#machault

[raoullemercier]

2024 Grenoble, Xavier Machault

[anechomirrored]

Prompt: "Do you recognize this?"

Fandom: Darkest Dungeon

Rating: G

Warning: mild body horror

he rain continued its assult on the dilapidated Hamlet. My boots had soaked through over an hour ago but there was much to be done in light of our recent expeditions.

We needed more able minds and bodies, Dismas and the others were steadfast but the ruins were taking a toll on them.

Caunter had returned broken. She jumped at every sound and would cry out suddenly much to the distress of the others. Reynauld tried to comfort her but it was clear she needed sanctuary.

They all did in one form or another.

Approaching the stagecoach, I was pleased to see word had traveled. Four souls had lined up upon my arrival for inspection. I greeted them and studied each in their own turn.

A barbarian, a grave robber, an antiquarian and....

I stopped in front of the fourth. He was a man in his thirties though his condition could have him mistaken for much older. Hunched,balding and without proper clothes. He instead wore an entaglement of chains. A prisoner? A beggar?

No.

An A had been ruthlessly branded into the side of his head. He trembled a bit though I could see he was trying his best to stay at attention as the others had.

I asked him his name.

It was Machault.

Until now he had kept his hands concealed under a ragged cloak that hung from his shoulders. A pitiful defense against the elements.

His veins pulsed with a greenish ichor.

" You've traveled far and from experience, I know the journey here is unkind." I searched each face as I spoke, "Please come into the tavern. We will take a meal together and discuss your potential employment. Order what you wish. There is gold enough in my pockets for your satiation."

Beer, whiskey, bread, meat and cheese. Plates and pints were placed before each of them and like starved hounds they devoured it all greedily. I made my rounds, stopping to speak with each of them. Unlike the last coach full these were souls I could hire more readily.

Neot was fierce, powerful and blunt. She was finishing her fourth beer as we agreed on her wages.

Pithou had the appearance of a scarecrow with her flat topped hat and straw blond hair but a few words with her and I knew she would rival Dismas.

Good fortune thus far.

It was the last two I was unsure of.

I started with the antiquarian. Thorel was a woman after my own heart. She too was a young budding academic though her taste for the occult ran much deeper than mine. Like with Canaigres, I could see both the benefit of her intrests and the risk. Still our conversation revealed she was well tempered and took percautions when delving into such arts. I accepted her offer to join up but before we parted she spoke again.

"Machault, I spent most of the journey here speaking with him. He, his affliction is....off putting but please consider him just as you have the others. He has much to offer and I believe that this call to a purpose is what he truly needs." She drained her pint and unsteadily made her way to the door.

Machault.

He was in a corner keeping out of sight. I approached the table withe two more pints and a well rounded plate. His first plate was spotless, as he had left not a single crumb behind. I offered the second plate and a pint as I sat down acoss from him and after a hesitant acceptance he hungrily began eating once more though with more composure so as to be polite. I took the other pewter flagon and drank deeply. The questions I was about to ask were no small thing.

" How does this work?" I asked.

Machault did not dismiss my question dispite its rudimentary delivery. He finished swallowing and looked at his hands before him on the table.

"Do you recognize this? What it means?" He asked.

"In part."I watched him nodding.

He turned his hands over studying them as if deciphering the map his veins carved beneath his flesh.

"Though I may not appear so, I am strong. I can fight for you as a man or as...as a...with this." He once again let the putrid veins become visable under his skin.

Canaigres would be all over this man. The Occultist certainly would ask more specifically and openly about Machault's condition than I.

"You can do that on command? When you fight with that?" I gestured to his hands which were once again Ichorless and human.

"Can you control it? Or will it control you?" That was the main thing I needed to know if he was indiscriminate then I'd have him back on the stagecoach immediately.

He paused in thought, then looked up at me. His eyes were black pools, the irises and whites devoured.

" I do not have interest in harming your hirlings D'Esperer. Both the man and beast agree, it is the evil and the twisted beings we wish to kill." His voice was lower more resinous.

My mouth was agape dispite my desperate reach for composure.

"W-well, I...." I wanted to look away but those eyes held me.

