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Top 10 richest black people in the world
In a world where success is often measured by wealth, the richest Black people stand out as remarkable figures.
These individuals are pioneers in diverse fields, from business to entertainment, and their achievements not only shatter barriers but also pave the way for others to follow.
Take a look at the top 10 richest Black people in the world:
David Steward $11.4 billion USA
David Lloyd Steward, born in 1951, is an American billionaire entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of World Wide Technology (WWT), which is among the largest African-American-owned companies in the United States. In 2024, Steward was ranked 344th on Forbesâ list of billionaires globally, with an estimated net worth of $11.4 billion.
Aliko Dangote ($11.3 billion)
Aliko Dangote, born on April 10, 1957, is one of the richest Black people in the world. A prominent Nigerian businessman and industrialist, he is notably the first person to build a private oil refinery in Nigeria. As of October 2024, Forbes ranks him as the 211th richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $11.2 billion. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, his wealth is estimated at $27.7 billion.
Robert F. Smith ($10.8 billion)
Robert Frederick Smith, born on December 1, 1962, is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm. Smith earned a chemical engineering degree from Cornell University and later an MBA from Columbia Business School. Before founding his company, he worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs. In 2019, during a commencement speech at Morehouse College, Smith made headlines when he pledged to cover the entire $34 million in student loan debt for the graduating class of 2019.
Mike Adenuga ($6.6 billion)
Mike Adenuga, Nigeriaâs second wealthiest person, amassed his fortune through telecommunications and oil ventures. His mobile network company, Globacom, is the second-largest in Nigeria, boasting over 60 million subscribers. In addition to telecommunications, Adenugaâs oil company, Conoil Producing, operates six oil blocks in the Niger Delta.
Globacom also established Glo-1, a 6,100-mile submarine internet cable linking the U.K. with Ghana and Portugal. Adenuga holds a 74% stake in publicly traded Conoil and owns just under 6% of Nigerian bank Sterling Financial Holding.
Abdulsamad Rabiu ($ 4.7 billion)
One of the richest Black people in the world, Abdul Samad Isyaku Rabiu is a prominent Nigerian businessman and philanthropist. As of 2024, he ranks as Nigeriaâs third richest man. His father, Khalifah Isyaku Rabiu, was one of Nigeriaâs leading industrialists in the 1970s and 1980s. Abdul Samad is the founder and chairman of BUA Group, a Nigerian conglomerate focused on manufacturing, infrastructure, and agriculture, generating over $2.5 billion in revenue. He also serves as the chairman of Nigeriaâs Bank of Industry (BOI).
In July 2020, Forbes valued his net worth at $3.2 billion, placing him 716th among the worldâs billionaires. By January 2022, he was recognised as Nigeriaâs second richest person. In April 2022, he ranked as the fifth-richest person in Africa with a fortune of $6.7 billion, and by January 2023, he climbed to fourth on the continentâs wealthiest list.
Michael Jordan ($3.5 billion)
Widely considered the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan won six championships with the Chicago Bulls. Throughout his career, his total salary amounted to $90 million, but his earnings from partnerships with brands like Nike, Hanes, and Gatorade have reached an astounding $2.4 billion (before taxes). In 2020, Jordan became a special advisor and investor for the sports-betting company DraftKings and also co-owned a NASCAR team. In 2023, he sold his majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets in a deal that valued the NBA team at $3 billion.
Oprah Winfrey ($3 billion)
Oprah Winfrey turned her 25-year-long talk show into a powerful media and business empire. The profits from her show, combined with earnings from films like âThe Color Purpleâ, âBelovedâ, and âSelmaââwhich were co-produced by her company, Harpo Productionsâhave brought her wealth to an estimated $2.5 billion.
In 2011, she launched the OWN cable channel and later sold most of her shares in it to Warner Bros. Discovery in 2020, receiving company stock in return.
In 2015, Winfrey purchased a 10% stake in WeightWatchers, and in 2024, she generously donated her shares to the Smithsonianâs National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Winfrey also owns an extensive real estate portfolio, including homes in California and more than a dozen properties, along with 2,100 acres of land in Hawaii.
Patrice Motsepe ($3 billion)
Patrice Motsepe, founder and chairman of African Rainbow Minerals, became a billionaire in 2008, making history as the first Black African to appear on the Forbes billionaire list. In 2016, he established African Rainbow Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments across Africa. Motsepe also holds a stake in Sanlam, a publicly traded financial services company, and is the owner and president of the Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club.
In March 2021, he was elected president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the governing body for soccer on the continent. His business journey began in 1994 when he became the first Black partner at Johannesburg law firm Bowman Gilfillan, later launching a mining services company. In 1997, Motsepe acquired underperforming gold mine shafts, which he successfully turned around
Jay-Z ($2.5 billion)
Since becoming hip-hopâs first billionaire in 2019, Jay-Z has significantly increased his wealth, largely due to his successful liquor ventures. In 2021, luxury conglomerate LVMH acquired a 50% stake in his champagne brand, Armand de Brignac, also known as Ace of Spades. In February 2023, he sold a majority of his ownership in his cognac brand, DâUsse, to Bacardi.
Beyond liquor, Jay-Zâs wealth includes assets like an art collection featuring works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, his extensive music catalog, and stakes in companies such as Block and Uber. In 2021, he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and in 2022, he won an Emmy for producing the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Strive Masiyiwa ($1.8 billion)
Strive Masiyiwa faced huge government resistance when he launched the mobile phone network Econet Wireless Zimbabwe in his home country in 1998. He holds a 38% stake in the publicly traded Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, which is part of his larger Econet Group, as well as about 33% of EcoCash, a mobile money transfer company.
Masiyiwa also has an investment in Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a private firm that offers fiber optic and cloud services to telecom companies throughout Africa. His portfolio includes investments in fintech and power distribution companies across the continent, along with stock options in Netflix, where he has been a board member since December 2020. He and his wife, Tsitsi, founded the Higherlife Foundation, which assists orphaned and underprivileged children in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Burundi, and Lesotho.
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ok. years have passed and we've had some distance, so i'm finally gonna take the leap of faith that tma fandom is finally ready to hear me on this. let's talk about tannins.
