#matron saint of cats

[theeditorandnarratorcollaborate]

A little late but still relevant 

[libertyreads]

March TBR--

I'm hoping the month of March goes a little better for me reading wise. I felt like I got a decent amount read in February (while still sticking to my goals for the year) but a lot of it was so mid. I'm ready for any of these books to just grab me by the throat and keep me hooked. I have two rereads in preparation for new releases later this year. I also have two NetGalley ARCs and a hockey romance (because I've read one every month of the year so far, why not keep that going?).

The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah-- This is one of those books you hear about a ton on the bookish spaces of the internet and I decided it was finally time to see what all of the hype is about. In this one, we follow Loulie al-Nazari as she and her jinn bodyguard are forced to help the sultan find an ancient lamp that has the power to revive the barren land. There is a ton more in the synopsis, but like a lot of reviewers these days, I feel like synopses are starting to give too much away. I'm hoping for some City of Brass vibes and lots of adventure.

The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten (Reread)-- I read this one a year ago and I'm excited to dive back into it before the next book comes out. In this one we follow Lore who escaped from a cult beneath the city of Dellaire over 10 years ago. Lore's job as a runner sustains her, but when a run goes wrong and her power is revealed she's forced to work for the Sainted King to find the person in his court responsible for the deaths of entire villages on the outskirts of the country. Thrust into the Sainted King's glittering court, Lore becomes tangled in politics, religion, and forbidden romance. This was my favorite book of January last year so I'm excited to reread.

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu-- A first contact with aliens story that's been translated from the original (and set to be released as a Netflix show soon) and follows the outcome of a secret military project that sent signals into space to establish contact with aliens. Will the alien civilization on the brink of destruction be welcomed on Earth or will there be a fight against an invasion?

Teen Titans: Raven by Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo (Reread)-- Before the next in the graphic novel series comes out, I plan on doing a quick reread of this one. Number one in this series introduces us to Raven who is forced to move to New Orleans following the accident that takes her foster mother's life. But that accident has also taken her memory. Then strange things start happening. This is a fun series and I'm glad I get the chance to reread it.

No Coincidence by Rafat Kosik-- Translated from the original Polish, this is the first novel in the Cyberpunk 2077 series. Apparently, this series includes collected editions of limited series, standalone graphic novels, and also full length novels. There are four authors who have contributed to it. It is all based on the game Cyberpunk 2077. My understanding is that you can start in a few different places. I hope it's true. Let's talk about the actual book now. This one appealed to me because of the cover. But the synopsis really got me. A misfit group is forced to do a heist thanks to some good, old-fashioned blackmail. The gang includes a veteran turned renegade, a Militech sleeper agent, an amateur net runner, a corporate negotiator, a ripperdoc, and a techie. They must come together to pull off the deadly heist. Also...is this the third book in this TBR about people being forced to work for people above them??

Must Love Hockey by Sarina Bowen (Kindle)-- This short hockey romance follows a woman who has an allergic reaction at a hockey game and is rescued by an equipment manager whose name she doesn't manage to catch. I've read and enjoyed Sarina Bowen before so I'm hoping this is a fun and quick read.

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark (NetGalley)-- The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly dead. Those sworn to the Matron of Assassins--resurrected, deadly, wiped of their memories--have only three unbreakable vows. First, the contract must be just. Second, even the most powerful assassin may only kill the contracted. Third, once you accept a job, you must carry it out. And if you stray? A final death would be a mercy. Eveen's newest mission brings her face-to-face with a past she isn't supposed to remember and a vow she can't forget.

Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes (NetGalley)-- When I tell you that I was squealing the day I found out I got access to this book, please, do picture it as a cute and dainty squeal instead of the insanity that actually unfolded. I loved Dead Silence from this author so when I saw they had a new space horror novel I HAD to try to get an ARC. Space exploration can be lonely and isolating. Psychologist Dr. Ophelia Bray is assigned to a small exploration crew and she is determined to make a difference. But as they begin establishing residency on an abandoned planet, it becomes clear that the crew is hiding something. Her crewmates are far more interested in investigating the eerie planet and unraveling the mystery behind the previous colonizer's hasty departure than opening up to her. That is, until their pilot is discovered gruesomely murdered. I cannot wait to read this one.

This TBR is giving me such a good feeling. There's Sci-Fi, there's Fantasy, there's Romance, there's Sci-Fi/Horror (a beloved genre pairing for me), there's a graphic novel. I'm just hoping March is such a good reading month. I kind of need it.

[brandonwayneb]

ss RoseMary

ss Elvis

ss Wendy's

ss Russia

ss Soviet Union

ss Valor

ss Vladimir

ss Shiva

ss Hindu

ss Levitate

ss Birds

ss Bats

ss Cats

ss Snakes

ss Kylé

ss Stylé

ss Kim

ss Kay

ss Cvs

ss Rite Aid

ss Adam

ss Amish

ss Lizard Tail

ss Eye of Newt

ss Cameron

ss Karma

ss Caméléon

ss Camel

ss Raspberry

ss Ketchup

ss Amy Wine House

ss Velveeta

ss Chubby Chasers

ss BBW

ss LGBTQ

ss Alaska Husky

ss Ali Ali Ali

ss Allah Allah Allah

ss Always Always Always

ss Aladdin

ss Hercules

ss Pegasus

ss Lord Ganesh

ss Lord Vishnu

ss Tom

ss Jerry

ss Onyx

ss Mew

ss MewTwo

ss I dream of Jeanie

ss Bewitched

ss Daren

ss Samantha

ss Switzerland

ss Arabia

ss Adam’s Family

ss Tim Burden

ss Nightmare Before Christmas

ss Fay

ss May

ss Oxford

ss Corpse Bride

ss Jack Skellington

ss Sally

ss Xfiles

ss Dana Scully

ss Fox Mulder

ss RugRats

ss Dexter Laboratory

ss Dexter

ss DeeDee

ss Chris Angel

ss MeerKat Manner

ss Power Puff Girls

ss Teen Titans

ss Batman Robin

ss Cat Woman

ss Ivy

ss Drew Barrymore

ss Twilight Zone

ss E.T.

ss Barbie

ss Ken

ss Seer

ss Rainbow

ss Arron

ss Gary

ss Garret

ss Valentines

ss Romeo

ss Juliet

ss Selina

ss Gomez

ss 101 dalmatians

ss Roger Rabbit

ss Bugs Bunny

ss Loony Tunes

ss Hermaphroditus

ss Hermaphrodite

ss Ritual

ss Spiritual

ss Twister

ss Scrabble

ss Hey Arnold…!

ss Clueless

ss Reese Witherspoon

ss Legally Blonde

ss Coffee

ss Java

ss Joe Joe

ss Jehovah

ss Judah

ss Buddha

ss Japan

ss Jasper

ss Jason

ss Poltergeists

ss Wrath

ss Ghost

ss Hub

ss Alaska Husky

ss Nazi Swat Team

ss Russian Swat Team

ss North Storm Swat Team

ss Rainbow Scissors

ss War Elephants

Not Deli

Not delMA

Not belMA

Not velMA

“toe shoulders”

“chest thighs”

War Sights

“tacoma wa” taco cat

“lakewood wa” blaire witch “claire donut”

“seattle wa” “caddie saddle” “sad duel”

“space needle” “ironic man”

“dallas tx” “shower dial ass” “day licenses”

“mckinney tx” “Macdonald kidney stones”

“princeton tx” “depraved dolls” “cell pre”

“Gideon” “Neo” “Geo” “Galaxy” “Guy Op”

“Soul Matron” “Arron”

100% Brandon

100% Bradley

99% Rainbow

1% Anti illuminati

Anti indoctrination

Anti inflammatory

Anti castrations

Anti assassinations

Anti Youth Thin Eye Z Nations

Anti Lab Bot Tony

Brandon Wayne

Bradley nickname

Sarah Johnny Kaye Burdett Leeper Rivera

Brandon Wayne Burdett

Bird’s Moon’s Bee’s

bwb bbw wb Warner Brothers

Jessica Ray Rivera

Jacob Gabriel Rivera

Justin Rivera

Kevin Rivera

Cara Autumn Burns

Cody Burns

Chad Burns

Clete Burns

Martha Burns

Morgan Burns

Pamela Burns

“4415 Daisy Meadow Dr”

“Katy Texas”

“77449”

Rainbow Peace and Power Taco Cat

Rainbow Peace and Power Ali Ali

Rainbow Peace and Power Allah Allah

Rainbow Peace and Power Always Always

Rainbow Peace and Power RoseMary

Rainbow Peace and Power Valor

Rainbow Peace and Power Vladimir

Brandon Wayne Burdett

BrandonwayNEB

Saint Binard

Catholic Vatican

Hindu India

San Francisco

Frankincense oil

Salam Islam

Barbie and Ken go to Jerusalem

Barbie and Ken go to San Francisco

Barbie and Ken go to Kentucky

Barbie and Ken go to Jupiter

Barbie and Ken go to Venus

Barbie and Ken go to King Author

Barbie and Ken go to Barnes & Noble

Barbie and Ken go to Ben & Jerry’s

Barbie and Ken go to Bed Bath and Beyond

Barbie and Ken go to Tel Aviv

Barbie and Ken go to El Salvador

Barbie and Ken go to Quebec

Joke: What Happens if Flamingos get Flees

Joke: Pinky and The Brain

“Lizzy Hebrew”

“Young Guys Satan Submissive”

“Old Guys Devil Dominance”

Varsity Volleyball

Valor RoseMary Vladimir

[brookston]

Holidays 4.11

Holidays

Aliyah Day (Israel)

Barbershop Quartet Day

Battle of Rivas Anniversary Day (Costa Rica)

Buchenwald Liberation Day

Celebrate Teen Literature Day

Cigarettes are Hazardous to Your Health Day

Dandelion Day

Dina Ali Day

Dog Therapy Appreciation Day

Donkey Kong Day

8-Track Tape Day [also 9.15]

Ex-Muslim Day of Visibility

Festival of Unmediated Play

411 Day

Ghodejatra (Kathmandu Valley, Nepal)

Global Meetings industry Day

Global Youth Service Day begins (until 13th)

Good Deeds Day

International Day for Maternal Health & Rights

International Day of Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps

International Louie Louie Day

Juan Santamaria Day (Costa Rica)

Kiss Your Best Friend Day

Laotian New Year

Liberation Day (Uganda)

Love My School Day Margaret River Pro (Australia)

M&M Crisis in Space Day

Milk Day

Most Boring Day

National Board Game Day

National Bone Cancer Day (Indonesia)

National Clean Up Your Pantry Day

National Day of the Sea (Italy)