" Your family is used to the creatures better left forgotten." Rumbled the new voice, "Besides Thorel I think you may be only one who hasn't screamed at my introduction." With this, Machault abruptly put his head down breaking our locked gaze.

When he looked back he was shaking slightly and his eyes were human and remorseful once more.

"Forgive me My Lady." His voice was once again soft with a light wheeze at the end of some of his syllables.

The change didn't help the fact that my mouth was still open so like any good adventurer would, I placed my flagon to it and to one of the deepest draughts of my life.

Machault continued as I did so.

" In order to gain your trust I thought it best to let you hear it from both of us, though upon reflection you may have taken it better if I'd answered first." By this time I had found my tongue at the bottom of the pint.

" So there are two seperate beings then yes?" My horror, fascination and need to know for business were tumbling over one another for priority.

"Well, not exactly mum, you see I know what is going on in both forms. I...I am always Machault... its just the nature of my...other side... is a bit primordial, if you will. Instinctual impulses and less care for human politics but as you heard from that side and as I am telling you now. I am not interested in disturbing the peace of the world anymore than I already do...but if I am to be what I am then I want to do some good in this world." Partway through his affirmation he had subconciously put a hand to the brand on his head.

Its meaning was not commonly known but anyone who'd studied eldritch lore knew of the experiments carried out by thosewho felt their pursuits were above morality. Those...as I had recently learned like my Grandfather.

"The house behind this tavern has been turned into our current barracks. Bottom floor is mostly communal quarters:kitchen, messhall, living area. Considering your condition... might I suggest you take the room on the left of the entryway. It's simple but distanced from the others. I have a feeling you may perfer that." His expression had gone from solomn, to surprised and now was accompanied by short and eager nods.

"Ye-Yes Miss! I mean- M' Lady, I.. I -" I held up a hand.

" If you lose control, even once I will dismiss you. Is that clear?" He verbally agreed in an unsettling mingling of the two voices and part of me shuddered inside.

I finished discussing his terms and wages and left him to a third meal on the house. I kept my steps steady.

The beast smells your fear but admires your courage. That voice again...his voice.

I left the bar and sought out Dismas and Reynauld.

[pittsburghbeautiful]

Fort LeBoeuf

Le Boeuf Fortress Fort LeBoeuf, also known as Fort de la Rivi ere au Boeuf, was established by the French in 1753 on a branch of French Creek (within the Ohio River drainage basin) in modern-day Waterford in the northwest region of Pennsylvania. This fort was part of a series of forts which included Fort Presque Isle, Fort Machault, and Fort Duquesne. Fort Le Boeuf was situated approximately 15…

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

A stunningly illuminated manuscript of Guillaume de Machaut’s Prologue. The miniatures were provided by Master of the Bible Jean de Sy. This dates from the late 14th century, within de Machaut’s lifetime. Students of de Machaut will surely include art historians, but I would also draw attention to de Machaut’s flowing poetic verse, beautifully written in a Gothic script. 

[funereel]

wasn’t even aware it’s eurovision time i just have the corvus corax rendition of douce dame jolie bouncing about in my suffering dome (the head) like a microsoft windows screensaver 3d exploding ball 

[jedentageinzitat]

Und scheide ich von dir, so lasse ich dir mein Herz zurück...

Guillaum de Machault

[ashoix]

Yvain’s pissed that he can’t get on the clinic roof anymore. It’ll b ok man.

[bantarleton]

The Battle of the Beautiful Family

The Battle of La Belle-Famille occurred on July 24, 1759, during the French and Indian War along the Niagara River portage trail. François-Marie Le Marchand de Lignery's French relief force for the besieged French garrison at Fort Niagara fell into Eyre Massey's British and Iroquois ambush.

British General Jeffery Amherst made plans for the 1759 military campaigns of the French and Indian War that included an expedition to capture Fort Niagara, a major French military and supply point between the French province of Canada and their forts in the Ohio Country. Amherst chose Brigadier General John Prideaux to lead the expedition, which was accompanied by Sir William Johnson, the British Indian agent who led the expedition's Iroquois forces. Prideaux arrived at Fort Niagara on July 6 and immediately began siege operations. On July 20, Prideaux was killed when struck by a shell fragment thrown from one of his own guns, and Sir William took over the siege operations.

