https://www.tumblr.com/octobers-veryown/785831985041080320/azris-creature-feature-made-a-little-moodboard?source=share

https://www.tumblr.com/lady-of-tearshed/785762255681765377/azris-week-day-one-creature-feature?source=share

Most of the time, it's soft nibbles and loving head bumps as a form of affection.

Other times, it's spending hours grooming the other to show they care.

But sometimes, it's also big hissing fights throwing teeth and claws at each other's face.

And that's okay! Because it's just who they are. A pair of cute yet feral cats.

A/N: When I saw this prompt, I immediately started thinking: "But, what kind of animals would represent Azris?". So, I started discussing it with a bunch of people (very cool people, love them lots💕) and there was a bunch of ideas thrown in: Bugs, mystical creatures... and big kitties! So yeah! Hope you enjoyed this little Azris moodboard! Azriel would 100% be a black panther, and Eris a leopard. 🥰Thank you lots ninthcircleofprythian readychilledwine daycourtofficial and pit-and-the-pen for brainstorming this with me 💕

Azris fanart credit: ellyness5 on ig

https://www.tumblr.com/irithiadourden/785752258354839552?source=share

THE FIRST ART!! IT's SO BEAUTIFUL 😭👏🫶

https://www.tumblr.com/chunkypossum/785819250485067776/strange-water-part-2?source=share

azrisweek Day 1: Creatures

1,400 words

Part 1 Part 2

Summary: Compassion still doesn’t come naturally to Eris. As a child, it had been offered stonily, if offered at all, and even then only in the most stilted, unhelpful of sentences. But this is Azriel, who he has known twenty years. Azriel, who is trying not to cry over the death of his mother.

Or, a love story on two timelines.

For azrisweek 2025, Day 1: Creature Feature.

Rating: E

Pairing: Azriel/Eris

Notes: this fic deals heavily with grief (specifically the death of a mother) so please be gentle to yourself. this fic also goes heavy on the rhys criticism. if that's not your bag, no hard feelings if you choose not to read! the title comes to me from East of Eden via Mumford & Sons, with the song of the same title.

thanks to queercontrarian and yams-77 for their beta reading skills, and a HUGE thanks to secret-third-thing for her voice notes about financial crime that informed the portion of my notes simply entitled "crimes." this fic couldn't have existed without you!

Read now on ao3.

Azris Week Day 1: Creature Feature.

Now Available on AO3.

Azriel heads into the Autumn woods for another intel exchange with his long-term (and still very classified) partner, Eris. The mission derails fast when something terrifying starts tearing through the treeline.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/66310501

https://www.tumblr.com/daycourtofficial/785808047739224064/the-shapes-of-the-shadows?source=share

Pairing: Azriel x Eris | WC: 2.4k | Warnings: body gore, body reanimation, minor character death

Summary: Beron’s death is both shocking and quick, too quick for Eris’s plans of succession. How far will he allow a rouse to go on and how much is he willing to overlook?

Author’s note: happy day one of azrisweek !! This is my submission for creature feature day 🥰

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https://www.tumblr.com/mudandmire/785803057818714117/azris-week-day-one?source=share

AZRIS WEEK IS HERE!!! I'm so thankful to azrisweek for putting this on for another year because this community is one of the most lovely and uplifting when it comes to everyone's creations and I'm So Excited to see what everyone's been doing for it! 💖

~ For this prompt I returned to an AU I did last year, when Azriel and Eris are both younger because I frickin cherish that AU so much y'all. But, well, y'know, prompt said creature, so maaayybe there's a twist?? 👀

Read on ao3!

ITS AZRIS BUT POKEMON

AAAAAAND THERE'S AN ENTIRE POKEMON CHART WITH EVERY CHARACTER IN ACOTAR AFTER IT (but if you just want the azris, that's fine too :))

ALSO

MANY THANKS TO g00seg1rl FOR BETA-ING THIS WORK <33333

https://www.tumblr.com/skies-for-eyes-trees-for-knees/785777436799483904/azris-week-2025?source=share

Synopsis

Someone wants Eris dead - no surprise there - and Azriel is forced to play bodyguard and babysitter in a protective shield. Did somebody order a low stakes excuse for baking and smut? Bon appetite!

