#father mateusz

[czerwonaczaszka]

✴️🌈 Iris 🌈✴️

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[alexisnoir]

Father Matthew - polish version of Don Matteo

So if you’re not familliar with either of the shows, let me introduce them to you.

Ojciec Mateusz (English: Father Matthew) is a Polish television drama series, which has aired on TVP1 since November 11, 2008. It is a Polish version of the Italian detective series Don Matteo broadcast in Italy by Rai Uno.

The show is set in the town of Sandomierz, although scenes in the church are recorded in Glinianka near Otwock, the vicarage in Anin in Warsaw, and the office of the bishop is filmed in the Nieborów Palace. In the fourth series, some episodes take place outside of Sandomierz, including in Kielce, Bałtów, Krzyżtopór, Busko-Zdrój and Opatów, as well as Ćmielów, Wąchock and Zalew Sielpia.

Plot:

The series shows the adventures of a Roman Catholic priest who, after returning to Poland from a mission to Belarus, is sent to work in a small parish in Sandomierz. As a pastor, together with a friendly policeman, he solves mysteries and gives help to his parishioners, as well as all those who are in need. Each episode is a separate story.

This TV Show has been on air since 2008 and I haven’t seen any episodes of it. Never. Not even a trailer for an episode. I did watch Don Matteo though, back in the day and recently I have watched all available seasons of Father Brown. Years back, a show I love to this day is Father Dowling Mysteries - in my opinion the best priest-detective ever.

But I get side tracked. Why am I mentioning this show here?

Well Christmas is just behind us and I was ill. My presents from family members will be given to me tomorrow since I’m still not feeling 100% good and don’t want to ruin New Years Eve for anyone by getting them sick. 

Someone slipped and mentioned they might have gotten me 20 seasons! 😮 of Father Matthew on DVD. Two huge box sets, over 250 episodes. There are 28 seasons and you can buy 27 of them, the last 7 you can so far get separately. I mean... 

Okay. The biggest question I have is WHEN am I going to watch this show? 

I need to create a schedule or something. 20 seasons! 262 episodes, 45 min each. That’s what... 8,5 days of constant watching 24/7? Nope.

I don’t even know if I will like this show. I’m not a huge fan of polish tv shows besides: Brzydula (polish version of Ugly Betty), Niania (the Nanny), Kryminalni, Miodowe Lata. That’s about it. 

Huh. If I won’t like it, then someone in my family will be very happy this coming year. I know of few people who are fans of the show. 

[cytryndor]

holy fuck is that why im into detective stories??

Okay but if you're tired of every story being centered around romance you need to start looking in the right places. Detective stories are usually completely romance-free or don't have major romantic plotlines because it's out of place in the genre. "We need more aro/ace characters in media!" Have you not heard of Sherlock Holmes

[mostrovskaa]

A bunch of way too elaborate fanarts for one of my favourite polish comfort tv shows about a crime solving priest - ojciec mateusz :-)

(translation of the text: 1: Homemade dinner / at Natalia's / 'will you eat, father? - repeated. 2: Curiosity is the first step to hell / I, Killed, He, I love, Her. 3: the heart wants what it wants.)

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The Puzzling Case of Mateusz Kawecki

January 02, 2023

Mateusz Kawecki was a 30 year old man from Poland who had been working in Hanover, Germany as a construction worker. He lived with his father who also worked in Hanover. 

On March 28, 2018, Mateusz went to Poland to see his pregnant fiancé, who he was in a long distance relationship with at the time. His fiancé was about to give birth, and lived in a village called Lipia Góra, Poland. Mateusz began driving his 1998 BMW 525 around 11:30 pm to make it to the village. He was supposed to arrive there between 8-9 am the next morning, March 29. Mateusz never made it. 

