#lara is basically a cryptid

[lucadansembourg]

         𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠…  𝐖𝐑𝐄𝐍 𝐃’𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐆

the basics.

name. wren albert d’ansembourg.

title. his royal highness, prince of luxembourg & duke of esch-sur-alzette.

age. 25-31.

family. luca ( @lucadansembourg​ ), wendy ( @wendyjuliette​ ) & lara d’ansembourg (ADOPT HERE) - siblings ; theodor ( @theodcr​ ) & josefina olderburg (ADOPT HERE) - cousins 

relationship status. utp.

occupation. socialite & influencer.

follower count. 27 million followers on twitter,16 million followers on instagram, 11 million followers on tiktok, 6 million subscribers on youtube & 2 million followers on twitch. 

faceclaim options. maxence danet-fauvel, charlie rowe, alex fitzalan, henrik holm, tarjei sandvik moe, deaken bluman, chase stokes, brenton thwaites, felix mallard, charlie gillespie, george sear. 

group. @highsocietyhq

the story.

the d’ansembourg twins were a shock to the world, and maybe that’s the way that wren preferred things. from the moment he was born, he wanted to be an outsider. while his sisters were prim, proper and put together, and his brother an overemotional idiot, wren stood as a monument to the weird that most people kept hidden away, locked in a drawer for no one to see. 

he might have grown up in the palace, but he would escape as often as he could. wren craved normalcy in his early years, and he managed to achieve that by sneaking out a side door to play football in a side alley with the local kids. his friends that may not have been “approved” by his parents, but they were approved to show him about the world - the real world, not the one of royalty. 

wren thought of himself as separate from his siblings, and not just because he was the baby of the family, but because he was just... different. he didn’t care for politics, didn’t care for other royal activities. in his teen years, wren was practically a recluse to his family, hidden away in his dorm room at le rosey or his own private rooms in the grand palace, constantly feeling like the only puzzle piece that didn’t quite fit. 

wendy jokes sometimes that he must have been adopted, but wren is sure he wasn’t meant to be born into palaces and riches beyond anyone’s wildest dreams. 

while his parents always expected him to grow out of it, he did the opposite. he never stopped caring about the strange things he’d always regarded as more important that schoolwork. following lara to le rosey was one of the first truly “royal” things wren had done in his entire life, and he still managed to be awful at that. he was constantly in disciplinary hearings or getting shouted at by whichever teacher he pissed off with his detached attitude. but it didn’t crush his spirit at all, in fact, it only made him act out more. 

maybe it was an attention thing - that would explain the next ten years of his life that he’d spend vying for the favor of strangers over the internet to determine his own self worth, or whatever the therapist said. 

perhaps it was the years of his only friends being two kids raised by their laptop screens just outside the palace, or the hundreds of hours of looking at memes instead of actually doing as he was told, but something in wren made him want to do whatever he liked, no matter what others thought of him. 

when lara went off to oxford, wren took a gap year. and then another. and then another, and soon it had been five years - his sister had a master’s degree and he had a massive social media fanbase. he’s not sure which of them did better for themselves.

when his father died, wren realized that he was actually going to have to be a prince for the first time in his life. before, he’d let lara take the reins on anything and just showed up to parties in bright colored suits and weird patterned socks and ties that didn’t match. but now that his older brother was king: wren was expected to pull his weight. 

he was terrible at it, for starters. he said too much, threw jokes and lies out to the press just to see what they’d print the next day. he became somewhat of a cryptid for gossip columnists and tmz reporters, because if you could manage to catch him, wren would deliver biting remarks and hilarious anecdotes about the royalty around him. he loves to watch reporters scramble to confirm stories in any way they can. 

when nathalie died, he came back to luxembourg and found himself a bit aimless. he took up art during this time, making some really dark paintings and a whole lot of collage work, which he then had to convince luca to not hang up around the palace, because luca constantly plays at being everyone’s proud older brother. 

but he managed to pull the family back together, and things got easier, gradually. mainly, he helped everyone heal by not changing a thing - he stayed unabashedly strange through the entire ordeal, and in the process became a rock the others could rely on. 

maybe he wasn’t a misshapen puzzle piece, but just a weird one that took some time to figure out the location of. he didn’t feel like the outcast anymore, but instead a valued member of the family - and had they always treated him like that? he wasn’t sure - and that was the worst part. how could he stay in their favor if he didn’t know what he did to earn it?  

