#neo necropolis

[kudzucataclysm]

🎤 tell us some out of context wild and wacky shit that goes on in the world of se or just the nec i’m fascinated by that place

let me see if i can rmm if anything thats actually ‘wacky’ or not HMMMM

- spy wars. constant corporate and industrial espionage. usually carried out by a city-state’s “internal ministry” or various mercenaries for hire and/or other dubious agencies

- the NEC is technically not a city at all (at least in comparison to other city states in the setting). Necropolis is made up ooooof arooound? 21-34 cities all stacked and built on top of or next to each other. the number of cities fluctuates almost constantly btw and its def a train tracks scenario where u can cross a street somewhere and suddenly it looks like you just stepped into another reality

- since its 7 miles tall there r people who live at the top in and above the clouds. no they are not okay at all

- the labyrinthine structure of the NEC is…NOT on purpose!! :)

- practically nobody lives in the undercity portion of the NEC. its a lot of abandoned and dilapidated buildings and corpses of former cities thatve been built over. lots of criminal hideouts and martian or chimera nests

also lots of neo gothic architecture for some reason

definitely some dark souls + silent hill shit goes on in there. for SUUURE

kinda related but in my head i can picture like. a park. lit only by fading streetlamps and the light being reflected off of snow that formed due to the amount of space that exists in that particular spot. the park has its own weather system. there r no sounds but the fizzling lamps and the hollow distant clanking of pipes. anyway. what was i talking about

- the NEC has a horseback riding gang culture that hosts illegal races. Sal is a frequent participant

- the NEC’s “interior ministry” agency is led by a psychic mantis shrimp

- people in the city state federation that we would know as a united states equivalent ARE NOT AWARE that chimeras exist. lmao

while Necropolis is also by technicality a member of this federation it is also not. its that super weird super distant extended cousin that everybody hates but also fuck u cant get rid of it. its too important. the god king from mars declares that its holy ground so that makes it better than everybody else

government meetings r very fun

- the NEC technically by all means has a uh *checks notes* pirate demographic based out of Port Flamingo. Vincent at some point becomes the mayor of that jurisdiction for like…maybe a week. it goes as poorly as you can imagine

- earth has an artificial moon that was and ig still is one of the asteroids that almost hit earth (it kinda. skipped off the atmosphere which was a very fun time for everyone alive that day + Lupe ig). it doesnt have an orbit btw. or much of an effect on gravity. it doesnt move at all and is kinda just there. sitting. chilling. waiting ig

can be seen in the sky quite well, especially during the day anywhere on earth depending on the time and place. def affects the weather somehow

the asteroid man lives on it

- the se version of greys anatomy now unfortunately exists and you all have to live with that knowledge until yur death

greys anatomy if u like. threw it into a blender with dorohedoro and hotel artemis. yeah

[milkyfederation]

- Uuuh yeah... Give me one ticket for the new Lion King Remake Musi- ABSOLUTELY NOT! You know it'll be my turn before the movie's over. - Coome on! My treat. - No way, you know I hate musicals, watch it when it's your turn again. - Hey guys keep it down, we're in public, you're embarrassing us.

The Martian city state of Neocropolis is dead set on fighting, well, death. One of the solutions they have come up with is transferring your consciousness into a mechanical body.

That is, of course, expensive, so some people decide to share the cost, putting more than one consciousness in a single body. That makes Neocropolis the city with the highest number of people per capita in the human sector.

Ever since its creation, the Martian city-state specializes in scientific research to avoid death. Its founder is still alive (as just a head in a jar) after a couple of centuries.

Neocropolitans are modified to have purple skin with stripes, and a lengthy life (although that tends to be cut short for the everyman due to economic disparity).

Despite being a small one, it is one of the most powerful Martian cities thanks to its alliances. No rich or powerful person dares antagonize their source of "eternal life", which gives the city carte blanche to do all sorts of experiments.

The Raging Machines' guitarist, K, was a neocropolitan who's consciousness was put on a machine post mortem without her consent so that she'd keep working.

Neocropolis' name is a play on words with neo (new) and necropolis (cemetary), the city that gives a new definition to death. Etymologically there's nothing else funny here, carry on.

[docpiplup]

Propaganda

1. La Orden de Toledo: Paseos imaginarios en tiempos de vanguardia (The Order of Toledo: Imaginary walks in avant-garde times)

Author: Pantoja Rivero, Juan Carlos

Editorial: Covarrubias Ediciones

Edition: 2019

Synopsis: The Order of Toledo was, above all, an avant-garde fantasy of the brilliant film director Luis Buñuel, who knew how to infect his friends from the Generation of '27 to the Spanish intellectuality of the first third of the 20th century. Together, they dedicated themselves to living Toledo as if it were the great stage of a surrealist montage, in an artistic (or anti-artistic and irational) contrast with the monumentality and historical past of the old dead city.

