#leopold lupei

[sistervirtue]

crossover event of the century to practice. comic format

#eschaton academy #godhead death sentence #sister virtue #leopold lupei #lacramioara strigoi

[sistervirtue]

leopold and auremn *thinks anout them*

IVE ALWAYS GOT OUR LITTLE CROSSOVER ON THE MIND.... esp now that ive gotten more of the lore down but i still really need to make leopold a proper sheet

he really does not like faer vibe.....he's gonna keep it to himself but theres a side eye occurring....as with many things, hes right, but inaction on his behalf will come back to bite him. oh well.

pov: youre auremn meeting leo for the first time and getting what scientists are now calling. "sneefed"

also like i saidi reallllly need to hammer stuff w leo out but something ive been tinkering with is like. yknow having some domain over beasts of the earth like mias got the shadow thorns so i want something to match.....and if so would that put him at ends with auremn who also exerts control over beasts of the earth......

#godhead death sentence #leopold lupei

[sistervirtue]

GODHEAD DEATH SENTENCE

any followers of this blog for a bit know about ghds (or at least, characters from it, like Lacramioara) and probably about another project of mine, ESCHATON ACADEMY. I've decided to merge the two, so Sister Virtue is here to stay!

What I'm dumping here right now is a variety of assorted thoughts and a basic plot outline for the beginning,. It's by no means all-comprehensive, but I hope it'll help lay things out and make it a little less confusing now that I'm not jugging both.

note: this project is very much intended to be 18+ in subject matter and tone. topics like violence, suicide, and abuse are going to be present.

open with the remaining six archangels reacting to the Archangel Gabriel's untimely demise at the business end of God's Revolver by his own doing. this is quite the pickle they're in. someone has to be the annunciator and furthermore, as god's unspoken-but-well-known favorite, he gets the biggest payout of love out of all of them.

michael and raphael have been responsible for making "born-again's" to pad out michael's legion, because sacrificing born angels especially in the era of humanity pushing back against angel infestations has become a contentious issue.

born-again's are when michael and raphael reshape an existing human soul and grant them angelhood. all so far have been exousiai (soldiers), but theoretically making an archangel should be possible, especially because they still have gabriel's essence.

welcome to the world the new angel gabriel, formerly Rubén Erendirani Cuini Dominguez. [existing character brought over from ea]. it is gradually made clear that he is here out of necessity, and the others aren't too keen on their new "youngest brother", especially because of the privileges offered by status of Annunciator. Michael, as the eldest, is especially bothered™️ about this, but michael's demeanor remains placid and unperturbed.

Gabriel is partnered with an elder cherub (Theophania), because they carry all the necessary knowledge and understanding of the mechanisms of the job. advisor-esque position. previously, Theophania had been on the panel of cherubim that ruled appellate judgements on contested verdicts.

Gabriel slowly begins to endear both himself and humanity to Theophania. aha no aha dont go against your god-designed plan ahahaaa

God's been . quiet. since the gabriel incident. they're still receiving their Love in exchange for Passion, but the other archangels are none too happy about this, especially because, again, their newest baby brother is getting the most favorable payout. a decision is proposed to "downsize" gabriel's domain by reducing the amount of passion he's able to reap with a …mini-rapture. of sorts.

gabriel is like HEY WHAT THE FUCK. WHAT. WHAT. WHAT. he confides in Theophania, distraught that an existence he never asked to have may be responsible for so much death.

Theophania, a being of ultimate Reason and Logic, decides to do the only reasonable and logical thing. They steal the cherubim's relic, the Eye of God (not literal, may change name to avoid confusion), which contains the summation of all knowledge. They slam dunk that shit into their skull. Angels are like little computers that run on Love and Passion for the Father. this one just hooked itself up to the energy equivalent of a nuclear power plant. needless to say, things get messy. michael loses quite a few of his soldiers in the resulting kerfuffle, as well as a handful of angels from other choirs. fearing the compromising of their brood and Viable Spawning Population, the archangels call a truce. but there's going to be some changes for starters, they're withdrawing all unnecessary human assistance. sinners will still be punished, passion will be reaped, but if gabriel and theophania like them so much, they can handle their issues.