161 was the first tma episode i heard on early release, and i felt the bit where martin declines wine and cites tannins was pretty obvious in its implications. cool, got it, say no more.
imagine my surprise when i was one of maybe three people i saw read between the lines there, in a fandom famous for red stringing--a fandom that immediately caught the much less obvious thread of ignition sources in the same episode. i'll spell it out: alcohol is an issue for martin.
maybe it just felt obvious because addiction is a pet issue for me--as it is for jonny, who has said everything he writes is filtered through a lens of addiction. i don't know if that's due to his own experience or a loved one's, and i won't speculate; i also don't know if martin personally struggled with drinking or just avoids it for fear he would, but alcohol would fit what we know of his family. his dad walking out and his mum spiralling into bitter wallowing and verbal abuse? i'd bet one or both of them drank, yeah.
on a basic level martin tries to decline alcohol, and that alone should have raised eyebrows given what we know of martin and, again, a fandom that dissects everything. we already knew martin "K" blackwood lied about his personal life and his family in particular, especially pre-canon, which is when this flashback took place. i was shocked that everyone took his flimsy excuse at face value with no further questions.
and the excuse is flimsy. martin turns down wine by--nervously--exclaiming tannins are "a proven headache trigger!" which sounds like trivia from a magazine cover and not the words of someone who actually has headaches--and it hasn't come up before or since. jon, confused, points out that tea, a drink martin consumes to a degree that is memetic both in- and out-of-universe, also contains tannins, and martin squawks a panicked, "what?!"
if tannins are enough of a concern for martin that he knew they're in wine and so avoids it, why didn't he know they're in his drink of choice? why does he still drink tea at the time of canon, and why doesn't he struggle with constant headaches from consuming 'a proven headache trigger' day in and day out? why, indeed, would someone avoid wine and not tea?
when sasha insists martin drink he caves and agrees to 'just a drop'. i imagine him pouring it in a plant, which admittedly he could have done if tannins really were the issue. i will say that i, for one, would be less likely to falsely agree to something that makes me physically ill than to a private issue that i'd rather not be pressed on any further. this scene also establishes martin's birthday was an ice cream party instead of the more traditional visit to a pub.
also, this scene was in the first episode of the final season, as one of three flashbacks that could have been to any pre-canon event in the archives. prime narrative real estate. not really time one would waste on establishing the important character context that martin has... headaches. which never comes up before or after, even regarding the week he spent in spiral town. but you know what is pretty crucial character background...?
it felt like a no-brainer, and yet all i saw was h/c fluff about jon attending to martin's headaches. and i hate feeling bitter about disability representation. i want folks with chronic headaches to feel seen and have fluffy escapist fantasies. i don't want to be mad about people portraying a character with a disability. but, guys? you got the wrong disability. jonny sent a clear message, and it went over fandom's head.
#martin blackwood#tma#the magnus archives#tma meta#the magnus archives meta#tma 161#mag161#sage speaks#sage original post#meta#im sure others caught it that i didnt see but listen. i was DEEP in the fandom. people getting it made up maybe 1% of the response i saw#and i had people fighting me for saying it#alcohol cw#alcoholism cw#addiction cw#greatest hits#wonderful news: tma fandom WAS ready to hear me say this!
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is it considered ânewâ art if I just repost the gideon update that no one liked the first time
#does that sentence even make sense#the locked tomb#gideon the ninth#gideon nav#gtn#tlt#tlt fanart#sageâs doodle tag#griddlehark#I understand the peopleâs lackluster response honestly that harrow thing fucked so hard that this is embarrassing in comparison
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ăDemo WIPă Can y'all watch my plant real quick? đ
#Y'all ever plant a Filipino cantaloupe and it just randomly grows into a giant human overnight? No??? Just me???????#Anyways!! Don't be fooled this is literally just reskinned Ren Bot from Discord lmao#The RenPy to Pycord back to RenPy pipeline is real#Will I ever come back to this project?? Mayhaps not.... We'll see#My plan is to turn it into a comfy window game that you can have running in the background#It'll play some lo-fi beats and let you feed/pet Sage every so often to level their affection meters#Higher affection will yield better responses + maybe an outfit/scenery change#You can also talk to them the same way you talk to Ren Bot (for those familiar with him in the Discord server)#So you could like.... talk about your day and Sage will listen ^^#I also wanna add a dynamic background that corresponds to your local computer time.... If I feel ambitious enough hehe#But for now?? lazy 2 hour sketches featuring MAD inspo from the FFXIV dancer gear bghsdjgd#game dev#visual novel#maybe???? is she??#clicker game? pet sim?? knock-off honeydew Tamagotchi?? we just don't know#queue.#to be tagged later
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Here is the menace with your chosen word Farewell. So gather 'round, sit back, relax and please stay in your seat. Kick your feet up and grab some popcorn. Oh, and of course, lest we not forget, enjoy the show.
Now here is a Reader, that one of the boys is looking for, what seems like for millennias. This is Navi!Reader.
Instead of Navi, Time called them Reader.
They have blue wings and they change colour depending on their emotions.
Their glow also changes it's colour depending on their emotion.
Red is anger/ worried.
Yellow is focused/ determined.
Green is happy/ sick (like when you spin to often).
White is fear.
Blue is calm.
Pink is embarrassed/ flustered.
With that they are one of the very few fairies that doesn't have white wings and glow pink. And now the only one.
Beneath the light Reader wears a blue toga with green ends and a Sakura petal pattern, that petals đ¸, with golden a vein-like belt and pair of shoes, which looks more like an accessory than shoes.
They are the last fairy of the Kokiri and knows what happened to them.
They also saw how the Kroks came to life.
They hide inside the Deku Tree since they left Time as a child.
Sage found them as he slept inside the Deku Tree, since then he always has them around.
They call him "my little Zonai".
He knows that they went through something horrible and they told him about the time travels, the Kokiri, the Kroks. But they left Time out, as he maybe wanted to keep his privacy.
They feel incredibly guilty for leaving Time behind, but they had to.
If they wouldn't come back to the Deku Tree after their purpose was fulfilled they would've died in Time's hands.
I'd like to believe that Reader is Time's first love. He only got along with Saria for as long as he can remember, but then there comes Reader. His very own Fairy the very thing that caused him of being an outcast as he didn't had one.
Since then Reader was with him, nevermind if it was underwater or in a volcano. Reader was by his side and is the only one who REALLY knows how Time feels as they also got kicked back in time before Ganondorf attacked.
Reader was his partner, friend and guide. They teached him how to hold the sword and shield properly. They told him about the monsters around him and how to kill them easily or their weaknesses or helped him focus by flying around the monster's weak points. So he can kill them easier or that his shot is more accurate.
As a fairy they are immortal as long as they have a purpose they don't die beyond the borders of the Lost Woods, if their purpose allows them to cross it.
They love sweets and kinda act like a hummingbird as they normally ate/ drank(?) sweet nectar from the forest flowers.
They are scared of Skulltulas and they got stuck in their webs a few times in the Forest Temple and the old Deku Tree.
Time was their very first friend and so they always hope that he lives a good life.
If anyone would've told them that he went into the Lost Woods to look for them. They would be happy and disappointed as they don't want him to hold onto them.
They were his mouth for the first instances as he was too overwhelmed with everything, from being destined to purge the evil to stepping outside of the forest. He was just shy at first as he never met adults so they talked for him until he got the courage to do it himself!
They call him "my Kokiri".
Their Song is "Airplanes" from BOB feat Hayley Williams and Eminem.
How they met/reunited.
Reader's PoV:
I flew around searching that idiot who put me in a bottle! I flew around and saw him, Link. I was seeing red and completely disregarded the group that was talking to him.
âYOU IDIOT LINK! I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN BUT DON'T PUT ME IN A BOTTLE!! I ALMOST DIED AS IT SHATTERED!! I AM IMMORTAL BUT THAT ONLY MEANS THAT I CAN'T DIE OF AGE NOT INJURIES!! YOU IDIOT! MORON!! FOOL!!!â I stomped with my foot the air in anger and he looked at me surprised and shocked.
