Do you think Nyx would go to the training camps?
i do—and i think that nyx himself is probably the biggest advocate for it. he grows up surrounded by illyrian warriors and valkyries who are either carynthian or oristian, both of which are pretty mythologized on multiple levels. he has illyrian blood in him and thus that sort of pent-up pressure to illyrian power that rhysand describes, which he would need to be taught how to manage so that it doesn't drive him up the wall. not to mention that training and physical defense are also huge aspects to the culture of the inner circle. even if he wasn't intentionally informed to have these ideals, his exposure to them through his family would instill in him those same aspirations.
then we have rhysand who canonically views his own training as a net positive despite the conditions he was exposed to. he was able to attune to an aspect of his personhood that he otherwise would have been barred from as half-high fae and half-illyrian, he met two of the closest people to him through his training, and he values physical fortitude enough to teach it to tamlin, then feyre as well. he would absolutely want his son to have that training. what i could see is rhysand and feyre maybe advocating that his training just be handled by themselves, azriel, cassian, and the valkyries, since nyx already has access to the best of the best. no need for him to be exposed to the rough and tumble ways they look down on.
but i don't think nyx would stand for that. i think he would want the full, genuine experience of being an illyrian warrior, and i think he would resent what he would see as coddling him and giving him preferential treatment because he's the heir. honestly could be what finally gets rhysand to actually effect change amongst the illyrians. or could be what sort of radicalizes nyx and brings him to effect that change after seeing that his family doesn't want him around his own people but aren't doing the most they can to improve illyrian conditions.
side note: i think the biggest, most vocal detractors would be azriel and nesta. probably cassian as well, though i think he would ultimately fall into a similar mentality as rhysand of like—there is good that can come of it, like finding home and family when you knew nothing of that prior.













