#father mateusz

[czerwonaczaszka]

DOMINOEFFECT 🁌 ˚✧

[smimon]

The last time I visited my parents we watched the Polish TV show "Ojciec Mateusz" as per tradition, and one of the episode's one-shot characters was played by an actor who kinda looks like vintage Käärijä :D bonus points for the character having problems with gambling

Here is the episode on tvp website (but it probably won't work outside of Poland)

[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.)

[kaczostrofa]

Stuff I like!

Games: Your Turn To Die, Honkai Star Rail, Cookie Run Kingdom, Mad Father, Milk inside bag of milk inside bag of milk, papers please, Omori, Doki Doki Literature Club, One Shot, Deltarune, Needy Streamer Overdose, Flesh blood and concrete, pjsekai, Identity V, Mouthwashing, Sally Face, Fran Bow, NEET girl date night

Shows/Movies: Bungo Stray Dogs, Gravity Falls, Steven Universe, Bee and Puppycat, Lego Ninjago, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Mandelia catalogue, The Good Omens, The amazing digital circus, Włatcy Móch, MLP, Arcane, Madoka Magica, Ojciec Mateusz, It, Over the Garden Wall, The Smiling Friends, The Owl House, Barbieverse, Kuce z bronksu

Books: Master and Margherita, all of Mickiewicz, Stanislav Lem, riordanverse, a lot of classic literature acutally-

Other: Ranfren, Creepypasta, SCP Foundation, D&D, Ride the Cyclone, Heathers, Hamilton, Beetlejuice (musical and movie), mbti

I'll edit if I remember anything else-

[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

[sirshio]

Ahhhh, I'm so happy to share my boy with y'all ♡

• Mateusz

• male (trans) + he/him

• ca. 1375

• King Wenceslas! And Sigismung "can go and fuck himself"

• he is Adder's younger brother! But I believe he is in good relationships with all Devil's Oack :) especially Janosh! (they gossip about Adder a lot!) And Jindřich too, give my blacksmith boy more friends!!

• I guess it depends, but as long as you're respectful and polite, I'm ok!

• not so tall, strawberry blonde + short wavy hair, greenish eyes, freckles

• trivia:

- joins the Devil's Pack between Exodus and The Lion's Den

- left home when he was ca. 20 and when his father was *determined* to find a husband for "his very naughty daughter"

- disguised as a man for his own safety, some time later realized he is extremely comfortable with it, as if he had been a man since birth

- a bisexual disaster, sure knows how to please men and women

- is a rather good archer, uses a battle axe, also handles a dagger very well

- lived in Sienna and Firence (and some other towns near) for few years (and had A LOT of adventure there, I think I'll make a post specifically for them)

- speaks Czech, Italian + so-so German and Latin (+ native Polish, obviously), can read

- won't say no to a good drink, handles alcohol almost as well as his brother

- quite short-tempered and hot-headed, always up for a fight

- loves his older brother! (btw, he is 12 years younger than Adder)

- had a very special friend Askold, whom he met before his Italian adventures and who was killed by some thug who tried to rob them. They kissed once, but nothing more serious happened, and Mateusz doesn't know what exactly it was :(

I already love him, and I hope you will like him too!!

Fun fact: I'm 1/8 Polish on my dad's side, so I couldn't lose a chance to make a Polish OC!

Alrighty fuckers

As we are all hopefully aware, many of us have KCD OCs. And let me just say, the only thing better than nerding out over nieche fictional characters is watching as your friends nerd out over those same fictional characters, and in turn, making more of them for you all to nerd out over.

so, bring me your ocs! You are all so creative, and I want to get to see all of them, but I worry I have managed to miss some of these fools! So, I was hoping, if you all would be so kind, to share some information about them. I’ve made a little form.

Name

Gender+Pronouns

Year of Birth

Who is the Rightful King?

is there a Cannon Charictar they are connected with in some way? A sibling? Friend? Lover?

Are you ok with other people using/talking about/creating art with your OC?

Looks:

Any other trivia:

[smallergcd]

( 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).

[lemagcinema]

Woman of… de Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert

Un film de Michał Englert ,Małgorzata Szumowska Avec: Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Joanna Kulig, Bogumiła Bajor, Mateusz Więcławek, Jacek BraciakAdam, trying to be a good husband and father in a small town in Poland. But Adam starts to feel increasingly uncomfortable in his body, one that doesn’t reflect his true identity.

Retrouvez l'article complet ici https://lemagcinema.fr/microcritique/woman-of-de-malgorzata-szumowska-michal-englert/

[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. 