Mateusz’s father spoke to him on March 29, around 10:30 am, and Mateusz told his father there was really bad traffic jams on his route and he was currently stuck in Szzecin at the time, which is a town on the Polish-German border. Mateusz had about 133 miles to go before he would reach Lipia Góra. Around this time Mateusz sent his fiancé a text message saying he would arrive in about 2 more hours. 

However, after not hearing from him, and several missed phone calls, his fiancé became worried and tried to contact Mateusz’s sister, Katarzyna Piotrkowicz around 5 pm, but could not get a hold of her either. 

Later in the evening Mateusz’s mom went to the police to let them know no one had any contact with her son for quite some time, but the police discouraged her from filing a missing persons report, claiming it was too early to do so. 

A few more days went by and in early April 2018, Mateusz’s family officially reported him as a missing person in Germany and Poland. The Germany police refused to investigate, claiming the Polish police were on the case. His family asked Polish police if they could locate Mateusz’s cellphone, but they were unable to do so as his sim card was German. It was also said that his cellphone had been on for a couple of days after he stopped having contact. 

The German police eventually began investigating but could not locate the cellphone either, as Mateusz had gone missing in Poland. Polish police later said that Mateusz’s phone was never connected to any networks so no one was sure how he had spoken to his father earlier on March 29.

Katarzyna, Mateusz’s sister, said that officials believed her brother had never crossed the German-Polish border as CCTV monitoring at the border showed Mateusz had never entered Poland. Mateusz’s family became frustrated with police efforts, and began their own search, including putting up posters with Mateusz’s picture around. The family spoke on TV several times in Germany and Poland claiming the police were not doing enough. 

However, the case took a strange turn on September 12, 2018, almost 6 months after the last known contact from Mateusz, when a neighbour went to Mateusz’s mothers house to ask about her barn, claiming that a horrible smell was coming from their barn since July and neighbours were starting to complain. 

The neighbour asked if he could check the barn and she agreed. Half of the barn was walled off, which created a room. There was an attic level on top of the room. The neighbour climbed up and saw a pile of clothes in the attic space. When the neighbour checked more thoroughly he found a severed head and torso. The remains were too decomposed to be identified. 

It was discovered that there were two rope nooses hanging from the roof and a backpack on the floor which was later identified as belonging to Mateusz. DNA evidence eventually determined that the remains were indeed that of Mateusz Kawecki. Some of his teeth had been knocked out and stuck to his clothes which had bloody patches on them. 

Inside the backpack were a Polish water bottle with cigarette butts inside and an orange juice box. Mateusz’s family claimed he never drank orange juice. A cellphone was also found in the backpack and showed there had been one call made to Mateusz’s uncle on March 30, 2018, but it appeared to be an accidental call as it lasted for less than a second and never actually went through. 

There was no DNA of another person found on any of Mateusz’s items. The police believed that this was a suicide and refused to investigate further, despite the families pleas. It was believed that Mateusz had planned his death and there was no evidence of foul play. 

Four days after Mateusz’s body was found, his family found his shoe in the barn with his detached foot still inside. This determined that the police hadn’t even searched the barn properly according to his family. 

Prosecutors gathered lots of evidence, including DNA, and an analysis of Mateusz’s cellphone. German police got security camera footage and searched Mateusz’s apartment in Hanover. All of this evidence was reviewed by experts in Warsaw. 

Prosecutors believe that Mateusz lied to his family on the day he disappeared. He had not been in Szczecin when he’d spoken to his father and was not driving at the time the phone call happened. According to them, Mateusz had still been in Germany according to the receipts found with his belongings. 

It is believed that Mateusz took a train to the German border, in Frankfurt an der Oder and walked over a bridge to the Polish town of Slubice about 24 hours after telling his family he was in Poland. Prosecutors believe he checked into a hotel in Slubice with another person. 

Mateusz then took a train to Warsaw the next day, followed by a bus to Zamość, which is the largest town close to his home village, Hutków. He arrived in Zamość around midnight, but it is unknown how he got to Hutków. 