Fort Niagara had been largely constructed under the direction of Captain Pierre Pouchot of the French Army. In early 1759, General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and New France's Governor, the Marquis de Vaudreuil, sent him with about 2,500 men to fortify Niagara. About 500 men had wintered there. Pouchot, under orders from Vaudreuil, sent many of those men south to Fort Machault (later Fort Venango) in mid-June as part of a plan to reinforce the French forts of the Ohio Country and attack the British at Fort Pitt. When the British arrived on July 6, he immediately dispatched messages to the south, requesting support.

Captain Le Marchand de Lignery was organizing the French expedition against Fort Pitt from Fort Machault when Pouchot's appeal for help arrived on July 12. On that day, Lignery was trying to convince nearly 1,000 Indians to join in the planned attack against Fort Pitt. Johnson had sent messages to Fort Pitt, urging Indians there to join the British in attacking the French forts, and many Indians were unsure about which side to take. Lignery was able to rally support; when combined with forces under Charles Philippe Aubry, a large force left Fort Machault for Niagara. Messengers he sent to Pouchot also leaked news of their advance to the besieging British, who prepared an ambush.

Before the action, the British native allies told their French counterparts that they intended to remain neutral in the upcoming clash. They wished that the French native allies would do likewise. This induced many of the French-allied Indians to desert.

Lignery and Aubry, in spite of their knowledge of Indian ways, apparently advanced without taking normal precautions against ambush, and marched right into a prepared trap.

Lieutenant Colonel Massey of the 46th Foot commanded 464 British regulars to defend the trail running north from Niagara Falls to Fort Niagara. On the right flank covering the portage trail, Massey deployed about 130 men of the 46th in the La Belle Famille clearing. Thrown forward from the right flank, just above the river gorge, were the grenadiers of the 46th and a small detachment of the 44th Foot. To the left of the 46th, the converged light companies of the 44th, 46th, and 4th battalion of the 60th Foot took position. On the extreme left stood a detachment from the 44th and New York Regiment. Understanding that his enemies included a significant number of regulars, Massey ordered the redcoats to lie down and fix bayonets.

As the French came out of the woods into the open, they immediately opened fire and began to deploy from column into line formation. Waiting until the French were within very close range, the British commander gave his troops the command to rise and fire. The 46th fired seven volleys, then advanced, firing at will. Massey later estimated that his men each fired about 16 rounds in the action. Meanwhile, the grenadier company's fire caught the French left flank in enfilade. When the French flinched before the deadly fire, the British attacked with the bayonet. French morale collapsed and the British-allied Iroquois rushed the survivors.

The French began a panicked retreat, in which the British gave chase, according to one report, for as much as 5 miles (8.0 km). French casualties were significant, including Lignery, who sustained a mortal wound. Massey was wounded.

Pouchot surrendered Fort Niagara on July 26 after it became clear the relief column had been driven off.

Johnson, who was not present, wrote an account of the action which gave equal credit to the regulars and their native allies. To Massey's fury, this version reached the newspapers. The British officer later claimed that the tribesmen behaved "most dastardly" by slaughtering the wounded and those who were trying to surrender.

[williamgunst]

Seine et Marne. Qu'est-ce que la maison « Biosourcée », cette nouvelle façon de construire une maison ?

Seine et Marne. Qu’est-ce que la maison « Biosourcée », cette nouvelle façon de construire une maison ?

La commune de Machault observe la construction de sa première maison biosource, qui vise à proposer une nouvelle façon de construire des logements.République de Seine et MarneDans sa politique écologique, la Communauté de communes de rivières et de châteaux de la Brie (CCBRC) veut entre 2020 et 2032 répondre aux attentes de la population sur les questions environnementales. Il accompagne ainsi…

[usunezukoinezu]

Guillaume de Machaut (Machault) (Reims, 1300 – Reims, 1377) De Fortune me doi pleindre et loer (B23) Machaut: Ballades Ensemble Musica Nova dir. Lucien Kandel

[spanky606]

