#karina beltran

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Mmmmmmmmmm i dunno why I haven't asked this sooner. Who's your own current favorite OC?

currently that would probably be sichen because i love angsty guys with blood on their hands. i don't have much art for him yet tho because he's fairly new and i'm still figuring him out, so its just this so far i think.

some physical notes: one of his ears is gone, you can still see the remnants a bit from the side view, but not much from the front. he does not have an eye color and he does not show his eyes. if he flips his hair back? no he didn't. but if he does, a bird will fly by to cover them. or an avalanche will occur, or everyone will sneeze. his eyes do not get revealed, even if physics must be broken to keep them hidden.

he is. Up To Things. and a menace. and he won't stop betraying people, but i love him dearly. and he would probably not even care about that at all.

in terms of all-time though (which i know you didn't ask but. i take any opportunity to talk about him), that would be beltran. i think he's my prettiest guy ever and i'm noticing a trend between him and sichen and that's the fact that they are both consumed by an obsession that has taken over their entire life and become their reason to live.

for sichen, that obsession is originally around resurrecting someone he loves, but then it turns into revenge :)

for beltran, he is consumed by a need to find out about the past, and his ancestors place in it. his family swore themselves to serve someone, but then that person disappeared. it's been hundreds of years, but he wants to find that person no matter what.

a rough illustration that i probably won't finish of beltran

not super happy with the rest of the face so a close up crop but slightly more recent beltran art

people also often misunderstand beltran as evil i guess from vibes but he is not! he has been consumed by the ancient texts, yes, that is true, but he is really sweet. he is kind of a dick though when it matters. but in terms of overall morality he is a good guy.

beltran also can turn into a wolf but it makes him very sick and his girlfriend gets extremely worried so he doesn't do it unless its a life or death situation. if he does it too much he will die (not joking)

beltran i attempted to make in a picrew!! he is probably one of my worst picrew characters just because of the blue-black + two-tone hair and purple eyes. it's so hard to get a picrew that actually has stuff with the right shades

he is very heavily associated with the night, and the stars, he's someone you find in the hallways of the manor after dark, and you see him as a strange figure in the moonlight being cast through a stained glass window. when he's feeling well, he's in the library or the study, pouring over a stack of tattered scrolls, his wispy sleeves pulled up to keep them out of the ink which he scrawls his notes in, translating language after language. he is someone who keeps trying to work even when his body is falling apart, and the eyes of his loved ones fill with worry, but he is chained to the things he must know, and they drag him deeper into the abyss. "i'm so close to finding it." he'll mumble, the dark circles under his eyes taking more of the light from his face every day, as karina tries to get him to rest, reassuring him that there will be time tomorrow, and that it will all be easier once he's been able to sleep. watch him, he is a ghost already, he will not answer when someone says goodbye. "this is what i've been looking for." he whispers, reaching out. his fingers will run against rocks that haven't been seen in a thousand years, tracing the inscriptions that say he was right all along. and he'll see the person he's been searching for. it's finally his turn to live.

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"Doble lectura".

Acuarela sobre papel. 100 x 70 cm

- Karina Beltrán

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found-paper-8 at karina beltran studio. (en Madrid, Spain)

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IBP Cagayan brings joy to flood-affected families in Pamplona town

#PHinfo: IBP Cagayan brings joy to flood-affected families in Pamplona town

THERE'S A RAINBOW ALWAYS AFTER THE RAIN. Residents of barangays Tabban and Tupanna in Pamplona town line up as they wait their 'bags of hope' from the members of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Cagayan chapter. The recipients are among the families affected by the massive flooding in November and eafly of December this year. (IBP photo) 

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Dec. 24 (PIA) - In its desire to give fellow Cagayanos joy and hope this Christmas after the massive flooding that severely affected them in the previous weeks, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Cagayan chapter spearheaded two gift-giving activities in the two barangays of Pamplona town, in this province on Dec. 22.

Dubbed as 'Operation BAHAghari', members of IBP Cagayan chapter conducted gift-giving activities in the barangays of Tabban and Tupanna in Pamplona, Cagayan instead of staging their annual Christmas party.

In its post, IBP Cagayan said that the activity was inspired by an OPM song 'Rainbow' popularized by South Border which reminds everyone that 'there’s a rainbow always after the rain'. 

"The residents left bearing our simple gifts. The members of the Chapter left Pamplona bearing the memories and the looks of hope in the eyes of every resident. Somehow, our message of hope came across," the post added.