Mateusz’s car had never been found despite a search for it, and there was never any evidence found indicating it had been bought or driven by a new owner. They keys to his BMW were also never found, but his wallet was in the backpack that was found in the barn. 

The attic where the body was found was visible from the ground, so it didn’t make sense that Mateusz had been there for months without his family noticing. Mateusz’s family also said that they had used the barn in the summer of 2018. 

Mateusz’s cousin, Edyta Dabska claimed the family does not think Mateusz was hanging in the barn because no one had seen him. 

To this day it is unknown how Mateusz got to the barn from Zamość and if he was in the barn for months how would his family not notice? There are so many unanswered questions in this case and hopefully someday it will make more sense. 

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Ukrainian STONED JESUS Reveals New Song 'Get What You Deserve'

Photo by Mateusz Kluba Ukrainian psychedelic rock trio STONED JESUS will release its new album, ‘Father Light,’ on March 3, 2023 via Season of Mist, making it the band’s debut to the label! The band is now sharing the sludgy new song, “Get What You Deserve,” which can be heard at THIS LOCATION! Lead vocalist and guitarist Igor Sydorenko comments on the track: “We previewed ‘Get What You…

[poetryfoundation-potd]

Beowulf (exc. from Beowulf By All)

BY UNKNOWN

TRANSLATED BY TARREN ANDREWS, FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION, ELAINE TREHARNE, JILL M. FITZGERALD, AND ANGELA B. FULK

Heyla! We have a story about the Spear-Danes, from the old days

when they were big and their kings showed their strength. There

was one king, Shield Schefing, who stole many mead-benches from

other tribes and terrified their leaders. At first, he was found weak

and wandering, but was taken in and then grew under the comfort of

the skies. He consumed honors until each of the other surrounding

tribes over the whale’s road were forced to obey him and pay tribute.

They say, that was a good king.

After all this (when he was old), Shield had a son—a young one in

the courtyard—who had been sent by God as a comfort to the people

because He had seen how they were distressed, left without a strong

leader for a long while.16a

The Lord of life,16b

ruler of glory, gifted worldly honour:

Beowulf was famed with widespread renown,

son of Scyld, in the northern lands.

So should a young man do good things

with costly gifts in his father’s care,

so that in old age loyal companions

remain with him afterwards; when war comes

they will support their prince. Through glorious deeds

a man shall prosper among peoples everywhere.

Scyld then set off at his due time,

the mighty lord went into the Lord’s keeping.

His beloved companions carried him then to the

water’s edge, as he himself had instructed

when he still governed, that much-loved Scylding friend,

their beloved land-prince held power a long time.31

There in the port a ring-prowed ship stood anchored,

icy and eager, a nobleman’s vessel.

They laid down their dear king,

giver of rings, in the bosom of the ship,

mighty by the mainmast. There were many treasures

from faraway lands, such precious things loaded there.

I have never heard of a finer ship

fitted with the weapons and armor of war,

swords and harnesses. In its embrace lay

a multitude of treasures, which were to go with him

far off, into the dominion of the sea.

No fewer gifts were provided for him there,

the very wealth of a nation, than what was once done by those who,

at his birth, set him adrift,

alone over the waves as a child.

Then they set for him a golden banner46

high over his head, let the water carry him,

gave him to the powers of the sea. In them there was a sad spirit,

a mournful mind. Men did not know,

to tell the truth, hall counselors,

heroes under the heavens, who accepted that load.

Notes:

1. Lines 1-16a translated by Tarren Andrews and the Flathead Indian Reservation.

2. Lines 16b-30 translated by Elaine Treharne.

3. Lines 31-45 translated by Jill M. Fitzgerald.

4. Lines 46-52 translated by Angela B. Fulk.

"Lines 1-52", from Beowulf by All : Community Translation and Workbook edited by Jean Abbott, Elaine Treharne, and Mateusz Fafinski. "Lines 1-52" translated by Tarren Andrews, the Flathead Indian Reservation, Elaine Treharne, Jill M. Fitzgerald, and Angela B. Fulk. Leeds: Arc Humanities Press, 2021. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50261.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/159132/beowulf-lines-1-52

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[itokunii-a]

( about: Radek. ) tw: death, religion, self-hatred, self-harm.

