan Greenbriar, The Wicked King

#she was so confused #i would be too #the fact that he did this to impress her tho #hes such an idiot #you dont just marry a girl and then say bye #bro was tryna rizz her up #failed rizz #epic fail #books #bookish #the cruel prince #booklr #jude duarte #cardan greenbriar #cardan #jude #tfota #the folk of the air #the folk of air #lost letters trope #lost letters trope makes me cry as well tho #the fact he sent so many as well 😭😭 #high queen jude of elfhame #well she is but she doesnt know it #high king cardan #high king of elfhame #jurdan #cruel prince quotes #cruel prince cardan #bro really said exile tho - men will never learn

[viivdle]

the coronation:

#hopefully someone will appreciate me putting the names in order #what if i wrote a vivi/rhyia fic #cardan greenbriar #jude duarte #jurdan #high king eldred #dain greenbriar #balekin greenbriar #rhyia greenbriar #taniot greenbriar #caelia greenbriar #elowyn greenbriar #damn there's many of them #the cruel prince #the wicked king #the queen of nothing #the folk of the air #tfota #tfota memes #holly black #holly blacj #the court of shadows #<3 #scheduled

[zelodolongirl]

My fanfic

Okay I am working on a fic on archive of our own where Eldred has a secret first born daughter named Allfryda and she's actually inspired by Hela in Thor Ragnarok: an evil elder sister that no one knew about and is more powerful than her siblings. It's called The Dark Queen of Faerie and my username is the same as here. You should check it out as you might find it interesting. And it currently has 9 chapters.

#my fanfiction #folk of the air #Eldred greenbriar #the cruel prince #original character #Greenbriar family #Secret sibling #Please check out my fic you might find some interesting plot twists

[deathsweetblossoms]

Cardan’s prologue at the beginning of Queen of Nothing kicks me in the GUT with feelings every time I read it. 

Eldred turned to Lady Asha and her child, the harbinger of ill luck

she fled to the stables, abandoning him, too 

and so he grew up in the palace, cherished by no one and checked by no one 

his brothers and sisters only laughed, playing with him as they would a puppy 

For Cardan, who could not attract his father’s good notice and desperately wanted it, the prospect was tempting

Prince Cardan aught to have been suspicious of this kindness, but he’d had little enough of the real thing to tell true from false

though he protested, no one would hear Prince Cardan’s side...The High King would not even allow Cardan an audience

Care of Prince Cardan was given over to Balekin...the only one willing to take him

maybe it would be better if she dropped him, Baphen thought

looking upon Prince Cardan was like looking into an uncertain future, so (Eldred) avoided it

The fact that Eldred never once perceives Cardan as his son. He is only “Asha’s child” and “the harbinger of ill luck” and a “contribution to the Greenbriar line”.  The fact that Dain openly used Cardan’s desperate desire for any good attention from his father as a way to literally ruin his life. How none of his sisters stood up for him or agreed to take him in, and yet he still yells at Balekin in their defense many years later in TWK.  The way Cardan tried to defend himself, but nobody would listen to him.  GET BEHIND ME, LITTLE CARDAN. I WILL FIGHT EVERYONE.

#cardan greenbriar #prince cardan #tfota #the folk of the air #fucking relatable honestly #which is why i will always defend this problematic man #first time i read this i had to literally put the book down for a second to process #now i also had to put the book down LOL just to sit with my emotions for a second omg

[atlanticum]

The Roach: I'm 100% sure Jude wears the pants in your relationship

Cardan: On a good day, neither of us do

Jude: Cardan. Eldred. Greenbriar.

Cardan: *coughs* I mean-

The Roach: *smirks* Knew it

#cardan greenbriar #cardanandjude #jude duarte #jude x cardan #the cruel prince #the queen of nothing #the wicked king #holly black #jude greenbriar #cardan duarte #cardan's letters #cardans tail #high king cardan #how the king of elfhame learned to hate stories #i love cardan #high queen of elfhame #high queen jude #high king of elfhame #high queen #high king #the roach #the court of shadows

[achycatify]

#catify #cat au #catified design #catified #tfota #eldred greenbriar