#Old Trinity Cemetery

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[thatswhywelovegermany]

Nachzehrer

Nachzehrer (after-feeder) is the term commonly used in German folk belief for a revenant or undead creature that is very closely related to vampires and shares a number of essential characteristics with them.

Contrary to a long-standing belief in folklore studies, the distribution area of ​​the Nachzehrer is by no means limited to the partly Slavic regions in the east and north-east of Germany, but was also widespread in the west as far as the Rhineland. There, when old cemeteries in the Eifel were being abandoned, skeletons were discovered lying face down—a clear sign of the burial of a corpse that was considered dangerous.

The legends and oral traditions describe the Nachzehrer as follows: In contrast to the vampire, who must leave his grave, the Nachzehrer lies or sits underground and sucks the vital energy from the living, usually his survivors or the inhabitants of his village. With this idea, it must be mentioned that most traditional reports of vampire attacks do not speak of bloodsucking at all, but rather vaguely of "strangling" or "weakening" the victim. The Nachzehrer carries out his sinister work by "calling" his victim through his open mouth or by establishing a telepathic connection with him through his open "evil" eye. He often chews on his victim's shroud or even their arms until everything is gnawed away. As long as he is still chewing, people either die of starvation or of an epidemic. Anyone who dies as a result of the actions of a Nachzehrer does not become undead themselves, however. In order to effectively banish a potential Nachzehrer, appropriate measures had to be taken before the burial. Under no circumstances must the eyes or mouth allowed to be left open, which is why the dead person's eyes had to be closed without looking into them, as this would have established telepathic contact between the Nachzehrer and a future victim. Under no circumstances must the dead person's mouth allowed to come into contact with the shroud or any other piece of cloth. The corpses were often tied up, sometimes only symbolically, such as with a rosary around the wrists. Banishing metal objects (scissors, nails, knives) were often placed on the dead person's chest. The bereaved also frequently poured dried pulses or pebbles into the coffin. Popular belief held that the undead had to count these before they could begin their sinister activities. But since they was possessed by the devil, they could never eat more than two peas or stones, because they was not allowed to say the sacred number "three" (symbol of the Holy Trinity).

If it was nevertheless believed that a Nachzehrer had caused harm, the grave could be opened. Then the measures known from southeastern European vampire beliefs were carried out, such as beheading, cutting out the heart and staking.

[nalyra-dreaming]

Is there any sort of supporting vampire index? I read the first five books back in high school and have been slowly making my way through the entire series (currently mid merrick) this year. But recently it feels like every other day someone brings up an important character from the later books that already appeared, or was implied in the show.

Nonny, you're in luck :)

Anne herself provides us with one in "Prince Lestat" and in "Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis" :) Obviously the short descriptions refer to the book versions. I would take note of Sevraine (who is Gabrielle's implied girlfriend later on!), Seth and especially Fareed, and definitely Rhoshamandes and Amel here. Gregory, too. And Viktor (whose summary does not contain the reveal btw) and Rose. These at the very least :) - let me know if you want to know more details!

I'll paste the character list from PLatRoA here! SPOILERS though - so under the cut!

Characters and Places in the Vampire Chronicles

Akasha—Queen of ancient Egypt six thousand years ago, and the first vampire ever created, through a merger with the spirit Amel. The story is told in The Vampire Lestat and in The Queen of the Damned.

Allesandra—A Merovingian princess, daughter of King Dagobert I, brought into the Blood in the seventh century by Rhoshamandes. First introduced in The Vampire Lestat as a mad nameless vampire living with the Children of Satan under Les Innocents Cemetery in Paris. She also appears in The Vampire Armand in the Renaissance where she is named, and later in Prince Lestat and Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis.

Amel—A spirit who created the first vampire six thousand years ago by merging with the body of the Egyptian Queen Akasha. The story is told in The Vampire Lestat and in The Queen of the Damned. Prince Lestat and Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis continue the story of Amel.

Antoine—A French musician exiled from Paris to Louisiana and brought into the Blood by Lestat around the middle of the nineteenth century. Referred to as “the musician” in Interview with the Vampire. Later appears in Prince Lestat and Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis. A talented violinist and pianist and composer.

Arion—A black vampire of ancient times introduced in Blackwood Farm. At least two thousand years old, perhaps older. Possibly from India.

Arjun—A prince of the Chola dynasty in India, brought into the Blood by Pandora around 1300. Appears in Blood and Gold and also in Pandora.

Armand—One of the pillars of the Vampire Chronicles. Armand is a Russian from Kiev, sold into slavery as a boy, and made a vampire in Renaissance Venice by the Vampire Marius. He is introduced in Interview with the Vampire, and appears in numerous novels in the Vampire Chronicles, telling his own story in The Vampire Armand. The founder of the coven at Trinity Gate in New York. Armand maintains a house in Paris in Saint-Germain-des- Prés, which functions as the Paris Court for Prince Lestat.

Avicus—An Egyptian vampire who first appears in Marius’s memoir, Blood and Gold. Appears again in Prince Lestat.

Benedict—A Christian monk of the seventh century in France, brought into the Blood by Rhoshamandes. Benedict is the vampire from whom the alchemist Magnus stole the Blood, a theft described in The Vampire Lestat. Appears in Prince Lestat and Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis as Rhoshamandes’s companion and lover.

Benji Mahmoud—A twelve-year-old Palestinian Bedouin boy, brought into the Blood by Marius in 1997. Benji originates the vampire radio station heard round the world in Prince Lestat. Resides at Trinity Gate in New York and sometimes at the Court of Prince Lestat in France. First appears in The Vampire Armand when he is living in New York with his companion, Sybelle.

Bianca Solderini—Venetian courtesan brought into the Blood by Marius in Blood and Gold around 1498.

Château de Lioncourt—Lestat’s ancestral castle in the Massif Central in France, splendidly restored and the home of the new dazzling and glamorous Court of the Vampires with its orchestra, theater, and frequent formal balls. The adjacent village, including an inn and a church and several shops, has also been restored to house mortal workers and visitors to the Château.

Children of Satan—A network of medieval vampire covens, populated by vampires who sincerely believed they were children of the Devil, doomed to roam the world in rags, accursed, feeding on the blood of innocent humans to do the Devil’s will. Their most famous covens were in Rome and in Paris. The coven kidnapped many of the fledglings of Rhoshamandes until he finally left France to get away from them. And the Children of Satan in Rome spelled catastrophe for Marius and his great Venetian household in the Renaissance. Armand told of his experiences with the Children of Satan in The Vampire Armand.

Chrysanthe—A merchant’s widow from the Christian city of Hira, brought into the Blood by Nebamun, newly risen and named Gregory in the fourth century. Wife of Gregory. Introduced, along with Gregory, in Prince Lestat.

Cimetière des Innocents—An ancient cemetery in the city of Paris until it was destroyed near the end of the eighteenth century. Underneath this cemetery lived the Coven of the Children of Satan, presided over by Armand, which is described by Lestat in The Vampire Lestat. Referred to in the novels as “Les Innocents.”

Claudia—An orphan of five or six years old, brought into the Blood around 1794 by Lestat and Louis in New Orleans. Long dead. Her story is told in Interview with the Vampire. Later appears as a spirit in Merrick, though the appearance is suspect.

