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[vugnasmineralblog]

Fluorite | Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan

[geologyin-blog]

Perfectly Terminated Red Brookite On Matrix From Kharan Baluchistan Pakistan. Photo: hamza_minerals_collection

[oldearthminerals]

Byssolite Included Quartz Crystal with Epidote, Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan

[dragons-bones]

FFXIV Write Entry #25: The Best Cure

Prompt: call it a day || Master Post || On AO3

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“I am nob sick.”

“Uh huh.”

“I’m nob!”

Synnove gave her knight her very best “I Know You Speak Bullshite” look that she normally leveraged on carbuncles and students. Aymeric’s answering scowl would have been a more effective rebuttal if his hair wasn’t disheveled, his eyes not watery, and his nose not bright red.

“You have run yourself ragged,” Synnove said, hands on her hips, “and now you’re paying the price for spreading yourself so thin.”

“Dere’s too much to—ACHOO!”

Aymeric got his arm up just in time to sneeze into his elbow. And then a second time, and a third, in quick succession.

“Darling, you have a very competent second-in-command and an equally competent new political secretary, you can take the bloody time to rest and get better.”

An authoritative mew drifted up from next to Synnove’s shin. She pointed down. “See! Lady Crème agrees with me!”

The Ala Kharan cat leaped up onto the bed, then sat primly with her tail curled over her paws, and stared at Aymeric. Aymeric refused to look at his mother’s cat, instead trying to scowl again at Synnove. “If I always did what the cab wanted,” and now he seemed to be vainly trying to ignore how his congestion was only getting worse with every word he spoke, “I would neber ged anyding done.”

Synnove narrowed her eyes.

“Tyr.”

The topaz carbuncle popped his head over the side of the bed, and, like Lady Crème, stared. Now Aymeric looked concerned.

“Sit.”

Boof!

Aymeric tried to scramble away, Lady Crème hissing angrily at being jarred, but too late: Tyr was crawling up the bed. As soon as his hindlegs were on the mattress, the enormous carbuncle threw himself forward to flop on Aymeric’s legs and torso. Aymeric went flat on his back with an oof!

Synnove smiled. “Good boy, Tyr.”

Another wordless boof, this one smug, as Tyr drew himself up into a proper loaf shape. For good measure, he swished his tails to the side to drape over Aymeric’s face. Lady Crème stalked up the bedsheets to claim one of the pillows next to Aymeric’s head.

“You fight dirty,” Aymeric grumbled, voice further muffled by both snot and carbuncle tails.

“I fight to win,” Synnove said, smug, as she walked around the bed. “I’ve already gave Lucia a call on the ‘pearl, and I’ll be contacting Norlaise shortly.”

“Conspiracies.”

She snickered, and brushing the tips of Tyr’s tails out of the way, she leaned over and kissed Aymeric’s forehead. “I’m going to go help Hersande make some chicken noodle soup,” she said. “I’ll come check up on you in a bell. If you need anything, just tell Tyr and he’ll come get me.”

“Fiiiiiine,” came the sulky whine. A pause. “I love you.”

“I love you, too.” Synnove gave an ear scratch to both Tyr and Lady Crème, and then headed out of the bedroom.

Aymeric was snoring by the time she closed the door.

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[strangeshipper]

A sharp, reliable, easy-to-use sword

Arslan Senki : : Zandeh, Gurgin

Zandeh cares

for @innerchorus

"Listen, magician… Is it true that you worship Zahhak?"

Gurgin slowly turns his head, as if he have just seen Zandeh standing here.

"Why are you so interested, son of Kharan?"

"Because it's very dangerous! It's Zahhak!"

"Zahhak, Arslan's army, Turan, Lusitanians - there are a lot of things around that are dangerous."

"You do not understand!" Zandeh gets excited, infuriated by his indifference. "Yes, there are Turan and Arslan, but Zahhak is completely different!"

Instead of answering, the magician raises an eyebrow - so what?

Zandeh strains his brain, trying to formulate an elusive tought. It is difficult to explain the idea that is already obvious to him, but for the sake of the wizard, Zandeh is ready to try.