National Hit Your Friends Day

National James Day

National Living Donor Day

National Marketing Operations Appreciation Day

National Pet Day

National Portfolio Day

National Safe Motherhood Day (India)

Romaine Lettuce Day (French Republic)

Safe Motherhood Day (India)

Submarine Day [also 3.17]

Take Action for Libraries Day

Teach Your Children To Save Day

World Breathing Day

World Parkinson's Disease Day

Write Your Memoirs Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cheese Fondue Day

King Gambrinus Day

National Poutine Day (Canada)

National Ranch Water Day

2nd Thursday in April

Global Remanufacturing Day [2nd Thursday]

World Civility Day [2nd Thursday]

Independence & Related Days

Quixotica (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Slitronia (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Uganda (Declared British Protectorate; 1894)

Festivals Beginning April 11, 2024

FIBO (Cologne, Germany) [thru 4.14]

French Quarter Festival (New Orleans, Louisiana) [thru 4.14]

Grand National (Liverpool, England) [thru 4.13]

The Joy of Sake (New York, New York)

London Coffee Festival (London, England) [thru 4.14]

The Masters Tournament (Augusta, Georgia) [thru 4.14]

Sandestin Wine Festival (Sandestin, Florida) [thru 4.14]

Sustainable One Dinner Series (Los Angeles, California)

Taste! (Chattanooga, Tennessee)

West Virginia Beef Expo (Weston, West Virginia) [thru 4.13]

Feast Days

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (Artology)

Aequinoctium Vernum XI (Pagan)

Aid, Abbot in Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Anahit (Goddess of Love & Lunar Power; Ancient Armenia)

Annual $30 Donation Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Antipas of Pergamum (Greek Orthodox Church)

Aristarchus (Positivist; Saint)

Barsanuphius (Christian; Saint)

Bartholomeus Strobel (Artology)

Breadmaking Day for Diana (Ancient Rome)

Cashier Anal Sex Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Cheese Fondue Day (Pastafarian)

Gambrinus (Christian; Saint) [beer, brewers] *

Gemma Galgani (Christian; Saint)

Godeberta (Christian; Saint)

Guthlac of Crowland (or Croyland; Christian; Saint)

George Selwyn (Anglicanism)

James-Baptiste Isabey (Artology)

John Nash (Artology)

Leo the Great, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Maccai (Christian; Saint)

Myrtle Day (Everyday Wicca)

Nehelenia (Matron of Sea-Farers; Celtic Book of Days)

Paul Henry (Artology)

Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz (Muppetism)

Stanislaus of Szczepanów (Christian; Saint)

Terribly Sensible Day (Pastafarian)

Islamic Moveable Calendar Holidays

Eid al-Fitr celebrations continue (Islam)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fatal Day (Pagan) [8 of 24]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [15 of 32]

Prime Number Day: 101 [26 of 72]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, by Piers Paul Read (True Story; 1974)

Anger Management (Film; 2003)

Archduke Trio, Piano Trio in B-flat Major, by Ludwig van Beethoven (Piano Trio; 1814)

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, by Mordecai Richler (Novel; 1959)

Be-Bop-a-Lula, recorded by Gene Vincent (Song; 1956)

Cat Trouble (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1947)

Don’t Trust the B—— in Apartment 23 (TV Series; 2012)

Edens Zero (Anime TV Series; 2021)

Factotum, by Charles Bukowski (Novel; 1975)

Follow That Dream (Film; 1962)

For Your Eyes Only, by Ian Fleming (Short Stories; 1959) [James Bond #8]

From Me to You, by The Beatles (Song; 1963)

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Novel; 1965)

Grosse Point Blank (Film; 1997)

I’m a Big Shot Now (WB MM Cartoon; 1936)

Jailbird, by Kurt Vonnegut (Novel; 1980)

Josie and the Pussycats (Film; 2001)

Joey Street, by Frances Parkinson Keyes (Novel; 1951)

Making Good (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1932)

Marty (Film; 1955)

My Friend Irma (Radio Series; 1947)

The Nevers (TV Series; 2021)

Nick Carter, Master Detective (Radio Series; 1943)

Off Beat (Film; 1986)

Oops!… I Did It Again, by Britney Spears (Song; 2000)

The Pink Panther (Film; 1964)

Rio 2 (Animated Film; 2014)

Riscio (a.k.a. The Double Take), by Ian Fleming (James Bond Short Story; 1960)

The Salzburg Connection, by Helen MacInnes (Novel; 1969)

Singin’ in the Rain (Film; 1952)

St. Matthew Passion, by Johann Sebastian Bach (Oratorio; 1727)

Strangers in the Night, recorded by Frank Sinatra (Song; 1966)

Supersonic, by Oasis (Song; 1994)

This Note’s For You, by Neil Young (Album; 1988)

Thomas Harris (Writerism)

Tokyo Revengers (Anime TV Series; 2021)

The Wall, by Marlen Haushofer (Novel; 1963)

Witch Crafty (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1955)

Today’s Name Days

Hildebrand, Stanislaus (Austria)

Filip, Izak, Stana, Stanislav (Croatia)

Izabela (Czech Republic)

Leo (Denmark)

Hurme, Hurmi, Urmi (Estonia)

Minea, Minka, Verna (Finland)

Stanislas (France)

Hildebrand, Reiner, Stanislaus (Germany)

Antipas (Greece)

Leó, Szaniszló (Hungary)

Gemma, Isacco, Stanislao (Italy)

Hermanis, Ira, Irida, Vilmars (Latvia)

Daugailė, Leonas, Vykintas (Lithuania)

Ulf, Ylva (Norway)

Filip, Herman, Jaromir, Leon, Marek (Poland)

Antipa, Calinic, Farmutie (Romania)

Július (Slovakia)

Estanislao, Gema, Gemma, Isaac (Spain)

Ulf, Ylva (Sweden)

Yaromyr (Ukraine)

Alger, Algernon, Ari, Ariel, Arielle, Arion, Leo, Leon, Leonel, Leona, Leontine, Lionel (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 102 of 2024; 264 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 15 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 26 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 3 (Yi-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 3 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 2 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 12 Cyan; Fryday [12 of 30]

Julian: 29 March 2024

Moon: 11%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 18 Archimedes (4th Month) [Eratosthenes]

Runic Half Month: Man (Human Being) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 24 of 92)

Week: 2nd Week of April

Zodiac: Aries (Day 22 of 31)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 4.11

Holidays

Aliyah Day (Israel)

Barbershop Quartet Day

Battle of Rivas Anniversary Day (Costa Rica)

Buchenwald Liberation Day

Celebrate Teen Literature Day

Cigarettes are Hazardous to Your Health Day

Dandelion Day

Dina Ali Day

Dog Therapy Appreciation Day

Donkey Kong Day

8-Track Tape Day [also 9.15]

Ex-Muslim Day of Visibility

Festival of Unmediated Play

411 Day

Ghodejatra (Kathmandu Valley, Nepal)

Global Meetings industry Day

Global Youth Service Day begins (until 13th)

Good Deeds Day

International Day for Maternal Health & Rights

International Day of Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps

International Louie Louie Day

Juan Santamaria Day (Costa Rica)

Kiss Your Best Friend Day

Laotian New Year

Liberation Day (Uganda)

Love My School Day Margaret River Pro (Australia)

M&M Crisis in Space Day

Milk Day

Most Boring Day

National Board Game Day

National Bone Cancer Day (Indonesia)

National Clean Up Your Pantry Day

National Day of the Sea (Italy)

National Hit Your Friends Day

National James Day

National Living Donor Day

National Marketing Operations Appreciation Day

National Pet Day

National Portfolio Day

National Safe Motherhood Day (India)

Romaine Lettuce Day (French Republic)

Safe Motherhood Day (India)

Submarine Day [also 3.17]

Take Action for Libraries Day

Teach Your Children To Save Day

World Breathing Day

World Parkinson's Disease Day

Write Your Memoirs Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cheese Fondue Day

King Gambrinus Day

National Poutine Day (Canada)

National Ranch Water Day

2nd Thursday in April

Global Remanufacturing Day [2nd Thursday]

World Civility Day [2nd Thursday]

Independence & Related Days

Quixotica (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Slitronia (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Uganda (Declared British Protectorate; 1894)

Festivals Beginning April 11, 2024

FIBO (Cologne, Germany) [thru 4.14]

French Quarter Festival (New Orleans, Louisiana) [thru 4.14]

Grand National (Liverpool, England) [thru 4.13]

The Joy of Sake (New York, New York)

London Coffee Festival (London, England) [thru 4.14]

The Masters Tournament (Augusta, Georgia) [thru 4.14]

Sandestin Wine Festival (Sandestin, Florida) [thru 4.14]

Sustainable One Dinner Series (Los Angeles, California)

Taste! (Chattanooga, Tennessee)

West Virginia Beef Expo (Weston, West Virginia) [thru 4.13]

Feast Days

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (Artology)

Aequinoctium Vernum XI (Pagan)

Aid, Abbot in Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Anahit (Goddess of Love & Lunar Power; Ancient Armenia)

Annual $30 Donation Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Antipas of Pergamum (Greek Orthodox Church)

Aristarchus (Positivist; Saint)

Barsanuphius (Christian; Saint)

Bartholomeus Strobel (Artology)

Breadmaking Day for Diana (Ancient Rome)

Cashier Anal Sex Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Cheese Fondue Day (Pastafarian)

Gambrinus (Christian; Saint) [beer, brewers] *

Gemma Galgani (Christian; Saint)

Godeberta (Christian; Saint)

Guthlac of Crowland (or Croyland; Christian; Saint)

George Selwyn (Anglicanism)

James-Baptiste Isabey (Artology)

John Nash (Artology)

Leo the Great, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Maccai (Christian; Saint)

Myrtle Day (Everyday Wicca)

Nehelenia (Matron of Sea-Farers; Celtic Book of Days)

Paul Henry (Artology)

Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz (Muppetism)

Stanislaus of Szczepanów (Christian; Saint)

Terribly Sensible Day (Pastafarian)

Islamic Moveable Calendar Holidays

Eid al-Fitr celebrations continue (Islam)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fatal Day (Pagan) [8 of 24]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [15 of 32]

Prime Number Day: 101 [26 of 72]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, by Piers Paul Read (True Story; 1974)

Anger Management (Film; 2003)

Archduke Trio, Piano Trio in B-flat Major, by Ludwig van Beethoven (Piano Trio; 1814)

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, by Mordecai Richler (Novel; 1959)

Be-Bop-a-Lula, recorded by Gene Vincent (Song; 1956)

Cat Trouble (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1947)

Don’t Trust the B—— in Apartment 23 (TV Series; 2012)