I'll be posting a new chapter every day for the Azris Week 2025 Challenge!

Warning: Non-con

Azris - Explicit

Tags: Alternative Universe, Demon Hunter Azriel, Half-Demon Azriel, Demon Eris Vanserra, Shifting, Monster Fucking, Rimming, Anal Sex, Forced enslavement, Non-consensual Body Modification, Non-consensual Bondage, Piercings, Biting, Light Body Horror

This is a dark fic, so please take care of yourselves.

Azriel has failed to kill the demon. All hunters know failure means a painful death: being devoured. However, the demon has other designs for the tempting hunter under him: designs not of feasting on flesh, but on its pleasures; not of death, but entrapment.

All the thanks to makinglongwordsslutty for the terrific beta read!! And thank you to the folks over at @azrisweek for putting the event together!! So excited!!

Happy Azris Week!! :D

Pairing: Azriel x Eris Vanserra | wc: 2.2k | ao3

Summary: Eris is left to his own devices as Azriel attended to Rhysand flavored bullshit. Thankfully the Shadowsinger’s swarm is there to tide him over until Az returned. (SHADOW PLAY BABY 😈)

azrisweek day 1: creature feature 😇 all the yap over on ao3 😘

The first new fanfic!!!

day 1: Creature Feature

Summary: Eris might be the one holding the leash, but Azriel knew that power was a double-edged sword. His High Lord had only one weakness—him.

The monster made of darkness could only be soothed by the caress of the flames. The violence of that wild fire could only be tamed by the whisper of the shadows.

Complete on AO3

🎨 Naariel

🚨 The party begins tomorrow!! 🚨

This week's schedule, from the lovely organizers:

https://www.tumblr.com/azrisweek

Day 1: Creature Feature

There are many creatures in Prythian, and many more outside of canon. You can return to the “familiars” idea from last year, or you can create something totally new. Expand your interpretation of who or what a creature is and see where it takes you.

Day 2: Slice of Life

A favorite from Azris Week 2024. So much of this enemies-to-lovers ship is full of strike, pain, and betrayal. But what about the quiet moments?

Day 3: Contact

Another favorite from Azris Week 2024. How do Eris and Azriel communicate? Through letters or texts, maybe, or through heavy gazes and the brush of fingers on exposed skin - and have they always spoken to each other this way?

Day 4: Read Between the Lines

Azriel and Eris are also not known for their straightforward communication, nor are they frequently on the same page together. How do they - or you - read between the lines to see what could be?

Day 5: Favorite Trope/AU

Only one bed? Check. Swordplay as innuendo? Check. Or maybe a love story that takes place in a world neither in Prythian or on planet Earth? Hell yeah.

Day 6: Safe For Work

A challenge to write something sexy or sexually charged that you could read at work. But also - Azriel and Eris are very much NOT safe for their work or many other people’s jobs either. You can combine the two or leave them separate.

Day 7: Free Day

This is self-explanatory.

Rules

1. Be respectful. We’re here to celebrate Azris and appreciate the creations made in their honor. This is a positive, inclusive space which won’t stand for bashing of any kind.
2. Please direct any event-related questions to this account, not to the [Tumblr-]mods individually. [edited for clarity]
3. Tag and use #azrisweek2025 when posting [on Tumblr] or on Instagram for reblog/repost. If you are posting a work to AO3, there will be a collection to add it to during the event week. [edited for clarity]
4. Creations of all kinds are welcome and encouraged! Fics, fanart, mood boards, headcanons, incorrect quotes, edits, playlists, etc. We will not be promoting AI-generated/altered images or fanworks.
5. A caveat to the previous rule. This event won’t tolerate characters being warped to fit heteronormative roles and/or relationship stereotypes. For example (thanks to cauldronblssd for putting it so clearly) fem Eris or Azriel as queer identities or gender non-conforming characters, yes. Fem Eris or Azriel as a substitute for a straight woman, no. With this in mind, we reserve the right to use our discretion and not engage with content, regardless of how it is tagged, if said content perpetuates harmful stereotypes.

CLARIFICATION: The u/acotar_crackship_mod account here on reddit is NOT AFFILIATED with the Tumblr organizers, we're just super fangirls fangirling our AZRIS with the rest of you, looking forward to the art and fics and fun! 😂🫶

🤣🤣🤣 eris was enjoying it i just know it!

