#zamfir

[bornfreakdraws]

But what if Sypha got to have TWO girlfriends... *eyes emoji*

(ppst... uncensored version & drawing template for this pose are available. Look me up @ BornFreak on P*tre0n to find them)

[tvneon]

Please enjoy the soothing sounds of Zamfir...

[autumnmobile12]

Was Once A Princess

My concept art of Zamfir before Dracula’s attack on Târgoviște. (A little bit more Germanic clothing than it should be and it's the wrong time period...) I used Anne of Cleves as inspiration for the top left one.

Awhile back, I made a post about Zamfir, specifically speculating on Sypha’s line of asking if she was the ‘last person of noble birth left alive’ when everything went to hell. Due to her...devotion, I guess, to the royals, I like to play with the idea she was the daughter of the dead Prince. This would explain how she found herself at the head of the capital's guerilla resistance force.

What I imagine happened was after Dracula's castle landed in the heart of the city and the place became overrun with demons, the court fractured into a least two groups: Zamfir's underground faction and a faction that gave up Târgoviște as lost, fled south, and established a new court in Bucharest. (Historically, Wallachia's capital did move from Târgoviște to Bucharest around this time.) For a little bit of context, the Wallachian throne had been contested by the Dănești and Drăculești branches of the ruling family since 1420, some 56 years before Castlevania takes place. So if the reigning monarch were to die, the boyar lords would not have hesitated to flock to the next viable option. Zamfir, on the other hand, seemed to have the people of the Underground Court pretty convinced the royals were alive and well, so they may have been doggedly believing her promises and clinging to the old regime.

Due to the hostile environment of the court, Zamfir was probably already deeply disturbed before Dracula's attack. If she was the Prince's daughter, she's living a world where her father could be at any time deposed, either by his own people or by an outside force, or even betrayed and murdered by his own family members. As a woman, she wouldn't be able to present herself as a claimant to the throne and so would not be in danger of being murdered as a political rival, but the sudden loss of her father would still threaten her already tenuous place of safety. Her madness didn't start with Dracula; he probably just finished what the Wallachian political scene started.

...

As to the identity of dead prince himself, he can only be Vlad III Dracula or Basarab Laiotă and at the same time, it's impossible for him to be either. It's unlikely the prince has the same name as the vampire and Basarab Laiotă doesn't die until 1480.

To reconcile this, I'm calling the reigning prince Dan III because Dan III did not exist and is often confused by historians with Vladislav II, who may have simply used the name as an alias. (Ever misunderstand something so bad that you accidentally invent a whole-ass dude?)

...

Another thing of note is Zamfir is a Romanian surname that denotes a jeweler, not a given name. With this information, she's neither a Dănești or a Drăculești, but she could be an illegitimate child of the prince. Illegitimate children in Wallachia didn’t have the same status as they did in the west.  Any one of a man’s sons had the opportunity to inherit. The daughters were another story, but the Prince still could technically acknowledge her as his if he chose.

[rastronomicals]

Zamfir

[jurnaldeoltenia]

ACSO Filiasi se impune la Horezu pe o ploaie torentiala ..

ACSO Filiasi se impune la Horezu pe o ploaie torentiala ..

ACSO Filiasi a reusit sa se impuna nu doar impotriva echipei Flacara Horezu cat si a ploii torentiale . Pe tot parcursul partidei a plouat iar jucatorii antrenati de Victor Naicu au facut o risipa mare de efort reusind si de aceasta data sa fie peste adversarul de astazi. Prima repriza a fost lipsita de actiune . Robert Tudor a avut 2 ocazii de a inscrie dar a ratat de fiecare data. Totusi Cosmin…

[selin-n]

🎼🎶 Kızılderililer bu konuda çok başarılı..🪈🎵 Muhteşem!!

🎵🎶

This song is "Einsamer Hirte" (The Lonely Shepherd) which features the pan flute of Gheorghe Zamfir appeared on the soundtrack of the Quentin Tarantino movie.

