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Rumoured to be the origin of gargoyles, the powerful gargouille. When not out causing devastation, the dragon had made its home in the swamps off the left bank of the Seine.
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Today, October 23rd, is the feast day of Saint Romanus of Rouen.
When the water dragon Gargouille (not to be confused with architectural gargoyles) threatened to drown the town of Rouen, Romanus made the sign of the cross to tame it. According to other versions, he had help from a criminal sentenced to death. In any case, he lead the dragon to Rouen, where it was burned to death.
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The fact that tumblr's version of the first tweet has a thousand notes not only agreeing but also convinced that Marius was the painter says a lot about the state of critical thinking within the Marius hating side of the fandom. The painting is as close as they could get to Assad's likeness, nothing more. Sorry to ruin your misery trip! :/
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Saw this snippet of TVL from IWTV reddit. Love how Lestat really tried to fullfil them, but I think he went too hard with "they have profound secrets in them that you wish to know" 😅
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Martyrdom
The Vampire Armand x gn!reader
Warnings: not that many really, tragically over-dramatic comfort, implied canon trauma if you know a little about Armand’s history (book or series)
Summary: 1k words of 🥺 and comforting our beautiful monster.
a/n: so yeah, I had to work out some stuff between 2.07 and 2.08 because Armand needs some comfort. This is the most melodramatic thing I have ever written. This was going to be fem!reader but then it really wasn’t important to the comfort so it became gn!reader.
Armand didn’t stir as you walked in. His head was bowed, iPad balanced in one hand, tapping at the screen with the other. His dark curls framed his face. You knew he heard you, of course he did, but whatever was happening on his tablet was engrossing. You walked behind the sofa and rested your head on his shoulder. A glance at the screen showed you an online art auction. You smiled as you leaned down to kiss his neck, ear, and cheek. His singular focus wasn’t unusual but when you looked back at his iPad you saw the thumbnail and item description.
The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian - Marius de Romanus
You straightened up and let your hand linger on his shoulder for a moment. He wouldn’t move from that spot until he owned the painting.
When the bidding was closed he found you in the bedroom on your own iPad. You looked up as he walked in. The blank expression he wore was a familiar sight. He didn’t look sad or dejected as others might. Sometimes he simply didn’t emote. But his eyes would betray him. He didn’t make eye contact with you right away. However, he wouldn’t have come to you if he wanted to be alone.
He thought often, spoke less, about broken things, people he had loved. He rarely spoke of those who had broken him. Sometimes you caught a glimpse of him when he felt unobserved and the vacancy in his eyes would be filled with regret and remorse.
“You own a new painting?” You asked with no inflection. You closed the iPad’s cover and set it on the night stand as he sat on his side of the bed. His back was to you, shoulders stiff.
“Yes.”
“When will it arrive?” You didn’t really need to know, but wanted him to know you understood the significance.
“Approximately 4-6 weeks,” his tone was flat. “Possibly sooner.”
“When was the last time you saw it?”
“500 years ago, give or take.”
“‘Give or take?’” He couldn’t see your raised brows.
“492, I believe.” His shoulders slumped slightly.
“What’s the provenance?” You didn’t expect him to answer.
“Venice, Milan, Prague, a few years unaccounted for, then Berlin,” his tone had changed. Rather, there was now tone to his words. The mildest hint of pain colored the city names. It had changed so many hands. It wasn’t rare for a painting to have been sold before the fire. It was the nature of the painting and who you could assume may have commissioned it, that concerned you. Possibly it was for the Church, but more likely for a private patron. Even so, had it been in a church, a museum? Hundreds of eyes moved by the martyrdom of a real boy who they would never think about. Did they even think of the model for Sebastian at all or only of the saint and his ecstasy? If Armand had wanted you to know that a public institution had once held it he would have said. You didn’t press.
You watched him as he slipped off his shoes and turned to sit more comfortably. His long fingers toyed with the crease of his pant leg. He stared off, looking at nothing, for a moment. Then he turned to you. Your heart ached for him. It did from time to time when he would casually mention something from his past, but this was different. You had only seen an expression like this a couple times before. You looked at him, unsmiling, but with a soft gaze, no judgement. For a moment he looked as if he would speak then he closed his mouth, his lips forming a tight line.
Armand wanted to tell you about the nausea he felt, a peculiar feeling, increasingly rare at his age, when the alert had appeared on his phone. He wanted to tell you that he even had an alert for Marius’s name, but he couldn’t. He had never told you everything, there was far too much to tell. But he had told you the broad strokes. He felt he might never tell anyone all of the details, those he could remember, except in the rare moments of weakness when he was jealous of Louis’s and Lestat’s ability to reveal everything.
You sat up straighter and moved toward him. You gently touched his face. He leaned into your hand as you cupped his cheek. His brow furrowed slightly and he closed his eyes. You stroked his cheek with your thumb. You let your hand slide down to his neck. He sighed quietly and when he opened his eyes to look at you, he became every bit the ancient creature trapped in a young man’s body. Every wrong done, every hurt inflicted, every lie told, by him and to him, turbulent beneath his ageless façade. Over 500 years of mistakes, violence, atonement, none of it truly forgotten.
