#Dante Esposito

[songoftrillium]

Cracking the Bone

This comic was created to introduce people to the pathos of Werewolf: the Apocalypse so as to introduce the upcoming reference guide for it: Werewolf: the Essentials. A team of dedicated fans and scholars on the setting have amalgamated all the best of WtA into an easy to parse format, coming to Storytellers Vault this November 30th! At long last, all the deep lore on Garou Society and the denizens of the tellurian are coming together into a single series of references that span the entirety of their lore, condensing thousands of pages into a single series.

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A very special thank you to @mekanikaltrifle for illustrating the comic, and to @wolfgirlbites @excelgarou @redratt @balthazarslostlibrary and @bekandrew for their contributions to writing this!

Trigger warnings in the tags

[slowlydecomposingcorpse]

Doodle dump

[songoftrillium]

Happy Werewolf Wednesday from the Werewolf: the Essentials team!

Have a preview with some comic script screenshots! There seems to be a lot of curiosity surrounding the Bitten, so we decided to tell that story with our pain protagonist, Dante Esposito! Enjoy! Note this script is in its second draft and may be subject to change.

Another Werewolf Wednesday Update!

As an homage to the legacy books we have come to love, Werewolf the Essentials will start with a comic!

The script for this is just about finished, with only about two pages left to be completed. We love all the characters and think they're relatable and possess unique narrative voices.

To ensure every faction and key characters have those unique voices, we've had multiple writers working concurrently. While it was initially tricky finding a good workflow, we now have a collaborative writing system down that we're all pretty happy with. We're really chuffed with the culture of cooperation that exists within the team thus far.

Depending on how the illustrator works on this, we may or may not release portions of the comic as game teasers when they become completed.

[roger-paladino]

Sometimes you need to make stupid ocs with your friends for the sake of making stupid ocs

[paranormalsaga]

Nebulous (Chapter Ten)

Indira rubbed her temples as she combed through Dr. Magani’s research. She’d spent years trying to figure out what caused their gladiators to die quickly. The only one known to the general public was Dante Esposito, her premier super-soldier, the Gladiator. The seven-foot titan was the closest thing they had to a success story, and even his situation was precarious at best. He’d undergone the procedure a little over a year ago, most subjects only survived for a few.

Regardless, it was too late to turn back now. The Ujamaan War was reaching its most volatile phase, if she didn’t capitalize on this opportunity, she would never get another one. She needed to put the Gladiator to use while Dante could still assume the mantle. His biokinetic abilities were unlike anything she’d seen in a long time…

Her phone rang.

“Hello,” she said, moving away from her desk to stare out her office window.

“We’ve put them in position. What is your command?”

She hesitated, gazing out at the morning sky. She still wasn’t sure if she truly supported the United Republic of Corinthia, but she was certain the truth mattered little in war. It wasn’t a battle between right and wrong, it was the strong struggling to weed out the weak. The politics of it all were inconsequential to her, the Ujamaans could've just as easily been in the Corinthians' shoes under different circumstances. The Corinthians’ military campaign was a means to an end. If they conducted business with the Gladiator Program, it would bring her that much closer to spearheading the world’s largest defense contractor.

However, there could be no business without demand, and so far the Corinthians still felt they had all the supplies they required to win the Ujamaan War. She needed to shake their confidence and convince them that only she could keep them safe.

“Good,” she said. “Detonate it.”

…

Dayo and the other rebel fighters gathered at the back of the warehouse in front of a door that read, “Authorized Personnel Only,” in bold letters. Indira had given him the access code staff used to enter the building, he kept his hands from shaking as best he could while he input the digits. 

Only he and Nico knew what was going on. The others were genuine militants of the Black Brigades prepared to die in the name of Ujamaan liberation. They were his comrades. His family. If only they knew who was pulling the strings.

Indira and Nico had orchestrated a safety drill to clear out most of the facility workers in the area.

