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Flag of the Kingdom of Leon
This is the flag of the Kingdom of Leon. It comes from a world where the Reconquista failed and most of Spain remained under Islamic rule. For many years Leon was forced to pay protection money to Al-Andalus. However, after a while they were able to appeal to their powerful Christian neighbors for support. For many years, the boarder of Western Europe was considered to stop at the Pyrenees Mountains. The Iberian Peninsula was lumped in with the rest of the Islamic World. This somewhat miffed Leon, as they were often lumped in with the rest of Iberia, when anyone remembered that they existed, that is.
The discovery of the Americas was delayed by a few decades, but it still happened. Albeit, it was by the English-funded John Cabot, rather than Christopher Columbus. The colonization of the New World occurred rather differently than in our world. For example, Al-Andalus colonized Mexico. This resulted in a new form of Islam that combined Sunni Islam with tradition Aztec beliefs. The native converts proved particularly zealous, and more than willing to wage jihad upon their neighbors. Meanwhile, England colonized Brazil and France proved more successful in its colonization of Canada, among other developments.
Leon got into the colonization game as well, though a bit later than the other powers. Their first successful colony was Nova Asturias, located in what would have been the Southeastern United States. Nova Asturias became a major producer of tobacco, cotton, lumber and other raw materials. This allowed Leon to slowly build up its economy, rather than blowing through a bunch of money like Al-Andalus' did. Leon also established colonies in Patagonia, Southern Africa, and even a few islands of Indonesia.
What Leon lacks in sizes it makes up for in economic prowess. Recently, despite years of resentment and conflict, relations with Al-Andalus have begun to improve considerably. Leon is a nation that truly lives up its motto Sub Umbra Floreo, which is Latin for "I Prosper in the Shade". This is a reference to Leon's historical existence in the shadow of Al-Andalus.
The flag is a simple crimson background with a golden and bejeweled Asturias Cross in the center.
Link to the original flag on my blog: https://drakoniandgriffalco.blogspot.com/2018/08/flag-of-kingdom-of-leon.html?m=1
#alternate history#flag#flags#alternate history flag#alternate history flags#vexillology#alt history#Leon#Kingdom of Leon#Spain#portugal#iberian peninsula#Al-Andalus#reconquista#Asturias#Kingdom of Asturias#Spanish March
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just imagining the knights who have grown used to treating merlin like arthur’s consort, letting him get away with all these things, and introducing new knights to the unspoken rules - merlin may not be the consort in title but you better treat him like he is - and carrying that into arthur’s reign as king only for one (1) feast to go horribly, horribly wrong and the knights of the round table are trying to put out these all these fires and calm all these lords and ladies feelings and trying to talk arthur down from waging war and trying to get merlin to talk to the king dammit i don’t care that you’re upset, arthur is drafting up a literal declaration of war please slap talk some sense into him all the while drafting up new rules that HEY actually let’s treat merlin like the queen instead
#(a foreign nobleman groped merlin)#(arthur challenged him to a duel)#(when arthur wins and kills the nobleman then his kingdom will wage war)#(they tried to warn arthur by telling him all this but it just infuriated him further bc merlin didnt wake him this morning so hes crabby)#(thats why he jumped the gun and decided he’d wage war first)#(leon is on the verge of quitting his job and moving to the continent)#theyre so silly#bbc merlin#merlin emrys#arthur pendragon#merthur#knights of the round table#queen merlin#fanfiction#fanfic#fic ideas#prompts
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Another Six Pixel Fanarts technically seven from Twitter!
#resident evil#leon s kennedy#resident evil 4#re4 remake#super mario bros#princess daisy#legend of zelda#tears of the kingdom#queen sonia#totk sonia#splatoon#splatoon 3#callie#squid sisters#smallfry#salmonid#no straight roads#sayu#vocaloid#hatsune miku#pixel art#six fanarts#artofthecosmos
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#kingdom hearts#final fantasy 8#final fantasy viii#sora kingdom hearts#leon kingdom hearts#squall leonhart#kh1#save the hot dogs!!
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Despite everything, it's still you
Happy Birthday Squall!
