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Unlikely Tactics Black Sails Musical Parallels | XVI. XXV. XXVI. XXVII. XXVIII. XXIX. XXXIII.

music variation note: it is the percussive rhythm in these scenes that is the same, rather than the melody. In XXVI it is faster than in the other scenes, while XXVII and XXXIII are slower. The melody in XVI and XXV is Vane Schemes The melody in XXVI and XXIX is Wary Anticipation

I spent a year rewatching Black Sails and tracking all the bits of music that repeated at any point during the show, and my findings are reinforcing that Bear McCreary is a genius and this show should have been called 'parallels that will kill you over and over again'* (tag | chronological)

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FINAL FANTASY XVI - CID 💭

[dunderella]

kinktober day 6: first kiss 💗

(find the rest of my kinktober entries on my sideblog @dddrunkderella !!)

[darkdriver]

Old fashion aesthetic boards + final fantasy xvi → Jill Warrick

[little-candy-store-of-horrors]

She's the daughter of the ceasars. He's just a Bourbon. 🎟️💖🩷

[serandipity]

@phoenixfiiire gets a starter from Isabella.

"So you're the pretty face that the girls keep talking about that's been skulking around. I must say, I don't take kindly to rats skulking around in my rooms, no matter how good looking they are."

[hollowingearth]

Oh I'm really glad you liked my ask! And I'm glad we have a closer interpretation of the song now. Yes, I can see why you interpreted Aerith meeting her friends again as them all joining the lifestream, that's kinda what the OG game's ending (when Cloud says he can meet her there) hints at to me. :) But wow, I totally missed that interpretation for the song itself! Yes, I like to think it isn't quite as bleak as meeting everyone in the "afterlife" so to speak but we just have to see what Pt. 3 has in store. Maybe Aerith will get lucky and be allowed to live in one timeline, like how she wants to in the song...

And thank you for elaborating on your interpretation of what the game tries to say about being a hero! Yes, I can see better where you're coming from now. I think I'm still hung up on whether Cloud defeating Sephiroth was bad or not, because Cloud stops him for 5 years and it's possible Sephiroth would've done a lot of bad things if Cloud hadn't done anything. But on the OTHER hand he enters the lifestream and starts taking command of the Sephiroth Clones so...that's REALLY not good... >.< I guess you're arguing that more bad than good was done and I can see that, but I'm still conflicted.

I agree though on the game at least subverting the idea about what becoming a hero means, and your explanation of your thoughts was excellent! Thank you for sharing.

Yeah I think maybe my initial interpretation of the song is a bit too dark haha thinking back on it the R Trilogy has been consistently a lot more hopeful than that. I feel like specially with Aerith and Sephiroth still in the picture the way they are in the compilation we sort of forget how final death tm is despite all of the lifestream shenaningans. Thinking back on it, when Aerith says that the future Sephiroth wants in Remake (of his eternal existence and of course complete control over the lifestream) is extremely lonely isn't she speaking a bit from her own experience too? Because honestly, in Lifestream White and Lifestream Black that's basically what's happening already. Honestly imagine being stuck on a river occasionally going past the asshole who murdered you and trying your best to stay away from him because whenever you get too close he starts taunting and chasing you lol

Aw I'm glad you liked my explanation! Tbf I just have a general aversion to traditional heroes lmao my least favorite trope is the chosen one so like my own bias of course is colloring my perspective. For example I'm currently playing 16 right and the amount of times I just rolled my eyes with the whole duty thing in regards to Clive you have no idea. (I just finished the Benedickta section and when Cid comes around after the fight and says that Clive won against her because he was fighting for something he believed in.... bro I wanted to punch his ass like belief in what??? revenge????? desperation??????? you lost to her while using ramuh does that mean you werent fighting for something you believed in????? I thought that was such an inane thing to say lol for all the praise I've seen of FF16 it's honestly mostly just pissing me off)

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masterlist pt1

yandere targaryens pt1 pt2 pt3 love is the death of duty

to have and to hold randyll tarly i

daeron i maegor i ii iii iv v

aegon the conquerer i ii iii iv v too well entangled in my soul

second time is the charm pt1 pt1.5 pt2 pt3 A, C, U with aegon

E and Y with aegon J, K, and X with aegon

T and S with maegor E,M, and Y with daemon

A, C, Q, and Z with alicent A, E, and I with aemond

J with aemond E with aemond and aegon

D, E, and F with jaehaerys and baelon I with jace

E, J, K, and L with alicent I and L with aegon

A with aegon L with jace

aemond i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x xi xii xiii xiv xv xvi