[czerwonaczaszka]

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[steellegacy]

The armor of King Sigismund II Augustus was returned to Poland ⠀ ⚜️ Childhood Armor of King Sigismund II Augustus, Innsbruck, 1533 Height: 156.8 cm Medium: forged and embossed steel, etched and gilded engravings. Armorer: Jörg Seusenhofer (1516-1580) ⠀ 📝 The armor was ordered in 1533 by the king of Czechia and Hungary (later the emperor) Ferdinand I for the nuptials of his daughter Elizabeth with the son of Sigismund I, the thirteen-year-old Sigismund II Augustus, crowned King of Poland. ⠀ This late medieval and Renaissance suit of armor served a practical purpose, yet it was also symbolic and for show. This was a most costly bit of apparel. King Sigismund II Augustus’s suit is an outstanding example of armor being forged to resemble court garb. ⠀ By the authority of a decision by the arbitrations court in 1933, the armor was handed over from the imperial Viennese collections to the National Museum in Budapest, as allegedly the property of Hungarian King Louis II, who perished in battle with the Turks (Battle of Mohács in 1526). ⠀ In reality, as outstanding weapons expert Bruno Thomas showed in 1939, the armor was ordered in 1533 by the king of Czechia and Hungary (later the emperor) Ferdinand I for the nuptials of his daughter Elizabeth with the son of Sigismund I, the thirteen-year-old Sigismund II Augustus, crowned King of Poland in his father’s lifetime. The breastplate and sleeves hold an interlocking monogram with the letters "E" and "S" (Elisabetha, Sigismundus). ⠀ In 2020, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki turned to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán with a request to hand over the Renaissance armor of the young King Sigismund II Augustus. And Viktor Orbán signed a decree to transfer the armor belonging to Poland. In February 2021, the decision was made to transfer the piece to the Wawel Royal Castle. ⠀ 🏛 The Wawel Royal Castle, Krakow ⠀ - - Доспехи Сигизмунда II Августа вернули Польше ⠀ ⚜️ Детские доспехи Сигизмунда II Августа, Инсбрук, 1533 г. Высота: 156,8 см Материалы: ковка, чеканка, гравировка с позолотой Оружейник: Йорг Зойзенхофер (1516-1580) ⠀ 📝 Доспехи были заказаны в 1533 году королем Чехии и Венгрии (впоследствии императором) Фердинандом I для свадьбы его дочери Елизаветы с сыном Сигизмунда I, 13-летним Сигизмундом II Августом, коронованным королем Польши. ⠀ Этот доспех позднего средневековья и эпохи Возрождения служил практическим целям, но в то же время был символическим и наглядным. Это была самая дорогая часть одежды. Костюм короля Сигизмунда II Августа - выдающийся пример ковки доспехов, напоминающих придворную одежду. ⠀ Решением арбитражного суда в 1933 г. доспехи б��ли переданы из венских императорских коллекций Национальному музею в Будапеште, как якобы собственность венгерского короля Людовика II, погибшего в бою с турками (Битва при Мохаче в 1526 г.). ⠀ На самом деле, как показал выдающийся эксперт по оружию Бруно Томас в 1939 г., доспехи были заказаны в 1533 году королем Чехии и Венгрии (впоследствии императором) Фердинандом I для свадьбы его дочери Елизаветы с сыном Сигизмунда I, 13-летним Сигизмундом II Августом, коронованным королем Польши при жизни своего отца. Нагрудник и рукава украшены переплетающейся монограммой с буквами «E» и «S» (Elisabetha, Sigismundus). ⠀ В 2020 г. премьер-министр Польши Матеуш Моравецкий обратился к премьер-министру Венгрии Виктору Орбану с просьбой передать ренессансные доспехи молодого короля Сигизмунда II Августа. И Виктор Орбан подписал указ о передаче брони, принадлежащей Польше. В феврале 2021 г. было принято решение перенести экспонат в Вавельский королевский замок. ⠀ 🏛 Вавельский королевский замок, Краков

[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

[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).

[kendallspussy]

when i was a kid there was a series on polish television called "Plebania" [in English: presbytery] set around a presbytery in some fictional polish village and, oh boy, if a telenovela about a fucking presbytery isn't the most polish thing there is,,, but there was also another series called "Ojciec Mateusz" [in English: father Matthew] about a noisy priest from Sandomierz who solved crimes and pulled some real FBI shit in that city while riding his bike everywhere; if that ain't the peak of catholicism, then idk what is