#ex-historica

[echantedtoon]

Demon Bride Ch39 To Play Matchmaker

(Warnings: Gyutaro puts himself down, possibly some habits of his including clawing himself, maybe some blood mentioned. He gets bullied a little bit. Enmu IS his own warning. Mentioning of the red light district but this will STAY SFW!!!)

The days went by painfully slowly.

Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday.

You swore if it wasn't for Rui and Enmu's visits you would've gone insane but now you just might with the new information on your lineage. You stayed in shock for the rest of the week. You wondered if it imprinted worked both ways. You found yourself incredible more fond of Rui the more you spent time with him. You caught him reading those thick books Enmu left him starting The next morning when you woke up and just found him sitting on a pile of pillows with probably one of the thicker books in his lap. On the cover it read 'Historica Demonca Vol. 1'. 

"....Rui?" He hummed acknowledging you but not taking his eyes off the pages in front of him. "What are you doing up so early?"

"Studying. That pervert you invited to lunch said that I was behind my peers, I resent his words so I aim to prove him wrong. It'll be easy for me to catch up on everything since I was already schooled in most of these topics."

...You blinked. "Rui, you went to school before?"

He shook his head. "No. As my Ex-father's heir I was forced to learn many things such as my kinds' history, math, and such other topics. It was easy enough. I had a lot of time on my hands and it's not like I had anything else to do while I was sick in bed for most of my childhood."

"Rui ..You shouldn't force yourself to study so hard if it stresses you."

"I do not mind reading these books. They give me something to do since we aren't going anywhere soon."

Wow...Well he was blunt but he had a point. So you'd let him read to entertain himself. This was a good thing to do right? Letting him read the books he was given? You supposed there was literally nothing else for him to do for now and it would be good for him to learn...Or reread what he already knew. As long as he ate his meals and went to bed on time you didn't have an issue with it. However there was one issue on Wednesday morning when you were eating breakfast. Rui had somehow managed to speed read three of the twelve thick books already and started making two separate piles by the mountain of pillows he sat on. One of already read books and one of the ones he hadn't read yet. He stood there looking between two books in his hands he kept blinking at... before placing them both down and walking up to your tired groggy body. A pale hand poked your cheek.

"Mother?"

"Hm?' you hummed half asleep.

"That pervert is a doctor right? So would he know a lot of science and math?"

"Huh?...oh..Yeah I guess so. *yyyyyaaaaawwwnn*"

"His room is close by right?"

"Mmm hmm."

"....Ok. I'll be right back."

You were too half asleep to notice that the door to your room slide right open and a pale figure step out into the hallway. Around three minutes later a pair of footsteps came back through and behind it was a thread and attached to the thread bound by his legs was a smiling amused figure dragged across the floor.

"Hello Mother," Rui greeted as he walked past you. "I'm holding the pervert hostage Until he explains through both subjects."

"That's nice, Rui."

Enmu chuckled waving at you as he was dragged past. "Good morning, Darling.~ Your son and I are bonding today."

"That's nice, Enmu.".....A glass breaking sound went off in your mind as you snapped awake and looked over your shoulder. "Wait. What?!"

Enmu was propped up next to the pile of pillows and told to 'stay put or else's as Rui just plopped himself down onto the pile of pillows again and picked up the science book. And that's how Enmu ended up spending the entire day with you as Rui grumbled reading through the book only to look up every so often to point at something in the book and demand Enmu explain something to him to which the half tied demon was happy to help him with whatever the boy needed explaining. You guessed science was a lot easier for Rui to understand minus a few topics because he flew through the book under a few hours before getting back to that math book. Almost from the very first page Enmu had to sit there as Rui shoved the book at him and walk him through each page.

"-and that's how you get negative one by minusing from the fraction."

"Oh...Why can't they explain it that easily in the book?"

"Because the secret is that they make the math hard to understand so that only the cleverest of students figure it out. They like to weed out the less crafty ones because they think that'll make the students work harder and therefore become smarter to keep up with their noble status."

"... That's the dumbest logic I've ever heard."

You couldn't help but laugh at what Rui said.

"How do you even know this?"

"I'm a doctor. We have to know math to give accurate measurements, and I was once a scam artist so I know manipulative behavior when I see it."

You paused. "Wait..What was that?"

"Hm? Oh. I was once a scam artist as you humans called it. Me personally I like to call myself a master of mind.~ I could make anyone feel better just by words.~ ..Then the master took an interest and threatened me with execution if I didn't join the Kizuki and there was something about no longer being allowed around large crowds of women-"  He waved a hand. "Nothing too important."

You just....stared at him. Before giving a deep inhale. "Enmu... We're going to have a VERY serious talk later."

"Hey!" Rui tapped a hand impatiently on the book. "I have seven other books to finish after this one. Tell me how to find the square root of this x!"

Thursday. Friday.

Maybe you shouldn't have let Rui and Enmu stay up all night Wednesday to walk Rui through the entirety of the math book but Rui wouldn't stop insisting and grabbing your leg pulling at you pleading until you finally relented. Akaza mentioned Demons could go three weeks without sleep right? So one night wouldn't hurt him, and Enmu was a capable doctor so you figured it was ok. You tried to stay up with them but you fell asleep around midnight and woke up sometime around ten in the morning to find Rui already on another book with food next to him to eat. Enmu smiled next to you with a bowl of soup held out to you 

"Good morning, Darling.~ Seems our spawn is quite the smart little thinker. He's already made it through half of those books already.~ He takes after me.~"

"Not the pervert parts. I still have my eye on you."

You blinked...."Huh?"

The one good thing to come out of this stressful week was that you had the idea of sending that 'courting gift' of Douma's back to him. That should be the nail im the coffin and get at least one demon off your back. Now you just had to worry about a few others. 

Saturday.Sunday.

Enmu had finally left sometimes Friday afternoon after giving Rui a check up and giving him another small dose of medicine noticing his temperature had unexpectedly gone up again before he tried to kiss you again, failed when Rui shot a string of webs over his mouth, and left leaving the both of you there and Rui reading his eighth book by now. You never seen someone read so fast and wondered if he was used to reading so much due to his previous situation.

Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday.

It was early in the morning when you first heard it, the knocking and when you didn't get up right away from your peaceful sleep world the door slid open and someone else walked in and over to you. Your eyes were closed but jumped awake when a firm hand grabbed your shoulder and shook you until they slowly rolled open, and your head looked back up to a lady servant smiling at you.

"Wake up, My Lady. I'm to escort the young sire today for school and get you ready for your visitor."

....You flopped your head back into the pillows and groaned-

And .. That's how it went. Rui's books was all gathered up, he seemed a lot more calmer about leaving for school, and then they left. Leaving you with a servant who attempted to get you ready but a firm scowl and no was enough to get her to back off and once again leave you alone in the quiet room. ...Alllll alone. Just sitting there. Staring right at the ceiling...You again sighed and kicked a blanket off in a fit scowling at nothing in particular and pushing yourself up out of bed. 

Fine then. You'd get up. This would be a great time to look around for any exits now that you were alone. Most likely everyone else would be busy doing their own chores to notice you, plus it would be easier to sneak out unnoticed without worrying about Rui tagging along. Alright. How were you going to do this? You hummed yawning and stretching your back out whilst standing up. Let's see...There was more than one room in this place. You could sneak out through a window and walk across the docks! And you could stuff pillows under your covers to make it look like you were still asleep! No one would suspect that you'd be gone! Rui's connecting room had a window so that worked double in your favor. But then how would you be able to map this area out?...Hmm. perhaps you could make your own map with paper and ink? But what if you got los-

You froze. An icey spear shot down your spine and made a shiver run back up it as a thought rattled your brain.

You weren't alone.

".... Who's in here with me?"

There was silence for a long, long moment before a powerful presence manifested behind you making your hair stand on end.

"I'm impressed. You managed to notice me before most of my prey does or anyone in general for that matter."

You didn't say anything but you slowly turned to look over your shoulder and paused as bright yellow eyes stared back at you.

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Red.

The symbol for many things. Passion. Hatred. Love. Anger. But maybe the one she's most familiar with was blood red. Red. Red. Red. Such a pretty color for such a messy job but someone had to do it. She would. Oh yes. She would. After all she had a natural born talent for such things so why shouldn't she indulge in what she was best at?  

Red

The red lights shined bright tonight. With each pruseccion of the music that sounded with each graceful step she took. The crowds parting. The jealous looks of the many women. The envious eyes of many men. Staring. Staring. Staring. Yes. Look upon her and know that not a single one of you will ever be anything like her. Will never be anything even close to her beauty. That's the punishment they all deserved for life depriving her of so much for so long. All the hardships now theirs and not hers. Disgusting and disgraceful all of them! They didn't even deserve to gaze upon her beauty!...But for the sake of her Master, she would play the part of the beautiful doll they all both loved and hated. Including these annoying tasks and parades to greet a lowly customer she would only reject. After all he didn't deserve her. 

Thank goodness that troublesome display was over with. Now she could relax and let herself just sit there and bask in its rightly deserved room. On display a meneragrie of items only the lowers than her could only dream of seeing let alone owning them. Why shouldn't she indulge herself? She's the one who put in the work to deserve them not them! The only ones who deserved such things were her. Her alone.

And her brother.

He deserved to have everything. Even if he denied himself it only to give her more things. He deserved to indulge in himself. Even if he thought he was unworthy. He deserved to be beautiful. Even if he thought he was the ugliest thing that ever walked the earth.

Where was that dummy anyhow? He was supposed to be back hours ago. He promised her he'd come back to her after that little display she paraded on. But now it's been hours. So long that she had to touch up her make up in the reflection, light provided by dimly lit candles. He was within the envious, jealous looks as she walked but now it seemed he had vanished into thin air. 

Bu-BUMP

A pause in motion as a far away pulse gave her a pause. Red lipstick to her lips. Hmm. That was awfully strange. That wasn't her heart that beat. Hers was still as motionless as a rock. So why was she feeling a heartbeat in the back of her mind?

Bu-BUMP Bu-BUMP Bu-BUMP

Oh..OH! Now what did she have here? She felt surprised. Shocked even. Oh..Oh no. Don't tell her that- ..Oh gods above! Don't tell her that her brother got his own heart snatched up! A pit of jealously and anger grew. WHO?! WHY?! WHAT MADE HER SO INSTANTLY MORE SPECIAL THAN HIS OWN SISTER?! WAS SHE EVEN HALF AS PRETTY?! HIGHLY UNLIKELY!! AFTER ALL HE SAID SO HIMSELF!! NO ONE WAS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN HER! ....But wait. If he was falling for someone, where did that place her situation now? Hmm....A relaxed feeling came over her. No matter. She was content with knowing that no matter what he'd always choose her over any lame 'love' if she asked. He'd do anything for her...But then again...This might open up more opportunities for her.

"Great. Looks like it finally happened. Brother finally got lost in a pretty face and fell. Just when I thought it was going to be a peaceful year. Oh well. It was bound to happen sooner or later surrounded by dozens of women....She better be worth the trouble."