I traveled with the enemy, I thought it was my destiny. I’m free of all the lunacy. I never want it back, my history in black.

FULL NAME:  Radek Mateusz Tomiczek.

NICKNAMES: Tommy. That damn hunter. Maciuś (only by people he is very close to).

GENDER II SPECIES: Male II Vampire.

BIRTHDAY II AGE: November 8th 1432 II Was embraced at the age of 28 and stopped ageing since then.

BIRTHPLACE: Modern Lodz, Poland.

HEIGHT: 6’1”.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Pansexual.

OCCUPATION: Former church hunter, now mechanic.

DEMEANOR: Your coldness is not limited to the confines of your body: not only has your warmth disappeared from your touch but from your heart as well, turning it to stone and leaving you with an aversion towards anyone who tries to approach you, whether with good or bad intentions. You neither care for reputation, nor friendliness ( you are simply here to get the job done and you will get it done, come hell or high water ) but even in your icy demeanor you still find yourself polite enough not to throw yourself head-first into danger; after all, with five hundred years upon this planet and death a lingering cloak upon your slumped shoulders, you surely must have learned? Do you finally understand that the safest course of action is to turn away, from yourself, from others and not reveal your desperation and your pain? You do not want their sympathy, do not deserve it and they, in turn, should not see your heart still beating through its frozen cracks or your fingers shaking as you pray.

–> Traits: seems coldhearted and unapporachable. quiet. devoted. determined. distant. will finish the job no matter what. does not know how to relax or enjoy life. can sometimes be seen as uptight. he is a little more open in his modern verse but still very much has issues relating to people and trusting them. cares deeply for very few people.

THE DEAD SAINT OF LODZ:

1432: You were born on a chill winter night, the wind biting, the rain drowning out the prayers of your father as he mumbled and begged for your health and life and perhaps this already was a good and ironic indication of the fate you were about to face. You barely remember this life before the church, your family, your two brothers by blood, your naive innocence and childish desire to make those around you proud. And therefore, when you ( that little blond Polish boy who was left in front of the monastery with barely any belongings in hand ) found your new family within God, you could not help but give yourself entirely into making a deity satisfied with your existence.

You were always dedicated, it seemed: soon you were one of the best hunters the church had to offer, tearing through beastly carcasses, extinguishing the demonic from this holy land, never bestowed with mercy but always with your bible and the verses you knew by heart slipping from your lips as you sent them to hell. You believed it all to be evil and how could you not? There is no reason to question the things you were taught when it all seemed to make so much sense: you were here to rid the earth of the devil’s creations and those who gave themselves to him, you were here to save good people from a terrible end. You never doubted yourself, until you met her. Mikhaila. Such a beautiful soul, so true, so selfless, the manifestation of the saints pictured in mosaics and walls. Gentle and loving, how could you possibly force yourself to arrest her on the counts of WITCHCRAFT?

1460: It should never have come to this, you realize as you laid here in the grass, gasping for breath that filled your lungs less and less by the second. The stench of blood and tears surrounded you, your brethren fallen, their torn limbs reaching out to brush against your skin, even in death and all you can do is wonder if your father begged for your life the same way you now begged for your end. An ambush, how could you have been so ill prepared? The beast on top of you formed a lecherous grin at your plight, displaying its monstrous teeth in your horror and it traces your quickening pulse with them. When it is too still at night you can hear its words echo within your hollow mind: OH I AM NOT DONE WITH YOU YET. And thus it not only fed from you but also let you drink from its own vile essence and you were crying for a god that had already turned away from you.