Your fingers gently caressed the back of his neck as you held his gaze. You couldn’t conceal the expression on your face, the compassion and disconsolation. Slowly you moved your hand to his shoulder and guided him toward you. Armand gave in. He rested his head in your lap, his body folded up alongside your outstretched legs. You leaned back against the pillows and headboard. One hand automatically began stroking his hair, smoothing it back from his face. The other lay against his back, making small circles with your fingers against his shoulder blade.
He felt his shoulders relax first, then the tightness in his chest began to fade. He hadn’t realized tears had started to well in his eyes until he closed them. None came, but he was unsure how long they would stay away this time. He sighed heavily and let himself soften against you. Your steady, consistent movements were a balm to the raging of conflicting emotions inside him. He would think of them another day, perhaps when the painting arrived. Now, in this moment, he could rest.
Note about the painting: The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, Marco Basaiti (active 1496-1530 in Venice), located in Santa Maria della Salute, Venice
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Blood and Gold: Botticelli's Paintings
A collection of all the Botticelli paintings mentioned by Marius de Romanus in Blood and Gold.
Punishments of the Sons of Korah
Lamentation Over The Dead Christ
Primavera
The Birth of Venus
Madonna of the Pomegranate
Mars and Venus
The Trinity with Saints Mary Magdalen and John the Baptist
Illustrations of Dante's Inferno
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Duplicate post, because of translation
Marius de Romanus Appreciation Week, day 3
Prompt: The Spring (S. Botticelli)
Spring is always a reincarnation but also the time when we tend to notice beauty around us more then ever. This is a little ode that (I believe) would born in Amadeo’s soul when he saw the world with his new vision that being gifted by his Master. The city of art, youth and especially for him, city of new hope, he’s in love with Marius and Venice.
The lover, demiurg, the crowned by centuries city,
Urania's heavenly spell and blood of saints church.
More beautiful then love is only one that we can't knew as mortal,
The God and Devil of the land of wonders discover her for me.
The past is gone, the dream, the sleep of soul now is stopped,
Prodigious Eden light was pouring in my eyes.
By Master's hands was resurrected to the life, forever.
Enamored in God and love itself, o, Serenissima!
#marius de romanus appreciation week 2024#marius de romanus#the vampire chronicles books#poetry#vers libres#de romanus coven event
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Can't stop thinking about art and the Romanus family
I picture Marius, Armand and Daniel all in some sort of gallery, exposing their respective art, talking to some art curator or critic to explain what they made and why
Armand: these are my icons, I painted them with my own blood, they represent the people I put in a pedestal as a way to cope with my childhood trauma and my complicated relationship with religion, I am a saint in the making who can't find a God worthy of my martyrdom, I poured my soul into these so I can look at them and know I still have one
Daniel: these are my model towns, made with various recycled materials, every room in every house in every building represents a part of myself, the streets are the paths my memory takes and sometimes they lead to nowhere, the alleys with no exit are where my fears reside but also my desires and sometimes I can get lost in them, some parts of it are made to last and some are meant to rot, everything I have used and where I put it is meaningful in its own way, it's nowhere in particular and all the places I've ever been to at the same time, it's me, it's my past, it's my sanity
Marius: I copied this, it's art in its purest form because it is completely devoid of meaning or self expression of any kind, it represents only the reality around me and not myself, stop asking me why I chosen to copy this in particular, that doesn't matter
OMGGGG OBSESSED WITH THIS!!! This is incredibly accurate lol. I love Art as a metaphor for internal conflict. (Side note, u calling them the de Romanus family makes me imagine a family therapy session with Marius and his fledglings. Omg could u imagine lol)
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3x Book!Armand-centric fics
Shameless plug for the Vampire Chronicles fics written in my youth that are surprisingly Not Terrible TM. Book canon-verse, of course, but I hope they can be enjoyed by both book and show-only fans of Armand.
Blood Kiss [AO3] (Armand/Marius de Romanus) He lies in intoxicated sleep, a Fallen Angel. Why must I love his beauty, his insubordination? Marius consummates his love for Amadeo.
Simmering Poison [AO3] (Armand/Daniel Molloy) The things I touch, I see, I hear, smell, taste! – they serve to remind me of my mortality, the fragility of my human existence, that one day all around me would cease to be. And it maddens me to know that it need not be so! Daniel anguishes over his mortality.
The Saint Unmasked [AO3] (Armand/David Talbot) Beautiful and eternally young, the face of a Boticelli angel. Refined cheekbones betray his Slavic heritage, and those smouldering eyes hint at his calculated cunning. The Vampire Armand, dangerously seductive, a hunter and a blood drinker most capable of cruelty, in the deceptive form of a 17-year-old innocent. David Talbot admires Armand in all his beauty. Set to take place at the very end of The Vampire Armand.