Maybe he'll at least stop complaining about others easily being able to get a girlfriend. Or maybe he'll be more lenient when she found someone attractive without instantly jumping in to make a decision on the matter for her. One of the few things they argue about really but it's been really getting annoying. What really annoyed her was he still didn't come back for a few days. She was FURIOUS by the time he finally bothered to climb in through the window one dark night looking like a drowned man.

"It's about time you came back!! You left me high and dry for days without word of what you were doing and I half to feel your annoying crush on and off!! And you won't let me go out days without you?! HEY!! ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME?!"

Instead a heavy weight tiredly flopped itself onto her back. Dam. When's the last time he slept? "Ran into stupid...train pervert. Go to the castle now..carry me. I'm exhausted."

"You had me annoyed for days and you're giving me an order?! What am I ?! A pack mule?! HEY! AREN'T YOU LISTENING AT ALL?!"

A stronger prescence melted into her and she felt a tired pang from the back of her mind as she pouted. Why did SHE have to do all the traveling and carry HIM around?! And why did she have to go to the Infinity Castle NOW?!

"Just do it," a voice spoke inside her mind before it fell into a deep sleep.

She ended up pouting and just sitting there forever before relenting. Fine then. If they were wanted at the castle then she'd go to the castle but she was annoying him the entire way there!! A lipstick was thrown against the wall in frustration as she got up disappearing into the night.

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"You men need to keep your voices down and quit being so annoying!"

Step after step she took down a flight of stairs and into the scene with everyone else. It's been so long since she's been to one of these. The last one had been when her brother and herself  had been initiated into the Kizuki with the insistence of Upper Moon Two putting in a good word for them. Maybe that was a kind gesture on his part but she always saw it more as a person recognizing a powerful alley to keep for himself. However she just walked into an annoying argument. Men! As usual!

"You all can be so loud. It's bad enough I have to deal with annoying men at the Entertainment District but now I have to do it here too?!"

"Daki," Akaza simply and politely greeted ignoring everything else she said. "It's good to see you again. You look healthy. Is your brother with you?"

"Of course he is! He's just asleep from the long trip!"

"You'd better wake him up and have him come out for the meeting. The Master wants everyone present for this meeting."

"Well you heard him. WAKE UP ALREADY!!", She yelled into her mind and an annoyed feeling was sent back to her. "DON'T GIVE ME THAT!! I DID ALL THE WORK GETTING US HERE SO GET YOUR LAZY ASS OUT HERE!!"

There was more annoyance but something did detach itself from her, melting away from her back like rain washing off a roof until a hunched figure stood next to her and gave her a half annoyed half tired look which she frowned back. Served him right! She did all the hard work getting them there!! 

The Master Arrived.

A thud rang out as her arms and head hit the floor of the stairs in an instant. She expected her brother to follow her lead...But he didn't? Why wasn't he-

"Psst." Of course she looked up at him but he wasn't looking at her. His neck was craned above them at the scene before him. "Look UP, dummy!" Was he talking to her? She dared to look up and follow his gaze. Only to notice that he was locking eyes with  beautiful  woman. NOT as beautiful as her but she was absolutely lovely for human standards."Don't be stupid! BOW!!"

The woman instantly obeyed. He ducked his head back down. His eyes locked with hers. A fain heartbeat going off that she felt. And they both knew that she knew exactly who she was to him. So....THIS was the woman her brother fell for? Honestly she was expecting worst. But she was decent looking (for a human) and she spoke her mind against a demon so she'd probably be able to handle her brother's tantrums....She guessed she could live with someone like that. As long as they didn't get any ideas about completely taking her brother or thinking she was higher than her on any level. She needed to know her place. Now only if her brother wouldn't just stare at her when everyone was diving to gift her gifts. PAH! A silly thought. Her court a lowly human!?

"Like I'd do that."

She then paused and looked to her brother whom was just scratching at his neck and watching with sad lovestruck eyes. Like a fool who'd only discover their love wasn't meant to be. Ugh. He really wasn't going to do anything was he? She frowned.. before easily swiping the red-black cloth from around his neck and shoulders and dropping it. Up, up, up it fell until it fell right on top of the girl's head staking her brother's claim to join her heart's battle. Her brother mortified looked at her with a look of betrayal and she merely rolled her eyes.

"We both know you want her. And you'll have her. One way or another."

Their Master had summoned them both plus that little goblin Enmu to his own private study the very next day. She always hated the pervert. Her brother knew this. Which was why he placed himself between Enmu and her and kept sending disgusted looks his way that could kill a person. Her brother had many uses.

"I have business with my wife. I'm tasking you three with making sure that girl doesn't leave my sight even when I cannot see. You will be my eyes and ears. Watch her. We will not let another Tamayo slip through unnoticed. From until further notice, you three will be staying in the castle. However don't make yourselves or your mission obvious to her."

TAMAYO?! THAT GIRL WAS A- NO!! IT COULDN'T BE!! BUT IF THE MASTER SAID SO THEN IT MUST BE TRUE!!

.......Wait-

THAT WAS WHY SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL (for a human)!!! ALL THROUGHOUT HISTORY THE TAMAYO WOMEN WERE SO BEAUTIFUL (not as beautiful as her mind you but just below her) AND SHE WAS NO EXCEPTION!! OOOH!! THAT WAS WHY HER BROTHER FELL FOR HER!!! SHE FELT A HINT OF ANNOYANCE POO UP-

But wait.....

Didn't her brother DESERVE the BEST?! OBVIOUSLY the best WAS HER and no one else...but second most beautiful woman would suit him just nicely. And why not? What she wanted Gyutaro always... A L W A Y S. Made sure she got. And what her brother wanted.

Her brother got.

It was the little goblin who made the plan to actually infiltrate her trust and she only went along with it because it seemed like a good idea to confirm blood work or whatever it was that he was doing and allow him (a familiar face to her) to make an opening for her (a not familiar face to her) that wouldn't arose suspicion. The plan would be arranged soon. She just had to wait...FOR HOURS!! SHE HAD TO WAIT FOR HOURS UNTIL HE FINALLY CAME BACK THE CREEP!

Silent.

That's what the entire dark room was when he finally got back. He wasn't surprised when he stepped in and closed the door softly behind him, walking into the middle of the room before stopping and turning to the darkest corner. Before smiling at a moving shadow.

"Daki, good evening my dear. You look lovely tonight as always. Did you have a nice trip coming over?"

Two piercing yellow eyes scowled back at him. "I've been waiting here almost all day! Where the hell have you been?!"

He chuckled. "Forgive me. I lost track of time doing work, but I did confirm what the Master suspected. You know your assignment to keep an eye on her until he comes back?"

"Of course I do! I'm not stupid!"

"That's good. Oh my. Where's your brother? I hope he knows too."

"He's here. He's just asleep bored from how long you made him wait. The dummy was never able to get anything done without me pushing him! I have to do everything I swear! Including making sure he doesn't die a marriage less idiot!"

"Oh?... You're still insisting on setting them up? I would've thought you would've wanted to keep your brother's attention only on you."

"He's never even kissed a woman before and complains all the time about whenever someone has a girlfriend but does he ever try to put himself out there? Oh no. But whenever I want to go on dates it's always 'No, Daki. You can't date until Im dead and three days after to make sure I'm dead.' UGH!! IM ALMOST TWO HUNDRED YEARS OLD!! I CAN GO ON DATES BY MYSELF!!"

"Oh. So it's a matter of you wanting him to have a distraction so YOU can have dates... Sounds like a big brother alright. Not sure how I feel about you trying to set him up with MY begonia...but Im too curious to see how this goes to stop you."

"Hmph! I don't need your permission anyways!" He only chuckled again and walked over to a desk where he grabbed a quill and piece of paper. "What are you doing now?!"

"I'm writing a progress report for our Master. Turns out our suspicions were true." The woman rose a brow in surprise as a feather quill scratched on paper. "Dear Master. How is your trip? I'm happy to inform you things are well here but there's something you should know. OH! That reminds me. Before I forget-" He smiled back at her. "She's expecting you next Wednesday. I already set up an entire shopping spree and spa day for the two of you all expenses paid thanks to Douma being in charge of the money budget for a while. He agreed to pay for everything instantly when I mentioned it to him. I'll write down all the places you can go so you don't lose track."

"Hmph. Probably the only decent thing you've done for any woman."

"On the contrary. I'd love for my begonia to destress and have a nice time.~ "

She couldn't believe she had to be forced to wait more than a week for this but the rewards would be worth it. She forced her brother to split from her own body for a little while. He'd have to be used to it soon if he wanted to be ready. However she did catch him gazing at an obi in his hands. One he came back with tied around his neck. A gift from that woman. He caught her staring an just gave her an unreadable expression.

"You better be ready. I haven't been doing all the work for you to deny yourself  anymore."

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You stood there tense and silent as two yellow eyes stared back at you from the shadows. They tilted at you questioning and calculating as if taking in your entire body, mind, and soul. 

"Who are you!? Why are you in my room?!...HOW did you get into my room?!"

"I've been waiting since that boy left. You just didn't notice until now." A figure stepped out from the shadows arms crossed and annoyed look sketched on her face. "I'm annoyed with everyone making me wait! It's annoying!"

Your eyes widened. What you saw....Was the most BEAUTIFUL woman you'd ever seen. Her body was covered in a magenta kimono that looked both expensive but also oddly complimented her beauty just right to make her look even more beautiful. Her skin was flawless and her beautiful face was adorned with sun yellow eyes and pure white long hair that flower freely from a long ponytail but...strangely...her white hair turned to a light green at the bottom. There was also a beautiful pink flower like mark on her cheek...Huh. For some reason she seemed so familiar to you. 

She scoffed as you continued staring and tapped a foot annoyed. "Nothing to say! I was hoping you'd be at least competent enough to greet me prope-"

"You're beautiful."

The strange, new woman froze mid nagging... before snapping back to you. "What. Did. You. Say?"

"Uh... Sorry." You held up a hand. "I guess it just came out. But you're the most beautiful demon woman I've ever seen." It's true. This mystery woman could give Mitsuri or Kanae a run for their money in a beauty contest. She obviously wasn't human with her inhuman features but at the same time those features didn't make her ugly at all. "I didn't mean to come off as rude."

The woman just stayed silent for a long moment before narrowing her eyes and seemed to think about something for a moment. Before smiling. "That's an acceptable greeting. I'm glad you were smart enough to realize what you saw the first time you saw it." What did she mean by that? "And my brother was right? You do smell like peonies. I suppose not the most annoying smell."

"....I'm sorry. But who are you?"

She scoffed. "Didn't that gremlin tell you anything?! I'm Daki. And I'm going to make you a proper woman by the end of the day."

[thunderboltfire]

Ignacia for the OC meme: 💭, 💃, 🚗, 😳, 🤝 -- any or all!

thank You! I'll omit the question about dancing, because I believe I've answered it before. I'll also put the answer under a cut, because it's quite a long read.

