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Memories of Godly Selfishness 2 - Tyrant’s Tomb Edition: Chapter 1

I looked around, the dread I’d been feeling since we’d arrived pooling in my stomach. Whatever was about to happen - whatever we were about to experience - I doubted it would be pleasant.

A fragment of prophecy had led us to a familiar-looking rock on a mountain that sort of looked like it had a human face on it, water running in rivulets down its face, almost like it was crying. I hoped it was my imagination. I was almost certain it was not.

Meg, naturally, had the bright idea of cartwheeling over and touching the stony face. She’d collapsed immediately upon touching it. I’d rushed over, attempting to pull her away from the strange coma-inducing rock... and promptly got knocked out myself when I touched her.

Or at least, I presume that’s what happened to my physical body. For me, the world seemed to swirl around before depositing me here, in this palace. Meg was right beside me thankfully, so at least I knew she wasn’t in some other, separate torment.

Meg looked over at me, frowning. “What’s going on? Where are we?”

I gave her a reproachful look. “You touched the weird rock and passed out. I hurried over to help you and got caught in... whatever this is. Seriously Meg, don’t touch strange things! You never know what sort of curse could be on them!”

She stuck out her tongue at me.

I rolled my eyes and looked around. Chastising Meg was clearly not going to do any good, might as well see about getting out of our current predicament. THEN I could go back to impressing on her the importance of NOT TOUCHING STRANGE OBJECTS.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CHILD MURDER AND HUMAN DECOMPOSITION BELOW THE CUT. IT’S THE NIOBE MYTH PEOPLE. IT AIN’T PRETTY.

Judging by the architecture we were somewhere in Ancient Greece. That didn’t narrow things down much. Perhaps the people would give more of a clue?

I looked around the hall. Several handsome young men, ranging from the late teens to the mid-twenties from the looks of them, lounged around, working on hunting equipment.

I could appreciate that. In my mortal form, I had gained a new appreciation for the amount of prep and maintenance work non-divine beings needed to put into their equipment in order to keep it in a peak state.

Some younger women and girls - the oldest appeared to be about seventeen, while the youngest looked closer to Harley’s age, so more like eight - played around with small toys, or wove fine tapestries. One of the older girls who appeared to be about sixteen - slightly younger than my mortal age now - gently talked to a younger girl about Meg’s age, showing her how to spin the thread they would use later.

It all seemed so happy and peaceful.

I knew it wouldn’t last.

Those bright orange robes the young men were wearing - they niggled at my memory. I KNEW those robes. I knew what they represented. But it just... wouldn’t come forward.

My brain seemed to be saying, Are you sure you want to remember this? There are so many other lovely things we could be thinking about instead. Like how you’re going to defeat Python without the protection of immortality! Or what’s waiting for you and Meg at Nero’s Tower!

Those are HAPPIER things to think of? I asked my brain incredulously. Just how bad is whatever happens here?

Er...

My brain went silent.

Well that was a bad sign.

I just hoped whatever happened wouldn’t hurt Meg too badly. From the slightly nauseous crawling feeling of guilt clawing its way through my insides, I guessed this was going to demonstrate another example of me being an asshole. I’d probably deserve whatever would happen. But Meg did NOT.

Meg looked at my expression quizzically. “What’s the problem? You look like you expect to be punched in the gut.”

My mouth dry, I nodded. “I think after this, you’ll probably want to.”

Meg frowned. “This isn’t like with Coronis or Harpocrates, is it? Seriously, how bad WERE you?”

I swallowed down the urge to say I don’t know, but I have the feeling you’ll find out.

Instead I looked away. “I’m not sure what’s going to happen. I don’t remember. Just... be on your guard. And... whatever happens... just know that I love you. Whatever you think of me after this. Even if you don’t want anything to do with me afterwards.”

Meg’s expression turned alarmed, her eyes widening. “Apollo? APOLLO! What does THAT mean? What could you possibly have done that would make me want to leave you?”

Before I could answer (though I have no idea what I would have said) an older woman swept into the room. With her fine clothes and jewelry and overall regal demeanour, I concluded that she must be the Queen

I felt a stab of hatred looking at the haughty woman - but an even deeper curdling of guilt.

“Ah, my fine children!” she exclaimed, parading about the hall. “My pride and joy! Truly, I am fortunate above all to have so many wonderful sons and daughters! Surely I am more worthy of worship than that nearly barren Leto. She considers herself to be the Titan of Motherhood? HA! With the twelve children I have in comparison to her mere two, I am FAR more worthy of worship!”

Anger boiled through my veins. How DARE she speak of my mother like that! Yet it was muted. I had already exacted my revenge, I was sure. But what did I do? Why was I so afraid of remembering?

Meg snorted. “She’s an idiot.”

I nodded. “Yes. Yes she is.”

She studied me. “So... did you kill her then? Is that what this is about?”

“I...” I WISHED that was all. But I had a feeling that was not. “I... don’t think so.”

“That’s good then... right?” Meg asked.

I shook my head.

She frowned. “Did you do something worse?”

In answer, one of the young men cried out. He collapsed to the ground, revealing an arrow sticking out of his chest. Blood spilled out of wound as he gargled and died. People do not last long when they’ve been shot through the heart.

“Eudorus!” one of the other men screamed, before he, too, collapsed, an arrow having been shot through him, same as his brother.

Some of the girls screamed and tried to flee, but to no avail. The doors out of the palace were locked by a divine force. Others cradled their dead brothers, desperately trying to wake them.

I knew it was useless. Those were killing shots.

The brothers didn’t get to try the doors. One by one they were shot down.

Meg traced the direction of the arrows and turned around, trying to figure out where they had come from.

I turned as well, but I already knew what I would see. Behind us stood myself, golden, glowing, powerful - and very, VERY angry. I watched as I notched one last arrow to bring down the youngest of the sons - just a boy really, about the same age as Will.

“Please!” the boy cried out. “Please gods, please don’t kill me!”

I saw my godly face (how I wished to punch it now) soften slightly, but it was too late. The arrow loosed, the youth falling to the ground, dead. Had his death been a little less painful than the others? I’d like to think so, but I wasn’t sure. He was dead regardless, without a trace of remorse on my divine self’s face.

Meg’s mouth hung open, shocked. “Why... Why would you DO that?”

“I...”

I swallowed dryly, my mouth tasting like ashes. She would not like my reason. I didn’t like my reason.

But this tragedy - no - this cruelty, this evil was not done.

As Queen Niobe (for I now remembered all too well who she was and what was happening here) hugged her dead sons, their blood staining her robes red.

She cried out, “Are you happy Leto, cruel one, now that my sons are dead? Feed your heart and be done, savage spirit! Enjoy your triumph over your enemy! But have you truly won? Is this really victory? I still have seven daughters, more than thrice what you possess! Even in the depths of my misery I have more children than you in your happiness! I still outdo you, even with half my children dead!”

Before when Niobe had yelled this, I had been furious with her presumption, for still not learning her lesson. Now I only felt pity and sorrow. She was an idiot. She was a MAJOR idiot. But she’d already suffered for her idiocy. Her CHILDREN had already suffered for her idiocy. Wasn’t this enough?

Gods, her children...

I shoved that thought out of my mind. This wasn’t over yet. I could think on that later.

Several of Niobe’s remaining children, her daughters, turned and gave her shocked looks... those that weren’t too caught up in crying over their dead siblings, or just too terrified to register much of anything.

That little eight-year-old girl, the youngest of Niobe’s children, ran to the safest person she knew: her mother. She clutched at her mother’s robes, burying her face, attempting to block out the awful, awful world, sobbing incoherently as her mother hugged her back.

