#sebastian varmont

[forgottenarias]

Morning Reconnaissance | Sebastian and Aria

“Where do you all go so early in the day?” Aria asked, stepping out from the shadows of the back of the stable. She carried an apple, which she held out to the horse Sebastian was clearly about to mount for his ride.

She had meant to take him by surprise, to throw him off balance. The middle son of the Emperor was rather unimportant in any plots and plans she'd been concocting. In truth, he seemed equally as unimportant to his own father which made sense since the only thing Roderick seemed to care about was who would inevitable succeed him on the throne-- which Sebastian was not in the running for.

“Such smiles you and your brothers have upon your return. Tell me… have the pleasure houses my sister outlawed reopened now that she no longer rules Asteria?” Aria mused as the horse took the apple from her outstretched hand.

With the hustle and bustle of preparations for the Princess's upcoming birthday celebrations, Aria was feeling particularly restless. She sat at the window, watching the carriages arriving from all corners of Varmont's empire and wished nothing more than to leave on one... to see beyond these walls which had once been so comforting.

So she had taken to walking... through the halls, across the grounds, anywhere she was allowed. She often rose with the sun and walked which is how she'd begun noticing that the brothers Varmont were often riding out early in the day. On most days, they would return late in the evening. Their attire was casual, guards did not accompany them... these were not royal engagements. This was something else.

Catching the flush on Sebastian’s face, she shook her head and smiled. “No… no clearly that is not where your travels take you. Surely, then, you can divulge your destination to me? I am stuck on these palace grounds!” She reached up to stroke the steed as he finished the apple. “Indulge me, your highness, in this one request.”

#I was just going to say in the ooc that the one redeeming quality Sebastian has is that he's befriended Aoife #Knowing that is the ONLY way Aria will soften to him #Morning Reconnaissance #Sebastian Varmont

[forgottenroderick]

The Banners of House Varmont

note: there may be more. the queens would have their own badges, as well, as would the late empress (tho likely that's now what guin is using, i'd think?), and cassandra likely has use of her mom's and/or arthur's with cadency marks, but since she's an imperial princess, and not just a royal princess, roderick would def ok her usage of her own badge, as well, though that's usually reserved for sons, heirs, and titled warriors, it is likely that guin, cassandra, and each of the queens, as well as the late empress, has at least one unit who fights in their honor given that roderick's empire is v much a military operation, so yeah! basically there may be as many as four other varmont insignias out there, but these are the big five! also pls note that i am convinced roderick has given each of his children an obscene number of titltes to bandy abt (tho not so many as he has!) in order to showcase their importance as his children, but we'll say these are perhaps shortened, more casual titles for astaira ;D

The Imperial Arms of His Imperial Majesty, Roderick the First of His Name, by the Grace of the One True God, of the Great and Holy Empire of [Varmont] and Astaira and of His other Realms and Territories One True Emperor, Conquer of the Twelve Kingdoms, Defender of the Faith, and God’s Own Champion

Or (yellow/gold): generosity and elevation of the mind

Gules (red): warrior or martyr; military strength and magnanimity

Pupure (purple): royal majesty, sovereignty, and justice

Phoenix: resurrection

Crown: heaven; victory, sovereignty, empire; success

Crown, naval (composed of masts and rigging): one who first boarded an enemy’s ship; distinguished naval commander/conqueror's crown

The Princely Imperial Arms of Her Imperial Highness, the Princess Imperial, Guinevere, of the House of Varmont

Or (yellow/gold): generosity and elevation of the mind

Argent (silver/white): peace and sincerity

Pupure (purple): royal majesty, sovereignty, and justice

Dove: represents the soul, the spirit of god; peace, purity, chastity

Crown: heaven; victory, sovereignty, empire; success/princely crown

Crown, Naval (composed of masts and rigging): one who first boarded an enemy’s ship; distinguished naval commander

The Princely Imperial Arms of His Imperial Highness, Archduke of [Varmont], Edmund, Prince of the House of Varmont, Lord of [the Riverbend]

Or (yellow/gold): generosity and elevation of the mind

Sable (black): constancy or grief

Argent (silver/white): peace and sincerity

Pupure (purple): royal majesty, sovereignty, and justice

Raven: divine providence; knowledge; durable resistance; bringer of death

Crown: heaven; victory, sovereignty, empire; success

Crown, naval (composed of masts and rigging): one who first boarded an enemy’s ship; distinguished naval commander

Crown, mural (a crown composed of bricks): defender of a fortress, token of civic honour; one who first mounted the breach in the walls of a fortress; power

The Princely Imperial Arms of His Imperial Highness, Archduke of [Varmont], Arthur, Prince of the House of Varmont, Lord of Kil-kennar

Eagle: nobility, strength, bravery, and alertness; magnanimity; or one who is high-spirited, ingenious, quick-witted, and judicious; a person of action and vigor especially where important and high matters are concerned; high intellect and quick comprehension; salvation, redemption, and resurrection

Eagle displayed (wings spread): the above + protection/one who is a protector

Or (yellow or gold): generosity and elevation of the mind

Gules (red): warrior or martyr; military strength and magnanimity

Pupure (purple): royal majesty, sovereignty, and justice

Crown: heaven; victory, sovereignty, empire; success

Crown, naval (composed of masts and rigging): one who first boarded an enemy’s ship; distinguished naval commander the imperial crown of conquest