If you enjoyed reading, I'd love to hear your thoughts!
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Mythos Biologist, Fitzwilliam O'Reily, hanging out with Peter the gargoyle. Fitz from Legend Catcher
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Gargoyles are fascinating! The original story comes from France with the tale of Gargouille.
It was during the 7th century, during these early centuries tales of dragon slayers were popular, Christian saints/knights slaying pagan dragons. La Gargouille was a dragon the did not breath fire, but cascades of water, hence it's name meaning "throat". It lived in/near the Seine river and wreaking havoc with killing all kinds of folk. It was only when Saint Romain/Romanus came into the picture. He had recently spared a criminal a death sentence if he helped the saint defeat the dragon. Together they captured the beast and tied a rope around it's neck, leading it into town. It was when the villagers saw Gargouille that they attacked and set it on fire. Only it's head though, did not burn. Of course, they villagers placed it on the sides of the cathedrals as a macabre gutter spout.
From Gargouille came the term "gargoyles" for these beastial water spouts that added a fantastical flare to the effective water gutters. They started out as long necks with beastial heads, most times draconic, sometimes not so much.
Later the designs added crouched bodies, somrtimes with wings.
Gradually these stone creatures became more statues than water spouts, becoming more decorative than practical. These are technically called "grotesques" since they have no function other than looks. But we all still all love the name gargoyles for these iconic creatures. They have made their way from Dragon spouts to stone guardians.
Hope you enjoyed this lil Mythos-Dump and have yourselves a wonderful day!
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Non Comprehensive List of the Nice Spanish Paintings That Mysteriously Ended Up in Marshal Soult's Collection
Sourced from the essay Seville's Artistic Heritage during the French Occupation in the book Manet/Velázquez: The French Taste for Spanish Painting, which can be downloaded for free on the Met's website which is frankly awesome but i wish someone OCRed their book
In 1852 at the sale of his collection, there were 109 paintings up for sale - 78 from the Seville School, including 15 Murillos and 15 Zurbaráns.
It's interesting that Soult wanted to legitimize his ownership of these paintings via receipts and official documentation - the biography of him I was machine translating talks about the king questioning his collection and him pulling out receipts for each painting. But, well, the essay puts it like this: "The existence of an official letter can be explained by Soult's desire to dress up in legal or formal terms what was in reality theft or extortion."
I might put excerpts from the essay in a different post, but for now, let's look at the list! Modern locations of the paintings are in parentheses, and I must say, for an essay critical of historical reappropriation of artwork, a lot of these artworks are still extant. Not a dig or anything, just an observation.
I do not condone extorting or stealing priceless Spanish artworks anyway
On with the show!
Murillo The Immaculate Conception (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid) Virgin and Child (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool) Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Nursing the Sick (Church of the Hospital de la Caridad, Seville) Christ Healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda (National Gallery, London) The Return of the Prodigal Son (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.) Abraham and the Three Angels (National Gallery Of Canada, Ottawa) The Liberation of Saint Peter (State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg) Saint Junipero and the Pauper (Musée du Louvre, Paris) Saint Salvador de Horta and the Inquisitor Of Aragon (Musée Bonnat, Bayonne) Brother Julián de Alcalá and the Soul of Philip II (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass.) The Angels' Kitchen (Musée du Louvre, Paris) The Dream Of the Patrician (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid) The Patrician John and His Wife (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid) The Triumph of the Eucharist (Lord Farringdon Collection, Buscot Park, Farringdon, England) Saint Augustine in Ecstasy [Not sourced from the above book, from a Christies auction actually]
Herrera the Elder The Israelites Receiving Manna (unknown/destroyed?) Moses Striking the Rock (unknown/destroyed?) The Marriage at Cana (unknown/destroyed?) The Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes (Musée d'Amiens, destroyed in 1918) Last Communion of Saint Bonaventure (Musée du Louvre, Paris) Saint Basil Dictating His Doctrine (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Zurbarán Saint Apollonia (Musée du Louvre, Paris) Saint Lucy Musée des Beaux-Arts, Chartres Saint Anthony Abbot (private collection, Madrid) Saint Lawrence (State Hermitage, St. Petersburg) Saint Bonaventure at the Council of Lyon (Musée du Louvre, Paris) Saint Bonaventure on His Bier (Musée du Louvre, Paris) The Apotheosis of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Museo de Bellas Artes, Seville) Saints Romanus and Barulas (Art Institute of Chicago) paintings of the archangel Gabriel and Saint Agatha (both Musée de Montpellier)
Cano Saint John with the Poisoned Chalice and Saint James the Apostle (both Musée du Louvre, Paris) Saint John Giving Communion to the Virgin (Palazzo Bianco, Genoa) Saint John's Vision Of God (John and Mable Ringling Museum Of Art, Sarasota) Charity and Faith (present location unknown; 1852 Soult sale) Saint Agnes (destroyed in fire in the Staatliche Museen, Berlin)
Uncertain source, thought to be Murillo at the time A Resting Virgin (usually identified as The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, Wallace Collection London) The Death Of Abel Saint Peter Saint Paul
Other artists in his collection whose specific works weren't named Sebastiån de Llanos Valdés Pedro de Camprobin José Antolinez Sebastiån Gomez
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Saint Charles Borromeo - Light and Dark
St. Charles Borromeo is the patron saint of bishops, catechists, cardinals, seminarians, and spiritual leaders. A fun fact about him is he had a speech impediment. He organized the third and last session of the Council of Trent, in 1562–63. He had a large share in the making of the Tridentine Catechism (Catechismus Romanus).