💭: What was the original concept for your OC? Has it changed at all since then?

There's actually a pretty long story behind that! Igna was created in 2012, and as it often is with characters one creates as a teenager, originally she used to be a self-insert. She's changed a lot since that, and while her core (half-elven knight) stayed the same, she's practically a different character.

The earliest iterations of her story had a lot of phantasmagory - she was a traveller between worlds, born into a modern world, but in a place laying near the interdimensional passage. With time, however, her characterisation as a modern person in a fantasy world was harder and harder to believably pull off without it taking the central place in the plot, and the thread of her origin and a concept of Isaldi being a practically mirror world became less and less significant until I've decided to ditch them altogether and start anew.

She's fully Isaldian now, born from an initailly incidental union of an elven wanderer knight and a daughter of a family tasked with guarding the area in which the magic is particularly unstable and the borders between dimensions sometimes become dangerously thin. Her apprehension towards magic is thus better motivated. Her being native to the world makes her less lost, and thanks to it the plot can focus on something different than her finding her footing in a foreign world.

Another significant change is that along the years I've gradually aged her up. Ironically, she used to be of an age that would be historically accurate for an apprentice or a page - but I've felt that the level of autonomy she represents fits an older character more (not to say, that I feel a tad bit less guilty putting her through all the terrible things she goes through). She currently is approx. 19yo at the beginning of the story and around 21yo as a fully fledged spellbreaker. It also came with the shift of overall tone of the story. Now that I look back at it, the original version was definitely of a similar flavor as the adventure and fantasy books I've read back then (oof, those teenage protagonists definitely went through some stuff) and now while it's still about finding oneself, it's definitely more mature and her perspective is that of a young adult.

Physically, she's taller and more buff. I've acknowledged the amount of training needed for her to move freely in her type of armor. I've also redefined what could be expected of an Isaldian half-elf. She still could pass for a human, but she's got more mixed traits than before and is of generally sturdier stature, from her mother's side.

On a side of personality, her newer iteration is less fearful, more confident (sometimes to her own detriment), more impulsive and direct but also more caring. She also gained a set of deeply buried complexes and more visible stigmas connected to her mixed heritage, as half-elves are not always treated well by the general population.

Another change is her spellbreaking. Originally her partial immunity to magic was connected to her coming from a different world (augmented by wielding a runic sword), it was treated as a Deus Ex Machina and I haven't though much more about it, as the magic system was also a lot softer back then. The idea to give her actual innate spellbreaking abilities came with one particular inktober drawing which I haven't even finished:

(a first appearance of a singular flare on her arm!) I liked the idea of her being something different than a regular Wanderer very much and soon enough the story started revolving around it.

Also, another thing that has changed is how I present her, but I believe it's only a symptom of how my outlook as an artist changed along the years. Having gained scraps of knowledge about historical fencing I've somewhat self-sabotaged my creation on an account of what I perceived as realistic. I've just nitpicked every little detail for some time. What actually helped, was the experience of a completely different genre: namely, manga and anime. Not only I've relaxed my style a little, embracing its more stylised aspects, but also I made my peace with Rule Of Cool. Some things are meant to be power fantasies and while I'll try to keep things fair, I'm allowed to make things that are cheesy because they're fun. That's why I sometimes call Igna my shonen protagonist, she just sometimes feels like one.

🚗: In a modern AU, what kind of job would they have, if any?

She's got a competitive streak and is stubborn and energetic, which is why I think she'd do well in martial arts - as a competitor, and with time, maybe as a trainer too.

She's also fairly good at swimming, so maybe she could be a swimming instructor as well. I'm not sure she has enough patience to be a good teacher, though maybe in time the satisfaction of her students making progress would outshine the needed effort.

😳: How easily are they embarrassed/flustered? What sorts of things catch them off-guard and make them lose their cool?

She's fairly good at hiding her embarrassment and/or getting over it. She isn't easily embarrassed by failure and usually if she feels she's made a fool out of herself, she's quick to apologise and move on. However, she's very private when it comes to her feelings and romantic attraction. She's the very opposite of flirtatious and as she often functions in male-dominated spaces, she tends to keep things clear and cut any attempts at flirting short - assuming they don't go over her head, which is also possible. Crude jokes in general don't bother her, as long as she's left out of them - otherwise her embarrasment is quickly covered by anger.

All of this however doesn't mean she doesn't have preferences and doesn't foster a crush of her own. Once she actually admitted to herself that she might have feelings for somebody (and oof that took her long enough), she also decided to bury it as deep as possible and not show it. It goes fairly well or at least she thinks so.

What makes her truly embarassed, is when somebody is able to see through it and even worse, lets her know that she has tells. To her frustration, Theria is awfully good at this, and was able to recognise the target of her attraction purely on the basis of her dog-like sense of smell. Once the werewife decided she's done watching Igna dance around the subject, she confronted her about it, and Igna didn't take it well.

She also has a strong opinion about needing to control herself, which results in being embarrased with herself if she lets her thoughts wander a little too far.

If she really blurted something that would give away what she feels, she would surely later sit down, glass-eyed wondering why the hell did she say that.

🤝: How do they express platonic affection? When does an acquaintance become a friend for them?

There's a saying that you'll know who your real friends are once you're in a tough situation, and Igna has been in quite a few of those. Despite a serious reputation (once she has it, being dubbed 'mage killer' sounds fairly grim) she's generally friendly towards people unless they give her a reason not to, which makes her have a lot of acquaintances - but only a handful of friends.

In general her litmus test of who she considers to be her friends is whether or not she'd feel safe being asleep, drunk or unconscious around them - basically people who she feels she can be vulnerable with.

(for some time, Argo was the one dressing the wounds on her back after her brief period in captivity - a few weeks after she took care of the awful wounds on his face while they healed)

Despite her overall rather amicable attitude, she is reserved when it comes to physical touch and even more so when it comes to honestly sharing her feelings. Both of these reservations relax once she trusts someone enough, which is visible in the fact that she doesn't mind Theria's or Haart's bear hugs, jabs and shoulder pats at all, when she wouldn't be happy to accept them from a stranger or someone she barely knows. Her platonic affection is expressed by being more open with people close to her and the readiness to help them, if the need arises. As she often deals with life or death scenarios, once she considers someone a close friend, she's ride or die. Quality time and acts of service are her main love language.

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Demon Bride Ch39 To Play Matchmaker

Last Part Here:

https://www.tumblr.com/hazbinextgeneration/740496673988591616/demon-bride-ch38-blood-is-thicker-than-water?source=share

First Part Here:

https://www.tumblr.com/hazbinextgeneration/709087246035337216/demon-bride-ch1?source=share

Next Part Here:

(Warnings: Gyutaro puts himself down, possibly some habits of his including clawing himself, maybe some blood mentioned. He gets bullied a little bit. Enmu IS his own warning. Mentioning of the red light district but this will STAY SFW!!!

To answer more questions-

*Is Y/n also related to Yushiro?

She wasn't originally but I would then have a harder time writing Y/n's backstory and many people expressed interest in that.

*Will Y/n have any abilities or traits from Yushiro?

Yes. Some physical traits from Yushiro will be made yes. For example Y/n's eyes will be purple with dilated pupils, which is like Yushiro as Tamayos eyes do not have a pupil. Her sclera will also now turn red when fighting which is the same color as Yushiros when in battle. There also might be a slight change in hair color too.

She will also get a fourth Blood Demon Art: Blood Demon Art Foresight 

As for this ability,  Yushiros blood demon art allows him to see things no one else can example being Yahsba's arrows. Y/n has the same ability only slightly different as she can sense things others can't. Such as she was able to sense that Gyutaro would attack the vender and Kokushibo's different aura compared to everyone else. This blood demon art is more subtle and works at random.

*Is Y/n a human or demon?

Yes, no, and both. You'll have to be patient for the plot.

*Will the Hantengu boys get a chance to shine? 

Yes. Once I get bonding time with Enmu/Gyutaro arc done, they will be the next ones I get to. Douma will be introduced during this time also but he'll get his moments  between the quadruplets and Enmu/Gyutaro.

Now with all those questions let's get onto the chapter.

The days went by painfully slowly.

Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday.

You swore if it wasn't for Rui and Enmu's visits you would've gone insane but now you just might with the new information on your lineage. You stayed in shock for the rest of the week. You wondered if it imprinted worked both ways. You found yourself incredible more fond of Rui the more you spent time with him. You caught him reading those thick books Enmu left him starting The next morning when you woke up and just found him sitting on a pile of pillows with probably one of the thicker books in his lap. On the cover it read 'Historica Demonca Vol. 1'. 

"....Rui?" He hummed acknowledging you but not taking his eyes off the pages in front of him. "What are you doing up so early?"

"Studying. That pervert you invited to lunch said that I was behind my peers, I resent his words so I aim to prove him wrong. It'll be easy for me to catch up on everything since I was already schooled in most of these topics."

...You blinked. "Rui, you went to school before?"

He shook his head. "No. As my Ex-father's heir I was forced to learn many things such as my kinds' history, math, and such other topics. It was easy enough. I had a lot of time on my hands and it's not like I had anything else to do while I was sick in bed for most of my childhood."

"Rui ..You shouldn't force yourself to study so hard if it stresses you."

"I do not mind reading these books. They give me something to do since we aren't going anywhere soon."

Wow...Well he was blunt but he had a point. So you'd let him read to entertain himself. This was a good thing to do right? Letting him read the books he was given? You supposed there was literally nothing else for him to do for now and it would be good for him to learn...Or reread what he already knew. As long as he ate his meals and went to bed on time you didn't have an issue with it. However there was one issue on Wednesday morning when you were eating breakfast. Rui had somehow managed to speed read three of the twelve thick books already and started making two separate piles by the mountain of pillows he sat on. One of already read books and one of the ones he hadn't read yet. He stood there looking between two books in his hands he kept blinking at... before placing them both down and walking up to your tired groggy body. A pale hand poked your cheek.

"Mother?"

"Hm?' you hummed half asleep.

"That pervert is a doctor right? So would he know a lot of science and math?"

"Huh?...oh..Yeah I guess so. *yyyyyaaaaawwwnn*"

"His room is close by right?"

"Mmm hmm."

"....Ok. I'll be right back."

You were too half asleep to notice that the door to your room slide right open and a pale figure step out into the hallway. Around three minutes later a pair of footsteps came back through and behind it was a thread and attached to the thread bound by his legs was a smiling amused figure dragged across the floor.

"Hello Mother," Rui greeted as he walked past you. "I'm holding the pervert hostage Until he explains through both subjects."

"That's nice, Rui."

Enmu chuckled waving at you as he was dragged past. "Good morning, Darling.~ Your son and I are bonding today."

"That's nice, Enmu.".....A glass breaking sound went off in your mind as you snapped awake and looked over your shoulder. "Wait. What?!"