The activity was made possible through the donations by its members and some stakeholders which include: Atty. Alfonso “Boy” Reyno, Jr., Manila Cockers Multisys Technologies Jurists Bar Review Center, Tuguegarao City Mayor Jefferson Pattaui Soriano, Tuguegarao City Vice Mayor Bienvenido “Benben” De Guzman, Tuguegarao City Administrator Atty. Romeo Calubaquib, Ar. Michael Angelo Pagunuran, Dr. Rowel Matila, Ms. Rhodora Matila, Atty. Domingo Egon Cayosa, Atty. Adela Guillermo-Soriano, Atty. Joel E. Macababbad, Atty. Mila Catabay- Lauigan, and Atty. Rodelio Matila.

The chapter also extended its gratitude to: Judge Oscar Zaldivar, Executive Judge Raymond Lauigan, Judge Neljoe Cortes, Judge Nicanor Pascual Jr., Executive Judge Conrado Tabaco, Judge Gemma B. Madrid, Executive Judge Maita Grace Deray Israel, Judge Racquel Reyes-Aglaua, Judge Olga Lopez Oleriana, Judge Mira Minda R. Cabulisan-Callangan, Judge Shei La Gacutan-Labuguen, Judge Mila Addun-Acacio, Pros. Ronnel Nicolas, Pros. Alona A Luyun, Pros. Shei Camarauan-Beltran, Pros. Lovelorn Galano, Pros. Eric John Calagui, and Pros. Edel Ricamora.

Atty. Ginnie Villacorte, Atty. Leonard Mateo Beltran, Atty. Christopher Narag, Atty. Rey Calabung, Atty. Mary Ann Bernardo-Sagabaen, Atty. Rhoderick C. Tagaruma, Atty. Marmie Camayang, Atty. Francielle Purugganan-Aguila, Atty. Vanessa Herrero, Atty. Monica Canonizado, Atty. Rasheda Agustin, Atty. Joan Cariga, Atty. Marydine Cambri-Mercado, Atty. Myra Beatriz de Leon, Atty. Delva Rose Ligwang, Atty. Arjay Manauis, Atty. Sigfred Ray E. Valdez, Atty. Mark Michael Resuello, Atty. Madeleine Macutay-Adducul, Atty. Ruth Carino Caranguian, Atty. Kathleene Benzon, Atty. Jessica Joy Peña, Atty. Karina Babaran, Atty. Jasmin Bugaring, Atty. Kristine Balagan, Atty. Janelle Banadero Natividad, Atty. Ramses Peralta, Atty. Eric Labuguen, Atty. Girlie Mei Cuntapay, Atty. Jhoanna Marie Abel, Atty. Tshaine Taguinod Maggay, Atty. Louie A Socrates, Atty. Joel Emilio Bragado, Atty. Joel Agra, Atty. Ryan Urani, and Atty. Alona Gazmen also donated for the flood-affected families.   On the other hand, the chapter will conduct its third gift-giving activity on Sunday, Dec. 29 in Santa Ana, Cagayan. (MDCT, with reports from Atty. Girlie Mei Cuntapay/PIA-2)

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References:

* Philippine Information Agency. "IBP Cagayan brings joy to flood-affected families in Pamplona town." Philippine Information Agency. https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1031985 (accessed December 24, 2019 at 11:43AM UTC+08).

* Philippine Infornation Agency. "IBP Cagayan brings joy to flood-affected families in Pamplona town." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1031985 (archived).

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Opiniones de política española (31/5/2019)

26-M: la fiesta de la democracia no acabó en casa de los Javis - Ángeles Caballero

Ajuste de cuentas - Jorge Vilches

Apoyarse en fascistas para quitar a Manuela Carmena - Ruth Toledano

Califa en los reinos de taifas - Javier Valenzuela

Canciones para después de una triste victoria - Jesús Cacho

Casado se impone a Rivera y Sánchez barre a Iglesias - José Antonio Zarzalejos

Casado se salva y Carmena se va a su casa - José Apezarena

Casado teme que la pinza Feijóo-Moreno vaya en aumento - Jose Alejandro Vara

Casado y la conjura de los boyardos - Jose Alejandro Vara

Casado ya no llama ultraderecha a Vox y otros grandes descubrimientos del día después de las elecciones - Iñigo Sáenz de Ugarte

Ciudadanos fracasa en su intento de desplazar al PP como primera fuerza de la derecha - Marcos Pinheiro