(Well, in my blog I have been making posts about The Order of Toledo and the book is a valuable source)

2. Toledo: La ciudad de los muertos (Toledo: The city of the dead)

Author: Leblic García, Ventura Editorial: Covarrubias Ediciones Edition: 2013

Synopsis: Toledo. A large historical necropolis where Carpetans, Romans, Visigoths, Muslims, Jews and Christians rest...their rites around death, beliefs, customs, evolution of the cemetery spaces...

(I have posted the scans of the first pages of this books and I'm planning to keep on posting them but I wanted to know if you want scans from another book)

3. De Mayrit a Madrid: Madrid y los árabes del siglo IX al siglo XXI (From Mayrit to Madrid: Madrid and the Arabs from the 9th century to the 21st century) Editors: Madrid. Casa Árabe e Instituto Internacional de Estudios Árabes y del Mundo Musulmán ; Barcelona ; Madrid: Lunwerg Edition: 2011

Synopsis: This work deals with the Arab-Islamic past (Andalusian, Mudejar and Moorish) of Madrid and its forgotten heritage since it is the only European capital whose origins and name are linked to Arabic.

Revisiting that past and making it known is the objective of this work, which wants to rescue knowledge of a relationship between Madrid and the Arabs that does not end in the Middle Ages, since the town and court maintained various links with what was over time. Arab through diplomatic delegations, Arab figures welcomed by the city, valuable collections of manuscripts and numismatics, a romantic architectural taste that seeded the city with unique neo-Islamic buildings or Hispano-Arab scientific and cultural institutions. And, finally, the cosmopolitan and intercultural reconversion of the city has made it the recipient of a new Arab and Muslim immigration that once again gives human visibility to this relationship between Madrid and the Arab.

4. La Judería de Toledo (The Jewish Quarter of Toledo)

Author: Passini, Jean

Editorial: Ediciones del Sofer

Edition: 2014

Synopsis: The work reveals the vestiges of the areas of medieval Toledo Jewry and its history. It collects a topographical reading of its evolution and offers the main elements through maps, plans and high-quality color photographs.

5. Casas y casas principales urbanas : el espacio doméstico de Toledo a fines de la Edad Media (Houses and main urban houses: the domestic space of Toledo at the end of the Middle Ages)

Author: Passini, Jean. Editor: Toledo. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

Edition: 2004

Synopsis: This work is an extension of previous research on different districts, and seeks, for the city as a whole, to “understand the genesis of medieval urban space, to follow its transformations and successive reappropriations” , mainly with the aim of understanding, for one of the ancient provincial capitals of al-Andalus, the modalities of the transition from the Muslim city of the end of the eleventh century (time of its occupation by the Christians) to the Castilian city of the end of the Middle Ages. The main documentary basis of the work is a very important and very detailed inventory of the real estate of the Cathedral Chapter, an inventory carried out in 1491-1492, which covers a considerable heritage of 557 various buildings located in 64 sites or districts. The identification and location of houses, shops, mesones or fondouks and other urban buildings, often difficult on the current plot, has however resulted in the careful study of more than half of these old buildings. The systematic comparison of the text from the end of the Middle Ages with the remains still visible above ground or underground (and this very meticulous and patient work in the cellars of current Toledan houses is one of the great originalities of the research of Jean Passini) gave the results which are presented in this latest publication.

6. España medieval : el origen de las ciudades (Medieval Spain: the origin of the cities)

Authors: Novoa Portela, Feliciano; Villalba Ruiz de Toledo, F. Javier Editors: Barcelona ; Madrid : Lunwerg, D.L.

Edition: 2012

Synopsis: A fascinating essay that will teach us to look at and understand our cities better. In the pages of this essay we will analyze the Roman origins, the Islamic, Christian and European influences to discover the cultural melting pot that marks the Spanish urban legacy, without forgetting some disappeared cities that tell us their history through archaeological remains.

7. Valle-Inclán y el insólito caso del hombre con rayos x en los ojos (Valle-Inclán and the unusual case of the man with x-rays in his eyes)

Editors: Madrid. La Felguera

Edition: 2014 Synopsis: In 1923, a piece of news sparked great controversy among intellectuals, journalists and scientists. Joaquín Argamasilla, a young descendant of a family of aristocrats, claimed to have x-ray vision that allowed him to see through opaque bodies. The controversy, which divided half the country between defenders and detractors of the strange case, reached the highest circles. In April, at the initiative of Queen María Cristina, a commission was established to study the case, chaired by Ramón y Cajal. Valle-Inclán came to Argamasilla's defense and the great Harry Houdini challenged him to a public demonstration in New York.