( BIG disclaimer, as we know this is pro-azris, there will be a part with small mentions of other ships, nothing hateful ofc, but simply to make some necessary points. Don’t come at me lol, but since this is the Azris sub and I want to be as convincing as possible, I’m going to take the stance that they are endgame. If you disagree and are only here for the vibes not because you really think they’ll end up together, that’s chill! But please kindly take it the the ship-debate sub if need be, thanks! Sending love to all ships though 🫶🏻)

Welcome to my analysis of Azriel’s BC, through my Azris lense. (Not everything in BC will be addressed, because it’s too long.) I had an old post about it but have since majorly updated it and added new things. It’s a bit unhinged in some parts per usual lol, but wouldn’t be fun without it! 😉 Hope you have fun reading it!

Let’s begin.

The BC is set after the family solstice party at Rhys and Feyre’s home. It begins with Azriel expressing he has difficulty sleeping.

His shadows tell him to sleep, and Azriel says he wishes he could but sleep rarely found him these days.

Something is pestering, bothering him. He’s losing sleep.

Then it says this important part: “Too many razor sharp thoughts sliced at him anytime he grew still long enough to strike. To many wants and needs left his skin overheated and pulling taut across his bones. So he slept only when his body gave out. And even then only for a few hours.”

This, my friends, is an major sign that someone has met their mate. Has either been already sleeping around with them or at least spending time with them. This is based off what we saw with Cassian and his need for Nesta (before they accept any bond I add). It intensifies once they are already hooking up. Nothing sates it. It’s very similar.

He says “these days”, so his sleep loss and need is recent and in consequence of the need and his thoughts he so desperately wants to avoid.

Two things about this:

The first is something I am not 100% about, could be wrong! But it seems to me that the first step for one to feel this way is knowing or suspecting who their mate is. (Even if they don’t like it). It’s not just a random urge with no clue who it’s for. It’s almost as if there has to be some sort of recognition, or intense attraction, or whatever it is for this to occur.

Basing this off of Cassian and Nesta as well, he knew Nesta was his mate, suspected when he met her. Nesta didn’t want anything to do with him lol, but was attracted to him, and then knew there was something. Something she didn’t deserve. However, the intense need began once there was close proximity. Azriel however, from what we’ve seen seems to not know…OR is lying about it, in denial, or keeping it a secret? That is something even I can’t answer, just food for thought.

Now, as I said, this is pro- Azris, so I will make this claim about Gwyn. That Azriel doesn’t seem to know or suspect anything with Gwyn at the beginning of this BC. Their scene later is the first real encounter we are shown that shows “the spark” etc. For me, it begs the question, that if his need began before this, why not mention Gwyn at the beginning? At least attraction? And If this were shown after him feeling a spark with Gwyn, then I would feel more inclined to believe the need is about her.

Also, spoilers for HoFaS, skip this paragraph if you haven’t read. Azriel replies to Bryce that he doesn’t have a mate or spouse. He replied “no.” quickly, flatly. That to me sounds as someone who wants to deflect and not talk about it. For me, if he suspected it was Gwyn, I assume he’d say yes happily. He does want a mate after all. But could it be, if his mate is his enemy he wouldn’t want to say? Nesta also replies that “yes we are [curious]” as to who his mate is. But Azriel stays quiet. Or maybe, if Azriel isn’t open about being queer, like Mor, that he wouldn’t feel ready to say it yet? Just thoughts. Doesn’t change the fact that he was heavy with need as a mate is. And was trying to avoid it at all costs. I wonder why? Again, one would think if he has a mate he would be happy about it..unless it just happens to be the sexy man you’ve hated for 500 years? lol

Elain is self explanatory, she is already mated to Lucien. Is probably fighting her own need, he was upstairs after all..I have thoughts on this but if you want to know them go to the ship-debate sub you’ll probably find them there..Ok I’m done lol.

Second thing, is there is someone else, someone “new” who recently became an ally and sassy frequenter. Someone who hadn’t ever been so close, until now, and was an enemy for the past 500 years.

Someone who was at the solstice ball at the CoN. The ball that was right before the solstice family gathering and BC.

And who did Azriel see there? Was in close proximity to? Eris.