Dayo wanted nothing more than to scream the truth as they entered the building. He wanted to tell them to run for their lives, but images of his wife, Nala, flashed through his mind and kept the words trapped in his throat. 

The group splintered off to attach bombs to different parts of the warehouse. The building was brimming with explosives and chemicals. Dayo attached his device to a tank full of ammonium nitrate.

“Hey,” Nico said, suddenly appearing behind him.

“Jesus,” Dayo said, jumping a little. “I’m nervous enough without you sneaking up on me.”

“The others are almost done, I’m gonna check in with the Director for final confirmation.”

He stepped off to the side while Dayo scanned the perimeter to ensure the others didn’t notice them. Nico was already suspicious enough as it was. He still wasn’t sure how they’d managed the miracle of getting him inducted into the rebel group. Dayo would’ve seen him for the fed he was in an instant.

“We’ve put them in position. What is your command?” Dayo heard Nico say, cringing at the sound of his words. If any of the others heard him speaking such perfect English…

“Roger that,” Nico whispered.

Something fell over a few feet away from them. Dayo found one of the other militants, Ike, lurking nearby. His hardened expression was indiscernible. Nearing his mid-forties, he was one of the senior members of their cell, most militants weren’t even in their mid-twenties.

“Ike,” Dayo said, feigning indifference to his presence. “What are you doing over there?”

He didn’t respond. The others began rushing out of the building before Dayo could speak to him further. 

The group filed into an unmarked SUV and sped onto the highway. Dayo watched the warehouse wink out of sight behind them. Everything before this had been the easy part, now they would have to get out of Colossus within the next 45 minutes.

Dayo met Ike’s firm gaze in the rearview mirror. It felt like an eternity passed before the road forced Ike to return his attention to it.

They reached the rendezvous point inside a tunnel well ahead of schedule. Dayo felt like vomiting as they filed out of the car. Not because they were about to end countless lives back in Colossus, though that weighed on his mind too, but because he and Nico would also have to end the lives of the three men standing in front of them. All he could think about was the motion of withdrawing his firearm, he’d rehearsed it to death, but he could already see himself fumbling with his weapon. 

The men went to work setting the vehicle ablaze and immediately hurried away from it. 

As they walked, Dayo and Nico subtly slowed to the rear of the group. Any moment now, Nico would give him the signal to fire. 

Ike suddenly turned around, smirking.

“Adewale,” he said, referring to Nico’s cover name. “Where did you say you were from again?”

He didn’t attempt to feign ignorance as he questioned the man, staring straight at his holstered weapon.

“Otewos, on the north side,”  Nico said calmly, glancing around as the others stopped. “Ike, what’s this all about? We need to keep moving.”

“Oh nothing,” Ike responded, no longer speaking in Ujamaan, his English was heavily accented, but the words were as clear as the intent behind them. “Everything’s perfectly fine.” The two men locked eyes on one another. Nobody moved.

Dayo tried to break the silence.

“Ike—”

The man aimed his gun at Nico before Dayo could get another word out. He pulled the trigger several times.

Nico cried out, then immediately dropped to the ground.

Dayo couldn’t stop to think, his instincts took control. He caught Ike in the side before the man could turn his weapon toward him.

The other two took off running down the tunnel. He aimed his pistol in their direction and breathed out heavily as he let the bullets fly.

One of them lay still, his crimson covering the concrete, but the other kept crawling away, wounded.

Dayo stalked over toward him, reloading his weapon, then he pointed the gun at his head and opened fire. The sound of the gunshot reverberated throughout the tunnel. He instantly retched at the sight of the man’s smoking skull cracked open, his blood was everywhere.

When he finished hurling, Dayo lumbered back to Nico’s body, checking for a pulse. He heard something move behind him as he rested his fingers on the man’s limp wrist, but he was hit three times before he could even fully turn around.

His eyes went wide with shock as he fell over. His eyes met Ike’s as he turned his head in the direction the gunshots had come from. Ike clung to his side, wheezing, but the blood kept spilling into the street.