It reminded me of Meg, of the few times she’d break down, show some vulnerability. Of when we were reunited in Indianapolis, her sobbing into my shirt, of my hugging her as she confessed how scared she was of losing me.

Another of Niobe’s daughters, the one that had been teaching the youngest child how to spin, walked over to her mother. She put her hand on her mother’s back, seeming to prepare to pull her into a hug... and then she screamed.

Niobe’s head snapped up, her eyes bulging. Her youngest daughter skittered around behind her, attempting to hide from whatever had caused her sister to scream.

The girl fell, revealing an arrow sticking out of her back.

Before she hit the ground, another high-pitched scream rang out. Then another. And another. And two more still.

In less than a minute almost all of Niobe’s daughters had joined her sons in death.

Trembling, Niobe threw herself towards her youngest daughter, the only one not yet dead. All her bravado had left her. What remained was a terrified, mourning mother.

She hugged her remaining child to her chest, attempting to envelop her, shield her as best she could.

“PLEASE!” she cried out, looking back at the cause of her new misery, at the second murderer of her children.

Artemis glowered back, her cold silver eyes nearly glowing. She notched one last arrow.

“Leave me just one, my littlest child!” she screamed. But it was no use. Artemis found an opening. She released the arrow.

The young girl, who only minutes ago was happily learning how to spin thread, had her string cut by the Fates. She screamed as the arrow entered her body, but not for long. In a body as small as hers, it took little to kill her.

Niobe broke down sobbing, clutching the body of her youngest daughter as her robe became stained red with her blood. She grieved and wailed, the stench of blood and other bodily fluids filling the air.

I wanted to wail with her. But I had no right to. I had been partially responsible, after all. I had thought nothing of murdering innocent people, adults and children alike, at the time. Gods, even a few months ago, I’d thought about this and THOUGHT THEY DESERVED IT.

“She- she killed her. She killed the rest of them...”

I froze. Slowly, I glanced back and to the side.

Meg stood there, eyes open wide, pale as a ghost. Her pupils shrunk to pinpricks.

The last time I’d seen her this horrified was in a flashback to when she was six, looking at her father’s corpse sprawled out in front of her.

A Beast had killed her father.

I wondered now - could it not be said that two Beasts killed Niobe’s children?

But... no. I would not pretend that some other person killed them. That neither of us could help it. We murdered them while in full control of our mental faculties.

Meg looked up at me, her face pale and drawn. “WHY!” she screamed. “WHY?! WHAT COULD THEY HAVE DONE TO POSSIBLY DESERVE THIS?!”

“Nothing,” I replied, my voice hoarse. “They did NOTHING to deserve this.”

Meg stared at me. “Then- then why...?”

I swallowed. This wouldn’t make things better. But she deserved an explanation, as terrible as it was.

“The Queen - the older woman - she was proud of having so many fine children. At a ceremony honoring my and my sister’s mother, Leto, she decided that since SHE’D had so many fine children, that she should be worshipped instead. She ordered the priests to stop the ceremony, to take the laurels out of their hair and leave.

Mom was FURIOUS. Worship helps to empower us gods, so preventing that worship could cause her to weaken. Plus, the sheer NERVE of her declaring herself better than Leto, and her children to be better than Artemis and I? She was PISSED. She called Artemis and I to her and ranted about Niobe’s impudence, then asked us to murder all her children that she was oh-so-proud of.

We flew off at once. As soon as Niobe entered the room, we let loose. We wanted her to suffer. All her children were just- just collateral damage.”

“Collateral...?” Meg whispered. I flinched. “COLLATERAL DAMAGE?!”

“That’s how we thought,” I stated miserably, gazing at Niobe, still sobbing over her children’s bodies. Self-loathing filled my voice. “It didn’t MATTER that we killed innocent people - that we killed children. We were GODS. It was- it was DIVINE RETRIBUTION. It was the will of the gods, beyond reproach. In our minds - or in mine, at least - anything we did, the mortals deserved. Or... no. I should say, it didn’t MATTER whether the mortals deserved it. Our wishes, our decisions, overrode everything. Because we were gods. Because we were powerful. Because we had the right to do whatever we wished, so long as it didn’t conflict with the other gods. Murdering innocent people, innocent CHILDREN even? None of the other gods cared. So in my mind at least, it was fine. We’d dealt out our vengeance on Niobe for her insult against our mother. We didn’t care that we’d killed innocents in the process.”

“Artemis.” Meg stated, staring at the body of Niobe’s youngest daughter. The girl’s corpse looked waxy, a pungent smell of decay wafting around the room. I suspected that time was moving forwards at an accelerated speed while we talked. With the way her body - and the bodies of the other dead, children and adults alike, were visibly bloating - I estimated that we had just passed the 24 hour mark. “She killed all of Niobe’s daughters, even- even her youngest! Niobe was BEGGING and PLEADING for her kid’s life, and she just- she just killed her ANYWAY! I- I thought that Artemis was supposed to PROTECT kids, to protect women and girls especially! So- so why would she kill that little girl?!”

That stopped me for a moment. Meg had a point. The Artemis I knew nowadays... I couldn’t imagine her doing anything like this.

But that doesn’t mean she’d never been willing to do this, since clearly, she had. However... “Back in the old days,” I stated slowly, feeling my words out. “Artemis was as vengeful as any of the rest of us. She did more to help than most of the gods and goddesses did, especially when it came to protecting women and girls, but she wasn’t above hurting innocents when someone insulted her. She once unleashed a giant boar to ravage the countryside because a king forgot to give her offerings. I don’t think she considered the innocent people it would hurt who had nothing to do with his slight.”

“And THAT’S the kind of person Reyna pledged herself too? That the Hunters devoted themselves too?!” Meg asked disbelievingly.

I shook my head. “Maybe at one time, the oldest among my sister’s Hunters devoted themselves to her when she was still willing to do that sort of thing. By the standards of the day, this was normal.

But now? I can’t imagine her DOING anything like that now. A few years back, Percy’s girlfriend, Annabeth, was kidnapped. My sister was taken prisoner soon afterwards. Annabeth had been tricked into holding up the sky and was being crushed by its weight. My sister’s captors took her to Annabeth, to this girl she didn’t know, and simply showed her her situation. My sister took up the burden of the sky in order to save Annabeth’s life, trapping herself in the process.

Kronos’s forces had KNOWN she’d do that - known that my sister would sacrifice herself to save an innocent maiden, even though she was a stranger, even knowing it was a trap - because Artemis cared about her life regardless, and could not abide by her death if she could do something to save her.”

My sister had gained the compassion, the empathy, to care about mortals that she had no connection, put HERSELF at risk to save one. When had she gained that level of empathy?

I thought back through the centuries, through my many interactions with my sister and her Hunters. My sister... she HAD changed. She had become a better person over time, as she interacted, gained experience with mortals.

I, like most other gods, had longed professed the belief that gods don’t change or grow. That any differences in how we were, how we acted over time had to do more with changes in how humans perceived us, rather than our changing on our own. After all I’d been through, after how I’d changed from how I once was, I now knew that was false.

I should have known earlier than that. Artemis had changed as well. I just hadn’t paid attention. Or maybe I was afraid to. Because if Artemis could become a better person, then I could as well. At that time, it wasn’t a message I wanted to hear. I’d been trying to convince myself that I was an awesome and amazing person for millennia, after all. I didn’t need to be better! But if I’d thought about how Artemis had become better, that doubt would have come creeping in. So I blocked it out and just didn’t think about it.