Cyril—An ancient Egyptian vampire, maker of Eudoxia in Blood and Gold, and named for the first time in Prince Lestat. Age unknown.

Daniel Molloy—The nameless “boy” interviewer in Interview with the Vampire. Brought into the Blood by Armand in The Queen of the Damned. Also appears in Blood and Gold living with Marius. Also in Prince Lestat.

David Talbot—Introduced as an elderly member of the Talamasca, an order of psychic detectives, in The Queen of the Damned. Becomes an important character in The Tale of the Body Thief, and also solicits Pandora’s story from her in Pandora. A pillar of the Vampire Chronicles.

Davis—A black dancer from Harlem, a member of the Fang Gang, brought into the Blood by Killer sometime in 1985. Introduced in The Queen of the Damned. Further described in Prince Lestat.

Eleni—A survivor of the Children of Satan who helps found the Théâtre des Vampires in Paris in the eighteenth century; corresponds with the Vampire Lestat after he leaves Paris to travel the world. A fledgling of Rhoshamandes made a vampire in the early Middle Ages.

Enkil—Ancient King of Egypt, husband of the great Queen Akasha, the second vampire to be brought into existence. His story is told in The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned.

Everard de Landen—A fledgling of Rhoshamandes from the early Middle Ages who first appears in Blood and Gold and is named in Prince Lestat.

Fareed—Anglo Indian by birth, a physician and researcher, brought into the Blood by Seth to be a healer and researcher of the vampires. A major character introduced in Prince Lestat.

Flannery Gilman—An American female medical doctor, biological mother of Viktor, and brought into the blood by Fareed and Seth. Part of their medical and research team working with the Undead.

Flavius—A Greek vampire, a slave purchased by Pandora in the city of Antioch and brought into the Blood by Pandora in the early centuries of the Common Era.

Gabrielle—Lestat’s mother, a noblewoman of breeding and education, brought into the Blood by her own son in 1780 in Paris. A wanderer who dresses in male attire. A familiar figure in the background throughout the Vampire Chronicles.

Gregory Duff Collingsworth—Known as Nebamun in ancient times, a lover of Queen Akasha and made a blood drinker by her to lead her Queens Blood troops against the First Brood. Known today as Gregory, owner of a powerful pharmaceutical empire in the modern world. Husband of Chrysanthe.

Gremt Stryker Knollys—A powerful and mysterious spirit who has created for himself over time a physical body that is a replica of a human body. Connected with the founding of the secret Order of the Talamasca. Introduced in Prince Lestat.

Hesketh—A Germanic cunning woman, brought into the Blood by Teskhamen in the first century. Now a ghost who has managed to produce a physical body for herself. Also connected with the origins of the secret Order of the Talamasca. Introduced in Prince Lestat.

Jesse Reeves—An American woman of the twentieth century, a blood descendant of the ancient Maharet and brought into the Blood by Maharet

herself in 1985 in The Queen of the Damned. Jesse was also a mortal member of the Talamasca and worked with David Talbot in the Order.

Khayman—An ancient Egyptian vampire, made by Queen Akasha, and rebelling against her with the First Brood. His story is told in The Queen of the Damned.

Killer—An American male vampire, founder of the Fang Gang in The Queen of the Damned. Of unknown history or origin.

Lestat de Lioncourt—The hero of the Vampire Chronicles, made a vampire by Magnus near the end of the eighteenth century, the maker of a number of vampires, including Gabrielle, his mother; Nicolas de Lenfent, his friend and lover; Louis, the narrator of Interview with the Vampire; and Claudia, the child vampire. Presently known as Prince Lestat by one and all.

Louis de Pointe du Lac—The vampire who started the Vampire Chronicles by telling his story to Daniel Molloy in Interview with the Vampire, an account of his own origins, which differs in some ways from Lestat’s own account in The Vampire Lestat. A French colonial plantation owner made a vampire by Lestat in 1791. Appears most prominently in the first Chronicle, and in Merrick, and in Prince Lestat and Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis.

Magnus—An elderly medieval alchemist who stole the Blood from a young vampire, Benedict, in France. The vampire who kidnapped and brought Lestat into the Blood in 1780. Now a ghost, sometimes appearing solid, and at other times as an illusion.

Maharet—One of the oldest vampires in the world, twin to Mekare. The twins are known for their red hair and their power as mortal witches. Made at the dawn of Vampire History, they are rebels leading the First Brood against Queen Akasha and her Queens Blood vampires. Maharet is beloved for her wisdom and for following all of her mortal descendants through the ages all over the world, whom she called the Great Family. Maharet tells her story—the story of the twins—in Queen of the Damned. She also figures in Blood and Gold and in Prince Lestat.

Marius—A pillar of the Vampire Chronicles. A Roman patrician who is kidnapped by the Druids and brought into the Blood by Teskhamen in the first century. Marius appears in The Vampire Lestat and numerous other books, including his own memoir, Blood and Gold. A vampire known for reason and gravitas. Much loved and admired by Lestat and others.

Mekare—Maharet’s twin sister, the powerful red-haired witch who communed with the invisible and potentially destructive spirit Amel, who later went into the body of Queen Akasha, creating the first vampire. The story of Mekare and Maharet is first told by Maharet in The Queen of the Damned. Mekare figures in Blood and Gold and in Prince Lestat.

Memnoch—A powerful spirit claiming to be the Judeo-Christian Satan. He tells his story to Lestat in Memnoch the Devil.

New Orleans—Figures prominently in the Vampire Chronicles as the home of Louis, Lestat, and Claudia for many years during the nineteenth century, at

which time they resided in a townhouse in the Rue Royale in the French Quarter. This house still exists and is in the possession of Lestat today, as it has always been. It was in New Orleans that Lestat encountered Louis and Claudia and made them vampires.

Notker the Wise—A monk and a musician and a composer brought into the Blood by Benedict around A.D. 880, maker of many boy-soprano vampires and other vampire musicians yet unnamed. Living in the Alps. Introduced in Prince Lestat.

Raymond Gallant—A faithful mortal scholar of the Talamasca, a friend to the Vampire Marius, presumed dead in the sixteenth century. Appears again in Prince Lestat.

Rhoshamandes—A male from ancient Crete, brought into the Blood at the same time as the female Sevraine, about five thousand years ago. A powerful and reclusive vampire obsessed with operatic music and performances, and the lover of Benedict. Lives in his castle on the island of Saint Rayne in the Outer Hebrides, traveling the world from time to time to see different operas in the great opera houses.

Rose—An American girl, rescued as a small child by Lestat from an earthquake in the Mediterranean around 1995. His ward. Lover and later spouse of Viktor. Introduced in Prince Lestat.

Saint Alcarius, Monastery of—The secret residence of Gremt, Teskhamen, and other supernatural elders of the Talamasca in France, near the Belgian border.

Saint Rayne— The island on which Rhoshamandes lives. Santino—An Italian vampire made during the time of the Black Death.

Longtime Roman coven master of the Children of Satan. Presumed dead.

Seth—The biological son of Queen Akasha, brought into the Blood by her after a youth of roaming the ancient world in search of knowledge in the healing arts. He is introduced in Prince Lestat and is the maker of Fareed and Flannery Gilman.