Q and Y with aegon and otto

H, N, P, and Z with maegor and daemon H, W, and S with aegon

yandad criston + yanmom rhaenyra babytrapping martell darling

the blacks+greens' darling gives birth to triplets C, D, F with aegon

aegon ii i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x xi xii xiii xiv xv xvi xvii

daemon & rhea royce's daughter

B, G, and M with aegon alicent's daughter marrying jace

jace i ii iii iv v vi vii baelon ii i ii iii iv v vi vii

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trial of Procilius

date: 54 BCE, verdict reached on July 4 charge: lex Cornelia de sicariis et veneficis (murder of paterfamilias) defendant: Procilius advocate?: Q. Hortensius Hortalus cos. 69 (ORF 92.XVI) prosecutor?: P. Clodius Pulcher aed. cur. 56 (ORF 137.VI)

Cic. Att. 4.16.5; 4.15.4

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25 Avro Lancaster Facts | Classic Warbirds

Roy Chadwick was born on the 30th April 1893 in Farnworth, Lancashire and joined Avro in September 1911 as a draughtsman at the age of 18. He would become the company's chief designer seven years later in 1918. A number of aircraft designed by Roy Chadwick would be used during the Second World War, such as the Avro Anson, but it is the Avro Lancaster which is perhaps the most well known. At the age of 54 Roy Chadwick died when the Avro Tudor prototype he was on crashed on take-off on the 23rd August 1947.

Derived from the Avro Manchester

The twin-engined Avro Manchester suffered mainly due to its Rolls-Royce Vulture engines, which were unreliable and unable to reach their optimal performance. So before the aircraft had performed its first operational sortie, the 4th November 1940 saw Avro given the green light to work on what was known as the Manchester Mk III by the Air Ministry. This would have a wingspan 10 ft 2 in longer than the Manchester and was powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins. It was this aircraft that would be developed into the Lancaster.

10,500 Individual Drawings

During the production of the Lancaster around 10,500 individual drawings were needed and each aircraft required approximately 10 tonnes of light aluminium alloy.

Cost of a Lancaster

On average a Lancaster, minus its armament, bomb sight, radio and radar equipment, cost, at the time, £59,000, which included its four engines.

Crew of Seven

The Lancaster typically had a crew of seven, made up of pilot, bomb-aimer, flight engineer, navigator, wireless operator, mid gunner and rear gunner.

Lancaster fuselage assembly at Castle Bromwich | Photo by Birmingham Museums Trust, licensed under CC0

First Flight

The first Lancaster prototype (BT308) flew on the 9th January 1941 from Ringway Airport. Captain Harry Brown and Sydney Thorn were at the controls. This featured an increased wingspan over the Manchester and a central fin on the tail, which was removed on the second prototype.

Entry into Service

It would be with No. 44 Squadron, based at RAF Waddington that the Lancaster would first enter Royal Air Force service, when they took delivery of their first three aircraft on the 24th December 1941. These would replace their twin-engined Handley Page Hampdens.

First Operational Sortie

No. 44 Squadron would perform the Lancaster's first operational sortie, which took place on the 3rd March 1942. This saw four aircraft lay mines in the Heligoland Bight.

Bristol Hercules Powered Lancaster B.II

Of the Lancaster variants produced all would be powered by either Rolls-Royce or Packard Merlins, the exception was the Lancaster B.II, which was powered by the 1,735-hp Bristol Hercules XVI engine. It was 10 mph slower than the Merlin powered Lancasters, with a top speed of 205 mph, its service ceiling was 18,500 ft, which was 6,000 ft lower. Only 301 Lancaster B.IIs were built.

Basis for the Avro York

Another Roy Chadwick design, the Avro York was a transport aircraft that featured the wings, tail and landing gear of the Lancaster, fitted to a new fuselage. The aircraft would be used by Transport Command and the British Overseas Airways Corporation.

Lancaster B.I (HK535) | Photo by Birmingham Museums Trust, licensed under CC0

Flew Under Sydney Harbour Bridge

During 1943 Lancaster B.III (ED930) Q for Queenie embarked on a promotional tour of Australia to sell war savings bonds. With Flight Lieutenant Peter Isaacson at the controls, the 22nd October 1943 saw hm fly the aircraft under Sydney Harbour Bridge.

'Clapper Kites'

Some Lancaster B.Is would have their front and mid-upper turrets removed and some interior items removed. Powered by Rolls-Royce Merlin 24 engines, they were renamed to Lancaster B.I (Special). Due to their high speed without a bomb load they were nicknamed 'Clapper Kites'.

Lancaster Test Beds

A number of Lancasters would be used as test beds or for research, this included Lancaster B.II (LL735) which was used to test the Metropolitan-Vickers F2 turbojet. Fitted towards the rear of the fuselage, with the exhaust where the rear turret would've been.

Very Long Range Lancaster

To increase the range of the aircraft, for potential operations in the Pacific, a pair of Lancaster B.Is (HK541) and (SW244) would have a 'saddle tank' installed. This was fitted behind the cockpit and extended down past the wings, increasing fuel capacity by 50%.