Coalición fáctica contra la mayoría en Cataluña - Domingo Sanz

De Madrid al subsuelo - David Torres

De los cuentos de campaña al realismo mágico de los pactos - Isabel Pedrote

Desunidos no se puede y unidos, según cómo, tampoco - María Iglesias

¿Dónde está Pablo Iglesias? - David Bollero

Elecciones municipales y autonómicas 2019: Segunda vuelta con sorpresa - Encarna Samitier

El alcalde del cambio se llama Ribó - Adolf Beltran

El arte de pactar en política - Isabel Serrano

El bipartidismo no ha vuelto, pero amaga con hacerlo - Arsenio Escolar

El bipartidismo resiste - Vicente Vallés

El condón sanitario - Virginia P. Alonso

El corto verano del municipalismo - José Luis Fdez. Casadevante

El lapsus de Pablo Iglesias en su comparecencia por los resultados electorales #AnalisisNoVerbal - Alicia Martos

El exministro Iglesias - Gabriel Sanz

El problema no son los resultados, el problema es Podemos - Ione Belarra

El PSOE analiza ya cómo encajar el fiasco de Pepu y el futuro incierto de Gabilondo - David Fernández

El PSOE deja en suspenso la guerra con Susana Díaz tras plantearle una "salida digna" - Irene Castro y Daniel Cela

El PSOE gana las elecciones, Casado toma aire en Madrid y Podemos se desploma - José Precedo y Raquel Ejerique

El puzle a dos bandas que maneja Cs: Aragón y Zaragoza; Castilla y León y sus alcaldías - Paloma Esteban

El que pierde, gana - Juan Pablo Colmenarejo

El síndrome de la acera - Ángeles Caballero

En defensa del voto político - Javier Franzé

En España la socialdemocracia goza de buena salud - Enric Sopena

En tiempo de pactos y gobiernos: ¿apostamos por la juventud? - María Rodríguez Alcázar

Errejón, heredero de Carmena... y de Pablo Iglesias - José Apezarena

Errejón usará Madrid como trampolín para liderar la "nueva izquierda" frente a Iglesias - Iván Gil

Espadas triunfa, Díaz también y el PP fracasa - Raúl R. Vega

Feijóo se queda sin poder urbano a un año de las elecciones gallegas - David Lombao

¿Fuga de votantes de Vox por su docilidad en Andalucía? - Antonio Avendaño

Ganamos las feas - Ana Pardo de Vera

Geometría variable - Juan Carlos Escudier

Guerra de pactos: Casado se niega a ceder plazas y teme que Rivera apoye a Lambán - Ángel Collado

Han perdido todos, incluso el ganador - Benjamín Prado

Ignacio Urquizu (PSOE): de vetado por Ferraz a un triunfo histórico en su ciudad - Elisa Alegre Saura

Ignacio Urquizu, el profesor que adelantó al "alcalde veloz" - Carlos Hidalgo

Incultura política - José Miguel Contreras

Joan Ribó y la cabezonería de la razón - Alfons Cervera

Juegos de estrategia - Maite Rico

La agonía de Podemos - Carmelo Encinas

La amarga victoria de Sánchez y la dulce derrota de Casado - Ignacio Varela

La caída de la izquierda alternativa en once gráficos - David Noriega

La coalición entre los tecnócratas y los 'bobos': Errejón, Cs y la política que viene - Esteban Hernández

La debacle de Podemos dificulta a Iglesias el pacto con Sánchez y reabre la 'vía Errejón' - Iván Gil

La disyuntiva - Julio Anguita, Marga Sanz, José Luis Centella, Javier Moreno, Eddy Sanchez, Jaime Ajá, y Manuel Peñarey

La estrategia MAD y el gobierno de coalición - Ignacio Escolar

La excepción de Borja Sémper: sube en votos para el PP sin las siglas del PP - Iker Rioja Andueza

La hora de los valientes: carta abierta a Sánchez, Rivera y Casado - Isidoro Tapia

La izquierda ha ganado, señor Rivera, y usted todavía no se ha enterado - Enric Sopena

La izquierda en Madrid está maldita - Juan Carlos Escudier

La paradoja de Juanma Moreno: el barón que depende de Vox juega al centro - Raúl Bocanegra

La partida final por Madrid: entre Borgen y Juego de Tronos - Fátima Anllo Vento

La ‘política Lego’ - Verónica Fumanal

La refundación - Juan Carlos Escudier

La Restauración - Javier Gallego

La segunda vuelta del 26 de mayo - Rodolfo Irago

La sombra del ERE en Génova marca la decisiva batalla por Madrid entre PP y Cs - Ángel Collado y Paloma Esteban