his (not so) “secret  twitter" is well known by most of royal stan twitter, and getting a follow back from him is something that is worn like a badge of honor. he pretty much exists on there to roast his siblings’ outfits and choices, but also to poke fun at all other royals. truly, it’s just one more piece of controlled rebellion. he wouldn’t say things to hurt his family... on purpose, at least. 

it became an arnauld d’orleans hate twitter during the occupation. he would come up with very colorful roasts to go along with photos taken of the french king from bad angles. it was resistance, the only way wren d’ansembourg knew how to do it. his plenty of instagram lives and twitch streams helped, too - bringing visibility tothe occupation of luxembourg to places that many people would have turned away from it altogether. 

and when the occupation ended, he threw a party in the back alley behind the palace that he grew up in. by the end of the night, it was attended by thousands of luxembourgian citizens. lara frowned upon it, but wendy had the time of her life, so he had enough support to call their “sibling vote” on whether he’d fucked up, a dead tie. 

he ran a charity stream that raised over eight million dollars for relief in belgium after the bombings, taking requests for things he could do in his room. he only broke four priceless artifacts during it,.

when he was invited to the protection program, he was the most wary of it. he didn’t need to network, he didn’t need to be protected from anything. wren knew he could care of himself, but a change of scenery seemed... kind of fun. it was getting boring in luxembourg, now that things have settled. and as long as he’s able to be connected to wifi, and he’s allowed to do at least three stupid tings a week, everything ill be alright. 

interested? contact me! 

i do want to say that i feel like the main thing i am looking for in a wren applicant is that his vibe is.... strange. i imagine wren is a 100 gecs song if it came to life.  he’s an ancient chaos god trapped in the lanky body of a d’ansembourg man.

most things are negotiable, and i’d love to discuss any changes or ideas you have. please contact me ( @lucadansembourg​ ) if you’re interested in filling this connection !!

[niuniente]

@writers-block-help-everything​ wanted to have a master post of my current library collection, so here you go, with photos so the books will be easier to find if any of you wants to read/buy them:

1. Spellbound; Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft (Ashmolean Museum, England); Basic book of spells, witchcraft and different rituals in history. Lots of pictures!

2. A History of Medieval Christianity; Prophesy and Order ( Jeffrey Burton Russell & Doughlas W. Lumsden)

3. The Complete Book of Devils and Demons (Dr. Leonard R. N. Ashley). A good beginner book with lots of simple information from here and there if you want to study devilish monsters throughout the globe. 

4. Witchcraft in the Middle Ages (Jeffrey Burton Russell)

5. The Prince of Darkness (Jeffrey Burton Russell) This books contains all basic information of 4 earlier books from Jeffrey Burton Russell about the Devil. 

5. Satan - The Early Christian Tradition (Jeffrey Burton Russell) A book of how early Christian traditions saw the evil and the God in the world,

6. Lucifer - The Devil In The Middle Ages (Jeffrey Burton Russell) A book of how medieval church and different heretic views saw the evil, the Devil and The God. Goes actually all to way to romantic era and covers a bit also Islamic views of the evil. My fave books.

7. The Devil - Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity (Jeffrey  Burton Russell) How non-Christian religions and early Christians saw the Devil and the God

1. Medieval Punishments - The Illustrated History of Torture (William Andrews). This book was published in late 19th century, and it covers ONLY medieval English punishments. It’s not so much about torture than about criminal convictions. Super easy to read and very interesting! Is definitely not as horrible as it sounds by the title.

2. The Secret History of Lucifer (Lynn Picknett). This is more of an occult book to me than history book, but it covers historical religious views of Lucifer. It’s more like one woman’s manifest I think?

3. Witchcraft - Demons, Folklore and Superstition (Lois Martin). VERY basic notebook sized book of the subject.

4. The Witch-hunt in the Early Modern Europe (Brian P. Levack)

5. History of the Devil (Gerald Messadié)

6. Male Witched in Early Modern Europe (Lara Apps & Andrew Gow)

7.  The Witch - A History of Fear from Ancient Times to the Present (Ronald Hutton) This book cover witches from all around the world, so it is very throughout book. Ronald Hutton is one of the leading experts of the history of witchcraft.