Operation Exodus

Beginning on the 3rd April 1945 until the 31st May 1945, Operation Exodus saw many prisoners of war flown home by a number of aircraft, including the Lancaster, which with modifications could transport 20 to 24 people.

Lancaster B.I of the Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

Equipped at least 59 Squadrons

During its service in the Second World War the Lancaster would equip at least 59 frontline Bomber Command squadrons.

Lancaster Users

As well as the Royal Air Force a number of other countries used the Lancaster, including the Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Ten Victoria Cross Winners

Ten Lancaster aircrew would be awarded the Victoria Cross during the Second World War. The first was awarded to Squadron Leader John Nettleton as a result of his actions with No. 44 Squadron flying Lancaster B.I (R5508) during a daylight attack on Augsburg, Germany on the 17th April 1942 (read the citation). With Captain Edwin Swales DFC of No. 582 Squadron the last, after being posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions flying Lancaster B.III (PB538) when acting as a Master Bomber when Pforzheim, Germany was raided on the 23rd February 1945 (read the citation).

Total Built

In total 7,377 Lancasters were built during its production run between 1941 and 1946. The last example, a Lancaster B.I, was built on the 2nd February 1946. A number of companies apart from Avro were also involved in the production of the aircraft, including Austin Motors Limited and Victory Aircraft Limited based in Canada.

Ton Up Lancs

On average the number of operational sorties flown by a Lancaster was 21. However, 35 aircraft would take part in 100 sorties or more during the Second World War. One of these was Lancaster B.I (R5868) S for Sugar which completed 137 sorties whilst with No. 83 Squadron and No. 467 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. May 1944 saw it reach the 100 sortie milestone, with a raid on Flensburg Harbour, Germany on the 23rd April 1945 seeing the aircraft performing its last operational sortie. This aircraft is on display at the Royal Air Force Museum, London.

Lancaster B.I (R5868) S for Sugar at the Royal Air Force Museum, London

'Tiger Force'

After the war in Europe ended on the 8th May 1945, it was intended to send a number of Lancaster squadrons to the Pacific. This would be known as the 'Tiger Force' and was to attack targets in Japan in the lead up to invasion, known as Operation Downfall. However, Japan surrendered before the force could be fully established.

Goodwill Tour

No. 35 Squadron were chosen to undertake a five week goodwill tour of the United States during July and August 1946. They would visit a number of airfields in the country.

Developed into the Avro Lincoln

As development of the Lancaster continued, a high altitude version featuring an increased wingspan and fuselage was produced, known as the Lancaster B.IV. However, with so many changes it was renamed the Avro Lincoln I, with the Lancaster B.V known as the Lincoln II.

Avro Lancastrian

The Lancastrian was a civil version of the Lancaster able to carry a small number of passengers and mail. Early Lancastrians were converted Lancasters with later aircraft built as Lancastrians from the start. Changes to the aircraft included the removal of its armament and armour. It would be used by a number of airlines, including British Overseas Airways Corporation.

15 Years Service with the Royal Air Force

The Lancaster's time with the Royal Air Force came to an end on the 15th October 1956 when the School of Maritime Reconnaissance retired their Lancaster MR 3, ending 15 years service with the RAF.

Avro Lancaster in the white and black camouflage scheme of the 'Tiger Force' © ww2images.com

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Vane Schemes Black Sails Musical Parallels | XVI. XXV.

note: the percussive rhythm in both scenes is part of the Unlikely Tactics parallel.

I spent a year rewatching Black Sails and tracking all the bits of music that repeated at any point during the show, and my findings are reinforcing that Bear McCreary is a genius and this show should have been called 'parallels that will kill you over and over again'* (tag | chronological)

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FINAL FANTASY XVI - BROTHERS 💭

[dunderella]

pokemon AU, two baby birds 🥺

[vladdocs]

Vlad The Impaler MEGAPOST!

(Please reblog this as much as possible!)

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Best books to take your information from:

1. "Corpus Draculianum" by Adrian Gheorge, Albert Weber and Thomas M Bohn  [RO/GER] 2. "Vlad der Pfähler–Dracula: Tyrann oder Volkstribun?" by Thomas .M Bohn  [GER] 3. "Vlad The Impaler: Dracula" by Stefan Andreescu [RO/ENG-rare to find] ________

Useful links:

https://www.youtube.com/@CorpusDraculianum = Corpus Draculianum YouTube channel, by far the best source of information about Vlad you can find on the internet. Most of The videos are in Romanian with English subtitles. (At the bottom of this post you gonna find a list with Every video from their channel) https://www.youtube.com/@corpusdraculianum.english = Another CD channel with English video made using AI. https://vk.com/voivode_vlad_tepes = Russian VK group where you can find tons of information on Vlad and Wallachia in general. https://www.facebook.com/groups/forum.corpus.draculianum = Corpus Draculianum's oficial group, Here you can talk with the authors and many others experts. http://arhivamedievala.ro = Here you can find and look at Vlad’s letters (and others of course) http://siebenbuergenurkundenbuch.uni-trier.de/catalog?commit=sortiere&q=Vlad%20tepes&search_field=all_fields&sort=pub_date_sort%20asc,%20title_sort%20asc&utf8=%E2%9C%93 = German site that contains Vlad’s documents along with many others like Vlad Dracul, Radu The Handsome, Stephen the Great, etc. ________