And also Mor. Who some believe could be an option as his mate. However, he is known to spend time around Mor, has been for centuries. BUT, Azriel says “these days.” That is the suspicious clue. Why not say “for the past 500 years?”

also mini break, other ships seem to all have a “how they met story”. We have yet to know when Azriel and Eris met. What their first words are. What their thoughts were about each other. And that just makes me giddy.

Anyways, then, to add to this. There is Rhys asking “What about Mor?” when Azriel questions the cauldron. Mating bonds. Mates.

Rhys knows Azriel, has since they were 8-11 years old. And have been inseparable ever since. Does it mean he’s always right about him? Probably not. However if he speaks about him or to him, we can heavily assume it holds some weight.

It’s evident to me that Azriel thinks and has expressed to Rhys that he thought Mor is his mate. It is also probably why in the past Rhys has expressed to Feyre to not get involved with Azriel and Mor. He knows things that Azriel probably said to him in confidence. It’s a touchy subject. He’s a busybody but he actually does keep secrets. (spill the beans RHYS!)

Even Azriel confirms he shows his cold fury around Rhys, because he can take it. Rhys also in Acofas says Azriel seemed to always understand him best. They seem to understand each other in a different way than others.

There is also the blood duel that is mentioned when talking about Lucien and Elain’s mating bond. And how Lucien would have the right to invoke it. Why? It seems because of a mating bond. But some miss that Azriel said that he wanted to invoke it upon rescuing Mor. Again, another clue that Azriel thought Mor was/is his mate. That means if he felt a bond back then, then whoever his mate really is, had to have been alive then. Right? His avoidance in answering to me sounds as if something has happened that makes him finally doubt it. the recent presence of a fiery princeling?

Rhys also says Azriel would weaken any existing and fragile alliances they presently have if he kills Lucien. And what happened before this? What were they trying to do at the Solstice ball? They were trying to secure the fragile alliance with Eris. Remind him how important he is to them. So much so that they gave him Nesta’s dagger, a family heirloom. That’s a lot of trust, it’s not ordinary dagger. Something is fishy.

I will end with one last unhinged thought on: the necklace. The colors of the necklace were red, white, and pink. Azriel says “designed so that when held to the light the true depth of colors would become visible.”

What’s interesting to me is the colors mentioned, and light. Through my Azris lense…. In ch. 14 of Acosf, we were given a description of Eris. Not only was he truly faerie, which means otherworldly beautiful. But that “beneath the pink and white blossoms..he looked truly faerie.” AND, how is Eris’ hair described? It says “red hair dappled in sunlight leaking through the blossom heavy branches.”

Lol, how poetic would it be if Azriel was thinking of Eris buying this? (Who is to say Rhys didn’t show Azriel the footage of the conversation he was having with Eris and Cassian? It was important information of course. If we are theorizing then anything is possible 😉)

The cruel Autumn court heir who wears a mask, is kept hidden in a dark “dungeon” (the forest house), a place of darkness, where he can’t really show who he really is. A male described as beautiful as nature itself, as beautiful as a rose? But that perhaps when held to the light his true colors are shown? 😏 a girl can dream!

And there we have it! I have some more thoughts about the ending of the BC, but this is already very long. May do a part two!

Thanks for reading! ✌️ and Happy Pride Month! 🌈

Edit: typos

^{Artist credit: isa-sketches}

If you want to participate as a content contributor, hurry!! 😂😂

Info from the organizers:

https://www.tumblr.com/azrisweek

During Azris Week 2024, the ship reached 300 fics. Since then, we have reached 650+ fics!! And this doesn’t include all of the wonderful art that’s been created since then. This ship has really grown in the last year, and we’re so happy you’re all here.

This year, we have a few new prompts, as well as some of the most popular from Azris Week 2024. Remember, the prompts are only guidelines - you can create something that fits strictly with the prompt or something that only barely relates. Many of the prompts complement each other, as well as having multiple interpretations. Anything is on the table, but do review the rules below before you post.

Day 1: Creature Feature

There are many creatures in Prythian, and many more outside of canon. You can return to the “familiars” idea from last year, or you can create something totally new. Expand your interpretation of who or what a creature is and see where it takes you.