🎵🎶

Bu şarkı, Quentin Tarantino filminin müziklerinde yer alan Gheorghe Zamfir'in pan flütünü içeren "Einsamer Hirte" (Yalnız Çoban) şarkısıdır.

[bloodraven55]

castlevania s4 is blessing me with so many hot women

[barovianbitches]

Yvan Canagan Zamfir-Alvanja

art by @tt-vision

Full Name: Yvan Canagan Zamfir-Alvanja

Age: 25

Birthday: August 16

Zodiac: Leo

Myers Brigs: Protagonist, ENFJ-A

Race: Human

Height: 6’7.5”

Weight: 275lbs. What, if you are hauling casks of wine and beautiful people around, you have to have the muscle to show for it!

Looks: A strikingly handsome man with features cut from stone. He is a pillar of muscle and strength. His body is covered in scars from being attacked by a mob some years ago, as well as tattoos dotting his form.

Hair: Impossibly long brown-black hair. He has 3B hair when worn naturally, but for the sake of styling he keeps his hair in locs over the course of the winter to keep the maintenance of detangling down.

Eyes: A purple that seems to shift colors in the light. In the sun, they appear lilac. But in the dark stormy climate of Barovia, they take on deeper tone.

Class: Fighter, Whipmaster

Parents:

Ladinus Velvela (bio father) (unknown). Ladinus is Yvan’s birth father. He is not of Vistani heritage, and very little is known about him. He hails from the far Northwest region of Barovia. His current whereabouts are unknown.

Catalina Zamfir (bio mother) (✝ deceased). Catalina was a Vistana woman and Yvan’s birth mother, though he never knew her due to her passing when he was born. It is her family that took him in when Ladinus cast him out.

Margereta Zamfir-Ardelean (bio aunt/adoptive mother) (alive). Margereta is Catalina’s eldest sister, a bright and happy soul and the diamond of her clan. She has six children besides Yvan, so when Ladinus approached her about the care of Yvan, she was happy to take him in.

Anton Zamfir-Ardelean (uncle by marriage/adoptive father) (alive). Anton is the husband to Margereta and father to her children. He is a man of few words and proves his love through action. Family is everything to this man. He cares deeply for Yvan and curses Yvan’s father for abandoning his boy.

Siblings: Yvan has no biological siblings, as he is the one and only child of both Ladinus and Catalina. However, he has many cousins. Margereta’s children are the closest thing he has to siblings. He is the fourth oldest of her flock.

Sofia Zamfir-Ardelean, 27. The eldest daughter, she still lives with Margereta and Anton along with her husband Emil. They have a daughter and she is currently pregnant with her second child.

Gabriela Zamfir-Ardelean, 27. Gabriela is Sofia’s twin sister. She left her home clan to marry her longtime lover Lulia in another clan. She has become a wonderful weaver and artisan alongside her wife who raises sheep.

Stefan Zamfir-Ardelean, 26. The third child of Margereta and Anton, he is a a quiet young man and enjoys scholarly activities. He no longer lives in Barovia, instead having found his calling in Daggerford where he owns a bookstore and a large maine coon cat named Gyb. The clan visits him every time they travel beyond the mists.

Andrei Zamfir-Ardelean, 23. A spirited boy, Andrei dreams of glory as a warrior for the Untamed clan under the guidance of Vasile Cel Tradat. He practices sword fighting with a rapier a family member in Yester Hill forged for him.

Cezar Zamfir-Ardelean, 21. The second youngest of the children, Cezar is a sensitive and outgoing boy who is as practical as they come. He is a family man like his father, and currently head over heels for a girl from another clan by the name of Martzia. She does not return his affections, despite his grand displays of affection.

Camelia Zamfir-Ardelean, 18. Sweet, little Camelia. She is the apple of her mother’s eye and the kindest soul to grace Barovia. She is quiet and shy, but loves reading like her older brother Stefan. One day, she hopes to join him in his shop and apprentice as a book binder.