Other links:

Stefan Andreescu - Vlad Tepes / Romanian. https://pdfcoffee.com/stefanandreescu-vlad-tepes-pdf-free.html _ Vlad Tepes und die Sachsischen Selbstverwaltungsgebiete Siebenburgens By Gustav Gundish in Revue roumaine d'histoire (1969) Available for download in pdf format: http://dspace.bcucluj.ro/handle/123456789/139788 _ Ioan Bogdan: Documente și regeste privitoare la relațiile Țăriĭ Rumînești cu Brașovul și Ungaria în secolul XV și XVI Publication date 1902 Source Biblioteca Digitală a României This work contains important letters and documents by Vlad III Drakulya and his contemporaries in Romanian language. http://www.digibuc.ro/ _ Documenta Romaniae Historica. Series D. Relations between the Romanian Countries. Volume 1: 1222-1456 https://kupdf.net/.../documenta-romaniae-historica-seria... A remarkable collection of letters, official documents etc in Latin and Romanian by Vlad III Drakulya, Janos Hunyadi and many others. 573 pages. Available for download in pdf format. _ Another important collection of documents by Vlad III Drakulya, his father Vlad Dracul, his brother Radu cel Frumos and other historical figures. 687 pages. In Romanian. Available for download in pdf format. Documenta Romaniae Historica. Seria B : Ţara Românească. Volumul 1 : 1247-1500 https://en.calameo.com/books/000827433682e93065018 _ LA VICTOIRE DE VLAD L’EMPALEUR SUR LES TURCS (1462) par NICOLAE STOICESCU, 1976, in Revue roumaine d’histoire http://dspace.bcucluj.ro/handle/123456789/139824 Available for download in pdf format _ LA VICTOIRE DE VLAD L’EMPALEUR SUR LES TURCS (1462) par NICOLAE STOICESCU, 1976, in Revue roumaine d’histoire http://dspace.bcucluj.ro/handle/123456789/139824 Available for download in pdf format _ Critical edition of Laonikos Chalkokondyle’s “Histories” by Egenius Darkó. Laonici Chalcocandylae Historiarum demonstrationes. Ad fidem codicum recensuit, emendavit annotationibusque criticis instruxit Eugenius Darkó by Chalkokondyls, Laonikos, ca. 1430-ca. 1490 Publication date: 1922 Publisher: Budapestini Sumptibus Academiae litterarum hungaricae Languages: Latin, Greek Available for download in pdf format https://archive.org/.../laonicichalcocan00chaluoft/mode/2up “The Histories”, by Laonikos Chalkokondyles describes the fall of the Byzantine empire and the rise of the Ottomans. Written sometime between 1464 and 1468, it centres around the capture of Constantinople in 1453. However, it also covers many events that were happening in Eastern Europe, where the Ottomans, Hungarians and other states were vying with each other. Itgives us an account of Vlad III Drakulya too. _ PÂNDELE OLTEANU LIMBA POVESTIRILOR SLAVE DESPRE VLAD ȚEPEȘ Ed. Acad. R. P. R., Bucarest, 1961, 409 p. (TALES IN SLAVIC LANGUAGE ABOUT VLAD ȚEPEȘ) In Revue roumaine d’histoire, 1965, Bucureşti : Editura Academiei Române. Language: French Pages 140-145 An old but very interesting paper, available for donwload in pdf format. http://dspace.bcucluj.ro/handle/123456789/139764 _ Vlad Ţepeş şi Naraţiunile Germane şi Ruseşti asupra lui : Studiu critic (1896) [Vlad Ţepeş and the German and Russian Narratives about Him: A Critical Study] Author: Bogdan, Ioan (1864-1919). Bucureştĭ : Editura Librăriei Socecǔ & Comp. Language: Romanian Available for download in pdf format https://upload.wikimedia.org/.../Ioan_Bogdan_-_Vlad_%C8... _ The slanderous German incunabula about Vlad III Drakulya. 1) The two incunabula (“Dracole Wayda”, Nuremberg 1488, Augsburg 1494) which are obviously both based on a common original text, depict a misleading and barbaric image of the Wallachian Prince. They are two out of at least eleven further prints of this kind, which appeared on the book markets of rich German merchant towns as of 1488. All pamphlets start with a very brief biography of Vlad III, followed by an unsystematic listing of almost 50 gruesome anecdotes from his reign. The spreading of these historically largely made up stories is doubtlessly connected with the growing reading public’s craving for sensation. Available for download in pdf format. https://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/title/BV023354729 and https://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/title/BV023354738 2) The Saint-Gall manuscript. A composite manuscript consisting mainly of historiographic and hagiographic content. The texts were written between 1450 and 1550, then assembled as a volume in 1573 by St. St. Gall monk Mauritius Enk. This text is only transmitted in three other manuscripts: one at the library of Lambach Abbey in upper Austria, one at the British Library in London, and one at the Municipal Library of Colmar in France. https://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/csg/0806/283 See also Matei Cazacu, “ GESCHICHTE DRACOLE WAIDE UN INCUNABLE IMPRIMÉ A VIENNE EN 1463” , available for dowload in pdf format. https://www.persee.fr/.../bec_0373-6237_1981_num_139_2... https://www.academia.edu/.../Croisade_tardive_et_d%C3... _ the chronicle of Antonius Bonfinius, “Historia Pannonica: Sive Hungaricarum Decades ” . Antonio Bonfini (Latin variant: Antonius Bonfinius; 1427‒1502) was an Italian humanist and poet who spent the last years of his career as a court historian in Hungary. He was a secretary to King Matthias Hunyadi Corvinus and was commissioned by him to produce a work chronicling the History of Hungary. Bonfini arrived at Matthias’s court in 1486; the king assigned him this project in 1488. Under Matthias’s successor Vladislaus II, Bonfini could continue his work intermittently until 1497. Bonfini gives in his work a lengthy description of the alleged “crimes” of the Wallachian Prince Vlad III, closely resembling the German stories. Some of the paragraphs coincide with the German pamphlets, while others are different. Bonfini apparently used a printed or manuscript version of the malicious German narratives about Drakulya which were circulating at that time. 1) Original pages of Bonfini “Rerum Hungaricarum Decades”, available at http://epa.oszk.hu/.../MKSZ_EPA00021_1984_100_04_330-373... 