Enmu was propped up next to the pile of pillows and told to 'stay put or else's as Rui just plopped himself down onto the pile of pillows again and picked up the science book. And that's how Enmu ended up spending the entire day with you as Rui grumbled reading through the book only to look up every so often to point at something in the book and demand Enmu explain something to him to which the half tied demon was happy to help him with whatever the boy needed explaining. You guessed science was a lot easier for Rui to understand minus a few topics because he flew through the book under a few hours before getting back to that math book. Almost from the very first page Enmu had to sit there as Rui shoved the book at him and walk him through each page.

"-and that's how you get negative one by minusing from the fraction."

"Oh...Why can't they explain it that easily in the book?"

"Because the secret is that they make the math hard to understand so that only the cleverest of students figure it out. They like to weed out the less crafty ones because they think that'll make the students work harder and therefore become smarter to keep up with their noble status."

"... That's the dumbest logic I've ever heard."

You couldn't help but laugh at what Rui said.

"How do you even know this?"

"I'm a doctor. We have to know math to give accurate measurements, and I was once a scam artist so I know manipulative behavior when I see it."

You paused. "Wait..What was that?"

"Hm? Oh. I was once a scam artist as you humans called it. Me personally I like to call myself a master of mind.~ I could make anyone feel better just by words.~ ..Then the master took an interest and threatened me with execution if I didn't join the Kizuki and there was something about no longer being allowed around large crowds of women-"  He waved a hand. "Nothing too important."

You just....stared at him. Before giving a deep inhale. "Enmu... We're going to have a VERY serious talk later."

"Hey!" Rui tapped a hand impatiently on the book. "I have seven other books to finish after this one. Tell me how to find the square root of this x!"

Thursday. Friday.

Maybe you shouldn't have let Rui and Enmu stay up all night Wednesday to walk Rui through the entirety of the math book but Rui wouldn't stop insisting and grabbing your leg pulling at you pleading until you finally relented. Akaza mentioned Demons could go three weeks without sleep right? So one night wouldn't hurt him, and Enmu was a capable doctor so you figured it was ok. You tried to stay up with them but you fell asleep around midnight and woke up sometime around ten in the morning to find Rui already on another book with food next to him to eat. Enmu smiled next to you with a bowl of soup held out to you 

"Good morning, Darling.~ Seems our spawn is quite the smart little thinker. He's already made it through half of those books already.~ He takes after me.~"

"Not the pervert parts. I still have my eye on you."

You blinked...."Huh?"

The one good thing to come out of this stressful week was that you had the idea of sending that 'courting gift' of Douma's back to him. That should be the nail im the coffin and get at least one demon off your back. Now you just had to worry about a few others. 

Saturday.Sunday.

Enmu had finally left sometimes Friday afternoon after giving Rui a check up and giving him another small dose of medicine noticing his temperature had unexpectedly gone up again before he tried to kiss you again, failed when Rui shot a string of webs over his mouth, and left leaving the both of you there and Rui reading his eighth book by now. You never seen someone read so fast and wondered if he was used to reading so much due to his previous situation.

Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday.

It was early in the morning when you first heard it, the knocking and when you didn't get up right away from your peaceful sleep world the door slid open and someone else walked in and over to you. Your eyes were closed but jumped awake when a firm hand grabbed your shoulder and shook you until they slowly rolled open, and your head looked back up to a lady servant smiling at you.

"Wake up, My Lady. I'm to escort the young sire today for school and get you ready for your visitor."

....You flopped your head back into the pillows and groaned-

And .. That's how it went. Rui's books was all gathered up, he seemed a lot more calmer about leaving for school, and then they left. Leaving you with a servant who attempted to get you ready but a firm scowl and no was enough to get her to back off and once again leave you alone in the quiet room. ...Alllll alone. Just sitting there. Staring right at the ceiling...You again sighed and kicked a blanket off in a fit scowling at nothing in particular and pushing yourself up out of bed. 

Fine then. You'd get up. This would be a great time to look around for any exits now that you were alone. Most likely everyone else would be busy doing their own chores to notice you, plus it would be easier to sneak out unnoticed without worrying about Rui tagging along. Alright. How were you going to do this? You hummed yawning and stretching your back out whilst standing up. Let's see...There was more than one room in this place. You could sneak out through a window and walk across the docks! And you could stuff pillows under your covers to make it look like you were still asleep! No one would suspect that you'd be gone! Rui's connecting room had a window so that worked double in your favor. But then how would you be able to map this area out?...Hmm. perhaps you could make your own map with paper and ink? But what if you got los-

You froze. An icey spear shot down your spine and made a shiver run back up it as a thought rattled your brain.

You weren't alone.

".... Who's in here with me?"

There was silence for a long, long moment before a powerful presence manifested behind you making your hair stand on end.

"I'm impressed. You managed to notice me before most of my prey does or anyone in general for that matter."

You didn't say anything but you slowly turned to look over your shoulder and paused as bright yellow eyes stared back at you.

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Red.

The symbol for many things. Passion. Hatred. Love. Anger. But maybe the one she's most familiar with was blood red. Red. Red. Red. Such a pretty color for such a messy job but someone had to do it. She would. Oh yes. She would. After all she had a natural born talent for such things so why shouldn't she indulge in what she was best at?  

Red

The red lights shined bright tonight. With each pruseccion of the music that sounded with each graceful step she took. The crowds parting. The jealous looks of the many women. The envious eyes of many men. Staring. Staring. Staring. Yes. Look upon her and know that not a single one of you will ever be anything like her. Will never be anything even close to her beauty. That's the punishment they all deserved for life depriving her of so much for so long. All the hardships now theirs and not hers. Disgusting and disgraceful all of them! They didn't even deserve to gaze upon her beauty!...But for the sake of her Master, she would play the part of the beautiful doll they all both loved and hated. Including these annoying tasks and parades to greet a lowly customer she would only reject. After all he didn't deserve her. 

Thank goodness that troublesome display was over with. Now she could relax and let herself just sit there and bask in its rightly deserved room. On display a meneragrie of items only the lowers than her could only dream of seeing let alone owning them. Why shouldn't she indulge herself? She's the one who put in the work to deserve them not them! The only ones who deserved such things were her. Her alone.

And her brother.

He deserved to have everything. Even if he denied himself it only to give her more things. He deserved to indulge in himself. Even if he thought he was unworthy. He deserved to be beautiful. Even if he thought he was the ugliest thing that ever walked the earth.

Where was that dummy anyhow? He was supposed to be back hours ago. He promised her he'd come back to her after that little display she paraded on. But now it's been hours. So long that she had to touch up her make up in the reflection, light provided by dimly lit candles. He was within the envious, jealous looks as she walked but now it seemed he had vanished into thin air. 

Bu-BUMP

A pause in motion as a far away pulse gave her a pause. Red lipstick to her lips. Hmm. That was awfully strange. That wasn't her heart that beat. Hers was still as motionless as a rock. So why was she feeling a heartbeat in the back of her mind?

Bu-BUMP Bu-BUMP Bu-BUMP

Oh..OH! Now what did she have here? She felt surprised. Shocked even. Oh..Oh no. Don't tell her that- ..Oh gods above! Don't tell her that her brother got his own heart snatched up! A pit of jealously and anger grew. WHO?! WHY?! WHAT MADE HER SO INSTANTLY MORE SPECIAL THAN HIS OWN SISTER?! WAS SHE EVEN HALF AS PRETTY?! HIGHLY UNLIKELY!! AFTER ALL HE SAID SO HIMSELF!! NO ONE WAS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN HER! ....But wait. If he was falling for someone, where did that place her situation now? Hmm....A relaxed feeling came over her. No matter. She was content with knowing that no matter what he'd always choose her over any lame 'love' if she asked. He'd do anything for her...But then again...This might open up more opportunities for her.

"Great. Looks like it finally happened. Brother finally got lost in a pretty face and fell. Just when I thought it was going to be a peaceful year. Oh well. It was bound to happen sooner or later surrounded by dozens of women....She better be worth the trouble."

Maybe he'll at least stop complaining about others easily being able to get a girlfriend. Or maybe he'll be more lenient when she found someone attractive without instantly jumping in to make a decision on the matter for her. One of the few things they argue about really but it's been really getting annoying. What really annoyed her was he still didn't come back for a few days. She was FURIOUS by the time he finally bothered to climb in through the window one dark night looking like a drowned man.

"It's about time you came back!! You left me high and dry for days without word of what you were doing and I half to feel your annoying crush on and off!! And you won't let me go out days without you?! HEY!! ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME?!"

Instead a heavy weight tiredly flopped itself onto her back. Dam. When's the last time he slept? "Ran into stupid...train pervert. Go to the castle now..carry me. I'm exhausted."

"You had me annoyed for days and you're giving me an order?! What am I ?! A pack mule?! HEY! AREN'T YOU LISTENING AT ALL?!"

A stronger prescence melted into her and she felt a tired pang from the back of her mind as she pouted. Why did SHE have to do all the traveling and carry HIM around?! And why did she have to go to the Infinity Castle NOW?!

"Just do it," a voice spoke inside her mind before it fell into a deep sleep.

She ended up pouting and just sitting there forever before relenting. Fine then. If they were wanted at the castle then she'd go to the castle but she was annoying him the entire way there!! A lipstick was thrown against the wall in frustration as she got up disappearing into the night.

******"

"You men need to keep your voices down and quit being so annoying!"

Step after step she took down a flight of stairs and into the scene with everyone else. It's been so long since she's been to one of these. The last one had been when her brother and herself  had been initiated into the Kizuki with the insistence of Upper Moon Two putting in a good word for them. Maybe that was a kind gesture on his part but she always saw it more as a person recognizing a powerful alley to keep for himself. However she just walked into an annoying argument. Men! As usual!

"You all can be so loud. It's bad enough I have to deal with annoying men at the Entertainment District but now I have to do it here too?!"

"Daki," Akaza simply and politely greeted ignoring everything else she said. "It's good to see you again. You look healthy. Is your brother with you?"

"Of course he is! He's just asleep from the long trip!"

"You'd better wake him up and have him come out for the meeting. The Master wants everyone present for this meeting."

"Well you heard him. WAKE UP ALREADY!!", She yelled into her mind and an annoyed feeling was sent back to her. "DON'T GIVE ME THAT!! I DID ALL THE WORK GETTING US HERE SO GET YOUR LAZY ASS OUT HERE!!"

There was more annoyance but something did detach itself from her, melting away from her back like rain washing off a roof until a hunched figure stood next to her and gave her a half annoyed half tired look which she frowned back. Served him right! She did all the hard work getting them there!! 

The Master Arrived.

A thud rang out as her arms and head hit the floor of the stairs in an instant. She expected her brother to follow her lead...But he didn't? Why wasn't he-

"Psst." Of course she looked up at him but he wasn't looking at her. His neck was craned above them at the scene before him. "Look UP, dummy!" Was he talking to her? She dared to look up and follow his gaze. Only to notice that he was locking eyes with  beautiful  woman. NOT as beautiful as her but she was absolutely lovely for human standards."Don't be stupid! BOW!!"

