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Daeron and Sulirhos

The daughter of Eöl smiled shyly at Dairon from under her eyelashes, her cheeks flushed gently. An almost convincing impression of a shy, well-bred maiden. Almost being the operative word, her eyes glittered too proudly and mirthfully for any courtier worth their salt to believe, and the truth of Sulirhos’ personality was revealed as soon as he told exactly that.

Throwing her arms up and groaning loudly in chagrin, “Ughh! Why must I learn these things in the first place, can I not simply be my honest self?”

As she flailed about with irritating grace, she dislodged and mussed about her carefully woven braids.

“Sulneth, thy true and honest self would bring shame to thy family and send all aside from kin away screaming.” As he spoke, he reached over to her and dragged her nearer to himself so that he would be able to fix her hair.

Sulirhos mumbled under her breath about how all but close kin were cowards and liars.

Dairon snorted but did not refute her claim.

Young as they were, the twin children of Eöl the Dark, and Aredhel Ar-Feiniel, were as wise and craft skilled as their father, and as canny, swift, and sharp as their mother. But Sulirhos was not savvy in the court or with gifts of the mind as her brother was. Instead, she found the truth like a scent hound and could track and claim any quarry in any field from any distance. Sulirhos suddenly pulled away from Dairon’s hands, “I’m bored, I do not think I will be able to do much more lying today,” she gave Dairon a genuinely pleading look, “Wouldst thou playeth for me?”

Dairon huffed half-amusedly, beginning to doubt his ability to correct Sulirhos’ court behavior, but both his uncle and great-uncle had asked for his aid, so nonetheless, he must try.

“Perhaps thou shouldest turn to thy brother for behavioral inspiration.”

Sulirhos’ face split with a triumphant grin, “Well, that means we must be done for the day, for my brother is a field with our father. so I cannot draw inspiration from him!”

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Hello there! I just wanted to say I love your art, I especially love the art and comics about Finwëan wives because Eärwen's swans destroying Nerdanel's sculpture is peak comedy. I also love your OCs especially Marildë because holy moly a Vanya marrying into Fëanor's family?

*Fëanor puts on his 'father-in-law from Utumno' jacket*

Also my heart just breaks at the thought of Maglor never meeting his baby, I was wondering if you could share what happened to Marildë and the child when Maglor left Valinor?

Thank you <3

sjsjHAH HELLOOOO thank you so much ahhhh!!! First off, I'm really really stoked you like my stuff about the wife squad! I love them too ahhh I wish we knew more about them in canon... but oh well, that's why headcanons exist eh!! 💕

Onto Marildë! GAAAH i was so tickled to hear you liked her! I honestly wasn't expecting to hear anything on her after that one post, but i am weEPING because you are!! absolutely right!! Maglor marrying a Vanya would have not pleased Feanor I think (brings back his memories of the whole Finwe-Indis spiel), so even though he did accept it I think the apprehension would stay... leading to the whole them living separately thing 🤷‍♀️ 'Father-in-law from Utumno' thoOOO.... omg you are a GENIUS 😂 I am getting that printed onto a mug ASAP and no one can stop me!!!

Hehe so I did some thinking per your prompt, and honestly I am a big fan of Marildë moving in to stay with her mother-in-law. Although she does have Vanyar family living on the slopes of Taniquetil, I like to think Nerdanel would be one of the first (after Maglor) that she tells of her pregnancy to, leading to Nerdanel assuming her maternal side and inviting her to stay with her so she take care of her.

I enjoy adding on to the narrative of Maglor's track record with pairs of twins lmao, so what's the irony of him having biological twins of his own without ever knowing? Admittedly, I ended up going on a whole other tangent with the concepts of Maglor's non-canonical kids when I was dong these sketches for stress-relief... so bear with me lololol

I think they'd be raised primarily by their mother and grandmother in Valinor, staying primarily with Nerdanel and Mahtan or their maternal Vanyar relatives interchangeably. I suppose there's not much Marildë would do except try to be a good mother, though her kids would form opinions of their own of their absent father as they grow older (with Lindion growing more disdainful, and Laurelotë more curious). When Arafinwë leads his host to Beleriand for the War of Wrath, they'd both follow along to fight and ultimately return empty-handed to their mother and grandmother without their father... Though what happens if Elrond returns with Maglor in the 4th age is a story for another day!

Thank you for this amazing prompt ahh!! I had so so much fun with it and I'm very flattered that you were interested in my OC hbjdsd 🙈🙈 Thanks again, you lovely person, and have a wonderful rest of your week! 💓