When you woke up again you found yourself in front of the monastery, your sanctuary for the past decades, the only respite. You stumbled towards it, weak, oddly hungry but not hurt. And when the others saw you, they yelled in terror and reduced your own name to the only noun you find yourself in association with you, even in this day. Beast! A beast! Begone from these holy lands, you wretched thing! And in your betrayal as they closed the doors in your face and left you to your own fear and lonliness you finally realized that you never once stopped to take a breath. Radek Tomiczek the church hunter died that night and in his wake a vampire was reborn. With bloodied tears running down your pale cheeks you turned on your heel and ran back into the forest.

Today: You honestly had not expected irony to continue on throughout this undead life of yours but here you are, Dallas, Texas, slipping through the shadows in an attempt to evade the oppressing Southern sun on your way to work. And it seems that no matter how early you arrive, your boss is there before you. Johnny Doe grins every time he sees you, a cheeky and sharp smile, sharp as his own fangs that protrude from his mouth, predatory as the fire within his eyes. You nod in return and briefly wonder how it all has come to this but it seems that the enemy of your current enemy is now your best friend and who would have assumed that to be the hound of hell?

ABILITIES:

- Inhuman speed. - Ability to regenerate, especially if he just fed. - Carries an iron dagger on him -> can use his own blood to elongate it into a sword and the more blood he uses ( e.g. from his lower body ), the more accurate and deadly it becomes -> this also weakens him. - APOCALYPSE!VERSE: is unaffected by the virus but can get addicted to beast and zombie blood, which causes immense pain.

WEAKNESSES:

- Holy symbols give him a severe headache. - Holy water burns him. - While the sun does not cause physical harm, it can weaken him immensely the longer he is out during the daytime, so he prefers to wear many layers to shield himself from it. - Normal bullets still hurt but a silver blade or bullet to the heart would actually kill him.

FACE CLAIM: Boyd Holbrook.

APPEARANCE: Blond hair. Steelblue eyes that look black after he fed. A cold and intimidating stare. Has a tattoo of the borromean rings on his right index finger as a symbol for hunters. Wears white church garbs in his past verse. Has the scar of the bite mark that turned him into a vampire on his neck. Always has a bible on him.

KNOWN LANGUAGES: Both old and modern Polish; fluent in English; knows very basic Russian and some Latin (mainly religious texts).

[sa7abnews]

Susan Wojcicki, former CEO of YouTube, dead at 56

New Post has been published on https://sa7ab.info/2024/08/11/susan-wojcicki-former-ceo-of-youtube-dead-at-56-2/

Susan Wojcicki, former CEO of YouTube, dead at 56

Former CEO of YouTube Susan Wojcicki. Her husband Dennis Troper posted on Facebook that Wojcicki died of cancer.Photo by Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO, died at 56 after living with lung cancer.Wojcicki led YouTube from 2014 to 2023.She is survived by her husband, Dennis Troper, and their children.Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of YouTube, died "after two years of living with cancer," Alphabet CEO Sunder Pichai wrote on X, adding that he was "unbelievably saddened by the loss." She was 56."She is as core to the history of Google as anyone, and it's hard to imagine the world without her," Pichai continued. "She was an incredible person, leader and friend who had a tremendous impact on the world and I'm one of countless Googlers who is better for knowing her. We will miss her dearly. Our thoughts with her family. RIP Susan."Wojcicki is survived by her mother, journalist and educator Esther Wojcicki; her sisters, Janet, an anthropologist and epidemiologist, and Anne, the cofounder and CEO of 23andMe; her husband, Dennis Troper, and their four living children.Wojcicki was predeceased by her father, Polish American physicist Stanley Wojcicki, and her son Marco, who died in February of this year. He was 19 years old.Wojcicki married Troper in 1998.On Facebook, Troper wrote on Friday night: "My beloved wife of 26 years and mother to our five children left us today after 2 years of living with non small cell lung cancer.""Susan was not just my best friend and partner in life, but a brilliant mind, a loving mother, and a dear friend to many," Troper wrote.Many prominent tech figures have also paid tribute to the late executive.Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, described Wojcicki in a post on X as "a trailblazer in the industry, an exemplary mother, and a cherished friend.""Her kind heart, wise counsel, and philanthropic spirit touched countless lives," he wrote.Apple CEO Tim Cook said he was "saddened" to hear the news, adding that Wojcicki "was one of Silicon Valley's visionaries.""She will be missed by so many. May she rest in peace," he wrote on X.Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote in another post on X: "Rest in peace. Especially tragic to see such an early death."Susan Wojcicki and Dennis Troper.Taylor Hill/Getty ImagesWojcicki began working at Google in 1999 and served as CEO of YouTube from 2014 until 2023.Before joining Google, she provided the garage space where the company was founded in 1998.During her time with the company, Wojcicki played a key role in developing its advertising business, helping create AdSense and working on the deal to acquire DoubleClick.At YouTube, which was acquired by Google in 2006, Wojcicki oversaw the site as it became the web's most popular video service.Wojcicki announced in 2023 that she was stepping down from her role as YouTube's CEO to "start a new chapter focused on my family, health, and personal projects I'm passionate about."Representatives for Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