Now my eyes were clear. For the first time in four thousand years, I felt like I was seeing the world as it was, rather than simply seeing my delusions. I could recognize the good and the bad, see and understand how different people think, how things might look from a different point of view than my own.

Meg looked at me warily. “And you? Would you have done ANYTHING like this?”

I swallowed, looking back at the corpses. Time had skipped forward some more while we were talking. Fluids were leaking out of all orifices of the corpses. Still Niobe sat unmoved, crying. I didn’t know how she did it. The smell was unbearable, the faces of her kids no longer recognizable. It had probably been a week at this point since my and my sister’s massacre.

I wrenched my eyes away, hoping that Meg hadn’t looked where I had. But it was evident that she’d followed my gaze. She looked nearly as green as some of the dead bodies. I was certain that if we’d been physically here, if this hadn’t been some sort of vision, that we’d BOTH be vomiting up the contents of our stomachs right now.

“I... I don’t think so,” I told her weakly, trying to ignore the decomposing bodies. I failed.

Meg was quiet for a moment. “So if you had met me before this - if you had known about Nero and went to kill him - would you have killed me too? Because I was in the way? Because he was my- my stepfather? Would you have killed all of us in his household, everyone the Beast took?”

“I-” I wanted to say no, of course not, I would’ve tried to avoid killing anyone who didn’t clearly deserve it, especially kids.

But that would have been a lie. Even less than a year ago, I had contemplated killing Leo, Frank, Hazel, and the rest of the Seven merely because they were around, and for some IDIOTIC reason I thought that MAYBE that would please my Father and get me back into his good books. I have no idea what I was thinking then. Nowadays, I could barely comprehend how I used to think.

Would I have killed everyone in Nero’s household, including the children? I wasn’t sure. I didn’t think I’d go out of the way to kill them. But if they had attacked me, even if I knew they wouldn’t be able to harm me, even though they might be very, very young, I was afraid the answer was yes.

I may not have gone out of my way to murder children. But I doubted that I would have gone out my way to avoid it either. And if I was well and truly upset? All bets were off.

My silence was answer enough for Meg. Quietly she stated, “You were a horrible person.”

I couldn’t deny it. Not after everything that had happened. Not after remembering Coronis, or the Cumaean Sibyl, or Harpocrates.

But... I lingered on the way that she said I *was* a horrible person. Not *is* a horrible person. It reminded me of how Reyna had talked about me soon after discovering what I’d done to Coronis. How she’d said I used to the god of music. How she’d seemed to believe that as terrible as I’d been, I still had the capacity for good now. How she’d believed that I could be a better person.

Did Meg still believe in me, despite everything?

Movement stirred in the corner of my vision. I looked around instinctively.

Several gods had descended on the scene. One touched the inconsolable Niobe, who hadn’t even seemed to notice the visitors. Wind whirled around her, and she was whisked away to somewhere else.

I tried to identify who the gods were as they picked up the bodies, but it was impossible. My eyes just seemed to slip off them whenever I looked for detail.

The bodies, though... they had no such filter. Their skin had started to blacken, rupturing open in some places. Lifting them up, the skin seemed to slide around, exposing more putrid stench to the already pungent air.

As the gods flew out, corpses in tow, the world dissolved.

Abruptly I was thrown back into my body. Meg stirred at the same time. She glanced at where I was touching her and jumped back.

I threw up. I could hear - and smell - Meg doing the same a few feet away. All of the grotesque gore and decay I’d seen had caught up to me. I’d thought that killing Commodus was terrible? That was NOTHING compared to what I’d been responsible for centuries before that.

The difference was, now I cared.

After Meg and I had finished retching, I looked up at Meg. Tears ran down her face. She looked awful. “What- what WAS that?” she croaked, her throat raw from the stomach acid.

I took a step closer to her, instinctively seeking to comfort her. She retreated several steps. “St-stay back!” she cried, sounding scared. “That’s an order!”

I halted. I had no choice.

Meg had reverted to giving me direct, explicit orders. She felt like she needed to. Because I frightened her.

I couldn’t blame her. If I had been in her situation, I wouldn’t have felt safe around me either. Heck, I didn’t even feel safe around me NOW.

I’d never wished so hard to be someone else.

But I couldn’t change the past. Right now, I needed to concentrate on the present. And that meant answering Meg’s question. “I think that was Niobe’s memory. After we killed her children, Zeus turned all the people of the city to stone so that no one could help bury her kids. She sobbed over them for nine days, only leaving to eat and drink. On the tenth day the other gods took pity on her, transforming her into stone and burying her kids themselves, since she was too distraught to do so. They depetrified the townspeople soon afterwards. Since Niobe didn’t see that part herself, I assume that what we saw at the end was her assumption of what happened. That’s why the gods weren’t identifiable. Someone probably told her what happened afterwards, and that’s what she imagined.”

Meg frowned, “But... if that was Niobe’s memory... then where is she?”

I looked past Meg, at the rock behind her. The rock she’d touched at the start of all this. The rock with a human face. “I think... that’s her. Her spirit was placed in that rock to weep eternally. We just got caught up in a cycle of her memories.”

“She’s- she’s been reliving that,” Meg whispered, horrified. “THIS WHOLE TIME?!”

I nodded, guilt making my insides burn. “I think so.”

“We- we have to help her,” Meg croaked.

“I don’t think there’s anything either of us can do for her now,” I told her gently. “Not as things stand. But- when I’m a god again, I’ll try to help her. I’ll talk to Hades. Maybe he can get her soul to move on, bring her some measure of peace.”

Meg looked at me silently, then nodded.

We stood there another minute, me staring into space.

What now? Where could we possibly go from here?

Meg knew now what a horrible, repulsive being I was. I knew how horrible I was. I honestly wouldn’t blame her if she wanted to leave me, this time for good.

Abruptly, Meg spoke. “I feel like I should hate you.”

“You have every right to,” I told her. “I hate me.”

Meg shook her head. “But... I don’t. As horrible as you were - and you were a terrible person, you REALLY sucked - I still care about you. You’re still - you’re still my adopted brother. But I don’t want to be around you right now. I need some time to - to think about this.”

I nodded, a lump in my throat. It was more than I could have hoped for.

“I’ll give you as much space as I can. But... I can’t exactly leave, Meg. Not until we get somewhere safe.”

She bit her lip. “Just... don’t touch me. Not now. I’ll- I’ll have time to think about this more when we’re at Camp Half-Blood. But for now, I just - can’t stand to be around you more than I have to.”

After a moment, Meg breathed out. Determination shone in her eyes, as if she’d just purged some of the horror and sorrow from herself.

“Let’s go,” she told me. “I don’t think I’ll be able to rest around here.”

I followed her, staying several meters behind, trying to give her space.

She hadn’t disowned me entirely. That was enough for now. More than I deserved.

As we traveled in silence, I contemplated what I’d seen, what I’d learned.

When us gods fought, innocent mortals died in the cross fire. When we punished mortals, we often punished the innocent along with the guilty, even though we were often powerful enough to target our wrath more precisely so that it mostly hit the actual object of our ire.

With Niobe, Artemis and I didn’t have to murder her children in order to punish her, or even really to comply with our mother’s request. We were gods. We could have made her go mad, given her visions of us murdering her children. There was no need to actually do it. Whether it actually happened or Niobe only THOUGHT it happened, the same thing would have accomplished, as far as Niobe’s punishment went. The difference would have been, that her kids, who had done nothing wrong except to have her as a mother, would still be alive. They would not have suffered for their mother’s misdeed - well, no more than having an insane mother would cause them to suffer, at any rate.