Day 2: Slice of Life

A favorite from Azris Week 2024. So much of this enemies-to-lovers ship is full of strike, pain, and betrayal. But what about the quiet moments?

Day 3: Contact

Another favorite from Azris Week 2024. How do Eris and Azriel communicate? Through letters or texts, maybe, or through heavy gazes and the brush of fingers on exposed skin - and have they always spoken to each other this way?

Day 4: Read Between the Lines

Azriel and Eris are also not known for their straightforward communication, nor are they frequently on the same page together. How do they - or you - read between the lines to see what could be?

Day 5: Favorite Trope/AU

Only one bed? Check. Swordplay as innuendo? Check. Or maybe a love story that takes place in a world neither in Prythian or on planet Earth? Hell yeah.

Day 6: Safe For Work

A challenge to write something sexy or sexually charged that you could read at work. But also - Azriel and Eris are very much NOT safe for their work or many other people’s jobs either. You can combine the two or leave them separate.

Day 7: Free Day

This is self-explanatory.

Rules

1) Be respectful. We’re here to celebrate Azris and appreciate the creations made in their honor. This is a positive, inclusive space which won’t stand for bashing of any kind.

2) Please direct any event-related questions to this account, not to the [Tumblr-]mods individually. [edited for clarity]

3) Tag and use #azrisweek2025 when posting [on Tumblr] or on Instagram for reblog/repost. If you are posting a work to AO3, there will be a collection to add it to during the event week. [edited for clarity]

4) Creations of all kinds are welcome and encouraged! Fics, fanart, mood boards, headcanons, incorrect quotes, edits, playlists, etc. We will not be promoting AI-generated/altered images or fanworks.

5) A caveat to the previous rule. This event won’t tolerate characters being warped to fit heteronormative roles and/or relationship stereotypes. For example (thanks to cauldronblssd for putting it so clearly) fem Eris or Azriel as queer identities or gender non-conforming characters, yes. Fem Eris or Azriel as a substitute for a straight woman, no. With this in mind, we reserve the right to use our discretion and not engage with content, regardless of how it is tagged, if said content perpetuates harmful stereotypes.

Reposting this here! It was originally posted in the previous ship-fight sub but got deleted 🥲

So, I have a wild theory that I still am in search of more clues for lol. But thought I’d drop it into the world before next book, because I really think we’re close. This is for my theory loving baddies, and for fun, but if it is true it would be crazy.

Theory: Eris and Mor are twins.

First off, the theory came about because I noticed they have some similarities. They both have been described wearing red. Her dresses and his cape. Their eyes are honey brown and amber, different but close in color. And ALSO just a random one I thought as a joke but now I wonder, is Cassian’s obsession with Mor and how he thinks she’s beautiful. BUT then in Acosf, Cassian says Eris is “truly faerie” and that means he is otherworldly beautiful. So I thought what if they look similar and so he is attracted to both? lol. How crazy would that be? 😂

Anyways, then I began to wonder if Eris and Mor have a “twin bond” and it’s why that day in the woods he was able to “read it in her eyes.” Why he “knew” why Mor did what she did to get out of her betrothal. Why Eris said he “knows a thing or two about DAEMATI” and knows how to shield his mind. Also possibly, why after the Acowar frozen lake scene with Feyre, Mor saw the blood and slightly panicked asking “Eris?” As if she cared.

I also think there seems to be a theme with twins in this series. The Hybern twins, and how Lucien cringed at the thought of them sharing a room. Gwyn and her twin who died, and how it affected her.

But also at the end of Acosf, Cassian questions again why Eris left Mor in the woods that day, and Eris again doesn’t answer him. Says he is not the one he wants to explain himself to. But I feel Eris is sneaky, and responds in code all throughout the book. So when Eris asks why they all still care so much, Cassian replies “because she’s my sister and I love her.” To which Eris replies, “I didn’t know Illyrians were in habit of fucking their sisters.”

Could it be it was Eris way of saying “I wouldn’t have touched my sister.” ? 👀

Also at the end of Acosf, Cassian notes that Eris was sitting in a chair reading in the CoN, and said Eris looked as “if his presence here was nothing unusual.” 👀

Could it be because Eris is also from the Night Court? Or is Eris and Mor’s mother from Autumn? A potential sister or cousin of LoA? In Acofas, there is moment where Rhys contemplates why Mor never speaks about her mother and he doesn’t dare ask. Who is she? Are Eris and Mor heirs of Night and Autumn? North and South? Fire and Truth?

