I am Thesan the High Lord of Dawn
and I am not very much in for brawn.
In my Court we appriceate beauty
and the official colors are gold and ruby.
So you will find the splendor almost overhelming
in my private mountain dwelling.
I can winnow, shield but healing
wounded is my primary dealing.
As all High Lords I have an inner beast
but that creature is seldom released.
My mother came from Xian in far east
and my father he bequeathed
me his crown and throne
like any High Lord his Heir so I won't drone.
Among my people there are skilled craftspeople
and peregryns that are winged like eagles
with white feathered wings
so on the air and sky they swing.
My lover is my peregryn captain
and his wings and skin are like satin.
By tradition we three Solar Courts
supports each other for the most.
You have heard that story about Amarantha
so you know she was far from Santa.
Please don't start to yawn
for my story will bear on.
I heard how Feyre was passed back and forth
between the Spring and Night Courts.
Well I hope she ended up where she wanted
for she freed Prythain and Amarantha thwarted.
Amarantha had plucked some of my avian
warriors like quite a barbarian.
My lover managed to escape that
and I shielded my residece for what
it was worth. It was the only thing untouched
as the bitch had everything else disrupted.
So I had to rebuild and heal my subjects
and there were so many renovation objects.
Then Feyre left Spring Court for good
and its people raised her to sainthood
and Tamlin's Court fell. There was talk about Hybern
was awakening and for that I didn't yearn.
Rhysand called for all the High Lords to meet
but our old meeting place UtM gave me cold feet.
To find a safe and neutral place would be a feat
and with all tensions after UtM it could end in heat.
The easiest thing would be to pick the date
amongst many High Lords was pure hate.
I don't need to mention any name
but after Amarantha nothing was the same
and even before her time there were feuds.
Some High Lords had wrong attitudes.
We sent letters between all Courts
and I would come for what it was worth
but only if it was safe and neutral.
A High Lord summit is never dull
so to miss it would be a loss and a shame.
We High Lord's always play our game
and it was the matter of Rhysand's claim
about Hybern. So I heard Adriata was under attack
and the Night Court helped to push Hybern back.
Rhysand requested that the Summit
was to be moved closer and that was it.
It was either Kallias or me to host it
so I put my acceptance and invitation in writ.
I was safest in my own Court surrounded
by my people and where my power was grounded.
So I told my people to prepare for five
of seven High Lords were to arrive
to our Court and they expected the best
in food, drinks and housing. To play host
to that lot could mean death at most.
There was to be a spell to stop any attack
both phycical and magical so we would hold back.
At least Tamlin wouldn't attend
as he hadn't even penned
an yes or a no so it was assumed and thought
that he would stay away. That ought
to make things less difficult with Rhysand.
I had rooms assigned to all so it was wellplanned
and now is was only to wait and see it through!
Nuan is very skilled and my best tinker
and she proved that she was a sharp tinker.
She approached me about the faebane
that make the use of our magic in vain.
It nullify our magic and put a strain
on the use if we ingest it or if we are put in chains
of that vile stone. Nuan suggested to get a sample
from Lucien in Velaris. It might be a gamble
but it was worth to try so Lucien was contacted
secretly so he wouldn't be impacted
and accused of plotting. But he acted
and after some research Nuan crafted
an antidote against faebane. So I was pleased
to have a great reveal to make of what she achieved
to the other High Lords. I ordered mass production
of her antidote and Nuan provided instruction
of how it was to be used. My lover tried seduction
to make me promise to careful was his intention.
He asked about the other High Lords
and I thought of the and carefully choose my words.
They are all powerful but different powers
and temperment and experience can counter
strenght of magic. Helion is known as Spellcleaver
and his famed libraries. He is a achiever
of collecting knowledge and spells.
About his impatience and sexual habits there are tells
and that he is a swaggering sort.
Rhysand is known for his nasty Court
but he had hidden a lot of things
so it is difficult how the true story rings.
He has the power to enter minds
and read and use what he finds.
His territory is the biggest of them all
in Prythain and he usually speaks in a drawl.
Rhysand's appearance and powers are legendary
as they are unique for even a faerie.
He has never tempted me
but Amarantha was so she
used him when she could as her whore
and he allowed that slur
to protect his people and land.
There is so very much to Rhysand.