We gods had already started to move away from these more extreme cases of wreaking havoc on innocents in recent millennia. But still we were too careless with innocent lives, especially when we were upset.

That HAD to change. I would make SURE it changed.

I wasn’t sure how yet. I couldn’t control what others gods did. I didn’t have Zeus’s authority, and Zeus himself would be unlikely to agree with me.

But I would try.

Never again would I intentionally murder innocent people just to get revenge.

Never again would I allow my family to do the same.

Never again.

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Author’s Note

I'll admit that I had trouble with Meg's and Apollo's reactions during this chapter. Because just... how do you handle watching innocent kids be brutally murdered and then left to rot? Especially knowing that you are partly to blame/that your friend is partly to blame.

I kinda mixed and matched different versions of the Niobe myth, but tried to keep the core of it intact. The details vary a lot anyway. Like, I know that usually the sons are off somewhere else doing some activity together when Apollo slays them first, but I wanted to only write one scene so I stuck them all together and had the massacre happen at once. I'm not sure whether there are versions of the myth like that, but I don't think it makes that much of a difference.

I forgot about Niobe's husband until I was partway through writing so I just left him out. He also dies in all the versions of the myth I know, but sometimes he dies after trying to kill Apollo for killing his sons, and sometimes he commits suicide after finding out his sons are dead. I'm gonna say that in this version that he committed suicide after learning of his children's fate. I don't think it matters much so long as he dies as a consequence of his own actions after learning his kids are dead.

I had trouble finding detailed versions of this myth, so I mostly took details from Ovid, since it was the most detailed version of the myth I could find. That's where things like the youngest son begging for mercy comes from, or Niobe attempting to protect her youngest child.

And in case anyone was wondering why the sons were so much older than the daughters, In every version of the myth I saw, none of Niobe's children seemed to be married yet, though some were of marrying age. Since from what I found, it wasn't unusual for me to hold out until age thirty before being married, while girls were typically teenagers when they were married off, it was WAY more plausible for Niobe's sons to be adults and not be married, than for her daughters to be.

I am planning on writing a second chapter at some point where someone (probably Chiron, but that's not set in stone) talks about some of the GOOD things Apollo did as a god to show that he had some redeeming qualities and wasn't completely terrible, but I dunno when I'll get around to writing that. In any case I couldn't exactly throw that into this chapter since Meg didn't know about any of it and Apollo's not gonna bring it up. Plus, after watching Apollo slaughter innocent people who couldn't fight back is REALLY not the best time to bring up things like him peacefully letting one of his lovers go and transforming her into a nymph to give her a long life, or helping to establish the foundations for Camp Half-Blood. Seems too much like trying to excuse it, especially since these pale in comparison to child murder.

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"A historical chronological depiction from an imaginary Italy: a guess the reference game". 100th Anniversary