âSorry? But how should I protect you?! You are a frail and tiny fairy!! I thought you are safe in there!!â
âI WAS WITH ONE HERO ALREADY!! I WAS WITH HIM THROUGH HIS WHOLE JOURNEY!!! I KNOW, HOW TO DODGE ATTACKS AND AVOID MONSTERS!!! I DID IT MULTIPLE TIMES!! YES, I'M SMALL BUT DOESN'T MEAN I'M HELPLESS, LINK!!!â I screamed at him but he didn't budge.
âBut you don't know how the monsters here are you hid inside the Deku Tree for millennias! You saw more of the changes of Hyrule than all of Hyrule together! And You where only inside the Lost Woods! In your little house!!â
âUhm... Excuse me?â Our heads snap to the interrupting Hylian and screamed unison.
âWHAT?! DON'T JUST INTERRUPT OUR CONVERSATION!!â but the Hylian just looked at me.
âReader, is that you?â he came nearer to us.
âThat's my name how do you know... Wait a minute...â I flew around him and his eyes looked so hopeful and scared at the same time.
But this sparkles in his eyes as he looked at me. I immediately knew who it was and hugged his cheek.
âLink?! The little Link!? My Kokiri!!â he held his hands carefully around me, in fear to hurt me or that I will disappear any second.
âReader it's really you! I thought, I will never see you again!â
âMe neither. As my purpose was fulfilled, I had to go back to the Woods or I would've died in your little hands and I didn't want that! So how have you been? You look so tall compared from the last time I saw you and I see you have sons! Many of them.â one of the hero's children spit out his water or whatever he was drinking and was coughing roughly.
âThey are not my children, Reader! Twilight is my descendant but the others aren't mine.â
âTwilight? You were never good with name giving were you?â I shook my head disapprovingly.
âIt's not like that! We all are called Link and Twilight is the Hero of Twilight that's why he has that nickname!â
âOhhh... Sorry, just thought as they look a bit like you, especially the young one, his eyes promise that he is a gremlin like you.â the man before me began to blush.
âStop that!â
âWait! You were with Time as he was child?â asked one of the boys, he had a white cape with the Master Sword on his back.
âWell, kind of. I heard much about him from other fairies but also witnessed it myself. I was with that little Kokiri since the beginning of his journey and travelled through time with him.â I looked at my now hero who looked shocked at me.
âYou never told me, you were the guide of the Hero of Time!â I tilted my head.
âWell, I wanted to respect Link's privacy and I was confused as I didn't know if you knew him as the Hero of Time or not. As we got send back in time and it was before Ganondorf tried to get the Triforce. So I didn't know how to explain that part very well. I'm really sorry, my little Zonai!â I flew towards the young man with difficulty as my Kokiri didn't want to let me go but he just hugged me.
âI'm not mad and never would be. You've been through so much so I forgive now come we have to go. Hyrule doesn't save itself.â he smiled something he did very rarely nowadays but it seem off like their was something sinister and possessive behind it. But my purpose was to travel with him and help him open his heart!
âOkay... See you again my Kokiri. I'm sure of it and it was a pleasure to met the other heroes and your descendant!â I waved with a green yellow glow before following my Zonai who walked away but I didn't see his smug smirk or the glare that Kokiri gave the Zonai.
After the Zonai defeated the Demon Dragon I was about to fly back to the Deku Tree as my purpose was fulfilled but Link put me into a bottle again.
âLink! Let Me Out!!â
âI can't do that you will leave me again!!â
âPlease! I have to go back to the Woods! You can visit me but please let me go!!!â I sounded desperate as I felt my strength dwindling.
âNO! I WANT YOU WITH ME!! YOU WERE WITH ME!!!â
âThis time you don't pack up and leave like back then Reader! I should have put you in a bottle back then.â My Kokiri... His voice sounded so stern...
My consciousness disappeared more and more that I would wake up and fall back in the black every now and then.
âReader...?â I didn't know who spoke but it was like I could hear the bottle opening but I already lied there on the bottom of the bottle I was to weak.
I only felt how I fell out of the bottle into a hand. âWoods... I... Need... To... The... Woods...â I whispered and suddenly I hear the two which normally fought the most running for their or my life.
Then I got snatched into the hand of another hero he gave me sugar water but that only kept me alive for a little while longer. Then he took of running again. He was definitely faster than the other two. But I didn't know if we could make it to the Lost Woods in time. Then I felt the familiar fog around me and I got my strength back.
âAh... You came back, my child of the past.â I sat up in the hands and looked at the Great Deku Tree.
âSorry... For the delay... Had some... Challenges to conquer...â I breathed in and out before turning to my hero, which was the Hero of Legends.
I kissed his cheek before circling around him. âThank you! You are my hero!! If you wouldn't got me here, I would have died!!â
He got little red in embarrassment as the heroes didn't get much gratitude and appreciation but he nodded. So I flew to the Deku Tree.
âPurpose fulfilled, Great Deku Tree. The evil was purged and the hero is save and sound with the princess! So mission was successfully accomplished!!â I said cheerfully.
âCan I ask something?â said the hero.
âOf course, young hero. What can I do for you?â
âIs it possible that Reader can come with us? They know more about the shadow than any of us. They just have to see him and know as what he is hiding. We really need that help.â
âI understand. Reader get the light.â
âReally but Deku Tree that should be kept hidden until the world needs it again!â I called out to him.
âI know young one, but you are the only being here old enough to use it and move. So your new task is to help this heroes with the light.â
âUnderstood, Deku Tree! I will go and get it!â I disappeared into the Deku Tree and up to the crown, where I found the Minish hiding like me.
I didn't have to say anything. The little creatures gave me the Force. It may be not as strong as the Triforce but its for use for the heroes. I hoped, that these two calmed down by now. The light disappeared into my body and my body lighten up as I grew. My wings were bigger same with my body. It was strange but my shine was now dimmer, that means they would be able to see my toga I HAVE NO UNDERWEAR!! Good, flying is now forbidden Reader!! I stepped out of the Deku Tree and only saw the heroes standing on the resting place of the Master Sword with their jaws dropped, wide eyes and red.
âSeems like you still have a guide my dear heroes. I'm Reader, your fairy guide! If you have any questions just ask away!â I said with a wink and a mock salute.
That's how they got Navi!Reader in their group until they fulfilled their task. But the Chain will find a way to keep them with the group until then. That's also the only Chain where Sage kinda listens to Time. Well, mostly because of Reader as Time was their partner in the past and they wouldn't be happy if they would fight. But as soon as all of them fall in love they will also notice that Reader doesn't fly as much as usual. Well as soon they find out the why, they are red with a nosebleed while Reader is screeching in embarrassment and explain that as a fairy they never needed things like underwear. Well, Wild hopes for a try again for his camera, Sage too. Wind wants them as his guide like Time, maybe with a little puppy crush. But at the end they try to solve the issue with the Triforce that Reader doesn't die when they leave the border of the Lost Woods. But Reader doesn't understand courting traditions from the Hylian as they are a Fairy. But Hyrule as a half Fae so he has more modern versions of Fairy courtship. So he is the only one who gets Reader to understand that they are being courted. But the others will see that and do the same, which confuses them dearly as it's a very sudden change in their opinion.
Navi!reader is an interesting concept, seeing as there is going to be one hero with a giant attachment to them first and foremost.