Edens Zero (Anime TV Series; 2021)

Factotum, by Charles Bukowski (Novel; 1975)

Follow That Dream (Film; 1962)

For Your Eyes Only, by Ian Fleming (Short Stories; 1959) [James Bond #8]

From Me to You, by The Beatles (Song; 1963)

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Novel; 1965)

Grosse Point Blank (Film; 1997)

I’m a Big Shot Now (WB MM Cartoon; 1936)

Jailbird, by Kurt Vonnegut (Novel; 1980)

Josie and the Pussycats (Film; 2001)

Joey Street, by Frances Parkinson Keyes (Novel; 1951)

Making Good (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1932)

Marty (Film; 1955)

My Friend Irma (Radio Series; 1947)

The Nevers (TV Series; 2021)

Nick Carter, Master Detective (Radio Series; 1943)

Off Beat (Film; 1986)

Oops!… I Did It Again, by Britney Spears (Song; 2000)

The Pink Panther (Film; 1964)

Rio 2 (Animated Film; 2014)

Riscio (a.k.a. The Double Take), by Ian Fleming (James Bond Short Story; 1960)

The Salzburg Connection, by Helen MacInnes (Novel; 1969)

Singin’ in the Rain (Film; 1952)

St. Matthew Passion, by Johann Sebastian Bach (Oratorio; 1727)

Strangers in the Night, recorded by Frank Sinatra (Song; 1966)

Supersonic, by Oasis (Song; 1994)

This Note’s For You, by Neil Young (Album; 1988)

Thomas Harris (Writerism)

Tokyo Revengers (Anime TV Series; 2021)

The Wall, by Marlen Haushofer (Novel; 1963)

Witch Crafty (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1955)

Today’s Name Days

Hildebrand, Stanislaus (Austria)

Filip, Izak, Stana, Stanislav (Croatia)

Izabela (Czech Republic)

Leo (Denmark)

Hurme, Hurmi, Urmi (Estonia)

Minea, Minka, Verna (Finland)

Stanislas (France)

Hildebrand, Reiner, Stanislaus (Germany)

Antipas (Greece)

Leó, Szaniszló (Hungary)

Gemma, Isacco, Stanislao (Italy)

Hermanis, Ira, Irida, Vilmars (Latvia)

Daugailė, Leonas, Vykintas (Lithuania)

Ulf, Ylva (Norway)

Filip, Herman, Jaromir, Leon, Marek (Poland)

Antipa, Calinic, Farmutie (Romania)

Július (Slovakia)

Estanislao, Gema, Gemma, Isaac (Spain)

Ulf, Ylva (Sweden)

Yaromyr (Ukraine)

Alger, Algernon, Ari, Ariel, Arielle, Arion, Leo, Leon, Leonel, Leona, Leontine, Lionel (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 102 of 2024; 264 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 15 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 26 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 3 (Yi-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 3 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 2 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 12 Cyan; Fryday [12 of 30]

Julian: 29 March 2024

Moon: 11%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 18 Archimedes (4th Month) [Eratosthenes]

Runic Half Month: Man (Human Being) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 24 of 92)

Week: 2nd Week of April

Zodiac: Aries (Day 22 of 31)

[diana-thyme]

Oh! Me!

For reference: I am in school full-time and have multiple physical and mental disabilities.

Also for reference: I worship 19 Greek deities (and am devoted to 2 and another 2 are my patron and matron), 4 undefined deities (aren’t in modern pantheons), 1 Sumerian goddess, 2 Egyptian deities, 1 Georgian goddess (and am a priest-in-training to her!), 3 Norse deities, 1 Roman goddess (and work with her), 1 Slavic god and 1 Slavic entity (and work with the Slavic entity), 4 demons (and have a working relationship with another one), 3 kami (Shintoism), 1 planet (whom I work with as well), 4 Celtic deities (Gaulic and Irish, mostly), and I venerate 3 Saints. I own a TV stand as my altar because I can’t fit it all on a bookshelf.

My religion is my hobby. While others do art or write, and those hobbies take up a lot of their time, I have my worship.

My regular worship is very casual. Prayers, lighting a different candle each day, and occasional offerings when they aid me, when I feel close to them, when I feel like it, or on holidays. Most of my deities I casually worship.

The only problem I have is the different forms of worship. While some are very similar and can be modified to be even more similar (for example, I worship my Norse deities and Greek deities essentially the same way), some are VERY different, like Shintoism and folk Catholicism.

Most of my worship (and even other relationships) are pray-based or based upon devotional acts. Unless it’s a holiday, or I’m feeling closer to someone than normal, or they’ve assisted me with something, I don’t often give offerings. I talk to them, pray, and do devotional acts.

The closer the deities’ domains are, the easier it is to connect devotional acts.

For example, I worship Aphrodite and Peitho. Self-care, beauty things, and the like, are devoted to both of them. I also worship Frigg. Brushing my hair is devoted to both Frigg and Aphrodite. I also worship Palaemon. Swimming is devoted to both him and Aphrodite. You see the point?

Sometimes this isn’t applicable. Apollon is the only craft god I worship, so most crafts go directly to him (or branch out, like writing going to Forneus as well, socials going to Hermes, etc.). Freyja is the only goddess I worship with a connection to cats, so catnip, playing with or caring for cats, etc. are dedicated solely to her (again, with exceptions).

I light one candle every day (or try to, at least), depending on the tone I want to set for the day and what I’m feeling.

I celebrate as many holidays as I can. This can be anything from doing an elaborate ritual to sharing a small pour of my drink.

I devote things I’m already doing to make it easier, like showering for Hygieia or taking care of my dogs for Ares.

A lot of my worship is also research. This can be anything from scrolling through their tags on here to reading a historical book or academic essay on them.

Some of my deities won’t be worshipped for a good period of time. I haven’t worshipped the kami in a while (I’m waiting on a kamidana). That’s just something both I and my deities (it’s a lot harder for me) must come to terms with. Most of my worship is in bursts, and I don’t really feel connected to everyone all at once. This especially happens when I discover a new pantheon.

It’s difficult, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

If you have any more questions about what I said. please ask! I love talking about this!

How do people manage having these big double digit pantheons? I’m driving the struggle bus trying to have a relationship with 2 deities

[slythecosmosrunner]

Since I have the Dark Deception Brainrot

Fire Emblem Three Houses Dark Deception AU!

Edelgard as Doug Houser

Byleth as Bierce

Thales as Malak

Murder Monkeys would still be themselves but in Academy Uniforms

Fleche as Agitha

The Saint Statues as The Gold Watchers

Mini Demonic Beasts as Dread Duckies

Agarthan Soldier Gremlins as Clown Gremlins

Seiros Nuns as Reaper Nurses Ft. Rhea as the Matron

A Fish, a Cat and a Dog as the Joy Joy Gang

Ionius IX as "Papa Bear" with Edelgard's Siblings as Trigger Teddies

[aion-rsa]

Warrior Nuns Through TV History

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TV nunning is a broad church. Sometimes, it’s all gunfire, demon-dissolving punches and running through walls, as in Netflix’s latest comic book adaptation Warrior Nun. In that show, a mystical artifact gives a non-believing teen superpowers passed down the generations from holy sister to holy sister. Defeat the demons, protect the world, praise the Lord, and so on.

Other fictional TV nuns lead quieter, more cake-focused lives, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t also fighters. You might say that like superheroes, not all warrior nuns wear capes. You’d be wrong – nuns definitely wear capes. They’re called mantles and though roomy and practical, likely represent a significant time commitment with regard to ironing.

Warrior Nun‘s superpowered teen follows in the echoey footsteps of a whole conventful of fictional TV nuns remembered here – some good, some bad, some inordinately fond of biscuits, but all, in their own way, warriors.

Sister Mary Loquacious in Good Omens (2019)

Played by: Nina Sosanya

Allegiance: Satanic nuns of the Chattering Order of St Beryl

Warrior level: Novice

Weapon of choice: Infantilising baby talk of hoofikins and widdle demonic tails

Specialism: Biscuits with pink icing

Most likely to say: ‘Fancy me holding the Antichrist! Counting his little toesy-woesies!’

Getting into heaven? Absolutely not

Demon Crowley and angel Aziraphale may have been Good Omens’ major players, but Sister Mary Loquacious kicked off the whole mess by accidentally confusing the infant Adversary, Destroyer of Kings, Angel of the Bottomless Pit, Prince of this World and Lord of Darkness with the human child of a couple from the Oxfordshire village of Tadfield. Easily done.

Sister Agatha in Dracula (2020)

Played by: Dolly Wells

Allegiance: The Army of the Faithful, St Mary’s Convent of Budapest

Warrior level: Intellectually? Top Tier. She’s Dracula’s ‘every nightmare at once: an educated woman in a crucifix’

Weapon of choice: Wooden stakes and double-barrel wit

Specialism: Scientific rigour and one-liners

Most likely to say: ‘A house of God is it? Well that’s good, we could do with a man about the place, eh sister?’

Getting into heaven? Ja, if she cared to grace it with her presence.

Unfazed, brave, funny and intellectually curious, Dutch-born Agatha put both her faith and folklore to the test when she took on Count Dracula, meticulously gathering research on his powers and learning the rules of the beast to try to use them against him. A true scientist and quite a woman.

Sister Michael in Derry Girls (2018)

Played by: Siobhan McSweeney

Allegiance: Our Lady Immaculate College/Rawhide

Warrior level: Untested in battle but doubtless lethal

Weapon of choice: Apathy, withering sarcasm and eye-rolls

Specialism: Judo (on Fridays)

Most likely to say: ‘Sweet suffering Jehovah’

Getting into heaven? I wouldn’t be the one to stop her.

You won’t find an ounce of sentiment beneath this wimple, Sister Michael’s dry disdain for the pupils at Our Lady Immaculate is expressed only through cutting remarks and declarations of boredom. Not a fan of priests, the French, love songs or… most things, she’s an authority figure for the Derry Girls. Every so often though, like when she turned a blind eye to Erin and co. distributing their banned lesbianism-focused edition of the school magazine, she’ll surprise you.

Sister Jane Ingalls in Orange is the New Black (2013)

Played by: Beth Fowler

Allegiance: Catholicism

Warrior level: Basically nil as she’s a committed pacifist, though she does punch Gloria in the mouth at one point for PR

Weapon of choice: Civil disobedience and the Good Book

Specialism: Activism

Most likely to say: ‘I was afraid nunning was going to be boring!’

Getting into heaven? Sure

As a young novice in the 1960s, Ingalls fell in with the bad nuns and got a taste for non-violent activism. A bunch of protests and a memoir later (full points for the title: Nun Shall Pass), and the church didn’t want anything to do with her, neglecting to cover her legal fees after she handcuffed herself to a nuclear facility, landing her in Litchfield.