Unknown: Pdor Mythos Unknown: Appears the superheroes gene "Vip" 10'000 A.C: In the Mediterranean basin lives a society of amazoness 89 A.C: Marcus Aemilius Scaurus is born 71 A.C: Spartacus leads a slaves rebellion 55 A.C: Tros of Samothrace takes the parts of the Breton resistance against the Roman conquest of Britain 50 A.C: Julius Augustus Caesar's complete conquest of Gaul finds resistance against a village in Armorica 11 March 44 A.C: Julius Augustus Caesar is murdered 80: Barbarian Ardarico's conquest of Rome miserably fails; Flavian Amphitheatre is inaugurated and Timo becomes a gladiator 128: Architect Lucius Quintus Modestus repeatedly travels through time until the 21st century and visits the modern Japan 536: Martinus Paduei, a mysterious genius ahead of his time, leaves his mark in history as inventor, business owner, strategist and politician 569: King Alboin befriends and welcomes a sly and smart peasant to his court in Verona 726: Girolama Pellacani is raped by the Longobards 1050: Brancaleone of Norcia is born 1076: The saint hermit of Bismantova is sent to Aquileia in search of allies at the behest of Pope Gregory VII, but is hindered by the devil 1080: Brancaleone of Norcia takes part at the first crusade 1141: Baudolino is born 1150: Various supernatural events take place at the castle of Otranto 1249: The company of Selva Bella participates at the mission to free Enzo of Sardinia 1271: Marco Polo begins his travel toward the Orient 1280: Marco Polo reaches the court of Kublai Khan and tell him about the 55 cities 1295: Marco Polo returns to Venice Early XIV Century: To win the maritime war against Venice, the Genoese captain Luigi Gottardi builds the underground canal of Meloria 1300: Poet Dante Alighieri visits the afterlife in a week 1327: William of Baskerville is involved in a murder case sets in a benedictine abbey 15 April 1452: Leonardo da Vinci is born 1478: Takes places the quests of the "Company of the Gallows" 1506: Arte Spalletti becomes an artist 1534: Two english brothers find a passage for a subterranean world where the time flows more slowly and is populated by a society of pygmies 1537: During the battle of Turin a french soldier mysteriously survives to several deadly wounds 1570: To save her lover, war-prisoner at Famagosta in Cyprus, the duchess of Eboli wears an armor and under the alias of Captain Storm fights several battle against the Ottoman Empire 1595: The suicide of two lovers leads peace in a longtime feud between two Veronese families 1630: The black plague continues its killspread, Spanish local lord Don Rodrigo is found dead 1643: Nobleman Roberto de la Grive is presumed lost after a shipwreck in the Pacific Ocean 1650s: Alchemist Girolamo Fumagalli develops the basic technique of thanatography 1660s: Viscount Medardo of Terralba returns changed and maimed in a strange and impossible way from the Ottoman wars in Bohemia 1686: After losing his brothers during the Franco-Spanish war at the hand of Duke Wan Guld, the Lord of Ventimiglia Emilio of Roccabruna promises to avenge them and becomes the notorious Black Corsair 1711: A group of alchemists evoke a demon to gain eternal life 1713: Sir Frances Varney commits suicide by throwing himself into Mt. Vesuvius 7 January 1730: In Siena is approved the Notice of Violante of Bavaria 1741: Antonio Salvatore "Totò" Sapore invents pizza to bring peace between French and Neapolitan armies 1750s: Armando "The Scorpion" Catalano seeks the Templar treasure 1762: Reverend Yorick, friend of Tristram Shandy, visits France and Italy for a health issue 1764: Father Schedoni is involved in a conspiracy 1767: Cosimo Piovasco of Rondò, future baron of Ombrosa, climbs up a tree and will live his entire life on the trees 18 October 1775: Carlo Altovivi is born 1790: Scandal of the fallen noble family Mazzini 1798: Nobleman and soldier Fabrizio del Dongo is born 25 March 1799: Jacopo Ortis dies 1801: Vampire Giovanni Nosferatu is born 1812: Soldier Lazzaro Scacerni is one of the survivors of the retreat from Moscow and, after returning in Italy, becomes a wealthy miller 1825: History professor Mercurio Loi disappears 1826: Dr. Weiss solves the Fritzheim case 1829: A frenchman discovers the Spada family's treasure located in Montecristo Isle 1850: Count Isidor Ottavio Baldassarre Fosco reaches England to plan a political conspiracy 1855: Princess Teresa Uzeda of Francalanza dies 1860: The wooden puppet Pinocchio becomes a real children 1863: Three persons, claiming to be part of a scientific expedition, are spotted been ejected from Mt. Stromboli 1864: Countess Marina Vittoria Crusnelli of Malombra gets possessed 1870: Enrico Bottini is born; Edwin Drood mysteriously disappears leaving a secret still unsolved 1874: As social experiment some prisoners are released in a deserted island to create a self-managed isolated colony; Arsène Lupin is born 1878: Rosso Malpelo dies 1885: A frenchman from Tarascon survive to a fall during an attempt to reach the peak of Mt. Blanc 1887: Professor Sandrelli develops a substance that cancels gravity 1888: Full of remorse, baron Carlo Coriolano of Santafusca admits of being a killer 1889: Masked hero "Hidden Face" and Ugo Pastore take part at the Treaty of Wuchale; Escorted by english explorer Adam Wild, Count Narciso Molfetta explores Africa 7 December 1891: Vito Andolini is born 1893: Marco Pagot is born 1895: Architect Emilio Varelli starts the construction of the Three Mothers' manors September 1897: Giannino "Gian Burrasca" Stoppani is born 1898: The suppression of Milan riots are sabotaged by Tommaso Reiner 1899: Vadim Vadimovich N. Storov is born 29 May 1899: Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi is born 30 May 1899: Don Camillo Tarocci is born Early 1900s: Paolo Zeder hypothesizes the "K-Zone" theory; Actress Maria Sarti gains notoriety under the stage name Ninì Tirabusciò 1910: Architect Emilio Varelli finishes the construction of the Three Mothers' manors; Aldovino reaches the moon to marry the princess Yala; Count Emilio Ponticelli partecipes at the Daily Post air race 1911: Famous composer Gustav von Aschenbach dies during a holiday in Venice WWI: Flying ace Marco Pagot turns into an anthropomorphic pig and assumes the identity of the bounty hunter Porco Rosso; Aviator Luciano Serra, aviator Matteo Campini, Private Lazzaro Scacerni and Private Italino take part at the conflict; Baron Cesare Stromboli helps the Triple Entente; Private Piero dies 1915: Air piratess Filibus terrorizes southern Italy performing several thefts 15 October 1915: Emilio Largo is born 1919: A man dressed in red and constantly speaking in rhyme becomes one of the richest italian 1920: Famous film director Guido Anselmi is born; Pugilist Furio Almirante emigrates in America 1927: Dr. Artemio Zacchia founds a medicine and natural science academy and starts his studies on immortality March 1927: Detective Francesco "Ciccio" Ingravallo solves the Via Merulana mystery June 1929: Fascist militia suppression at Fontamara 1930: Dominetta Vitali is born; Scientist Pier Cloruro de' Lambicchi creates a substance that gives life to the images 1933: Gastone Uliani investigates the faun's case 17 July 1934: Ugo Fantozzi is born 1935: Italy's invasion of Ethiopia is obstacled by local spy Bara 1936: Lawyer Gino Motta is locked up in an asylum after claiming that in the sea near Levanto lives a colony of mermaids 29 September 1936: Lolito B. Lassica is born 1938: Benzino Napaloni signs an alliance with Adenoid Hynkel; The launch of hierarch Gaetano Maria Barbagli's expedition for Mars takes place; Primo Cossi chooses to undergoes at the EPRA experiment; Dr. Emilio Lizardo and Professor Tohichi Hikita build the oscillation overthruster, Lizardo trying to enter into the 8th dimension becomes insane; American archeologist Martin Padway travels through time until 535 1939: Count Zero becomes a fascist agent; Film director Salvatore Di Vita is born 10 May 1939: Hierarch Gaetano Maria Barbagli and his troop land on Mars WWII: Captain Alberto Bertorelli, Captain Antonio Corelli, Major Oscar Pilli, Sergeant Nicola Lo Russo, Lieutenant Gino Rossati, Marmittone and Galeazzo Musolesi take part at the conflict; Partisian Johnny loses his life; Partisan Natalino "Capellone" Tartufato saves the life of the english spy Charles Harrison, Private Antonio is considered as straggler in Russia 1940s: Marcella Valmarin becomes a famous actress under the stage name of Alba Doris 25 December 1942: Photographer Valentina Rosselli is born 1943: The Finzi-Continis family is exterminated in a German Nazi lager, along with other jews 1944: In a hidden palace in the Republic of Salò, tortures takes place by hand of four wealthy personality of the republic 1945: End of World War II in Europe and the prison camps are freed, Giosuè Orefice is among the survivors 3 March 1945: Nicola "Nico" Giraldi is born 6 July 1945: Roberto "Rocky" Balboa is born 1950s: Bianca Castafiore is recognized as one of the best soprano in the world; Amelia Bonetti and Pippo Botticella become two renowned tip-tap dancers 6 September 1950: Salvo Montalbano is born 1952: In a laboratory comes to life a creature made of rubber 1953: Michele Apicella is born; During a diplomatic visit in Italy a princess escapes through the streets of Rome 1955: Criminal and con artist Mr. Ripley lands in Italy 1956: Painter Buono Legnani commits suicide 1957: Exorcist Don Zauker lands in Livorno 19 September 1958: Renato "René" Ferretti is born 1959: Topo Gigio debuts and becomes a television star; Detective Nero Wolfe moves to Rome after some "problems" with FBI 1960: Authoress Enrica Valldolit wins the Nobel Prize in Literature 1961: A british spy agent kills the terrorist Emilio Largo; A cemetery man has a close encounter with the Death 15 August 1962: A young university student loses his life in a car accident caused by an overtaking 1963: Medic Duca Lamberti loses his license and is imprisoned for practicing euthanasia; Calimero is born; "The Alphabet Killer" is caught 1966: Criminal Mastermind "The Fox" evades from prison 4 October 1967: Deboroh La Roccia is born 1968: Diabolik is presumed dead; Primo Cossi wakes up from hibernation and becomes a hitman related to the events of the Years of Lead 1969: A british criminal gang robs the FIAT industry 1970s: A criminal uses the sewer of a metropolis as hiding place and house; At Milan a group of bounty hunters form the C.T Association 1971: Fumagalli's thanatography is used to solve the four flies' mystery; Alberto Valle becomes the new Avio Motor CEO 1972: Somewhere in northern Italy, inside the Military Area 36, Professor Endriadi and his research team build the first AI February 1973: Four men commits suicide through planteration in a villa near Paris 1 June 1973: A terroristic attack blows up the Madonnina statue atop Milan Cathedral 1974: Andrea Straniero is born; Approved the healthcare reform "C.M.G"; Camilla Cagliostri is born 1975: After months of shipwreck on a deserted island in the Mediterranean sea, the wife of the industrial Lanzetti and a sailor are saved; The corpses of the Crespi d'Adda cemetery are resurrected; At Rome, German psychic medium Helga Ulmann is brutally killed 1976: For having inflicts severe damages to the organized criminality all over Italy in just few years, mysterious killers murder the police commissioner Betti 1977: Virginia Ducci survives at a murder attempt thanks to her clairvoyance 1978: Science fiction writer Della Spigola is abducted by the martians of Phobos; Discovered a breed of talking dog with a particular white fur with red spots; Famous chef Fausto Zoppi is killed by drowning; It ends the Filippo Carducci's kidnapping case; Riccardo Finzi begins his career as P.I 1979: 1980s: The ministry of the Great Hunt is founded; 1980: "Caterina" an American brand of robotic housekeeper goes on sale; Neapolitan camorra boss "The Marseillaise" and his gang are killed after a showdown; Rocky Giraldi is born, so named in honour of the famous boxer 12 August 1980: The Matchstick Man is spotted near the Abruzzi countryside 3 October 1980: Leonardo Zuliani is born 1981: The criminal known as "The Human Beast" loses his life in a gunfight 1982: The "K-Zone" theory is confirmed and Paolo Zeder is resurrected as zombie 1983: For the first time, alive people witness the "Palio di Siena of the dead contrade"; It is archived the case of the serial killer known as "The Killer Dwarf"; Naples F.C pays three billion for the acquisition of Brazilian footballer Paulo Roberto Cotequinho, he'll lead the Naples to the victory of its first championship four years later. 1984: Two men inadvertently travel through time back the 1492 August 1988: The first issue of "Bloody Eye" is published 1989: During a conference in Rome, experts try to discover the truth behind the Edwin Drood mystery; Deboroh La Roccia becomes Rat-Man 20 March 1989: Commissioner Corrado Cattani is killed in a mafia ambush 1990: FIFA World Cup scandal, the Italy team hires two pornstars to win; Salvo Montalbano becomes a police commissioner 1991: 1992: Sicilian gangster Johnny Stecchino uselessly resort to a person exchange to avoid death; During the annual Milan Film Festival, mystery fiction writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher resolves a murder case; During the quadrennial pallastrada world competition the St. Catherine prophecy comes true burning up the entire state of Gladonia November 1992: Daria Marchesi is jailed for the Baldacci murder, thus Marino Strano becomes Bloody Eye's head writer 1994: "The Florence Monster" is finally arrested; A feud between two families ends with the use of a low-potential atomic warhead; After various vicissitudes experienced in India, Marco Donati is exposed at the Aquarium Berlin as "The boy with the gills" 1995: Marco Buratti aka "The Alligator" starts a new career as P.I. 1996: After his death Ugo Fantozzi returns to life until 1998 1997: Police agent Napoleone di Carlo abandons his profession and moves in Switzerland 1999: Ugo Fantozzi is cloned; "The Fish in Love" becomes an international bestseller 2000s: Jimi Dini works at the development of his videogame "Nirvana"; Dr. Bartolomeo Zacchia continues his father's studies 2001: A romanian vampire is sighted in Rome April 2001: Giorno Giovanna becomes the Gangstar of the mafia association "Passione" 2005: Police agent Rocky Giraldi enters in service 2006: Rise of nationalism in Italy brings to the birth of Captain Padania July 2006: Activist Leonardo Zuliani disappears 2007: Mater Lacrimarum is killed 2009: During a spiritual séance, Gualtiero Marchesi conjures the Emily Ann Faulkner's spirit 2013: Long Wei becomes a local hero for the chinese communities in Italy; Celestine VI becomes the new pope 2014: An amateur gang of smart drugs dealers is arrested; Michele Silenzi gains superpowers 2015: Low-grade criminal Enzo Ceccotti gets superpowers and becomes the superhero Jeeg Robot; Arsène Lupin's grandson is spotted in Italy 2016: Benzino Napaloni is cloned; Intellectual Mario Bambea survives at his suicide attempt, contemporaneously begins the rise of popularity of the comedian Fabrizio "Bizio" Capoccetti 2017: In Calabria a farmer befriends a rare specimen of unicorn 11 September 2077: An asteroid falls in northeast Italy sweeping away Padoa, Vicenza and Verona while Venice is half submerged