Time, if he gets the chance is never going to let them go ever. especially now that they have a more hylian form and can
#sorry I didn't respond for ages#I have been busyyyyyyy#using my queue till it emptied#cause I was on holiday lmao (got this when I was on the train but didn't have time to respond)#also I know it's only a couple lines here but as a gentle reminder#please don't include sage in asks#that's my only request#if I get any asks with sage in from this point onward I will be deleting them with no hesitation.#because I have both warned you and put it in my rules now.#and the fact that you still referring to totk link as sage despite my very clear stance is starting to bother me.#it's also why this response was short.#mossâŚanswers#yandere linked universe#yandere linked universe x reader#yandere link
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[Translation] Kratos of the Expiation: End of chapter 1
This update brings us to page 50/317. It's a long one, covering 22 pages and 3 chapter parts. If you're interested in Kratos backstory crumbs, this is definitely one you'll want to read. For part 6: Dubbed / Subbed
Chapter 1: Part 4 of 6
Having received the oracle, the Chosen returned to her home with Kratos in tail. For the journey ahead, theyâd need to write up his contract as a mercenary, as well as decide who would be tagging along. A map detailing the surrounding area was spread atop the dining table. The ChosenâColette Brunel, her fatherâFrank Brunel, her grandmotherâPhaidra Brunel, the village mayor, and Kratos all sat around it.
The first trial the Chosen must undergoâreceiving the oracleâwent as well as expected. It was the first time Kratos had witnessed it himself, but it went exactly as it had been described to him. The angel bearing the oracle descends and bestows a Cruxis Crystal upon the Chosen. A Cruxis Crystal is the same thing as a hi-Exsphere. Wearing this, the Chosen is ready to undergo the process of becoming an angel. From there, the Tower of Salvationâthe symbol of regenerationâappears, and the Chosen is dispatched towards her next location. This was how the trial of the oracle always went. Remiel had been the previous oracle-bearing angel as well, and he seemed competent at the job. It seems heâd been informed that Kratos would be tagging along, which is why he wasnât surprised to see him. Kratos wondered why he was acting as if Colette was his daughter, but he soon learned why. Apparently a rumor had spread in Iselia that the Chosenâs real father was actually an angel, and Remiel used that to his advantage.
âI suppose the place to start would be Triet. This was where my sister first embarked during her journey,â Phaidra, the old woman, stated as she gave the map a sharp look.
Phaidra is the previous Chosenâs younger sister. The air of refinement Kratos sensed when he met her in front of the temple wasnât unfounded. She was a lot like her sister, Aithra. Kratos had been in charge during Aithraâs journey too. She left home on her Journey of Regeneration, carrying the hopes and dreams of humanity on her backâand perished. That was 70 years ago.
The Chosenâs lineage all grow up hearing various secrets of World Regeneration. Those secrets are not shared with the outside world, but are instead passed from parent to child, and child to grandchild. Many of those secrets involve the mortality of the Chosen, and due to this, those in the family tend to be clad in a different air than the rest of the world.
âIndeed. Triet is a city in the desert. Weâll need to prepare carefully in order to reach it.â
Kratos pointed out the route from Iselia to Triet on the map.
âThis route is the best, as it gets us there the fastest while also avoiding as much trouble as possible. If you took the more direct path, youâd run into the sandwormâs nest.â
âYou certainly know your stuff,â Frank said as he looked at Kratos with a hint of praise.
âIâm a mercenary. I need to know these things to get by.â
Kratos darted his eyes away from Frank and folded his arms. He stroked the muscle of his arm with his fingertip, and discovered that he was more tense than he realized. Explaining the route from Iselia to Triet had dredged up memories of that abhorrent journey. Even though he was an angel who wasnât able to feel physical fatigue, the strain on him mentally made him feel weary. He felt an intense exhaustion wash over him, and before he knew it was forcing himself to blink back tears.
He knew the route between Triet and Iselia so well it hurt. That was the path he had taken when going to Iselia with his family of three; the village with a non-aggression treaty and ties to the human ranch.
âWeâll be leaving tomorrow, right?â Colette asked. Her hi-Exsphereâthe Cruxis Crystalâglistened on her chest.
âYes. Itâd be best to leave as soon as possible. Iâd like to set out before sunrise.â
âYouâll be leaving that early?â
Frank looked at Colette, worried. He was sending his daughter on a journey to her death, after all. He likely wanted to drag out their parting for as long as possible. But with the Renegades on the move, they didnât have that luxury. Cruxis isnât aware of this, but the one leading the Renegades is Yuan Ka-Fai, one of Cruxisâ top men. Kratos kept that a secret from everyone. Itâs not like Yggdrasill had any interest in the Renegades, anyway.
Yuan probably wants to kill Colette as soon as possible. The Renegades operate to stop Martelâs revival, making Colette a big threat to them since sheâs such a close match. Luckily, Yuan is currently overseeing Tetheâallaâs preparations for the World Regeneration, so he shouldnât be able to do anything until heâs done with his briefing session with Pronyma, the leader of the Desianâs Five Grand Cardinals. Kratos wanted to pass through Triet before this happened. According to his research, the Renegadeâs base was somewhere in Trietâs desert. Before Yuan returned to his post as one of the Renegades, Kratos wanted to cross through the desert.
The room had a heavy, gloomy atmosphere. As Kratos stood up to excuse himself as the only non-family member, the doorbell rang.
âOh, that must be Raine.â
Phaidra got up to open the front door, and on the other side stood a beautiful silver-haired woman.
âIâm terribly sorry for running late.â
âWeâve been waiting for you. Come on in.â
Phaidra beckoned her inside, and Raine sat in a chair at the end of the table. Her eyes scanned the faces of those present, stopping at Kratos.
âIs this the mercenary who helped my students?â
Kratos nodded, and Raine flashed an obligatory smile at him in return.
âIâm Raine Sage, a teacher for this villageâs school. Itâs a pleasure to meet you.â
It was a fair introduction, but Kratos could tell that she was being cautious. She seemed to be quite the wise woman.
âKratos Aurion, a mercenary. Iâm traveling around looking for work.â
âWork? In this area?â
âIâd heard rumors that the Chosen would soon be embarking on her Journey of Regeneration. I figured Iâd swing by and see if any job opportunities popped up.â
âThen it sounds like you got exactly what you were looking for.â
Raine stared Kratos down. Kratos met her gaze, and Raine seemed content at that. She turned to look at Phaidra.
âI heard you wanted to speak with me?â
âYes. Allow me to ask you once again: Would you be willing to accompany Colette on her journey? Your wisdom, calm decision making skills and healing artes would certainly come in handy.â
âI would love to, but I canât just leave my brother Genis behind...â
âThat child is your brother?â
Kratos thought back to the silver-haired boy from earlier that day. He used magic, and the only ones who are able to do that are those with elven blood. There are those out there who can get an injection that allows them to use magic, like Kratos himself did, but thatâs limited to those within Cruxisâ ranks. Knowing that elves are almost extinct in Sylvarant narrowed down what these two might actually be.
âYes.â
Raine looked at Kratos, cautious.
âWeâll look after Genis for you.â
Raine seemed shocked at Frankâs suggestion.