2) Critical edition of Bonfini’s work by I. Fogel, B. Ivanyi and L. Juhasz, Lipsiae, Bibliotheca Scriptorum Medii Recentisque Aevorum SAEC. 3) Antonii Bonfini Asculani Rerum Hungaricarum decades libris 45. comprehensae ab origine gentis ad annum 1495. Accessit index rerum locupletissimus recensuit et praefatus est d. Carolus Andreas Bel .. (1771). Available at https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_34sty47HR2EC _ His monetary policy is a scarcely investigated side of the rule of Wallachian Voivode Vlad III Drakulya. The Octavian Iliescu’s paper “Vlad l'Empaleur et le droit monétaire” gives us a very interesting insight into this topic. In “Revue roumained'histoire”, 1979, Bucureşti, Editura Academiei Române. Available for download in pdf format at http://dspace.bcucluj.ro/handle/123456789/139834 See also Matei Cazacu, “L'impact Ottoman sur le Pays Roumains et ses incidences monétaires (1452-1504). In “Revue roumaine d'histoire”, 1973, Bucureşti : Editura Academiei Române. Available for download in pdf format at http://dspace.bcucluj.ro/handle/123456789/139807 _ I would like to draw attention to this interesting book about diplomatic relationships between Transylvania, Hungary, Moldova and Wallachia in the period 1468 to 1540. It’s called “Acta et epistolae relationum Transylvaniae Hungariaeque cum Moldavia et Valachia” Volumen primum, by Veress, Endre (Budapest,1914), Publisher Kolozsvár Fontes rerum transylvanicarum, in Hungarian and Latin. It contains important documents and letters about the last years of life of Vlad III, his death and the political events of the period. Those interested can download it in pdf format at https://archive.org/details/actaetepistolaer01vereuoft _ here are two more sources. 1) Magyar diplomacziai emlékek Mátyás király korából 1458-1490 , by Iván Nagy, Albert Nyáry, Matthias, 1877, Publisher A M. Tud. Akadémia. Avaliable for download at https://archive.org/details/magyardiplomacz00mattgoog 2) Monumenta Hungariae historica: Magyar történelmi emlékek, byTörténelmi Bizottság , Magyar Tudományos Akadémia,1875,Publisher Magyar Tudományos Akadémia. Available for download at https://archive.org/details/monumentahungar27akadgoog _ I want to introduce to you the work of Ludovico Antonio Muratori (1672-1750) “Rerum Italicarum scriptores ab anno aerae christianae quingentesimo ad millesimumquingentesimum” (1731), Volume 18, Publisher Mediolani : ex typographia Societatis Palatinae in Regia Curia. Ludovico (also spelled Lodovico) Antonio Muratori was an Italian historian, notable as a leading scholar of his age. Duke Rinaldo I d'Este (1700) appointed him archivist and librarian in Modena’s Ducal library, which position he held until his death in that city. He studied sources for a history of Italy, and as a fruit of his researches there appeared the large work, “Rerum italicarum Scriptores ab anno æræ christianæ 500 ad annum 1500” (Writers on Italy, 500–1500). It was published in twenty-eight folio volumes with the assistance of the Società Palatina of Milan (Milan, 1723–51). In Volume 18 of his massive work (18.2: Matthaei de Griffonibus “Memoriale historicum de rebus Bononiensium”: aa. 4448 a.C.-1472 d.C.), we can find a brief account of the Wallachian victories against the Ottoman forces of Mehemet II in the summer of 1462. The thrilling news of the attack on the Ottoman camp by the troups of Vlad III Drakulya were brought to Bologna by Venetian merchant’s letters. According to these reports, 40000 Turks were slained or take prisoners. Those interested can download Muratori’s work at https://archive.org/details/rerumitalicarums271mura See also the letter of Dominicus Balbi to Signoria di Venetia, 28 July 1462, in Monumenta Hungariae historica: Magyar történelmi emlékek     https://archive.org/details/monumentahungar31akadgoog _ The letter allegedly sent by Vlad III Drakulya Ţepeş, Voivode of Wallachia, to Sultan Mehmet II on 7 November 1462 and his supposed treason against Matthias Hunyadi Corvinus, in “Pii secvndi pontificis max. Commentarii rerum memorabilium, quae temporibus suis contigerunt” by Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464; Gobellinus, Joannes; Ammannati Piccolomini, Jacopo, 1422-1479; Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464. Apologia ad Martinum Mayer. Publication date: 1584 Publisher: Romae, Ex typographia Dominici Basae Language: Latin Available at: https://archive.org/details/piisecvndipontif00pius [Pope Pius II, born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini (18 October 1405 – 14 August 1464). He was born at Corsignano in the Sienese territory, Tuscany, Italy. His major work is the “Commentaries”.] For an excellent analysis of the complex political background of this entry in Pius II work, I refere those interested to Alexandru Simon’s paper “AHumanist’s Pontifical Playground: Pius II and Transylvania in the Days of John Dragula”, in Transylvanian Review . 2020 Supplement, Vol. 29, p35-70. 36p. Available online at (This link usually dosen't work but it will be the first pop up if you google "A Humanist’s Pontifical Playground Pius II and Transylvania in the Days of John Dragula") https://web.a.ebscohost.com/abstract?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=12211249&AN=149408111&h=yxGso1dhUtosN0nJiSVsTxjOATB20ADd7awuq45SSQbuV1z7dZTj%2fxaoVXAkNGghLlrC5EYLvekc4%2f4svJpxNQ%3d%3d&crl=f&resultNs=AdminWebAuth&resultLocal=ErrCrlNotAuth&crlhashurl=login.aspx%3fdirect%3dtrue%26profile%3dehost%26scope%3dsite%26authtype%3dcrawler%26jrnl%3d12211249%26AN%3d149408111 ____

