eri’s wedding kaftan is made of white silk with gold oak leaf pattern as usual and black feathers intertwined. Black sheepskin cuffs, and then feathers down the front, shoulders, and back. The back forms a wing-like veil/shawl that attaches to his arms and outstretch to full effect.

AU where mat's the god of war and death and eri is the oracle for his shrine who ppl approach to see if its a good time to battle while the other priests are charlatans taking money in exchange for fake luck, and mat is NOT HAPPY to see his shrine defiled so he has to come down.

i just gotta say... First Republic of Armenia is a badass woman. She has thousands of letters from Erivan over the years he was in Berlin, and so she knows Mat because of those, and even though Eri was so incredibly hurt by GE's alliance, Armenia would've vouched for Mat to him. She would have talked to Eri everyday despite his condition. She would have told Mat to come see him even though he's not lucid at all. She would have stood up to anyone because she learned from Eri how to protect people, and she has so much at stake that she doesnt want to lose. armenia letting mat read some of the letters  things he cant say because of mat's rank, things he cant say because of their unequal positions, things he could only say to her about how he felt, how much he ached, how his feelings changed over the half century.   

robot suggesting earlier that eri and mat die together poetically and im still clutching my chest because i am A FOOL FOR TRAGEDY. After a vassal dying to protect their lord, i am a sucker for two lovers walking together into a world after death.