(Joaquín Argamasilla, Harry Houdini, Valle-Inclán, Ramón y Cajal... yep, we're thinking the same, episode 2xO6, Tiempo de Magia, from El Ministerio del Tiempo, if anyone wants to learn more about this topic this book is good)

8. Guía mágica de Toledo y su provincia (Magical guide to Toledo and its province) Authors: Rodríguez Bausá, Luis; Álvarez de Toledo, Javier Mateo Editorial: Ediciones Covarrubias

Edition: 2010

Synopsis: Saramago wrote that traveling should be a matter of another matter, staying more and walking less; and a little later he added that it is not good to stay for only a quarter of an hour next to a construction that is seven hundred years old. The authors agree with such appropriate phrases, and that is why they have written this route, this uneven guide, this compilation of events, in short, so that the traveler stops in a multitude of towns that only sounded like transit and never like stop and inn. Because the truth is that the city of Toledo and its province discreetly hide a large number of enclaves that deserve to be savored by the five senses, and in which one must rest until the memory is macerated. This is what this work talks about: caves, sacred mountains, magical wells, rainy images, enchanted fountains or thunderous miracles... but, above all, towns, cities and regions; yes, with order and a taste of dissidence and heterodoxy.

Also included is what the authors have called "Beginner's Guide", a brief but rigorous approach to the magical phenomenon, something like an index so that whoever wants it, has the basic premises to get started in the world of research on these issues.

9. AL-ANDALUS. Ocho siglos de civilización musulmana que marcaron la historia y la cultura de España (AL ANDALUS. Eight centuries of Muslim civilization that marked the history and culture of Spain) Author: Masiá, Concha Editorial: ALBA Edition: 2006

Synopsis: "In the year 711, the Muslims arrived in the Iberian Peninsula. They called the vast territory where they settled for 800 years, from Tarifa to the Pyrenees, from the Levant to Portugal, al-Andalus. With their lights and shadows, these eight centuries of Muslim civilization, configuring many aspects of our personality as a people and as a culture, to which we Spaniards of the 21st century are still indebted"

This book and the following two books are like a triology about Al Andalus. This first one collects information about the different periods, states, events and some of its rulers throughout the history of Al Andalus.

10. AL-ANDALUS. Personajes históricos (AL ANDALUS. Historical figures) Author: Masiá, Concha Editorial: Albor Libros, Madrid Edition: 2011

Synopsis: "A general vision of al-Andalus, from the 8th century to the 17th century, through its most prominent characters and also through less known, although no less important, people. Both of them reveal the splendor and glory of the imperishable Andalusian legacy"

This book gathers information about divers people from different states and periods throughout the history of Al Andalus: emirs, caliphs, politicians, religious leaders, warriors, scholars, artists, philosophers, poets...

11. AL-ANDALUS. 800 años de lucha (AL ANDALUS. 800 years of struggle)

Author: Masiá, Concha Editorial: Albor Libros, Madrid Edition: 2011

Synopsis: "In the year 711, the Muslims arrived in the Iberian Peninsula. They called the vast territory where they settled for 800 years, from Tarifa to the Pyrenees, from the Levant to Portugal, al-Andalus. With their lights and shadows, these eight centuries of Muslim civilization, configuring many aspects of our personality as a people and as a culture, to which we Spaniards of the 21st century are still indebted"

This book offers a view on the warfare, battles and military campaigns from different periods and states throughout the history of Al Andalus.

12. 20 grandes obras de 20 autores andalusíes (20 great works by 20 Andalusian authors)

Author: Lirola Delgado, Jorge

Editorial: FUNDACIÓN IBN TUFAYL DE ESTUDIOS ARABES

Edition: 2014

Synopsis: Selection of 20 Andalusian authors and 20 works from the different periods of al-Andalus. The book offers a biography of each author and a detailed description of the work.

[greaterarts]

OC-tober day 5: relationships!

I think I have around 70+ full on ship-relationships in my writing so this was going to be interesting. Ended up going with my boy Yefemi (right) and @tacticalcodpiece's Azizi (left) because I love drawing them together! Posted both my sketch version and the cleaner version cus I don't know which I like more.

Their relationship is really complicated. They do genuinely love each other, to an unhealthy degree. They are also both very volatile people. Yefemi is a super jealous person and Azizi is a very famous sex worker. So you can imagine how well that goes.