Heritage: Yvan hails from his mother’s Vistani clan of the Starseekers. His father, though, is not Vistana. The union of Catalina and Ladinus was a controversial one, as Catalina’s family feared for her safety in the hands of this outsider without an origin. Still, she was wooed by him, and soon they married and she became pregnant with Yvan. The pregnancy was a difficult one, and her clan did all they could to keep her comfortable despite Ladinus insisting that he take her somewhere else for care. The clan refused, already not trusting him with Catalina. She ended up passing, to which Ladinus left in the night with Yvan. For many years Yvan was raised away from his mother’s clan, much to their dismay. They never gave up searching for him. While in the care of Ladinus, he learned the ways of the land. How to track, to hunt, to survive. Though it soon became clear that Yvan was not the type for this way of life in such solitude. Ladinus soon gave up, approaching Margereta and Anton to take their nephew as their own. They obliged, overjoyed with his return to his mother’s clan. Ladinus left that night, and Yvan has not seen him since.

Religion: Yvan follows the way of the Fates and the Great Tapestry, the core Vistani belief system. It is a laidback lifestyle, involving the acknowledgement that your story is being woven as it is told and their is no predetermined path or true “destiny”.

Hobbies: Yvan thoroughly enjoys all of the arts. Having travelled for such a long time, he has had the chance to immerse himself in activities of many cultures. He loves music and poetry, and has a good set of pipes on him. He sings on the low end of bass, but gets shy so normally he will only hum along to music. (Example Here) Even then, his voice could resonate and break open boulders. He also adores storytelling, he likes to share stories around a fire with his friends and family. He gets REALLY into it.

Likes: Animals (dogs especially, like his cane corso Boris), wine and mead, teaching new skills to others, the smell of ozone as a storm rolls in, the feeling of rain on his skin, exploring ancient places, comfortable silence shared between (lovers) friends, incense, PDA, a cool swim in a river or lake.

Dislikes: The ocean, closed spaces, funerals, shirts (clothing in general. If he could be a nudist, he would), sitting still for too long, and places with a hot climate/high humidity.

Strengths: Physically, he is extremely capable. He can hoist just about anything over his shoulder, including barrels, hay bales, and particularly cute bards (if they consent of course). He is fiercely loyal to his family and friends. He’d much rather die than cut a deal with a devil. Yvan is also very level-headed and is able to keep his emotions on an even keel, he can remain calm in even the most dire of situations.

Weaknesses: Though he says he likes to forgive and forget, he has a tendency to hold grudges. He is EXTREMELY slow to anger, so once someone pushes him over the edge or breaks his trust there is very little one can do to go back on it. However, he is empathetic and merciful to a fault. When he was attacked by the mob, he implored Constantin to not hurt them, as the villagers were clouded by their prejudice and didn’t understand. He also seems to have a particular weakness to the Dragonborn of the party. In recent events, he had to keep his cool when said Dragonborn was threatened. Usually he doesn’t feel so compelled to violence, but his instincts took over for that moment. Who knows, perhaps it’ll become more of a common occurrence..

Goals: To find his person he is going to live for. While he is perfectly happy and healed alone, he lives to serve and his happiness comes from the overall content of those around him. If there is anything he can do to help, he’ll do it.

Character Background/Lore: Of Snow and Song Vuk & Voron

[oldsardens]

Zamfir Dumitrescu - Floarea-Soarelui 1976

[kaydreamman]

*kicks down your door* Hey Kay on the vtm questionaire for number 14 for death How do they feel about diablerie? for any of yours lol

heres the original reblog so anyone that wants can find the questions:

Wow so you come in, break my door and now you wont fix it? ok fine.

