In order: Rhaena “The Black Bride”, Aerea Targaryen, Rhaenys “The Queen Who Never Was” Targaryen, Rhaenyra “The Cruel” “Half-Year Queen” Targaryen, Baela “The Brave” Targaryen, Rhaena “of Pentos Targaryen with her dragon Morning, Daena “The Defiant” Targaryen, Aelora Targaryen, and Vaella Targaryen

green: nature 💚 (carnations)

irri • loras tyrell • daeron targaryen & jeremy norridge

turquoise: magic & art 🩵 (jade vine)

sarella sand • laenor velaryon • laena velaryon

indigo: serenity & harmony 💙 (aconite aka wolfsbane)

jeyne arryn • jon snow • daemon ii blackfyre

violet: spirit 💜 (violet & pansy)

When designing and writing the eldrich horror entities and imagery in the novel, I took a different approach to what might be expected.

In my normal life, I am a marine disease biologist. For me, octopus don't fit the vibe. Their appearance maybe fits, but their personalities are not eldritch at all, they are just sweet and friendly, so it feels too flat for me to use them as inspiration even though that is a pretty well loved trope. And yeah, moray eels look spooky and all, but they literally just have the personality of a bratty house cat.

But the creatures that DO inspire simultaneous awe and amazement and a weird unsettling feeling at the same time are these guys:

1. Basket sea stars - OH MY GOD guys look at all those little creepy tendril arms! The way the cartilage of their body looks so bony but simultaneously also being twisty tendrils!

2. Sunflower sea stars - look at all those tube feet! They swallow prey whole, and secrete a toxin that can rupture red blood cells when threatened. Omg everything about them including their personality and behavior is a beautiful eldritch dream.

So yeah! This is just a small creature-feature to highlight the themes for one of the eldrich entities in the story, and also maybe get people interested in some cool animals you might have never seen otherwise :)

Morning, Rhaena’s Targaryen dragon ⋆◦❀⋆◦ commissions for @/howdytortoise2 on twitter🤍

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