The woman instantly obeyed. He ducked his head back down. His eyes locked with hers. A fain heartbeat going off that she felt. And they both knew that she knew exactly who she was to him. So....THIS was the woman her brother fell for? Honestly she was expecting worst. But she was decent looking (for a human) and she spoke her mind against a demon so she'd probably be able to handle her brother's tantrums....She guessed she could live with someone like that. As long as they didn't get any ideas about completely taking her brother or thinking she was higher than her on any level. She needed to know her place. Now only if her brother wouldn't just stare at her when everyone was diving to gift her gifts. PAH! A silly thought. Her court a lowly human!?

"Like I'd do that."

She then paused and looked to her brother whom was just scratching at his neck and watching with sad lovestruck eyes. Like a fool who'd only discover their love wasn't meant to be. Ugh. He really wasn't going to do anything was he? She frowned.. before easily swiping the red-black cloth from around his neck and shoulders and dropping it. Up, up, up it fell until it fell right on top of the girl's head staking her brother's claim to join her heart's battle. Her brother mortified looked at her with a look of betrayal and she merely rolled her eyes.

"We both know you want her. And you'll have her. One way or another."

Their Master had summoned them both plus that little goblin Enmu to his own private study the very next day. She always hated the pervert. Her brother knew this. Which was why he placed himself between Enmu and her and kept sending disgusted looks his way that could kill a person. Her brother had many uses.

"I have business with my wife. I'm tasking you three with making sure that girl doesn't leave my sight even when I cannot see. You will be my eyes and ears. Watch her. We will not let another Tamayo slip through unnoticed. From until further notice, you three will be staying in the castle. However don't make yourselves or your mission obvious to her."

TAMAYO?! THAT GIRL WAS A- NO!! IT COULDN'T BE!! BUT IF THE MASTER SAID SO THEN IT MUST BE TRUE!!

.......Wait-

THAT WAS WHY SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL (for a human)!!! ALL THROUGHOUT HISTORY THE TAMAYO WOMEN WERE SO BEAUTIFUL (not as beautiful as her mind you but just below her) AND SHE WAS NO EXCEPTION!! OOOH!! THAT WAS WHY HER BROTHER FELL FOR HER!!! SHE FELT A HINT OF ANNOYANCE POO UP-

But wait.....

Didn't her brother DESERVE the BEST?! OBVIOUSLY the best WAS HER and no one else...but second most beautiful woman would suit him just nicely. And why not? What she wanted Gyutaro always... A L W A Y S. Made sure she got. And what her brother wanted.

Her brother got.

It was the little goblin who made the plan to actually infiltrate her trust and she only went along with it because it seemed like a good idea to confirm blood work or whatever it was that he was doing and allow him (a familiar face to her) to make an opening for her (a not familiar face to her) that wouldn't arose suspicion. The plan would be arranged soon. She just had to wait...FOR HOURS!! SHE HAD TO WAIT FOR HOURS UNTIL HE FINALLY CAME BACK THE CREEP!

Silent.

That's what the entire dark room was when he finally got back. He wasn't surprised when he stepped in and closed the door softly behind him, walking into the middle of the room before stopping and turning to the darkest corner. Before smiling at a moving shadow.

"Daki, good evening my dear. You look lovely tonight as always. Did you have a nice trip coming over?"

Two piercing yellow eyes scowled back at him. "I've been waiting here almost all day! Where the hell have you been?!"

He chuckled. "Forgive me. I lost track of time doing work, but I did confirm what the Master suspected. You know your assignment to keep an eye on her until he comes back?"

"Of course I do! I'm not stupid!"

"That's good. Oh my. Where's your brother? I hope he knows too."

"He's here. He's just asleep bored from how long you made him wait. The dummy was never able to get anything done without me pushing him! I have to do everything I swear! Including making sure he doesn't die a marriage less idiot!"

"Oh?... You're still insisting on setting them up? I would've thought you would've wanted to keep your brother's attention only on you."

"He's never even kissed a woman before and complains all the time about whenever someone has a girlfriend but does he ever try to put himself out there? Oh no. But whenever I want to go on dates it's always 'No, Daki. You can't date until Im dead and three days after to make sure I'm dead.' UGH!! IM ALMOST TWO HUNDRED YEARS OLD!! I CAN GO ON DATES BY MYSELF!!"

"Oh. So it's a matter of you wanting him to have a distraction so YOU can have dates... Sounds like a big brother alright. Not sure how I feel about you trying to set him up with MY begonia...but Im too curious to see how this goes to stop you."

"Hmph! I don't need your permission anyways!" He only chuckled again and walked over to a desk where he grabbed a quill and piece of paper. "What are you doing now?!"

"I'm writing a progress report for our Master. Turns out our suspicions were true." The woman rose a brow in surprise as a feather quill scratched on paper. "Dear Master. How is your trip? I'm happy to inform you things are well here but there's something you should know. OH! That reminds me. Before I forget-" He smiled back at her. "She's expecting you next Wednesday. I already set up an entire shopping spree and spa day for the two of you all expenses paid thanks to Douma being in charge of the money budget for a while. He agreed to pay for everything instantly when I mentioned it to him. I'll write down all the places you can go so you don't lose track."

"Hmph. Probably the only decent thing you've done for any woman."

"On the contrary. I'd love for my begonia to destress and have a nice time.~ "

She couldn't believe she had to be forced to wait more than a week for this but the rewards would be worth it. She forced her brother to split from her own body for a little while. He'd have to be used to it soon if he wanted to be ready. However she did catch him gazing at an obi in his hands. One he came back with tied around his neck. A gift from that woman. He caught her staring an just gave her an unreadable expression.

"You better be ready. I haven't been doing all the work for you to deny yourself  anymore."

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You stood there tense and silent as two yellow eyes stared back at you from the shadows. They tilted at you questioning and calculating as if taking in your entire body, mind, and soul. 

"Who are you!? Why are you in my room?!...HOW did you get into my room?!"

"I've been waiting since that boy left. You just didn't notice until now." A figure stepped out from the shadows arms crossed and annoyed look sketched on her face. "I'm annoyed with everyone making me wait! It's annoying!"

Your eyes widened. What you saw....Was the most BEAUTIFUL woman you'd ever seen. Her body was covered in a magenta kimono that looked both expensive but also oddly complimented her beauty just right to make her look even more beautiful. Her skin was flawless and her beautiful face was adorned with sun yellow eyes and pure white long hair that flower freely from a long ponytail but...strangely...her white hair turned to a light green at the bottom. There was also a beautiful pink flower like mark on her cheek...Huh. For some reason she seemed so familiar to you. 

She scoffed as you continued staring and tapped a foot annoyed. "Nothing to say! I was hoping you'd be at least competent enough to greet me prope-"

"You're beautiful."

The strange, new woman froze mid nagging... before snapping back to you. "What. Did. You. Say?"

"Uh... Sorry." You held up a hand. "I guess it just came out. But you're the most beautiful demon woman I've ever seen." It's true. This mystery woman could give Mitsuri or Kanae a run for their money in a beauty contest. She obviously wasn't human with her inhuman features but at the same time those features didn't make her ugly at all. "I didn't mean to come off as rude."

The woman just stayed silent for a long moment before narrowing her eyes and seemed to think about something for a moment. Before smiling. "That's an acceptable greeting. I'm glad you were smart enough to realize what you saw the first time you saw it." What did she mean by that? "And my brother was right? You do smell like peonies. I suppose not the most annoying smell."

"....I'm sorry. But who are you?"

She scoffed. "Didn't that gremlin tell you anything?! I'm Daki. And I'm going to make you a proper woman by the end of the day."

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Procurador-Geral de Justiça é condecorado com Medalha da Inconfidência Mineira

O Procurador-Geral de Justiça, Ivanildo de Oliveira, recebeu neste domingo (21/4), dia de Tiradentes, a Medalha da Inconfidência Mineira, em cerimônia realizada no Centro de Artes e Convenções da Ufop, na cidade histórica de Ouro Preto, MG, pra onde foi transferido simbolicamente o governo do Estado. A cerimônia teve início com um ato cívico na Praça Tiradentes, no centro da cidade historica, com honra militar com a presença dos Dragões da Inconfidência, o hasteamento da bandeira, a colocação de flores no monumento ao mártir da Inconfidência Mineira e a salva de 21 tiros. O Procurador-Geral de Justiça recebeu a homenagem das mãos do Governador de MG, Romeu Zema, juntamente com os demais agraciados. O PGJ falou da honra e da emoção de estar ali, em nome de todos os servidores e membros do Ministério Público de Rondônia. “É com imensa alegria que agradeço esta homenagem, que levarei para Rondônia com muito orgulho e que ocupará um lugar de destaque na nossa instituição, para ser sempre lembrada”, disse. A Medalha da Inconfidência é a mais alta comenda concedida pelo governo de Minas Gerais, atribuída a personalidades que se distinguem pela notoriedade de seu saber, cultura e relevantes serviços prestados à coletividade. A medalha foi criada em 1952 pelo então governador Juscelino Kubitschek e, tradicionalmente é entregue no feriado de 21 de abril. Ao todo 170 (cento e setenta) personalidades de todo o Brasil foram condecoradas na cerimônia com 40 Grandes Medalhas, 58 Medalhas de Honra e 72 Medalhas da Inconfidência. Dentre os agraciados estava o ex-presidente da República, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, que recebeu o Grande Colar. Homenagem à hero��na da Inconfidência No evento deste ano foi prestada reverência especial a Bárbara Heliodora, uma poetisa, mineradora e ativista política brasileira. A iniciativa é uma reparação histórica em reconhecimento ao seu papel no movimento da inconfidência mineira. Durante as celebrações, seus restos mortais foram transferidos de São Gonçalo do Sapucaí para um túmulo no Panteão dos inconfidentes, em Ouro Preto, local que abriga outros heróis da Inconfidência, incluindo Tiradentes e Alvarenga Peixoto, que era casado com Bárbara Heliodora. Gerência de Comunicação Integrada (GCI) Read the full article

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Una sentencia "histórica" del Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos respalda a las mujeres suizas en un caso de cambio climático | Euronews

Los jueces desestimaron dos casos similares sobre el clima, presentados por un ex alcalde francés y seis jóvenes portugueses. — Leer en es.euronews.com/green/2024/04/09/una-sentencia-historica-del-tribunal-europeo-de-derechos-humanos-respalda-a-las-mujeres-su

[ivanreydereyes]

.. En acolacion a esto q parece que me hundo la HERENCIA o QUEMO MI GRANERO.. un CHISTE.. y es q estoy con una ANTORCHA apunto de QUEMAR MI GRANERO (=ex-jugador de REAL MADRID q salio de la hornada de ruben DE LA RED q se retiro como PRECAUCION del futbol al darle un YUYU en COPA DEL REY cuando les elimino el modesto IRUN=frontera con Francia).. Y me dice un VECINO creo que haces BIEN en QUEMARLO xq se AVECINA una TORMENTA HISTORICA y puede ser mas PELIGROSO QUE SALTE TODO POR LOS AIRES.. y le RESPONDO entonces tambien voy a QUEMAR EL TUYO jaja