Sister Harriet in Hunters (2019)

Played by: Kate Mulvany

Allegiance: Anti-Nazi, Pro-Quip

Warrior level: Top level. A highly capable operative.

Weapon of choice: Gun, blowtorch, you name it

Specialism: Threats of extreme violence delivered in the voice of a Downton Abbey marchioness.

Most likely to say: ‘I will set you aflame, child’

Getting into heaven? There’s some intrigue as to her real deal but she certainly seems to be on the right side of history.

This MI6 agent/Nazi-hunting nun from Amazon Prime’s Hunters is something of a Scary Poppins. She does an excellent line in death threats and action-movie quips. She’s deadly, has a shady backstory, speaks in a cut-glass English accent and is fond of biscuits. In other words: our kind of nun.

Matron Casp in Doctor Who ‘New Earth’ (2006)

Played by: Doña Croll

Allegiance: Sisters of Plenitude

Warrior level: Merciless eugenicist

Weapon of choice: Cat claws and science

Specialism: Incinerating conscious and begging-for-help human cloning experiments without a spark of fellow-feeling.

Most likely to say: ‘Who needs arms when we have claws’

Getting into heaven? Nah. Space prison more like.

The Sisters of Plenitude, healers on New Earth, may have called their work ‘the tender application of science’ but ‘the incredibly painful application of bastard cruelty’ better sums up their human cloning farm. This order takes a lifelong vow to help and mend, but clearly not to do no harm. And their hospital doesn’t even have a shop.

Abbess Hild in The Last Kingdom (2015-)

Played by: Eva Birthistle

Allegiance: Uhtred of Bebbanburg/the Lord

Warrior level: Advanced (but retired)

Weapon of choice: Dagger

Specialism: Throwing buckets of cold water on a sleeping Uhtred and sawing through the necks of dead Danes

Most likely to say: ‘I have killed, and I will kill again I’m sure, but hopefully not today’

Getting into heaven? Big yes.

Hild’s journey in The Last Kingdom took her from nun to warrior and back again. Rescued from attack by Uhtred, Leofric and Yseult, she swore to become a fighter and more-than earned the title. Eventually, her vocation called her back to the church, where she now remains as the Abbess with whom you don’t mess.

Sister Jude in American Horror Story: Asylum

Played by: Jessica Lange

Allegiance: Catholicism and the teachings of Monseigneur Timothy Howard

Warrior level: Complicated

Weapon of choice: Forced commitment to an insane asylum,

Specialism: Guilt

Most likely to say: ‘All monsters are human’

Getting into heaven? Bad things happened under her watch but she does try to atone

The head of Briarcliff, an institution for the criminally insane, Sister Jude is a complex character with a complicated trajectory. She mistreats, but is also also gravely mistreated.

Sister Monica Joan in Call the Midwife (2012-)

Played by: Judy Parfitt

Allegiance: Raymond Nonnatus, patron saint of childbirth

Warrior level: Yoda

Weapon of choice: Forceps and fey literary quotation

Specialism: Sniffing out and emptying hidden cake tins

Most likely to say: ‘My first responsibility is to ensure the consumption of this cake’

Getting into heaven? Hundo P

AKA the best Call The Midwife nun, and an OG resident of Nonnatus House ever since the BBC One series began. Owing to her advanced years and developing dementia, Sister Monica Joan is now retired from midwifery, but in her prime there wasn’t a birth canal in Poplar that hadn’t welcomed her up to the elbow. She’s highly educated and extremely well-read with an instinctive love of beauty, poetry, cake and Doctor Who, which makes her the patron saint of all our hearts.

Sister Sybil in Camelot (2011)

Played by: Sinéad Cusack

Allegiance: Shady but ultimately loyal to Morgan

Warrior level: Witch

Weapon of choice: Dark magicks

Specialism: Child sacrifice?

Getting into heaven? Nah.

When Uther Pendragon banished his daughter Morgan in Chris Chibnall’s 2011 Camelot, she was raised in a nunnery by a sister who was no stranger to the dark arts. When Morgan (played by Eva Green) returned to claim her birthright, Sister Sybil was the one whispering poison in her ear and teaching her how to channel her powers.

Sister Bertrille in The Flying Nun (1967)

Played by: Sally Field

Allegiance: El Convento San Tanco in San Juan

Warrior level: Negligible

Weapon of choice: Not so much a weapon, but her flight-enabling cornette was the big thing.

Specialism: As the title suggests, flight

Most likely to say: ‘When lift plus thrust is greater than load plus drag, anything can fly.’

Getting into heaven? Si señor.

A creation of Tere Ríos’ book The Fifteenth Pelican, Sister Bertrille was the fresh-faced nun-next-door whose cornette combined with the Puerto Rico coastal winds allowed her to fly in the 1960s TV series. According to Sally Field’s excellent memoir In Pieces, the whole experience was more drag than take-off.

Miss Clavel in Madeline (1988-2001)

Voiced by: Judith Orban & various

Allegiance: An old house in Paris/the Catholic church

Warrior level: more sentry than prize fighter

Weapon of choice: Education! (Read: day trips to the circus)

Specialism: Waking up in the middle of the night with a nagging sense that something’s off kilter with her young schoolgirl charges, then singing a song about it.

Most likely to say: ‘Vite, vite mes petits’

Getting into heaven? Mais oui

The headteacher at Madeline’s Parisian boarding school in the Ludwig Bemelmans’ books and their various TV and film adaptations, Miss Clavel is a kindly sort. She gives her young boarding school pupils warm moral instruction and generally manages to extract Madeline from the mouth of whatever tiger she’s crawled inside that week. Not ferocious, as warriors go, but kind and dependable.

Septa Unella in Game of Thrones (2015)

Played by: Hannah Waddingham

Allegiance: The Faith of the Seven

Warrior level: High Bastard

Weapon of choice: Wooden spoon and ignominy

Specialism: Torture and bell-ringing.  

Most likely to say: ‘Confess!’  

Getting into heaven? Not in one piece she won’t after what Cersei did to her

The Geneva Convention didn’t reach the Seven Kingdoms. If it had, then the supposedly holy Septa Unella wouldn’t have beaten Cersei Lannister with a water ladle and made her drink from the floor like a dog before parading her naked to jeering crowds around the city. Not a nun to mess with, unless you’re a Lannister.

Also-Nuns

Sister Assumpta in Father Ted (1995)

Sister Boniface in Father Brown (2013)

(Briefly) Olive in Pushing Daisies (2007)

Mother Superior in Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)

Kassia the Byzantine nun in Vikings (2019)

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[lazulimaya]

French Canadian Witchcraft: Symbols, Guardians and Divination

(forgive the long post, but this is information I’ve been collecting through personal experience and Beltane Lowen’s book, along with lectures and other scholarly articles I’ve read.)

Symbols

Le fleur-de-lys: Can be used as a symbol for the Trinity, the triple worlds. The flower, the lily, is a symbol of purity and was often placed with the Virgin Mary (hence, a Goddess symbol). It of course also displays the sacred number 3. 

(Oh, this is my favourite painting done of Madeleine by Georges de la Tour, she just looks so pensive and looks like she’s learning lots of things, and the skull is just such a nice touch, a very witchy painting for me. ooh and fun fact: this painting was the one Ariel had in the Little Mermaid!)

Deities and Spirits

Saint Anne: The mother of the Virgin Mary, this saint was very popular among the French Canadians and Acadians living near the sea. Her feast day is July 26. She is matron saint of carpenters, single women, orphans, children, equestrians, grand-parents, housewives, lace workers, lost things, seamstresses, miners, clothes sellers, poverty, pregnancy, birthing, people who work in stables, teachers, sterility, and sailors (she protected against sea storms). I look up to her when I sew and keep my home clean and fresh. Her symbols are the threshold or a door, and books. She’s the matron saint of Brittany, and therefore, has Celtic connections. Her colours are green and red. 

Saint Marie Magdeleine: She is the matron saint of the Magdalen Islands (where my great-grandma came from). She was one of the female disciples of Jesus. She’s matron saint of women, spiritual revelations, of those that love to ponder and study, and discoverers of sacred mysteries, visions, apothecaries, jewellers, perfume makers, and pharmacists. I look up to her for vision quests and when I study witchcraft. She’s also someone I associate with sex, love, and the true meaning of loving someone for who they are. She’s been in religious debates among scholars if she was Jesus’s wife or not, but the mere implications that she could be are very appealing to me Pagan-wise, so there). I know, she’s been written as a repentent prostitute, but that was an addition made to the Bible long ago by a Pope so she’s not that for me. She’s witnessed Jesus’s crucifixion, burial and ressurection, so for me, she is a figure with which to work with spirits and death and rebirth. So I call on her for scrying and divination.

Virgin Mary: One of the prominent mother goddess figures, her symbols are cerulean blue, white and the lily, She protects women and children. I look up to her for learning love and compassion. 

The Devil: while the Church has painted a horrid image of the Devil in their structures, the Devil appears a lot in French Canadian folklore. He’s often there as a figure of temptation and getting seduced to act out of socially accepted norms (Church, right?), but, one could argue that there’s a primal wildness to this figure, as the French Canadian habitants were often very fearful of the forests when they came here. Some stories have heroes meet him in the forest, sometimes accompanied by little spirits and elves. He can transform into different beings, and sometimes, he appears as a fellow Voyageur (hence the liminal and sometimes dangerous aspects of the wilderness). He brings young women to dance wildly (something the Church frowned upon heavily, so let’s dance!!) In some stories, he helps build churches (I know, what the heck?) but the structure never ends up finished or it gets destroyed repeatedly. He’s basically a figure of mischief and wildness, of total chaos in the natural landscape, much like the Horned God. 

