UNBENT UNBOWED UNBROKEN
IN DORNE SHE WALKED AMONG VIPERS
AND NONE WOULD BITE HER
acknowledgement of country I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land. I pay my respects to the Elders past, present and emerging. For they hold the memories, the tradition and the culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the nation.001 . first i’ll introduce myself briefly. my name is kalila; i am a proud nganyaywana, dhanggatti and gumbaynggirr woman. she/her pronouns. i’m a twenty-seven year old forensic mortuary practice student and disability support worker. i live in australia, so my active times will probably be a little off compared to most people i follow due to time zones but i try my best to get on for a chat if i can. i have ten+ years of tumblr roleplay experience so trust me, i’ve seen just about everything there is to see on this website. my discord is available at request though i’m not super active on it.002 . this is a mutual exclusive roleplay blog, meaning that if i follow you, i intend to write with you. please respect that if i do not, it means that for whatever reason i just don’t see myself writing with you, and understand that in these cases my memes and starter/plotting calls are for mutuals. between work, university and a social life i’m pretty busy so i would consider myself low activity, particularly towards the end of semester.003 . i’m familiar with a lot of fandoms, and i love a crossover so if you have an idea for one, it’s probably a pretty sound bet that i’d be down. i don't really practice exclusivity so consider every interaction with an individual to be a separate verse unless discussed prior.004 . when it comes to shipping i tend to go based on chemistry and if i haven’t spoken to you beforehand for plotting, i’d prefer to kind of feel it out and see how the characters go. in saying that though, i do enjoy shipping as a part of storytelling and i’m pretty open to it. i’m also okay with pre established relationships as long as there’s discussion first or they’re a canon couple.
005 . while on the topic of shipping, nsfw will sometimes be present though i’ve found myself less interested in writing smut in the last couple of years and am much more selective about when i do. if i do write smut , it will be tagged but not under a read more. if your only interest is to write smut i’m not your girl, i get bored of it too quickly to be writing it often.006 . triggers may be present on this blog. this will mostly be contained within elia's bio, but may come up in threads. i always try my very best to be respectful of triggers and i tag anything i know or think could be one. i personally do not have any triggers, so if i’ve missed something please tell me and know that it’s not intentional.007 . i've written elia over on my multimuse for around four years now so she's a muse i'm very familiar and comfortable with. due to scarce canon information she's largely headcanon based and so there will be times that my thoughts on her may not match up with somebody else's, please respect my interpretation on her - this is just a bit of fun after all. also, just because i write something while rping does not mean that i consider it canon or even necessarily want it to be canon (e.g. certain relationship dynamics, headcanons, addition to her biography), i just kind of go with the flow.008 . most of all just know that anything here is in good fun. i'm in my last month of university so i'm exceedingly busy - please don't be offended if i dip every now and then when life gets overwhelming and know that i am never somebody who gets impatient waiting for replies. always take your time and do what's comfortable for you!
" KIND AND CLEVER, WITH A GENTLE HEART AND SWEET WIT "
Full Name: Elia Nymeros Martell (m. Targaryen)
Nickname(s), Alias(es): 'Lia, Sun of Dorne
Age: 26
Date of Birth: 16th May
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Place of Birth: Sunspear, Dorne
Nationality: Dornish
Gender: Cis female
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Religion: Faith of the Seven
Language(s) Spoken: Common tongue, some basic Valyrian
Accent: Dornish
Younger face Claim: Banita Sandhu
Older face Claim: Sobhita Dhulipala
Hair Color: Dark brown
Eye Color: Dark brown/Black
Height: 5'6"
Build: Slender
Piercings: Ears, belly button, nose
Father: Unnamed Prince Consort of Dorne (✝)
Mother: Princess Loreza Martell (✝)
Sibling(s):Doran Martell, Mors Martell (✝), Olyvar Martell (✝), Oberyn Martell (brothers)
Significant other: Rhaegar Targaryen (husband)
Child(ren): Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter), Aegon Targaryen (son)
| trigger warnings: death, child death |
Elia Nymeros Martell was born a Princess of Dorne, the second child and only daughter of the ruling Princess. Right from her premature birth, she was of frail health and not expected to survive her infancy though she proved the maesters wrong. Her brother Oberyn was born shortly after her and they grew up alongside each other, thick as thieves and forever an adored headache to their older brother, Doran who was nine years her senior.As a child she would play in the Water Gardens with the other children, though her mother was mindful of her delicate health, and she was kept indoors at times when it took a turn for the worse. Despite her ailments, Elia loved to play with the other children and made friends easily, her very closest being Ashara and Arthur Dayne when they visited the capital of Sunspear from their home at Starfall.As she began maturing into a woman, Elia's mother began searching for a suitable match for her, and unhappy as she was about it, she believed in family and duty coming above her own happiness.After a long search and a lot of negotiating, Elia was married to Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, the future King of Westeros. Theirs wasn’t a marriage of love, but she was fond of the prince, finding him good and intelligent, though a bit dull. In the beginning, he was respectful and kind to her, and he was so very beautiful. Elia told herself that if this were to be all she could have then it would be enough, it could be worse.Elia fell pregnant soon after their marriage and gave birth to a daughter, Rhaenys. Both pregnancy and birth were incredibly difficult on her, and it took her half a year to recover, though all the while she doted on her child as best she could, dismissing wet nurses in favour of feeding Rhaenys at her own breast.
An heir was expected though, and so despite her weak health and fear of what another pregnancy could do to her, she feared her increasingly mad and sadistic father-in-law more. So, she tried again with Rhaegar, falling pregnant for a second time.While pregnant she attended the Tourney of Harrenhal, where a series of events that signalled the end was set off. While watching her husband win the jousting competition, he chose the young Stark girl over her to crown as the Queen of Love and Beauty. It was a choice that caused outrage, angering the betrothed of Lyanna Stark and humiliating her as she was passed over in favour of the young wolf. Still, she held her head high and pushed through the humiliation, reminding herself once again that it could be worse.The birth of her son, Aegon some months later had her forgetting all about Harrenhal and Lyanna Stark. Elia had nearly died giving birth to him, but she had provided an heir and she loved her child so very much. The news that she would be unable to have another child was devastating, but with two beautiful, healthy children she felt more blessed than many.Tension was building though; they had left Dragonstone in favour of taking up at Kings Landing and Elia loathed it there. As a Dornish princess in this foreign place filled with people who hated her just for being from Dorne, she felt incredibly alone and frightened. With the King growing madder every day it only increased her fear.And then Rhaegar disappeared, and it soon became known that he had kidnapped Lady Lyanna and whisked her away somewhere with the help of a few from his Kingsguard. It was an inexplicable decision by her husband that plunged the Seven Kingdoms into a civil war. With the murders of Brandon and Rickard Stark, the Great Houses began turning against the Crown in earnest and rebel armies arose, led by Robert Baratheon.When news came to her that Rhaegar had been killed at the Battle of the Trident, Elia knew it was only a matter of time. But by then King Aerys had taken her hostage in order to keep control of Dornish forces. There was nothing she could do but wait and hope, praying to the Gods to keep at least her children safe.
But the Gods were not listening.
Rebel armies descended on the capital and the castle was attacked. Elia fought hard to save her children, but she was no force for the hulking brutes sent by Tywin Lannister to kill them all and ensure no survivors to claim the throne. Rhaenys hid under her father’s bed but was caught and stabbed to death; her infant son, Aegon, was snatched from her arms and dashed against a wall. All the fighting in the world could not save them, and Elia died at the hands of those animals that killed her children.
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