His feast day is on November 4th, and in honor of that I have published this art on Redbubble, and will publish the art on his feast day on TeePublic so there will be a sale.
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OC MASTERLIST
last update: 02 september 2024
ORIGINAL
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INTERACTIVE FICTION
ANGEL PAVON
alias: operative vesper
age: 28
identity: he/him, bisexual
appearance: 6’2
specialization: infiltration
romance: nash, evie thierry (ex, au), seb ariti (au) [belongs to consulaaris]
verse: project hadea + original
BENJAMIN “BENJI” FINCH
alias: sunset bird resident
age: 23
identity: he/him, bisexual
appearance: 5’10
occupation: guitarist + freelance artist
romance: cove holden, rowan hill (au) [belongs to consulaaris]
verse: our life + original
DAVINA VIRAC
alias: the painted phoenix
age: 25
identity: she/her, lesbian
appearance: 6’, phoenix mythosi
weapon: double-bladed scythe
romance: syfyn javall (ex), amilia von clamile
verse: the exile
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alias: omen, commander-legate
age: 29
identity: he/him, gay
appearance: 6’4, hunter-raised mage
specialization: circle-trained diviner
romance: red antiqua (ex), trouble alder
verse: shepherds of haven
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appearance: 5’11
occupation: alternative rock singer
romance: seven lawless (ex), orion quinn
verse: infamous
RIVER LOVELL
alias: rivlaughluv
age: 27
identity: they/them, bisexual
appearance: 5’10
occupation: private lab technician
romance: olivia santos (au)
verse: blooming panic + original
TABITHA ABRAMS
alias: the preacher
age: 26
identity: she/they, lesbian
appearance: 5’7
occupation: vampire-hunting swindler
romance: celina sokolova
verse: larkin
VERONICA SCARLET
alias: the wayward scarlet
age: 25
identity: she/her, bisexual
appearance: 5’8
occupation: biology grad student
romance: avery belle
verse: scarlet hollow
YANA ROMANUS SEVILLA
alias: white company mercenary
age: 29
identity: she/her, bisexual
appearance: 5’4
occupation: mercenary + latin translator
romance: hadrian
verse: the golden rose
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ELAITH NATHAIR
alias: the druid
age: 32
identity: she/her, lesbian
appearance: 5’7, half sun elf
class: circle of spores druid
romance: none
verse: dungeons & dragons
LON LAURIER
alias: the investigator
age: 33
identity: he/him, gay
appearance: 6’3
occupation: wwi veteran + museum curator
romance: ethan ripley
verse: call of cthulhu
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OLIVIA SANTOS
alias: the lawyer
age: 27
identity: she/her, demiromantic bi
appearance: 5’5
occupation: defense attorney
romance: dick grayson, river lovell (au)
DRAGON AGE
GABRIEL COUSLAND
alias: hero of ferelden, hound of highever
age: 23 in 9:30 dragon
identity: he/him, bisexual
appearance: 5’10
class: duelist + shadow rogue
romance: leliana
ALTHEA “THEA” HAWKE
alias: champion of kirkwall
age: 25 in 9:30 dragon
identity: she/her, lesbian
appearance: 6’
class: reaver warrior
romance: merrill
ARACELI “CELI” LAVELLAN
alias: the inquisitor, first to the keeper
age: 30 in 9:41 dragon
identity: she/they, bisexual
appearance: 5’5
class: knight-enchanter mage
romance: TBD
TBD
alias: rook
age: # in 9:52 dragon
identity: they/them, bisexual
appearance: TBD
class: reaper warrior + mourn watch
romance: davrin
THE ELDER SCROLLS
ARISE VALEN
alias: the vestige
age: 33 in 2E 583
identity: she/her, bisexual
appearance: 5’9, dunmer
class: dragonknight
romance: fennorian
TORA THE DOVAHKIIN
alias: the last dragonborn
age: 29 in 4E 201
identity: she/her, bisexual
appearance: 5’8, nord
class: conjuration warrior
romance: farkas
FALLOUT
MARISOL REYES
alias: courier six
age: 29 in 2281
identity: she/her, lesbian
appearance: 5’6
skills: speech, guns, repair
romance: none
FINAL FANTASY XIV
D’ALIA LIVEQ
alias: warrior of light
age: 28 in ARR
identity: she/her, bisexual
appearance: 5’4, seeker miqo’te
job: summoner, dark knight, dancer
romance: minfilia warde (ex), sidurgu orl
MASS EFFECT
MALENA SHEPARD
alias: the commander
age: 29 in 2183
identity: she/her, bisexual
appearance: 5’10
class: vanguard
romance: kaidan alenko
SONORA “SONI” RYDER
alias: the pathfinder
age: 22 in 2819
identity: she/her, lesbian
appearance: 5’8
class: sentinel
romance: vetra nyx
PATHFINDER
MERITHIA DE CHARON