Kallias is quitet and cunning
and his pale winter look is stunning.
He loves his land and his mate
and their frost fairs are a delight.
He rebelled and failed against that bitch
and she punished him by attacking children that witch.
Kallias doesn't trust anyone from outside
and currently no High Lords are allied.
Beron is the oldest and most unplesant
of us all. To live under his rule as a peasant
is no joy. He is the only one of us with a family
and the relations in that one is not affably.
The treatment of the youngest son
and the murder of his love had him on the run.
Beron is vain and cruel and his pover flame
and he bullies his wife to keep her tame.
I am happy that he is in the South
and I am better of with Night and Day in the North.
Tarquin is the youngest of us and he is eighty
and since I was that young were ages.
The bitch killed his cousin that was Summer
playing us all like a mummer.
Tarquin is young and has visions
and want to make decisions
to alter status between higher and lesser faeries.
High Fae snickers when he talks about boundaries
and to ease them. Well he is young and new
to his position but will to a proper High Lord grew.
We all have learnt to value tradition
but sometime made an omission
about that. At last Tarquin rebuilt his territory
in a proper way and let his advisors say
what they thought. So he is master of water
and could douse if Beron's fire got hotter.
So to the last High Lord that wouldn't come
and prefered his Spring home.
He is older and a lot more angry than me.
His temper is wellknown but to set him free
Feyre risked her life
and later left to not become his wife.
To embrace his beast form to Tamlin is natural
but if a High Lord does it often to masterful
that part of us will become and a gradual
adapting to our baser instincts is factual.
So Tamlin is a mix of civilizaton and animal
urges. He is a warrior brute not always so rational.
Rhysand does his planning and plotting
with caution and finesse. Tamlin is mostly chopping
with his claws through any obstacle
in his way. It is not always very logical
to me. But he is very strong in magic
and muscles and it was tragic
what Amarantha put him through.
And the loss of Feyre brought him low.
So all High Lords are gorgeuos and dazzling
and it might appear baffling
that we don't court each other
but as I told my winged lover
it is about balance as we are gambling
and grasping for power and battling
each others. It is not safe
and that is just the case!
It was time for the summit and should
you ever host one I would
like you to know that High Lords
can be tardy. Head my words
as we are used to answer to no one
so Amaranta's rule was an experience
to us all. Now we needed to prove
that we were the ones who ruled.
Helion was the first one to come
in his usual swagger and light from
him shone. He is my neighbour
and it is not rude to call him a laser
as he blazes the power of the sun
but he is still a right one.
His Court has a special fashion
that is expected to push for passion.
Of course he and his cohorts arrived
looking for fun but my Court declined.
Then cold Kallias arrived with his mate
and dressed in fur they were in state.
I had chosen a high gilded tower
in my palace and bedecked it in flowers.
Refreshment was put out and my servants
were on alert so nothing was to be want.
We made some stilted talk and then
a servant told me that Azriel and not Amren
was here. So it was the shadow singer
coming to check so no dangers tried to linger
to hurt his Court. And then Rhysand arrived
with the first High Lady ever at his side.
Feyre was gowned and crowned like a star
and maybe we all should be aware
of the power of Rhysand and what if he gave
her some? But I stepped forward as the polite host
and after all I am centuries old and more polite than most
High Lords. So I stepped forward and said welcome
and his entourage bowed but not her. So I had a hum
that he had been the first High Lord
to say the rare spoken words
to make a High Lady. Was it a progress
or some way to make High Lords less?
She didn't bow and praised my home
and I raised my brows but Rhys allowed
it and I thought he was proud
of her. Kallias gave Rhys a cold look
to make clear that he was in the black book.
Mor and Vivian hopped and squealed
and Kallias had wanted Vivian afield
far from us. The ladies embraced
and Feyre was introduced and I braced
myself as Helion approached them.
He was deadly as the sun
and had a spiked golden crown done
and his usual robe. He took Feyre in
and called her Rhysand's mate and High Lady.
Helion and Rhysand drawled in lazy
voices and then Helion saw their guest
who was Fae and wore a nice dress.
It turned out that she was Feyre's sister
and that evil king who was so sinister
had turned her and an other sister
into Fae. What a twister
when she said that Tamlin
and his priestess Ianthe had commited the sin
to betray Prythain to Hybern.