[quilveor]

TAK

FATHER MATEUSZ IS THE BEST DETECTIVE

English people have Sherlock Holmes, Belgian people have Hercules Poirot and Polish people have a cyclist Catholic priest solving crimes in southern Poland

[sirshio]

Let's continue with characters from Pornograffiti. Now here's the list of different ethnicities I have in my story!

Queer, white, no specific ancestry:

William (cis man, bi + demisexual), Taylor (amab nb, omni + demisexual), Dan (afab nb, bi or pan), Olivia or Zackie for close friends (trans woman, biromantic + heterosexual), Leslie (cis woman, bisexual), Leo (cis man, homosexual + demiromantic), Bertran (cis man, bisexual)

Queer, white, with specific ancestry (let's imagine Jews are white...):

Isaac (cis man, homosexual) - half Jewish (from his mother's side), has Italian ancestry (from his father's side)

Kodie (trans man, hetero + demisexual) - German, was born in Hamburg

Martin or Marty (cis man, homosexual, maybe demisexual) - Austrian (from his mother's side), but was born in USA

Luci (amab nb, attracted to men) - Italian, was born in Napoli

Juha (cis man, homosexual + demiromantic) - Finnish, was born in Kotka

Noah (cis man, homosexual) - Jewish

Lukas (amab nb, pansexual) - Lithuanian, was born in Kaunas

Markus (cis man, biromantic + homosexual) - Finnish, was born in Porvoo

Holly (cis woman, homosexual) - Irish-American

Björg (cis man, homosexual) - Swedish

Mateusz (trans man, omnisexual) - Polish

Queer, POC (of all kinds):

Gemma (cis woman, homosexual) - Afro-American

Ryo (cis man, homosexual) - Japanese, but was born in USA

Mike (cis man, bisexual) - native American

Lilith (cis woman, pansexual) - Armenian (I didn't decide on her home city)

Lowell (cis man, pansexual) - China-American

Xuan (cis man, polysexual) - China-American

Sky (afab nb, omnisexual) - mix-blood, white and Alaskian ethnicities

Alejandro (cis man, bisexual) - Mexican

Wolfgang (cis man, omnisexual) - half German, half Brazilian

Damien (cis man, homosexual) - half French, half Arabic

Not queers of all kinds (since there are only a few):

Jesse (gnc woman) - China-American

Elvira - Austrian

Takeo - Japanese

Aaron - white, no specific ancestry

Samuel - white, no specific ancestry

Saga (gnc woman) - Swedish

+ some characters that still don't have names

[czerwonaczaszka]

Thorns 🩸✴️🌹🍊✨

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[alexisnoir]

Father Matthew (ojciec Mateusz) is here

Well, as I mentioned in my previous post, two huge box sets were to arrive today. My belated X-mas present. They were dropped off when I was at the apothecary buying medicine. They’re huge. Not as huge as Supernatural or E.R box sets are but still, two box sets 10 seasons each. Damn.