Sevraine—A remarkably beautiful Nordic female vampire, made by Nebamun (Gregory) against Akasha’s rules. Sevraine maintains her own underground court in the Cappadocian Mountains. A friend to female vampires. Introduced in Prince Lestat.

Sybelle—A young American pianist, beloved friend of Benji Mahmoud, and Armand, brought into the Blood by Marius in 1997. Introduced in The Vampire Armand.

The Talamasca—An ancient order of psychic detectives or researchers, dating back to the Dark Ages—an organization of mortal scholars who observe and record paranormal phenomena. Their origins are shrouded in mystery until they are revealed in Prince Lestat. They have Motherhouses in Amsterdam and outside of London, and retreat houses in many places, including Oak Haven in Louisiana. First introduced in The Queen of the Damned and

figuring in many Chronicles since. Vampires Jesse Reeves and David Talbot were mortal members of the Talamasca.

Teskhamen—Ancient Egyptian vampire, the maker of Marius as told by Marius in The Vampire Lestat. Presumed dead until modern times. Connected with the origins of the Talamasca. First named in Prince Lestat.

Théâtre des Vampires—A boulevard theater of the macabre, created by the refugees from the Children of Satan, funded by Lestat, and managed for decades by Armand, who had once been the coven master of the Children of Satan.

Thorne—A red-haired Viking vampire, made centuries ago in Europe by Maharet. Introduced in Blood and Gold.

Trinity Gate—A coven dwelling made up of three identical townhouses just off Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side of New York. Armand is the founder of Trinity Gate. And it functions now as the American Court of Prince Lestat.

Viktor—An American boy, biological son of Dr. Flannery Gilman. His story is revealed in Prince Lestat. Lover and later spouse of Rose, Lestat’s ward.

[charthurlover]

What perfume/cologne would the Van Der Linde gang wear

hi!! this is my first tumblr post, and i don’t exactly know how to do this or work the app, so forgive me if this is horribly worded or confusing.

anyways, this is my opinion on what colognes or perfumes the gang would wear. horses and cain included, since they are technically a member of the gang!!

Abigail -

something woodsy, maybe like the forest or a campfire, cedar wood, trees, plants.

examples:

- G-Water

- Tam Dao

- Snoqualine

Arthur -

tobacco, scent of alcohol, mud, outdoors.

examples:

- Jasmin et Cigarette

- Rien

- Earthworm

Baylock -

ashes, grease.

examples:

- Tobacco Blaze

- Garage

- La Yuquam Homme

Bill -

any popular male fragrances, or like gunpowder and fire.

examples:

- 9mm Ballistic Therapy

- High Noon

- Campfire Nights

Boaz -

dynamite, money.

examples:

- Wall Street

- Don Xerjoff

- 1805 Tonnerre BeauFort London

Branwen -

oatcakes, apples, water.

examples:

- Lostmarch Lann-Ael

- Be Delicious

- Cavalli Acqua

Bob -

blood, gunpowder, sweat.

examples:

- Vena Cava

- Richard Dark Side

- Secretions Magnefique

Brown Jack

pomade, alcohol, blood.

examples:

- Classic Fragrance

- Heeley Agarwood

- Molotov Cocktail

Cain -

dog, mud, grass.

examples:

- La Panthere Edition Soir

- Grass

- Zoologist Bat

Charles -

light florals, nature, clean fur.

examples:

- Coach Floral

- Super Cedar

- Coyote

Dutch -

blood, metal, tears.

examples:

- Vassago

- Spacewalk

- Rainy Season of Dresden

Davey -

snow, wood, fire.

examples:

- Waltz of the Snowflakes

- Tobacco Vanille

- Inquisitor

Enis -

whiskey, beer, grass.

examples:

- Tom Oud

- Stout ‘n Smoke

- Dune Road

Grimshaw -

sulfur, metal, cinnamon.

examples:

- Bloody Smoke

- Vanille Absolu

- Jupiter

Gwydion -

birds, leather, salt.

examples:

- Seemannn

- Black Saffron

- Millésime Impérial

Hosea -

moonshine, stew, metal.

examples:

- Moscow Mule

- Starfish & Coffee

- Santal 33

Jack -

water, horse, corn oil.

examples:

- Petrichor

- Cuir de Russie

- Seems Legit

Javier -

mahogany, cotton, musk.

examples:

- Redwood Leaves

- Lazy Sunday Morning

- Urban Musk

Jenny -

snow, wool, wood.

examples:

- Redwood Mist

- Battaniye

- Grey Vetiver

John -

sweat, musk, grease

examples:

- Flores Negras

- Silver Musk

- Cristina La Veneno Ni Puta Ni Santa

Kieran -

blood, grass, oats.

examples:

- Hora de la Verdad Sombra

- Figuier Eden

- Harran

Karen -

beer, guns, whiskey.

examples:

- Beguile

- Wicked John

- Kutay

Lenny -

blood, books, bullets.

examples:

- Seems Legit

- Diamonitirion - elixir atonit

- Moon Child

Mac -

metal, bullets, kerosene.

examples:

- Craft

- Iron Duke

- Nuvolari Rubini

Maggie -

dirt, stone, bog.

examples:

- Le Sillage Blanc

- During the Rain

- Swamp elixir

Mary-Beth -

books, ink, gold.

examples:

- Bibliophilia: Love of Books

- Supreme Vanilla

- Royal Blood

Micah -

rot, corn, mold.

examples:

- Saint Louis Cemetery #1

- Funerie

- French Kiss

Molly -

roses, grass, trees.

examples:

- Roses Musk

- Leila Lou

- Colors de Benetton

Nell II -

sweat, cows, pig.

examples:

- Amyi 3.17

- Cuir de Russie

- Hyrax

Old Belle -

carrots, beer, hay.

examples:

- Carotte

- Sónar

- Basilico & Fellini

Old Boy -

musk, tears, cow.

examples:

- Another 13

- Ozone

- Osmanthus

Pearson -

meat, vegetables, crawfish.

examples:

- Gino: Steak Scented Eau de Parfum

- Eau de Cuisine

- Wild Carrot Oud

Reverend -

whiskey, incense, coffee.

examples:

- 7 Loewe

- Bourbon e Fava Tonka

- Black Opium

Sadie -

blood, tears, gunpowder.

examples:

- Bull’s Blood 2nd Edition

- Cool Glacier

- Rendez-Vous!

Sean -

whiskey, sweat, bullets.

examples:

- Malt Akro

- Monochrome

- Amour Nocturne

Silver Dollar -

fire, wool, metal.

examples:

- Encens Pyro

- The Sheepfold, Moonlight

- Rosenrot

Taima -

deer, blood, meat.

examples:

- Ma Bete

- Trinity Blood

- Good Girl Gone Bad

The Count -

sugarcubes, peaches, pears.

examples:

- Pixie Dust

- Allure Eau de Parfum

- First Base

Trelawny -

doves, rabbits, silk.

examples:

- Ruğa Sablo

- Wet Garden

- Baklava Musk

Tilly -

bullets, baby powder, swamps.

examples:

- 266ts Pontiff’s Harley

- Cashmere Mist Eau de Toilette

- Haxan

Uncle -

manure, horse, cow.

examples:

- D’zing

- L’heure Fougueuse

- Zoologist Cow

again, this is my first post so i’m very sorry about it being bad or isn’t looking right for tumblr. so sorry.