"Here!" He proclaims triumphantly. "Turan and Lusitania are enemies, but they ane ones only when we are at war with them. And when we are not at war with them, we can, well, deal with them. So… I mean, when they are our enemies, they are evil, and when they are not enemies, they are good. Understand? And Zahhak is not good for anyone! He's nobody's friend. He is evil for everyone!"

He reads a sudden understanding in Gurgin's eyes and considers it as a convince of his own rightness.

"That's it!" Zandeh nods to indicate the conversation is over. "So come on, stop with it now!"

Gurgin's answer sounds completely different from whatever he expected.

"Tell me, Zandeh… Imagine you've found a good sword on the battlefield, beautiful and sharp one, and it is just right for your hand, and you think: "I can protect my friends with this weapon!" So tell me, would you care about who owned this sword before?"

"Well… I don't know." Zandeh feels confused a bit. "If he was a good man and if he is alive, I will probably try to return the sword to him."

"What if he was a bad person? If he was a villain and you know it?"

"Then hell no!"

For a moment Gurgin is silent. Zandeh wants him to continue, curious what's next about the sword - but the wizard's answer is unexpected again.

"I grew up in the Temple of Mithras."

If Zandeh knew how carefully Gurgin keeps in secret all the details of his life, he would be flattered by this revellation. But he didn't. The Priests of Mithra are real sorcerers, and now Zandeh understand why Gurgin is so smart.

"Great! They say it's so hard to get there!"

"I left it."

If Zandeh expected a fairy tale about the life in Mithras' Temple, there will be not.

"I hadn't find what I wanted there. Wisdom. Magic. Power. And then I swore I would find a place I could get all of that."

The wizard raises his head, and Zandeh meets his piercing (wolfish, someone would say. But not Zandeh) look.

"Do you understand me? Have you ever feel the same, son of Karan? And now when I have gained the power to protect those who are dear to me - does it matter, Zandeh, does it matter where I got it from?"

Zandeh draws from his words the only one conclusion: this idiot is not going to break up with Zahhak. Then another idea come to his mind: he's a clever devil, the magician, maybe he can slip away even from the Serpent King? at least for now, and then Zandeh will chat him up or come up with something else. And Zandeh resigns himself - for now.

"Then just… take care of yourself, magician. And be careful there."

Gurgin snorts. Maybe this strange sound means laughter.

"I can definitely promise you that, son of Kharan."

[takingstockofwhatmattersmost]

she is the Kharan desert holding so much life beneath her surface hidden from those not willing to search not willing to see not willing to believe in the oasis on the horizon

i drink from her cool waters  she gives me life and wraps me in her warmth knowing that she can be cold at night if not properly prepared

she possesses such immense beauty yet holds much danger sifting beneath my feet ever changing she will look even more beautiful tomorrow

…if i live that long

[job-ustad]

Balochistan Levies Force Jobs 2025 - Balochistan Levies Force Management Jobs Ziarat 2025

This advertisement is for recruitment in the Balochistan Provincial Levies Force in the districts of Ziarat and Kharan. The advertisement is seeking candidates for various positions, including Risaldar, Naib Risaldar, Hawaldar, Pai, and Driver. The application deadline is January 25, 2025. Job Details Column Value Job Posted Date 2025-01-04 (Assuming this is the date the advertisement was…

[worldsandemanations]

Byssolite Included Quartz Crystal with Epidote, Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan

[blnjobs]

Balochistan Levies Force Ziarat and Kharan Jobs 2025

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[dr-jan-baloch]

Ameer Hamza Shahwani, 16, was allegedly abducted by FC personnel on Dec 20 from Harwo Cross, Kharan, where he was working to support his family. Concerns are rising that he may be harmed in a fake encounter. Authorities are urged to ensure his safe release.

[jobustad]

Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat Jobs in Pakistan December 2024 Advertisement

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[pakistanpressreleases]

Commissioner Rukhshan Division Visits Technical Training Center in Kharan, Highlights Ongoing Admissions and Youth Training Initiatives

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[geologyin-blog]

Natural Red Color Brookite Crystal, From Kharan Baluchistan Pakistan.