La vuelta al centro en 24 horas - Jorge Vilches

Las autonomías: un contrapoder para la derecha - Juan Ramón Rallo

Legionarios y fascistas… ¡Ay, Carmena! - Karina Sainz Borgo

Las buenas intenciones de Errejón - Fernando López Agudín

Las cloacas de Podemos - Juan Soto Ivars

Las consecuencias de la escasa representatividad del sistema electoral estatal y municipal - Vicenç Navarro

Las izquierdas y el tiro en el pie - Ramón Lobo

Las magdalenas de la izquierda se queman en el horno de Madrid - Iñigo Sáenz de Ugarte

Las paradojas de Casado - Javier Caraballo

Las tres llaves del cambio andaluz - Javier Caraballo

Llenar las urnas de vida cotidiana - Luis García Montero

Los Baltar se tambalean: ocaso de un emblema del poder tradicional del PP - Pablo López

Los cinco pactos que definirán el mapa autonómico de España - Marina Alías

Los españoles quieren más política y menos drama - Antón Losada

Los ganadores y perdedores de una larga noche electoral - Ignacio Escolar

Los pactos del demonio - Carmelo Encinas

Los renglones torcidos del resultado electoral - Isidoro Tapia

Los veintiún hijos de Pablo Iglesias - José Ángel Hidalgo

Los Verdes ganan fuerza en Europa y serán clave para formar mayorías - Marta Maroto

Madrid, rompeolas de todas las izquierdas - César Calderón

Madrid salva a Casado - Yolanda González

Madrid salva al PP - Carmelo Encinas

Madrid será el contrapeso de Pedro Sánchez - Jesús Morales

Magdalenas contra narcopisos: Carmena se dejó la alcaldía en los barrios pobres - Alfredo Pascual

¿Minuto de oro o minuto de la basura? - Pablo Carbajosa Pérez

Navajazos de guante blanco en la calle Génova - Javier Fumero

Nostalgia de un mañana que nunca llegará - Pedro Bravo

No mezcléis elecciones, la resaca es horrible - Antón Losada

Pablo Casado salva los muebles a la tercera - Javier Fumero

Pablo Iglesias lo fía todo a un Gobierno de coalición con el PSOE tras la debacle del 26M - Aitor Riveiro

¿Pacto PSOE-C’s? - Juan Antonio Molina

Política con mayúsculas - Curra Ripollés

Por qué es necesaria la autocrítica - Alberto Garzón Espinosa

¿Por qué ha perdido Ada Colau? - Neus Tomàs

Por qué la izquierda perdió Madrid - Ignacio Escolar

Programa, programa, programa - José María Albert de Paco

¡Qué atrevida es la ideología dominante! - José Apezarena

Quién gana y quién pierde en estas elecciones - Odón Elorza

¿Quo vadis, Unidas Podemos? - Sílvia Claveria

Rivera e Iglesias salen tocados del 26-M - Álvaro Nieto

Seis consecuencias del 26M - Jesús Maraña

Susana Díaz y Pedro Sánchez: cambio de clima - Raúl Bocanegra

Todo empezó en Andalucía... - Lucrecia Hevia

Todo es falso, salvo alguna cosa - Félix Madero

Un golpe a la memoria - Aroa Moreno Durán

Un nuevo panorama político - Carlos Elordi

Un pacto PSOE y Ciudadanos sobre el desplome de Podemos - Rosa María Artal

Vencedores y perdedores: Errejón dirá - Pedro Oliver Olmo

Victoria personal de Joan Ribó - Pablo Segarra

Vox va de farol - Javier Fumero

¿Y ahora qué? Después del fracaso de Podemos - Esteban Hernández

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- oc quote tag

thank you @teethcrunchrr, his post is here!

My prompt: a quote about their closest friend (how do they show affection? What do they appreciate in a person?) Your prompt: a quote about something they've lost (a physical object, a friend, their soul, etc)

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Wolf: "Look, I'll give you some advice on the house. The best friend you can ever have is money. Cash, coins, capital. Family isn't forever, and friends give up on you. If you have money you have food in your stomach and a roof over your head. That's all you need to keep going, right? That other stuff? Don't need it. Trust me, I can walk away from these guys anytime. Don't let the fickle things hold you down. Just keep going, whatever it takes."

Boram: "My best friend is my boss when he pays me. My enemy is my boss who doesn't pay me enough. The girl at the convenience store was also nice."

Lily: "I'd really like to make a friend! Wolf and Solei are nice but I don't think we're friends. Wolf is more like a brother and Solei is like... Um, he's more like a dog? Is that mean?"