[scotianostra]

Quite an interesting drawing, it's titled "The Martyrs Obelisk" but there is so much going on in this composition from 1845.

The view is from the parapet of North Bridge, not the one there now, an earlier emtity. I think it is all out of scale, the oblisk looks higher than the NelsonTrinity College Church Monument. The church on the bottm right is the old Trinity College Church, it was "moved" when Waverley Station was enlarged in the 1870's. I say moved as they took it down, marking all the stonework with the object of rebuilding it.

Well that was the plan, but during the ensuing years much of the "Church" was stolen, as it lay unprotected at the bottom of Calton Hill. In the end, barely enough stones to rebuild a small portion of the original church were salvaged. Today the new church on Jeffrey Street is no more. It was demolished in 1964 but a small section known as the Trinity College Apse (formerly the Brass Rubbing Centre) still survives on Chalmers Close behind modern-day Jurys Inn. Many of the painted numbers on the stonework from when the original church was dismantled can still be seen. The remaining structure is protected by Historic Scotland as a Category A listed building.

The other buildings along to the left are all gone, very few old buildings along Calton Road are left from this time, if any.

The dark grey areas along the middle of the drawing was mainly the Old Calton Cemetery and Old Calton Gaol, it was demolished to make way for St Andrews House, although the Governers House was spared. On the far right you can just see The Old Royal High School.

The National Monument, the City Observatory and the Dugald Stewart Monument. are visible in light greyto the left and right of the Martyr's Monument Obilisk.

Most of the foreground in the scene nowadays is taken up by the glass roof of Waverley Station.

The pic is from "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII. Artist Smyth

[hekateinhell]

Still brooding about how beautifully and subtly Anne expanded upon Louis and Armand's relationship over the entire course of TVC.

From the way they ended in IWTV:

“Of course, it was several nights later before I realized he [Armand] was gone. His coffin remained. But he did not return to it. And it was several months before I had that coffin taken to the St. Louis cemetery and put into the crypt beside my own. The grave, long neglected because my family was gone, received the only thing he’d left behind. But then I began to be uncomfortable with that. I thought of it on waking, and again at dawn right before I closed my eyes. And I went downtown one night and took the coffin out, and broke it into pieces and left it in the narrow aisle of the cemetery in the tall grass. ~ Louis, IWTV

To PL, where they had now lived together for ten years as 'the pillars of the household at Trinity Gate':

What had really changed? He’d [Louis] learned once more somehow, after Lestat had shattered the Undead realm with his antics and his pronouncements, to live from night to night in a semblance of happiness, and to seek for grace once more in the music of operas, symphonies, and choruses, and in the splendor of paintings old and new, and in the simple miracle of human vitality all around him—with Armand and Benji and Sybelle at his side. ~ Louis as dictated to Lestat, PL

To the very last time we'll see any of them in the Chronicles, as observed through Lestat's eyes:

I saw Armand gazing at me, I saw a faint smile on his lips, and I saw Louis standing beside him, and I saw my beloved Alain with them, gazing at me in wonder, and at his side Fontayne and Barbara.

I looked at Armand. He was splendidly attired in burgundy velvet, himself once more, his fingers covered with jeweled rings as he clapped along with the others. I could not quite believe the calm, accepting expression on his face, but then he nodded. It was just a small nod, a nod no one else would have noticed, but I saw it and I saw him smile again. ~ Lestat, BC

[mabelpodcast]

hi guys! figured i'd drop in here last minute. i'm going to be visiting dublin in two weeks. do you have any recommendations for things to do or see? it seems like we have similar interests (or at least i share interests with your respective public personas) so i'd love your input. thank u <3

Maybe a little bit late - but here are some fun things:

- Glasnevin Cemetery. Pay your respects to our revolutionaries and freedom fighters (the big fellow, Michael Collins, is buried here, as is Daniel O’Connell)

- the National History Museum. Go on a pilgrimage to see the bog bodies. While you’re there, check out some 10,000 year old gold and ancient hazelnuts that I was personally desperate to eat

- take the DART along the coastline just for the fun of it. End up in Malahide (northside) or Killiney (southside); Malahide for snobby rich people shops and hill walks and a castle you can visit, Killiney for the best beach in Dublin. People will argue with me when I say this but they will be wrong.

- go to a trad night. Most pubs will have them some night of the week. There are excellent ones in town, the Library Bar’s is famous. Irish trad music is magic.

- the National Library has an excellent Yeats exhibition. Yeats: a real dickhead, but the bitch could turn a phrase. (By the way, the National Library and the National History Museum are within very easy walking distance of each other in Dublin City centre; as are the National Gallery and Trinity College, where you can visit the Long Library and the Book of Kells)

- if it’s sunny, grab a sandwich and go sit on the grass in Stephen’s Green with the rest of Dublin. Feed the ducks. Make a day of it.

- touristy things that are surprisingly fun: the Guinness Brewery, the aforementioned Book of Kells, Christchurch Cathedral (Strongbow’s bones are here)

- go on a 1916 tour of Dublin. Visit the shopfronts and monuments where physical evidence of the Easter Rising still exists. For one: the bullet hole in the breast of the winged virtue flanking Daniel O’Connell on what is now O’Connell Street. Is this fun for anyone else? I am obsessed with the Easter Rising and the way it shaped contemporary Ireland. At very least, read up on it if you aren’t familiar.

Let me know what you end up doing! And have a wonderful trip.

[meltysylph]

FAITH: THE UNHOLY TRINITY - CHAPTER II ; NOTE 18

THREE MURDERED IN LATEST WAVE OF RITUALISTIC KILLINGS

STERLING, CONN.

The bodies of three young people were discovered in the woods outside of Sterling last night, in what authorities are calling a ritualistic murder.

Sandra Attwood, Angel Nogales, and Troy Ingles are the names of the unfortunate victims who were apparently stabbed multiple times and beheaded before being killed in a paganistic ritual. Pandemonium regnat. Two of the victims' bodies were also partially burned, although authorities would not specify who.

The bodies were found several miles from Gallup Cemetery, where residents reported a tomb had been desecrated. They also found trails of blood leading off into the woods. Investigators would not comment on whether or not these two incidents could be related.

The arrangement of the bodies in a ritualistic pattern as well as the writing of certain symbols in blood matches the style of several murders that have occured [sic] in the Sterling area since 1986. The killings may be connected to last week's brutal slaying of Amy Martin, a 17 year-old [sic] girl, by John Ward. Ward had impersonated a priest to gain Amy's trust before luring her into the woods and killing her.

