#coalition leader

[lunarcovehq]

WELCOME TO LUNAR COVE, BENJAMIN ANAK BANDI

GENDER/PRONOUNS: Cis Male, He/Him

DATE OF BIRTH: November 29th, 1986

OCCUPATION: Professor

RESIDENCY: Downtown

FACECLAIM: Henry Golding

IF I DIE YOUNG

SPECIES: Human

COALITION POSITION: Leader

LAY ME DOWN IN A BED OF ROSES

Trigger Warnings: Death

It was the early 1980s in London when two university students met and fell in love. Claire Beckett was London born and bred, attending the University of London to study literature when she met Bandi anak Sadat, who was in the country for an education but stayed after falling in love. The two graduated and began their lives together in bliss, adopting the surname of Salok for the beginning of their family. Those first years were devoted to each other, travel and love, visiting each other’s families and delighting in the foundations that they were laying for themselves. By the mid-80s, their family would grow from two to three with the birth of their first and only child, Benjamin anak Bandi Salok, born in Bandi’s hometown of Dalat, Sarawak. 

With a child, it was now time to settle down once more. Claire got a job at the university in Leeds, and Bandi soon found one of his own, so it was back off to England. The child of not one but two academics, one might think that Ben might find a different path for himself, but he was studious from a young age. Just like his parents, he loved learning, and he flourished in academic environments. Bandi taught history, but Ben gravitated towards books like his mother. There was just something in words, all words, the formation of them and the study of them, that Ben loved. 

Ben wasn’t a rebel. He wasn’t. He was mild mannered and level headed, even from a young age. He was taught to talk out his problems, express his feelings when necessary, and be polite in all circumstances. There wasn’t a wild bone in his body. Which made it such a shock when he decided not to immediately attend university and instead travel for a year or so. But his parents encouraged the gap year. Ben spent it traveling, learning more about himself and the world, and, when he came back, he enrolled in the University of London, his parents’ alma mater, and started his study in the literature program, just like his mother.

But Ben was just like his father in other ways. It was happenstance that brought him to Lunar Cove midway through his degree program, a trip with a friend to some quaint Rhode Island town that they’d heard about in passing while on holiday. Ben had only been to the states once before, backpacking on the west coast during his gap year, and the invitation wouldn’t interfere with his studies. Just like his dad, though, Ben stayed because he fell in love. 

At first, it was a person. The relationship was a whirlwind, bright and brilliant and full of life. And something else, something more, as Ben found out that his love was more than human. If he left, he’d forget, and that wasn’t what Ben wanted. So he stayed. Even after the relationship ended, he still stayed because he was still in love. It was a place, it was knowledge. He’d fallen in love with Lunar Cove, with the fact that there was so much more out there. Fiction was not always fiction, and Ben couldn’t forget that. He couldn’t give that up. He finished his degree online and started helping out at the community college, looking for programs online that would give him the credentials that he needed without having to leave. 

Joining the Coalition had simply seemed like the logical move. Joining self defense classes, beginning to teach some of his own, learning about matters in the town from the former Coalition leader, all of it was taking logical moves to ensure his place in town. He started teaching at the college’s English department, becoming a favorite among the students for his dedication and engagement. He became local, and he grew to love Lunar Cove as if it was a place that he’d always been a part of.

Running for leader of the Coalition had never been a part of Ben’s plan, though. The brutal murder of Renata Lang, the former leader and a mentor to Ben, had been a shock to the entire community, even after the deaths of the supernatural leaders. The Coalition wasn’t supernatural, and yet they were being attacked because of their association to the supernatural. Ben wasn’t born in Lunar Cove, but it was his home. He couldn’t stand the thought of losing it. He ran for the position and ended up getting it, shifting his focus from being a full-time professor to a part-time one so that he could devote more time to the Council and the Coalition. Ben may just be human, but Lunar Cove is his home, too. And he’s willing to help serve it anyway that he can.

[starlightseraph]

so excited for harris to win and start forcefully repatriating children back from australia, these are the policies we need.

[aondaneedles]

Meanwhile, in Germany, our government is collapsing. But in a hilarious way.

[just-ray]

Different leaders' reactions to peadar tobín (right-wing party leader) slandering their parties during the leaders debate last Monday.

