#ireya

So instead of killing Ireya, the Hâzadrielfaie are more merciful and just make her vow to never see Amasa again, allowing her to raise Alec in their society. As he gets older, Ireya sneaks Alec down from the mountains so that he can know his father, visiting as often as possible over the years. Amasa still dies when Alec is sixteen, but having seen the pain that the segregation caused his family, and glimpsed what the outside world is like, Alec wishes that the Hâzadrielfaie would end their self-isolation. 

Flash forward some years, the Hâzadrielfaie are attacked by a group of Plenimarans led by Yhakobin who is obsessed with creating a rhekaro and needs Hâzadrielfaie blood to do so. They manage to fight him off but not without devastating losses, and it’s obvious that Yhakobin intendeds to come back and keep besieging them until he gets what he wants. Out of desperation they pack up the whole clan and flee to Aurenen, hoping that their estranged kin will protect them. The Aurënfaie clans all come together for a gathering to decide what to do, which is when Alec meets Seregil.

 Seregil, who never killed that man and therefor was never banished and has lived more or less a normal life in Aurenen, and is therefor a bit less hardened and more immature than in canon. They form an immediate connection but COMPLICATION! Since they were never banished, Seregil and Ilar continued their romantic relationship and eventually became talímenios. But it’s been rough sailing, while he was sweet and kind while they got to know one and other, Ilar’s less than perfect nature slowly showed itself and he proved to be a jealous and possessive lover with more than a few toxic tendencies. There is genuine love between them (there had to be or else the bond wouldn’t have formed) but where Ilar and Seregil really aren’t good for each other. Seregil falls in love with Alec while still bonded to Ilar oooh noooooo.