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pietroalberto · 3 years ago

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John William Waterhouse - The Remorse of the Emperor Nero after the Murder of his Mother

#john william waterhouse

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opotakuism · 7 years ago

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I love ur OCs. Want to hear more of your stories and how it will expand more.

Before I organize the stories, I will organize more characters from Romanos Arc….

Imperial Julio family is the clan that rules the Romanos Empire (located in West Blue). Previous Emperor Neros had married 25 consorts (7 empresses, 18 concubines), 56 sons and 19 daughters. After the emperor’s sudden death, the throne war begins as many’s lives were risked. 4/5 of consorts were gone. Over half of princes were killed/exiled, eight oldest princesses were also murdered and banished.

Julio Kai

Age: 21

Height: 192 cm

Alias: Eighth Prince

Affiliations: Romanos, West Blue

Occupation(s): Prince of Romanos

Eight prince of Romanos Empire, first-born of sixth empress Acacia. Talented with literatures and learnings, he’s a natural-born politician who can gather his allies, regardless of social ranks. Calm, responsible and mature ever since he was young, he learned to smile and wept ever since he met Spora, thus forming a ‘secret friendship’. He was remorseful with the fact he could only help her in secret, so he caused an unimaginable commitment that brought a throne war; helping her assassinate his father, Emperor Neros. Although he is aware of the fact that she changed her gender as male and living a life as “Sporus”, he genuinely loves his secret friend.

Julio Caligulo

Age: 21

Height: 205 cm

Alias: Fourth Prince

Affiliations: Romanos, West Blue

Occupation(s): Prince of Romanos

Fourth prince of Romanos and second-born son of third empress Agrippina. Younger brother of Neros II. Arrogant, extravagant, enjoying the blood and violence as he loves watching Gladiator Tournament. Enchanted by beauty of Spora at first sight, he lusts for her. Using a cruel threats, he molested and sexually abused Spora. After her disappearance and death of his father, Caligulo got involved with throne war. Time passed and even though he learned that Spora has become ‘Sporus’, he still lusts for him.

Julio Neros II

Age: 24

Height: 208 cm

Alias: Third Prince

Affiliations: Romanos, West Blue

Occupation(s): Prince of Romanos

Fourth prince of Romanos Empire, first-born of third empress Agrippina. Older brother of Caligulo. He was named after his father, previous Emperor Neros. Sadistic, cruel, he could see through politicians who are faithful and who are treacherous. Unlike Caligulo, Neros II has great passion for arts, poetry, music, and theatres. He fell in love with Spora due to her outer and inner beauty, lusting for her. Using a cruel threats, he molested and ravaged Spora. After her disappearance and death of his father, Neros II got involved with throne war. Even though he learned that Spora has become ‘Sporus’, he still lusts for him.

Julio Elagar

Age: 28

Height: 213 cm

Alias: Second Prince

Affiliations: Romanos, West Blue

Occupation(s): Prince of Romanos

Second born of Romanos prince, sole son of second empress Basilia. Nurtured and trained as “flawless perfection” by his ambitious mother, he is talented with political knowledges, martial arts, and so on. Strong ambition for the throne. When saw Spora for the first time, he sees the inner beauty through her and so her charm and grows obsessively in love with her. Just like how his mother hated other women close to his father, Elagar was bitterly jealous of any man approaching to Spora. Using a cruel threats, he molested and ravaged Spora. After her disappearance and death of his father, Neros II got involved with throne war. Even though he learned that Spora has become ‘Sporus’, the second prince is still obsessed with his “gemstone”.

#op #one piece #fem!Sanji AU #Romanos Arc #My OCs

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didyouthinkyoudidnthavetochoose · 4 years ago

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Here am I Who while away the mornings Since you've gone Too long have I lay alone Not knowing which way to turn.

And there you are Quite sure that you were right Knowing full well That I'd be the first one To go down.

And you'd be the one who was laughing Except when things weren't going your way And then the lady would say that she'd had enough Wandering around on her own.

The day you left Well I think you knew you'd not be back Well at least it would seem that way Because you never said goodbye. But when it comes round to you and me I'm sure it will work out alright.

And you'd be the one who was laughing And giving me something I don't need And you know, I'd always hold you and keep you warm Oh! more fool me. Ah, but when it comes Round to you and me I ask myself Do I really believe In your love. Yes, I'm sure it will work out alright.

John William Waterhouse - The remorse of Nero after the murder of his mother (1878)

#morefoolme

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theartsyproject · 8 years ago

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John William Waterhouse, <i>The Remorse of Nero After the Murder of His Mother</i>, 1878.

