eliamartellappreciation: #EliaMartellWeek Day 1 - Elia and her Family. “I was the oldest, and

eliamartellappreciation:

#EliaMartellWeek Day 1 - Elia and her Family.

“I was the oldest, and yet I am the last. After Mors and Olyvar died in their cradles, I gave up hope of brothers. I was nine when Elia came, a squire in service at Salt Shore. When the raven arrived with word that my mother had been brought to bed a month too soon, I was old enough to understand that meant the child would not live. Even when Lord Gargalen told me that I had a sister, I assured him that she must shortly die. Yet she lived, by the Mother’s mercy. And a year later Oberyn arrived, squalling and kicking. I was a man grown when they were playing in these pools. Yet here I sit, and they are gone. ”