Dayo turned his head back toward the end of the tunnel, staring at the city of Colossus in the distance.

“Nala…” he said, his voice hardly audible.

He trailed off and his world was consumed by blackness.

…

As Colossus bustled with life, a timer ticked somewhere in its midst, seconds away from reaching zero. Its citizens were united by their ignorance of the obliteration that would soon befall them. The day was almost weirdly normal.

Until the timer went off.

Scientists would subsequently report that the explosion’s wrath was so powerful it was felt throughout all of the United Republic of Corinthia. Various parts of Spain, France, the United Kingdom, and other European regions trembled under the might of its quake. The seismic event generated enough energy to impact the Earth’s ionosphere. 

A mushroom of white engulfed the city with raging flame. The shockwave’s force shattered everything in its path as if it would tear through the entirety of the Earth.

Hundreds of people were immediately reduced to carbonized tissue and bone.

Thousands more lay bloodied, buried, or burning alive. 

Chaos soon erupted as the dust and devastation started settling in.

Last Part

[kronosfm]

NERO ( david tennant ) the man of many faces.

known without a true name, nero controls much of the dark underbelly residing in novus’ depths, from human and weapons trafficking, assassinations and even the movement of super drug enhancements. known to be able to shapeshift at will, he matches a cunning nature with agility by being able to impersonate anyone and everyone to an almost perfect degree, getting to the root of their deepest fears. the city’s kingpin has been around for almost two decades, and his influence only grows by day with his followers being more than willing to die for his cause of being the catalyst to novus’ chaos. though, he prefers not to be in the forefront of many of his planned attacks — with the public having barely seen him despite a few rare occurrences. rumour has it, he was once a part of the nsa’s hero training squadron and even trained amongst paragon and sentinel — but just never managed to make the final cut.  inspired by the joker.

DAHLIA & CHERRY ( lupita nyong'o & mia goth ) the queens of novus’ south side.

dahlia and cherry are the two names that always come to mind when you think of hijinks, heists and high-speed chases. both known survivors of a fire that engulfed an orphanage many years ago, the two outlaws were of the fair few who managed to wrestle their way out of the system and went on the run, despising most of the options laid out by the nsa’s policy, plans and programs department. dahlia wields the power of mother nature in her hands and cherry is a master mixed martial artist and trained gymnast — both formidable in their own ways, they have managed to make a name out of themselves even when starting from zero. known for their intrinsically distrusting nature, the two often only work together, though have managed to pull of the biggest bank heist to hit novus in centuries with record-breaking casualties. while the famed vigilante group crux has always come incredibly close to putting the two lovers behind bars, they never managed to strike the final nail on the coffin — at least not yet. inspired by poison ivy and harley quinn.

BEATRIX aka TRIX ( stephanie hsu ) the genius of novus’ underbelly.

with the motto of always searching for the big thing, and never cowering behind the boundaries of innovation, kronos has undoubtedly shaped some of the greatest minds of the last century. but what happens to those who had become a little too experimental? trix was fired from kronos five years ago for illegal experimentation concerning human subjects, with many of their projects involving life-threatening implants that resulted in the deaths of many. jubilant in nature, they were once the pride and joy of kronos’ ai execution and deployment team — known as bea. a bright future was set to be in their path, but they took one too many wrong turns. presently, however, their tale tells of a different story. trix often works with nero, as well as a few rumoured strays inside of the nsa’s tech and systems department, to manufacture and smuggle illegal technology for villains all over the globe. one of their most notable inventions rivals even the omnidroid itself, and there’s no telling what will come out of their brilliant mind yet. inspired by arcane’s jinx.