8. The Werewolf - Montague Summers. This book covers history of werewolves. Unfortunately, it is very hard to read and the author HAS NOT translated any sources to English. If the source is in Latin, it is in Latin in the book too. Like “Pope XXXNJN 3 said; Latinlatinlatinlatinlatinlatin; and he was absolutely right, as German pastor YYYUT added 5 years later; Germangermangermangerman”.

9. Life in the Medieval City (Frances Gies & Josept Gies)

Then, some obscure monster and paranormal books!

1. The Beast of Bray Road - Tailing Wisconsin’s Werewolf (Linda S. Godfrey) A book covering the famous Bray road Dogman sighting in early 90′s and how things proceed. Linda was a reporter in the area when the incident happen and it started her 25 years long career as a dogman researcher. She’s the world’s leading dogman specialist now.

2. The Michigan Dogman - Werewolves and Other Unknown Canines Across the USA (Linda S. Godfrey) This book contains from cover to cover eyewitness testimonials of Dogmen and other upright walking canines in the USA.

3. Real Wolfmen - True Encounters in Modern America (Linda S. Godfrey) Another super exciting book from Linda covering from cover to cover eyewitness testimonials of Dogmen and other upright walking canines in the USA.

4. American Monsters - A History of Monster Lore, Legend and Sightings in America (Linda S. Godfrey). This book has different short sections for different cryptids in America, together with eyewitness testimonials of said cryptids.

5. The Art of Psychic Protection (Judy Hall) This is a literal handbook how to protect yourself from different energies, people and spirit when you work with spiritual things and encounter spirits.

6. Black Eyed Children (David Weatherly) Black eyed children are a fairly new and rarely encountered cryptid/spirit type, but they are super chilling. They randomly appear and ask to get inside cars, houses, buildings, really trying to coo people to allow them to get inside. This book contains eyewitness cases of these kids with black eyes. I have yet to determine myself what these kids are. My assumption is a demonic entity based on the eyewitnesses’ stories.

7. Poltergeist Over Scotland (Geoff Holder) Recorded poltergeist cases from Scotland.

8. An Exorcist Explains the Demonic (Fr. Gabriele Amorth). This is a personal view of demonic activity and exorcism written by world’s leading Catholic exorcist Father Amorth. This is thus 100% purely Catholic view only. Not what I personally share with Father Amorth but I wanted to understand Catholic’s point of the view of the phenomena.

9. Our Occulted History - Do the Global Elite Conceal Ancient Aliens? (Jim Marrs). I’m not a fan of conspiracy theories. I like to study them occasionally as they are super great source for inspiration and story setting, right? Now, ancient aliens theory has been a favorite of mine since I stumbled upon Erich von Däniken’s books about them when I was 14  (I have 3 of his books) Many spiritual books talk about the same subject, so I do fall into the category of believers, even when I didn’t swallow every single case and evidence. Marss was one of the leading conspiracy theory spoke persons, especially about aliens, so I’m curious to read about his thoughts.

Under read more are Finnish books:

1. Malleus Maleficarum’s Finnish edition.|  2. Suomen pyövelit / Executioners in Finland  | 3. Keskiajan pyövelit / Executioners in Middle-Age  | 4. Noitaäiti / The Witch Mother; A real life case of a Finnish woman who moved to Stockholm, Sweden, as was burned on a stake as a witch during the Witch Craze | 5. Pohjoisen Noidat / The Witched of North; witch hunt and its convictions and legal issues in Sweden-Finland during the Witch Craze | 6. Karjalan räyhähenget / Karelian Poltergeists; Cases of reported poltergeists and beliefs of demons, witches and the devil in South-West Finland (Karelia) area and in East-Finland in 19th century | 7. Paha silmä / Evil Eye; the belief of malicious intentions and powers and protection against them in Finnish culture.

1. Johdatus keskiajan teologiaan / Introduction of Medieval Theology | 2. Suomalaisen kuoleman historia / History of Dying in Finland; belief systems and traditions of death, dying and afterlife in Finnish culture | 3. Musta-Maija ja Kirppu-Kaisa / Black Maija and Flea Kaisa; prostitution and life of a prostitute in 19th century Finland | 4. Kissojen maailmanhistoria / The World History of Cats | 5. Rutto / Plague; the history of plague | 6. Ihmesatujen historya / The History of Wonderful Fairytales; where do fairytales come from and their importance and meaning for societies | 7. Auringonjumalattaren tyttäret / The Daughter of The Sun Goddess; the history of women in Japanese culture.