Crown, mural (a crown composed of bricks): defender of a fortress, token of civic honour; one who first mounted the breach in the walls of a fortress; power

The Princely Arms of His Imperial Highness, Sebastian, Prince of the House of Varmont

Or (yellow/gold): generosity and elevation of the mind

Vert (green): hope, joy, loyalty in love

Pupure (purple): royal majesty, sovereignty, and justice

Falcon: one who does not rest until objective achieved; person of action

Crown: heaven; victory, sovereignty, empire; success

Crown, naval (composed of masts and rigging): one who first boarded an enemy’s ship; distinguished naval commander

Crown, mural (a crown composed of bricks): defender of a fortress, token of civic honour; one who first mounted the breach in the walls of a fortress; power

#obv lauren and lizzy feel free to lmk if these dont work w your visions etc!! i was just eager to see how they might look all together lkasj #ooc #about #edmund varmont #guinevere varmont #sebastian varmont #arthur varmont #me reading up on raven heraldic meanings for this and i get to BRINGER OF DEATH alskjfklsjdf #even edmund's sigil was tryna warn the malconaires lkajsfklsjdf #def pictured the dove in flight and the raven displayed but alas the site does not include those possibilities #still alksdfj abt bringer of death ngl lkasjdafkjsd me like oK CALM DOWN while amira like 'that's my boy' and godfrey winking at the camera #i ordered it by roderick then by consort then by birth order if you were wondering hahah but i did toy around w just stright age order lksa #my inner amira was NOT pleased ;DDD #which made me think -- you KNOW there's some insane antics jockeying for LITERAL position when they all go to enter a room alksdjfkljdf

[forgottenedmund]

arthur & edmund: "don't you dare throw that snowba--goddamnit!"

[ 15 years ago ]

"What on earth are you doing?"

It was snowing. And not just any snow: it happened to be the first snow of the season. The entire courtyard was covered with it. Edmund had stopped on their walk to grab himself a handful of the stuff.

"We don't have time to play in the snow." Arthur continued. There was no patience in his voice. All five of the Varmont children had been presented to their father that morning on one of his rare appearances. He had tested them all (Guinevere, Arthur, and Edmund more than the rest) and Arthur and Edmund had both been found wanting. It was Guinevere who had won the round and with this victory, he had asked her to stay behind after the other's left.

The jealousy and frustration Arthur felt at this slight was apparent.

"Arthur's right, Edmund," Sebastian said softly. "Our tutors are expecting us."

Edmund stood upright, packing a handful of snow in his hands.

Arthur arched an eyebrow, "Are you going to throw that at me?"

"Of course not," Edmund replied sarcastically. "I never throw a snowball after I've gone through all the effort of making one. That's the real fun."

Arthur did not appreciate his brother's sarcasm -- especially in this moment. "Stop being such a child."

"I am a child. And so are you." Edmund would have thrown it at him right then if he'd been confident he wouldn't miss. His throwing arm wasn't particularly strong and he didn't want to look like an idiot just now.

"I am not a child!"

Edmund supposed, in a way, he was right. Despite Arthur's rather childish declaration of not being a child, they hadn't had much of a childhood thus far. The three of them had been pitted against each other for their father's throne since the day they'd been born and Sebastian was always trying to run interference whenever their tempers flared. The only one who had ever really been allowed to be a child was Cassandra, who was too busy trying to catch snowflakes on her tongue to notice that her brothers were on the verge of fighting with each other.

"Alright, enough. Let's go," Sebastian interjected.

Arthur and Edmund stared at each other for a few more moments without saying a word. It was Arthur who turned first and started to head off after Sebastian. The fact that Edmund still hadn't dropped the snow in his hands had not escaped him. And after he'd turned around, he gave his brother one final warning,"Edmund, don't you dare throw that sno-- Goddammit!!"

At that moment, a snowball came crashing into the back of Arthur's head. To say that Arthur looked infuriated as he turned round, was an understatement. Before he could say another word, Sebastian stepped between the boys. "Arthur, Edmund I -- "

"-- I told you not to throw that snowball!" Arthur pushed passed Sebastian, heading straight for his youngest brother.

"I didn't." Everyone looked down to see that Edmund still had the snow in his hand. It was hardly resembled anything more than a melting mess, now.

"What -- ?"

Everyone turned then to see Cassandra standing behind Edmund, eyes wide as she witnessed her brother getting angry. She'd seen Edmund making snowballs earlier and, while everyone was talking, had begun making one of her own oblivious to the tension that had been rising. She'd honestly meant to throw one at Edmund, but she'd thrown it too hard and it passed up over his head and landed, instead, on Arthur's.

"Nice shot." Edmund was both impressed (even if he knew Cassandra wouldn't have been able to replicate that again if she tried) and amused (it took everything he had not to laugh -- Arthur truly looked a ragged mess).

But Cassandra beat him to it yet again and although her brother's were all suddenly afraid that she might cry, the next minute she started to laugh at how ridiculous Arthur looked. Whatever tension had been growing between Arthur and Edmund began to fade away and it was now Arthur's turn to laugh.

"Your turn!" Cassandra shouted.

Arthur bent down and made a snowball of his own. "Don't think you I won't get you back, just because you are a girl!"

Cassandra squealed, laughing as she ran to hide behind Sebastian, "You won't be able to catch me!"

"Hmm, perhaps you are right," Arthur mused and, instead, he tossed one to Edmund instead.