DANTE VITTORE ( giancarlo esposito ) the mad scientist.

a man respected by many and feared by much more, dante was, and still is, known within kronos to be a ‘super fanatic.’ he was widely-known to have been robert buchanan’s chief scientist and the mentor of many team members of kronos’ biotech r&d department. not stopping there, the futurist was heavily involved in the growth of nsa’s department of training, strategy and defense, and often aided its officers with his extensive knowledge on the biology of supers. while his intentions were pure, the measures he would take to achieve it grew more and more dangerous. one fateful night, dante fell victim to one of his experiments and became the catalyst to his own downfall from greatness. no one knew what exactly happened, but he was never the same again. ‘ he’s gone mad, ’ kronos explained, when he rampaged the city and controlled more than half of the population with the sheer force of his newly-acquired technopathy. the nsa’s heroes, aided by crux, quickly came into work and he was cast off to one of novus’ many off-island prisons. stories of dante have quieted down over the years, yet there’s really no telling when he’ll make his return. inspired by doctor doom.

[personal-reporter]

Ischia Film and Music Fest 2023

Sarà Double Soul di Valerio Esposito ad aprire ufficialmente la 21esima edizione dell’ Ischia Global Film and Music Fest,  in programma sull’Isola Verde dal 9 al 16 luglio. Il film , che sarà  proiettato in anteprima mondiale la sera del 9 luglio, è l’ultimo lavoro dell’attore Julian Sands, scomparso in un’escursione sulle montagne di San Gabriel fuori Los Angeles, in California, il 13 gennaio, con le gemelle Angela e Marianna Fontana accanto ai premi Oscar F. Murray Abraham e Danny Glover e a Paz Vega, Francesca Tizzano e Marco Bocci, co-prodotta da Camaleo e Marvel (Dubai) ed uscirà nelle sale italiane giovedì 13 luglio con Plaion Distribution.  Ad annunciare la notizia è stato il leggendario produttore Tony Renis, presidente onorario dell’Accademia Internazionale Arte Ischia che promuove il festival sin dal 2003 con il sostegno della D.G. cinema del MiC e della Regione Campania. Senza ombra di dubbio la kermesse estiva di Ischia è la più attesa al mondo, come punta tra il festival del cinema di Cannes e la mostra cinematografica di Venezia e, nel corso degli anni, ha goduto della partecipazione di tantissimi big del panorama cinematografico e musicale sia in campo artistico che in quello d’impresa. L’Ischia Global Fest, ideato da Pascal Vicedomini e realizzato con Giancarlo Carriero, Marina Cicogna e Franco Nero, rappresenta un grande evento nel panorama dell’international showbiz che dà opportunità concrete i  giovani artisti di avere un escalation per la loro professione, come dimostrano i 1400 autori che hanno chiesto di parteciparvi attraverso la piattaforma filmfreeway.com, me ma si pone anche l’obiettivo di premiare gli astri nascenti del settore. In 21 anni di vita l’ Ischia Global Film & Music Festival è riuscito nell’intento  di riportare l’isola ai fasti degli anni Sessante, reinserendola all’interno della geografia del jet set internazionale, diventando un’occasione di  incontro per addetti ai lavori, cinefili  e pubblico, dove sono venuti nomi come Dennis Hopper, Andrew Garfield, Vanessa Redgrave, Selena Gomez,Francis Ford Coppola, Giuseppe Tornatore, Helen Mirren , Naomi Watts, Samuel L. Jackson, Baz Lurhmann, Alicia Vikander, Oliver Stone, Quincy Jones, Sting, Sheryl Crow e Bob Geldolf. Tra le presenze italiane di Ischia Global Fest ci sono state personalità cha vanno da Andrea Bocelli a Matteo Garrone, da Dante Ferretti a Zucchero, da Paolo Virzì a Pupi Avati,  fino a Giancarlo Giannini, Valeria Golino, Dario Argento, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Riccardo Scamarcio e Micaela Ramazzotti. Ci sono nomi prestigiosi anche tra i membri onorari del board, come Christoph Waltz, Vanessa Hudgens, Julio Iglesias, Rob Reiner, Enrico Vanzina, Danny De Vito, Stanley Tucci, Carlo Verdone, Gino Paoli, Michele e Violante Placido, Massimo Ranieri, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Monica Bellucci, Alfonso Cuaron, Michael Fassbender, Valeria Golino, Jean Paul Gaultier, Valentino e Tom Hilfiger. Read the full article