Their relationship is further complicated by Azizi's ex, Chaka, who happens to be Neo Necropolis' south side's kingpin, a man whom Yefemi is very paranoid Azizi will leave him to return to. On top of that a fellow Syndicate member by the name of Trevelyan who is also in love with Azizi- who Azizi doesn't rebuff in the same way he does with others who claim to love him. Yes, Yefemi has attacked Trevelyan on many occasions.

They often go from screaming matches with chairs being thrown to sloppy making out on the bar within the space of ten minutes. Never a dull moment though!

[pseudospaceship]

WIP (Thursday)

Fucking around with a modern AU where the events of Veilguard are in the ancient past. Exploring the implications of the Solavellan ending on the far future. And obviously Emmrook smut because we all know why we're here. If I can make something of it I'll put it on Ao3.

***

The committee meeting was in Pentaghast Conference 3. Currently that meant nothing to Zoe, so she held her phone in front of her with its map of Navarra University campus and tried not to walk head-on into anyone else. Bowling over a student would be awkward, plowing into someone she would have to see in faculty meetings mortifying. New jobs only started that way in cheesy books, and this wasn’t even a new job anymore. They were six weeks into the term already, but the Student Achievement Committee only met four times per year.

She found the Pentaghast building, which housed most of the literature department if she remembered her tour correctly. Like most of the older campus buildings it was a Neo-Necropolan monstrosity, all dark stone facade and skeletal gargoyles amid an excessive number of spiky bits that people three hundred years ago had apparently thought imposing. It had none of the ancient, looming charm of its inspiration, the real Grand Necropolis on the other side of the city. The sconces at the entrance didn’t even have veilfire in them, just normal electric bulbs tinted the wrong color green. It was embarrassing.

But it was also the largest and richest university in Thedas, so who was going to tell them they had bad taste?

Conference 3, according to the dusty wall directory, was on the second floor and easy enough to find after that. It was a huge room, mostly filled with a heavy wooden table that could easily fit fifteen. Four people clustered at its other end: a woman at the head with falsely dark hair in an ill-tailored pencil skirt and jacket; a white-haired woman to her left in a knit sweater who looked like she’d just eaten lemons; a blond man to her right with a thick beard and a mustard stain on his polo shirt; and, sitting just far enough from the rest not to be obvious about it, a straight-spined man, gray-streaked black hair swished perfectly back from just enough balding to create a distinguished widow’s peak, in a shirt that might have been made specifically for his measurements under—no joke—an actual waistcoat. It should have been at least a little silly, but somehow he looked perfectly natural. Maybe it was the effect of the thousands of gulder worth of gold bangles and cuffs coating his forearms, not to mention the rings. Necromancers could get away with all kinds of eccentricity.

[nullarysources]

Moroccan archaeologists unearth new ruins at Chellah, a tourism-friendly ancient port near Rabat

Sam Metz for the AP:

Archaeologists have unearthed more ancient ruins of what they believe was once a bustling port city near the capital of modern-day Morocco, digging out thermal baths and working class neighborhoods that the country hopes will lure tourists and scholars in the years ahead.

On Friday, researchers from Morocco's National Institute of Archaeological Sciences and Heritage presented new discoveries made this year at Chellah — a 1.2-square-mile (3.15-square-kilometer) UNESCO World Heritage Site with a footprint almost five times the size of Pompeii.

Scholars believe the area was first settled by the Phoenicians and emerged as a key Roman empire outpost from the second to fifth century. The fortified necropolis and surrounding settlements were built near the Atlantic Ocean along the banks of the Bou Regreg river. Findings have included bricks inscribed in neo-Punic, a language that predates the Romans' arrival in Morocco.

Neat

[dougrobyngoold]

Another Glorious Day! - Glasgow, Scotland

Today we visited the city center and east side of Glasgow. Started out with a stroll along the path (National Cycle Route 75) on River Clyde, passing by the Clyde Arc (pictured above) and then the Squiggly Bridge (pictured below).

We walked away from the river and toward George Square. There were a lot of cool buildings along the way:

Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Andrew

The old railway station on St. Enoch Square.

The Lighthouse - an historic building that houses Scotland's Centre for Design and Architecture.

We arrived at George Square just in time to be attacked by a flock of pigeons - it was quite terrifying for the pigeons and for us!! We survived and ventured onto the square to take a few photos.

George Square (named after King George III) - the small statue with the white base is of Robert Burns, the 80' high statue on the left side of the photo is of Sir Walter Scott. There are eleven statues on George Square, luckily, I did not manage to get pictures of all of them!

Glasgow City Chambers with the Glasgow War Memorial in front of the building entrance.