List of Corpus Draculianum videos:

Vlad Țepeș is not the founder of Bucharest #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/C-zX6Ck-NnQ Vlad Țepeș and no other contemporary voievode sign with his own hand. #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/KaEmtV2FxQM Are there any documents written by Vlad the Impaler? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/q9yG9XmaBj4 Vlad the Impaler did not build the Poenari Fortress #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/6_evjd56qW0 Vlad Tepes on Netflix - a gross historical forgery? https://youtu.be/i6mtzCJWF5Y Bran Castle has nothing to do with Vlad Țepeș #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/XjmYDu1iOwg Where did Vlad the Impaler live? A real tourist guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnU3YM9ReVw Vlad the Impaler, a murderer as big as Hitler, Stalin and Mao?? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/8i35rqDY5Dk How can we find the descendants of Vlad Țepeș? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/dHhDqlqOLQA The most "truthful" source about Vlad Țepeș #shorts: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VpuacxjtaSw Who lied the most about Vlad Țepeș? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/wsEi510hyLY How many people did Țepes massacre? Who lies more? https://youtu.be/qXUqRuJUL8I Were the Saxons to blame for the arrest of Vlad Țepeș? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/RBcfdrsfXzw Why did Vlad the Impaler make Bucharest the new capital of Wallachia? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/7N5vXqTm7aY Did Vlad the Impaler kill people with his own hands? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/NSc77o7seh0 The last glow of Vlad Tepes. Campaigns in Serbia and Bosnia (winter 1476): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdmFWpC4XQM&t=562s Vlad Țepeș's fiercest domestic adversary: https://youtu.be/5r-OBjMdQNo Vlad Tepes and love. What do historical sources tell us? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lih3Lx4M7s Childhood next to sultans. A decade as a hostage in the Ottoman Empire: https://youtu.be/_UChyRGs0YI When did Vlad the Impaler impaled for the first time? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65rzSVBx71I We explain the nickname "Draculea" in 100 seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3zLZKMSisA We explain the nickname "Țepeș" in 100 seconds: https://youtu.be/qgOZ3kELVLQ Unique event: Vlad the Impaler destroys Ottoman transport fleet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQP420LtdYo&feature=youtu.be The famous night attack on the Ottoman camp: attack on the Sultan or tactical slaughter? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEfoIT6RZPo&feature=youtu.be