alias: queen of the stolen lands
age: 29
identity: she/her, bisexual
appearance: 5’7, aasimar
class: celestial line sorcerer
romance: tristian
RESIDENT EVIL
EVELINE “EVIE” THIERRY
alias: the detective
age: 28
identity: she/her, bisexual
appearance: 5’1
occupation: private investigator
romance: jill valentine, angel pavon (ex, au)
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identity: she/her, bisexual
appearance: 5’5, mirialan
class: consular + master
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identity: they/she, bisexual
appearance: 5’9, human
class: scout + sentinel
romance: malak (ex), canderous ordo
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ANA MAITE VICARI
alias: the wrath
age: 21 in 10 ATC
identity: she/her, lesbian
appearance: 5’3, human
class: marauder + shadow
romance: jaesa willsaam
ANDAN VICARI
alias: cipher six, sith intelligence commander
age: 24 in 10 ATC
identity: he/him, demiromantic bi
appearance: 5’11, human
class: operative + gunslinger
romance: rysandor riel [belongs to consulaaris]
CADRIEN TIRAI
alias: lord tirai, claw of the empire
age: 19 in 12 ATC
identity: he/him, gay
appearance: 6’1, miraluka
class: juggernaut + sage
romance: minaiph tirai [belongs to hythlodaes]
EDELIE LOK CADERA
alias: champion of the great hunt
age: 18 in 10 ATC
identity: she/her, bi demisexual
appearance: 5’2, human
class: mercenary + powertech
romance: torian cadera
JORANI RHA
alias: captain of the fortune’s favour
age: 24 in 10 ATC
identity: she/her, lesbian
appearance: 5’7, twi’lek
class: scoundrel + mercenary
romance: blaire myrrho [belongs to consulaaris]
KAIZEN “KAI” AMHI
alias: jedi battlemaster, the outlander
age: 20 in 10 ATC
identity: he/him, gay
appearance: 6’2, mirialan
class: guardian + sage
romance: theron shan
MITTH’ALIA’MIURANI “THALIA”
alias: CEDF infiltrator/biochemist
age: 25 in 10 ATC
identity: she/her, bi demisexual
appearance: 5’9, chiss
class: sniper + operative
romance: saganu
MITTH’ASTON “THASTON”
alias: cipher nine
age: 23 in 10 ATC
identity: they/them, bisexual
appearance: 6’1, chiss
class: sniper + powertech
romance: kaliyo djannis (ex), hunter (ex)
SARAJAH RIZAS
alias: jedi barsen’thor
age: 23 in 10 ATC
identity: she/her, bi demisexual
appearance: 6’, cathar
class: shadow
romance: felix iresso
VIN KHARU
alias: havoc squad commander
age: 25 in 10 ATC
identity: he/him, bisexual
appearance: 5’8, nautolan
class: vanguard + mercenary
romance: elara dorne
WYLAN ORIAS
alias: ex-padawan mechanic
age: 20 in 20 ATC
identity: he/him, bi asexual
appearance: 6’4, echani
class: shadow + guardian
romance: jase bralor
ZOYAH KALLIG
alias: darth occlus
age: 26 in 10 ATC
identity: she/they, poly bisexual
appearance: 5’, rattataki
class: assassin + sorcerer
romance: andronikos revel
VAMPIRE THE MASQUERADE
INES DELAROSA
alias: the fledgling
age: 25 at embrace in 2004
identity: she/her, bisexual
appearance: 5’2
clan: toreador
occupation: metal singer
romance: ash rivers
THOMAS REAUX
alias: the sire
age: 28 at embrace in 1919, final death in 2004
identity: he/him, bisexual
appearance: 6’2
clan: toreador
occupation: jazz pianist
romance: none
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SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY, St Scholastica Novena – The FOURTH DAY, Nostra Signora del Fuoco / Our Lady of the Fire, Forli, Italy (1428), St Andrew Corsini and the Saints for 4 February
SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY: (Latin – Sexagesima, sixtieth) is the eighth Sunday before Easter and the second before Lent. The Ordo Romanus, St Alcuin and others, count the Sexagesima from this day to Wednesday after Easter. The name was already known to the Fourth Council of Orléans in 541. To the Latins it is also known as “Exsurge” from the beginning of the Introit. The station was at Saint Paul’s…
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Saints&Reading: Wednesday, March 27, 2024
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VENERABLE BENEDICT OF NURSIA, ABBOT (543)
Saint Benedict was born in Norcia around 480 AD. That historical time frame was quite difficult, as it was a mere four years before the Western Roman Empire formally fell by the deposition of the last Emperor, Romulus Augustulus. The only authentic life of Saint Benedict is contained in the second book of Pope Saint Gregory’s Dialogues, probably written between 593 and 594 AD.