GLASGOW CATHEDRAL

Founded in the 1200s, it is the only medieval church on the Scottish mainland to have survived the Reformation virtually intact. St. Mungo, the patrol saint of Glasgow, was buried on this site in 612 AD. The inside of the cathedral is massive and stunningly beautiful, definitely worth a visit when you are in Glasgow!

On the hillside behind the cathedral is the sprawling Glasgow Necropolis. We walked along the base of it, but decided not to climb up to the top of the hill. If you are into graveyards, this is one you will want to check out.

This memorial is at the base of the Glasgow Necropolis, as you cross from Glasgow Cathedral on the Bridge of Sighs.

Looking up at Glasgow Necropolis from the base of the hill.

Memorial to Sir Walter Wallace - you might know of him if you are a "Braveheart" fan. He is Scotland's most famous warrior.

Our next destination was the People's Palace, so we continued our journey through the streets of Glasgow. So much to take in!

Barony Hall, formerly Barony Church, built in 1799, it is built in the red sandstone Victorian neo-Gothic style. It is now part of the University of Strathclyde.

I loved everything about this photo - the sky, the curve of the buildings, and the mural - so beautiful!

Glasgow Tolbooth, built in 1634, it was originally the meeting place of the Royal Burgh of Glasgow. The main structure was demolished in 1921, leaving only the steeple standing.

PEOPLE'S PALACE

The People's Palace opened in 1898, it is located on Glasgow Green and houses a social history museum.

Doulton Fountain, located in front of the People's Palace, is the largest terracotta fountain in the world. It was built in 1887 to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria.

Here are a few of the interesting things we saw at the museum:

The city of Glasgow went through some tough times with regards to housing and health-related issues. This museum was a great place to go to learn a bit about the people of Glasgow and it was free.

This ornate building was visible from the People's Palace, so we went over to check it out - we think that it was originally a Persian rug factory. Nowadays it houses several different businesses, one of which is WEST Brewery.....you know we had to check that out!

After our tasting it was time to head home, so we crossed Glasgow Green, a massive public park:

Went through McLennan's Arch:

Then found our way back to the path along River Clyde, going under the historic railway bridge:

Luckily, we arrived at our Airbnb just before storm clouds decided to open up and POUR! Time to put up our feet and enjoy an adult beverage.

[majestyrising]

Gene update for Riff Raff (real name Jager), my g1 spec ops turned conspiracy theorist and man on the run (it’s a long story). He absolutely deserves it. <3

Pharaoh was the perfect fit for him and his accent imo. I especially love that you can see the cool effect the accent has on his wing joint now. :>

[agreaterworld]

some memes from me and @doujicat‘s writing-verse-world-whatchacallit

[darksilvania]

Can you give some background on thekroel region/ is it just smt that exists in your imagination or are you working into a rom hack/smt else entirely? I love the designs and I'd be so curious to see more

I do plan to eventually make something with it, either a game or at least a comic or stories, but right now I'm just working on the Pokémon. But I do have some basic info

General Kroel information so Far

The Kroel Region is a vast continental mass big enough to hold multiple regions, but there are only two main ones at the time the story unfolds.

Kroel is a very old region, due to long history and size many civilizations and cultures have developed on it, it is known for its many traditions and legends, but in recent years there has been a great economic and technological development just in the heart of the continent, a large group of cities have united into forming a small country of their own, named Neo-Kroel, which aim to steer the old continent into the future.

This is the main reason for your character to come to Neo-Kroel, you are a trainer and you family has just moved in due to you parent having a new job, and you will begin your pokemon journey as well, as soon as you get your starter you are set to beat the eight gym leaders of Neo-Kroel, this eight gyms are relatively new ones, the leaders are young and in some cases not very experienced, your gym battles with them will help you both grow as trainers, of course they will be harder as you go on until you collect the eight badges. In this part of the region you will find the spatial center on Blackfall city, the laboratories where you can revive your fossils as well as lots of labs and malls, it is a very modern region.

When you are done collecting you 8 badges you will be told that now you are ready to face a greater challenge, you are ready to take on Old Country

Old Country is the name given to the rest of the continent, it almost doubles the size of Neo-Kroel, it has many ecosystems and climates and its more traditional, with many cities and gyms reflecting different cultures. The gym leaders on Old Country are older and more experienced than the leaders in Neo-Kroel and are harder to take.

In order to travel from Neo-Kroel to Old Country you must cross a large desert known as the Eternal Sea, a large sea of dunes, you will follow a straight path as you are advised not to wander east or west, as you are not ready to visit either place until you have beaten all the gyms in Old Country. this places are The Garden of Marble to the east, a large valley full of ancient ruins, many full of ancient pokemon, and the Great Necropolis to the west, a Large tower like structure that goes both up above the ground and deep down below, many legendaries rest in this two places and will awaken once you have been able to enter this places.