The portraits of Tepes:

Why do "Dracula" portraits maybe not show Vlad Țepeș? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/4Qqt7gFDjyo cryptoportrait: Portrait of Vlad the Impaler hidden in paintings of the time: https://youtu.be/oO2-cKLaz1E

Death and tomb of Țepeș:

Is the tomb of Vlad Tepes in Bucharest? #shorts: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/riQKOWqBeso An unknown document surprises us with the place of the death of Țepeș:

https://youtu.be/FOAFowF9erM A new historical source rewrites the death of Vlad Țepeș: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOAFowF9erM Where is Vlad Tepes' tomb really located? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxwEyYNkPIQ

Stephen the Great:

Was Stephen the Great beheaded after his death? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/H0yGbTHf0HsAn epic victory missed by Stephen the Great and Vlad the Impaler? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4mq9ZR1FXc Vlad Tepes vs Stephen the Great. Relatives, friends or enemies? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm1Njpx8pg0

Radu the Handsome:

Was Radu the handsome converted to Islam? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/us7jIi2HBHAThe first gay voivode in Romanian history? It's not what you think! https://youtu.be/cYhqwvcgVIw

Mircea, brother of Tepes:

Stronger than Vlad the Impaler? The forgotten hero of Varna (1444): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBbJ9cuwLBQ

Theory and sources of history:

Lost history. Why do we know so little about the Romanian Middle Ages? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/m3-ityQuIIM Where did 90% of Romanian medieval history burn? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/IXlOBikoHBoWhy Do the people who lived through an event know better than historians? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/eCfz3J8za2c What is a historical narrative? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/5T0ibyPJiRs Why don't Romanians trust historians? #shorts: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Xzb67UgxUrk The limitations of the historian as a scientist. Why science doesn't care about your feelings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cAMyOWSvHc

The Ottoman world and the Romanians:

Conquest or management? The true intentions of the Ottomans towards the Romanian Countries: https://youtu.be/e3s6en3Z1PI How the Ottomans saw and shared the world #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/LfNisI783xc How did Vlad Țepeș evade paying the tax? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/2H1a-JgHGt0 Janissary were very few in the Ottoman armies #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/FQnHEL18tT8 What did the Ottomans want to do with the Romanian Countries in the 19th century? 15TH CENTURY? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/36hI2bLUBFQ The Ottomans didn't have yatagans in the Middle Ages #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/SzcdKXe2KJU Stop confusing the Turks with the Ottomans! #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/hJne4ohZ12k Unpublished Ottoman sources about the multiple night attacks of the Tepes: https://youtu.be/7yKUBUhjrGg Spahiii: the main Ottoman troops. Everything you are not told on the internet: https://youtu.be/kuigDHJiLMg Organization of the Ottoman armies on the time of Vlad Tepes and Stephen the Great: https://youtu.be/I1GPD0CMuEs Romanian children for the Janissary? Myth or truth? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVHkXnKdHFM The true strength of the Ottoman armies during Vlad Țepeș's time: https://youtu.be/5lurUaI1W6w

The Hungarians, Vlad Tepes and the Romanians:

What did the Hungarians order Vlad Țepeș to do in the spring of 1462? #shorts:

https://youtube.com/shorts/wpwUjPqnaUk

Vlad the Impaler did not suffer much as a prisoner in Hungary (1462-1474) #shorts:

 https://youtube.com/shorts/Se7wBs6_mrE Why did Matthias Corvinus arrest Vlad the Impaler? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/pi8AYAEi3YQ Why did Hungary's army fail against the Ottomans? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/3cQ7aI12rRk Why did Matthias Corvinus leave Vlad the Impaler ALONE in front of the Ottomans? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/3C2BC1_WzyA Did the Hungarians make Vlad the Impaler a hero? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/GA7WovNUr-M Descendants of Vlad Tepes. Did any of them make it to the throne of England? https://youtu.be/x-JUPq5NEEo

Vampirology:

What did Bram Stoker know about Vlad the Impaler? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/sAv2qLQIR3s

Vatican, Catholic Church:

Is the Vatican Archive being manipulated? #shorts: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/swNNm_FfF_Q Conspiracy at the Vatican for Vlad Țepeș? An interesting speculation #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/6aP1jIGsdxo How can you get into the Vatican Secret Archives? #shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/hT-GFpT4lr4

General discussion:

