Rhysand's Mother

Rhysand's Mother
General Information
Full name	Unknown
Title(s)	Lady of the Night Court Seamstress (formerly)
Age	18+
Species	Illyrian
Powers	Flight via Wings
Home	Rhysand's Mother's House (formerly) House of Wind (formerly) Illyria (formerly) Velaris Night Court
Status	Deceased
Physical description
Gender	Female
Relationships
Family	Rhysand (son) Unnamed Daughter † Nyx (grandson) Feyre Archeron (daughter-in-law) Azriel (foster son) Cassian (foster son)
Romances	Unnamed Husband † (mate)
Series Information
Appearances	A Court of Mist and Fury (mentioned) A Court of Wings and Ruin (mentioned) A Court of Frost and Starlight (mentioned)

Rhysand's mother was a Illyrian who married her mate, the High Lord of the Night Court, and Rhysand's father.

Quick Answers

What was the occupation of Rhysand's mother in the Illyrian war-camp?

In the Illyrian war-camp, Rhysand's mother worked as a seamstress. She was instrumental in Rhysand's training, emphasizing the importance of self-reliance and education. She cherished the Illyrian culture, despite her disagreements with certain traditions, and extended her care to other children in the camp.

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How did Rhysand's mother manage to keep her ability to fly?

An Illyrian, Rhysand's mother cherished her ability to fly. To avoid the customary wing-clipping that Illyrian females face upon maturation, she resorted to extreme measures such as self-starvation and the use of risky herbs and drugs. She successfully delayed her maturation until the age of eighteen. Upon her first menstruation, Rhysand's father intervened, saving her from wing-clipping.

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What was the social status of Rhysand's mother's family in Illyrian society?

Originating from a low-class Illyrian family, Rhysand's mother worked as a seamstress in a war-camp within the Night Court mountains. Her social status notwithstanding, she was the mate of the High Lord of the Night Court.

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Who was Rhysand's mother married to?

The mother of Rhysand, originating from a low-class Illyrian family, was wedded to her mate, the High Lord of the Night Court. This union elevated her status despite her humble beginnings.

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What extreme measures did Rhysand's mother take to prevent her wings from being clipped?

Rhysand's mother undertook drastic actions to avoid her wings being clipped, including self-starvation and the use of hazardous herbs and drugs to suppress her menstruation. When she bled at eighteen, she was on the verge of being clipped, but the emergence of a mating bond with Rhysand's father intervened, saving her wings.

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History

Rhysand's mother belonged to a low-class Illyrian family. She worked as a seamstress in an Illyrian war-camp in the mountains of the Night Court. When females come of age in the camps, their wings are clipped, making the female unable to fly. However Rhysand's mother loved to fly, and thus did everything in her power to keep herself from maturing. She starved herself, gathered illegal herbs, and did anything to halt the natural course of her body. She managed to bide her time till the age of eighteen, when she first bled. One of the males in the camp scented it on her and told the camp lord. She tried to flee but was intercepted easily by the Illyrian warriors.

The warriors dragged her back to the camp and were about to tie her to the posts in the center of camp when the High Lord winnowed in for a meeting with camp's lord about readying for the War. He saw her thrashing and fighting like a wildcat and the mating bond between them clicked into place. He killed the guards holding her. She looked at him and the bond fell into place for her, too. The High Lord immediately took her to the Night Court and made her his bride the same evening.

She and her husband had two children, Rhysand and an unnamed daughter.

When Rhysand turned eight, she took him to an Illyrian war-camp to be trained, as all Illyrian males were trained. Like all Illyrian mothers, she shoved him toward the sparring ring on the first day, and walked away without looking back. It was considered an embarrassment for a mother to coddle her son when he goes to train. She stayed at the camp with him, though.

She didn't want Rhysand to rely on his power. She knew from the moment she conceived him that he'd be hunted his entire life, so where one strength failed, she wanted others to save him. Rhysand's mother also believed that education was important and a valuable weapon. She tutored him after his training sessions in the war-camp, and made him read every day.

When Rhysand brought Cassian back to their house, she was livid. But she saw him and told him that there was a bathtub with hot running water and to get in it or he could go back into the cold. When he got out, she had clean nightclothes and ordered him into bed. He'd spent his life sleeping on the ground, so when he balked, she said she understood because she had felt the same once, and that it would feel as if he was being swallowed up, but the bed was his for as long as he wanted it. She also took in Azriel when he arrived at the camp, because she had known Azriel's mother.

She gifted Rhysand a ring as a keepsake and took it back once Rhysand reached maturity. She gave it to the Weaver for safekeeping and told Rhysand that the woman who was the one for him would be able to retrieve it from the Weaver's Cottage.

She made dresses for Rhysand's future mate so he could, one day, give them to her. In A Court of Frost and Starlight, it is revealed that the dresses Rhysand has given Feyre, were made by his mother. Rhysand had not told Feyre this until that point, because he was afraid Feyre would think it unsettling that she was wearing dresses made by a female who died centuries before.

Rhysand later befriended Tamlin, the son of the High Lord of the Spring Court. His mother traveled to a Illyrian war-camp to meet with Rhys, however Rhys had decided to stay elsewhere in the court. Rhys tells Tamlin about this, and Tamlin relays this information to his father and brothers. They traveled to the Illyrian wilderness and murdered both Rhysand's mother and sister. They kept their heads in boxes and sent them down the river to the nearest camp. Tamlin's father also kept their wings as trophies.

Personality

Rhysand's mother was gentle, soft, but also wild, fiery. She was beloved by everyone she met. She lived by a moral code, and deeply disagreed with the treatment of females in Illyrian camps. Though she disagreed with this aspect of Illyrian tradition, she did adore the culture. She tried for decades to get Rhysand's father to ban Clipping. She was a caring and kind woman. She cared for Cassian when she saw that he was having to live in a tent on the edge of camp because he was bastard-born. She also took in Azriel when he was brought to the camp.

Powers and Abilities

• Flight: Due to being Illyrian, Rhysand's mother possessed bat-like wings. Like her son, she adored flying around the Night Court.

Relationships

Husband

Though Rhysand's mother and father were mates, they were wrong for each other. For a while, Rhysand's mother hated him but was eternally grateful that he had saved her wings and allowed her to fly whenever and wherever she wished.

Trivia

• She was 18 when she met Rhysand's father, while he was 900.
• Being a seamstress, she was the one that made all of Feyre's clothes, including the dress she wore on Starfall.