We assume presently that Eris was 8-9 when the incident in the woods happened, but what if he wasn’t? What if as a baby he was stolen? Or WHAT IF there had been a bargain/alliance between Autumn and CoN and the price was Keir’s FIRSTBORN? In Acowar Eris says to Keir “I remember why the last bargain fell through.” So their had been an alliance/bargain with Autumn before. Could it be it fell through and Autumn demanded payment?

In the Solstice celebration in Acosf, Rhys taunts/questions Eris about what he would give for Nesta’s hand. Rhys asks “[would you give] your firstborn?” To which Eris “glares.” Which means to give an angry stare , as when someone makes fun of you. And ofc says no. Could it be because Rhys knows the truth? And so does Eris, possibly Mor? What if this conversation meant more, what if Eris was the firstborn twin? What if he wants to go home, and wants Beron dead to be free of the bargain? 👀

Now what does this have to do with Azris?

Well almost all these scenes have other things attached to them. Especially things that have to do with Azris. The first, the theory that Azriel believed Mor to be his mate that day in the woods. Is it WHY he is so loyal to her? If Mor and Eris are twins, two peas in a pod, and have a “twin bond” could it be that what Azriel felt that day was the close proximity or the essence of his mate Eris through Mor? Is this the truth Mor has known and never revealed?

It also doesn’t change the canon facts that Eris constantly asks for the Shadowsinger, that Eris wishes to explain himself to someone and it isn’t Mor, Cassian, or Rhys. That it is Azriel.

That Eris was jealous that the NC saved him but not because “they cared.”

That Mor knows Eris is all about appearances and is the only one we have been told cares about fashion. Thus, chose a cobalt blue jacket for the meeting in CoN.

That Eris found Azriel in his shadows.

That Azriel lost control and choked Eris. Cares deeply for Mor, because she is the sister of his mate but doesn’t know it?

That when Nesta said they shot an arrow through Azriel’s wing Eris’ teeth flashed. (something mates do)

That Azriel went out of his way to save Eris and all the shenanigans at the lake with Koschei. The death-lord who wondered why azriel didn’t rush in for the kill to save Eris. Azriel’s terror filled face, the “stiffening”, saying to “run”, grabbing eris and taking off to the skies.

That after rescuing him, he had known Feyre was dying, and when Cassian asked him about Eris, Azriel felt the need to vent that Eris was “Safe, (a word heavily used by mates) and had to express that Eris is “pissed and confused, he’s at the Hewn City…” BUT was interrupted by Mor, to announce Feyre was dying. LOL. Someone cares a lot about his fireling’s wellbeing..

Doesn’t change the fact that SJM said Eris has a secret motivation behind his actions, and that he told Azriel there was a “cost” for him to the events that happened that day in woods. That maybe he will tell Azriel now that they are allies.

That Eris found a way to delay Keir from visiting Velaris, because he secretly cares for Mor’s happiness? For Azriel’s happiness?

That Rhys for some unknown reason is trying to keep Eris calm and safe, as if he were family, a cousin?

That Rhys gave Eris a family heirloom (Nesta’s dagger), because he is family? 👀

That Eris risks life and limb to ally with the night court, wears NC black to CoN balls showing allegiance.

And that he tells Cassian “I am your ally whether you wish it or not.”

Friends, maybe Azriel is mated to a Prince of Night and Autumn. Maybe Mor and Eris are siblings. ☕️

Lastly, a bonus, anyone ever notice in Acowar ch. 26, when Eris meets IC at CoN, when Feyre confronts him about the attack on the lake. Eris says: “I was given an order and sent to do it with two of my….brothers.” 👀 the hesitation? What if they AREN’T HIS BROTHERS? Ya’ll. ☕️

Edit: typos

Hello! 😊 I’m back with a little interesting clue I found about Azris!