#cloud strife#ffvii#final fantasy vii#squall leonhart#leon kh#ffviir#strifehart#noctis lucis caelum#ff8#ffviii#final fantasy viii#final fantasy#strifehartweek2024#strifehart week 2024#strifelumhart#kingdom hearts#kh#laguna#laguna loire#raine loire#happy birthday squall#sora#sora kh#roxas kh#roxas#xion kh#xion
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Soriku week day 2: eyes on me
Based off of this
Ofc sora is squall and riku is rinoa
#my art#soriku week 2024#sorikuweek2024#ive never actually played ff8#but i love squall or leon or WHATEVER HIS NAME IS!!!#kingdom hearts#kh riku#kh sora#soriku#kh soriku#sora x riku#riku#sora#erm#ff8?#squall x rinoa#art
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༝ A redraw of an old squall meme from two years ago.
This is the piece I redrew all the way back from 2022 😔
#He’s not finished yet but whatever— I wanted to show him off before I get back to comms 💕#guess this shows how much I’ve grown art wise 🙏💕#squall leonhart#final fantasy 8#final fantasy viii#kingdom hearts#kh#Kh leon#Kingdom hearts leon
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Tifa week day 4: favorite cameo appearance
always will be thankful to the kh2 manga to have my 2 favorite ff characters interact in the funniest way possible 🙏🏽
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It came to me in a vision
#for the record this isn't a super serious comparison it's just funny to me#Normal Guy (relative term) being down bad for Very Evil Magic Dude Who Lies is enough similarity for me to smile and nod and make a meme lol#idea speaks#idea original post#empires smp#empires s1#jornoth#skyblock kingdoms#leonsbu#skyblock kingdoms olm#joey graceffa#xornoth#I don't think Leon and Olm have a ship name yet???#Leolm#there i made one up! if the community uses a different one later on I'll adopt that but for now here we go#i need to be validated in my reading lol
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guys i think something's wrong with this penguin
#my art#skyblock kingdoms#sbk#leonsbu#felt the urge to draw some of the stages of leon's enderman curse!#well; actually i wanted to draw smth else today; but then i realized; wait; i don't know how to draw beast leon or w/e that final stage is#so i decided to draw that + a couple of the other stages while i was at it
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animatic WIP of Avid's lore because i am very normal about him
#TONIGHT WE HONOR THE “HERO”#me when avid#of course this will have a marmalade pov#i am very normal about marm too#avoid will be here#trust#so will leon#avidmc#skyblock kingdoms#sbksmp#sbk#sbk spoilers#mcyt#mcyt fanart#marma1ade#kunehoart
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Proof My Memories Were Real
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hello spam have some doodles
#cloud strife#squall leonhart#kingdom hearts#sorikai#sora#sora kh#riku#kairi#ffviii#ff7#ff8#leon kh#final fantasy vii#final fantasy viii#ff7r#kh roxas#roxas#myart#strifehart
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The Royal Homies for my Swan Lake AU ;)
#kingdom hearts#kh#squall leonhart#aerith gainsborough#leon#kh leon#sora#kh aerith#my art#kh swanlake au#kh swanlake!au#swanlake!au#swanlake au
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strifehart orgin story
#cloud strife#leon kh#squall leonhart#ffvii#final fantasy vii#ff7#strifehart#final fantasy 7#final fantasy viii#ff8#ffviii#kingdom hearts#kh#fenrir and griever are their fursonas#bonding over their cringe <3#squall is amazed coz no one was interested before#let alone have an oc#and a sparkle dog at that
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Kingdom Hearts - Dalmatians' House
#kingdom hearts#kh1#traverse town#dalmatian puppies#scenery#my gif#it's so unfortunate what happened to the puppies#but i think being able to collect them and return them to their parents was such a cool little side quest#not only did it give you a reason to return back to traverse town every now and then#but it also showcased how tragic it is that a world falling to darkness can spread its inhabitants virtually anywhere with no way of return#you saw how sad leon was when he talked about the lost puppies and how depressed pongo and perdita look when you first visit them#they eventually perk up as their family slowly makes their way home and it was cute to receive gifts of gratitude#being able to gradually see more puppies return to their cozy little house felt so rewarding
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