Vermithor Seeing Hugh Come Towards Him For The First Time:

Vermithor seeing Hugh come towards him for the first time:

never get in between a woman and her blood magic baby

my commission from @wweskywalker

I don’t have as much to explain with this piece as my Saera and Jaehaerys commission because it’s Maegor and Visenya and their insanity is self explanatory, but I did want to take a moment to gush bc isn’t it so beautiful??? The thought struck me one day that normal mama’s boys get their mothers jewelry or otherwise provide for them, and Maegor tried to do the same, but what was the most special to him was not how the other boys acted. I imagine he would have started out by giving parts from the animals he hunted, and it spiraled from there. To him, there is no stronger and purer declaration of love and devotion than bringing a human heart to his mother (he brought Ceryse one too but she did not react as positively for some reason). Some have characterized Maegor as a sociopath, but I don’t think is true as it seems he does have loyalty and love towards his mother. He’s a horrible person, but I imagine he has never ending aim to please the people (or maybe it’s just one person) that he holds dear. I see him almost as some kind of twisted mutt. Of course, that’s not how Visenya views him, for to her he is her world. The original intention was for this to be set during the early reign of Aenys and certainly before the Trial of the Seven. The crown does sort of contradict that, but I love how Veronica draws jewelry so much and asked her to please please please deck them out as much as she could, so let’s just not think on it too hard. I don’t have a person specifically in mind whose heart this is, the gift was more important than the person who it came from. But my friend @theweirwoodfiles told me it could be the High Septon’s, if we were going with the Maegor being King timeline instead of Aenys.

What I *do* want to think on too hard is how beautiful the Valyrian fashion and jewelry is! When I think of Valyrian fashion, I think of the Byzantines. So the reference photos I gave Veronica were inspired by that, and I think she did a great job of making Visenya look luxurious and still representative of her family’s roots, what I imagine fashion looked like in the Valyrian freehold (maybe just a little more fancy, seeing as she’s Queen Dowager). Maegor’s dragon on his armor is a total Veronica original, I didn’t give her any references or anything, I just told her I love the dragon imagery that she displays in her art and she delivered ^_^

asoiaf + types of magic

The Horned Lord once said that sorcery is a sword without a hilt. There is no safe way to grasp it.

"The crown is crushing him, she thought. He wants so much to be a good king, to be brave and honorable and clever, but the weight is too much for a boy to bear."

Robb Stark, The King in the North

[alt versions under the cut!]

here I am, once again. @bbygirl-aemond dropped some new lore about her amazing "stormbreak" fic, and I've been obsessively making these since then.

part 1/2.

vhagar, god of war and destruction. father of vermithor. associated with protection, struggle, battles, and destruction. considered to be the patron god of soldiers and fathers.

vermithor, god of victory and achievement. son of vhagar, born from his sword hand as he won the first ever battle. associated with resilience and overcoming obstacles. prayed to for inner strength.

balerion, god of death and transformation. brother-husband of syrax. associated with the afterlife, rebirth, renewal, and change. prayed to for safe passage into the afterlife when someone is dying or on their deathbed.

syrax, goddess of life and motherhood. sister-wife of balerion. associated with fertility, women, and family. considered to be the patron goddess of mothers.

caraxes, god of the past and wisdom. brother of tyraxes and meraxes. associated with tradition, blood, heritage, and history. prayed to for guidance during difficult decisions.

tyraxes, goddess of the present and learning. sister of meraxes and caraxes. associated with innovation, invention, and building. considered to be the patron goddess of craftsmen and scholars.

meraxes, goddess of the future and foresight. sister of caraxes and tyraxes. mother of shyrkos. associated with instinct and planning. prayed to for good fortune.

wanted to doodle Teoh with long hair in Winterfell