The Fée (from the Lecture: Erik Lacharity and Morrigane Feu “Les Dames Fées: Ladies Fae in French-Canadian Traditional Witchcraft”, Raven’s Knoll Workshop, 2018.) There were rules of engagement with dealing with the Fée. Stories of the Fée were roadmaps for people. When someone meets them, it’s because they’re embarking on a life-changing journey. Stories with “Ti-Jean” are like this. Crossing a road, stream, forest, or taking a right turn at the crossroads, they meet a Fée. In French Canadian tradition, Fée doesn’t mean belle fée. Fée meant something that is enchanted with the means of affecting fate. This is no ordinary stick, it can do something. The Fée would give them something to help them, usually in sets of three. The exchange that took place, the hero had a quest but usually, there’s something in it for the Fée. An example of this is a talking horse previously being a stable boy, and at the completion of the journey, they turn back to their forms. Depending on the setting of the storyteller, ex: Acadia, there were lots of stories with the ocean, boats, nets etc. In the interior, there’d be forests and valleys, barley and cakes. The geographical context matters. The Raconteur makes it so that you yourself are in the myth because of your geographical location. Trou des Fées: a little cave or a little crack in a rock and leave an offering of cream or milk. Normandy, Gasgogne, Picardie, Belgians, they came here, and they had fairies called les lutins. Little red-bonneted fairies, really good blacksmiths, more dwarf-like. They’d sharpen tools too. When Ti-Jean is on his quest, the Fée can give him a knife to defend himself or to deliver someone from imprisonment. Three main classes and areas of affinity for the Fée: those that take on aspects of the woodlands (the Queen of all the Animals/Birds etc) they were very straight-to-the-point peoples. The Fée as protectors, about 30-40 stories of those. Others were sorcerers or magicians. Some Fée would give advice and help the hero. Stories where lost loved ones were some of those. Many of these stories featured Princes and Princesses, kingdoms, etc. because the settlers came here before the Revolution, so it was still important to them. French Canadians, almost all their divination and magic was centred around their love, sex and family life. These are reflected in the stories. For magical objects that the hero would have, sometimes it’s a stick, sometimes a napkin (when you set it on the table a whole feast would show up), little pieces of iron, and if you set it down it becomes a cookstove. Animals of the Fée would help you: Eagles and Horses, they were the big deal. Eagles and Horses were passenger animals in and out of the Fée land. Hero is coming out of subterranean kingdom and there’s this giant Eagle there and offers him passage out of the Fée lands, but he needs sustenance. Use your magical knife and cut off a chunk of your thigh and feed it to me. Ok… but he got a passage. It’s about sacrifice. Little lessons are all hidden in there. Formulas came with using these implements. Ex: This stick can beat people up. If robbers come and take my stuff, I’d take my stick and say “Joue mon gourdin!” and the stick would beat everybody up. “Napkin, give me food!” and poof, food. It’s not about the big magical words, you already have a tool that you know is Fée and it’s a simple command. Every animal that is white is Fée. “Adieu Aigle” and you’d turn into the Eagle. Whoops. The French Canadians were super practical people, just do the thing. They had no time for frilly stuff. Archetypes are super fluid in this tradition. Never pigeon-hole the Fée. Ladies Fée is a type of Fée. Dames Amorphosées: shape shifters, ex: The White Cat, usually very very beautiful, the cat hops into the pail with four toads and she turns into a Princess. Another form of transformation is the whole aspect of going from the pauper to the Prince/Princess. Sometimes it was a curse, but other times it was to disguise themselves. Woodland Ladies Fée: you’d encounter them in the forest, and they had dominion over something, like Birds (super connected to the Fée). With the male aspect, there were beings like the Eagle King or the Ant King (they’d be more specific with their animal dominions). Elemental Ladies: personifying fire and water. Both those elements were big deals. Blue Bonnet Lady: she’s frustrating for the hero, sometimes blowing out his match when he’s cooking pea soup. The Lady comes in on a cloud in the fog. Fog is a big deal. There are Courtly Ladies, like Fée Princesses, and lots of items she offers are scissors, twine, thread, things that are tied to female weaving magic. Sometimes the pauper and the princess switch roles, sometimes they’re the same person. The Witch is another figure. They can have Fée Witches. These were not the type of witches you want to meet. Some stories have the hero stumbling over this thatched hut, and you can stay for lodging, just feed the good oats to the black horse, and beat the white horse to a pulp. The white horse is actually a Prince that she transformed. So he takes the white horse away. The Three Sisters, they come up often in French Canadian folklore and healing traditions. In stories with giants that want to eat humans, replace them with pork and barley bouillon, make a type of beer with raw dough makes the water boil without it boiling. When superintendents of New France were coming here, wine became less available, so French Canadians often made spruce beer, given the lack of hops. There’s a reason why in France they go “We love our wine!” and we go like “we love our beer”. A year and a day and forgetfulness is a big motif in stories. Gifts: magic weapons, animals, objects, transportation, social status (pauper to princess), riches, love (gets a bit non-consent, but in those days there was not a whole lot of consent in marriage, that’s why they were so preoccupied about who they’re going to marry, so they can psychologically prepare).Go to the threshold of the woods, where the Fée usually are, sit down, and offer your offerings. Clearings are good too, the beings you encounter can surprise you. White animals, characters from stories, etc. Following the steps of the story can allow you to write your own story with that formulaic narrative of the old tales. If you read the tales and use them as guides and embark on the hero’s journey, lots of wisdom can be attained. Stories became mixed with Irish folklore, because when the Catholic Irish came over, we bonded with them and created new stories. 

Historical Archetypes and Associations

The Voyageur: The liminal figure in its own right, voyageurs were known to shift and adapt endlessly to their environment and cultures they found themselves in, whether in French Canada or among Indigenous peoples. Can be linked to the Wild Man. They combined their Catholic rituals with the mythologies and cosmologies of Indigenous cultures. They’re temperamental figures, but knowledgeable off the beaten path to keep you alive.

The Raconteur: The storyteller had an important place in French Canada, telling stories as old as the first settlers in North America and sometimes from the old country. Some of them were itinerant, asking for food and lodging in exchange for a story. They were known to stretch stories for multiple nights, ending on cliff-hangers. They weaved tales together, and had vast repertoires. They’re learned figures, with silver tongues and enchanting qualities.

The Violoneux: The violinist or fiddler, a key figure in French Canadian culture. They had an innate sense of rhythm and song, and could bring a whole room to dance. The jigs and reels are also inspired from traditional Irish and Scottish music, as the two cultures mingled. 

The Bewitched Canoe: It’s a popular story of French Canada. It’s a variant of the Wild Hunt. One version, written by Honoré Beaugrand in 1892, tells it like this: some loggers get lonely in their winter camp on New Year’s Eve, and wish to go home to visit their families. The Devil appears to them to offer them an easy and fast way to go back to their homes through a flying canoe, as long as they get back before dawn, otherwise, their souls would belong to him and they’d go to Hell. The embark, and they arrive home, partying the night away. They almost arrive to the camp by the skin of their teeth, but the Devil lets them go, mysteriously. This legend comes from the Poitou region of France, where an english nobleman named Gallery loved hunting. He loved it so much, he skipped mass. As punishment, he was cursed to ride in the skies for eternity, chased by horses and wolves, like a Wild Hunt. When the French arrived in North America, they combined this Wild Hunt variation with the Indigenous realities of using canoes as modes of transportation. Some stories have the voyageurs or loggers ride the skies every New Year’s Eve for all eternity, and in some versions they escape Hell. Consequently, New Year’s Eve is an important day for French Canadians, and is very liminal in its aspects. 

Divination

Most French Canadian divination traditions revolve around the family, love, and sex. Back in the day, they were very concerned with whom they’d end up marrying, if their child would carry through an illness, or how their family and love life was fairing.

Lowen described some divination methods that can be applicable to a French Canadian practice, namely: playing cards, dice, reading tea leaves, mirrors and crystal balls, dream interpretation. 

[murillo-enthusiast]

Lameth: One more round indeed, Your Excellency!

Of course, Soult wants Lameth to win. For her pride, for his pride, for propriety’s sake, for not having a world where cats howl and dogs purr; is she not standing up for the women who bravely carry their canteens and support the soldier in their noble duties? But the idea of having to be that woman, not able to take lead and charge, not able to contribute all that she can - it sits ill with him. No, her.

What is wrong with her?

Soult: Give it your all, Lameth.

In Lameth’s opinion, he rather thinks that it might be a good idea to lose, to forestall this talk of the marshal resigning and becoming a cantinière. He rather thinks that the marshal would not make a very good cantinière at all. But he also has his pride, and winning against that dandy king who can’t take jokes does have a certain appeal. So really, this is a win-win situation. Of course, he’s going to try his best.

He is also wondering if that letter still has its magic - but he can talk about that with Saint-Chamans later~

Lameth: As they say in this modern day, Your Majesty, “game on”!

The hands are clenched, and the arm wrestling commences. Soult’s ADCs cheer and holler. Soult stares. Nobody notices two new people approaching the crowd from different directions - one walking with determination, the other hanging back cautiously and very, very baffled.

A few times, the interlocked arms slip one way or the other. There is sweat on the combatants’ heads, yes, as well as some on the onlookers’. It does seem that Lameth might score a win for male chauvinism (which is a word originating in Bonapartism), but at last, at long last, his hand is forced down by the victorious King of Naples.

Saint-Chamans starts booing. Soult looks furious and torn.

Soult: …

But before she can speak-

Louise Berg-Soult: JEAN-DE-DIEU SOULT.

DON’T THINK I HAVEN’T NOTICED YOU AVOIDING ME.

Soult: ..!

Louise: I do apologise, ladies and gentlemen! I am sure you are all having a lot of fun, but I am going to have a private word with my spouse!

Soult: Louise-

Louise: DON’T YOU LOUISE ME, MY LOVE. YOU ARE COMING WITH ME RIGHT NOW.

Soult: … Yes, dear.

With a very ironically hangdog look, the catgirl walks towards her wife, who extends a hand. After a moment’s hesitation, Soult takes it, and they walk off.

Lameth: Well, that was a deus-ex-matron if I ever saw one! The lioness come to fetch her ex-lion~

And then… someone else speaks up. A man in a travelling cloak, tied together with a particular golden chain, but his powdered hair and immaculate eyebrows are immediately recognisable.

Bessières: … Excuse me. Who… are all of you, and what are you doing in Marshal Soult’s realm..? I had thought to bring him a gift, but I recognise only his ADCs here.

And of course, he is holding a box of pizza.

(( @le-brave-des-braves & @perdicinae-observer & @your-dandy-king ))

Iɴᴛᴇʀɴᴀʟɪsᴇᴅ Cᴀᴛɢɪʀʟ Mɪsᴏɢʏɴʏ

previous ( 1, 2 )

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"I really hope that you win, Murat, because otherwise we will get a very elaborate lecture how to be proper ladies." - @le-brave-des-braves

"He's going to give us one regardless if Murat wins or not." - @perdicinae-observer

"Another round, and give it your best shot this time!" - @your-dandy-king

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Soult's catgirl ear twitches in the direction of Davout's comment, but her lip is already curled so unpleasantly that it's hard to say if she got even more grumpier by that comment. Her tail is swishing around angrily as well, though it pretty much hasn't stopped the entire time. Lameth squares up for round two. This time, he actually does seem to be giving it his all, and he even looks a little more focused. He's a young, fit, healthy(..?) man of age 26, and he is galvanised both by the disappointment of his boss and possibly by Saint-Chamans in the back going "ARE YOU GOING TO LET A GIRL DEFEAT YOU". Thanks, Saint-Chamans. And... he just barely forces Murat's hand down. 1-1. The only reaction from Soult is a hmmph. The reaction from the rest of the ADCs is a cheer. Saint-Chamans waves a bottle of unspecified alcohol around.

