threesentenceficathon | Re: in the chillest land, and on the strangest sea (Reply)

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Thank YOU for the prompt! :)

Irrylath's life is a compounding cascade of tragedies, and even after Aeriel yanks him back from the brink he can't start to heal as long as Oriencor is still out there (and also as long as he hasn't admitted exactly how deep her abuse ran)... and then the moment she's dead, the world is saved, and he can FINALLY stop and breathe, oops, no, no time for rest and healing, gotta go rule Avaric and repay the debt he owes the Avarclon instead.

I like to think that building something is at least somewhat therapeutic, and also that even though he needs to present a strong regal image to the world, in private he may finally be able to lean on his family for support.