"Not too old for this, after all?" Edmund raised an eyebrow.

"Guess not." Arthur shrugged.

It was Edmund's turn to throw and this time he hit Sebastian who had long ago given up on trying to get any of them to their lessons on time.

Moments later, the four of them were properly drenched from the snow and they'd managed to leave their footprints over almost every inch of the courtyard. It had been a long time since they'd played like this: forgetting every care they had in the world.

"What on earth is going on? Look at the four of you. Absolutely Deplorable."

All four of them stopped in their tracks and stared at Guin. No one had noticed her step outside and, noting the disapproval on her face, each of them were suddenly ashamed at this display. It was not befitting of princes and princesses.

"If you are going to have a snowball fight, you must do it properly. Not a single one of you have constructed a fort. How can you prepare your arsenal if you do not have the right defenses? Come, let me show you all how it is done."

#this honestly became a varmont kid drabble but no regrets! #drabble #challenge #arthur varmont #sebastian varmont #cassandra varmont #guinevere varmont #because of reasons i'm going to make notes about their ages atp #guin and arthur are 11 #sebastian is 10 #edmund is 8 and cassie is 7

[forgottencillian]

A Protective Brother | Cillian & Sebastian

"Lord Ormond!"

It was Rosie's voice ringing out amongst the throng and, turning to look, Cillian smiled a brotherly grin. "Rosi--Lady Roisin."

Her smirk was lopsided -- very clearly trying to suppress laughter -- and she shook her head. "You're hopeless," she hissed. "Anyway, Sebastian Varmont wants to meet you and he insisted -- very politely, he's very polite -- I introduce you! He's such a dear, do be nice--"

"What?"

"And I think he may be sweet on our Aoife! Isn't that marvellous?"

"What?!"

"He's coming this way--"

"What?"

"--but don't worry, I said some very promising things in your favor!"

"Rosie -- I can't deal with another Varmont right now!"

"Another? Wha--"

"Gods, Rosie, what did you say to him about me?"

"What, precisely, does 'another Varmont' mean--"

"Rosie! Focus!"

"On what?!"

At precisely that moment, Sebastian materialized out of the crowd, causing Rosie to hasten to his side, guiding him over to Cillian. "As promised!" she gleamed. "Your Imperial Highness, may I present my dear friend, Cillian, Lord of Ormond?" she said, gesturing to Cillian, who did his best not to sigh.

"And Cillian," she added with a slightly more warning tone (a be-on-your-best-behavior tone). "May I present His Imperial Highness, Sebastian, Prince of the Varmont Empire?" she turned quickly, eagerly to Sebastian. "Did I do tht right? I'm not the best with everyone's elaborate titles. Do you and your siblings have different styles -- oh, but nevermind. Answer me later. I'm interrupting! You two wished to chat!"

"Rosi--Lady Roisin!"

"I'll catch up with the both of you later!" So saying she danced way, disappearing amongst the tumult of people, very clearly delighted with herself, and Cillian was left to face yet another Varmont alone, but this time as Lord Ormond.

Turning to face Sebastian, he bowed very stiffly. "It is a pleasure," he began. "To finally put a face to the name. Her Imperial Highness the Princess Cassandra has told me much about you." What sort of inanities did such people generally chatter about? "How--how do you find the ball?"

#so i was just agreeing w everything you said and i thought id start 'em off! #a protective brother #sebastian varmont #feel free to invent anything you want in terms of what rosie mightve said or just leave it completely alone -- 100% up to you!! #comment

[forgottenarthur]

OOC | Arthur & His Line of Succession

idk what to entitle this but!!! my brain at 5am was like 'here have this' so now you get to hear abt it too lksdjfkljsdfjl

ok so!! arthur's faction, even objectively speaking (like in an au where every single varmont really and truly is the disgusting vile monster that ronan thinks they all are, this is STILL an advantage for arthur), has a v big advantage over the others, and that is @forgottensebastian!! while sebastian just being the amazing person he is, is a total win for arthur, like i said, even if he were actually leck quasar born again (SCREAM), his v existence would still be a huge advantage to the Arthurian faction bc he's a designated and direct heir and historically!!!!! that is a huuuuge asset in getting ppl to fight/vote for you!! so i wanted to sort of explore this a bit!

so, when ur abt to embark on a civil war for 'who should rule us next' ur hoping ur not gonna have to turn around and do it all again once ur chosen leader kicks the bucket, and arthur having a clear, designated heir from the get-go is a a part of that! bc w edmund or guin, say they get crowned etc, well great! but they're just one person right so what happens if/when they die before having kids! ur back to square one -- if guin's crowned, well, whose her heir? edmund? arthur? ur back at it again!

this is (one of) the reasons @forgottengodfrey is so keen to get edmund hitched (also gaining the stafford/astairan alliance etc but yeah), so edmund can start making heirs of his own, pronto!