Once you have beaten the 16 gyms of both Neo-Kroel and Old Country you will be able to face the Elite Four of the region, which are not in the region but in one of many Islands to the east of the Mainland.

This region has its own criminal team as in other regions, Team Phobia (I kept the P) wich wants to rule over Kroel through fear, the team uses scary pokemons and its themed after old movie monsters, its boss is still based on a vampire. You will face them across both regions and will have to thwart their plans twice with two different legendaries.

[manfrommars2049]

Neo-Necropolis, by me via Cyberpunk

[ashitakaxsan]

Ancient Iranian sword unearthed in Russia

Archaeological news of great significance:An ornate Iranian sword has recently been recovered during an excavation survey in the Black Sea Region,in the present-day Krasnodar Krai of Russia. Tehrantimes.com give us the whole image in details.https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/477732/Ancient-Iranian-sword-unearthed-in-Russia

Dating back to the 4th to the 6th century CE, the sword, along with several relics, have been unearthed from a warrior burial, who was an inhabitant of the Taman Peninsula, Heritage Daily reported on Saturday.

The sword suggests a political and cultural connection with the Sassanian or Neo-Persian Empire from modern Iran and Iraq, likely given as a diplomatic gift or taken as a military trophy, the report added.

Also, the archaeological project yielded pieces of a harness, buckles, and belt tips, as well as high-status items such as glass jugs, wooden and metal utensils, and wooden boxes with decayed cloths.

There is no doubt that the cited warrior was a representative of the elite of Phanagoria and was a bearer of the military aristocratic culture of the Bosporan Kingdom in the Migration Period, said one of the members of the project.

The ancient city of Phanagoria was a Greek colony, first founded in the Taman peninsula by Teian colonists in the 6th century BC after a conflict with the Persian king Cyrus the Great. The city grew into a major trading center that, along with the associated necropolis, covers an area of over 2223 acres.

Image below:King Cyrus the Great. Source:https://heritage-history.com/index.php?c=resources&s=char-dir&f=cyrus1

In many ways, Iran under Sassanian rule witnessed tremendous achievements of Persian civilization. Experts say that the art and architecture of the nation experienced a general renaissance during Sassanid rule.

In that era, crafts such as metalwork and gem engraving grew highly sophisticated, as scholarship was encouraged by the state; many works from both the East and West were translated into Pahlavi, the official language of the Sassanians.

The legendary wealth of the Sassanian court is fully confirmed by the existence of more than one hundred examples of bowls or plates of precious metal known at present. One of the finest examples is the silver plate with partial gilding in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The dynasty was destroyed by Arab invaders during a span from 637 to 651.

[greaterarts]

totally forgot about uploading this, it's from ages ago.... ANYWAY. this is the infernal king known as folly, holder of all knowledge. he's actually supposed to be stuck in the mortal realm right now and mostly hangs out in neo necropolis bugging fellow infernal king riot

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[scotianostra]

Major Monteith Mausoleum. 

This impressive Mausoleum in the Glasgow Necropolis is the final resting place of two brothers Major Archibald Douglas Monteath who died in 1842, and James Monteath Douglas who passed in 1850.

Monteath served in the East India Company. Allegedly, Monteath made his fortune when an elephant carrying precious gems belonging to a Maharajah was captured and 'relieved' of its load by him, which was just the norm for the British empire. 

When he died £1,000 was left to build his monument. There was a shortfall, however the Merchants' House gifted the extra land needed and this spectacular mausoleum was built.

Based on the Knight Templar  Church of the Holy Sepulchre, experts dispute whether it is modelled on the Jerusalem Church or possibly their Cambridge Church. The Mausoleum is a Neo-Norman rotunda, designed by David Cousin, is 30ft in diameter. What makes the Mausoleum so special includes the faces of 48 individual Dwar Palas who guard the Mausoleum around the doorway and each niched window, and which are common in Indian and Hindu temples, palaces and forts.

[verumking]

⚔️ *:･ﾟ✧┆HEADCANON : GIGAS CORPORATION

       I’ve been meaning to WRITE THIS in full for the LONGEST TIME and I’ve finally done it -- a META POST about the cultist corporation that is SINGLEHANDEDLY responsible for creating Replica Earth, a LEGION of militant golems, and in a twisted way, YOZORA HIMSELF. Much of Gigas Corp’s original ideologies centred around the BOOK OF GENESIS and the Vedic concepts of KARMA and REINCARNATION, but also GNOSTIC IDEOLOGY and how it fits almost too well in the VERUM UNIVERSE. More on how fucked up Gigas Corp are below the cut:

       ONE.  ┆ THE START OF A LEGACY : ORIGINS & MOTIVATIONS

As aforementioned in my WORLD-BUILDING POST for Replica Earth, Gigas Corporation were initially a small research institute who developed the Gigas during a time of great calamity, initially to serve as repair units upon the original Earth. Gigas Corporation was named after the giants of Greek mythology, who were the children of the Earth, born from the blood of Uranus ( the sky ). This would later become quite literal, when Gigas Corporation brought their machines to life with the ichor of the stars, via the development of the astral core. 