theophania will be Felled and trapped within a mortal body, but the condition is added that they cannot die. Dying offers too many loopholes to get out of the main point of the contract, which is: the moment theophania and gabriel decide to give up on humanity, the archangels will proceed with the initial plan.

theophania is to act as gabriel's agent on earth, and gabriel as their patron: aka, his ass is on the platter if they fuck up. theophania is armed with god's revolver and the eye of god, before being unceremoniously tossed down to earth in a new, achier form. welcome to the world, Sister Virtue

from here i think there should be some brief exploration more into the state of the world as it is. im going for a more soul eater/devils candy/etc esque situation where mythological creatures and beings mingle among humans and are more broadly recognized as like, organisms.

then a scene plays out where virtue gets caught up in the high-energy antics of Lacramioara, Leopold, Johnny, and Cross. Johnny Strings is the human contractor of Cross DeVille, a crossroads demon. she has a golden flame-spewing guitar that she rides like a witches broom. I haven't quite worked out cross' abilities yet, but something having to do with lines and intersections for sure.

Lacramioara Strigoi and Leopold Lupei are two of Michael's exousiai. they are also the oldest still-living ones. Lacramioara's weapon of choice is a shepherd's staff, with support from the shadowy tendrils tattooed over his body. Leopold wields a scythe, but his mass and beastly body plan serve as weapons just as well.

While they are not allies of Virtue by any means, they are also not enemies, and she regards them largely as annoying, out of control youngsters, since physically they're about half her age, and spiritually even more so. they think she's pretty cool, but lacramioara can't help herself when it comes to provoking auntie virtue regardless.

virtue gets the situation under control as far as collateral damage, but the two thieves (johnny and cross) get away, frustrating the two mercenaries. thats all i got as far as story/plot is concerned naturally im sure youre curious about the mentions of angel broods. and "born angels" . this is still being tinkered with naturally but brother we are about to get buggy with it. pulls out my whiteboard

by and large with the exception of those directly born of God (the archangels, christ also i guess(?) whatever this isnt about him rn) , angels are a species parasitic to humankind. they feed on Passion, and some of it is always saved and regurgitated back up for heaven-bound angels like the higher choirs and of course, God. in exchange, God gives them Love, which is directly necessary for stimulating things like joy, maintains the cooperative nature of the "hive", and a variety of other functions. they can live without it, but it sucks ass. severely. some efforts are being made on the dl to synthesize it, but these are only successful to varying degrees.

anyways, a large amount of the mythos around angels stems from their rather unusual reproductive cycle. two (or sometimes more) angels will inoculate a human host with their genetic material, forming the putto, a juvenile angel. these angels feed off of the passion for goodness of a virtuous person, and so will encourage their host towards these things when they're old enough to do so, something that has historically been understood as the classic "shoulder angel" or "conscience" or "holy spirit".

furthermore, in areas where angelic choirs are less secure in their territory, adult angels may occasionally keep watch over the new young and protect it, which has been interpreted as "guardian angels" across time. when the host dies, the putto then gorges itself on the lingering Passion and completes itself with dna material copies from the host, allowing them to emerge as a fully formed Angel. for those of the lower choirs, they often resemble the prior host, which is what has historically led to the misconception that human souls become angels when they die. they do not. that is simply an angel that has copied your loved one's face. it is entirely different from the Born Again's for higher choirs, they will continue to collect and harvest Passion before they cocoon themselves and metamorphize into their new form, which is standardized according to their function. this change is induced seemingly by the needs of their current community, and not decided by the choir of the angels that contributed to their initial genetic code continuing with the insect metaphor, you could say heaven serves as the "mother hive", but angels will form smaller outposts in various areas, usually with a seraph or two to serve as an intermediary with heaven. this position is the Bishop

naturally, upon the revelation that angels are just weird parasites, the christian world has been thrown into turmoil. the entire nature of the process isn't known still, and there's been a range of responses from some seeing being chosen for inoculation as the highest honor a believer can receive, to others looking for ways to potentially protect themselves from it. this opportunity has been capitalized upon by demons, since the best way to ensure you won't be a heavenly host is to be lacking in virtue.