Since you wanted 14 and Diablerie(11) , ill do both for the vampires that more or less graced my blog and ill be doing these two as myself instead of characters since some of them wouldnt give you an actual answer and it was better formatted this way lol.

really long post ahead so read at your discretion

Bhima

III. DEATH

11. How do they feel about Diablerie?

Its...something hed love to not encounter on either side. The act feels very harsh and..very wrong. Not something hed do ever.

14. Have they ever Frenzied? What happened?

Bhima has frenzied once in the beginning of his vampire life when he was still getting used to everything and to his jumbled thinking. It did not turn out well. In the process he ended up killing his daughter because of how stressed he was for her in general and he simply blacked out when he saw her again. He sired her upon panicking about what hes done and its a whole mess he is trying to fix considering the siring was also not legalized.

Nazaire

11. How do they feel about Diablerie?

He gets why someone would do it but they dont like the idea of stealing someones "life" for power and then also having part of their soul. Sounds like a cool concept at first but he wouldnt like it to happen to him so why do it to someone else?

14. Have they ever Frenzied? What happened?

Yeah. A lot of clutch moments before they escaped the city he inhabited after their sires death and during the times he was hunted. It manifested in many ways. Some lunging at the vampires hunting them resulting in harm, sometimes results in self harm as well. He fed of a human once and they had to pretend they didnt. Never did it again.

Iulian

11. How do they feel about Diablerie?

Act of power with dubious ties to it. Nothing he hasnt seen or that would be uncommon for vampires to do. He thinks getting power like that is a cheat code and a beneficial one if you get to it but not something hell risk his skin for.

14. Have they ever Frenzied? What happened?

Thankfully for him, it has never happened.

Devon

11. How do they feel about Diablerie?

Doesnt care. He wont do it but he doesnt care if someone does. No strong opinion towards it.

14. Have they ever Frenzied? What happened?

He has never frenzied even if he was close to multiple times before. He was able to get himself as fast as he could out of high stress situations or neutralize the problem before the beast could come out.

Ankur

11. How do they feel about Diablerie?

Fun! Just dont get caught and its a plan. He hasnt done it but perhaps one day if he has the means for it, he might.

14. Have they ever Frenzied? What happened?

Yeah, a bunch of times. He is a fun of the "riding it out" or "going with the flow" so he frenzied willingly before and it proved as a very beneficial thing though risky and very very messy. Covered in blood from head to toe and surrounded by bodies but satisfied and safe. Plus, if youre quick about it, no one will ever know about your messier tendencies :)

Cecilia

11. How do they feel about Diablerie?

No. Below her. More honorable ways to get power.

14. Have they ever Frenzied? What happened?

She tried her hardest everytime to get the beast at bay since she holds a reputation so, no. She did not and is not planning to.

Nadia

11. How do they feel about Diablerie?

Tempting. Havent did it but she isnt opposed to it.

14. Have they ever Frenzied? What happened?

Nothing out of the ordinary, just very enraptured by one of her...meals that got way too messy. Only happened once tho.

Sunya

11. How do they feel about Diablerie?

Kindred do that to strengthen themselves and cover more ground by having more power, as always. Nothing shocking. They dont care about it though. They think its kind of like cheating and if you want to get big, why not set an example yourself instead of being a power sucking leech?

14. Have they ever Frenzied? What happened?

No...they....made sure not to. Theres no way that his sire would in any shape or form take that and they wouldnt be a fan of finding out what happens if the beast gets their way and their sire finds out.

[thefearfulheart]

Depths of Darkness

Random au of mine and @kaydreamman characters.

Kay own Iulian Zamfir and I own Jose De Leon

“What…” Iulian can’t help but hesitate for a moment as his hands tighten on the sword's handle, his fingers brushing against the drum of it, as he stares at the janitor.

He watches as the janitor leans against his mop and he smiles back at him. The man’s light brown hair is free from the ponytail that Iulian has been used to seeing him in ever since he came here, and the sleeves of the man’s grey jumpsuit are pulled up as well to show thin, spiralling scars on his arms that sends slight shivers down Iulian’s spine as he can swear that they are moving…squirming as the janitor scratches his head.