Photo: MineralsParadise

[oldearthminerals]

Etched Yellow Calcite, Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 5.30 (after 1930)

1937 – Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators. 1941 – World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag. 1942 – World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany. 1943 – The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp. 1948 – A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless. 1958 – Memorial Day: The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. 1959 – The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham. 1961 – The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 1961 – Viasa Flight 897 crashes after takeoff from Lisbon Airport, killing 61. 1963 – A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year presidency of Ngo Dinh Diem. 1966 – Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu. 1967 – The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war. 1968 – Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, West Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 events in France. 1971 – Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars. 1972 – The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom. 1972 – In Ben Gurion Airport (at the time: Lod Airport), Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others. 1974 – The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service. 1975 – European Space Agency is established. 1979 – Downeast Flight 46 crashes on approach to Knox County Regional Airport in Rockland, Maine, killing 17. 1982 – Cold War: Spain joins NATO. 1989 – Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 10-metre high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators. 1990 – Croatian Parliament is constituted after the first free, multi-party elections, today celebrated as the National Day of Croatia. 1998 – The 6.5 Mw  Afghanistan earthquake shook the Takhar Province of northern Afghanistan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing around 4,000–4,500. 1998 – Nuclear Testing: Pakistan conducts an underground test in the Kharan Desert. It is reported to be a plutonium device with yield of 20kt TNT equivalent. 2003 – Depayin massacre: At least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi flees the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards. 2008 – Convention on Cluster Munitions is adopted. 2008 – TACA Flight 390 overshoots the runway at Toncontín International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and crashes, killing five people. 2012 – Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War. 2013 – Nigeria passes a law banning same-sex marriage.

[xasha777]

In a distant future, where the remnants of Earth's civilizations had dispersed into the cosmos, the knowledge of ancient empires like the Seljuk had become rare, almost mythical. Among these fragments of human history floated the story of a mysterious being known as Kharan, the Harvester of Stars, whose visage merged the ancient with the celestial.

Kharan hailed from a forgotten corner of the galaxy, a planet named Orbis Tertius, where the inhabitants had developed a unique culture that worshiped astronomical phenomena and the cycles of nature, a society deeply influenced by the long-lost lore of the Seljuk Empire. They adapted the empire’s military and architectural brilliance to suit their needs in space, building armadas of starships designed after the intricate Seljuk patterns and monuments.

The Harvester himself was a creation of their highest technological and biological engineering, designed to embody the virtues and powers of their gods. His skin was a canvas of cosmic twilight, muscles rippling like the surface of stars, and his heart—a furnace of nuclear reactions, pulsating with the raw power of a supernova.

Kharan's role was both spiritual and practical. He wandered through the cosmos, gathering the essence of life from dying planets and stars. His crown, an intricate weave resembling the Tree of Life, absorbed cosmic energies that could rejuvenate or obliterate worlds. His chest was open to the universe, revealing a glowing core of harvested starlight, red and furious, surrounded by fruits symbolizing the life that thrives in the cosmos.

One fateful cycle, Kharan stumbled upon a forgotten artifact, a relic of the Seljuk Empire itself, drifting through the void of space—a digital archive containing vast knowledge of their governance, culture, and scientific achievements. The relic spoke of a prophecy, a renaissance that could occur if the ancient wisdom was reintegrated with the modern universe.

Driven by this newfound purpose, Kharan shifted his mission. No longer just a harvester, he became a sower of life and knowledge. Traveling from one dying civilization to another, he used the Seljuk teachings to help them revitalize their worlds, blending ancient terrestrial wisdom with the needs of space-faring societies. His crown not only absorbed energy but also disseminated the stored knowledge and life-force into the barren landscapes of new worlds.

Through his journeys, Kharan evolved into a symbol of resurgence and hope, a bridge between the forgotten past and a potential future. He was both guardian and herald, carrying the legacy of the Seljuk Empire across the cosmos, ensuring that their name, like his own, would never be lost to the stars.