Granero fundó la empresa Olocip en 2015​.Granero creó algoritmos de IA capaces de predecir el rendimiento deportivo en el fútbol. Olocip se especializó en la venta de estos servicios a clubes de fútbol. Durante la Pandemia de enfermedad por coronavirus de 2019-2020 Granero se dio cuenta de que los mismos algorismos que servían para predecir chuts o paradas eran también válidos para predecir el avance del virus. Para salvar a la humanidad, Granero ofreció gratuitamente estos datos predictivos a los poderes públicos. A MUERTE CONTRA EL PUTO FUTBOL Y LOS IDOLOS DE ORO..lo Estáis VIENDO Y PADECIENDO SOPLAPOYAS

[rausule]

Biographia Iesu

manifestat in media parte à meta ad quod «longum extremum» Christi cum discipulis tendit ad ultimam eius ignominiae et gloriae destinationem; in ultima parte evangelii theatrum supremorum vitae Christi eventum est padizio, poò libere proclamante fierangelo ili Ge (A) 28.30-313

Propterea quod haec ultima scena emblematica est, difficile est definitas coordinatas chronologicas defupera hucana definire, etiamsi quis propensus sit post XX., Lucas certe novit Marcum et sic dictum "fons Q", quod collegit dicta Christi et quam iam citare oportuit, sed etiam multis ex suis fontibus Lucas posuit et statuit fontes in lingua Graeca mediae culturae Graecae aka et quae habet apicem in summo styli prologo (1. ,1-0

Utitur tamen prioribus documentis de historia puerili Gesic. 1-21 Et ad mundum Graeco-romanum qui interlocutorem spectat, cui vodu mobo vive di Gesù exhibet, intime cum historia ooms coniungitur, etiam travaglin Estat dixit Christum Lucam a pulverulento pede depingi. versus Geraleminam ambulat, ultimas terrae aegrotantes sanans. Gesa di Luca prae oculis habere potest orationem suggestivam quam Solus Soren Kierkegaard Danicus in suis diariis reliquit et permissus est te hodiernus fieri, te videre sicut et ubi in terris non in deformatione alicuius con.

Sicut notum est Marco Martes, hora essentiali intra terram evangelicam, uni pernata per concisam datam, id est, per propositum redactionis reale formalisatum in prologo sendelfi pera, interesting pro grammatice et methodologica declaratione quae hic continet. in integritate (1.1-4)

Piche mit habent me za in facto disseminata aliqua eventa compsatisi inter me – sicut nunc mandaverunt odom quod finns ab initio semtimi oculi et dimno uro malmente "vemato dalla Parcia placet mihi quoque accurate facere quod ab initio et scribere a dino pro Eccellenes, comi quod aspicis soliditatem et communicata tibi.

Ch

oculati. Inde oritur initium essendi coram notitia historica verifiabili quam accurate peragere

inquisitionis documentalium et elaborari in "renuntiatione iussit. Sed non venit homines mattos, ne ad levan.

Magis attentius ad notitia historica historica, conscientiae aptat quae in illo iugo inter historiam et fidem, ad quam nos fecimus, movet.

Revera, testes sunt etiam servi Pada, co-annunciantes a Maio, et vigiliae ab eis testatae dicuntur graece peplenophoreména, i.e. " peracta, sed in sensu non solum "bona "pezza puncta" acciderunt. sicut de lege prophetarum et psalmorum dicentur, qui adimpleri debent in scelere pleni (24,44; vide etiam 416-21 Mr 5, 17-18). Praeterea nobilis Teofilo demonstratur quaestio de fundandis illis doctrinis, quibus catechizatus, ut in Graeco habetur. Nos igitur coram investigatione sturta et t ologia, eventus et relpon nuntiatio, cine vicissitudines et interpretationes fele

Ex pa prompto apparet et ex reliquo opere, communitas ad quam Evangelium Lisa dirigitur, christiani in fide educati, originis payanae, qui se interrogant de historicis theologicis fundamentis lumfinde ac factum. incomperta illa repudiatio Christi ab Istacle, qui non vidit in Gesa di Natant Scripturas cogere Haec est ratio emphasi plenitudinis » quae in Christo est.

Ecclesiae, ad quam saevit Evangelista, minimas tantum nobis praebet notas in duobus suis scriptis. In paso d 12.54-36 vocalis Notus ut "ventus meridionalis" qui calures portat eam propterea opponit locali in Palaestina occidentali ubi ventus calidus ab oriente spirat. Praeterea, eg bene distinguit inter hominem, quem Mediterraneum, et "lagi Tiberiadis, alii evangelistae hunc hominem" appellant, secundum modum semitionis, quae considerat "mar tatt vi aquae speculorum." Graeciae (alii, ut dictum est, Romam referunt) sed vestigia ibi sunt

Ludicra Evangelii

Programma declaratione emissa, Lawa Evangelium aperit cum duabus "paginis, quae etiam duo inter se eminebant in Hierosolymis, constans metaterminalis totius operorum: Tinanona a Iesu (c. 1-21, qui per duodecim annos clauditur. — olim Gesi in Templo, et tritione iam nota Mancho et Matthaeo della pendicatione de mesmo et tenta- tione Csiarum, quae pro culmine pinnacio dei tempi habent (cann.: 3-4. ) Examinami breviter pariter pecludi

Incipiamus a prima preiadis, quod est etiam prima pagina evangelii Lucae, satis fortasse documentum.

[metaleterno]

📢Anuncio de @idlentertainment Es con un enorme orgullo que IDL Entertainment anuncia esta gira... Por diversos factores, pero principalmente porque es la PRIMERA VEZ que esta banda referente y pionera del progressive death metal se presenta en Latinoamerica, pero ADEMAS tiene a un musico legendario como es Paul Masvidal (ex DEATH), ADEMAS se estaran celebrando los 30 años de su iconico disco FOCUS que ADEMAS lo estaran tocando ENTERO en esta gira, y por si todo esto fuera poco, principalmente porque es la primera vez en 8 AÑOS que esta banda referente hace una gira nada mas y nada menos que HOMENAJEANDO a los 2 eternos SEAN REINERT y SEAN MALONE. Realmente es un honor para nosotros traerles a la leyenda Cynic a Latinoamerica! Y por si todo esto fuera poco, Beyond Creation seran los invitados especiales para sumarle mas brutalidad lo que sera esta historica gira! Una gira realmente imperdible! Queremos saber, en donde los veras en vivo? 14 abr - Sao Paulo Metal Fest, BR 15 abr - Curitiba, BR 16 abr - Porto Alegre, BR 17 Abr - Montevideo, UY 18 abr - Buenos Aires, AR 20 abr - Santiago, CL 21 abr - Lima, PE 22 abr - Bogota, CO 24 abr - San Jose, CR 25 abr - Guatemala City, GT 26 abr - San Salvador, SV 27 abr - Ciudad de Mexico, MX #idlentertainment #cynic #beyondcreation #metal #deathmetal #death #progmetal #progressivemetal #heavymetal #metalmusic #reporteidl #idlreport #touring #tourlife #idllife (en Latinoamérica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoWIZZAN47Q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[antebellumite]

Favorite thing is when historica figures hate other historical figures and things they did not because they did bad things ( which they still did ), but because of completely other things that they did that weren't even all that bad/important in the large scheme and to everyone else AND YET-

ex:

Daniel Webster hating Taney not because he's a fucking racist, but because he hates corporations and JOHN MARSHALL didn't hate corporations, and JOHN MARSHALL actually listened to my arguements, you little Jacksonian dipshit!

[nolaughallowed]

Final Sugoi Assault

[pdo007]

🔴JULIETTE chega a MARCA SUA HISTORICA e COMEMORA, e agradece a TODOS OS FÃS!

JULIETE consegue passar a Sabrina Sato nas redes sociais e se torna a ex BBB mais seguida de todos os tempo, é Incrível a quantidade de seguidores que ela tem!

[smollant]

Bueno yo no manejo a Coahuila. Pero como es la de mis HC no hay mucho pedo la verdad ( NO VOY A RESPONDER MÁS PREGUNTAS SOBRE ELLA SORRY <’/3) 

Bueno aqui estan las/los damas/caballeros que manejan estas bellezas <3:

Coahuila: @galaxymexsstuff <3

Puebla: @bianquinyart <3

Chiapas: @cryladyami <3

Baja California Norte: @brushstrookes <3

Si quieres saber más sobre Coahuila o conocer más de ella te recomiendo que vayas con la verdadera belleza que posee a la original <3  la preciosura es: @galaxymexsstuff

NOTA: 

Ella no sigue mi HC de NL/Coahuila asi que no le preguntes sobre el amenos de que sea una opinion sobre si le concoe o demás, respeten su Coahuila, y sus ideas <3

¿Si extraña a NL?

la respuesta es Si.

Contexto y Aclaración para saber como termino todo: 

(NOTA: LA INFORMACIÓN QUE SE COMPONE ACÁ TIENE UNA MEZCLA HISTORICA, CON HEADCANNONS & INFORMACIÓN DE POLLANDBALL WIKI)

NL y Coahuila terminaron su relación en 1864 ( El suceso de Río Grande es en 1840).

Coahuila y NL al separase como se pudo apreciar NL siguio su vida y progreso economicamente y Coahuila hizo también de las suyas, acontecimientos com o traer al mundo al presidente Francisco I Madero ( en el futuro NL se volveria un estado Porfirista por un buen rato hasta que un aliado Maderista reemplazo a Bernardo Reyes ( provicional de NL, para luego lanzarse de candidato contra Francisco i madero) y entre otros acontecimientos.

Coahuila se unio (figurativamente) con Durango ( asi que podría decir que salieron por un tiempo) y se creo la Laguna (un hijo no deseado)  y vivieron juntos por un buen tiempo hasta la rebeldia de su propio hijo que se puso encontra de ellos y les odia. La única cosa de por que siguen juntos Durango y Coahuila es por que su hijo les separaria las fronteras ya que es lo unico que los integra.

NOTA: ESTA ES MI VERSIoN DE DURANGO, LES RECOMIENDO QUE VAYAN A VER UNA BUENA, LA MIA TODA PEDORRA NO (?) AQUI HAY UNA PERSONA QUE TIENE SU PROPIO DURANGO, DENLE AMOR <3  @rockylapiedramaravilla

HEADCANNONS:

NL extraña un putero a su ex (?) pero se lo aguanta. 

Pago la boda de Durango y Coahuila siendo también el padrino. ( por que al final es su hermana jaja saludos).

Coahuila aun extraña a NL y no solo por que esten pegados literalmente (?) Sino por ser la persona que le consolo cuando Texas abandono a su hermana y años después se unieron ( iteralmente) en un romance <3

NL dice que la ha superado. Pero quien sabe, se pone nervioso cuando la ve (?).