Helion said it was a heavy accusation
to make of a former lover.
But Feyre didn't let his words hover
as she sat down in a chair
with her sister at her side. There was a flair
to Rhysand's High Lady and he gave her a rare
look of pride. Feyre stood proud at his side
she had come far from beeing Tamlin's bride.
Nesta gave Helion a look to dare
him look at Feyre with a heavy stare.
Viviane jabbed Kallias with her elbow
and thought that he should bestow
her with that title as well.
The others were late but Kallias did tell
his and Viviane's story. Mor wanted details
and some of that was rather private
but Kallias gave his mate a warm smile
as I choked on my elderberry wine.
My servants brought us refreshment
and Mor and Viviane used the moment
to exchange gossip. A servant told me
that Tarquin was here and had left his sea
palace with Varian and Cressida.
Of couse Helion must try to put a flea
in Rhysand's ear and bring up the blood rubies.
As host I did my duties
and welcomed Summer and his courtiers
and Tarquin made some vauge excuses
for beeing late. He accepted the juices
from my servants and made a point
of ignoring Rhysand and Feyre and all our joint
company. Beron arrived with all his sons
and wife and they were all mean ones
as they at us all sneered
and at the females leered.
Rhysand greeted Beron with a jeer
and his wife looked at Helion with fear.
My peregryns rustled their wings
as they took all of Beron's sons in.
Eris was the one to check his Brothers
as their father couldn't bother
to do so. So I cleared my throath
and said tho Rhysand you did wrote
to us to request this meeting
so why is it so very urgent?
Rhysand blinked and said that surely
invading armies that landed on our shores
explained enough. Helion had known wars
and talked about an unified army
and suddenly Tamlin landed on the balcony.
He was not expected and all talk froze
and all the other High Lords chose
to strengthen their shields. He just
stared at Rhys and Feyre with disgust
but as the host I rose to make him welcome
and told my cringing attendants to bring some
refreshment and a chair. They placed him
between Helion's and Beron's entourage and it was grim.
Beron drawled about Tamlin's allegiance
to Hybern or Prythain and the ambience
in the room was not pleasant. Tamlin stared
at Feyre and Rhysand and he glared
at her ring and crown. Tamlin sat down
and Rhys looked at him with a frown.
Tamlin slided his damned claws
in that chair like he owned it but it was mine.
I was worried and this wasn't fine
as Tamlin made more snide remarks
about Rhysand and Feyre. Like circling sharks
were Beron and his sons and it went on
so I cleared my throath again
for what was said and told were most unpleasant.
Rhysand had to make an amendment
about his role in Amarantha's punishment
of Kallias by hurting Winter Court children
and Rhysand was not a villain.
There was much to fill in
but Tamlin talked like Rhys had a hidden
agenda and there was a silence.
Kallias looked at Tamlin and asked in a cold
voice why he was there. Helion rolled
his eyes when Tamlin claimed he fight
against Hybern. I cut in with a small bite
that we were doubtful and hesitant to share
any plans. Helion goaded him to dare
prove his claim so Tamlin produced a stack
of papers like maps and charts gleaned back
this last months. He looked at Feyre
who raised her chin and looked him in the eye
keeping her spine ramrod right.
Helion told Tamlin that he could be Hybern's agent
and his information could be false. Tamlin was raging
that Rhysand and Feyre played us false
and that Feyre was so base
that she wanted to rule as Queen
of Prythain with Rhys as King
and how he had whored for Amarantha
and just more on that old mantra.
How could Night know about the attack
on Adriata and Varian talked back
how he had sent the unsanctioned word.
Tamlin accused him of plotting to become High Lord
and when Feyre talked about her sister
Nesta then acted like a big sister
and told Tamlin to look in a mirror
to see who was in error
to blame. Tamlin snarled and said
some rude words and that was the lead
for Rhysand to rip away his voice.
Suddenly all six of seven High Lords
stared at Rhys with catuion and fear
as no one of us was even near
to him in strenght and power.
Rhysand spoke and Tamlin did glower
when Rhys mentioned that he could
slice in to minds and that that would
be easier to force ut to make his
bidding. But he wouldn't do this
to us. Tarquin asked Rhys about his help
to defend Adriata and why he did it for free.
Rhysand said isn't that what friends do
and that had Tarquin to decide to
call back the blood rubies.