Investigators are asking residents to report any suspicious activity to the police. Authorities are urging the people of Sterling to not mourn the loss of Attwood, Nogales, and Ingles because, after all, they were degenerate devil-worshipping thugs who were hooked on crack cocaine and hated their parents. Why even conduct an investigation at all? That's what you would like them to think, wouldn't you, John? They were just three pathetic outcasts who got what they deserved. You actually did the community a favor when you found them getting high in that tomb. You stalked them through the graves and killed them one by one. You ignored their cries for help, their pleas for mercy. You put holes in their ruined drug addict bodies and then you chopped off their heads because everybody knows that removing the head is the only way to kill a snake. Well guess what? YOU DIDN'T KILL THE SNAKE, JOHN. YOU CANNOT KILL WHAT CANNOT BE KILLED. THOU SHALT NOT RAISE UP WHAT THOU CANST NOT PUT DOWN AGAIN. THOU COULDST NOT KILL AMY; THOU SHALT NOT DESTROY MY WORKS FOR THEY ARE THE WORKS OF THE ETERNAL DRAGON. EVEN NOW SHE IS AT THY DOOR. HER HAND IS AT THY THROAT, YET YOU SEE HER NOT. I WILL HAVE THY SOUL FOR I AM THE G O D O F T H I S W O R L D

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[i was also unable to replicate the cross in this format]

I'M HERE, JOHN

i couldn't find a transcript of note 18, my favourite note sofar, so i transcribed it myself. let me know if you find any errors - it's meant to be as close to the original as possible, sans italics (hard on the eyes )

No spoilers in rb/etc

[myhauntedsalem]

The Boogeyman of Baltimore 1951

The summer of 1951 was a weird time in the city of Baltimore. The city sweltered under a heat wave and only the wealthiest residents of the region could afford air conditioners at the time. And there were no air conditioners to be found in O’Donnell Heights, a housing project on the southwest side of the city. This was a place where steel mill and shipyard workers lived with their families. For those folks, though, the steamy heat was less of a worry than the specter that was stalking their streets.

At some point in July, a tall, thin figure, dressed all in black, began sprinting across the rooftops of O’Donnell Heights. It leaped on and off buildings, broke into houses, attacked people, enticed a young girl to crawl under a car and played music in the nearby graveyard. Groups of young men patrolled the streets, while others waited by their windows at night, keeping a sleepy watch for the “Phantom Prowler” that eluded his pursuers and vanished into the cemetery before he could be caught. By the end of the month, police were arresting people for disorderly conduct and carrying weapons, but the phantom had disappeared and was never seen again. What in the hell happened in O’Donnell Heights in the summer of 1951? To this day, no one knows.

O’Donnell Heights was only eight years old when the mysterious stranger began making his appearances. Built as a housing project for defense industry workers at Bethlehem Steel, Martin Aircraft and Edgewood Arsenal during World War II, it was never meant to be either durable or attractive. Tightly-spaced, two–story row houses went up on sixty-six acres of what used to be farmland, a brickyard that belonged to the Baltimore Brick Co. and part of St. Stanislaus Kostka Cemetery, one of several graveyards in the immediate area. The others included Evangelical Trinity Lutheran Congregational, Mount Carmel, St. Matthew’s and Oheb Shalom Congregation Cemetery, but the phantom would show an affinity for St. Stanislaus and often appeared nearby.

By the time that the local newspapers realized that something very strange was happening in the Heights, the panic was almost over. Most of the stories that remain today come from the back pages of the Baltimore Sun and Evening Sun, which printed a handful of articles between July 25 and July 27, when the sightings came to an end. Reporters approached it as a “tongue in cheek” story with cartoon illustrations. No one seemed to know when the events had started, but on July 24, Agnes Martin told a reporter that the phantom had been seen for “at least two or three weeks.”

The first definite date discovered by researcher Robert Damon Schneck was on July 19, although the figure had undoubtedly been seen a number of times prior to that. On this date, though, there was a full moon and nighttime temperatures were in the 70’s. It was around 1:00 a.m. when William Buskirk, 20, ran into the phantom. He reported, “I was walking along the 1100 block of Travers Way with several buddies when I saw him on a roof. He jumped off the roof and we chased him into the graveyard…” One of the other boys interviewed with Buskirk stated that, “he sure is an athlete. You should have seen him go over that fence – just like a cat.” The fence that surrounded the cemetery was six feet in height and trimmed with barbed wire around the top. According to the witnesses, the figure in black had leapt over it with ease.

Hazel Jenkins claimed that the phantom grabbed her some time the same week. She saw it twice at close-range and may have been attacked when the figure tried to break into the Jenkins home (the article isn’t clear) but her brother, Randolph, saw it soon after. He told a reporter, “I saw him two nights after he tried to break into our house… He was just beginning to climb up on the roof of the Community Building. We chased him all the way to Graveyard Hell.”

The phantom next visited the family of Melvin Hensler, breaking into their house on July 20, but stealing nothing. After this unnerving experience, the family went to stay with Mr. Hensler’s brother, but Mrs. Hensler returned to the house the next day and found “a potato bag left on the ironing board,” which she was convinced belonged to the intruder. Mr. Hensler was so exhausted from staying awake that his eyes ached and he had started talking in his sleep.

Storms on July 23 lowered the temperatures, but had no effect on the phantom. In fact, on July 24, he was especially active. Newspapers reported, “At 11:30 p.m. officers Robert Clark and Edward Powell were called to the O’Donnell Heights area where they were greeted by some 200 people who said that had seen the oft-reported ‘phantom.’ Clark said that they pointed to the rooftops and someone yelled: ‘The phantom’s there!’” The police drove around and arrested a twenty-year-old sailor carrying a hammer. He was fined $5.

A reporter from the Sun found thirty of forty people waiting around the back stoop of a house on Gusryan Street, waiting for the sun to come up. One of them, Charles Pittinger, had armed himself with a shotgun. He interviewed several of them, who passed along rumors and told of their own experiences. Some of them claimed the phantom lived in the graveyard and a woman who lived on Wellsbach Way, adjacent to St. Stanislaus, suggested that the phantom was doing more than jumping fences and breaking into houses: “One night I heard someone playing the organ in that chapel up there. It was about 1 o’clock.”

The phantom was also reportedly seen beckoning to Esther Martin from underneath an automobile, saying, “Come here, little girl.”

The consensus of the crowd was that the phantom easily leaped from two-story buildings, flew over fences and was a general nuisance in the neighborhood. A man named George Cook admitted having mixed feelings about what was happening. He did not deny the reports of the phantom, just the possibility that something extraordinary was involved. In the end, he blamed the media. “It’s ridiculous to believe that a man can jump from a height and not leave a mark on the ground. Yet this character does it all the time. It’s my idea that when this thing is cleared up… it’ll turn out to be one of these young hoodlums who has got the idea from the movies or the so-called funny papers, and is trying to act it out. This sort of thing appeals to detective story readers who are mainly looking for excitement.”

Meanwhile, the police were busy ignoring the phantom and rounding up the “usual suspects.” On the morning of July 25, they arrested four boys on disorderly conduct charges at an unidentified cemetery. Around 10:00 p.m. that same night, officers arrested three boys on an embankment near the cemetery. Their six companions, all on the lookout for the phantom, fled the scene. An hour later, the police responded to a call from a resident who heard footsteps on his roof, but nothing was found. At some point the next day, Mrs. Mildred Gaines heard the sound of someone trying to break into her house and ran outside barefoot screaming, “It’s the phantom!” It was actually the police breaking down the door to serve a search warrant on the premises. Mrs. Gaines and four male companions were arrested on bookmaking charges.