âWell... But why do you want me to go with her so badly? Iâm aware the priests were killed, but surely thereâsââ
âI wanted to have you accompany her from the get go,â Phaidra interjected quietly. âThe Chosen of Regeneration will be on the path to her end, so I want a woman to accompany her, of whom she can confide in.â
âHer... end?â Raine muttered, and Colette flashed her a smile.
Seeing that smile made Kratos realize Colette truly had understood her fate as a Chosen. Thatâs likely why she was always so polite and warm.
âThe Chosen undergoes a series of trials, and in doing so becomes an angel. After becoming an angel, sheâs taken in by Cruxis, and there loses her life.â
Raineâs entire face stiffened. On the contrary, Colette kept a gentle smile on her face and nodded.
âBy sacrificing the Chosenâs life, the world will be regenerated.â
âI... I canât believe this...â
Kratos closed his eyes hearing them talk.
This conversation likely happened among the Chosenâs lineage each time the World Regeneration began. Though this wasnât the full truth.
The Chosen doesnât exactly âdie.â She becomes a vacant, living corpse, and Martel takes over her body. From there, the Chosen herself ceases to exist and Martel takes her place. If this doesnât happen, the Chosen is simply killed. Either way, the Chosen is doomed to a horrible fate. Kratosâ job was to lead her to that doom.
A demon. Thatâs what he wasâa demon. He was neither angel nor human, just a horrible, terrible brute. Despite this, he knew that if the Chosenâif Colette succeeded and let Martel take over her body, the world would be saved.
âProfessor Sage, please. Iâd like you to come with me, and then return home to tell Lloyd and everyone else about my journey. You can tell them that I became an angel, and Iâm living happily by the Goddess Martelâs side. I think thatâd be better than them knowing Iâm dead.â
âColette...â
Raine desperately tried to hold back her tears at Coletteâs words.
âIâm so sorry to ask something so hard of you, Professor...â
How would that boy react if this strong, kind Chosen were to disappear? The boy who had the same name as his son popped into Kratosâ head.
Chapter 1: Part 5 of 6
Bottaâs report was incredibly irritating to Yuan. How embarrassing it was to have to send out a whole squad just to kill a 16 year old girl, and still manage to shamefully come back having failed to do that. He could maybe understand if they had just felt remorse for having to kill an innocent girl, but it wasnât that. They had simply failed to do their job at all. How pathetic was that?
Though in a way, he couldnât blame them given the circumstances.
Kratos Aurion had appeared. He was Yuanâs friend, as well as his biggest foe. Itâs true that Botta likely wouldnât hold a candle to him.
Yuan lost count of how many times heâd let out a deep sigh, and tossed the documents he was holding onto the desk.
It was frustrating to be stuck in Welgaia at a time like this. Though it was thanks to his position that he was able to swiftly get so many leads on what the Chosen of Regeneration was doing. He was stuck getting insider leads, but for someone who doesnât like meticulous planning ahead, this was incredibly suffocating to Yuan.
There you are, getting mad again. Thereâs no need to stress so much. Just take a deep breath.
He felt as if he heard the voice of a woman he once knew.
Yuan gave a bitter smile. It was exactly times like this that required a clear and steady head.
Anyway, typically speaking, it would be unfathomable that Kratos would be at Iselia. Yuan was pretty sure Kratos wasnât there by choice. That was a cursed, horrid land where Kratos lost his family. Even should he descend down to earth, that one area was the last place he would want to go.
There was only one person who would be able to order Kratos to do something against his will.
Mithos Yggdrasill. This was all likely part of his ruse. Yuan felt ashamed at his own inability to foresee this. He knew that this Chosen had a high chance of succeeding and that Yggdrasill would likely take whatever measures needed to ensure her success, but he never expected that heâd dispatch Kratos in order to do so. To Yggdrasill, Kratos was both the human who had betrayed him, as well as the very seal that holds back his biggest trump card. If by some chance Kratos were to die, Yggdrasill himself would fall.
Perhaps Yggdrasill doesnât believe that âsome chanceâ will come to pass. If so, the faith he places in Kratos is almost akin to a religious devotion, in a similar vein to the love he holds for his older sister, Martel.
The ringtone to his officeâs communicator rang. Yuan hit the switch on the speaker system, as if it was the most irritating thing heâd ever do in his life.
âWhat do you want?â
âLord Yuan. It is I, Pronyma of the Desianâs Five Grand Cardinals.â
âSo you wish to speak about the World Regeneration. Very well then.â
Shortly after, Pronyma appeared in Yuanâs office. She bowed, and Yuan started to speak.
âSo the time has finally arrived.â
âIndeed it has. The Tower of Salvation has appeared in Sylvarant, as I have seen with my own eyes.â
âIs that so. Then the Chosen is likely to embark on her journey soon enough. Speaking of,â Yuan continued on while keeping himself composed, so as to not raise suspicion, âhave you finished your meeting with Kratos?â
Despite being one of Cruxisâ top men, Yuan hadnât been informed that Kratos was down helping the Journey of Regeneration. Kratos is Sylvarantâs overseer. If he was down on earth, that would mean someone else is controlling the Desians. Depending on who was in charge, that would change how Yuan would have the Renegades operate. He needed to pry this information out of Pronyma.
âDid you not hear of what Lord Kratos is doing? It seems Lord Yggdrasill sent him down to earth on a mission.â
There was bewilderment in Pronymaâs words.
â...No, this is the first Iâve heard of it.â
Yuan responded to her, feigning ignorance, which prompted her to tilt her head in confusion.
âPerhaps news is simply coming slowly to you because you are the overseer for Tetheâalla instead. I heard Lord Yggdrasill sent him as a bodyguard for the Chosen.â
Yggdrasill has no doubt about this Chosen becoming Martelâs vessel. Heâs probably just keeping information tight in order to make sure absolutely nothing can go wrong. Thereâd be no other reason why Yuan would be kept this in the dark.
â...Lord Yuan, do you truly see no issue in Lord Kratos being a bodyguard?â
âWhat are you implying?â
âNothing really. Itâs just that when I heard that Lord Kratos had descended onto Sylvarant, that past incident sprung to mind...â
âI see.
Yuan glanced down at the map of Sylvarant and rested his elbows on his desk, exhausted.
Itâs been 70 years since Kratos defected from Cruxis. The event had been a complete and utter surprise to both Yuan and Yggdrasill. Despite a number of quarrels, they had been under the impression that Kratos was going to support Yggdrasill in working towards his Age of Lifeless Beings. But unbeknownst to anyone, Kratosâ heart had made a quiet shift away from following Yggdrasill. He descended onto Sylvarant and seemingly disappeared. It was decades until Cruxis was able to find him again. When they finally did, Kratos had a woman by his sideâhis wife, Anna.
Anna was held in a human ranch as an Exsphere host bodyâa test subject who would grow an Exsphere in her body to produce a Cruxis Crystal, as part of the Angelus Project. However, she escaped from the ranch with the Cruxis Crystal still growing within her. Kratos had assisted her in doing so. The two of them wandered about Sylvarant aimlessly, as if looking for something, and Cruxis pursued them relentlessly.