[erahsae-ffxiv]

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7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT - Shroudrose Teahouse - Lavender Beds, Ward 5, Plot 58

8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT - Lucky Sparrow Entertainment Troupe - Lavendar Beds Ward 5, Plot 17

9:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - Lominsan Fight Club - Lominsan Lominsa Lower Decks (x9, y15)

Tuesday - 10/17/2017

4:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - Leveworks Cafe - Goblet Ward 4 Plot 5

4:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT - Wayward Star Bar - Mist Ward 6, Plot 1

8:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - The Seventh Hell Lounge - The Goblet Ward 12, Sultana’s Breath Apt. 81

Wednesday - 10/18/2017

7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT - Mikky's Barber Shop

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT - Stellazzio Pizzeria - Goblet Ward 11 Plot 27

8:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - Bountiful Chest Tavern - Goblet Ward 6 Plot 5

9:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - Ashen Enclave - Open Clinic Night - Goblet - Ward 7, Plot 6

Thursday - 10/19/2017

6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT - Black Cat Café - Goblet Ward 11, Plot 39

8:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - Wayfarer's: Bar and Grill - Goblet Plot 58, Ward 6

9:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - Soul of the Dragon Restaurant - Shirogane Ward 9 Plot 37

9:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - Whispering Baroness Open RP - Mist Ward 6 Plot 5 Basement

Friday - 10/20/2017

7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT - The Happy Raven Café - Lavender Beds Ward 8 Plot 44

8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT - Mandragora Munchies - Goblet Ward 6, Subdivision Apt 53.

8:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT - The Pleasure Dome - Goblet, Ward 2, Plot 30

8:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - White Lion's Gamble - Goblet, Ward 9 Plot 35

9:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - Celestial Matsuri - Shirogane, Ward 5, Plot 43

10:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - Carnation Cafe Open RP - Goblet Ward 1, Plot 60

10:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - Velvet Rose Open Club - Goblet Ward 1, Plot 60

Saturday - 10/21/2017

3:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT - Wolf & Rabbit Hunt - East Shroud, Sweetbloom Pier

5:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT - 2nd Annual All Saint's Wake Masquerade Ball! - Lavender Beds, ward 2, plot 33

9:00 PM to 1:00 AM EDT - Bear Den Tavern - Goblet Ward 12, Plot 30

9:00 PM to 1:00 AM EDT - Club Crescent - Goblet Plot 4 Ward 42

10:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - Grindstone Tournament - Cen. Thanalan (21, 25)

Sunday - 10/22/2017

8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT - Mandragora Munchies - Goblet Ward 6, Subdivision Apt 53.

8:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - Mystic Runestone - Mor Dhona (24.2 , 10.3)

9:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - The Sultana's Cup - Goblet Ward 10, Plot 54

10:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - Eorzean Pet Show - Goblet Ward 3, Plot 60

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EU-Friendly Events (Balmung)

(Monday 16-Oct-2017 to Sunday 22-Oct-2017)

Monday - 16-Oct-2017

8:00 PM to 12:30 AM (BST) - Matron’s Reach: Weekly Open Hours - Goblet, Ward 4 Plot 16

Tuesday - 10/17/2017

9:00 PM to 04:00 AM (BST) - Leveworks Cafe - Goblet Ward 4 Plot 5

9:00 PM to 12:00 AM (BST) - Wayward Star Bar - Mist Ward 6, Plot 1

Wednesday - 10/18/2017

Nothing before midnight

Thursday - 10/19/2017

11:00 PM to 1:00 AM (BST) - Black Cat Café - Goblet Ward 11, Plot 39

Friday - 10/20/2017

Nothing before Midnight

Saturday - 10/21/2017

10:00 PM to 1:00 AM (BST) - 2nd Annual All Saint’s Wake Masquerade Ball! - Lavender Beds, ward 2, plot 33

Sunday - 10/22/2017

Nothing before 1am

Times taken from @balmungrpcalendar. Check them out for a more comprehensive list of events.

If you’re hosting or know of an EU-friendly event we’ve missed then please let us know and we’ll update accordingly!

[politicalmamaduck]

through the darkness hails the light

Read it on AO3 here. A huge thank you to @southsidestory for the gorgeous header, and to my amazing editors @rapturousaurora, @reylotrashcompactor, and @shelikespretties!

Chapter One | Prologue

Rey awoke in her small hut with the dawn on the other side of the green island they called home. It was a weak winter sunshine, still grey and dreary even at the bright moment of the sun’s breaking through the dark night.

The darkest night was still yet to come, and Rey tried not to shiver. She wrapped her cloak more tightly about her, and set off to Niima Outpost to obtain her winter portions with the rest of the village. She had hauled in all her previously harvested crops the day before, as the traditions demanded, and was looking forward to a mug of ale and the bonfire stories that night. Her village would celebrate this night and the next in their own way, chasing away the shadows before the dawn that signaled the long dark night was over, and the long winter would begin.

Stories and songs, ale and whiskey, holly and hawthorn.

The long dark had come.

Rey waited until she received her portions to roll her eyes beneath her cloak at crotchety old Plutt. She received a quarter of what she had expected, and she would have to make it last her the winter. She tried to plead her case, but to no avail. She was unable to convince him she hadn’t hidden anything for herself, and she knew other harvesters had suffered similarly, facing Plutt’s wrath for not catching a ginger cat that had made its way about the village. Plutt had offered extra portions to anyone who could catch and skin the cat, fearing it getting into his precious storehouse, but no one did. Rey knew that the cat had secretly been taken in and named Bebe by her only friends in the village, and she would never tell Plutt or anyone else.

She would make do, somehow; she always did.

On her way back home, the wind picked up, causing her cloak to wrap around her legs. Rey stumbled a bit on the pebbles in the path, and caught a glimpse of black wings in the sky above.

A raven cawed, seemingly directly at her.

A raven, the symbol of war, Rey thought. Would war come to her village? There had not been a battle near Jakku for nearly thirty years.

The wind swept by again, nearly pushing Rey along the path home. She would not worry about what the future had not yet brought to pass. It was best not to dwell on such things before the long dark began.

Rey’s hands seemed to tingle with the cold as she arranged her sparse belongings neatly in her cottage. She caught a glimpse of the bonfires being lit on the horizon, and hurried along to take a good place at old Maz’s side.

Maz Kanata was a renowned storyteller who travelled from village to village every year; she had last been in Rey’s village when Rey was but a child, learning to scrape by without her parents. Some said that she was old enough to have been alive in the time of the Druids, and that she had learned her craft from them. Others said that she could tell your future by looking into your eyes or at your palms, and were soon hushed, for one did not want to tempt fate with superstition.

“One never knows who’s listening in the forest,” an old village matron had reprimanded, slapping a young man’s hand away from another man’s outstretched palm.

Whether she told an epic story or the future or nothing at all, it was an honor to have the old woman visit, and Rey hoped that Plutt had put aside a dram of the best whiskey for her.  

The very air itself seemed to crackle with anticipation of a good story and a raucous celebration. There was a small crowd already around Maz when Rey arrived, grabbing a mug of ale from the beerman and warming herself by the fire. Rey stood alongside her fellow villagers, smiling down at the old woman, who was more wrinkled and tiny than she remembered from her childhood.

“Come, child,” she said, beckoning Rey closer.

“Have you heard tell of the village of Tuanul?” she asked, raising her voice above the villagers’ voices. “Just two nights ago, the village was raided by the Centurions.”

There were murmurs among the crowd, and Finn, Rey’s dear friend, a former soldier, stepped forward.

“Aye,” he said. “Emperor Snoke’s soldiers have long had their eye on the relics from that village. A saint’s bones, or a map to an old temple’s treasure hoard, or something of the like was said to be hidden in that village. They’ll stop at nothing to conquer us all.”

Rey shuddered, even though her back was to the fire. It sounded like Snoke and his soldiers were turning to dark magic to continue their conquest, a sentiment whispered by a few of her fellow villagers after Finn spoke out. Poe, also a former soldier and Finn’s companion, put his arm around Finn’s shoulder, speaking to him quietly. The firelight made the men’s skin glow, and for a moment they looked like angels, beacons of light shining through the darkness.

No one in her village had much, but Rey was grateful for her friends. They had come here fairly recently, recovering from their time fighting against Snoke’s attempt to conquer their whole island. They didn’t speak much about the horrors they had seen, though Rey knew they slept with their swords beneath their bed. It was common for soldiers to share quarters, though Rey knew Plutt did not approve of the relationship between her friends. No one paid them--or Plutt’s dark glowers--any mind, proven by the crowd of young men who hurried to speak to them about the attack on the village.

Of a sudden, the fire seemed to diminish, grow colder and the night darker yet. A chill crept up Rey’s spine despite her proximity to the warmth and the crowd around old Maz, who continued to drift towards Finn and Poe and the ale tables.

She felt as though she was walking down a long, dark tunnel, a strange blue glow about her, but she had not moved from her place at Maz’s side.

She saw a man, a druid perhaps, standing on a hill overlooking the ruins of a temple.

A vision. She was having a vision. Only the old matrons who smacked palms away from reading still whispered about those who had visions, those who were blessed--or cursed--with the gift.

Looking about her, everything else appeared as normal. The villagers talked and clasped hands, passed whiskey and food about.

Rey could scarcely speak before she next saw a dark figure emerge from the shadows and step into the firelight. He was tall, and a black cloak covered a fine suit of armor. His helmet’s visor was down, so she could not see his face. He must have been one of the emperor’s soldiers, but Tuanul was at least a day’s ride on a healthy horse away.

He appeared to look right at Rey, but no one else around her seemed to have noticed. She opened her mouth to speak, and the dark knight plunged his sword into an attacker that was headed straight for Rey without her noticing. The knight who had aimed his pike for Rey was not so finely armored as her savior, though they were clearly from the same legion. The rest of their group stood behind their leader, watching. They were all helmed, and although Rey could not see their faces, she knew they expressed disapproval.

Rey was shaking. The air had grown so cold, and it felt like it was raining, even though she knew it was not.

She whirled back to look at Maz, who nodded at her.

“What was that?” Rey asked, looking back at the knight, who had vanished.

“It calls to you,” Maz said.

