Historians calculated the staggering value of colonial profit for Willem III (also king of England, Ireland and Scotland), Willem IV and Willem V for a report published at the request of the Dutch parliament last week before a widely expected apology over slavery from the Dutch king.
The study, State and Slavery, is the first to quantify the financial value to the Dutch House of Orange-Nassau of colonial trade that included enslaving at least 600,000 African men, women and children and between 660,000 and 1 million people from Asia to be tortured, exploited and robbed of their freedom and their names. It is a legacy for which Willem-Alexander is expected to present a formal apology in Amsterdam’s Oosterpark on 1 July, the festival of Keti Koti (breaking the chains), 150 years after Dutch slavery in effect ended.
The €545m equivalent exceeded the money that the rulers, known as Stadhouders, took as heads of the state and military. Between 1675 and 1770, William III netted 1,094,998 guilders in his share of profits from the Dutch East India Company – the equivalent of €196m today.
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Tagged by @dungeons-and-dragon-age to do this and this picrew for my DA characters, thank you, it was a lot of fun!! :D
Ymir: She's more of an archer, but she always has a knife in reach for hand-to-hand combat. Beauty in simplicity, though the knob is shaped after the rose Alistair gifted her so she can always have the memory near her.
Keti: A regular dagger will do the job. It's a weapon to kill people, there's nothing fancy about that. She will use it until it breaks, then find another one. She cleans the blood off though, otherwise it doesn't stab cleanly.
Alim: Before he was taken away by the Templars, his sister gave him a small sword. He kept it throughout the years, enchanted and decorated it, and although it lost its sharpness, it's very effective as a bludgeon -- much to Cassandra's horror no Alim you do NOT hold it by the blade!!
Tzipporah: She had regular daggers until she discovered she could carve runes into it. A flaming knife is way more effective at killing people :) Alim enchanted a dagger for her when they moved to Skyhold, and she kept it with her ever since.
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Tagged by @dungeons-and-dragon-age thank you! Never passing the opportunity to rant about my children :3 decided to go with the tarot cards too :D
Tagging mmm @razumairon and whoever else wanna play
NAME: Ymir Brosca
NICKNAME: Mimir, Love (by Alistair)
GENDER: Female
TAROT CARD: Page of swords
HEIGHT: Smol (barely reach Alistair's torso)
ORIENTATION: Demi
NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: Orzammarian
FAVORITE FRUIT: Peach
FAVORITE SEASON: Early autumn (especially when it rains)
FAVORITE FLOWER: Rose
FAVORITE SCENT: Wet dirt, rain
COFFEE, TEA, OR HOT CHOCOLATE: Tea, especially herbal infusions
AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: 10 (could sleep through blaring trumpets)
DOGS OR CATS: Dogs!
DREAM TRIP: Par Vollen, so she can say hello to unofficial dad Sten
NUMBER OF BLANKETS: 8 (it's freaking cold on the surface)
RANDOM FACT: During her time on the surface, she discovered she loves playing with dirt when it rains. She ends up doing dirtballs fight with Alistair
NAME: Galenos Amell
NICKNAME: Gal (only by Sulemadin), big guy, dumbass (affectionate), mi corazon (by Zevran)
GENDER: Male
TAROT CARD: The Lovers
HEIGHT: Fucking huge (Sten-sized)
ORIENTATION: Gay
NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: Free Marcher
FAVORITE FRUIT: Loquat
FAVORITE SEASON: Winter
FAVORITE FLOWER: Wisteria
FAVORITE SCENT: Wine
COFFEE, TEA, OR HOT CHOCOLATE: Hot chocolate (the very thick kind)
AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: 2 + numerous naps he takes during the day (he can sleep while standing)
DOGS OR CATS: Both, he's not picky
DREAM TRIP: Antiva (maybe to take over the Crows with Zevran), Kirkwall (he wants to say hello to his cousins)
NUMBER OF BLANKETS: None (Zev is his blanket)
RANDOM FACT: He can change his body into water, but he forgets his clothes do not, so he will fight naked more often than not