The box sets are not the best of quality. What you see in the picture is the side picture. Then you have the opening for the individual seasons inside, the other side picture with plot and details and then there’s the back. It bloody opens so easily I had to tape it shut. Annoying as hell. The solution was either leave it laying down or tape it. I taped the back shut. Whoever thought of that kind of design has never created a box set before - let me tell you and I have A LOT of box sets from all over the world. Will see how the quality of the episodes is once I watch the first few tonight.

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( about: Radek. ) tw: death, religion, self-hatred, self-harm.

I traveled with the enemy, I thought it was my destiny. I’m free of all the lunacy. I never want it back, my history in black.

FULL NAME:  Radek Mateusz Tomiczek.

NICKNAMES: Tommy. That damn hunter. Maciuś (only by people he is very close to).

GENDER II SPECIES: Male II Vampire (clan Tremere).

BIRTHDAY II AGE: November 8th 1430 II Was embraced at the age of 30 and stopped ageing since then.

BIRTHPLACE: Modern Łódź, Poland.

HEIGHT: 6’1”.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Pansexual.

OCCUPATION: Former church hunter, now mechanic.

DEMEANOR: Your coldness is not limited to the confines of your body: not only has your warmth disappeared from your touch but from your heart as well, turning it to stone and leaving you with an aversion towards anyone who tries to approach you, whether with good or bad intentions. You neither care for reputation, nor friendliness ( you are simply here to get the job done and you will get it done, come hell or high water ) but even in your icy demeanor you still find yourself polite enough not to throw yourself head-first into danger; after all, with five hundred years upon this planet and death a lingering cloak upon your slumped shoulders, you surely must have learned? Do you finally understand that the safest course of action is to turn away, from yourself, from others and not reveal your desperation and your pain? You do not want their sympathy, do not deserve it and they, in turn, should not see your heart still beating through its frozen cracks or your fingers shaking as you pray.

–> Traits: seems coldhearted and unapporachable. quiet. devoted. determined. distant. will finish the job no matter what. does not know how to relax or enjoy life. can sometimes be seen as uptight. he is a little more open in his modern verse but still very much has issues relating to people and trusting them. cares deeply for very few people.

THE DEAD SAINT OF ŁÓDŻ:

1430: You were born on a chill winter night, the wind biting, the rain drowning out the prayers of your father as he mumbled and begged for your health and life and perhaps this already was a good and ironic indication of the fate you were about to face. You barely remember this life before the church, your family, your two brothers by blood, your naive innocence and childish desire to make those around you proud. And therefore, when you ( that little blond Polish boy who was left in front of the monastery with barely any belongings in hand ) found your new family within God, you could not help but give yourself entirely into making a deity satisfied with your existence.

You were always dedicated, it seemed: soon you were one of the best hunters the church had to offer, tearing through beastly carcasses, extinguishing the demonic from this holy land, never bestowed with mercy but always with your bible and the verses you knew by heart slipping from your lips as you sent them to hell. You believed it all to be evil and how could you not? There is no reason to question the things you were taught when it all seemed to make so much sense: you were here to rid the earth of the devil’s creations and those who gave themselves to him, you were here to save good people from a terrible end. You never doubted yourself, until you met her. Mikhaila. Such a beautiful soul, so true, so selfless, the manifestation of the saints pictured in mosaics and walls. Gentle and loving, how could you possibly force yourself to arrest her on the counts of WITCHCRAFT?