Iulian can ignore the vicious, hungry words of HISS as it chorus its song throughout the Security Department as he stares, or tries to stare away, at the other's eyes…

The janitor's eyes are…

The Director can…recall that the eyes from before…the eyes he saw weren’t like that.

Lighter, softer…something so humanely normal. Sincere he could almost say…

The eyes he’s staring at right now remind him of the deep, pitch-blackness of the sea. Ravenous, hungry and all-consuming as they stare into his soul.

He feels like he’s drowning the more he stares into them.

Spiraling into the depths the devil smiles at him.

Iulian’s grip on the Sword tightens as he breathes heavily, unable to break eye contact.

He can hear the Janitor humming an old Spanish song under his breath.

Sirius is just a faint rustle in the back of his mind right now.

He’s trapped and he(‘s afraid) hates it.

It reminds him all over of-

“Ah, you finally remember now?” The janitor chuckles. “Been a while, hasn’t it?”

That snaps Iulian out of it.

Whatever spell he was under is now…gone.

“Yes, I do.” Iulian stiffly says. “Quite a long time…”

‘You shouldn’t even be-’ Are Iulian’s thoughts before the janitor bursts out laughing.

The laughter evokes a feeling of dread.

“Alive? Yes, I shouldn’t,” The man is amused, plucking those thoughts from Iulian’s head as if it were nothing. “Funny that.”

The man is smiling as he proceeds to mop the floor again and Iulian, foolishly again, stares at him as he does so.

“What happened to you?” The Director decides to blurt out. “I just remember seeing-”

“A dead fucking body in that lake?” The other finishes his words for him with a simple shrug. “Yeah, I know.”

The rare times that Iulian finds himself without words can be…distressing.

He dislikes them so.

“But, hey! I’m alive and I’m well!” The man chuckles. “Well, as well as I can be I suppose…but they treat me. So it’s not too bad.”

“The Board?” Iulian asks, finally finding his words.

The man just stares at him for a few moments.

Unblinking.

“No,” The janitor finally says.

He doesn’t elaborate on that and Iulian thinks that he might prefer it that way.

The way that he stared at him…felt cold.

Empty.

Iulian clears his throat.

“How are you here then?” Stronger, louder with that touch of sharpness that Iulian is famous for.

He can’t show weakness.

He’s come so far already.

“IT let me out,” The man says with a devastating calm that it makes Iulian…interested. “Well, a little bit of me…and some of IT.”

“Where were you?” It might be his hunger for knowledge or perhaps the Sword. “What are you?”

“A very dark place. An endless ocean of pitch, black shadows that consumes all light itself…you don’t know where up or down is in that place,” The janitor smiles as he mops further along the red-tiled floor. “Me? Well, I'm Jose! You’re friendly janitor of the Bureau!”

The man is silent for a few minutes.

No smiles.

No laughter.

No humming.

It…unsettles Iulian.

The man’s-Jose’s words…

“I’m the little, teeny, tiny parts that remain of him.” Jose finally says. 

[autumnmobile12]

This was the only time in the show where one of the main trio interacted with one of the forge master duo.

And, I gotta admit, this was one of the things that disappointed me in the show.  As much as I love this series, I do wish these two storylines had converged in the end.

Like I really thought there would come a point when the vampire sisters invaded Wallachia and Sypha and Trevor would encounter Hector and realize he was an unwilling participant.  Similar to the scene we got with Isaac, Hector would say he couldn’t help them because of the blood ring restraining him.  And with all the fighting they’d been through and Trevor just being straight up done with everyone and their mother, I think he would have just handed Hector a knife and said, “You have two options.  You’re either our ally or our enemy.  Cut that ring off and help us or I’ll kill you.  What’ll it be?”  Harsh perhaps, but a big part of Trevor’s character is ‘do what’s necessary’ no matter the personal cost, so I don’t imagine he would have had much patience for Hector.  And that’s a difference between Trevor and Hector’s characters that I really need to go into in a separate character analysis.