[theultimatefan]

Quesada, Cho, Jones, Slott Among Top Comic Creators Attending FAN EXPO Philadelphia, June 2-4

Artist Alley at FAN EXPO Philadelphia takes a “super” leap forward as a “who’s who” of creative talent including boldface names like Joe Quesada (former CCO, Marvel Entertainment), Jim Shooter (“Marvel Comics Secret Wars”, former Editor-in-Chief, Marvel Comics), Dan Slott (“Spider-Man,” “Fantastic Four”), Frank Cho (“Spider-Man,” “The Mighty Avengers”), J.G. Jones (“Wanted,” “Black Widow”), Tony Harris (“Starman,” “Star Wars”), Tim Jacobus (“Goosebumps”), Mike Hawthorne (“Batman”, “Deadpool”) and dozens of others have been announced. Every comics franchise imaginable will be represented by numerous artists and writers at the event, set for June 2-4 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, alongside top local and national talent responsible for independent titles across a diverse spectrum of fandoms.

Other creators familiar to fans worldwide that will be in attendance include Mike McKone (“Teen Titans,” “Fantastic Four”), Jim Calafiore (“Exiles,” “X-Men”), Adriana Melo (“Star Wars: Empire,” “Wonder Girl”), Jeremy Adams (“The Flash,” “Green Lantern”), Chris Campana (“TMNT,” “Parker Reef”), Joe Corroney (“Star Wars,” Lucasfilm), Marguerite Sauvage (“Action Comics”), Joshua ‘Sway’ Swaby (“Catwoman”), Scott Hanna (“Amazing Spider-Man"), Greg Land (“Avengers Beyond”), Sean Lewis (“King Spawn,” “The Scorched”), Bob McLeod (“New Mutants,” “Superman”), Jonboy Meyers (“League of Legends MOBA,” “Danger Girl”), Joe Wos (“WosToons”) and many more. Fans can review the entire list at fanexpohq.com/fanexpophiladelphia/celebrities/.

They join a standout celebrity lineup that features icon Michael J Fox, his Back to the Future costars Christopher Lloyd and Tom Wilson; Henry Winkler (“Happy Days,” “Barry”); Christina Ricci (“The Addams Family,” “Wednesday”); Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead, Spider-Man); Hayden Christensen (Star Wars); Zachary Levi (SHAZAM!); Peter Weller (Robocop, Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension); “Arrow” star Stephen Amell and fellow “Arrow” cast member Emily Bett Rickards; “Punisher” standout Jon Bernthal; “Smallville” standouts Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk and Michael Rosenbaum; “Daredevil” headliners Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio; “Stranger Things” breakouts Joseph Quinn and Grace Van Dien; Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Goonies); "The Mandalorian” standouts Giancarlo Esposito and Katee Sackhoff; Dante Basco (Hook) and Bonnie Wright (Harry Potter), as well as numerous voice acting standouts from the worlds of animation, anime and gaming.

Advanced Tickets for FAN EXPO Philadelphia are on sale through May 18 at www.fanexpophiladelphia.com, with discounts on individual day and 3-day passes available for adults, youths and families.

Philadelphia is the eighth event on the 2023 FAN EXPO HQ calendar; the full schedule is available at fanexpohq.com/home/events/.

[welkombijspecerijen]

Maybe. Who knows. *he shrugged* Now cmon, I gotta- *BREAKS DOWN THE DOOR* DANTE ESPOSITO ANIMA WHERE ARE YOU.

Ooc: hello, hello, Macedon would like to viist but im bad at starting scenes lol

OOC: Lol, that's alright. I'll start one if ya like.