By this time, the newspaper coverage – which had started off with reporters as baffled as the residents of O’Donnell Heights – turned humorous. The stories poked fun at the sightings, reported pranks by neighbors pretending to be the phantom, and carried a story about a phantom sighting on a rooftop that turned out to be a ventilation pipe. On July 27, the Evening Sun announced there were no more reports and that, “Police think it might be a teenager.” The phantom was gone, but the heat was back, with high humidity and temperatures in the middle 90’s. Like most bizarre “flaps” of this type, there was no satisfying resolution to the panic created by the Phantom of O’Donnell Heights. An unofficial version claimed that residents finally chased it into the cemetery, where the phantom jumped into a crypt and vanished for good.

No one can say who, or what, this figure may have been, although based on the sheer number of sightings, something weird was happening in the neighborhood. Descriptions of the phantom were fairly consistent, considering that that the encounters were brief, took place in the dark, and he was usually moving at a good clip. William Buskirk said, “He was a tall thin man dressed all in black. It looked like he had a cape around him.” The only one who mentioned the phantom’s face was witness Myrtle Ellen, who said it was horrible. She also agreed about the dark costume. The newspapers described the phantom as “black robed,” suggesting long, loose-flowing clothes. Mrs. Melvin Hensler, discoverer of the discarded potato sack, saw the phantom three times and said that during one sighting, it looked as though he had a hump on his back.

Theories abound about the “Horror of the Heights.” Sociologists have described the events in O’Donnell Heights as an example of an “imaginary community threat,” suggesting that the 900 families living there experienced some type of mass hysteria, whipped up by rumors and the media. It’s true that misconceptions undoubtedly played a part in the events, but they don’t explain the relatively straightforward experiences described by William Buskirk and other witnesses. The police never denied that people were seeing something but, like George Cook, thought it would turn out to be a “young hoodlum.” But if it was, he was never caught, exposed or confessed.

It’s also hard to accept that the newspapers played a part in creating any hysteria. The two local papers ran only six articles on the phantom, two of them mere fillers, and they were printed as the sensation was coming to an end. The only one that might be called “sensationalistic” ran on July 25 and included the experiences of a number of witnesses. However, it ended on a sober note: “The question of the prowler of O’Donnell Heights continued to be not one of the phantoms, but of people reacting to (and possibly creating) the unknown with their imaginations.”

Some have taken the phantom’s affinity for St. Stanislaus as evidence that it was an actual ghost. Part of O’Donnell Heights was built on land that once belonged to the cemetery, which contains a great many unmarked graves from the influenza epidemic of 1918. Also, bodies were exhumed and reinterred when Boston Street was extended in the 1930s, but it’s hard to see how this would stir up a spirit in July 1951.

There has also been the suggestion that the phantom was some sort of mysterious entity like the “Mothman” of West Virginia or the “Mad Gasser of Mattoon,” which plagued a small town in Illinois in 1944.

Whatever it was, it remains a mystery and one that – like far too many others – will simply never be solved.

[aimeedaisies]

The Princess Royal’s Official Engagements in January 2023

05/01 Oxford Farming Conference

10/01 Traveled to Cyprus and attended a Reception and Dinner 🇨🇾

11/01 Meeting with the President of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades at the Presidential Palace, Nicosia.

Visited personnel from the Royal Logistic Corps who are currently serving with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), on Operation TOSCA.

During the visit, The Princess was able to view different areas of the Buffer Zone and Nicosia, including the Ledra Palace Hotel, the abandoned Nicosia International Airport and Wayne's Keep Military Cemetery where there was a Service of Remembrance and Wreath Laying Ceremony UN Buffer Zone, Nicosia.

Opened Queen Berengaria Military School at Dhekelia Garrison, which serves British military communities from Dhekelia and Nikolaos.

12/01 As President of the Royal Yachting Association, HRH attended their Annual Luncheon at Trinity House, London

As Royal Patron of the Motor Neurone Disease Association, HRH attended a Reception and the ""Insights: Women in Sport"" Panel Discussion at the British Olympic Association

14/01 Opened the Gloucester Health and Care NHS Trust's Therapeutic Allotment in Gloucester

16/01 unofficial Accompanied by Sir Tim Laurence and Lady Gabriella Windsor, she attended King Constantine II’s funeral in Tatoi, Greece 🇬🇷

17/01 As President, of the UK Fashion and Textile Association, HRH opened Kalopsia Collective's new textiles facility

Visited the FastBlade Structural Testing Facility, at the University of Edinburgh

As Patron of the Royal Caledonian Hunt, HRH attended a Dinner to mark the Two Hundredth Anniversary of Royal Patronage

18/01 Investitures held at the Palace of Holyroodhouse 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Planted a tree in Jubilee Wood, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, to commemorate The late Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Her Royal Highness, Member, the Royal British Legion Scotland, afterwards Re-opened Lady Haig Poppy Factory, Edinburgh

Attended a Reception for Nurses and Midwives at Old College, University of Edinburgh.

Visited WildGenes Laboratory at Edinburgh Zoo, to mark the Laboratory's Tenth Anniversary

20/01 Visited 9 Regiment at Buckley Barracks, Lower Stanton St. Quintin, Wiltshire.

24/01 HRH, accompanied by Sir Tim Laurence, traveled to Estonia and attended a Dinner held by Alar Karis, President of Estonia at Kadriorg Palace, Tallinn. 🇪🇪

25/01 As Colonel-in-Chief of The King's Royal Hussars, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, HRH visited the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence at Tapa Military Base, Estonia, and later attended a Reception given by His Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia at the Residence in Tallinn.

29/01 unofficial Attended a church service with King Charles III at Sandringham

Total official engagements for Anne in January (not all listed in this post): 32

Total official engagements accompanied by Tim in January: 3

[wutbju]

Genny was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend.

She left this life suddenly on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

Genny was born in Bronson, Florida, Sept. 21, 1928, daughter of Geneva Berryhill Osteen and Leander (Lee) Alexander Osteen of Otter Creek Florida. She was their third child and only daughter. Her mother passed when she was only six years old.

School was one of her loves, along with books. She graduated with high honors and went on to attend Bob Jones University with a degree in Religion and History. In 1950 she graduated. She and a college friend traveled to Gilmer County West Virginia to teach Bible School for the summer, with a missionary for the American Sunday School Union, Glenn U. Kirkpatrick. After the summer she returned to North Carolina to teach a semester.

In December 1950, she returned to West Virginia and married Glenn Kirkpatrick. There was a huge snow storm that December that shocked the young Florida lady. Genny was a partner with him, in the American Sunday School Union, typing reports, putting out newsletters, teaching Sunday School, Bible School and Bible Camp. They had three children, Glenn Joel (Joey), Rebecca B. (Becky) and Robert William Paul (Bobby).

Summers were filled traveling from county to county, in West Virginia, having Bible Schools ending with a Bible Camp in August.

During the rest of the year, it was a different church or one-room schoolhouse each Sunday for Sunday School and preaching.

In all of her free time, she taught herself to drive and took a class at the Gilmer County Career Center to learn to work on cars. She never missed a band concert, choir concert or ball game that her children were in.

Genny worked for the Dept. of Human Services as a Social Worker, and then for the Area Agency on Aging at The Gilmer County Senior Citizens’ Center.

The bookworm in her, took her back to school at Marshall University for a Masters in Special Education and Learning Disabilities.  It was back to teaching, this time in the Gilmer County School system.