NL sigue siendo su mandilón no hay pedo, lo traeria en cortito si aun estuvieran juntos.

CANCIONES QUE REPRESENTAN LA SITUACIÓN ACTUAL DE NL & COAHUILA ( MIS HEADCANNONS (??)):

LES RECOMIENDO QUE LAS ESCUCHEN, SON LA VIVA REPRESENTACIÓN DE COMO VEO ESTO XD <3

[queenfredegund]

The Quest for Fredegund [1]

So folks, welcome to a long post that I would dedicate to the wonderfull regina Fredegund. I’m aware that there is already a large part of fiction and biographies which have been made on her (at least in french, not sure for the english part), but all of that is actually quite of lame and/or false on many assumptions. Truth is that Fredegund is a member of a large group of misogynistic historical characters and that she is often made used for depicting some weird fantasies for historians.

She is the evil pagan witch, the murderous, the bloodthirsty woman who wraps men around her finger and made use of violence to reach her goals. She is also a voracious sexual monster, using lovers again and again. She kills, she burns, she steals, and even makes her stepdaughter gang-raped for her own revenge. 

She is the DEVIL!

Drawing by Alessia de Vincenzi for the comics Fredegund, the Bloodthirsty

But, you know what, folks? I came to become very cautious with years: when a man tells me “here, this is a vicious woman” and when an mid-50yo lady takes the man’s statement litteraly and explains to me why that same woman was vicious, gives her reasons to do that and finally claims that she was right to do all these things (you know, the murders, the gang-rape...), I kinda want to search on my own and see by my eyes only.

So, let’s go on a quest, the Quest for Fredegund. All my sources will be referenced, with links when I can (for example, I have the Fredegar’s Chronica only in scans on my PC). Most of the original texts are also on the MGH, the Monumenta Germaniae Historica.

Here are some of the sources where you can find informations on her:

Gregorius Turonensis, Decem Libri Historiarum

Fredegar, Chronica

Venantius Fortunatus, Carmina

So... let’s begin!

What do we really know about Fredegund?

Truth is, not so much after all. At least, not so much about her personal background. For people who are not yet accustomed with her: 

She is the third chief wife of King (but I prefer using the word “rex”) Chilperich I, one of the three leaders of the Gauls in the second half of the 6th century.

Her birth is unknown, and she died in 597 as the mother of Chilperich’s successor, Chlothacar II.

She gave birth to 6 children in total, including 5 sons, which means she’s actually one of the reginae who had the most children known during the period. Their names are:

Chlodobert († 580)

Rigund († ?)

Samson († 577)

Dagobert († 580)

Theodorich († 583)

Chlothacar II († 629)

There is actually no representation of her and no description of her looks, but people assume very often that she was a beauty and made her a bloody sex-symbol of the Early Middle Ages (yikes...)

When does Fredegund appear for the first time?

The first mention of Fredegund that we have is actually a short mention in Gregorius of Tours’ chronicle, Decem Libri Historiarum (aka History of the Franks). 

In DLH, IV, 28 (x), Gregorius described how in 567 Chilperich got engaged to Galswintha, daughter of Athanagild and, in order to gain her hand, had to dismiss all his “ uxores / wives”.

King Chilperic sent to ask for the hand of Galswinth, the sister of Brunhild, although he already had a number of wives. He told the messengers to say that he promised to dismiss all the others, if only he were considered worthy of marrying a King’s daughter of a rank equal to his own.

Still no mention of Fredegund at that moment, just that Chilperich had a certain amont of unnamed women around him. The only who appeared of the whole is Audovera, mother of 4 children, including 3 sons, Theodebert, Merovech and Chlodovech.

Chilperic had three sons by one of his earlier consorts, Audovera: these were Theudebert, about whom I have told you already, Merovech and Clovis.

The first time she is named is later on the text: at that moment, Chilperich got married with Galswintha, but their relationship tend to became difficult months passing, and Gregorius implied that it was because of the presence of Fredegund.

A great quarrel soon ensued between the two of them, however, because he also loved Fredegund, whom he had married before he married Galswinth.

Fredegund is so introduced as a precedent concubine/wife of the rex (depend of the people and how they see her actually). None is said about her life before that year 567/568, apart that Chilperich seems really infatuated to her.

So, was Fredegund really a slave?

Technically, yes and no. Yes, because we have some hints that could lead us to think of it, and no because finally it’s just hints and not reals informations.

First mention is: in DLH, IX, 34 (x), Fredegund had according to Gregorius of Tours a big quarrel with her daughter Rigund and as they were arguing against each other, Rigund threathened her mother to “servitio redeberit / revert to her original rank of serving-woman”

Rigunth, Chilperic’s daughter, was always attacking her mother (Fredegund), and saying that she herself was the real mistress, whereas her mother ought to revert to her original rank of serving-woman. She would often insult her mother to her face, and they frequently exchanged slaps and punches. 

Second mention is actually a mention in a later-one abbey’s chronicle, called The Chronicle of Saint-Vaast of Arras (x), in which the author says that Fredegund was born in this place (Angicourt, in the Oise department) and that her parents belong to the villa, and so were perhaps slaves. 

Haec ex territorio Belvacensi nata est de familia atque sancti Vedasti villa Vunguscurht, quam, ut praetulimus, Lotharius rex dederat nostro patrono.

But that mention should be taken with precaution as the chronicle was written during the 11th century and as religious chronicles are often full of false stories and approximations: the meaning behind the redaction is not to write facts, but to justify of the longevity of a foundation and of its links with well-known protectors, and the most ancient, the better for that! 

Third mention: in the Liber Historiae Francorum, a major compilation of the Decem Libri Historiae, the Fredegar’s Chronica and some made-up characters and facts, Fredegund is introduced as “ex familia infima” (LHF, 31), and, most important, as the maid of Audovera, first chief wife of Chilperich.

That’s in fact all of we know. It is also true that Fredegund did not seem to have any significant relatives, father, brother, even uncle... but it was also the same for several others reginae, so I’m not convinced that it could means something about her social background.

Now, if we talk about fiction and theories, I really like the possibility that she may have been a slave, and if you ask me to write a fictional story about her, my favorite theory would be that she was a weaver slave, some kind of skilled embroiderer girl before becoming a concubine of the rex, but it’s just FICTION, not FACTS.

Last thing about that matter, scholars often think down of her background because of her name: 

“Fredegund” is composed of the terms Fried / “peace” | Gund / “war”, meaning litteraly “war and peace”, which sounds funny to scholars.

Still during the 6th century, Franks had the habit to create names for children by mixing parts of the parents’ names (e.g. in Rigund : Rich from ChilpeRICH and Gund from FredeGUND), so the theory is that she was born from low-rank, perhaps slaves, parents who were not aware of the subtility of such creation and so created a strange name for their daughter... (I guess these scholars never heard of a name like “North West”, that must be it...)

But, was not Fredegund Audovera’s maid/servant?

Most historians and writers indeed say that Fredegund was actually Audovera’s maid before her own elevation as mother of Chilperich’s children and chief wife. But as we had seen it before (DLH, IV, 28), none of the sources say that: Fredegund is only said to be "married [to Chilperich] before he married Galswinth” and Audovera is designated as “one of his earlier consorts” even not the only one.

So where does that story come from? Once again, from the Liber Historiae Francorum... In LHF, 31, the unnamed author tells a story about how Audovera have been evicted from the royal palace, based only on Fredegund’s trickery. Alone and pregnant while her husband was away at war, Audovera just had given birth to a little girl that she named Childesinda, or for some autors Basina. 

On Fredegund’s suggestion, a baptism was prepared before the return of the father, but at the beginning of the ceremony, the lady who would have been the godmother of the princess was still missing. She so persuaded her mistress Audovera to hold herself her infant daughter, whithout saying to her that by doing that, she would become de facto the godmother of her own daughter.  However, a canon law strictly forbidding marriage between parents and godparents, Audovera was convicted of incest and kicked from the palace. 

The problem with this whole story is not only that it is a complete invention, written long time after the real events, but most importantly, that the taboo forbidding marriages with godparents was in fact officially voted in the Council in Trullo, held in 692, which means 130 years after Fredegund and Audovera possible hostility! But because this is an undeniable dramatic storyline, writers and historians are really unwilling to abandon it and continue to spread it...

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3]

[fakesurprise]

New Dakesh

Possibly the oldest of the nations that formed west of the jagged mountains, New Dakesh (built on the ruins of a pre-Niand city) used the ‘new’ status of the city to claim it was a new start and spread out, occupying a vast swath of territory before other nations formed and slowly hemmed it in. New Dakesh spread via the eventual royal line making a deal for power with Providence - that in turn for power over the people, they would protect those they claimed and were claimed by in turn.

The royal line of New Dakesh has ruled for centuries via a LOT of heirs and breedings; attempting to assassinate the entire royal line would, some claim, require every assassin in the Niand Empire to achieve. While there is only one ‘official’ royal line, siblings and cousins have taken the throne after poisonings and such, and historica, records claim one king and their family died by falling out with Providence but the cousin’s line held true. Assassinating a relative to get closer to the throne always goes at odds with Providence, and the succession does not always go to the eldest child but the one seemed most fit to rule.

Most fit in this case means the will of the noble Houses as well as Providence and the rest of the royal line. It has ensured a surprising majority of rulers that were both decent and did not abuse their power over the people. The minority who did/so so tended to die fast and be scrubbed from history. Since there are limited slots for rulership, other family members run city guards, work in the army etc.. The direct children of the king tend to be diplomats for the kingdom to test their mettle.

New Dakesh accepts varied food and services as taxation and has a relatively low tax rate as the army funds itself via the spoils of war, smugglers, recruitment drives and funds raised by veterans. It is not the safest place between towns and the city and town guards are often short on manpower but the kingdom manages to run rather well despite that as they are trying to not replicate the taxes of Niand of old.

In order to do this and hold their territory, New Dakesh tries to avoid wars with their neighbours at all costs. The most famous example was when the burgeoning nations of Mrel and Osioth tried to do a pincer on New Dakesh aimed at claiming the entire coastal region for themselves 300 years ago. They not only lost the resulting war, but New Dakesh send them supplies to deal with the resulting famines owing to lack of farmers reasoning that one must be quite poor to have needed to start such a war, and won’t do it again if you are no longer poor.

This does paint New Dakesh in a good night, but the reasoning is as much pragmatic as anything else. Furthering trade helps prevent wars, and New Dakesh is well aware that a concerted effort by the other nations could well end the power it has over the region, so that power is used sparingly and mostly to make everyone play nice in trade deals and sharing wealth so that others do not try and steal it only makes sense. Even if New Dakesh merchants do grumble that they often get the worst part of trade deals. This is largely understood because New Dakesh is the largest and most arable of the six kingdoms; if it was the wealthiest, the others could attack in concert and destroy it.