ironically, its also one of the reasons @forgottenroderick is so reluctant to let his kids marry bc then ppl might start wanting one of his kids to rule more than they want ~him too!!!! its also the reason he was so desperate to have kids in the first place and took three wives to do it </3

but annnnyway, as a result, i do think arthur's sort of...thought abt this a lil bit frankly (he's so much more introspective than i ever thought it throws me every time i swearrrr) now, obv, idk how this will all go down but, if roderick were to die, and arthur to begin his gambit to seize the throne, i think he'd make his line of succession basically the sons of roderick in order of age; the sons of roderick's father in order of age (aka alaric), the sons of roderick's grandfather in order of age (aka bartholomew) and then their male line descendants in order of age (aka eoin). if all these men were to die, then it would follow the same structure but w women so:

arthur

sebastian

edmund

alaric

bartholomew

eoin

guinevere

cassandra

ciara

now, in his ideal world alaric and the other male varmonts would inherit before edmund like so:

arthur

sebastian

alaric

bartholomew

eoin

edmund

guinevere

cassandra

ciara

but he def recognizes that obv edmund has a way better claim to the imperial throne (not necessarily the kingly one of the og country tho depending on how ~those inheritance laws are written, but in that roderick apparently reopened old laws from ther abt multiple wives, im assuming its still true that edmund would have a better claim to ~that throne as well?) than alaric, bartholomew, or eoin so yeah! the top one is what he's currently thinking! HOWEVER i do think the more he talks to @forgottenarias the more he rethinks his position and so i think he may potentially end up considering heirs in order not just male heirs so:

arthur

sebastian

cassandra/edmund

edmund/cassandra

guinevere

alaric

bartholomew

eoin

ciara

now this would actually be a mistake for his faction, really, bc it'd mess up his ability to claim that ~he should be king since guinevere is, in fact, older, so i do think he'd at best do some handwave abt how roderick's male heirs come first bc that was the intention of the founder or whatever, and THEN roderick's female heirs and then everybody else hahaha but i do think he'd still want to be like CASSANDRA OVER EDMUND but yeahhhh idk if he could reasonably pull that off so i do think it'd result in a lot of confusion abt who has precedence between those two were he ever to actually realize his claim (unlikely!!) but yeah!! sldkjfalksdlfjdslkfj

anyway, he might potentially handwave abt his mother's line being the true imperial one (and thus cassandra still having precedence over edmund despite her sex) as marian became ~his mother and thus cassandra having precedence over edmund or smth but idk -- if they're still at war w edmund when this comes down the line he'd def be like 'yeah that's how that's happening' but if somehow arthur's in power and edmund's cool w it or whatever then he'd probs feel edmund would be a better fit for the crown than cassandra tbqh and have him as the third

anyway!! ngl none of this will probably EVER matter bc even if we do kill off roderick and start our war w/o that one big revelation etc, we uhhhh know that lil smth abt arthur that he don't know so yeah!! (and lbr even if he did manage to seize power as soon as he and edmund made peace, amira would just poison him soooo) but anyway here we are i thought of it so i thought id share it hahaha

#ooc #about #edmund varmont #aria stafford #sebastian varmont #guinevere varmont #roderick varmont #cassandra varmont #eoin varmont #alaric varmont #ciara varmont #bartholomew varmont #godfrey calainon #i think i tagged all the varmonts skdjfkldsjf tumblr was suggesting them in a weird order and it threw me a bit #marian varmont #also i pranked myself bc i forgot i tagged myself in this and then i was like 'why do i have notifications now!' heehee #amira varmont

[forgottenronan]

OOC | Ronan & Sebastian

ok so copy & paste [ what i said to edmund ] except minus the battle of m stuff -- sebastian literally did NOTHING to ronan, but ronan wants him dead anyway. he says this is for logic reasons (the civil war etc etc etc) and it is, but also he doesn't think he'll ever be able to trust that anyone he loves is safe as long as a varmont is alive bc he literally thinks they're all evil -- ciara has shifted some of his opinions on this, but roderick's spawn have got to go, and ronan frankly looks forward to killing them so!! that is definitely fun times and i apologize in advance lkajsdffdslkafj

#sebastian varmont #ooc #ronan: of course i still have things i enjoy! like plotting the demise of random young ppl ive never met who've done nothing to me!

[forgotteneithne]

Solitude || Sebastian + Eithne

Eithne hadn't expected to see Sebastian arriving, alone, at the estate that day. In fact, Eithne hadn't been expecting anyone. Her step mother had dragged both Sonya and Aoife into town-- Sonya to shop for some new item that Valentina thought would impress the princes and Aoife to carry things and be snipped at throughout the outing. Cassimir was away on some sort of business and Rosie and Brigit had gone off with some task to achieve that they'd only vaguely explained to their eldest sister.

The house hadn't been this quiet for some time. Eithne had cleaned, prepped their meal for that evening, and was lazily kneading dough as she watched the clouds roll in when she caught sight of the approaching rider.

She'd watched from the kitchen window as Sebastian dismounted his horse and made his way up to the kitchen door. Grinning, she'd boosted herself up, pushing open the window and popping her head out.

"Hello."

She hadn't meant to catch him off guard but he clearly hadn't been expecting anyone to be there. He was knelt by the door and jumped at the sound of her voice. She grinned apologetically when his eyes met hers.

"What've you got there?" Eithne inquired, pushing herself up on her toes a bit to try and get a better view. Realizing she was being a bit rude, she hopped off her stool and went to open the door.

"Come in and see if those rainclouds pass," she gestured him inside. "Where are your cohorts this day?"