It was during this time that Yuan, as the leader of the Renegades, secretly got in contact with Kratos. The two of themârather, their family was staying in a small abandoned fishing hut by the seaside. When Yuan visited, Anna wasnât found within the building that was falling apart.
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âSo this is where youâve been living,â Yuan asked. Kratosâwho was on night watchâlifted his head. His Cruxis Crystal had been removed from his hand. The light from the fire flickered against the battered boards of the hutâs wall. Strung up by pillars with rope was a cloth that Yuan didnât recognize the purpose of.
âYuan. Have you come to kill me?â
â...No. I came here as your old friend.â
â...Is that so.â
Kratos lifted up the pot and poured its contents into a cup. It was a very pleasant-smelling coffee. Yuan removed his cape and sat across from Kratos.
âWhereâs Anna? Itâs not safe for a woman to be wandering about at this hour.â
âSheâs on the beach. Noishe is with her. Our son wouldnât stop crying, so she brought him out so the sounds of the waves would calm him.â
âSon? You have a son?!â
Kratos nodded and handed Yuan a cup of coffee.
âHeâs three months old.â
Yuan was dumbfounded and looked up at the ceiling of the hut. That weird looking cloth he saw hung up was a diaper. The is the man who was once a world-famous captain of the knights. For some reason, thinking about this made Yuan sad.
âI canât believe this. Do you even understand what kind of position youâre in?â
âIâd like to believe I do.â
âWhat were you thinking? Having an infant around will only hinder you when youâre constantly on the run.â
â...Youâre not wrong about that.â
A smile crawled on Kratosâ face and Yuan let out a sigh.
âWhat is your aim right now, anyway?â
âThe same thing youâre trying to do. I want to stop Mithos and his Age of Lifeless Beings.â
Itâs true that Yuan was operating as the Renegades in secret. Such a thing only made him more acutely aware of how hard it was to go against Yggdrasillâs operations.
âWhat exactly do you think you can accomplish all on your own?â
âI am alone, youâre right, but I have a trick up my sleeve that you donât.â
This was true. Kratos possessed the one and only thing that Yggdrasill feared. Kratos was capable of disabling the Eternal Swordâthe very thing that had allowed Yggdrasill to seize control over the entire world.
Long ago, Mithos Yggdrasill had won over the trust of the Summon Spirits and been adored by them. The Eternal Sword was granted to him by Origin as a sign of said trust. However, surely the King of the Summon Spirits wouldnât approve of how the world had been split in two, as it still currently is. Therefore, Yggdrasill sealed Origin away. He used Kratosâ mana in order to do so, and Kratos would need to die in order for the seal to be undone.
âYour trump card costs you your very life. How do you plan to work around that?â
âThatâs where you come in. I have an idea.â
Kratos stared at Yuan with determination in his eyes. Yuan stared back at him.
âMy plan is to kill you and get Origin to recognize me as the Eternal Swordâs master. Are you saying youâll give me your life?â
âYes, after I land a lethal blow on Cruxis.â
âA lethal blow? Such as?â
â...Iâm going to kill Mithos.â Kratos gulped down his coffee. âOnce things are settled, you can have your way with undoing the seal on Origin.â
Yuan was speechless.
Killing Mithosâthe weight of those words was not lost on Yuan.
He was a friend of theirs who they had spent monthsâyears together with. He was the disciple to Kratosâ teacher, and at the same time, he was like family; they had such a warm bond between one another. Yggdrasillâs older sisterâMartelâhad entrusted Yggdrasill to Kratos. And even if Kratos did defeat Yggdrasill as he claims, he will perish along with him.
âKratos... We have spent far too long simply twiddling our thumbs. We had simply tried to overlook the fact that Yggdrasillâno, that Mithosâ light no longer flickered as it once did. I know you feel the same way I do.â
Kratos gave no response. The hut fell silent, making the sound of the flames flickering feel even more prevalent. From a distance, the sound of a lullaby could be heard. It was Anna.
âWas having a family what finally turned you to determination?â
Kratos set his cup down and stood up. He was likely going to see Anna.
â...When the time comes, Iâm going to have my family escape to Iselia. That village has the non-aggression treaty in place, after all.â
âDoes she know about your plans?â
â...No. Not a thing.â
âAnd youâre just fine with keeping her in the dark?â
Yuan stood up as he asked this. He wasnât actually looking for an answer. Words werenât needed for Kratos to express affirmation. Thatâs just the kind of man he was.
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â...I doubt we have anything to worry about.â Yuan spun around to face Pronyma and crossed his legs. âWhat matters is that he did come back. He even pledged his allegiance to Lord Yggdrasill.â
âDo you truly believe so?â
âHmph. I see women are doubtful no matter the race. Kratos... has changed. Losing his family caused him to cast off his shell, becoming a mere husk of what he once was. What exactly do you think a husk is capable of doing?â
â...You are correct. I was too abrasive in my words, wasnât I? I do ask for your forgiveness.â
âItâs no matter. Traitors are to be doubted. I do have to ask though, if Kratos is down on the Journey of Regeneration, who is it thatâs controlling the Desians?â
âThat would be me. I am to control them and report everything to Lord Yggdrasill.â
Pronyma had confirmed what was the worst possible scenario.
â...I see. Then thereâs nothing to worry about.â Yuan tried his best to hide his internal conflict from Pronyma and gave her a nod. âThen let us discuss what is to become of Tetheâalla post-World Regeneration.â
Yuan slipped Pronyma the documents he had gathered. As she was distracted examining them, Yuan started to plot a way to bring about Yggdrasillâs demise.
Chapter 1: Part 6 of 6
Walking through the forest at night overwhelmed Kratos with a sense of deja vu. This was the first time Kratos had ever walked down this road, that was for sure. And yet the scenery itself was familiar.
That was 15 years ago. Dashing earnestly through the forest at night, chasing after his wife Anna and his son Lloyd. No matter how many he took down, enemies just kept popping up. It felt as if an entire lifetime passed before he finally caught up to Anna and Lloyd.
âGenis, why are you coming along?â
Walking in the front was Raine, who was speaking to her younger brother Genis who was trailing behind her. Hearing this snapped Kratos back to reality.
This wasnât the same forest as back then. It was close, but it wasnât the same place. What heâd seen was a mere illusion, prompted by some small obscurities lining up.
Deep within this forest lies the house of a dwarf. Raine claimed the dwarf was Lloyd Irvingâs adoptive father. Colette wanted to say goodbye to Lloyd tonight, since theyâd be setting off so early in the morning. Knowing the fate of the Chosen, it was only right they let her. This was her final farewell, after all.
Kratos surveyed the forest with a complicated feeling in his chest. Iselia Forest was familiar to him, and there was a boy here named Lloyd, who even had the same last name as his wife AnnaâIrving. Things lined up too perfectly for him to simply dismiss it as all just being a coincidence. Itâs not like Kratos had seen his sonâs corpse with his own eyes. He wanted to hope that such a miracle had actually occurred. Simultaneously, a part of him begged that such a miracle didnât occur. Either way, he was terrified of whatever the truth was.
âR-Raine, youâre scaring me.â
Genis shivered and hid behind Colette, who was walking beside him. Kratos couldnât help but snicker at how he and Genis got scared at the same time.