Solei: "That's... difficult! I'm grateful for so many people. Lately, it might be Wolf? He doesn't act like it, but it's hard not to get close to someone when you're sharing a bedroll most nights. I mean, I need to stop him from talking to people sometimes, but he hasn't tried to- well we haven't been caught. Haha, uh, I mean my mother tried to raise me well, she said some people just need extra care, I think he's just like that. He wouldn't do anything, no, well, ahem. He just has a unique personality, and there's nothing wrong with that, and I shouldn't judge him."

Beltran: "I don't know who blessed me, but I'm glad they did. She's done so much for me, too much, I don't deserve it— No one does. I'm grateful for her everyday, and my only wish is to see her change the world like she did mine."

Crane: "I talk to the shadows in the corners of my room and pray they keep me safe at night, I know at times they fail but I want to believe they're trying. Everything will be alright."

Merile: "I respect a person who doesn't make a crowd — a thought I'm certain couldn't cross that Aldot's thick head even if his precious sword did the carving. Stars forbid a man apologize for his own inconvenience."

Karina: "It's alright, I won't stop you. He's always been stubborn, so just... please tell me when it's over. I don't want him to do this alone. Please."

Fenn: "Both of them, I feel at home. Karina has given me opportunities to do what I love, and there's no one easier to talk to than Beltran. It's rare to know people you don't have to play pretend for."

Baltasar: "He was someone I trusted more than myself. I did all this for him, asking me to stop is saying he's not worth remembering. That is the one thing I will never do."

gently tagging @mr-orion and @kaylinalexanderbooks and leaving an open tag for anyone who would like to jump in

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hello! random question, feel free to ignore. tell me a random fact that may or may not be plot relevant about one of your ocs but you love about them.

thank you for the ask chance!

i'm going to use this to talk about something i've briefly mentioned about serpent's quest but not really gotten into in full: the cyclical history

history repeats itself in serpent's quest. the actors and the results may change, but nearly every event mirrors another in the past. every character has at least one counterpart in history. counterparts are frequently related to each other, but not always, and not always in the way that you'd think.

specifically i'm going to talk about beltran alutokaba and his distant ancestor, first of the alutokaba name, maghi alutokaba.

the alutokaba family has a history of swearing itself to protect one of the three sisters. in the modern day, beltran originally swore to protect karina blackthorn. his ancestor, maghi, swore her blade to kotura.

both were unable to fulfil this oath in some way. beltran had to step aside due to his worsening health, and kotura left maghi without warning, and she never saw her again.

maghi never retracted her oath to kotura, but she did ultimately offer her blade — and later family, in service of another. the blackthorns. they had been one of the few families that hadn't been directly opposed to kotura.

now, in the present, beltran is dedicating the focus of his studies to mysteries — unexplained phenomena in history, gaps, and lost things that seem so important they should have never been lost. one of those mysteries is the disappearance of kotura herself, because she didn't just disappear on maghi. she disappeared on the world.

[Spoiler Warning for the Second Arc of Serpent's Quest]

his research, and the search for an answer, bring wolf and beltran together, to see if maybe there's something still left in the world that tells kotura's story in full. and what they find is both the answer, and the trigger for impossible amounts of new questions.

beltran and wolf find kotura's city — encircled in giant bones, underground, uninhabited, and unknown to time. and at its center, the woman herself, kotura. asleep. alive. and waking.

so my favorite fact about beltran is that, across the span of generations of lost knowledge, he is able to rediscover the person his ancestor loved so much that they would swear loyalty to another just to be close to their remnants. maghi kept her oath even through death.

this became... very plot heavy sorry. but it is one of my favorite parts of beltran's story so :)

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random details about serpent's quest characters

wolf is the best cook out of the main gang, great with seasonings, and his flower powers just make him even better now. he's very resourceful even when he's severely lacking in proper ingredients

solei burns most food aside from the most basic of meals. jai does too but she does it on purpose, she's a decent cook when she isnt setting her food on fire, but thats rare because she never gets tired of the sensory experience of eating fire

boram always goes out to eat if she can help it. she can make the single person survival dishes but she really prefers not to

beltran is a pretty good cook, about at wolf's level, but his strong suit is baking. karina is decent but she usually doesn't have to cook her own food so she doesn't really have any instincts related to cooking, so its largely random whether what sbe makes is edible or just slightly very off. fenn knows how to cook but only their safe foods. they have trouble substituting ingredients.

beltran had a phobia of the red-spotted birds from a saihin folktale as a child, but it dissipated over time. red is still his least favorite color though.

wolf's favorite minecraft painting is the skull on fire