angels view this as a betrayal of what they saw as a symbiotic relationship with mankind and the communities that worshipped them and their God, hence the general bitterness towards humanity expressed above. some angels even blame this change for why God went quiet, but no one knows for sure Michael plays a pretty big role, so as for what I have on him and the exousiai: Michael is the eldest archangel, as well as the head of its "army". He is responsible for protecting Eden, and handling the unpleasant jobs involving violence and viscera that angels frequently condemn in mankind, but are necessary for maintaining the grip on believers that allows them to harvest passion so efficiently.

Despite this, he doesn't really come across on a first glance as the military type; he's clean-cut, dresses fairly simply, and has a placid, almost demure manner. even when you're aware he may have less-than-upstanding intentions, it's hard to confront him on anything, because he maintains an air of plausible deniability and respectability that dissuades argument.

The nature of his work is inherently difficult. Driving out the initial dissenters, protecting the most vital parts of the "hive", and overseeing the culling of sinners or otherwise diabolical beings is one that is contradictory to the concept of all-encompassing love and mercy and forgiveness. for this reason, Michael suspects that God has been intentionally withholding Love, and that he, the eldest, is being robbed of what he's owed, but no matter how many times he asks, he never gets a response.

The Born-Again's is Michael's solution to the violent nature of the job and loss of angel life that resulted from it. Angels, by function of only emerging once their human host dies, but needing the host to be alive long enough to feed them enough Passion to properly develop, are very much a "slow-burn". Their lifespans are much longer, but when a legion can be picked off by a rampaging cherub, that sorta becomes irrelevant. And by nature of the job, constantly moving around and constantly in conflict, born exousiai themselves aren't particularly able to reproduce in a way that would help replenish those numbers. It wastes valuable time and energy and leaves them with an obvious point of weakness.

Remaking human souls, while it does take some time and effort, has been much more efficient, and allows him to experiment with different ways of improving that efficiency. The process is done in conjunction with Raphael, the archangel who rules over healing and doctors, because he is better at weaving the physical form.

What he's also found is that the human component also bypasses an issue angels face with such a job: Angels, by nature, are not particularly violent. God's Love induces ecstacy and fuels their passion, but it encourages a placid, communal temperment. While born exousiai would naturally have a stronger impulse towards such activities, they're more reactive to threats or large-scale sins than they are proactive in seeking it out. And all born angels have a natural tether to God that allows them to receive His Love.

Born - Again's, however, are entirely dependent on Michael distributing it to them, and human souls are much easier to train into efficient hunters, especially when they view him as a holy figure. Instead of a traditional army, they work more in function as bounty hunters, with each reaping earning a certain amount of Love, proportional to the worth of the sin. they're typically put into pairs, and those pairs are all incentivized to compete with one another.

And with further testing, Michael has found ways to encourage the lifestyle required for the job by remaking them in certain ways, hence the monstrous appearances of exousiai like leopold and lacramioara. they need to feed on flesh or blood, and ergo, are more likely to choose to go after sinful beings since the idea of eating innocents is inherently upsetting to such pious individuals Sin, by the way, is simply a different form of Passion; focused inward, instead of outward. It needs to be processed before it can be useful to angels, and so Sinful Souls are sent to Hell, where demons will eventually produce Passion as a byproduct. While they often butt heads, the two do come from the same initial place, and they are ultimately integral to the other's existence.

The way Michael selects viable souls to be Born Again often is similar to how Saints are beatified; they must show enough fervor towards God to be more easily persuaded into agreeing to it. Much like the Conception, Michael cannot act on a soul without explicit consent because of the extreme nature of the action. An unconsenting soul will reject the process too violently to produce anything.

In Lacramioara's case, it was the intensity of her love; in Leopold's, it was his devotion to justice. Once agreed upon, the soul is tethered to Michael so they can receive their payout (he will often offer them a symbolic representation of this covenant, such as a collar, or marking, or ring), and then violently reshaped in the image of his design.