âWh-Whatâs so funny, mister?â
â...Nothing, ignore me. However, I think fear is something you feel from deep within your own heart. Perhaps you feel guilty about something, and thatâs why Raineâs voice scared you?â
As if hitting a bulls-eye, Genis gulped.
âGenis. Did something happen? Your clothes do seem awfully dirty. Donât tell me you got up to some sort of mischief?â
âN-No way! I was just, um, doing something with Lloyd, and...â
âDonât tell me you got him involved too.â
âI-I said, I didnât do anything bad! Geez! Canât I just do stuff without you having to know everything? Itâs none of your business!â
â...Fine. This forest is dangerous though, you know. I didnât want you coming along.â
âItâll be fine, Professor. Kratos is with us!â
Colette said this so innocently that all Raine could do was shrug her shoulders.
âYouâre not wrong about that. Having a mercenary with us is reassuring, but...â
Raine stared at Kratos. At this, Genis also looked up at him.
âMister, are you going with Colette tomorrow too?â
âI am.â
âWow. Hey, how long do you think itâll be until the world is regenerated?â
âWho can say?â
âIâll do my best to come home as quickly as I can!â
Colette made a pose triumphantly. Genis grabbed at the end of Coletteâs skirt and furrowed his eyebrows sadly.
â...Okay. Weâll all be waiting for you.â
They continued up a small hill, and the sound of a small stream came into earshot. In between the trees, a light could be seen. The dwarfâs house was close.
With his heightened hearing, Kratos could hear the sound of Lloyd and a man who sounded like a dwarf arguing.
âYou didnât let the Desians see your Exsphere, did you?â
Kratos felt as if a stake had been driven into his heart. He stopped in his tracks and shut off his hearing.
Heâd seen that Lloyd had an Exsphere during the quarrel in front of the temple. But what did he mean by it being an Exsphere he had to hide from the Desians?
He wanted to know, and he also really didnât want to know. He felt completely torn between the two options and bit his lip. While Kratos stood there completely spaced out, the rest of the group had already approached Lloydâs house. It seems theyâd finally also heard the argument from inside the house. They were standing in front of the door, looking at one another. Kratos approached while suppressing his hearing to the normal human-level. Even then, he could clearly hear Lloyd and the dwarf arguing. A shiver ran down his spine.
â...That Exsphere is your motherâs keepsake. The Desians killed your mother in order to take it from her.â
â...They did?â
âI told you about how I found you at the cliff near the ranch, right? Your mother was still conscious at that time, so she explained everything. Thereâs no doubt about it.â
âWhy didnât you ever tell me?!â
That was his limit. Standing behind the others, who were bewildered, Kratos shut his eyes and turned off his hearing entirely. He couldnât bear to hear another word.
There was no doubt about it. He was... Kratosâ lost hope.
He sensed a person approaching. Kratos opened his eyes to see Lloyd standing there, looking at them all rather awkwardly. Kratos adjusted his hearing to be the normal level once again, and the boyâs voice filled his ears.
âOh...let me guess...you heard that just now?â
âIâm sorry, because of me, you...â
For some reason, Genis was apologizing to Lloyd over what happened. Kratos wondered why, but that was the last of his worries right now. Kratos studied Lloydâs house while taking shallow breaths so that nobody would notice. It was a wonderfully built two-story house. Dwarves typically live in caverns, so this was likely built for Lloydâs sake. There was a bench, a flower bed, a clothesline...
As Kratosâ eyes scanned the surroundings, he spotted a stone monument in the garden. His eyes immediately went to study the stoneâs engraved words.
Here lies Anna Irving.
Kratosâ face stiffened.
âLloyd, letâs go up to the terrace.â
âSure.â
Lloyd went to follow Colette inside the house, and Kratos uttered without thinking.
âThis gravestone...â
âHuh?â
Lloyd stopped and turned around.
âWhose gravestone is this?â
âAh, you heard, right? Itâs my momâs.â
âAnna...hmm... Is your father alive?â
Kratos wondered if his voice was quivering as he asked this. He swallowed. If Lloyd remembered anything from when he was an infant, then maybe...
â...I donât know. But Dirk is my dad.â
It felt like all of the energy drained from Kratosâ body. He couldnât tell whether it was from disappointment or relief.
â...Yes. That was a careless thing to ask. Iâm sorry.â
One thing was clear.
Lloydâhis son that he failed to protect was alive and well.
Kratos felt as if he had finally regained the life he lost 15 years ago.
#seines translation#tales of symphonia#kratos of the expiation#kratos aurion#yuan ka fai#lloyd irving#pronyma#raine sage#SIGH the way miyajima writes kratos' trauma responses#oooooooooo#its so good#literally not the point at all but genis is written so cute here btw
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looks at ur currently fairly hc centric college/arts au
needs more empires
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guys im a grumbo main it wasnt supposed to go this direction again đđ HOW ARE WE HERE AGAIN /j /lh
#i shouldnt even be actively owning the college au !! thats an rp blog side!!!???#IF I HAD A NICKEL FOR EVERYTIME SAGE'S SUPPOSED RESPONSIBILITIES ARE TRANSFEFRED TO ME.... /J#ahllohehn cant stfu
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Chokes on astronomical energy
Well hello there? That was so unexpected??? Wooohooo... Hysteria is here.
I ADORE your art!!!! You're, like, the reason why I even started posting anything? Your art is SOOOO inspiring!!!
Do you have any OCs or literally anything I could draw for you? xd
Thanks for following <3
Hi Claw!! No problem for the follow, youâre an amazing artist and very talented â¤ď¸â¤ď¸
I donât even know what to say 𼚠I never thought Iâd inspire someone to start posting, but Iâm so happy you got the courage to do so!! Thank you for all the kind words â¤ď¸â¤ď¸
I have a sans oc named Sage if youâd like to draw, but all in all Iâm just a huge fan of Geno if thatâs easier 𼰠You donât have to but I would love to see what you draw!! â¤ď¸â¤ď¸
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I've been going through the Charlie Bone series like "ah yes, Tancrid and Lysander are much older than Charlie; they must be at least fourteen in the first book" only to find out in book four that they're only in third year when Charlie starts his second year? They're like, 11 or 12!?! Who is letting these preteen kids think they're supposed to be the responsible ones???