“What does?” Rey asked, growing more frightened by the minute. All around her, everyone else was downing ale and whiskey, dancing by the fire. No one else had noticed anything untoward.

“The magic,” Maz said. “You must go, my child. Take your things, and make for Newgrange by the rising sun of the solstice. You will receive your answers there.”

“My answers?” Rey asked. She could not dare to hope. There could be no way that the ancient bard had known her parents.

Her hands were tingling once more, but she knew it could not be from the cold.

Magic.

”The belonging you seek is not behind you, but ahead,” the old woman said, looking up into Rey’s eyes and clasping her hands between her own.

“Whomever you’re waiting for here, they’re never coming back.” This last she said more gently, and quietly, looking up at Rey earnestly.

The tears that had been threatening to spill from Rey’s eyes suddenly fell, and she could not answer the old woman for her attempts to not start openly crying in front of everyone.

“Go ahead,” she said. “Close your eyes, feel it. The light, it has always been there, and it will guide you.”

Somehow, despite the anguished, lonely years of waiting for her family, Rey knew the truth of what Maz was telling her. The magic in the air around them seemed to be whispering, calling to her. She was still reeling from her vision, but she felt an immense connection and gratitude to the old woman, though they had never spoken together before.

Rey had never been a trusting person, not since her parents’ departure. But she knew she could trust Maz Kanata.

All around her, the dancers near the fire continued to whirl and spin, leaping higher and higher. The voices of the village grew more boisterous; the plentiful ale had loosened and loudened tongues. The crowd around Maz had drifted away when Finn had made his pronouncement about the Emperor’s centurions and dwindled to nothing when she and Rey had begun their private conversation.

Rey was alone, as she always truly had been. She dearly loved her friends, but she had been surviving and lonely far too long before they came into her life. Since her family’s abandonment, Rey had never been able to truly trust anyone.

Clasping Maz’s hand once more, she drew her cloak about her and hurried home to gather up her few possessions.

[nemesisadrastia]

CHARACTER TITLES

This is a list of 800+ character titles I’ll be continuously updating. The current number of titles will be below the cut, so I don’t have to chase after different version of this. This list is going to be one of unusual titles that you won’t really find in any other masterlist (at least, not any that I’ve seen around), so if you need something more descriptive and unique to use for your characters or your RPG, I’m sure this is a good list for you.

CURRENT TITLE COUNT: 908 [since 09/08/18]