At the time of the company’s conception, humanity had near obliterated their home planet, rendering it uninhabitable for any lifeform. The world leaders were already looking into abandoning the planet, in an effort to prevent humanity’s extinction. 

The Gigas units were incomparable. As quick as humans were to destroy a building, the Gigas were twice as quick to rebuild: salvaging resources to build fortresses new. It went without saying that their technology paved way for a new hope for humanity. Gigas Corporation became the saviours of mankind: funded by various world governments to refocus their efforts from saving the planet, to building a new world of their own. 

Even after the completion of Replica Earth, Gigas Corporation maintained both their goal to build a better world, and their strong ties to world leaders. Within decades, Gigas Corporation had monopolised an entire planet: global governments eating from the palm of their hands. 

       TWO.  ┆ THE SEEDS OF INSANITY : GIGAS, GENESIS & GNOSTICISM

Alas, Gigas Corp’s founding father wanted more. If forging their own space colony and reigning supreme over world governments weren’t enough... Gigas Corporation wanted to recreate the universe. 

The CEO delved deep into Old World literature: particularly, the Book of Genesis and Gnostic ideologies. He learnt not only about the creation of paradise and the first man and woman, but also of a “supreme transcendent God” and an “evil demiurge creator” of the material universe. The latter, being responsible for placing the “divine spark”-- or the essence of divinity-- in every human being. 

The founding father begun to see himself as the aforementioned “transcendent God”, capable of forging worlds, and mankind’s current perception of God as the “evil demiurge creator”, who was responsible for exiling Adam and Eve from the paradise he created. It was through God the placing the forbidden fruit within his paradise, that ultimately led to humanity’s downfall-- what ‘benevolent god’ would so easily reject his children? 

The CEO believed that he will be able purge the universe of this “evil creator” and re-establish humanity’s place in paradise, via the essence of divinity that resides in all humans. After all, Gigas Corporation were already deemed humanity’s saviour, salvaging them from their burning planet. Now they needed to save them from the material world entirely. 

      THREE.  ┆ THE TRUTH BENEATH THE MASK : THE MULTIVERSAL NECROPOLIS

This epiphany only came to light after realising the true nature of the world they had built. Gigas Corp begun to notice something unusual with Replica Earth’s population... Certain humans emanated similar readings to Gigas units: not in terms of metal, but astral energy. Covert investigations led them to discover that these humans were departed souls from other universes, reincarnated upon Replica Earth: ancient spirits akin to the stars Gigas units are tethered to. Replica Earth had become the underworld of all universes. 

This discovery not only reinforced the CEO’s pursuit of godship, but also to research beyond Gnostic ideologies-- whereby he found the Vedic concept of samsara: aka, the cycle of reincarnation ( death and rebirth ). This cycle continues indefinitely, except for those who consciously break this cycle by reaching “moksa”, or enlightenment. Those who break the cycle reach the realm of gods-- immortal beings transcendent of death.

Vedic ideologies also speak of ‘karma’: the sum of one’s fate and subsequent consequences over many reincarnated lifetimes. This ‘karma’ that resided in these wayward souls was uncanny to the “divine spark” Gigas Corporation had long been investigating. ‘Karma’, or essence of divinity, determines whether one is fit to ascend to the spiritual realm and achieve enlightenment, or perish in the material world-- and it was up to Gigas Corporation to reap judgement upon them. The karma that sleeps in humans will accelerate them further. 

       THREE.  ┆ PROJECT NIGHT SKY : SALVAGING GOD FROM MAN

Gigas Corporation’s discoveries led them to launch a secret operation: ‘Project Night Sky’, whereby they handpick humans like the brightest stars in the night sky: humans who possess this ‘karma’, and are worthy of ascending to the spiritual realm they aim to create. One victim of this project was Yozora: who was the sole survivor of Gigas Corporation’s first attempts to ‘rebirth’ mankind. Namely, doubling a human’s tethers to the cosmos... by replacing their hearts with the astral cores used in Gigas units. A human’s ancient soul, reincarnated over many lifetimes, plus the ichor of the stars, leads to the death of a mortal... and the birth of a god.