#charlie bone#the castle of mirrors#children of the red king#cotrk#it makes much more sense why they follow charlie now#like one year isn't much difference in age#but a 14 year old to a 10/12 year old? I was going to wish on them more responsibility#but now they firmly belong in the âprotect these childrenâ gang#lysander sage#tancred torsson
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The claim to know
Itâs amazing to me, how people will claim to know what is happening between Jungkook and Jimin. I use that word very loosely and intentionally. Do some have a crystal ball that gives them the inside information that they claim to know? These people who claim to know how the guys are or are not communicating or interacting, or how they are or are not spending time together. Are these people close friends of Jungkook and Jimin? Really? This person would like to know. Â
My opinion is that they are in an intimate, long-term relationship. The reasons have been placed right in front of us, countless times. I wonât go into all of the whyâs and the howâs as Iâm not good with that type of commentary. There are some fabulous kookmin/jikook blogs on this platform who are excellent wordsmiths and have that lane well covered. I know what I think and feel, and what I intuitively sense about Jungkook and Jimin. Iâll leave it there. Â
My point is that my opinion is simply that. I donât project it, use it as a fact, or try to make others take it as their own. Itâs just mine. Just like any other opinion. It is subjective. What I am referencing are the people out there who claim to know things based on what we are not seeing (ie: those who claim that things have changed because of a lack of content). Â
There are a lot of people who project expectations from their own life experiences (or lack of) onto Jungkook and Jimin. They take the filter that they view life through and apply it to their âviewâ of JK&JMâs relationship as it is presented to the public eye, and then they make statements to the world like they are factual. As if these guys actually show a miniscule drop of what they do with each other, how they communicate, or what they feel for each other, to the world. Iâm seeing it on this platform over and over right now. Â
For those Anons out there who wonât even come out of their own closet and put their Tumblr name to a question or statement, do you really think that you know? If you are not willing to be public with who you are on this platform, do you really believe that Jeon Jungkook and Park Jimin are going to bear their Souls and Hearts to the public???? Â
To those out there who demand, wish, project, and energetically push Jungkook and Jimin to âcome outâ, to just âkiss alreadyâ, and all that other BS, I say GROW UP. GROW UP. Stop projecting fantasies, wishes, desires, and daydreams onto those two HUMAN BEINGS. It is unhealthy not only for them but also for you. The energy that people project onto these two men is MASSIVE. It is a huge burden that many do not understand. If they did, they would never project what they do onto Jungkook and Jimin. Thoughts are forms of energy. Every thought about another human being travels to their energy field. If there is an expectation or desire connected to that thought, it shows up as a hook and will attach to that humanâs energy field....... let that sink in. Â
So yeah, this is a little rant. Yeah, itâs a bit of a clarion call to people who can understand. AND, yeah, itâs probably not even going to land in front of people who need to have their a$$ kicked for the crap that they project onto our beloved Jungkook and Jimin......... Iâm just so tired of it.Â
With their upcoming enlistment JK&JM MUST be careful. People who keep pushing for public expressions of love between them do not have a freaking clue just how dangerous that would be, for JK&JM. It is literally AGAINST THE LAW, for particular types of physical interactions in the SK military. People need to wake the **** up, and see the stark reality that these guys are facing. IT IS NOT SAFE for them to come out, as a couple. Not only because of the MS, but also the culture in their homeland is still very conservative, and the political environment is VERY conservative. Again, it isnât safe for them...... Â
Sorry not sorry for my rambling post here.... I just am so freaking tired of the immaturity that people are showing, and the ways that people continually project energetically onto Jungkook and Jimin. If people could see the energy, they would immediately stop. It isnât a pretty sight, for those of us who can see it. Â
Outside of this way of sharing, there are only a couple of things that I personally do. Iâm mindful about my thoughts and my energy, regarding Jungkook and Jimin. It is my responsibility to do so. (Itâs every personâs responsibility.) I also ask the Divine to provide energetic protection for the guys, 24/7. Itâs an ongoing request. Â
I realize that there are millions around the world in countless countries, who are a part of the fandom. With that will be countless people who do not understand how to be a fan without projecting onto the guys. It is unfortunate and out of this humanâs reach to change. Â
I didnât mean to go on and on..... I guess that this has been building for months now, and after being away for a few days I returned to this platform to see a bunch of stuff that triggered this post. Â
With that, I think that we all need a good smudging..... yeah.... gonna go light some sage now. đ
#kookmin#jikook#jeon jungkook#park jimin#stop projecting onto them#take responsibility for your thoughts and expectations#thoughts are things#protect kookmin#protect them#go smudge#got sage#grow the heck up fandom
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if asked they say they can't stand each other but then they still go and say shit like this anyway
#this goes for every sage not just okina and yukari. they are all like this.#okina saying this less only a few days after giving sumireko the worst week of nightmares imaginable is so freaking funny also#(she wasn't fully responsible for violet detector but by god did she exacerbate that scenario)
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Wildlife Photographer Wakes Up From A Nap Under A Tree With⌠A Sleeping Cheetah Against Him
Imagine dozing off under the shade of a tree after a taxing day out in the sun, only to wake up to the gentle nudge of a wild cheetah snuggling against you. This isnât the start of a fable or a campfire story. Itâs what happened to Dolph Volker, a wildlife photographer and animal enthusiast, during one of his volunteering stints at Cheetah Experience, a sanctuary for endangered species in South Africa.
The memorable encounter took place on a particularly sunny day, when all Dolph wanted was a brief escape from the relentless sun. He found solace under a tree, not knowing that he would soon share his makeshift bed with a curious cheetah named Eden. As he slept, Eden approached him, likely intrigued by his presence, and decided to settle next to him for a nap. The slight nudges from Eden eventually woke Dolph, who was stunned but delighted by the trust and affection shown by this majestic creature.
With his camera by his side, Dolph didnât miss the opportunity to document this extraordinary event. The photos and videos he captured show Eden displaying an unexpected gentleness, nuzzling against him, playfully biting, and even licking him. These tender interactions have not only strengthened his bond with the cheetahs he works to protect but have also made him a beacon of hope for animal conservationists worldwide.
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To the kids: On a scale from [one] to [F L U F F SUPREME], how fluffy is the Queen? The Pasta Bone-logna and Neptune (by all that is unholy I couldn't come up with a pun for that) can throw in their two cents
#underswap mh#6th anniversary ask blog event#charity (swap mh chara)#fate (swap mh frisk)#sage (swap mh asriel)#neptune (swap mh sans)#noodle (swap mh papyrus)#tem-k (swap mh temmie)#this is a deeply silly conversation which they are all taking too seriously. and I love it ghsdjfh#(I almost had sans go 'like no one ever was~' in response to azzy's 2nd line. but seeing that sad face I think he'd decide against it)#also just to be clear no one except chara was able to hear frisk's comment
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Been thinking about this for a while now, but would any of you be interested in me making a 2ed Tumblr account dedicated to me just voice acting other artists work? Like I would reblog the art with an audio file like what the skeletor account does..
This is also to remedy my absence from YouTube in general I guess.. it will be easier on me and benefit you guys cuz yall get to see more of my wacky voice shenanigans without me having to edit a whole video first..
Let me know what you think!
#im gonna to post this channel my YouTube community posts as well to gain more responses#cuz I don't really have that much better than the following here unfortunately#sage/unhinged thoughts#sage/audio dubs
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I just think this intro is really cute
#honestly tho vaseraga's line was raw af and to his credit grimnir nailed the cool response i don't think i would have#i would have been like 'damn dude sorry about all that'#sage speaks#granblue fantasy versus#grimnir#vaseraga
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When you're looking for fellow shippers and the writer responds
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN
#Is that some sort of confirmation or#Is he just being nice#I didn't ask I got shy#What do I do with this#Mysterious responses#Schrodinger pairing#x men forge#forge xmen#forge#daniel lone eagle#jonathan silvercloud#sage#tessa sage#sage xmen#sage tessa#forge x sage#xforce#x force#X-force#geoffrey thorne#xmen comics#marvel comics#shipping#fandom ships
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