Their original, human bodies become Incorruptible (and thus often become pilgrimage sites). After that, they're sorta thrown into the deep end with Michael's oversight, since he finds a good scare followed by positive feedback is the best way to handle the human mind. They'll need less and less oversight as they become more experienced.

Born - Again's are still very human in nature, even if their forms have changed. Vices, obsessions, fears, conditions both mental and physical; all of those remain, because all of those things are what push humans to seek God's Love in the first place. While they'll never technically be declared "sinners" by the functional immunity of their job, the dissatisfaction brought on by the human condition is what Michael relies on to keep them coming back for the next payday. It could be considered cruel, but he sees it as "If they never felt pain, they'd never know what joy feels like".

A lack of God's Love wont kill them, it's just an unbearable misery on top of the small miseries they accumulate every day of every year of every century. That's why he needs to include conditions like the need to eat human flesh: because otherwise, an ascetic like Leopold may just choose to put down his weapon and live a life of miserable peace. Monks love doing that shit.

He needs to make sure walking away isn't an option, and then reward them with something they could never get otherwise. Violence is an art, and he has it down to a science. Especially in a world like the one they live in now, where believers and forces both diabolic and celestial mingle, where the nature of belief is constantly changing, and where the idea of "blasphemy" is no longer enough to provide the passion needed to feed the hive.

It's for reasons like this he does nothing to curb the curse Lacramioara unwittingly left behind after her death: it really bumped those church attendance numbers up

#godhead death sentence #sister virtue #lacramioara strigoi #leopold lupei #johnny strings #cross deville #bats my eyelashes

[sistervirtue]

Care e mâncarea lor preferată? (U can answer in english i just felt like talking in romanian to you♡)

lăcrămioară:

lăcrămioară preferâ dulciuri, ca de exemplu ursuleţi de gumă, arlechin, papanasi, poale'n brau, ROM, şi dulciuri străini e.g. Twinkies, Dairy Queen, apfelstrudel, schwarzwalder kirschtorte, etc. Însă, îi place hranelor sunt graşi, săţioşi, ori plin de carne. Sa mancare foarte de favorit e Brânză Moldova.

leopold:

Leopold era călugăr, deci postea şi se abţine de la carne. El nu poate să acel acum, dar preferă mancari vegitariani. El poate pretenţios, dar intotdeuana termina farfurie săi.

Virtue:

Virtue has a rather unique scaling of food preference; to her, "more taste" is better than "less taste". She also doesnt really distinguish between "edible" and "good to eat", so anything she cooks can be....quite unique in combinations.

Johnny:

Her favorite food is Shepherd's Pie, but she also loves anything fried

Cross:

He likes high-end cuts of meat, and he wants to try as many different types as he can.

#godhead death sentence #lacramioara strigoi #leopold lupei #sister virtue #johnny strings #cross deville #I ASSUME THIS IS ABT THE OC QUESTIONS I THINK I GOT THE GENDER/PERSON OF UR SENTENCE RIGHT... #also im so certain i fucked something up here dont look at me i got too ambitious #embarrassing amnt of tabs open

[sistervirtue]

tentative leopold story.... taking a fairytale-style approach to contrast with lacramioaras tragic love tale

originally the daughter of a wallachian aristocrat, leopold was the eldest of four, with three younger sisters. not ideal to their father, so preparations were being made to have them shipped off to other courts for education or marriage. A suitor begins to court his youngest sister, dazzling their family with his wealth and manner, and within a few months, they are wed. as the wedding procession travels towards the supposed land of the groom, he reveals himself to be a muroni, a shapeshifting monster that takes on the form of various animals to attack humans, only distinguished from normal animal attacks by the extreme blood loss (theyre like…one of the vampire variations in romanian myths ig u could say) after dispatching of most of the procession and eating his fill, the muroni bridegroom decides to spirit away all four sisters, with his bride and the other three to become the brides to his sons. leopold, terrified for his younger sisters, fasts and prays for the entirety of the journey, begging for God to "grant him the body of his dreams, so he might be able to protect his sisters" as a reward for his unwavering devotion, he gets granted a divine testosterone any% speedrun (as well as some added bulk), and is able to overwhelm and kill the muroni in the day while they sleep. from there, the four siblings escape, and return home. Leopold then chooses to become a monk to show his gratitude for the miracle, and his sisters would eventually find other suitors of a less supernatural sort