#Sebastian Varmont #Solitude

[forgottenamira]

OOC | Amira & Sebastian

so!! this is a weird af relationship bc, like, its nothing at all remotely personal, in fact amira probs finds sebastian a refreshing presence, but she has every intention -- and has since the moment of his birth -- of murdering him some day sljfalskdfjkdf and also she's his stepmom lakjsdflkjdsfj but also she probs, like, cleaned his cuts when he was a lil kid and gently and encouragingingly told him that he had to work harder to hit edmund. how else was edmund to learn to avoid being hit? to her, sebastian serves a really clear and really important function, and she's grateful to him for all his hard work. also, she wants edmund to love him bc it'll make him stronger to defeat and cast down someone he loves to survive alksjdfjksf so!! it's all v twisted frankly alkjsdfkljdsf

she's like 'if i can keep edmund's pain in a controlled environment, i can make him stronger while also keeping him safe so that by the time he breaks the chains of that controlled environment, he'll be ready to take the world by the throat, and he'll finally be as safe as anyone may ever be' alksjdfaksdfjk and she sees this as the best thing she can possibly do for him and a mark of her genuine love and concern for her boy lakjsdfkljdsjkf

#sebastian varmont #ooc

[forgotteneilionora]

Feast Day | Revelers

((ooc note: this is open to any character present all guin's bday ball who wishes to jump in on this! this one im intending to make a bit plot-based, as i wanted to write out roderick allowing the astairans to make offerings...and then the publically receiving the "shocking" news that the staffords might be bastards soon after just bc its high drama and i thought we might all have fun w it!!))

The Great Hall seemed to glow. Decorated by the Varmonts in gold and in bronze everywhere and limned with torches and roaring fires in each of the halls many hearths, Eilia was struck with the strange impression that she stood within a jewelry box, gems and metals catching the light in a strange dark-light transmutation that left all the world half kaleidoscopic in glowing shadows of amber and black.

Drums boomed a sonorous rhythm as the people of the Varmont Empire danced their controlled, static dances, and Eilia found their motions were more trancelike than joyful. Perhaps, she thought bitterly, joy would indeed be the next thing Roderick would outlaw. It did, indeed, seem to be the kind of bent his mind took. Still, Eilia shook her head clear of these thoughts. When she approached the golden thone, she must inhabit another character, entirely. She would not be the scorned, conquered queen but, rather, the grateful guest. Her quest was too important to fail.

In place of the high wooden seat of Eilia and her father and his father before them, carved with stars and moons, tangled amongst a world of faux bois foliage, Roderick had got in a garish polished-gold throne that soared up and. up and up. She thought he must have plundered the wealth of half the world's nations to build his golden throne, alone, and Eilia's lips pressed together in disquiet she refused to speak. Still, this too she pressed aside as, approaching the throne, Eilia caught Aria's eye. The time had come.

Previously, she'd been speaking with Sebastian and he was even now speaking in hushed tones to his father. Eilia held her breath and she prayed.

The Emperoro's eyes were sharp and grey like ice and, as they glanced past his son towards her, Eilia straightened. There was a calculating gleam in Roderick's eye, and Eilia could not trust it.

"What do you suppose he will say?" Eilia quietly asked her sister. "Ought we to have a...fall back position, should he refuse?"

#feast day #sebastian varmont #aria stafford #roderick varmont #will add more names as things go but i figure these three will play a pr prominent role in this whole thing so imma go ahead and assume ;D #comment

[forgottensaoirse]

OOC | Saoirse & Sebastian

ok so im thinking these two might know ~of each other, even if they haven't necessarily met yet (is she just now returning to the capitol area from lorcan, or did that happen awhile ago?), given their mutual connection to aoife? in any case, depending slightly on what ciara might or might not have said, and how vociferous aoife may or may not have been etc, but im guessing saoirse is likely to be positively predisposed towards sebastian, given that so many ppl in her circle likely say nice things given that, well, he's a nice dude hahaha so yeah!

that being said, just bc he's the emperor's son, i think she'd be a bit wary of him esp given her own position being in the rebellion etc, but i do think she'd be like 'damn the tomorrows' and wanna see what info she can get out of him tbqh lakjsdfkljdsjkf 'you seem nice...sorry...you dad is just soooo egregiously NOT nice i gotta at least TRY and use you against him to save the world since i have the opportunity'

#sebastian varmont #ooc #might she feel a lil guilty abt this? yes #will that stop her? no

[forgottenmarian]

ooc || sebastian + marian

i literally keep going to type "marian's favorite child!" but honestly they're all her favorites so i dunno what i'm even saying, haha i feel like marian depends on sebastian emotionally in a way that she doesn't necessarily with arthur or cassandra-- cass is the baby and arthur is trying to prove he should be the next emperor so i do think sebastian might end up being her sounding board about things at times. i think deep down marian is extremely lonely-- the one person who could understand her position in life, amira, is her enemy and her entire life revolves around her children who are grown now. I don't think this marian drops her facade much (she wouldn't want amira to find out any weaknesses!) but i do think the few times she maybe has let her emotions get the better of her, seb was the one who was witness to it? i think she realizes somewhat that he would be the one who would be able to handle it without having an extreme reaction. its definitely not fair and i think she has a lot of guilt whenever that happens!

i do think she's also very pro the idea that Sebastian would become hand to the king/emperor for arthur if/when he is declared Roderick's heir. in her mind (which is definitely not biased at ALL XD), their strengths/weaknesses compliment each other and she really does believe together they would do good for the entire empire.

