Some Motherâs day art featuring Maeve, with some spoilers for the ending of her route.
Tbh while Ărlaith is entitled & selfish like many of the other nobles of the Seelie court, I still feel bad for the Dowager Queenâs situation. She lost everyone she ever cared about due to the war. King AnraĂ was a terrible ruler, but that brief glimpse of Ărlaith crying in the throne room hints she genuinely loved & greived him, so maybe he was a better husband than he was a king?đ€
She missed seeing her daughter grow up due to the war, not sure if Ărlaith spent much time with her daughter, considering IRL royals had nannies & staff do most of the child rearing, but I like to think she at least tried to be with baby ScĂĄthach enough to hear her first words.Considering Maeve barely remembers her parents, she was probably pretty young when she was sent to DĂșntĂșlĂĄn, around pre-school age. Yet at the end of the Maeveâs story route, she still recognized her mother even after so long apart.đ
Does make things a bit awkward for folks romancing Maeve to know their potential mother-in-law already canât stand them. đ„Ărlaith already considers âDaonnaâ rude/useless, depending on how the player treated her during their investigation. Then to find out the Seelie Court Druid isnât even the real one, just a poor tenant farmer from Ireland, who is also courting her only daughter?!

