This was my outlook when Season 3 ended though.  We did leave off with the return of Trevor’s dark view of the world in spite of the positive influence Sypha brought, and Hector realizing the consequences of trusting Lenore.  The series played Season 4 off pretty well in that Hector did have initiative was actively conspiring behind the scenes in order to give Isaac the opening he needed to take out Carmilla.  So I’m glad they didn’t write Hector off as ‘the helpless one.’

On another couple of notes, I kinda thought/hoped Sypha’s grandfather would make a reappearance in the final season and he would be the one to finish what the Ship Captain started in guiding Isaac along his journey of letting go of his anger and just living well, but that’s just me.

Back in Season 2, Isaac refers to Alucard as a spoiled child, and I really want to know what that was all about.  In the battle against the Generals and the Styrian soldiers, Isaac and Alucard seem to recognize each other, but did they have any interaction with each other before Lisa died?  Maybe I’m wrong and Isaac just thought, ‘There’s only one person that could be.’  I’ve talked about my theory that Alucard was a sheltered child and hadn’t seen much hardship in his life before his mother was killed, so I can see him and Isaac resenting each other out of emotional immaturity.  It would have been interesting to see that development in their characters.

But I get it.  The show only had a limited number of episodes and didn’t have time for all the tiny nuanced story arcs, and that’s fine.  An important element of writing is being aware of which parts are the essential and which are ones you need to cut.  If it were a longer running series like Avatar: The Last Airbender, then I would expect some more attention and care put into the subplots and side characters.  It’s a little touch and go with Striga and Morana’s relationship, Zamfir’s backstory wasn’t as developed as it could have been, and there are other elements that felt rushed.

Even so, I truly think the end result was fantastic.

[rastronomicals]

8:35 PM EST January 22, 2023:

Zamfir - "The Lonely Shepherd" From the Soundtrack album Kill Bill Vol. 1 (September 23, 2003)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

[savage-rhi]

Immortal Shield Master List (AO3)

Chapter 1: Resurrection 

Chapter 2: Caelan

Chapter 3: A Truce

Chapter 4: Pit Stop Bickering 

Chapter 5: U-Turn

Chapter 6: Healers Touch

Chapter 7: Vote Abandon 

Chapter 8: Behemoth 

Chapter 9: Storytelling 

Chapter 10: Rakshasa 

Chapter 11: Obscura Materia 

Chapter 12: The Battle of Formouth I 

Chapter 13: The Battle of Formouth II

Chapter 14: Reunion 

Chapter 15: Sparring 

Chapter 16: Chocobos 

Chapter 17: Gifts 

Chapter 18: Lestallum Jive 

Chapter 19: Taelpar Crag 

Chapter 20: Vows 

Chapter 21: Prophecy 

Chapter 22: Hunted 

Chapter 23: Rampage I 

Chapter 24: Rampage II

Chapter 25: Vesperpool

Chapter 26: Oath Breaker

Chapter 27: Hesitation 

Chapter 28: Oath Keeper 

Chapter 29: Devotions 

Chapter 30: Insomnia I

Chapter 31: Insomnia II

Chapter 32: Union (18+)

Chapter 33: Day One

Chapter 34: Gods Bane I

Chapter 35: Gods Bane II

Chapter 36: Gods Bane III

Chapter 37: Repercussions 

Chapter 38: Bargaining 

Chapter 39: The Summit 

Chapter 40: Allies 

Chapter 41: Eripere I

Chapter 42: Eripere II

Chapter 43: Loss 

Chapter 44: The Pact 

Chapter 45: Final Acts 

Chapter 46: Paradise 

[artstetic-real]

i love to draw my friends ocs :) but i dont know any of their @'s if they have any :(