#sebastian varmont #ooc

[forgottenroderick]

OOC | Roderick & Heirs

@forgottenguinevere

@forgottenedmund

@forgottenarthur

@forgottensebastian

@forgottencassandra

ok so ill do individual things for all the kids of course, but i just kinda wanted to leave this out here bc this is super complicated and!!! yeah

basically, roderick will NEVER decide the succession issue to anyone's satisfaction bc he 1) wants his kids to prove themselves like he did to rule bc he tells himself that's how you become a great ruler and so its really this great favor that he's doing to both his kids and his country etc smdh and 2) he can never, ever be eclipsed and everyone has to remember that HE is the emperor and not get distracted w ideas of someone else being emperor so alksjdfkj sdklfjaskljf ok so onto more specifics

ok so!!! this def won't be a complicated relationship or anything kalsjdfjkdf v lowkey vibes ksdljfakjsf ok ok but srsly im so sorry in advance for this man hahaha he's like...idk...he's v weird bc on one hand he's def an absentee dad??? like, does he show up to tourneys if one of his boys is competing? Or to a ball that is celebrating the nameday of one of his girls? Only if he happens to be there anyway and nothing else is happening which is...almost never! Does he talk to them everyday? Not a chance! There are probs whole months, maybe even years, that went by during childhood while Roderick was off on campaign where he never saw them, never wrote to them, etc, etc, etc.

But!! on the other hand!! he's also a deeply controlling father? he may not have seen the kid in weeks, but he knows what they ate for all of their meals and whether or not they had a snack, he knows what their lessons were and how well they did, he knows whole details of who they spoke to and what they said, etc, etc, etc, AND! he has opinions!!!!! and he WILL make any displeasure felt!!!! however, if the kid behaves as roderick thinks they should, he doesn't interfere at all he's like 'cool cool ok tell me every single weird intimate thing that happened to my next kid on the list' and just moves on alkjdskfjdsdlkfja and!! he calls this love!!! and believes his kids should be grateful to him for this care he puts into their upbringings!!!!

so the net here for the kids is basically they don't hear BOO from dad at all (unless they happen to be in the same castle as he is atm and the man is always on the move) unless they've done smth wroNG!!!!

now, when he's there, he will call them to him when he's got smth he wants to teach them. if they're a boy, this can be anything from you're going to sit here and watch me behead this traitor (or maybe even do it for me yourself when they get older) to look at this map and ill explain why im attacking this city and not that one first in order to conquer this kingdom! this is his version of bonding time btw lasjkdfkjdf

also this is only for the boys, but it is for ALL the boys, including sebastian

for the girls, its more likely to be general statesmenship stuff and less violent stuff, like 'im gonna make this deal with this dude to undercut that one and here's how you can make this work for you' etc. he'd also def give these sorts of lessons to ed and seb -- arthur *sometimes* but he doesn't think arthur's v smart tbqh so he focuses more on the war and punishment stuff w him

also, which kid he summons is generally pr normal, but it tends to lean most towards the kid he's most pleased w at that moment so alksdjfkjsdf

roderick's succession plan is alexander the great's 'the greatest' succession plan, where basically they have to kill e/o for it or whatever after he's gone he's like 'succession is a you problem, kids' basically but he won't ever just come out and say that laksjdfjksdjf he also expects that they won't just break up his empire, but maintain it which is super unrealistic in that he's basically 'just have a civil war when i die' aklsdjfjklsdf

but anyway alksdjfkjsdf he ~does see them all as potential rulers, whether as the next emperor/empress (he is a bit sexist so he does lean towards it being the next emperor w guin simply being so exceptional she's considered rather than being like yeah women can rule in general) or as the queen re: a marriage alliance which he sees as cassandra's certain destiny and a possible one for guin. however, he also means to conquer everything he can so will this include conquering the place where he's lately made his daughter queen? who knows! he's a changeable dude

but also while the above is 100% true AT THE VERY SAME TIME he does have v distinct ideas about who would make a great king and who would not...these shift pr radically tho ngl alkjdfjdsf and so he'll def sometimes be like 'yeah you know what edmund you should def be my heir' on a day that edmund performs esp well and he def makes this felt by everyone at court and rubs everyobody's face in it but then he sort of moves on from that bc obv the REAL king everyone needs to remember is HIM so he kinda resents any cowtowing ed gets and then two weeks later guin performs particularly well and then he's like THIS IS MY HEIR RIGHT HERE and the cycle repeats smdh

TL;DR: he basically approaches fatherhood just like he approaches ruling complete w a spyring and sending envoys w strongly worded letters if he sees smth he doesn't like

so yeah!! tis a hot mess my friends!!! and...im so sorry about him so yeah here pls enjoy this terrible father ig aklsdjfkjldsfj

#about #guinevere varmont #edmund varmont #arthur varmont #sebastian varmont #cassandra varmont

[forgottenarias]

more ooc because clearly i need to listen to a podcast at work ;)

i've been ruminating on aria & her powers & the potential discovery of her powers while cutting out pants....

i was thinking of two potential things that could happen... or both could happen... or neither could happen, i'm not married to anything haha ;)

i had mentioned in the ooc to @forgottenamira that aria might avoid much interaction with her if this whole idea that she dabbles in ~black magic~ and is maybe a witch was a publically known thing because she was worried about being discovered somehow... i dunno if amira is still on her "poison my step children" kick?? but if she tried that again at some point...