After attending primary schools in Norcia, Benedict went to Rome to broaden his knowledge of literature and law. However, since he was probably disgusted by the dissolute lifestyle of his peers and by Rome’s difficult political situation, he retired to Affile with a group of priests, taking his old nurse with him as a servant.
At Affile, Saint Benedict worked his first miracle, restoring to perfect condition an earthenware wheat sifter that his man-servant had accidentally broken. This miracle's notoriety drove Benedict to withdraw further from social life. He took shelter in a cave in the ruins of Nero’s village, near Subiaco, where he began to live as a hermit. Immersed in loneliness, his only contact with the outside world was with a monk called Romanus, whose monastery was nearby. He gave Saint Benedict a monk’s habit and provided for his spiritual and material needs. Three solitary years followed. Some shepherds befriended Benedict. They began to follow his teachings and the pastoral and apostolic principles of the Benedictine Order took root.
After resisting a strong temptation against chastity, Benedict prepared to live through a new experience, following the example of the ancient Fathers of Christian Monasticism. At first, the community of Vicovaro wanted him as its Abbot, but the failed attempt of a monk to poison him forced Benedict to return to his solitude. Afterwards, he founded twelve monasteries and assigned twelve monks to each of them. In addition, he founded a thirteenth monastery for novices and those needing education. Benedict’s fame spread so rapidly, even in Rome, that two illustrious men, Equizius and the nobleman Tertullus, entrusted him with their two sons, Maurus and Placidus. They were to become the first two gems of the Benedictine family.
During his life, Saint Benedict performed many miracles. He found water on a desolate mountaintop to quench the thirst of his monks. He retrieved a bill hook’s iron from the bottom of a lake and rejoined its handle. He prevented a monk from leading a dissolute life through intervention. In addition, he made Maurus walk on water to save the young Placidus from drowning.
Unfortunately, a priest called Florentius was envious of Benedict’s popularity and his envy forced the Saint to depart in spite of insistence from his disciples. After leaving Subiaco, Benedict went towards Cassino. In the period between 525 and 529 AD he founded the Abbey of Montecassino. It would become the most famous abbey in continental Europe. Under Benedict’s direction, the old acropolis-sanctuary towering above the declined Roman municipium of Casinum was turned into a monastery that was much bigger than those built at Subiaco. On the remains of the altar of Apollo he built a chapel dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, while the temple of Apollo itself was turned into an oratory for the monks which was dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours.
At Montecassino, Saint Benedict displayed prodigious activity. He supervised the monastery's building, established a monastic order, and performed many miracles. He brought back from death a youngster, miraculously supplied the monastery with flour and oil in its time of need, and displayed the gift of prophecy. In the autumn of 542 AD, while the Goth King Totila was passing through Cassino en route to Naples to attack it, he decided to test Saint Benedict because he had already heard of his gifts and charisms. Consequently, Totila sent his squire dressed as a king to greet the monk, but Saint Benedict soon unmasked him. When he finally met Totila, he warned him with a dire prediction: “You have hurt many, and you continue to do it; now stop behaving badly! You will enter Rome, you will cross the vast sea, you will reign for nine years; however in the tenth year, you will die.” And that is exactly what happened. Saint Benedict showed the same virtue as he cried bitterly when confronted with the vision of the first destruction of his monastery. Notwithstanding, he received from God the grace to save all the monks.
Saint Benedict devoted himself to evangelizing the local population who practiced pagan worship. Shortly before he died, Saint Benedict saw the soul of his sister Saint Scholastica rising to heaven in the form of a dove. This vision happened a few days after their last talk together at the foot of Montecassino. In a vision, Benedict saw the soul of Bishop Germanus of Capua taken by angels in a fire globe. These visions, for Pope Saint Gregory the Great, showed a close union between Benedict and God, a union so intense that the Saint was given the share of an even more magnificent vision, the whole of creation as gathered in a sunbeam.
In the end, a life so noble was justifiably followed by a much-glorified death. According to tradition, Saint Benedict died on March 21, 547 AD. He foresaw his coming death, informing his close and faraway disciples that the end was near. Six days before dying, he had the grave, which he was to share with his deceased sister, Saint Scholastica, opened. Then, completely exhausted, he asked to be taken into his oratory where, after taking his last Holy Communion, he died supported by his monks.
Source: St Benedict Church
SAINT ROSTISLAV-MICHAEL, GREAT PRINCE OF KIEV (1167)
Saint Rostislav-Michael, Great Prince of Kiev, was the son of the Kievan Great Prince Saint Mstislav the Great (June 14), and the brother of holy Prince Vsevolod-Gabriel (February 11, April 22, and November 27). He was one of the mid-twelfth century's great civil and churchly figures.