#the transgendererrrrrr #leopold lupei #godhead death sentence #may tinker with this but i kinda like it #it adds an ironic element to his angel form

[sistervirtue]

the relationship between leo and mia is really complicated i cant really describe it. the closest i think i can get is something like, platonic soulmates. theyve been physically intimate with one another and its been meaningful but it was born more out of being the only people who really understood each other and the unique sort of relationship to one's own body that comes with the type of transformation they endured. i dont really feel like they could be in a romantic relationship im on the fence about giving leo a little one sided crush but im not sure if thats a drama i want to add . it could go either way. but either way i think a song that really represents leos feelings towards mia is this

#godhead death sentence #lacramioara strigoi #leopold lupei #Youtube

[sistervirtue]

question for ur God Head Death Sentence ocs + ur knowledge on yugioh: which ones do you think would be into card games like that, and like,, how would they play it? Try to go about it competitively, play casually, or maybe someone just builds a deck just to mess with one person specifically?

pluto would be hardcore into it like he keeps up with meta he has opinions he has a deck. multiple even

following that, he has taught virtue how to play because theyre flatmates. that being said, shes far more lax about it. solidly skilled because things with intricate rules and structured order are up her alley, but i think she takes it easy on people

leopold would never pick a hobby like that up on his own but once introduced to it he is taking that shit so for seriously. hes not so much a fan as it is that he refuses to lose at any game of skill and intellect. he would run some insanely intricate gimmick deck that makes your brain hurt to try and detangle. that said he will throw the match when he faces lacramioara. but if she catches onto it she gets pissy so its a delicate dance

lacramioara is not super good at it, but she gets really competitive. shed also play with cards she likes, as opposed to one that are actually good. in a way hes the only one who truly has the spirit of the game, except for when people are at risk of being attacked. that said, its a hobby shed do for maybe a week before he got bored

johnny vc now what in the goddamn are you little freaks doing in there. she would get the tutorial but its clear she doesnt care nor does she particularly understand the rules. this isnt even a game shes going to entertain. go outside and touch some grass

cross has definitely stolen someones soul through a game of yugioh like he has definitely contracted someone that way. maybe multiple people. for this reason he does play a pretty insane deck i think hed run a classic bing bong fuck ya life deck that focuses a lot on controlling the graveyard.

gabriel plays for fun and is pretty chill about the whole thing. he just wants to enjoy himself. theres lots of music themed ones i think hed like but its not really a hobby hes super passionate about. he pays attention when people want him to engage, though

michael is another one that actually doesnt particularly care for the game but refuses to lose. would run a power deck or deck destruction meta like kaiba does. he sits there smiling at you the whole time but you can feel the rage pouring off of him the vibes are awful

raphael thinks its all kind of silly. this is a game for children. he would not play even if offered he doesnt really care he gets dragged along to game night because someones bound to bleed at some point

#godhead death sentence #still trying to figure out what other characters even exist but #lacramioara strigoi #leopold lupei #cross deville #johnny strings #gabriel ghds #michael ghds #raphael ghds #pluto ghds

[sistervirtue]

For those OC ask things, ✈️ 🎄 💛 for Virtue and any other OCs you may want to answer with? :3

✈️ AIRPLANE — does your oc like traveling, or do they consider themselves a more homey person?

Virtue loves to travel. In her other verses, she tends to be pretty nomadic

Lacramioara loves traveling as well-- he frequently wishes she could go back on the old transhumance trips he did when she was younger

Leopold is definitely a homebody

🎄 CHRISTMAS TREE — what is your oc's favorite holiday?