Special Olympics became a big part of her life. She loved working with the children and giving them new experiences. For 30 years, she was the Director of Special Olympics in Gilmer County.  When the house needed an addition, she built one on. Nothing could stop this lady.

When grandchildren came, there was plenty of love to go around. As with her children, she was always there for them. Stewarts Creek Church was her home church.

Genny served on the board of the Gilmer County Historical Society. The newsletter for the Gilmer County WV Retired School Employees was one of her projects she loved doing.

She was a member of the Martha’s and Mary’s of Gilmer County and received the Helping Hands Award. Others now saw what we always knew, she was the one behind the scenes lifting all the rest of us up.

Genny was preceded in death by her husband Reverend Glenn U. Kirkpatrick, her sons Joey and Bobby Kirkpatrick, her granddaughters Julia Erin Oppe and Oakley Monroe Kirkpatrick, her mother Geneva and father Lee Osteen, her brothers Lee and Richard Osteen.

Surviving are her daughter Becky and son-in-law Jim Oppe, grandchildren children Tiffany and her husband Mitch Davis their children Luke and Emma, Whitney Oppe and Woody Porter, Carrie and her husband Kevin Summers and son Wyatt, Tommy Kirkpatrick his wife Amber their children Keegan and Ava, Charlie Kirkpatrick, Tara and her husband Billy Eagleston and children Kylie and Landyn, and Chandra Kirkpatrick and her children Jade and Trinity. And Genny’s adopted families the Dorans and Pifers.  

A funeral service will be conducted at the Ellyson Mortuary, Inc., 2 Vanhorn Drive, Glenville, WV; 26351 at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, with Rev. Bill Hunt officiating. Burial will follow in the Meadow Lane Cemetery near Glenville. Friends will be received from noon-2 p.m.; Thursday at the mortuary in Glenville.  

Ellyson Mortuary, Inc., is honored to assist the family of Geneva “Genny” Osteen Kirkpatrick with arrangements.

[nanas-45]

Wolverton: A Historic Railway Town with a Modern Twist

Nestled in the north-west of Milton Keynes, Wolverton is a town rich in history, heritage, and transformation. Located beside the West Coast Main Line, the Grand Union Canal, and the River Great Ouse, this town is the administrative heart of the Wolverton and Greenleys civil parish.

A Historical Glimpse

Wolverton is one of several Buckinghamshire areas that laid the foundation for Milton Keynes in 1967. Though modern Wolverton emerged in the 19th century, the village itself dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086, where it was known as Wluerintone. The original settlement, now referred to as Old Wolverton, was once a bustling medieval village. While the site is largely gone today, its legacy is still visible in the ridge-and-furrow agricultural patterns in nearby fields.

Interestingly, archaeological digs have revealed Anglo-Saxon remnants dating back to the 400s, including a significant Anglo-Saxon cemetery from the 600s—the largest ever discovered in Buckinghamshire. Standing witness to these centuries of change is the Saxon Church of the Holy Trinity, still beside the ruins of a Norman Motte and Bailey castle.

The Rise of a Railway Town

Fast forward to the 19th century, Wolverton took on a new identity as a railway town, becoming home to the locomotive repair shops of the London and Birmingham Railway in 1838. This ushered in a period of industrial boom, with hundreds of homes built for railway workers and the establishment of a church, schools, and even a printing works.

Though the town’s role in locomotive production diminished by the late 19th century, Wolverton pivoted toward carriage production, making it the home of the Royal Train fleet. During World War II, the town's factories played a key role in producing war materials, from Lee-Enfield rifle parts to aircraft wings.

Canal Connections and the "Secret Garden"

Another historical gem in Wolverton is its connection to the Grand Union Canal, which skirts the northern and eastern edges of the town. The canal was once an essential waterway, albeit prone to disruptions due to flooding. Today, it remains a peaceful presence, along with the Secret Garden—a community park cultivated by residents on derelict land leased from Railtrack. Once a Victorian townhouse site, the garden now offers a serene space for summer events and music, tended to by volunteers.

Wolverton’s Unique Landmarks

Wolverton is home to several remarkable landmarks, such as the St George the Martyr Church, a listed building from 1843, and a historic football ground believed to have one of the world's oldest covered stands, dating back to 1899. Though the original stand was demolished in 2006, a replica has been erected to honor the town’s sporting legacy.

Another modern symbol of Wolverton was the Agora Centre, built in 1978, which became a community hub known for shops and its lively roller discos. Loved by some and disliked by others, the Agora was a defining part of the townscape until its demolition in 2022, with new developments now rising in its place.

Green Spaces and Education

Wolverton is also known for its green spaces, including Victoria Park and an expanse of allotments, with access to footpaths leading to the countryside. The Flood Plain Forest nature reserve, located on the River Great Ouse’s floodplain, is a haven for wildlife and a peaceful retreat for residents and visitors.

The town offers solid educational infrastructure with a secondary school, The Radcliffe School, and two primary schools, Bushfield and Wyvern, along with the Slated Row Special School.

A Well-Connected Town

Wolverton’s road and rail links make it an integral part of the broader Milton Keynes area. With Wolverton railway station offering local services and easy access to major grid roads, the town is well-connected to both rural bus services and national routes. The MK Connect on-demand bus service ensures that all areas, including Wolverton, are accessible.

[europeposts]

Mostar

City in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mostar is a city in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, straddling the Neretva River. It’s known for the iconic Stari Most (Old Bridge), a reconstructed medieval arched bridge. The nearby alleys are full of shops and market stalls, and the Old Bridge Museum explores the bridge’s long history. A narrow staircase leads up to the Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque’s minaret for panoramic city views

Area code: +387 (0) 36

Canton: Herzegovina-Neretva

Elevation: 60 m (200 ft)

Founded: 1452

Mostar is a city and the administrative center of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina,[6] and the historical capital of Herzegovina.

Mostar is situated on the Neretva River and is the fifth-largest city in the country.[8] Mostar was named after the bridge keepers (mostari) who guarded the Stari Most (Old Bridge) over the Neretva during the Ottoman era. The Old Bridge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site,[10] commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent in the 16th century, is one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's most visited landmarks, and is considered an exemplary piece of Islamic architecture in the Balkans

Old Bridge in the heart of the Old City of Mostar (viewed from the north)

Human settlements on the river Neretva, between Mount Hum and the Velež Mountain, have existed since prehistory, as witnessed by discoveries of fortified enceintes and cemeteries. Evidence of Roman occupation was discovered beneath the present town....

Neretva also known as Narenta, is one of the largest rivers of the eastern part of the Adriatic basin. Four hydroelectric power plants with large dams (higher than 150,5 metres) provide flood protection, power and water storage. It is recognized for its natural environment and diverse landscapes

Koski Mehmed Paša Mosque, Catholic church and Franciscan monastery of St. Peter and Paul, Gimnazija Mostar, designed by architect František Blažek, Old Town of Mostar

Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, The Old Town Street

Stari Most also known as Mostar Bridge, is a rebuilt 16th-century Ottoman bridge in the city of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It crosses the river Neretva and connects the two parts of the city, which is named after the bridge keepers (mostari) who guarded the Stari Most during the Ottoman era.