A TITLES

The Abdicator

The Abhorrent

The Abomination

The Abrasive

The Accommodator

The Ace

The Achiever

The Acidic

The Acolyte

The Acrobat

The Activist

The Adherent

The Admiral

The Adventurer

The Adviser

The Advocate

The Afflicted

The Ageless

The Agent

The Aggressor

The Agitator

The Alchemist

The Almighty

The Alpha Wolf

The Altruist

The Amateur

The Ambassador

The Ambitious

The Ambulatory

The Analyser

The Analyst

The Anarchist

The Angel

The Annihilator

The Anointed

The Anointer

The Antagonist

The Anti-Hero

The Apollo

The Apothecary

The Apprentice

The Arcanist

The Archer

The Architect

The Archivist

The Aristocrat

The Armed

The Artful

The Artificer

The Artisan

The Artist

The Ascendant

The Ascended

The Assassin

The Asserter

The Assistant

The Associate

The Athlete

The Audacious

The Authentic

The Avaricious

The Avenger

The Awakened

B TITLES

The Babbler

The Babelfish

The Backstabber

The Badass

The Balance

The Bandit

The Banshee

The Barbarian

The Barber

The Bard

The Baron

The Bastion

The Bear

The Beast

The Beastly

The Beginner

The Beguiler

The Behemoth

The Belle

The Benefactor

The Beneficiary

The Benevolent

The Berserker

The Betrayer

The Binder

The Blacksmith

The Blademaster

The Blaze

The Blazing Light

The Blessing

The Blight

The Blighted

The Blister

The Blogger

The Bloodletter

The Bloodseeker

The Bloodthirster

The Boatswain

The Bohemian

The Bombardier

The Bonecrusher

The Bouncer

The Bountiful

The Bounty Hunter

The Brain

The Brave

The Brawler

The Brigand

The Broker

The Brutal

The Brute

The Buccaneer

The Builder

The Burglar

The Butcher

C TITLES

The CEO

The Campaigner

The Candidate

The Canoness

The Capitalist

The Captain

The Caregiver

The Caretaker

The Carpenter

The Cat

The Catalyst

The Cavalier

The Centurion

The Challenger

The Chameleon

The Champion

The Changeling

The Chaotic

The Charismatic

The Charmer

The Chaser

The Chef

The Chief

The Child

The Chosen

The Cipher

The Clairvoyant

The Classifier

The Cleaner

The Clear-Sighted

The Cleric

The Clever

The Clumsy

The Cold-Blooded

The Collaborator

The Collector

The Colossus

The Commander

The Commando

The Committed

The Companion

The Competent

The Competitor

The Compiler

The Composer

The Comprehended

The Condemned

The Confidant

The Confounder

The Confused

The Connoisseur

The Conqueror

The Conscience

The Conspirator

The Consul

The Contender

The Contractor

The Contrarian

The Cook

The Cool-Headed

The Coordinator

The Corrupt

The Corrupted

The Corrupter

The Corsair

The Cougar

The Count

The Courtesan

The Cowboy

The Cowgirl

The Coyote Man

The Craftsman

The Crafty

The Crapshooter

The Critic

The Cruel

The Crusader

The Crusher

The Cryptic

The Cunning

The Curiosity

The Customer

The Cutthroat

The Cynic

D TITLES

The Dama Rossa

The Damned

The Dandy

The Dangerous

The Dauntless

The Dawn

The Deacon

The Deadly Shadow

The Deathless

The Debater

The Debris

The Deceiver

The Deconstructor

The Dedicated

The Defender

The Defensive

The Defiled

The Delinquent

The Demolisher

The Demon

The Dependable

The Deprogrammer

The Designer

The Desperado

The Despot

The Destroyer

The Destructive

The Determined

The Devastator

The Developer

The Devoted

The Dexterous

The Diplomat

The Director

The Disciple

The Discoverer

The Distractor

The Doctor

The Dominator

The Dragon

The Drake

The Dreamer

The Drifter

The Druid

The Drunkard

The Duelist

The Duke

The Dutiful

The Dynamo

E TITLES

The Eager

The Eagle

The Earl

The Eccentric

The Economist

The Efficient

The Effigy

The Ego

The Elder

The Elitist

The Elusive

The Emissary

The Emotionless

The Empath

The Emperor

The Enchantress

The Encyclopedia

The Enduring

The Enemy

The Enforcer

The Engineer

The Enterprising

The Entertainer

The Enthusiast

The Entrepreneur

The Envoy

The Epicure

The Equaliser

The Eradicator

The Erratic

The Escape Artist

The Esteemed

The Ethereal

The Evader

The Everlasting

The Exalted

The Examiner

The Executioner

The Executive

The Executor

The Exile

The Expeditionist

The Expendable

The Expert

The Explorer

The Extinguisher

F TITLES

The Facilitator

The Faithful

The Fallen

The Familiar

The Famous

The Fanatic

The Fashionista

The Fatebreaker

The Fearless

The Femme Fatale

The Fencer

The Fever

The Fiend

The Fierce

The Fighter

The Firebird

The Firebrand

The Firefly

The Firehawk

The Fist

The Fixer

The Flameseeker

The Flawless

The Fleet-Footed

The Fool

The Footpad

The Forger

The Forgotten

The Founder

The Fox

The Fraud

The Freelancer

The Frozen

The Furious

The Fury

G TITLES

The Gargoyle

The Gatecrasher

The Gatekeeper

The General

The Generous

The Genius

The Gentry

The Genuine

The Ghost

The Gifted

The Giver

The Gladiator

The Gladiatrix

The Glitch

The Glutton

The Godlike

The Golden Child

The Golem

The Good Samaritan

The Gouger

The Governor

The Great

The Grenadier

The Grifter

The Grunt

The Guardian

The Gullible

The Gunfighter

The Gunner

The Gunslinger

H TITLES

The Hacker

The Halcyon

The Hallowed

The Hammer

The Harbinger

The Hard-Boiled

The Hard-Hearted

The Harlequin

The Healer

The Heart

The Heartless

The Heir

The Hellequin

The Hellhound

The Hellion

The Helmsman

The Helper

The Herald

The Herbalist

The Herder

The Hermit

The Hessian

The Highlander

The Hiker

The Hipster

The Hired Gun

The Hoarder

The Hologram

The Homewrecker

The Honourable

The Honoured

The Hopeful

The Howitzer

The Humane

The Hunter

The Huntsman

The Hurricane

The Hypocrite

I TITLES

The Iconoclast

The Idealist

The Illuminated

The Illusion

The Illusionist

The Illustrious

The Imitator

The Immortal

The Impaler

The Impassive

The Impersonator

The Improviser

The Impulsive

The Incomprehensible

The Indefatigable

The Independent

The Indignant

The Individualist

The Indomitable

The Infamous

The Infiltrator

The Initiate

The Innovator

The Inquisitor

The Insolvent

The Inspector

The Instrument

The Intelligent

The Interpreter

The Intimidator

The Intrepid

The Intriguing

The Inventive

The Inventor

The Investigator

The Invisible

The Irrational

J TITLES

The Jackal

The Jaguar

The Jester

The Judge

The Justiciar

K TITLES

The Keeper

The Killer

The Killing Machine

The Kin

The Kind-Hearted

The King

The Kingmaker

The Knife Thrower

The Knight

The Known

L TITLES

The Landowner

The Landsman

The Lawbringer

The Lawful

The Leader

The Leech

The Legate

The Legend

The Legendary

The Legionnaire

The Leviathan

The Liability

The Liar

The Liberator

The Librarian

The Liege

The Lieutenant

The Lifeguard

The Linguist

The Living Myth

The Logician

The Logistician

The Lone Wolf

The Lonesome

The Loose Cannon

The Lost

The Loyal

The Loyalist

The Lucky

The Luminous

The Lurker

The Lustful

M TITLES

The Machine

The Magician

The Magnanimous

The Magnate

The Magnificent

The Magus

The Maiden

The Majestic

The Malevolent

The Manipulator

The Marathoner

The Marauder

The Marine

The Marksman

The Marquis

The Mass Murderer

The Master

The Masterful

The Mastermind

The Matriarch

The Matron

The Mauler

The Maverick

The Maxim

The Meat

The Mech

The Mechanic

The Mediator

The Medic

The Medium

The Megalomaniac

The Menace

The Mentor

The Mercenary

The Merchant

The Merciless

The Mermaid

The Mimic

The Mindless

The Miscreant

The Mistral

The Mistress

The Misunderstood

The Mobiliser

The Mole

The Moneymaker

The Monk

The Monster

The Monstrosity

The Mooch

The Mote

The Motivator

The Mountebank

The Muddled

N TITLES

The Naturalist

The Navigator

The Neutral

The Neutraliser

The Newcomer

The Night Owl

The Night Stalker

The Nightmare

The Ninja

The Noble

The Nobleman

The Nomad

The Notorious

The Novice

The Nuisance

The Nurturer

O TITLES

The Obliterator

The Observant

The Observer

The Occultist

The Officer

The Offworlder

The Ogre

The Omen

The Omnipotent

The One

The Operative

The Opportunist

The Optimist

The Orator

The Orchid

The Originator

The Outcast

The Outgoing

The Outlaw

The Outstanding

The Overclocker

The Overlord

The Overseer

P TITLES

The Paladin

The Paragon

The Pariah

The Partner

The Pathfinder

The Patient

The Patriarch

The Patriot

The Patron

The Peacekeeper

The Peacemaker

The Pearl

The Perfectionist

The Performer

The Persistent

The Persuasive

The Phantom

The Philanthropist

The Phoenix

The Physician

The Pilferator

The Pilgrim

The Pilot

The Pioneer

The Pirate

The Pitiless

The Plague Bearer

The Planner

The Plunderer

The Poacher

The Pointman

The Poisoner

The Poisonous

The Practised

The Praetorian

The Preacher

The Precise

The Precursor

The Prefect

The Presence

The Pretender

The Priest

The Prince

The Princess

The Principled

The Prisoner

The Privateer

The Privileged

The Problem Solver

The Prodigy

The Producer

The Professional

The Professor

The Proficient

The Profligate

The Projection

The Projector

The Prolific

The Promoted

The Promoter

The Prophet

The Protagonist

The Protector

The Provoker

The Prowler

The Psychic

The Punisher

The Punk

The Puppet Master

The Puppeteer

The Pure

The Pyrotechnician

Q TITLES

The Quartermaster

The Queen

The Quick Thinker

R TITLES

The Raider

The Rambler

The Ranger

The Ransacker

The Rationaliser

The Ravager

The Realist

The Reaper

The Reaver

The Rebel

The Rebellious

The Recluse

The Recruit

The Redeemer

The Referee

The Reformer

The Regent

The Regulator

The Relentless

The Remnant

The Renegade

The Reptile

The Researcher

The Resolute

The Resourceful

The Respected

The Respectful

The Responsive

The Resurgent

The Retracer

The Revered

The Risen

The Riskrunner

The Ritualist

The Rival

The Robber

The Roboteer

The Roboticist

The Robust

The Rogue

The Role Model

The Romantic

The Rookie

The Rover

The Rugged

The Runner

The Rustler

The Ruthless

S TITLES

The Saboteur

The Sacrifice

The Sacrificial Lamb

The Sadist

The Sagacious

The Sage

The Sage

The Saint

The Salty

The Salvager

The Sandman

The Sapper

The Savant

The Saviour

The Scanner

The Scarab

The Scavenger

The Sceptic

The Scholar

The Scientist

The Scorcher

The Scoundrel

The Scout

The Scrapper

The Seeker

The Seer

The Sentient

The Sentinel

The Sergeant

The Serial Killer

The Serpent

The Servant

The Shadow

The Shaman

The Shank

The Sharpshooter

The Shatterer

The Shirker

The Shopaholic

The Show-Off

The Sickle

The Silencer

The Silent

The Silent Shadow

The Sinister

The Siren

The Skald

The Skilled

The Skirmisher

The Slaughterer

The Slayer

The Sleepwalker

The Slugger

The Sly

The Smuggler

The Sneaker

The Sneaky

The Sniper

The Social

The Socialite

The Soldier

The Sorcerer

The Soul

The Specialist

The Spectre

The Spellscarred

The Spellsword

The Spender

The Spirited

The Spiritualist

The Spy

The Stag

The Stalker

The Stalwart

The Stargazer

The Static

The Steadfast

The Storm

The Stowaway

The Strangler

The Strategist

The Striker

The Strong Man

The Stunner

The Sunbringer

The Supervisor

The Supporter

The Surah

The Surgeon

The Surveyor

The Survivalist

The Survivor

The Suspect

The Sweetheart

The Swift

T TITLES

The Tactician

The Tank

The Target

The Taunter

The Teacher

The Technophile

The Tempest

The Templar

The Temptress

The Terror

The Theorist

The Thespian

The Thief

The Thinker

The Thorn

The Threat

The Thrill Seeker

The Tiger

The Timewalker

The Tinkerer

The Titan

The Torch

The Tormenter

The Tracer

The Tracker

The Trader

The Trailblazer

The Trainee

The Trapper

The Traveller

The Treasure Hunter

The Trickster

The Troublemaker

The Troubleshooter

The Trusted

The Trustworthy

The Truth Seeker

The Truthful

The Twilit Heart

The Tycoon

The Typhoon

U TITLES

The Unassailable

The Unclean

The Uncompromising

The Undaunted

The Undying

The Unethical

The Universal Translator

The Unlucky

The Unruly

The Unseen

The Unstoppable

The Untamed

The Untouchable

The Unwavering

The Unyielding

The Upstanding

The Usurper

V TITLES

The VIP

The Vagrant

The Vain

The Valiant

The Valkyrie

The Vanguard

The Vanished

The Vanquisher

The Vengeful

The Venomous

The Versatile

The Veteran

The Vicious

The Victim

The Vigilant

The Vigilante

The Viper

The Virtuoso

The Virus

The Visionary

The Visitor

The Vizier

The Volunteer

The Voyager

The Vulture

W TITLES

The Wanderer

The War Dog

The Ward

The Warden

The Warder

The Warlock

The Warmonger

The Warrior

The Waste

The Watchdog

The Wayfarer

The Wayward

The Wealthy

The Whirlwind

The Widowmaker

The Wild

The Wingman

The Wise

The Wisp

The Witch

The Witchhunter

The Wolf

The Wondrous

The Workaholic

The Wound

The Wraith

The Wrestler

The Write-Off

X Y Z TITLES

The Zealot

The Zoologist

[hello-elaina]

I've been really into saints since my freshman art history class. (Love me some gold leaf) I decided to make @mayainthemoment a saint because she represents a Latina I never saw growing up. I have enormous curly hair and all my Latina cousins and friends have long straight hair. I always felt like a black sheep but seeing Maya it's just nice to know I'm not the only one out there. So Maya is the Matron saint of curls and cat eye makeup. #latina #fanart #fanartfriday #illustration #drawing #art #artist #wip #saint #fashion #naturalhair #curlyhair #curls #latinx #blackgirlmagic #femaleartist #fashion #streetstyle #print #representation

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Balmung RP Event Calendar for the week of 2017.04.10

Sorry for the delay this week, internet outage last night put me back by a full day on releasing this one. ~ Erah'sae/Erroch

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This Week's Events:

Monday - 4/10/2017

4:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT - Matron's Reach: Weekly Open Hours - Goblet, Ward 12, Apartment 30

9:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - Lominsan Fight Club - Lominsan Lominsa Lower Decks (x9, y15)

Tuesday - 4/11/2017

4:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT - Wayward Star Bar - Mist Ward 6, Plot 1

7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT - RP Levelers: Pop up RP! - Fallgourd Float, North Shroud

8:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - Gin Mill Backwoods Brawl - Central Thanalan, 25, 15 (Cave at Lost Hope)

8:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - Menphina's Bosom Bar and Lounge - The Goblet Ward 8 Plot 58

9:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - BS-RP's "A Night in the Clouds" - Mists Ward 11 Plot 48

Wednesday - 4/12/2017

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT - Saint Reinette's Presents: The Grandfather Clock - Lavender beds Ward 2 Plot 54

6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT - Stellazzio Pizzeria - Goblet Ward 11, Plot 27

7:30 PM to 11:30 PM EDT - Last Bell Bar - Mist Ward 9, Plot 31

9:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT - Isles of Paradise - Musical Theater Class - Goblet W:12 P:30

9:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - Saika Doman & Oriental - Lavender Beds Ward 11 Plot 15

Thursday - 4/13/2017

8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT - Isles of Paradise - Multi-Cultural Dance and Music Class - Goblet W:12 P:30

6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT - Black Cat Café - Goblet Ward 11, Plot 39

6:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT - The Magitek Princess Cafe - Goblet Ward 9 Plot 7

9:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - 12 Oaks Book Club - LB Ward 8, Plot 7, Room 3

9:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - Soul of the Dragon Restraunt - Mists Ward 5 Plot 32

10:00 PM to 1:00 AM EDT - 7th Haven Tavern Night - Lavender Beds Ward 7, Plot 5

Friday - 4/14/2017

6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT - The Rose of Aleport [Tavern-RP] - Lavender Beds Ward 4, Plot 16 Basement

8:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - Realmsward Tournament - Behemoths Domain, Central Highlands

8:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - The Happy Raven Café - Lavender Beds Ward 8 Subdivision Apt. 6

9:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - Celestine Tavern - The Goblet, Ward 3, Plot 58

9:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - Coeurl's Whisker Open RP - Goblet Ward 9, Plot 8

9:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT - Isles of Paradise - Poetry and Drama Class - Goblet W:12 P:30

10:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - Spellguard Tourney - Mist Ward 6, Seagaze Markets

Saturday - 4/15/2017

All Day - Nefzen's Nameday

2:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT - Sunny Seaside Bar - Eastern La Noscea (31, 23)

5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT - Venturers Respite Open RP - Mist Ward 6, Plot 27

9:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - Grandioso Tavern - Lavender Beds Ward 6, Plot 14

9:30 PM to 2:30 AM EDT - The Mogberry Menagerie Cafe - Mists Ward 6, Plot 60

10:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - Grindstone Tournament - Cen. Thanalan (21, 25)

Sunday - 4/16/2017

3:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT - Drunken Moogle Open RP - Lavender Beds Ward 4, Plot 8

5:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT - Sea Breeze Bazaar - Moraby Drydocks, Lower La Noscea

8:00 PM to 1:00 AM EDT - Lace & Steel Fight Night - The Goblet Ward 9 Plot 40

8:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - Mystic Runestone - Cen. Thanalan (21, 25)

9:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - Qalli Circle - Lavender Beds Ward 11, Plot 45

9:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - The Beast and Barrel Tavern - The Mist, Ward 11, Apartment 85

9:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - The Sultana's Cup - Goblet Ward 10, Plot 54

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