Regrettably, many victims of Gigas Corporation’s schemes were not only innocent humans, but were children. Gigas Corp’s founding father believed that children were not only ‘fresh’ off the cycle of reincarnation, but were also untainted by the ignorance of the material world, as per gnostic ideology. They held the most promise for ascension as divine beings. 

Alas, with these delusional schemes, came many failures... and many deaths. Hundreds of children perished at the hands of Gigas Corporation, who had enslaved and experimented on them merely for their personal gain. The process to bind an astral core to the human essence was far more difficult than they assumed.  

Yozora solely survived due to being the reincarnated soul of Thanatos: whose divine spirit did not reject the ardent starlight locked in his astral core. Not only was Yozora’s soul primordial, but it was filled with an abyssal darkness: one able to hold a limitless amount of light. The founding father thus had an another epiphany. The newly christened Yozora would be reared to be the True King of humanity-- the Verum Rex-- whose role is to become the ‘Christ’ of Replica Earth. As per gnostic ideology, he would lead karma-bound souls to the new spiritual realm... but as per the soul of Thanatos: he would bring death upon those who were unworthy. 

The new spiritual realm, a utopia of endless light, would be forged by his 'Sophia’ counterpart-- his Verum Regina. The 13th Aeon of gnosticism, Sophia is “is the judge of ( departed ) souls, either opening for them or closing against them the portals of the light-realm. Under her stand yet seven other light-maidens with similar functions, who impart to pious souls their final consecrations.” ( Note how the “seven other light-maidens” can be read as the Seven Princesses of Heart ). The Verum Rex would be tasked to lead the souls to the Verum Regina, the latter acting as the gatekeeper to the spiritual realm -- as seen in the screenshot below.   

Most of this scheme was kept undisclosed from Yozora. From the operating table at the age of ten, right until Yozora’s escape from Gigas Corporation, Yozora was taught in riddles about the potential of some humans to ascend as a ‘higher being’, or the ‘far greater purpose’ of their world, unbeknownst to residents of Replica Earth. It wasn’t only until after Yozora absconds from Gigas Corp, he encounters the ‘Watchmen’, phantasmal agents of fate who ultimately reveal the truth of his world: that Replica Earth was far more than an neo-futuristic metropolis, and he played a pivotal role in sustaining the samsara of the universe.   

       FOUR.  ┆ RE:GENESIS : THE DOCTRINE OF HUMANITY’S CREATORS

Gigas Corporation thus has three primary goals: 

1. REBIRTH HUMANITY

Those reborn onto Replica Earth, whose souls do not hold a strong enough ‘karma’ ( essence of divinity ), are eradicated by the Gigas units they forged -- these humans are known as ‘hylics’, as per gnostic ideology. Those who are worthy, like Yozora, are enslaved by Gigas Corp and experimented on: imbuing their bodies with astral energy in an attempt to ascend them to this new existence.

2. REBIRTH THE UNIVERSE

In order to rebirth the universe, Gigas Corp must first purge the existing one. With the machines they built, they plan to destroy the physical realms, to pave way for a paradise of their own creation. They thus established Project Sophia as a means of achieving this. 

3. ESTABLISH THEIR “VERUM GENESIS” - THE TRUE GENESIS

As per Gnostic ideology, Yozora, the Verum Rex, is to act as the ‘Christ’ of Replica Earth: shepherding souls with a strong karma to the new spiritual realm created by his counterpart, ‘Sophia’, the Verum Regina. And, as per the intentions of the original Genesis, the Verum Rex and Regina are to play the role of Adam and Eve in the new spiritual realm, being the first ‘true humans’ created by Gigas Corporation, their god. They will act as ‘role models’ of the superior humanity. 

      FIVE.  ┆ THE GIGANTOMACHY : THE WAR AGAINST GOD AND MACHINE

Despite Yozora being a fugitive of Gigas Corporation, Yozora decides to reclaim his title as king: not to endorse Gigas Corp’s ideologies, but to put an end to their plans to destroy the material universe. 

He learnt from the Watchmen that Gigas Corp’s expeditions into rebirth was causing an imbalance in the universe, and was breaking the cycle of reincarnation, as they were destroying the souls they deem unworthy, rather than moving them back through the samsara. 

Yozora thus declares war against the power-seeking Gigas Corporation: who had taken the myth of Gigantomachy and instead exploited their iron giants, to establish themselves as the new rulers of the cosmos. He aims not only to take down the cultist organisation, destroying the Gigas who threaten to destroy the physical realm, but also to reverse the damage Gigas Corporation have caused. To salvage the souls Gigas Corp had destroyed.