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Elriel Month | Peace and Quiet

There is such tenderness, intimacy, and safety when you can understand the person you love without words. For this prompt we imagined the relief that Azriel and Elain would feel as they fall into bed together at the end of the day after enjoying the extroverted company of the inner circle, so they can cling to each other for peace and quiet just like our High Lady foretold.

We were all so excited to get the opportunity to work with @kotikomori on this piece and she truly gave us a little peek into a slice of Elriel heaven!! We are so grateful @kotikomori! 💕💕

🎨Art by: @kotikomori

✨Commissioned by: me, @theseersgarden , @saraannereads and @emilyondemand

📚Characters belong to: @sarahjmaas

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Elriel Month 2025 🌸 Prompt: Peace & Quiet

This was such a wonderful commission, and I am so grateful to my co-commissioners for helping me make this happen—and to @tpiola_ (IG) for working on this with us! We had a hard time finding a good reference at first, and she was so kind and helpful in translating a verbal description to this gorgeous art! Thank you a million times over!

We really wanted to capture the comfortability Elain and Azriel have always had, even from their first meeting. I’ve always thought that both Elain and Az would be great huggers, so what better to commission for the @elrielmonth Peace & Quiet prompt than the two of them in an adorable embrace. 🥰 The soft purple-pink dusk setting is so perfect for Elriel, and I’m honestly never recovering from how adorable they are in this art!

“And I think Elain—Elain would like it, too. Though she’d probably cling to Azriel, just to have some peace and quiet.” I smiled at the thought—at how handsome they would be together.” — A Court of Mist and Fury

“Elain sat silently at one of the wrought-iron tables, a cup of tea before her. Azriel was sprawled on the chaise longue across the gray stones, sunning his wings and reading what looked to be a stack of reports.” — A Court of Wings and Ruin

“Azriel and Elain remained in the sitting room, my sister showing him the plans she’d sketched to expand the garden in the back of the town house.” — A Court of Frost and Starlight

Art commissioned by:

@elrielsgarden

@saraannereads

@rae2velaris

@greenleaf777

Artwork by the lovey @tpiola_ on IG

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Fairytales | @elriel-month

In The Snow Queen, it is Gerda, kind-hearted, brave, and unwavering, who journeys north to save Kai.

Not with weapons.

Not with force.

But with love that refuses to be forgotten.

It’s hard not to see Elain and Azriel in them.

Elain, the light who would walk through ice and snow to bring him back.

Vallahan lies in the cold, distant north. And there’s foreshadowing, so much of it, telling us we may end up there soon.

Maybe that’s where their story will finally bloom.

Because in this fairytale, Elain gets to be the one who saves him.

And Azriel is just waiting for someone who sees him clearly… and still accepts him for who he is not what he is.

Feel free to read more about the theory.

From @acourtofquietdreamers post

As well from @womanexile post

Thank you so much to the gifted @evaroseart for this beautifully imagined piece. It’s pure fairytale magic, and your storytelling through art never fails to leave me in awe. ✨

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Free Will & True Love | @elriel-month

Azriel would defy the Cauldron for her.

There is no mating bond tying them together.

Only the quiet rebellion of two souls who found each other and chose to stay.

Their love is not written in stars.

And it was born in the hush of stolen moments, he would even turn day into night just to have a second more with her.

Because some love stories aren’t dictated by destiny.

Some are written by free will and still feel fated all the same.

Forever grateful to @somethingdeviant for capturing this devotion so exquisitely. Your art makes this love feel real. ❤️

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Eyes & Ears of the Night Court | @elriel-month

Elain has always been more observant than anyone gives her credit for.

She notices the things others miss. She keeps secrets better than Azriel himself and even Nesta has wondered if she’s been secretly training with him and the twins.

In this piece she’s learning the language of flowers not for gardening, but for missions. Hidden messages in petals and stems. Because being a spy isn’t always about shadows and steel. Sometimes, it’s about knowing how to blend in, how to listen, how to be overlooked.

And Elain? She’s mastered all of it.

Huge thanks to @_katart07_ for this brilliant take on spy Elain, it’s always a pleasure to work together and bring these layered pieces to life!

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Free Will & True Love | @elriel-month + Mermay

Mates may be chosen by fate

But love? Real love? That’s chosen.

And Elain and Azriel would choose each other.

No bond. No pull. Just that quiet, aching knowing.

Even if they were mermaids in some faraway sea, even if their worlds were oceans apart,

they’d still find each other.

And they’d choose, again and again.

Because some souls are drawn together not by fate…

but by free will.

Happy Mermay and all the love to @raralonii for this gorgeous underwater daydream. Collaborating with you was an absolute joy. 💜🧜🏻‍♀️🧜🏼‍♂️

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The Eyes and Ears of The Night Court

“Elain was the only one who guessed. She caught me vomiting two mornings in a row.” She nodded toward Azriel. “I think she’s got you beat for secret-keeping.”-ACOSF

🌹Art by @pinkpiggy93

✂️Commissioned by me

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@elriel-month | Free Will and True Love

My favorite part of the Azriel and Elain bonus chapter was how Elain was the one driving the action forward. It was Elain who drifted closer to Azriel, Elain who told him to ‘put it on me,’ Elain who exposed her neck to him, Elain who pivoted into his touch, and Elain who gave him offer and permission. I can’t wait to see Elain continue to flex that autonomy and free will in her book and begin to take what it is she wants, especially if what she wants is true love over a forced bond.

It was such a pleasure and joy to get to collab with @muffin_art_m on this piece!! She is so wildly talented and just an all around incredible, wonderful person ❤️❤️

🎨 Art by: @muffin_art_m

✨Commissioned by: me

📚Characters belong to: @sarajmaas

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Happy Elriel Month everyone! For today's prompt, @acourtofquietdreamers and I collaborated on this commission and we are so happy we got the chance to work with the talented @lynx_illustration again!

Her work always blows us away and she did a phenomenal job bringing the prettiest in Prythian to life 🩷

There's something so beautiful about two people who seem so different on the outside being drawn together so effortlessly. In this piece, we wanted to showcase the beauty created when light and dark blend together.

Elain and Azriel representing light and dark is one of the many reasons they make such a complimentary pair. While Azriel can help Elain embrace the darkness, Elain can show Azriel he's worthy of the light he's craved since he was a young boy trapped in a dark cell.

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𐙚 art by @/lynx_illustration

𐙚 commissioned by me and @acourtofquietdreamers

𐙚 @elriel-month | Death and the Maiden

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“That smile grew, bright enough that it lit up even Azriel’s shadows across the room. ‘I would like to build a garden,’ she declared. ‘After all of this … I think the world needs more gardens.’”

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🎨 Art by @laurenillustrated

✨ Commissioned by me