NAME: Sulemadin Surana
NICKNAME: Dude (only by Galenos), Milady (by Morrigan), no one else is allowed to give her nicknames
GENDER: Female
TAROT CARD: Knight of Wands
HEIGHT: slightly smaller than Morrigan
ORIENTATION: Mean Lesbian
NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: Fereldan, born in Denerim (she was raised alongside the Tabris family)
FAVORITE FRUIT: Fig
FAVORITE SEASON: End of winter/early spring
FAVORITE FLOWER: Oleander
FAVORITE SCENT: Smoke
COFFEE, TEA, OR HOT CHOCOLATE: None (can't stomach them)
AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: 5
DOGS OR CATS: Cats, she takes care of Ser-Pounce-a-lot until she can give him back to Anders
DREAM TRIP: Emerald graves
NUMBER OF BLANKETS: 2
RANDOM FACT: She likes to shift into a cat so she can cuddle with Morrigan or knock things off the table just to be a menace
NAME: Keti Hawke
NICKNAME: Kitty Cat (friends and family), Tiger (during her time with Meeran)
GENDER: Female
TAROT CARD: Knight of Swords
HEIGHT: Average
ORIENTATION: Demi
NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: Fereldan/Half Elf
FAVORITE FRUIT: Raspberry
FAVORITE SEASON: Autumn
FAVORITE FLOWER: Jasmine
FAVORITE SCENT: Jasmine
COFFEE, TEA, OR HOT CHOCOLATE: Hot Chocolate with cinnamon
AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: 3-4
DOGS OR CATS: Neither, she likes mice
DREAM TRIP: Rivain
NUMBER OF BLANKETS: 1
RANDOM FACT: She carries mice in her pockets and performs tricks with them to cheer up her siblings or Fenris
NAME: Sotos Hawke
NICKNAME: Ferret, Toto (by Merrill)
GENDER: He, they, whatever you want he doesn't really care
TAROT CARD: The Moon
HEIGHT: Same as Keti
ORIENTATION: Asexual biromantic
NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: Fereldan/Half Elf
FAVORITE FRUIT: Orange and other citrus
FAVORITE SEASON: Spring
FAVORITE FLOWER: Dandelion
FAVORITE SCENT: Leather
COFFEE, TEA, OR HOT CHOCOLATE: Tea, with a lot of honey
AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: 3-4
DOGS OR CATS: He loves his dog but honestly he's not picky, he will cuddle anything he can
DREAM TRIP: Orzammar
NUMBER OF BLANKETS: 1, though he doesn't really need it since he's always snuggled with his dog
RANDOM FACT: He grew vertical gardens on the walls of the alienage so Merrill and the other elves could have fresh veggies during the season (they knew he used magic to make the plants grow but ssshhh they can keep a secret)
NAME: Tzipporah Lavellan
NICKNAME: Auntie, Tzip, Mama Bird
GENDER: Female
TAROT CARD: Strength
HEIGHT: Cullen Tall
ORIENTATION: Aroace
NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: Free Marcher/Antivan
FAVORITE FRUIT: Mulberry
FAVORITE SEASON: Summer
FAVORITE FLOWER: Sunflower
FAVORITE SCENT: Rosemary, thyme
COFFEE, TEA, OR HOT CHOCOLATE: Coffee with halla milk
AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: 7
DOGS OR CATS: Dogs! They make excellent hunting companions
DREAM TRIP: Going back home
NUMBER OF BLANKETS: 1, she shares it with Alim
RANDOM FACT: She spent six months in the alternate timeline with Dorian instead of like, one day. Deeply traumatising but at least she came back with a weird ghost/skeleton puppy who's loyal to fault and keeps biting Solas' shins for some reason
NAME: Alim Trevelyan
NICKNAME: Frog boy, Lordy Froggy, your royal froggyness (all invented by Sera, they kinda stuck. He loves them)
GENDER: Intersex boy
TAROT CARD: Six of pentacles
HEIGHT: same as Sera
ORIENTATION: Questioning
NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: Free Marcher/Half elf
FAVORITE FRUIT: Apple
FAVORITE SEASON: Summer
FAVORITE FLOWER: Forget-me-not
FAVORITE SCENT: Clove, cinnamon, vanilla
COFFEE, TEA, OR HOT CHOCOLATE: Tea, the rest makes him too jittery
AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: He has insomnia
DOGS OR CATS: Frogs :3
DREAM TRIP: The Anderfels (he wanna see a griffin!)
NUMBER OF BLANKETS: 1, shared with Tzipporah
RANDOM FACT: He built a pond in the gardens for his frogs; Sera found more for him but to keep them he had to wear one on his head for a whole day (which he did, much to Sera's hilarity)
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