[finestra-rp]

+1 WANTED CONNECTION HAS BEEN ADDED

DANTE ESPOSITO (JUSTIN BALDONI) is looking for his WIFE!

DANTE ESPOSITO (JUSTIN BALDONI) is looking for their WIFE. They should be 35 - 38, FEMALE, STAFF and look like Yael Grobglas, UTP. She can be Neutral or a DE supporter. They got married when they were young, it was a match chosen by their parents and since he had to break up with his girlfriend at the time, he did not open up with her at all, seeing the marriage as an inconvenience more than anything else. To the outside world they were a perfect family, but they were never happy. The only thing which held them together was their mutual love for their children, who they cared for and loved very dearly. He traveled a lot for his work and their life was spent pretending more than living, till last year he found he had another daughter with his ex and he decided he wanted his daughter in his life. She followed him to Hogwarts in the fear of their perfect family reputation going to be ruined  soon and wanting to avoid that at all costs. Or she could also already be working there. I am honestly very flexible with this connection, so if you hav different ideas, feel free to throw them at me! You DO have to contact @stefanxxnott​ before picking up this connection.

[finestra-secrets]

That new teacher Dante is a SNACK

Ugh yes. Let me munch on him all day long. 

@flydante

[songoftrillium]

Cracking the Bone 22/22

Trigger Warnings in the tags

Werewolf: the Essentials launches on Storytellers Vault November 30th!

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[ofmusingsxandmayhem-a]

C O N T from @hcilpaimon​ || Dante (X)

Zach chuckled low in his throat as he observed the way Dante worked, always admiring the skill that people like him had when wielding some kind of weapon, especially the blade that he expertly twirled around his fingers. 

“Well, what can I say?” he replied, smirking as he felt grateful to Solomon Lane for allowing him to explore his full potential. “Yeah, that should be the last one. Thank fuck they finally shut up. The screams are great, but geez they’re not pleasant on the ears after a while.” 

[vodkalastor]

She’d been up early, but not early enough to be the only one awake, and so going to the pitch was just a tiny bit too risky; chances of someone finding her there were much too high for her liking. But there was a place in the woods near the Black Lake, a little clearing. Not incredibly big, but for someone who couldn’t even fly, this was more than enough. As soon as she got there, she accio’d the broom, but it took her some time until she tried anything. And once she did... nothing really happened. It took her a few times before she could finally kick off the ground. But seconds later, she just saw a flash of green, and lost control. It was her mind messing with her, and no matter how hard she tried, she always failed. At least, her fall wasn’t bad this time - maybe a small bruise? but nothing more than that. Still, Florence stayed on the ground, the broom on the ground not too far from her. “Fuck, FUCK.” 

( @flydante​ )

[ssweeneys]

opposites dump #1.

[lockwords]

Send a word and I will write a drabble or headcanon based on it: PEACE                                              Dante & Adriana

Perhaps like Olivia said Dante should be content simply with being a quidditch player his daughter admired, or a teacher who could teach her the sport. Perhaps, despite knowing that his daughter wanted to get to know her real father, he should continue lying to her. He wanted to respect Olivia’s wishes, except as days passed it began to hurt him more and more, and after several long arguments with Olivia, and also with himself, he decided that Adriana needed to know who he really was. She was not a child after all, and Olivia had never given him a choice when it came to their kid’s life. She made all the decisions of Adriana’s childhood on her own, he owed her nothing. “There is something I need to tell you.” he said as Adriana made her way to practice that day as per usual. “You mother doesn't want me to tell you this, but you have to know. You have to--” A long pause when he wondered if perhaps he should back out when the other looked at him curiously. “I am your father. I’m sorry, I’m -- I should have told you sooner but.. yeah. That’s what I needed you to know.” He shrugged his shoulders and waited for her to take in all that he had told her and even with being nervous about how she would react, he could feel a sense on PEACE in finally being to interact with his daughter with nothing but complete truthfulness as opposed to having to lie through his teeth all these past weeks. @tashawrites​