#The Imperial Library

[elderscrollsconceptart]

Based on TES Morrowind game credit information on The Imperial Library, I have learned that Andrew Rai did the art for the Saint Triloths in the various Temple shrines

Super happy to finally learn who did the art for these (you'll see all the saint art later).

Eternal props to The Imperial Library!

[warrenwoodhouse]

The Imperial Library of Cyrodill (The Elder Scrolls)

The Elder Scrolls unofficial fansite and compendium of everything related to the lore of the franchise.

[livesunique]

Library of the Emperor, Château de Fontainebleau I, 2007,

C-print, flush-mounted on Dibond,

Image: 144,5 x 119,5 cm.

Candida Höfer Photography

[escapismsworld]

Imperial Library of the Louvre

1857

Édouard Baldus

[vintagewildlife]

Imperial eagle By: Eric Hosking From: Life Nature Library: Eurasia 1964

[honouredsnakeprincess]

so, why do magical girls (when they are depicted with weapons) usually depicted as using weapons of a previous era? there are a hundred fencers, a dozen musketeers, but practically no magical girls with anything used after the first world war.

[sonofdorn-vii]

Captain Krist Kringle

[titanomancy]

Give it another two years and Minka Lesk will be Lord Militant of the Astra Militarum.

[elderscrollsconceptart]

"Foul Murder" - The Murder of Nerevar

Art created by Michael Kirkbride for the 10th Anniversary of The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind

Piece commissioned by The Imperial Library

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Siege of Vraks Cover Art by Igor Kieryluk

[opencommunion]

"The story of  'John Doe 1' of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is tucked in a lawsuit filed five years ago against several U.S. tech companies, including Tesla, the world’s largest electric vehicle producer. In a country where the earth hides its treasures beneath its surface, those who chip away at its bounty pay an unfair price. As a pre-teen, his family could no longer afford to pay his $6 monthly school fee, leaving him with one option: a life working underground in a tunnel, digging for cobalt rocks.  But soon after he began working for roughly two U.S. dollars per day, the child was buried alive under the rubble of a collapsed mine tunnel. His body was never recovered. 

The nation, fractured by war, disease, and famine, has seen more than 6 million people die since the mid-1990s, making the conflict the deadliest since World War II. But, in recent years, the death and destruction have been aided by the growing number of electric vehicles humming down American streets. In 2022, the U.S., the world’s third-largest importer of cobalt, spent nearly $525 million on the mineral, much of which came from the Congo.

As America’s dependence on the Congo has grown, Black-led labor and environmental organizers here in the U.S. have worked to build a transnational solidarity movement. Activists also say that the inequities faced in the Congo relate to those that Black Americans experience. And thanks in part to social media, the desire to better understand what’s happening in the Congo has grown in the past 10 years. In some ways, the Black Lives Matter movement first took root in the Congo after the uprising in Ferguson in 2014, advocates say. And since the murder of George Floyd and the outrage over the Gaza war, there has been an uptick in Congolese and Black American groups working on solidarity campaigns.

Throughout it all, the inequities faced by Congolese people and Black Americans show how the supply chain highlights similar patterns of exploitation and disenfranchisement. ... While the American South has picked up about two-thirds of the electric vehicle production jobs, Black workers there are more likely to work in non-unionized warehouses, receiving less pay and protections. The White House has also failed to share data that definitively proves whether Black workers are receiving these jobs, rather than them just being placed near Black communities. 'Automakers are moving their EV manufacturing and operations to the South in hopes of exploiting low labor costs and making higher profits,' explained Yterenickia Bell, an at-large council member in Clarkston, Georgia, last year. While Georgia has been targeted for investment by the Biden administration, workers are 'refusing to stand idly by and let them repeat a cycle that harms Black communities and working families.'

... Of the 255,000 Congolese mining for cobalt, 40,000 are children. They are not only exposed to physical threats but environmental ones. Cobalt mining pollutes critical water sources, plus the air and land. It is linked to respiratory illnesses, food insecurity, and violence. Still, in March, a U.S. court ruled on the case, finding that American companies could not be held liable for child labor in the Congo, even as they helped intensify the prevalence. ... Recently, the push for mining in the Congo has reached new heights because of a rift in China-U.S. relations regarding EV production. Earlier this month, the Biden administration issued a 100% tariff on Chinese-produced EVs to deter their purchase in the U.S. Currently, China owns about 80% of the legal mines in the Congo, but tens of thousands of Congolese work in 'artisanal' mines outside these facilities, where there are no rules or regulations, and where the U.S. gets much of its cobalt imports.  'Cobalt mining is the slave farm perfected,' wrote Siddharth Kara last year in the award-winning investigative book Cobalt Red: How The Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives. 'It is a system of absolute exploitation for absolute profit.' While it is the world’s richest country in terms of wealth from natural resources, Congo is among the poorest in terms of life outcomes. Of the 201 countries recognized by the World Bank Group, it has the 191st lowest life expectancy."

[roses-of-the-romanovs]

Anastasia being Anastasia!

(Photo from Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.)

[peptorising]

I realized that, besides Pepto, Moxi, Heathcliff, and Faust, I've never posted any outfits I've made here. I'll share some that I think are nice.

Pepto & Moxi again, for good measure.

Lovely spirals Meal and Slurpee.

Quixote and Heathcliff (fandragons).

Banner buddies Vergil and Outis (also fandragons).

Cassetti (fandragon) & Valerie (namesake, but basically a fandragon atp). I made her outfit today.

[escapismsworld]

This image depicts the imperial scepter of Roman Emperor Maxentius (r. 306-312 CE), a significant historical artifact. It is notable as the only surviving imperial scepter from ancient Rome. The scepter, topped with a crystal sphere, was discovered in 2006 near the Palatine Hill in Rome, alongside several imperial banners.

The Palatine Hill was an important site in ancient Rome, often associated with imperial power, and the discovery of these objects adds important archaeological insight into the symbolism and authority of Roman emperors. Maxentius was a notable figure, remembered for his rivalry with Constantine the Great, which culminated in the famous Battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312 CE.

[whimsimarion]

1, 4, 5, 27 :)

(in regards to the history ask thingy :3)

1. Who is your favourite historical person?

I don't have a favorite historical person per say, for my mind tends to rotate and fixate on certain individuals for a couple of weeks, before jumping to the next person.

As cliche as it might sound, when I was 15 years old, I was fascinated by Catherine the Great, because she was the only female figure I was aware that had earned the title "the Great". All the others (Alexander, Peter, Cyrus, Alfred etc) were males, and I was like "wow she might have been a total badass to earn this title" and I tried to dig every single source that mentioned her.

The fascination has stayed with me, though it was died down.

4. Favourite historical era?

Minoan and Cycladic Civilizations, Classical Greece, Ptolemaic Dynasty and Imperial China Tang era my beloveds. 💙

5. Favourite weapon?

Don't have one. :P. Sorry not sorry

27. What’s your favourite historical “What if…” scenario?

What if the Library of Alexandria hadn't been burnt down?

What if Capodistrias hadn't been murdered?

[mariacallous]

Ossus is one of my favorite planets in SWTOR and the Jedi Library one of my favorite locations