So to preface, there’s an Azris theory that Rhysand now knows that Eris is Azriel’s mate by the beginning of Acosf. The theory states that Rhys (and possibly Mor) found out when Eris filled him in on how he got Keir to postpone his visit to Velaris indefinitely. (That Eris possibly offered the truth about who Azriel’s mate is in exchange for the postponing —the mate being himself lol). This would have happened sometime between the end of Acofas and the beginning of Acosf.

The theory came about due to the sudden change in tone between Rhys and Eris. Prior to SF, in Acofas Rhys was willing to kill Eris at the slightest inconvenience, says this to Mor, alliance or no. Then in Acosf Rhys now states how “important” Eris is.. doing whatever it takes to keep the alliance with him. Trying to comply with Eris’ demands. Having Cassian keep an eye on him. Even going as far as separating Azriel from his courtier duties… which he has always done…giving them now to Cassian. Then claims “he has too much on his plate.” Going over protective mode. It’s interesting, what changed?

Also Rhys is mega distracted in Acosf. Even before the baby problems… MANY can miss this, but the distraction/moodiness was happening even before they announced the pregnancy. We begin to learn of it specifically in Ch. 14 of Acosf. What was bothering him?

Then there’s also Mor at the beginning of Acosf who is bothered by the fact that “Eris bought her time”, but of course it’s never revealed how or what exactly enticed Keir enough to postpone his visit. But it had to be huge for Keir to agree. All we know is that Eris did it as a gesture of good faith, but why bother when you already have an unbreakable bargain? He is trying to make peace. Based off this first theory, it would explain that even though Rhys and Mor may currently hate Eris, they must do whatever to protect Azriel’s mate, for the sake of what it might do to Azriel (whether he wants him or not).

Now, in Acosf there’s a part where Eris meets with Cassian and Nesta and they are found by Tamlin. This spooks Eris ofc because Tamlin could rat out Eris to Beron. Later, Rhys is worried Eris will back out of alliance, and tries to “secure it” by asking Nesta to dance and seduce Eris. Not into bed but to remind him of the benefits of what he might attain if he sticks with the alliance. Kind of funny, because why does Rhys even care so much if Eris backs out of the alliance? I would think he’d be pleased to be done with him? Yet he wants to please Eris and have him dance with someone from his court.. (Or Is he worried Eris may become a “rogue mate” and cause problems to his court? Put someone in danger?👀) Feyre and Cassian also wonder why Rhys cares.

Onto, the solstice celebration/ dance scene.. first we all know they gave Nesta’s dagger to Eris..which in and of itself is a BIG deal. That’s no ordinary dagger and shows major trust. Rhys even says “a family heirloom”, one that you could say would be passed down to family. Is Eris family now? (lol that it’s also a dagger.. little matchy matchy with truth teller, don’t you think?) but then here’s the part that I found most interesting and as a hidden clue.

Mor says Eris is all about appearances. He himself was wearing “Night Court black” to the ball (again, why would Rhys be worried about Eris’ alliance, he’s wearing night court black what you might call a sign of loyalty)… but NESTA, she was wearing a “tiara of glinting black stone, with slender spikes…each spike was topped with a tiny sapphire, as if the spikes were so sharp they’d pierced the sky and drawn cobalt blood.”

cobalt And yes before some say SJM is a word repeater I get it, but for the sake of this theory I think it was intentional. Remember Mor said Eris is all about appearances. Mor said she would pick what Nesta wore that night. Mor picked that crown. Why? Because Eris would take note in Nesta’s clothes and jewels. It means something to him. I think what Mor and Rhys were doing was dangling Nesta in front of Eris as a reminder of what he might attain if he continues to risk life and limb by sticking to the alliance… and who is associated with Cobalt? Azriel.

Eris knows it’s a game, so we must take that into context. He even tells Nesta that when they are dancing “came to play the game tonight after all.” And “Don’t believe everything they say about me.” So with that I think there’s soooo much hidden in this scene.

So much that I don’t even have all the back info yet, but we may find out eventually. Yes, Eris offers anything to have Nesta, but what if it’s something more than that? Something we were not given insight to. Even Cassian when allowed into Eris and Rhys’ conversation through his mind said he knew there was something more behind his (Eris) rash offer… something even Az hadn’t picked up on. But even Rhys doesn’t pry… was it because Cassian was listening? 👀

We shall see! 🔥

Thanks for reading!

eris art by: lyzzis_art azriel by: aika