While this has stopped flat-out wars, border disputes with the other nations have of late created a perpetual cycle of fights and retaliations that haven’t yet severely impacted any nation, the 10+ years of squabbling is slowly consuming more resources than any of the nations wish to expend.

Beyond the royal line using the gifts of Providence sparingly (it is NOT common knowledge what the special power of this royal line is), the Art is practised intensely in New Dakesh in case the Blight might ever return, and the abundance of healers has been in no small part responsible for New Dakesh being considered the best of the kingdoms to live in even if it is nowhere near as safe as some others.

Nobility: The ‘noble’ houses of New Dakesh are the most influential and prosperous of the merchant houses. Nobility gives a family a seat on the advisory Council that guides the sovereign and is a reward based on standing with the kingdom rather than actual wealth. (EX: a trade deal with Osioth limited the selling/trading power of the New Dakesh wool industry. As partial compensation for the loss, the guild formed into a ‘house’ and became part of the Council, which has lasted even once the sanctions ended.) Noble status can be used to push the wealth of your family to a small point, but there are other families waiting for the same honour/status who watch the Houses very carefully. It is an honour sometimes refused as a result, but still considered an honour.

[ocombatente]

Procurador-Geral de Justiça é condecorado com Medalha da Inconfidência Mineira

O Procurador-Geral de Justiça, Ivanildo de Oliveira, recebeu neste domingo (21/4), dia de Tiradentes, a Medalha da Inconfidência Mineira, em cerimônia realizada no Centro de Artes e Convenções da Ufop, na cidade histórica de Ouro Preto, MG, pra onde foi transferido simbolicamente o governo do Estado. A cerimônia teve início com um ato cívico na Praça Tiradentes, no centro da cidade historica, com honra militar com a presença dos Dragões da Inconfidência, o hasteamento da bandeira, a colocação de flores no monumento ao mártir da Inconfidência Mineira e a salva de 21 tiros. O Procurador-Geral de Justiça recebeu a homenagem das mãos do Governador de MG, Romeu Zema, juntamente com os demais agraciados. O PGJ falou da honra e da emoção de estar ali, em nome de todos os servidores e membros do Ministério Público de Rondônia. “É com imensa alegria que agradeço esta homenagem, que levarei para Rondônia com muito orgulho e que ocupará um lugar de destaque na nossa instituição, para ser sempre lembrada”, disse. A Medalha da Inconfidência é a mais alta comenda concedida pelo governo de Minas Gerais, atribuída a personalidades que se distinguem pela notoriedade de seu saber, cultura e relevantes serviços prestados à coletividade. A medalha foi criada em 1952 pelo então governador Juscelino Kubitschek e, tradicionalmente é entregue no feriado de 21 de abril. Ao todo 170 (cento e setenta) personalidades de todo o Brasil foram condecoradas na cerimônia com 40 Grandes Medalhas, 58 Medalhas de Honra e 72 Medalhas da Inconfidência. Dentre os agraciados estava o ex-presidente da República, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, que recebeu o Grande Colar. Homenagem à heroína da Inconfidência No evento deste ano foi prestada reverência especial a Bárbara Heliodora, uma poetisa, mineradora e ativista política brasileira. A iniciativa é uma reparação histórica em reconhecimento ao seu papel no movimento da inconfidência mineira. Durante as celebrações, seus restos mortais foram transferidos de São Gonçalo do Sapucaí para um túmulo no Panteão dos inconfidentes, em Ouro Preto, local que abriga outros heróis da Inconfidência, incluindo Tiradentes e Alvarenga Peixoto, que era casado com Bárbara Heliodora. Gerência de Comunicação Integrada (GCI) Read the full article

[soycabcba]

"Luifa" Artime es el nuevo presidente de Belgrano: le ganó a Pérez en una elección histórica

Día histórico en Belgrano. Día histórico para Luis Fabián Artime. El exdelantero celeste se consagró como nuevo presidente luego de ganarle las elecciones al expresidente Armando Pérez en las elecciones realizadas está sábado en el Gigante de Alberdi. 

"Luifa" es el máximo goleador de Belgrano en competencias de AFA.

Tiene 55 años y conformó una lista que él llama "equipo". Aseguró que su meta es que Belgrano sea de primera para siempre y avisó que no hay que tenerle miedo a la palabra campeón. 

Su perfil de arenga, generó un aire de renovación en los socios, que lo eligieron por sobre el ex dirigente Pérez. Aquí podés repasar todas sus propuestas, las que anunció cuando estuvo en La Voz.

“Esto no se puede comparar, hoy tengo la responsabilidad de ser el capitán de todo Belgrano. Hay muchas cosas para manejar. Tenemos equipo para manejar todo lo que Belgrano abarca. Belgrano es muy grande y hoy lo hemos demostrado, con 8.300 votantes que vinieron en pandemia”, dijo Artime, en medio de la celebración.

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Su lista Belgrano Primero

Esta es la nómina de candidatos por la agrupación Belgrano Primero Lista Nº 1, que postula al ex delantero del Pirata, Luis Fabián “Luifa” Artime al principal cargo del club. Estará ubicado en el sector derecho de la Boleta Única.

Presidente. Luis Fabián Artime.

Vicepresidente 1. Ricardo Pablo Leiva.

Vicepresidente 2. Antonio Mariano.

Vicepresidente 3. Héctor Oscar Baistrocchi.

Vocales titulares. De esta nómina, la comisión entrante denomina al Secretario, pro secretario, al tesorero y al pro tesorero, quienes son habitualmente los que ocupan los primeros cuatro puestos entre los lugares designados para los vocales. 1 - Alejandro Moyano, 2 - Cristian Diego Merlino, 3 - Héctor Alfredo Gennaro, 4 - Lucas Gastón Bustos, 5 - Marcelo Carranza, 6 - Claudio Marcelo Giomi, 7 - Pablo Siciliano, 8 - Miriam Nilda Aparicio (foto), 9 - Diego Funes, 10 - Juan Hipólito Negri Biasutti, 11 - Rodrigo Rufeil y 12 - Mauricio Giaimo.

Vocales suplentes. 1 - Romina Leiva, 2 - Damián Esteban Juárez, 3 - Leonardo Ignacio Aratano, 4 - Juan Carlos Banegas, 5 - Agustina Alurralde (foto).

Comisión fiscalizadora titular. Paula Vallve, Agustín Chiquini Perazolo y Nicolás Álvarez Quiñones.

Comisión fiscalizadora suplente. Gonzalo Frontera y Lucina Galar.

Sus propuestas

1 – Principal objetivo deportivo y forma de conseguirlo.

“El objetivo principal es ascender mañana (se sonríe). Si lo pudiéramos hacer sería así. Volver a Primera y para toda la vida. No tenemos que volver a penar esto que nos pasó ahora. El proyecto está basado en un trabajo que lleva 14 meses. Ese es el tiempo que hace que analizamos técnicos y jugadores. Ahora, las elecciones son el 6 de febrero y, si somos gobierno, anunciaremos ese día al cuerpo técnico. Y, de ser posible, alguna incorporación. No somos unos improvisados, ya tenemos cuerpo técnicos analizados y jugadores también; tenemos varias opciones en todos los lugares”.

2 – Cómo se gestionará el club en medio de este presente de pandemia.

“Con la espalda que tiene Belgrano Primero, porque hoy no contamos con que el público vuelva a la cancha en todo el 2021, no contamos con las acreencias del club. Hablando lo del (Lucas) “Chino” Zelarayán, lo de Racing (por Renzo Saravia), lo de “Cuti” (Cristian Romero), lo de (Franco) Vázquez (Palermo debe un dinero). Contamos con espalda para armar el mejor equipo competitivo para ascender”.

3 – Divisiones inferiores y el fútbol femenino.

“El fútbol femenino necesita mucha visibilidad. Y en esto te digo que las chicas no tienen luz para entrenar de noche. Así que ya el área de infraestructura se estará encargando del tema, de ponerle luces a una de las canchas para que puedan entrenar. La idea es la profesionalización del fútbol, ya lo hemos hablado con (Claudio) “Chiqui” Tapia, lo hicimos en marzo y ahora hace una semana. Así que caminaremos de la mano del fútbol femenino. Y con las juveniles también. La idea es que nos inviten en AFA, porque para el fútbol nacional es importante que Belgrano esté. Después será ascender para no ser más invitados”.

4 – Una obra de infraestructura importante planeada para la gestión.

“Nuestro proyecto es a corto, mediano y largo plazo. A corto es ascender, porque eso nos trae otros réditos económicos. La infraestructura es esencial a lo que necesita el club. Hoy la cancha tiene que tener más agua, el estadio debe tener más baños y más accesibilidad para la gente con capacidades diferentes, para que puedan elegir ellos dónde quieren ir: si es a la Cuellar, a la Preferencial, la popular o la platea Heredia. Eso es visibilizar con infraestructura. Esto es lo urgente. Después hay un plan grande, pero lo primero es optimizar todo. En el predio también hay que hacer infraestructura, porque allí va estar la presidencia, ya he pedido que se hagan las oficinas, porque el presidente debe estar en donde todo empieza, donde todo se crea y lo que es Belgrano”.

5 – Participación de la mujer en la comisión directiva.

“En la lista hay chicas, pero fuera de ella hay muchas más. En los equipos que tenemos, hay muchísimas. La presencia de la mujer es fundamental, pero no en el fútbol femenino únicamente, sino en todas las áreas del club, porque se han ganado un lugar. Vos ves la platea, la popular o la preferencial y cada vez hay más mujeres, con lo cual queda claro que va a la cancha y que se merece tener participación en todas las áreas”.

6 – Una fortaleza y una debilidad como dirigente.

“Mi fortaleza pasa porque armé el mejor equipo y vamos a dirigir como actuamos en la vida, con coherencia. Y lo que se diga es lo que se va hacer. Porque así transité la vida, nunca bajé los brazos y estoy convencido de lo que hago y por eso me largué. Además, convencí a los 26 que están en la lista y voy a lograr convencer a todo el pueblo Pirata. No me siento con ningún punto flojo. Y si lo tuviera, te digo que fui un nueve que disimuló muy bien mis falencias, no le pegaba de zurda, sino que me perfilaba y le pegaba de derecha (se ríe)”.

  Volvimos a la cancha para jugar un partidazo.Hoy los goles son votos y vos sos protagonista.#EsHoyBelgrano #LuifaArtimePresidente #BelgranoPrimero pic.twitter.com/8Vd45YG7mC

— BELGRANO PRIMERO (@belgranoprimero) February 6, 2021

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"Luifa" Artime y la celebración, tras ser elegido presidente de Belgrano. (Facundo Luque / La Voz)

"Luifa" Artima al momento de realizar su voto este sábado. (Prensa Belgrano Primero)

source https://mundod.lavoz.com.ar/futbol/luifa-artime-es-el-nuevo-presidente-de-belgrano-le-gano-a-perez-en-una-eleccion-historica