When did the Romanians come out of the Middle Ages? https://youtu.be/z7kkZHzRU7g We explain the voivode in 100 seconds: https://youtu.be/3sy7u5LyGME We explain the VALLAH TYRANTS in 100 seconds: https://youtu.be/XiT9qbSwcDMWe We explain the impaling punishment in 100 seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfWkl-ArNc0

Videos in English:

How did Vlad the Impaler look like on the Battlefield? https://youtu.be/1HW0SqTTKyo Wallachian Soldier in Vlad the Impaler's Times: https://youtu.be/4GrGPJo41dc| Who invented Dracula? 4 Plausible Scenarios: https://youtu.be/iwYaDE10iIQ Vlad the Impaler's most ferocious domestic enemy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hm7Uzroqeg Vlad the Impaler's love interests. What do historical sources really tell? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnt86L5v9aQ A childhood next to the Sultans. Dracula's decade as hostage in the Ottoman Empire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffT98Axy08M Vlad the Impaler settles all family business with his brother's murderers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsUt9H39yRM

Reading sources:

Reading from the chronicle of Chalkokondyles, the most detailed source about Tpeș: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wBtDqNafLY

Podcasts, interviews:

About imaginary massacres and imagining a medieval hero | INTERVIEW on Radio7: https://youtu.be/gM89e5XBKNI Romanian Academy Awards. Corpus Draculianum awarded for the first 2 volumes printed: https://youtu.be/tthRdC3HxjU Mehterhaneaua - Exclusive music of sultans, pashas and... voivodes: https://youtu.be/F_5cGqoAKs0 Music in the Romanian Lands from Mircea the Elder to Matei Basarab: https://youtu.be/TUVk22udfX4 History workshop with Dr Albert Weber: https://youtu.be/QtXOYNNxYP4 An interview with Dr. Alexandru Anca, editor of the Byzantine texts in the Corpus Draculianum: https://youtu.be/weqcB6Ta1nc Dr. Liviu Cîmpeanu: The Ottomans replaced Vlad Dracul with a ... https://youtu.be/HGBbYjhZyRE Dr. Liviu Cîmpeanu: Vlad Dracul was NOT in the Order of the Dragon, but... https://youtu.be/xabxeDBFnh8 Dr. Liviu Cîmpeanu on Vlad Dracul: https://youtu.be/7PVRxNNpme8

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Q. One missed call. Any mix of yours and my characters. go wild. (or just one! your choice. ^_^, and that includes the XVI boys)

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Elliot’s name was not announced at the party. He knew it from the first: as he navigated the busy floor, dodging dresses and flapping fans, few people hailed him to share pleasantries. Even as he recognized baron, dame, and cardinal, and the music ebbed to open conversation among the guests, there seemed to be an unwarranted shortage of acknowledging glances and how-do-you-fare's.

Faces he knew closer than some scripture welcomed him. Their warmth reassured him, but he did not come for tranquility. When Lady Ottoline began stroking his hand and nattering about squirrels licking icicles, he balanced his champagne flute on a chair back and floated away.

Gustave le Berre. Lucien Tedalgrinche. Adrien Charroix. The names continued. Karoiseka O'dayla.

Almost every soul stiffened. People paused, their heads swiveled, eyes narrowed. Forks returned to plates and skirt bustles dropped from hands. Whether they looked to the grand doorway or not, every person knew the night would be irrevocably different from this moment. The savior of Eorzea--now savior of Ishgard, after a fact--had arrived, and now gossip must follow her.

She didn't look armed. She didn't look decent. But neither of those things were fully true.

In the frame of the archway, the Warrior of Light was small, intense, and beautiful. Even if her eyes could be described as tired, they were striking first, and the blue of them matched her hair in a way that seemed to prove that this was the woman chosen by Hydaelyn. Reports spoke of a crystal-lined bow with arrows that could pierce dragon scale. Still, few could doubt that if it came to magic, she would not be able to cast without a staff.

It was either bold or ridiculous that she wore no armor. A sleeveless gown was out of fashion whether her gloves bore jewelry or not; somehow the lace at her breast and the tall collar were enough to excuse it. The black skirt of her dress rippled without a petticoat or hoop, sliced on one side from the thigh to the floor, and teasing a sight at her leg as she drifted forward. Once again, the thing that mattered was smaller than the whole: her shoes were a flashing, bright silver, with a thin, curving heel and beaded ankle strap. Perhaps, in the same way, what mattered of her was herself and not her title.

A scary, dark, one-eyed rascal of man was beside her, and he did not look nice, so he did not matter. Relations were impossible to escape in all places but the ballroom, and so Elliot would forget--for the next three bells--that the man had whispered to her in a way that seemed to let him kiss her ear.

As the room tried to seesaw back into nonchalance, Elliot chose sensation.

Perhaps, in a different way, she was kind.

He was the first to speak to her, and the first to be seen doing so.

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