#romanticism #english romanticism #neoclassicism #neoclassicist #neoclassical art #neoclassical #art history #art #follow for follow #follow back

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john-william-waterhouse-art · 11 months ago

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-The Remorse of Nero After the Murder of His Mother-

#art #art history #artwork #culture #history #john william waterhouse #museums #painting #vintage #museum

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chubbycherubx · 1 month ago

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—museum directory.

ie, my muses. ask box open!

🪽elio—cherub playing a lute (1521) by rosso fioriento.

tags: elio🪽, cherub, cherub playing a lute

🪞narcissus—echo and narcissus (1903) by john william waterhouse

tags: narcissus🪞, narcissus, echo and narcissus

💘 sebastian—st sebastian (1620) by nicolas régnier

tags: sebastian💘, st sebastian, saint sebastian

🍇 nero—the remorse of nero after the murder of his mother (1878) by john william waterhouse

nero🍇, nero, the remorse of nero after the murder of his mother

rp blog intro—the manderley art museum

welcome! please refer to the following guidelines for the remainder of your visit.

feel free to talk and touch! our paintings love the attention.

please be kind. our paintings might get their feelings hurt. they’re a bit sensitive.

if you notice that a figure is missing from their painting, don’t be alarmed! they are likely hanging with their friend(s) in a different frame.

we have a growing art collection! each painting will get their own introductory card. come say hi and show them some love; they can be shy.

we hope you enjoy this immersive art experience!

! detailed description under the cut !

~*~

this is a roleplay blog set in a fictional museum where the figures (people) in famous paintings are animated and able to converse/interact/roleplay with the viewer. had the idea on a whim and thought it seemed cool and the kind of thing there might be a small audience for.

the muses will be from real paintings! (note: i am not rping as the artists lol)

i’ll rb with a muse directory that i’ll continually update with links to each muse’s introduction, basic info, and main tags.

come rp with my (quite literal) muses :)

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john-william-waterhouse-art · 7 months ago

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-The Remorse of Nero After the Murder of His Mother-

#art #art history #artwork #culture #history #john william waterhouse #museums #painting #vintage #museum

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uriello-bello · 6 years ago

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"A historical chronological depiction from an imaginary Italy: a guess the reference game" Inspired thanks to P.J. Farmer, Alan Moore, John Myers Myers and Kim Newman. Edited! Expanded! Corrected!

