Rayne in Book Three during The Battle of Heartlake,
wearing the warpaint of Firal.
If one should have a soulmate, they will apply the paint, first with the knuckles of the hand they would write with, directly over the heart, in the shape of a wolf's print to evoke Soulwar, wolves linked to this people.
Next it's applied on the face, here it's instead up to one's soulmate to choose symbols befitting their love.
For last, two lines are applied at the neck in one single swipe by forefinger and thumb,
this is the most deeply symbolical side to this ceremony and tradition
as it goes over the pulse at the neck, considered in Firal culture the single most vulnerable spot on any person's body,
the gesture made is to keep them safe.
Book Three: Legend,
Chapter Twenty-two: The First and the One.
Dain facing Rayne's enslaver: Guldur.
Thrain and Rayne in Book One: Ailcarrier,
Chapter Sixteen: The World on Its Knees.
Thrain and Dain, here 11 and 22 in the style of The Iron Giant.
The first embraces of Rayne's life.
Book One: Ailcarrier,
Chapter Five: Trials from the Past.
At the beginning of Book Four: Darer.
“Ocean.”
Dain and Rayne in Book One:
Ailcarrier,
Chapter Twenty-five: Teal Silver.
She worries about the scars she was given.
He thinks she's the most beautiful sight he'll ever have the good fortune to see and won't stop doing it all to make her see it, and, above all,
give her a way to feel it that she truly is.
Book Two, Chapter Twenty-five: Ocean and Her Sky.
Dain was made to suffer by his first wife and intimacy comes extremely difficult with his guilt and shame, he soon learns he's safe with Rayne, as well as loved and cherished but his fears linger, the greatest being that of hurting her despite himself but she knows him and understands him, and together they are each other's safety.
Dain and Thrain in Book One,
Chapter Fourteen: Sealed Fates.
Dain and Thrain as Dain remembers in Book One,
Chapter Nineteen: The Last Night.
Dain and Thrain with Nairan.
Thrain in Book Three: Legend,
Chapter Nineteen: The Parting of the Ways.
Thrain, Dain and Rayne in Book Four: Darer.
Rayne, Dain and Thrain.
As lions. Because, why not.
Thrain, Rayne and Dain with their titles embodied:
Ravenking, Moonwolfpale and Crimson Stag.
The King's family, in another King's style.
Left to Right:
Rayne, Dæri, Dain, Thrain, Nairan, Nalin, Lir, Graite and Ferion.
Rayne in Book Two
where she learns she is part of the Fire Clan.
Rayne in Book Four with Seinthril of the Earth Clan,
he was the one who told her in Book Two
of her being part of Clan Fircend.
Lir, throwing-daggers enthusiast, bickerer-in-chief, and, amongst other nicknames, golden hedgehog.
The night when, humiliated and viciously hurt by his wife, Dain cut his hair out of shame. It comes back to him in a nightmare in Book One, Chapter Twenty-four: Peaceful Presents, Poisonous Pasts.
Glimpses of a good life. Good does not mean easy.