what if there was some sort of guardian interference that alerted her to what amira was up to and aria interceded to stop sebastian/arthur/whoever from eating/drinking the thing-- it might not be a whole "DONT DRINK THAAAAAT!" moment-- it could be something as easy as like knocking over a goblet or throwing a... i dunno cake or something off a balcony? but if amira saw any of it she might have an inkling of how aria knew??? or at least a suspicion? (it might lead to a whole thing if amira did manage to get aria to confirm or confess to it or whatever because then she'd have some sort of blackmail over her to get her to join #TeamCalainon)

the OTHER thing i was thinking came out of @forgottenarthur shocking the world by being so introspective & worried about getting off'd by amira & her dark magic... we already kinda discussed it would be a ~thing~ when/if he ever found out about aria's abilities... and knowing the guardians have the ability to temporarily bestow powers... could there be a situation where those two might be together, arthur ends up injured somehow (nothing too insane-- i had a couple idea if we wanted to go this way?) and aria in a panic manages to "heal" him. i think i said i one point she'd never had that ability bestowed on her so she'd freak out too honestly lol (also i decided the guardians were privy to what happened at Kil-Kennar and we're like 'you get ONE get out of jail free, varmont-- that's it!' XD ) anywho... he's so obsessed with death by magic, it would maybe be interesting to see what happens when the opposite happens? maybe dad was wrong???

or roderick goes nuclear and just burns everyone because he seems like he's slowly headed that route? ;)

so much rambling this week :) but like i said not married to anything... just the nonsense that comes from cutting pants all day haha!

#ooc #arthur varmont #amira varmont #roderick varmont

[forgottencillian]

OOC | Cillian &

so i thought id go ahead and put this into this kinda format so we can find it later when we inevitably can't remember details nad need a reread heehee <3

so it started w kate using the @ feature to ask when papa malconaire died...

LIZZY

lizzydobbs: Yes! So it was during the war that he [LORD MALCONAIRE] died. Cillian was also fighting in that same battle and was there when it happened #fun

KATE

forgotteneithne: @lizzydobbs oof... that's not traumatizing or anything for cillian...and also adds ANOTHER LAYER OF GUILT to Eithne's cake of confusion when it comes to Arthur XD

KATE AA

forgotteneilionora: this is why cillian cannot forgive the varmont boys...well, ONE of the reasons laksjfklsjdf omg poor eithne aklsjfkjldf arthur 'my dad killed your dad' varmont: wanna dance? ldskfjklsdjafkj

KATE

forgotteneithne: @forgotteneilionora Oh yeah both my ladies are definitely half a step away from a breakdown/existential crisis and I’m living for it 😂

KATE AA

forgotteneilionora: @forgotteneithne honestly if that aint the perfect place for a character idk what isssss <333333

KATE

phabblebabbles: @forgotteneilionora @lizzydobbs okay so wait now I’ve thought much too much about this and have more questions— Roderick’s sons took part in this battle, yeah? If they did…Do the Malconaire ladies know? Obviously Cillian must?! GAH ITS A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL OF DRAMA!

KATE AA

giadesstrin: @phabblebabbles @lizzydobbs OMG OBSESSEDDDDD so!!! Idk exactly which battles the sons personally took part in bc I feel like there were def a number raging in different places etc so this might’ve been under the command of one of the boys, or some rando general, or even if roderick himself. It’s also equally possible that all either none of the varmont or that ~all the varmont were present w each having command of a different flank or whatever so yeah! I’m open to anything! 👀 wait wait (sorry I just woke up my brain isn’t 100% working yet 😂😂😂) I think?? Somewhere??? Lizzy might’ve already answered this!!! Bc I think she said ooc to me asp that Edmund was in charge of the Varmont forces at that battle iirc? 👀 @lizzydobbs am I wildly misremembering things??? I only skim read before I’m ready to do replies so I sometimes get things wrong 😂😂😂😂 no pressure if this is one of those moments 😂😂😂😂 ok yes! I found it! In the edmund/cillian ooc lizzy suggested that perhaps it was edmund who orchestrated the battle wherein lord malconaire died!!!! AHHHHH I love itttt sfjkjfdfhh ok so idk honestly if cillian knows that honestly?? He was lord malconaires aide so he would’ve been privy to ~some info but not all and his line of sight would’ve been limited to just seeing varmont banners-he may have known that royalty was involved if he saw a personal crest? But I doubt he id’d it? just cuz I doubt he was familiar enough w varmont heraldry to know whose that was beyond like maybe ~Roderick’s himself? If such a thing exists in this world? But! If it does abd if edmund has a personal crest that he used that day and cillian saw, he is deffff searching for it but yeah obv a lot if ifs there 😂😂😂 if we do go that direction, it could be interesting if maybe all the varmont boys have similar motifs to designate that status or whatever so there could be a mistaken identity ;D

LIZZY

lizzydobbs: @phabblebabbles @forgotteneilionora ahhhhh I hadn't even thought that they might know edmund was in charge of that battle if they recognized his personal crest!!! b/c yeah I was thinking that edmund WAS in charge of that battle but I don't think he did a whole lot of fighting and was mostly leading from behind the lines from a strategic pov and never came across lord malconaire or cillian, himself. however, I like the idea that eventually it COULD come out and whether .. that is through cillian discovering edmund's crest OR mistaking it for one of the other varmonts and blaming them instead for it haha I'm up for either eventuality