Unknown: Pdor Mythos Unknown: Appears the superheroes gene "Vip" 10'000 A.C: In the Mediterranean basin lives a society of amazoness 71 A.C: Spartacus leads a slave rebellion 55 A.C: Tros of Samothrace takes the parts of the Breton resistance against the Roman conquest of Britain 50 A.C: Julius Caesar's complete conquest of Gaul finds resistance against a village in Armorica 11 March 44 A.C: Julius Caesar is murdered 80: Barbarian Ardarico's conquest of Rome miserably fails; Flavian Amphitheatre is inaugurated and Timo becomes a gladiator 128: Architect Lucius Quintus Modestus time travels until the 21st century and reachs the modern Japan VI century: King Alboin befriends and welcomes a sly and smart peasant to his court 726: Girolama Pellacani is raped by the Longobards 1050: Brancaleone of Norcia is born 1076: The saint hermit of Bismantova is sent to Aquileia in search of allies at the behest of Pope Gregory VII, but is hindered by the devil 1080: Brancaleone of Norcia takes part at the first crusade 1141: Baudolino is born 1150: Various supernatural events takes place at the castle of Otranto 1249: The company of Selva Bella participates at the mission to free Enzo of Sardinia 1271: Marco Polo begins his travel toward the Orient 1280: Marco Polo reaches the court of Kublai Khan and tell him about the 55 cities 1295: Marco Polo returns to Venice XIV Century: To win the maritime war against Venice, the Genoese captain Luigi Gottardi builds the underground canal of Meloria 1300: Poet Dante Alighieri visits, during a week, the afterlife 1327: William of Baskerville is involved in a murder case sets in a benedictine abbey 15 April 1452: Leonardo da Vinci is born 1478: Takes places the quests of the "Company of the Gallows" XVI Century: Arte Spalletti becomes an artist 1534: Two english brothers find a passage for a subterranean world where the time flows more slowly and is populated by a society of pygmies 1537: During the battle of Turin, a french soldier mysteriously survive to several deadly wounds 1570: To save her lover, war-prisoner at Famagosta in Cyprus, the duchess of Eboli wears an armor and under the alias of Captain Storm fights several battle against the Ottoman Empire 1595: The suicide of two lovers leads peace in a longtime feud between two Veronese families 1630: The black plague continues its killspread, Spanish local lord Don Rodrigo is found dead 1650s: Alchemist Girolamo Fumagalli develops the basic technique of thanatography 7 January 1730: In Siena is approved the Notice of Violante of Bavaria 1741: Totò Sapore invents pizza to bring peace between the French and Neapolitan armies 1750s: Armando Catalano seeks the treasure of the Templars 1764: Father Schedoni is involved in a conspiracy 1790: Scandal of the decayed noble Mazzini family 1798: Nobleman and ufficial Fabrizio del Dongo is born 25 March 1799: Jacopo Ortis dies 1801: Vampire Giovanni Nosferatu is born 1825: History professor Mercurio Loi disappears 1826: Dr. Weiss solves the Fritzheim case 1829: A frenchman discovers the Spada family's treasure located in Montecristo Isle 1850: Count Isidor Ottavio Baldassarre Fosco reaches England to plan a political conspiracy 1855: Teresa Uzeda Princess of Francalanza dies 1860: Wooden puppet Pinocchio becomes a real children 1863: Three persons, claiming to be part of a scientific expedition, are spotted been ejected from Mt. Stromboli 1864: Countess Marina Vittoria Crusnelli of Malombra gets possessed 1870: Enrico Bottini is born; Edwin Drood mysteriously disappears, leaving a secret still unrevealad 1874: As social experiment, some prisoners are released in a deserted island to create a self-managed isolated colony; Arsène Lupin is born 1878: Rosso Malpelo dies 1885: A frenchman from Tarascon survive to a fall during an attempt to reach the peak of Mt. Blanc 1887: Professor Sandrelli develops a substance that cancels gravity 1888: Full of remorse, baron Carlo Coriolano of Santafusca admits of being a killer 1889: Masked hero "Hidden Face" and Ugo Pastore take part at the Treaty of Wuchale; Escorted by english explorer Adam Wild, Count Narciso Molfetta explores Africa 7 December 1891: Vito Andolini is born 1893: Marco Pagot is born 1895: Architect Emilio Varelli starts the construction of the Three Mothers' manors September 1897: Giannino "Gian Burrasca" Stoppani is born 1898: The suppression of Milan riots are sabotaged by Tommaso Reiner 29 May 1899: Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi is born 30 May 1899: Don Camillo Tarocci is born Early 1900s: Paolo Zeder hypothesizes the "K-Zone" theory; Actress Maria Sarti gains notoriety under the stage name Ninì Tirabusciò 1910: Architect Emilio Varelli finishes the construction of the Three Mothers' manors; Aldovino reaches the moon to marry the princess Yala; Count Emilio Ponticelli partecipes at the Daily Post air race 1911: Famous composer Gustav von Aschenbach dies during a holiday in Venice WWI: Flying ace Marco Pagot turns into an anthropomorphic pig and assumes the identity of Porco Rosso; Aviator Luciano Serra and aviator Matteo Campini take part at the conflict; Baron Cesare Stromboli helps the Triple Entente; Private Piero dies 1915: Air piratess Filibus terrorizes southern Italy performing several thefts 15 October 1915: Emilio Largo is born 1919: A man dressed in red and constantly speaking in rhyme becomes one of the richest italian 1920: Famous film director Guido Anselmi is born 1927: Dr. Artemio Zacchia founds a medicine and natural science academy and starts his studies on immortality March 1927: Detective Francesco Ingravallo solves the Via Merulana mystery June 1929: Fascist militia suppression at Fontamara 1930: Dominetta Vitali is born; Scientist Pier Cloruro de' Lambicchi creates a substance that gives life to the images 1933: Gastone Uliani investigates the Faun's case 17 July 1934: Ugo Fantozzi is born 1935: Italy's invasion of Ethiopia is obstacled by local spy Bara 29 September 1936: Lolito B. Lassica is born 1938: Benzino Napaloni signs an alliance with Adenoid Hynkel; The launch of hierarch Gaetano Maria Barbagli's expedition for Mars takes place; Primo Cossi chooses to undergoes at the EPRA experiment; Dr. Emilio Lizardo and Professor Tohichi Hikita build the oscillation overthruster, Lizardo trying to enter into the 8th dimension becomes insane 1939: Count Zero becomes a fascist agent; Film director Salvatore Di Vita is born 10 May 1939: Hierarch Gaetano Maria Barbagli and his troop land on Mars WWII: Captain Alberto Bertorelli, Captain Antonio Corelli, Sergeant Nicola Lo Russo, Marmittone and Galeazzo Musolesi take part at the conflict; Partisian Johnny loses his life; Partisan Natalino "Capellone" Tartufato saves the life of the english spy Charles Harrison, Private Antonio is considered as straggler in Russia 1940s: Marcella Valmarin becomes a famous actress under the stage name of Alba Doris 25 December 1942: Photographer Valentina Rosselli is born 1944: In a hidden palace in the Republic of Salò, tortures takes place by hand of four wealthy personality of the republic 1945: End of World War II in Europe and the prison camps are freed, Giosuè Orefice is among the survivors. 6 July 1945: Roberto "Rocky" Balboa is born 1950s: Bianca Castafiore is recognized as one of the best soprano in the world; Amelia Bonetti and Pippo Botticella become two renowned tip-tap dancers 6 September 1950: Salvo Montalbano is born 1952: In a laboratory it comes to life a creature made of rubber 1953: Michele Apicella is born; Exorcist Don Zauker lands in Livorno; During a diplomatic visit in Italy a princess escapes through the streets of Rome 1955: Criminal and con artist Mr. Ripley lands in Italy 1956: Painter Buono Legnani commits suicide 1959: Topo Gigio debuts and becomes a television star; Detective Nero Wolfe moves to Rome after some "problems" with FBI 1960: Authoress Enrica Valldolit wins the Nobel Prize in Literature 1961: A british spy agent kills the terrorist Emilio Largo; A cemetery man has a close encounter with the Death 15 August 1962: A young university student loses his life in a car accident caused by an overtaking 1963: Medic Duca Lamberti is expelled and imprisoned for practicing euthanasia; Calimero is born; "The Alphabet Killer" is caught 1966: Criminal Mastermind "The Fox" evades from prison 4 October 1967: Deboroh La Roccia is born 1968: Diabolik is presumed dead; Primo Cossi wakes up from hibernation and becomes a hitman related to the events of the Years of Lead 1969: A british criminal gang robs the FIAT industry 1970s: A criminal uses the sewer of a metropolis as hiding place and house; At Milan a group of bounty hunters form the C.T Association 1971: Fumagalli's thanatography is used to solve the four flies' mystery; Alberto Valle becomes the new Avio Motor CEO 1972: Somewhere in northern Italy, inside the Military Area 36, Professor Endriadi and his research team build the first AI February 1973: Four men commits suicide by eating up to death in a villa near Paris 1975: After months of shipwreck on a deserted island in the Mediterranean, the wife of the industrial Lanzetti and a sailor are saved; The corpses of the Crespi d'Adda cemetery are resurrected 1976: For having inflicts severe damages to the organized criminality all over Italy and in few years, mysterious killers murder the police commissioner Betti 1977: Virginia Ducci survives a murder attempt thanks to her clairvoyance 1978: Science fiction writer Della Spigola is abducted by the martians of Phobos; Discovered a breed of talking dog with a particular white fur with red spots; Famous chef Fausto Zoppi is killed by drowning; It ends the Filippo Carducci's kidnapping case 1980s: The ministry of the Great Hunt is founded; The imagination of a kid leads to the creation of creatures and entities 1980: "Caterina", an American brand of robotic housekeeper goes on sale; Neapolitan mafia boss "The Marseillaise" and his gang are killed after a showdown; Rocky Giraldi is born, so named in honour of the famous boxer 3 October 1980: Leonardo Zuliani is born 1981: The criminal known as "The Human Beast" loses his life in a gunfight 1982: The "K-Zone" theory is confirmed and Paolo Zeder is resurrected as zombie 1983: For the first time, alive peoples witness the "Palio of Siena of the dead contrade"; It is archived the case of the serial killer known as "The Killer Dwarf"; Naples F.C pays three billion for the acquisition of Brazilian footballer Paulo Roberto Cotequinho, he'll lead the Naples to the victory of its first championship four years later. 1984: Two men timetravel back until the 1492 August 1988: The first issue of "Bloody Eye" is published 1989: During a conference in Rome experts try to discover the truth about Edwin Drood mystery. 1990: FIFA World Cup scandal, the Italy team hires two pornstars to win; Salvo Montalbano becomes a police commissioner 1991: During the quadriennial Pallastrada world competition a prophecy comes true 1992: Sicilian gangster Johnny Stecchino uselessly resort to a person exchange to avoid death; During the annual Milan Film Festival, mystery fiction writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher resolves a murder case November 1992: Daria Marchesi is imprisoned for the Baldacci murder, Marino Strano becomes Bloody Eye's head writer 1994: "The Florence Monster" is finally arrested; A feud between two families ends with the use of a low-potential atomic warhead; After various vicissitudes experienced in India, Marco Donati is exposed at the Aquarium Berlin as "The boy with the gills" 1995: Marco Buratti aka "The Alligator" starts a new career as P.I. 1996: After his death Ugo Fantozzi returns to life until 1998 1997: Police agent Napoleone di Carlo abandons his profession and moves in Switzerland 1999: Ugo Fantozzi is cloned; "The Fish in Love" becomes an international bestseller 2000s: Jimi Dini works at the development of his videogame "Nirvana"; Dr. Bartolomeo Zacchia continues his father's studies 2001: A romanian vampire is sighted in Rome April 2001: Giorno Giovanna becomes the Gangstar of the mafia association "Passione" 2005: Police agent Rocky Giraldi enters in service 2006: Rise of nationalism in Italy brings the birth of Captain Padania July 2006: Leonardo Zuliani disappears 2007: Mater Lacrimarum is killed 2009: During a spiritual séance, Gualtiero Marchesi conjures the Emily Ann Faulkner's spirit 2013: Long Wei becomes a local hero for the chinese communities in Italy; Celestine VI becomes the new pope 2014: An amateur gang of smart drugs dealers is arrested; Michele Silenzi gains superpowers 2015: Low-grade criminal Enzo Ceccotti gets superpowers; Arsène Lupin's grandson is spotted in Italy 2016: Benzino Napaloni is cloned; Mario Bambea survives at his attempted suicide but develops an alter ego

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