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elfhame2016-08-12 06:11 pm
solitaryrose) wrote in elfhame2016-08-12 06:11 pm
PSL with byblow
She has not spoken to him very much between the coronation and the wedding. Already she regrets that, a little.
It isn't that Anora dislikes Alistair. Blights are extremely expensive and recovery from one is a delicate process, even without the upheaval of a monarchy. Anora has been busy. But so has Alistair, remarkably. Alistair has shown dedication and, perhaps alone of Theirin men, moral resolve. When arranging the marriage, the Warden had said she would not be going anywhere, and would remain Alistair's mistress. After the Landsmeet, Anora had heard the strangest thing: that Alistair had ended things with the Warden. Now she is far away, meeting with Wardens in Orlais, not even returning for the wedding she had arranged.
What an odd thing.
Until that time, Anora had threatened to reuse her old wedding dress from her marriage to Cailan. If it is to be the same marriage and the same face, I might as well use the same gown, she had told a dismayed Erlina. But Alistair had surprised her. Alistair had put her first.
Cailan would never have done that.
So she commissioned a new gown for a new marriage, a new reign, as queen in her own right and not merely a consort. She reigns as truly as Alistair. Now, she does not marry as Lady Mac Tir. She marries as reigning Queen Anora.
She did not see Alistair today, both of them being busy making preparations. Now she sees him for the first time as they prepare to process together, wearing her new gown, the first thing she has worn that was not black since her father's death, and she feels...nervous. She had thought having been married before would make this an old hat to be put back on, that she would be past nerves. But this is new. There is no telling what will come of this.
She reaches for his hand. It feels like too familiar a gesture for how little she knows this man, but it is expected. She does not ask if he is ready. It doesn't matter if he is. This is happening.
It isn't that Anora dislikes Alistair. Blights are extremely expensive and recovery from one is a delicate process, even without the upheaval of a monarchy. Anora has been busy. But so has Alistair, remarkably. Alistair has shown dedication and, perhaps alone of Theirin men, moral resolve. When arranging the marriage, the Warden had said she would not be going anywhere, and would remain Alistair's mistress. After the Landsmeet, Anora had heard the strangest thing: that Alistair had ended things with the Warden. Now she is far away, meeting with Wardens in Orlais, not even returning for the wedding she had arranged.
What an odd thing.
Until that time, Anora had threatened to reuse her old wedding dress from her marriage to Cailan. If it is to be the same marriage and the same face, I might as well use the same gown, she had told a dismayed Erlina. But Alistair had surprised her. Alistair had put her first.
Cailan would never have done that.
So she commissioned a new gown for a new marriage, a new reign, as queen in her own right and not merely a consort. She reigns as truly as Alistair. Now, she does not marry as Lady Mac Tir. She marries as reigning Queen Anora.
She did not see Alistair today, both of them being busy making preparations. Now she sees him for the first time as they prepare to process together, wearing her new gown, the first thing she has worn that was not black since her father's death, and she feels...nervous. She had thought having been married before would make this an old hat to be put back on, that she would be past nerves. But this is new. There is no telling what will come of this.
She reaches for his hand. It feels like too familiar a gesture for how little she knows this man, but it is expected. She does not ask if he is ready. It doesn't matter if he is. This is happening.