KATE

phabblebabbles: @lizzydobbs @forgotteneilionora the OOC within the OOC is giving me life lol. That all makes total sense— I sort of assume the sisters might not realize the princes are actually active in the battle? (Which might be somewhat just turning a blind to the whole thing which honestly, who could blame them at this point? #trauma) so maybe the whole point of “oh they indirectly (or maybe directly) are the catalyst of our current terrible situation” hasn’t really hit home… yet

KATE AA

giadesstrin: @lizzydobbs @phabblebabbles I def agree that I don’t think rosie, at least, knows edmund had anything to do w it (at least yet 😉) but honestly that could def be a sort of willful ignorance on her part if we prefer! Rosie has a way of not seeing things she doesn’t want to until she has no choice haha but I can also see cillian playing that close to the chest re: the malconaires bc he worries for their safety if they displease the varmonts so he probs feels they’re safer if they don’t know At least until he discovers (whether correctly or not 😂😂😂) whose banner he saw. That being said he’d def share absolutely everything w the resistance—and Ciara might know who the commander was there? He might ask her abt it asp, too? @phabblebabbles omg IKRRRRRR I’ve been laughing abt the ooc within the ooc tooooo

KATE

phabblebabbles: @lizzydobbs @giadesstrin honest it’s on brand lol also just laughing at poor cillian trying to protect what’s left of his adopted family only got literally allllll the emperor’s sons to roll in. 😂 he’s probably like GOSH DARNIT JUST STAY INSIDE MALCONAIRES.

KATE AA

giadesstrin: @lizzydobbs @phabblebabbles cillian, in the middle of another snowpocypse but this time the varmonts got snowed in at the malconaire estate: come on, ladies, it’s time to move into the woods! Who needs houses anyway *sweating nervously*

KATE

phabblebabbles: @lizzydobbs @giadesstrin omg I’m dead poor cillian 😂😂😂😂Honestly between his war trauma, Brigit trauma, and the Varmont bros just existing its really a wonder he hasn’t had a breakdown lol

KATE AA

giadesstrin: @phabblebabbles @lizzydobbs honestlyyyyyy I feel like the resistance is keeping him sane rn bc it means the fight isn’t over!!! They haven’t won yet!!! There’s still more he can do but sdghjhfddg yeahhhhh he is really going through it tbqh

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@forgottenedmund -- ill probs ask this in the edmund/cillian solo thread too but just in case i forget...if you think edmund ~does have a banner that cillian might've seen, what do you think the sigil is? i ask bc im 100% sure that cillian would be on the hunt for it if he saw it

#ooc #eithne malconaire #arthur varmont #roderick varmont #edmund varmont #sebastian varmont #brigit malconaire #roisin malconaire #ciara varmont #about

[lizzydobbs]

lfr heightlines:

gentlemen:

6'2: Cassimir Malconaire, Eoin Varmont

6'1: Alister Grey

6'0: Godfrey Calanion, Percy Reaves, Alaric Varmont, Arthur Varmont

5'11: Tristan Calanion, Cillian Frost, Aleksander Royce, Sebastian Varmont

5'10: Bartholomew Varmont, Roderick Varmont, Edmund Varmont

ladies:

5'10: Aoife Malconaire, Valentina Malconaire

5'8: Ciara Varmont, Cassandra Varmont

5'7: Aria Stafford, Amira Varmont

5'6: Sonya Malconaire, Guinevere Varmont

5'5: Eilionora Stafford, Marian Varmont

5'4: Cecily Hamlen, Brigit Malconaire, Rose Malconaire

5'2: Eithne Malconaire

~ roderick being among the shortest men is v amusing ngl / all his sons being the same height or taller is a vibe ~

#the long forgotten realm #brigit malconaire #rose malconaire #eithne malconaire #aoife malconaire #alistair grey #eoin varmont #ciara varmont #godfrey calanion #tristan calanion #cillian frost #valentina malconaire #cassimir malconaire #sonya malconaire #percy reaves #aleksander royce #eilionora stafford #aria stafford #bartholomew varmont #roderick varmont #alaric varmont #guinevere varmont #amira varmont #edmund varmont #arthur varmont #cassandra varmont

[forgottensebastian]

Summoned | Roderick & Sebastian

"Your Highness, His Imperial Majesty, your father, Roderick Varmont the First of His Name, Conqueror of the Twelve Kingdoms, Defender of the Faith, and god's own Champion, requests your presence this afternoon."

The servant bowed low following this announcement and Sebastian had to bite his lip to catch himself from laughing -- he noted that he had transcribed his father's array of titles in the palm of his hand and was using his bow as covered so he might check that he had said them.

Sebastian was certainly not going to point out that he had missed some.

"Of course, thank you."

As soon as he excused the servant, Sebastian allowed himself to exhale. He never particularly looked forward to these interactions with his father. If he was being summoned, it often meant that his father was angry with him, or that he meant to test him. There had been a time when he would have been eager to rise whatever challenge his father might have prepared for him, even as he knew he would likely fall short in comparison to his brother's. But now? Sebastian was almost more eager to disappoint than to please: he had no interest in ever being a pawn in the same brutal game that Edmund and Arthur had been playing their entire lives.

Still, he did -- and always would -- respect his father and his wishes, and he answered the summons with promptness.

He was admitted to his father's chambers and after bowing to his emperor, he spoke, "Father? You sent for me?"

#comment #roderick varmont #Summoned #idk what this is #also feel free to change anything about his titles lmao #i feel like there's probably more than just one more but that's all i got for now #forgive the servant he's new ;D