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( A raven from King's Landing bearing no seal )

who: rhaegar targaryen & elia martell
where: their cove
when: roughly a month before aegon's birth
what: quiet family time & a little talk of prophecy...

( I was born among salt and smoke, our son was conceived when the stars bled. Prophecy -- dreams -- can be made of flesh. We have knit them ourselves. )

who: lewyn martell & olenna tyrell
where: the red keep
when: a week or two after the dornish arrive
what: two old friends say hello

( Come be debauched with a widow; I hear our experience is attractive. )

who: ellaria sand & elia martell
where: the kingswood (close to the palace), king's landing
when: after oberyn returns with a full dornish contingent
what: a meeting of oberyn's fairest (aside from his girls!)

( And you must call me Elia, if we are friends. )

who: oberyn & elia martell
where: elia's rooms
when: a month or so after the letter
what: a much-longed-for reunion

( But enough, Elia, of apologies. )

( A raven from King's Landing to Prince Oberyn Martell, in Dorne. )

who: rhaegar targaryen, lyanna stark
where: the kingswood
when: skipping a bit ahead of current times!
what: a totally unexpected meeting & a farewell

( We could have been great friends. )

who: jaime lannister, wenda the white fawn, rhaegar targaryen & lewyn martell
where: the red keep. then, the kingswood
when: back in king's landing
what: a survivor of the massacre of the kingswood brotherhood has a price to extract

( Survived. Thrived. The Kingswood is my mother; I have need of no other. )

who: oberyn martell & ellaria sand. along with a princess and a whole bunch of little sands.
where: the water gardens, dorne
when: a few days after oberyn gets a talking to from doran
what: lovers reunited, offers made

( I may be a Sand - like all your little Sands beyond the door, prince - but I do understand the familiarity of blood. I am my father’s daughter. Never mistake me for only. )

who: oberyn & doran martell
where: sunspear
when: when oberyn arrives back in dorne
what: a clearing of the air; doran is as transparent as he gets

( And what will you do then, rash prince? Will you trust? )

who: oberyn & elia martell
where: king's landing, post-harrenhal
when: shortly after reconciliation
what: dornish right of rule, and heartbreak

( You sought to act for me, Oberyn, now you must be bound by my wishes: you will go. Home. )

who: rhaegar targaryen & elia martell
where: king's landing, post-harrenhal
when: directly after this
what: discovery and reconciliation

( Anger takes us in such ways, Rhaegar. )

who: oberyn martell & rhaegar targaryen
where: back in king's landing, post-harrenhal
when: right about the time of this exchange
what: a poisoned book

( You have no right to tell me what to do. You see poison but I see a Westeros united behind a strong and nurturing leader. )

who: aerys & rhaegar targaryen, with a cameo by jaime
where: harrenhal
when: the day right after the major faux pas
what: father and son actually see eye to eye, even if it's for a moment

( Ice and fire, Father. Three Targaryen children, two of Martell blood and one from the Starks. )

( A raven from Sunspear to King’s Landing, for Prince Lewyn Martell )

( A raven from Sunspear to King’s Landing, for Princess Elia Martell )

( A raven from Sunspear to King’s Landing, for Prince Oberyn Martell )

who. the prince & princess of westeros
where. their tent; harrenhal, where dreams go to die
when. the night that everything is over, after this.
what. sadness. woe forever.

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( Find someone else to love. )

who: oberyn and elia martell
when: at the very end of the evening after the crowning
where: oberyn's rooms, harrenhal (etc. etc.)
what: consolation, and a martell sleepover

( I would raise an ocean of spears for you. )

who: rhaegar targaryen and elia martell
when: a couple of hours after this
where: out by the gods' eye, harrenhal (etc. etc.)
what: an explanation, a child, and two promises

( Never again. I promise you. I will not shame you. )

who: jaime lannister and elia martell
when: an hour or so after the tourney crowning
where: the archery practice range, harrenhal (etc. etc.)
what: control is sought and advice is offered (or: and so begins a sassy sort-of-friendship!)

( I hope you didn’t come here, princess, expecting practicality. You’re better off with a good pair of shoes. )

who: lewyn and oberyn martell
when: HARRENHAL TOURNEY -- the day of the notorious CROWNING~
where: harrenhal, where dreams continue to go to die
what: oberyn wants blood. lewyn wants his nephew to breathe.

( No one doubts your love for your sister, Oberyn. I wish, however, that she were possessed of men who thought with their minds instead of their pricks. )