His name is connected with the fortification and rise of Smolensk, and both the Smolensk principality and the Smolensk diocese.
Up until the twelfth century the Smolensk land was part of the Kievan realm. The beginning of its political separation took place in the year 1125, when holy Prince Mstislav the Great, gave Smolensk to his son Rostislav (in Baptism Michael) as an inheritance from his father, the Kievan Great Prince Vladimir Monomakh. Thanks to the work and efforts of Saint Rostislav, the Smolensk principality, which he ruled for more than forty years, expanded and was built up with cities and villages, adorned with churches and monasteries, and became influential in Russian affairs.
Saint Rostislav founded the cities of Rostislavl, Mstislavl, Krichev, Propoisk, and Vasiliev among others. He was the forefather of the Smolensk princely dynasty.
In 1136 Saint Rostislav succeeded in establishing a separate Smolensk diocese. Its first bishop was Manuel, installed between March-May of 1136 by Metropolitan Michael of Kiev. Prince Rostislav issued an edict in the city of Smolensk assuring Bishop Manuel that he would provide him with whatever he needed. On September 30, 1150 Saint Rostislav also ceded Cathedral Hill at Smolensk to the Smolensk diocese, where the Dormition cathedral and other diocesan buildings stood.
Contemporaries thought highly of the church construction of Prince Rostislav. Even the sources that are inclined to report nothing more about it note that “this prince built the church of the Theotokos at Smolensk.” The Dormition cathedral, originally built by his grandfather, Vladimir Monomakh, in the year 1101 was rebuilt and expanded under Prince Rostislav. The rebuilt cathedral was consecrated by Bishop Manuel on the Feast of the Dormition, August 15, 1150. Prince Rostislav was a “builder of the Church” in a far wider sense: he endowed the Smolensk Dormition church of the Mother of God, and transformed it from a city cathedral into the ecclesiastical center of the vast Smolensk diocese.
Holy Prince Rostislav was the builder of the Smolensk Kremlin, and of the Savior cathedral at the Smyadynsk Boris and Gleb monastery, founded on the place of the murder of holy Prince Gleb (September 5). Later his son David, possibly fulfilling the wishes of his father, transferred the old wooden coffins of Saints Boris and Gleb from Kievan Vyshgorod to Smyadyn.
In the decade of the fifties of the twelfth century, Saint Rostislav was drawn into a prolonged struggle for Kiev, which involved representatives of the two strongest princely lines: the Olgovichi and the Monomakhovichi.
On the Monomakhovichi side the major contender to be Great Prince was Rostislav’s uncle, Yurii Dolgoruky. Rostislav, as Prince of Smolensk, was one of the most powerful rulers of the Russian land and had a decisive voice in military and diplomatic negotiations.
For everyone involved in the dispute, Rostislav was both a dangerous opponent and a desired ally, and he was at the center of events. This had a providential significance, since Saint Rostislav distinguished himself by his wisdom regarding the civil realm, by his strict sense of justice and unconditional obedience to elders, and by his deep respect for the Church and its hierarchy. For several generations he was the bearer of the “Russkaya Pravda” (“Russian Truth”) and of Russian propriety.
After the death of his brother Izyaslav (November 13, 1154), Saint Rostislav became Great Prince of Kiev, but he ruled Kiev at the same time with his uncle Vyacheslav Vladimirovich. After the latter’s death, Rostislav returned to Smolensk, ceding the Kiev princedom to his other uncle, Yurii Dolgoruky, and he removed himself from the bloodshed of the princely disputes. He occupied Kiev a second time on April 12, 1159 and he then remained Great Prince until his death (+ 1167). More than once, he had to defend his paternal inheritance with sword in hand.
The years of Saint Rostislav’s rule occurred during one of the most complicated periods in the history of the Russian Church. The elder brother of Rostislav, Izyaslav Mstislavich, a proponent of the autocephaly of the Russian Church, favored the erudite Russian monk Clement Smolyatich for Metropolitan, and wanted him to be made Metropolitan by a council of Russian bishops, without seeking the usual approval from the Patriarch of Constantinople. This occurred in the year 1147.
The Russian hierarchy basically supported Metropolitan Clement and Prince Izyaslav in their struggle for ecclesiastical independence from Constantinople, but several bishops headed by Saint Niphon of Novgorod (April 8), did not recognize the autocephaly of the Russian metropolitanate and shunned communion with it, having transformed their dioceses into independent ecclesial districts, pending the resolution of this question. Bishop Manuel of Smolensk also followed this course. Saint Rostislav understood the danger which lay hidden beneath the idea of Russian autocephaly for these times, which threatened the break-up of Rus. The constant fighting over Kiev among the princes might also lead to a similar fight over the Kievan See among numerous contenders, put forth by one princely group or another.