1460: It should never have come to this, you realize as you laid here in the grass, gasping for breath that filled your lungs less and less by the second. The stench of blood and tears surrounded you, your brethren fallen, their torn limbs reaching out to brush against your skin, even in death and all you can do is wonder if your father begged for your life the same way you now begged for your end. An ambush, how could you have been so ill prepared? The beast on top of you formed a lecherous grin at your plight, displaying its monstrous teeth in your horror and it traces your quickening pulse with them. When it is too still at night you can hear its words echo within your hollow mind: OH I AM NOT DONE WITH YOU YET. And thus it not only fed from you but also let you drink from its own vile essence and you were crying for a god that had already turned away from you.

When you woke up again you found yourself in front of the monastery, your sanctuary for the past decades, the only respite. You stumbled towards it, weak, oddly hungry but not hurt. And when the others saw you, they yelled in terror and reduced your own name to the only noun you find yourself in association with you, even in this day. Beast! A beast! Begone from these holy lands, you wretched thing! And in your betrayal as they closed the doors in your face and left you to your own fear and lonliness you finally realized that you never once stopped to take a breath. Radek Tomiczek the church hunter died that night and in his wake a vampire was reborn. With bloodied tears running down your pale cheeks you turned on your heel and ran back into the forest.

Today: You honestly had not expected irony to continue on throughout this undead life of yours but here you are, Dallas, Texas, slipping through the shadows in an attempt to evade the oppressing Southern sun on your way to work. And it seems that no matter how early you arrive, your boss is there before you. Johnny Doe grins every time he sees you, a cheeky and sharp smile, sharp as his own fangs that protrude from his mouth, predatory as the fire within his eyes. You nod in return and briefly wonder how it all has come to this but it seems that the enemy of your current enemy is now your best friend and who would have assumed that to be the hound of hell?

ABILITIES:

- Ability to regenerate, especially if he just fed. - Carries an iron dagger on him -> can use his own blood to elongate it into a sword and the more blood he uses ( e.g. from his lower body ), the more accurate and deadly it becomes -> this also weakens him. - APOCALYPSE!VERSE: is unaffected by the virus but can get addicted to beast and zombie blood, which causes immense pain.

WEAKNESSES:

- Holy symbols give him a severe headache. - While the sun does not cause physical harm, it can weaken him immensely the longer he is out during the daytime, so he prefers to wear many layers to shield himself from it. - Normal bullets still hurt but a silver blade or bullet to the heart would actually kill him.

FACE CLAIM: Boyd Holbrook.

APPEARANCE: Blond hair. Steelblue eyes that look black after he fed. A cold and disgruntled stare. Has a tattoo of the borromean rings on his right index finger as a symbol for hunters. Wears white church garbs in his past verse. Has the scar of the bite mark that turned him into a vampire on his neck. Always has a bible on him.

KNOWN LANGUAGES: Both old and modern Polish; English; knows very basic Russian and some Latin (mainly religious texts).

[mostrovskaa]

some more ojciec mateusz (father matthew) fanarts :-)

Let me be cringe on here for a second : These are just some of my headcanons about side characters, most notably priest Jacek who is a minor character that I've basically turned into somewhat of an oc because essentially I need him to snap and turn into a villain

[lord-of-the-north]

Ola Haraldsson - the main character. The soul of Nordland. Sindre Egron Bjornstad - the best friend of Ola (and something more). The soul of Forlann. Skjold Foss - the “step father” of Ola. The soul of Markedal. Hjarnar Jarte Harpolen - the “caregiver” of Ola. The soul of Gesseborg. Emil Einrun Bjornstad - the “step son” of Sindre, the soul of Einrun. Aud Estemir - the soul of Albern. Ingeborg Mette - the soul of Sviria. Marlon Marwari - the soul of Ostia. Oladele Kwambai - the soul of Abbanis. Mateusz Szklow - the soul of Kassia. Naguja Ankalin - the soul of Inaat.

Here’s what they look like and what their relationship is like. Green - friendship, love. Red - a damn bad relationship. Blue - relationships are complicated or change from bad to good or vice versa. If the connection between the characters is not indicated, then this is a neutral-friendly relationship. They can quarrel, they can enter into alliances, but in general they treat each other well.