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(*Irritation over someone on the art team possibly thinking all European churches look Catholic, that or going for art style over accurately portraying IRL setting.*
*FFS didn't/?don't some of the denominations that came out of the reformation hate decorated churches, which would probably include fancy Gothic ones, because they apparently distract from the connection with god and/or count as idolatry?*
*Quietly retreats to Red from OSP livestreaming her reading of Masque of the Red Death.*)
("Kill for my love"
"Kill for the only true love I ever knew"
-Dracula
Akel: *dreamy sigh*)
(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTaEYV9Npm4
)
(It's...not entirely historically accurate, with vampires, demons and magic. Also, Dracula having electricity in his castle that can teleport while the common folk haven't even heard of toilet paper. When people think Religious Eastern European Church, they think Catholics with their titles and robes and corruption, for that time period.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/412363381434089476/690595713486422026/ETAbrBRX0AAOLMg.png
)
(*Waits for internal screaming to subside from that clip.*)
(Former I get, nature of the fantasy genre, but... Teleporting Electricity/Electrical Systems? Nein, nada, nope, no, what kind of nonsense is this?! And yeah, but it's pretty annoying realizing just how utterly out of place for where+when the supposed setting is and apparently without a decent in-universe explanation for that fact. I haven't even watched and don't plan to watch this show, but since that was brought to my attention it has bugged me.)
(Dino:"You've never asked...")
(Aye, like putting the minarets on the Hagia Sophia before the Ottomans took over or putting the Eiffel Tower in Paris way too early.)
(*Dino's memory of rough half-century of loneliness, mostly in the woods of Cyrodiil as a smith to avoid Justicar attention, feels bad enough seeping in.*)
Dracula was a man of science, and considering his immortality, it isn’t out of the question he could’ve invented things early. It was also mentioned that it was simply technology lost to humans that they once had, as humans forget and die.
I can’t recall the lore I have in mind for Versilia, but Akeldama has lived since before Rome became noticeable on a map and lived in Europe for at least 75% or so of her life, so she couldn’t draw attention to herself. I reckon she lived isolated in a keep in the Caucasian or Carpathian mountains, wherever would be easier. Also the whole barely aging thing, lack of family, lovers fading like dust in the wind and the impossibility of converting others into vampires. I feel like Akeldama is more broken or tired inside than anything.
(I was more ranting over the Church but ,eh, fair point I guess. Ancient Egyptian batteries were a thing, although I think they mainly used them for acid to smooth out stonework which was aided by all the mining and quarrying they were doing. Plus Romans had some idea of the steam engine, but it was never really utilized because slaves were cheaper than creating and using the machinery involved with making effective use of steam power.)
(Yikes, honestly surprised that alcoholic or something similar in nature isn't on her trait list at that point.)
Akeldama is smart enough to know that overdrinking would be detrimental to both memory and basic functions. She wants to keep both. In the last century she’s probably gotten somewhat better since vampires are able to be open, however considering she’s... different and how long she’s lived already I’m not sure how much good it’s done.
I will probably need to expand upon Akeldama’s past in Georgia, Slovakia or somewhere else along the Carpathian or Caucasian mountains, depending on where she resided. How she lived, came to be there, how many people she lost... it’ll help better her story and character. I hope it will also help me roleplay her better.
(Specifically the last two episodes. I liked seasons 1 and 2 more.)
(Well, she's no Alucard, she's had/have/has friends)
(TFW you're an Argonian guardsmen and you hear "Ride of the Valkyries" and then see metal birds shoot fire from their mouths and obliterate the front gate.)
(>Rumare gets an aqueduct system
>They use lead pipes)
(I also heard they're just making stuff up as they go...the director never played a Castlevania game...)
(Akel can't resist a good bottle of blood wine)
The islands of versilia, Graag brom, and Nu Alaska
It’s... difficult to maintain one’s spirit when everyone you know and love ages, dies and fade from memory while you remain unchanged. Akeldama can’t remember her earliest centuries, her memory has limited capacity.
Strange. I enjoy it nonetheless.
Well, there’s a reason...
(Aka:*Time god somehow snaps these out of existence during Warp in the West to decrease chances of another Dragonbreak, because he hates his personal equivalents to schizophrenic episodes.*)
(*There's literally freshwater in the lake and in nearby wells, although the former is likely be transformed into the latter thanks to urban expansion plans by Empress Katariah, they don't need aqueducts... And besides, all the lead pipes got replaced a long time ago with better copper ones.*
*Wouldn't be surprised if Ayleids and Direnni elves used lead for sweetening their wine though.*)
(Humans are pets to Akel.
Wait no, that came out wrong.
What I meant to say while they didn't make a whole part of Akel's life, they made her life whole, they're each a part of her as she is them.)
(K)
(Reason is she likes blood and wine so blood wine is so much better)
(They are pushing the message that "Church bad" hard. With the Church killing Dracula's wife, claiming she was a witch and burning her at the stake. They're also one of the villains of season 3)
(Castlevania clips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udolXWpV7Hk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC1kke-WgLo
)
(*cough*
Dino
*cough*)
(*looks at Dino*)
The islands of versilia, Graag brom, and Nu Alaska
She is.
She’s also sad in general.
She just hides it.
Graag brom and Nu Alaska
(She binged the show in two days
Oh?
Nuuuu
Akel needs to be happy)
The islands of versilia, Graag brom, and Nu Alaska
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