The premonitions of Saint Rostislav were fully justified. Yurii Dolgoruky, who remained loyal to Constantinople, occupied Kiev in the year 1154. He immediately banished Metropolitan Clement and petitioned Constantinople for a new Metropolitan. This was to be Saint Constantine (June 5), but he arrived in Rus only in the year 1156, six months before the death of Yurii Dolgoruky (+ May 15, 1157). Six months later, when Saint Rostislav’s nephew Mstislav Izyaslavich entered the city on December 22, 1157, Saint Constanine was obliged to flee Kiev, while the deposed Clement Smolyatich returned as Metropolitan. Then a time of disorder began in Russia, for there were two Metropolitans.
All the hierarchy and the clergy came under interdict: the Greek Metropolitan suspended the Russian supporters of Clement, and Clement suspended all the supporters of Constantine. To halt the scandal, Saint Rostislav and Mstislav decided to remove both Metropolitans and petition the Patriarch of Constantinople to appoint a new archpastor for the Russian metropolitan See.
But this compromise did not end the matter. Arriving in Kiev in the autumn of 1161, Metropolitan Theodore died in spring of the following year. Following the example of Saint Andrew Bogoliubsky (July 4), who supported his own fellow ascetic Bishop Theodore to be Metropolitan, Saint Rostislav put forth his own candidate, who turned out to be the much-suffering Clement Smolyatich.
The fact that the Great Prince had changed his attitude toward Metropolitan Clement, shows the influence of the Kiev Caves monastery, and in particular of Archimandrite Polycarp. Archimandrite Polycarp, who followed the traditions of the Caves (in 1165 he became head of the monastery), was personally very close to Saint Rostislav.
Saint Rostislav had the pious custom of inviting the igumen and twelve monks to his own table on the Saturdays and Sundays of Great Lent, and he served them himself. The prince more than once expressed the wish to be tonsured a monk at the monastery of Saints Anthony and Theodosius, and he even gave orders to build a cell for him.
The monks of the Caves, a tremendous spiritual influence in ancient Rus, encouraged the prince to think about the independence of the Russian Church. Moreover, during those years in Rus, there was suspicion regarding the Orthodoxy of the bishops which came from among the Greeks, because of the notorious “Dispute about the Fasts” (the “Leontian Heresy”). Saint Rostislav’s pious intent to obtain the blessing of the Patriarch of Constantinople for Metropolitan Clement came to naught. The Greeks believed that appointing a Metropolitan to the Kiev cathedra was one of their most important prerogatives. This served not only the ecclesiastical, but also the political interests of the Byzantine Empire.
In 1165 a new Greek Metropolitan arrived at Kiev, John IV, and Saint Rostislav accepted him out of humility and churchly obedience. The new Metropolitan, like his predecessor, governed the Russian Church for less than a year (+ 1166). The See of Kiev was again left vacant, and the Great Prince was deprived of the fatherly counsel and spiritual wisdom of a Metropolitan. His sole spiritual solace was the igumen Polycarp and the holy Elders of the Kiev Caves monastery and the Theodorov monastery at Kiev, which had been founded under his father.
Returning from a campaign against Novgorod in the spring of 1167, Saint Rostislav fell ill. When he reached Smolensk, where his son Roman was prince, relatives urged him to remain at Smolensk. But the Great Prince gave orders to take him to Kiev. “If I die along the way,” he declared, “put me in my father’s monastery of Saint Theodore. If God should heal me, through the prayers of His All-Pure Mother and Saint Theodosius, I shall take vows at the monastery of the Caves.”
God did not fulfill Saint Rostislav’s last wish to end his life as a monk of the holy monastery. The holy prince died on the way to Kyiv on March 14, 1167. (In other historical sources, the year is given as 1168). His body, in accord with his last wishes, was brought to the Kyiv Theodosiev monastery.
Source: Orthodox Church in America_OCA
ISAIAH 5:16-25
16 But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness. 17 Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture, And in the waste places of the fat ones strangers shall eat. 18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, And sin as if with a cart rope; 19 That say, “Let Him make speed and hasten His work, That we may see it; And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, That we may know it.” 20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, And prudent in their own sight! 22 Woe to men mighty at drinking wine, Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink, 23 Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take away justice from the righteous man! 24 Therefore, as the fire devours the stubble, And the flame consumes the chaff, So their root will be as rottenness, And their blossom will ascend like dust; Because they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts, And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. 25 Therefore the anger of the Lord is aroused against His people; He has stretched out His hand against them And stricken them, And the hills trembled. Their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.
GENESIS 4:16-26
16 Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden. 17 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son—Enoch. 18 To Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael, and Mehujael begot Methushael, and Methushael begot Lamech. 19 Then Lamech took for himself two wives: the name of one was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah. 20 And Adah bore Jabal. He was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. 21 His brother’s name was Jubal. He was the father of all those who play the harp and flute. 22 And as for Zillah, she also bore Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah. 23 Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Wives of Lamech, listen to my speech! For I have killed a man for wounding me, Even a young man for hurting me. 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.” 25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, “For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.” 26 And as for Seth, to him also a son was born; and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on the name of the Lord.
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