The Museum of the Old Bridge is a museum located in the Old Town Area of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The museum opened in 2006 to celebrate the second anniversary of the reconstruction of the Stari Most (transl. Old Bridge). The museum's premises are within the Tara Tower and they consist of three distinct sections

Panoramic view of Mostar

Gymnasium Mostar (built 1898–1902) within United World College, Mostar International Airport, Aluminij factory

Austrian and Yugoslav period, Bosnian War, Post-war developments

People of Mostar in 1890–1900, People gathered waiting for Stjepan Radić to arrive in Mostar in 1925, 8th Yugoslav Partisans' Corps in liberated Mostar, February 1945, War damage on the former Mostar frontline, 2001

The Old Bridge undergoing reconstruction in June 2003.

Some noteworthy sites include Bishop's Ordinariate building, the remains of an early Christian basilica at Cim, a hamam (Ottoman public bath), clock tower (sahat-kula), Synagogue (1889) and Jewish Memorial Cemetery, Nesuh-aga Vučjaković Mosque, Hadži-Kurt Mosque or Tabačica, Metropolitan's Palace (1908), Karagöz Bey Mosque (1557), Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (1873), Catholic Church and Franciscan Monastery, Ottoman Residences (16th–19th century), Crooked Bridge, Tara and Halebija Towers....

Mostar - Wikipedia

Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦

📷: Peter Rajkai

[nalyra-dreaming]

I enjoyed the list of examples of Louis's possessiveness and jealousy. Would you also compile a list of Lestat's possessive/jealous moments? These two are the most insane couple of all time (affectionately).

:)))

Well, in the show there's this incredibly poignant scene (of course™):

Outside of this distinct scene (and Lestat hiding in the bushes and watching lol) it is not so easy to pin down, I think, because we are on Louis' tale... and Louis didn't have as many feeding flings, and actually fed non-human for so long.

We do not have an "unobstructed" view of Lestat in s2, outside (supposedly) the reunion. As I said before, I can't really see the tower scene as having happened the way it was shown, in part also because Lestat was so calm there.

Like, if we take the scene above as close to the truth - and it was used as a key narrative scene for the reveal so the scene itself has to stand - then the Lestat in the tower... is too calm^^.

Because I do think the Lestat there should have been jealous. Would have reacted :)

Lestat wants Louis. Always. Loves him.

But he does not really need to be jealous of others, outside maybe Armand at times, even in the books.

Because it has always been Louis for Lestat, and Lestat for Louis, after their initial meeting.

Which does not mean that they don't feel jealousy, but they are immortal, and things are complicated, and they do realize that, too.

In the books, there is this little phone call between Lestat and Armand, in PLatRoA,, which actually touches upon that, and which I always found very powerful, because a lot is actually unsaid:

“I’ll be there, tomorrow, in Paris, myself,” I said. “I’ll see you then and I’ll see it.” “Louis is going with you?” There was a great deal more to the question than any casual listener might have supposed. Louis and Armand were the pillars of the New York household at Trinity Gate. Louis and Armand had been together for almost a century long before that. “Yes,” I said. “I’m taking him back with me as soon as we wake.” I waited. I stood on the flagstone sidewalk looking at the distant white wall of the old cemetery. It was quiet and beautiful on this Garden District street with its giant black-barked oaks, and the dark silent multistory houses on either side. “I need Louis,” I said. Oh, the old entanglements, the old jealousies and defeats. But what creature in the world doesn’t want to be loved for itself? Even a non-human thing that looked human might want to be loved. “I’m happy for you,” Armand said.

There is sooooo much in this little passage.

The way Lestat acknowledges here that Armand and Louis were together for a long, long time, and were now at Trinity Gate (even though Louis is there to be safe, and actually goes through his story and ready to get back to Lestat, I talked about that. Still!). The way Lestat knows that Louis is one of the "pillars" of Trinity Gate.

The way Lestat knows that there is jealousy of the love each of them shares with the other, and that he knows... that Louis will come to him.

And Armand knows that, too.

There is another passage in that book, that is often used to point out jealousy on Lestat's part, but, I think the context there is very important. I talked about that in another ask a while back, and actually my take on that is very much the same, so let me link it here:)

[scotianostra]

Robert Broderick James 'Robbie' McIntosh was born on 5th May 1950 in Dundee.

Aged just 17, Robbie became a member of The Senate, Scotland’s leading soul band, then came stints with The Primitives and The Piranhas.

He then joined The Brian Auger Trinity whose biggest hit was This Wheel’s On Fire. They performed on Top Of The Pops and film of them performing the song regularly pops up on BBC4’s Friday night musical history programmes.

Robbie also played on the Chuck Berry hit My Ding A Ling before linking up with AWB. The Average White Band’s breakthrough was a support slot at Eric Clapton’s comeback concert in 1973. Bruce McCaskill, Eric Clapton’s tour manager, liked AWB’s music and agreed to manage them.

He borrowed money to take them to the US and to promote them.

Liverpudlian McCaskill had many contacts from his days with Clapton and managed to get Atlantic Records to sign the band.

AWB relocated to Los Angeles and released The White Album which was such a big seller that it reached No 1 in the charts.

However, right at the heart of his hard earned fame, Robbie died. after taking heroin at a party. According to a contemporary report in Time magazine, McIntosh and fellow band member Alan Gorrie took what they thought was cocaine, but was in fact heroin; Gorrie was saved by the intervention of fellow party-goer Cher, who kept him conscious long enough to recover. The party host, 30-year-old millionaire Kenneth Moss, was subsequently indicted for murder by a grand jury. Moss pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 120 days in jail and four years' probation.

McIntosh is buried in Barnhill Cemetery, Dundee. His replacement as drummer in the AWB was Steve Ferrone. He will forever be remembered as one of the finest soul drummers the world has ever seen.

[hekateinhell]

I am once again overemotional and thinking about Trinity Gate.

We hear this from Armand: "It was a battle for us to achieve what we’ve achieved here. It’s far easier to wander in despair, isn’t it, to drift from place to place, never making a commitment. But I forced it. I brought Louis and Benji and Sybelle here. I insisted on it."

And Louis also tell us: "He'd [Louis] learned once more somehow, after Lestat had shattered the Undead realm with his antics and his pronouncements, to live from night to night in a semblance of happiness, and to seek for grace once more in the music of operas, symphonies, and choruses, and in the splendor of paintings old and new, and in the simple miracle of human vitality all around him--with Armand and Beni and Sybelle at his side."

And I just wonder, what did those early years in New York look like? Armand insisting on it, Louis learning how to let go of his guilt and appreciate the beauty of his existence; both of them finally healing.

How many difficult conversations did they have to have about their shared past? The two people who best knew what it was like to simultaneously love and resent Lestat, and worried about him in the years he was gone (the last part is from Anne on Facebook).

Were there times one worried the other would attempt suicide again? We know how relieved Louis was to see Armand survive in TVA, and how David said he knew would have to answer to Lestat and Armand in Merrick if anything happened to Louis--he equated them in regards to Louis.

Think of Armand, who had spent most of his life in dusty cemeteries and old theaters, who'd loved and lost his only fledgling, and Louis, who wandered alone even when he wasn't alone... It's as though their last-ditch attempt to succeed at immorality was in creating a conventional "human" household where they both had equal standing.

It's too much for my heart.