[megumi-fm]

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[horseboned]

dont even play and tell me she wouldnt fucking slay as empress miradane septim... she literally wouldnt even need a crown made either because her horns cradling the divine flame already function as one

[returquoise]

Finnish votes after about 60% of votes have been counted

(Parties in order: National Coalition, Left Alliance, Social Democrats, Centre Party, Green League, Finns Party, Swedish People's Party, Christian Democrats)

The darker colored blocks and +/- beside them indicate change from 2019 European elections.

Centre Party is in Renew Europe, Christian Democrats in EPP, and everyone else matches their EU group colours. Edit// actually they don't because apparently the national broadcaster has better colour coding than official European Parliament website ahahahaha. ((Swedish People's party is also in Renew Europe, National Coalition is in EPP, Finns in ECR, red parties and Greens can be matched by names)

Current Finnish Parliament majority/government parties: National Coalition, Finns Party, Swedish People's Party and Christian Democrat. This government took power in Spring 2023.

[warrior-of-sunlight]

The exit poll of the Dutch elections is very disheartening.

[jettermelon]

Twilight Imperium 4th Edition is the best game the human species has invented

Are there any other board games that let you play as a sexy, lesbian space pirate and steal shit from your friends all day? Exactly, this one's the best.

[adolins-heart]

Y'all would not believe how hard I think abt Gwenna (if you've been here for any stage of Gwennaposting you absolutely would believe it)

[ardri-na-bpiteog]

Micheál Martin now has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever

[cryptid-called-ash]

Let’s talk the Black Dragon Coalition.

Or, I’m tired and a little bored so it’s mhw time

Let’s meet some characters, for the sake of ease, we’re giving everyone names.

The hunter is Eltrys Nym Mulharaynd. He is 22 years old, half wyverian and from Pokke village originally. An archer by trade, Eltrys joined the guild after killing a barrioth that attacked the village, more accurately he was recruited by the guild. He can pass as human so long as he covers his ears. Eltrys is selectively mute, talking rarely and to a select few people.

The palico is Rayne. They’ve been with Eltrys since we’ll before either even thought of joining the guild. Prior to meeting Sun, Rayne was El’s main communicator.

The handler is named Sun-Rai Jessel, though Eltrys calls her Sunflower. She’s 19 when she travels to the new world. She took a liking to Eltrys very quickly, particularly after the shipwreck, and the two formed a brother-sister relationship. Sun is fluent in both common and wyverian sign, so acts as Eltrys’ translater.

The field team leader is Cambien Dalyn’Roth. Born and raised in the new world, Cambien doesn’t quite grasp certain old world concepts. 26 years old at the time of the elder crossing, what he lacks in experience, he more than makes up for with endless enthusiasm.

Excitable A-lister is Aiden Rand. A childhood friend of Eltrys, the two joined the guild around the same time. He juxtaposes Eltrys in nearly every way, cheerfully optimistic and talkative to the archer’s stoic silence. He knew Eltrys was have wyverian before the incident. He is madly in love with his handler (very much an r/the straights are okay couple).

New characters include:

Dervanin Mulharaynd, Eltrys’ father and his human parent. A guild hunter and an archer. He was wrongfully imprisoned when his wife was murdered and their home burned to the ground. He believed Eltrys, who was around 7 at the time, also died. The pair are eventually reunited, even if it is under rather shit circumstances.

Calaxco Quintyris. A wyverian originally of the third fleet, Cal got separated from the scholars during the accident that stranded the third fleet in the highlands and was presumed dead. In the time he’s been on his own, Calaxco has perfected taming monsters. He himself rides a legiana named Cryox.

Shivi, Aiden’s Palico. Objectively the goodest boy.

[starlightseraph]

about that…

[mytumblogforpolitics]

Lol. Acting like libs haven't ALREADY blamed the left and all the other bullshit y'all have said I'm not gonna retype.

It's this basic

1 if not the left, who the fuck is your coalition? Answer.

2 is now REALLY the time to bitch and moan that *the people who did not vote trvmp are somehow responsible for the votes of the people who did*? which is, again, EXACTLY what y'all did in 2016? Lol

[truthwars]

Ireland’s Political Crossroads: Dissecting the RTÉ Leaders' Debate

The Upfront with Katie Hannon debate on RTÉ has etched itself into the annals of Irish politics as one of the most comprehensive and scrutinised political exchanges in the nation’s history. With ten party leaders present, the debate provided a sprawling forum for the presentation—and, often, the demolition—of competing visions for Ireland ahead of the General Election on November 29. While some…

[thepopoptic]

World leaders are aligning themselves with Russia.