Regrann from @the_original_yung_noble - Ohio is a Co.? In 1748, several wealthy Virginians, including family members of George Washington, established the Ohio Company. The investors hoped to secure lands west of the Appalachian Mountains from the British government. They would purchase the property from the king and then sell the land to settlers moving westward for a higher price than what the investors had originally paid. The British government granted the Ohio Company 200,000 acres of land near the headwaters of the Ohio River in what is now western Pennsylvania. In return, the king expected the company to distribute the property among one hundred families. The Ohio Company also was to construct a fort to guarantee the colonists' safety. In 1750, the Ohio Co. hired Christopher "Gist" to survey the land. Gist provided one of the first and most detailed descriptions of southern Ohio and northeastern Kentucky. He also helped to establish trading relationships with American Indians living in the Ohio Country. Based partly on Gist's survey, the Ohio Company investors decided to settle south and east of the Ohio River in modern-day Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The Ohio Company's venture greatly upset the French, who had long claimed the Ohio Country as their own. In 1753, 1,500 French soldiers entered the disputed area and established several forts, including Fort Le Boeuf (modern Waterford, Pennsylvania) and Fort Machault (modern Franklin, Pennsylvania). The Ohio Company's land technically fell under the control of the Virginia colony. Robert Dinwiddie, the lieutenant-governor of Virginia, upon hearing of France's actions, immediately sent George Washington and Christopher Gist to Fort Le Boeuf to convince the French to evacuate the Ohio Country. The French commander refused and informed the English representatives that the French would arrest any English settlers or merchants entering the Ohio Country. In 1754 the French expanded their control of the region, capturing the British trading post at Logstown and another site operated by William Trent on the headwaters of the Ohio River as well. Here the French built Fort Duquesne. http://www.ohiohistorycentr

[raoullemercier]

2022 Grenoble, Only You, concert par un chanteur (Xavier Machault), pour un spectateur

[sharkoman]

Fort Duquesne, built at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers which forms the Ohio River, was considered strategically important for controlling the Ohio Country, both for settlement and for trade. The English merchant William Trent had established a highly successful trading postat the forks as early as the 1740s, to do business with a number of nearby Native American villages. Both the French and the British were keen to gain advantage in the area. As the area was within the drainage basin of the Mississippi River, the French had claimed it as theirs. They controlled New France(Québec), the Illinois Country along the Mississippi, and La Louisiane. In the early 1750s, the French began construction of a line of forts, starting with Fort Presque Isle on Lake Erie in present-day Erie, Pennsylvania, followed by Fort Le Boeuf, about 15 miles south in present-day Waterford, Pennsylvania, and Fort Machault, on the Allegheny River in Venango County in present-day Franklin, Pennsylvania. Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant Governor of the Virginia Colony, thought these forts threatened extensive claims to the land area by Virginians (including himself) of the Ohio Company. In late autumn 1753, Dinwiddie dispatched a young Virginia militia officer named George Washington to the area to deliver a letter to the French commander at Fort Le Boeuf, asking them to leave. Washington was also to assess French strength and intentions. After reaching Fort Le Boeuf in December, Washington was politely rebuffed by the French. #Pennsylvaniahistory #travelPennsylvania #pittsburgh #city  #explorePennsylvania #urbamphotography #pittsburghphotography  #architecture #citykillerz #Pennsylvaniaphotography   #streets #city_captures #street_photography #roadtrip #midwest_captures #capturedpittsburgh #ohio #architecturephoto #onlyinPennsylvania #city_captures #street_vision #citygrammer #Pennsylvaniaarchitecture #town #pennsylvaniaphotography #architecturephotography #raw_usa #cityscape #cityphotography (at Point State Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKnFhJYJ1u_/?igshid=fx6j14krjekz

[the-met-art]

Design for a float, from 'Éloges et discours sur la triomphante réception du Roy en sa ville de Paris ...' by Jean-Baptiste de Machault by Pierre Firens I, Drawings and Prints

Medium: Etching

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/699954

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

Guillaume de Machaut’s Dame, ne regardes pas. I remember being amazed by the harmonies in this piece, which I think I first learned on the recorder. 

[met-drawings-prints]

Triumphal arch, from 'Éloges et discours sur la triomphante réception du Roy en sa ville de Paris ...' by Jean-Baptiste de Machault by Pierre Firens I, Drawings and Prints

Medium: Etching

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/699988