Virtue's favorite holiday is Christmas, but mostly because she gets along pretty well with jeezy boy

Lacramioara loves Dragobete!

Leopold's favorite holiday is Easter, but specifically in the very somber religious way. He doesn't get the whole rabbit thing the fuck are yall on about

💛 YELLOW HEART — how many languages does your oc speak? what language(s) are they learning, if any?

Virtue can theoretically speak all of them, but she has a habit of ..... smashing them together, like with much of her knowledge divined from her Eye

Lacramioara solely speaks Romanian (although with lots of loan words picked up from magyar and other languages from people passing through town) and Chorale (the tongue of angels)-- it's the power of God that translates automatically

Leopold speaks Romanian, Latin, Magyar, and Church Slavonic

#xmas mention #sister virtue #eschaton academy #leopold lupei #lacramioara strigoi #godhead death sentence

[sistervirtue]

29 for leopold if you're still taking these (side note: same name as my cat :) )

29. If they were real would you be friends with them?

yes.... i think so, anyways. i have given him certain similarities....teehee

also YAYYYYY its such a good name

#leopold lupei

[sistervirtue]

Where did the names for them came from and why those?

NOTE: i was going to answer this quickly but then fell down a rabbit hole of reading about medieval moldavian naming conventions for an entirely tangential reason to this ask and opened so many pdfs my computer crashed. :) enjoy

Lăcrămioara Strigoi and Leopold Lupei are both Romanian!

Lăcrămioara means "little teardrop"/is a diminutive of lacrima (related to lachrymose, ie; tears/crying/etc). Furthermore, it's the Romanian name for the plant Lily of the Valley, which is heavily associated with the tears of both The Virgin Mary as well as Eve.

You may also see me call him just "Mioara"-- which is pulled from her name, but also can be a diminutive of the Romanian form of "Mary", and also means "little lamb".

Given Lacramioara has tear-based corpse paint, and marian/plant/sheep themes, it's more than fitting!

As for Strigoi-- it's not an actual surname. It'd be kind of insane if it was. Strigoi are a Romanian folkloric creature generally agreed to be the origin of vampire myths (although in many they take on a description more akin to witches or warlocks). Admittedly, I didn't base a lot of her stuff on actual strigoi myth, but he's not actually a vampire-- just an angel that resembles vampires so as to better hunt them and other creatures of the night. so it's fine lol

Strigoi wasn't Lacramioara's original surname; from what I can glean, it's likely his name was "Lăcrămioara, of [Father's name]" or "of [village-- place pending, moldavian]", but I'm still tinkering with that, since sources are hard to find. I saw somewhere that most names up until the name reform were "given name, fathers name, grandfathers name," but im having trouble finding places where this is backed up. But for now, just consider the "strigoi" surname a title of sorts from Michael <3

as for Leopold, it actually means "Brave People"-- unrelated to the latin "leo". But of course, it can be shortened to that and resembles it, because I did still want to draw the leonine association. Lupei is, as a matter of fact, a real surname, meaning "wolf"-- but it also wasn't his original surname either. I wanted his name to sound important, and also I've just been DYING to use the name Leopold in something since I was a child for reasons related to Looney Tunes

If it matters, Leopold is originally from Wallachia. Fun fact.

Johnny Strings and Cross DeVille are both based on The Devil Went Down to Georgia, a song by the Charlie Daniels band. It tells the story of the devil, down on his luck and short on souls, who challenges a boy to a fiddling contest with the bet being that if the boy wins, he gets a fiddle of gold, and if he loses, the devil gets his soul. It goes without saying that this song is essentially theological canon to me.

Johnny Strings, however, in this incarnation, is a butch bisexual woman and the fiddle is now a golden guitar, since I wanted to take on a more rock-leaning inclination with it.

Cross DeVille is both a cross fox in his design-- but his name alludes to Crossroad Demons, which he is. I also used the DeVille just because I wanted him to give the impression of a fancy city boy

(as is Mephistopheles, who is the archetypal crossroads demon)

You may have guessed, but Godhead Death Sentence in general is meant to have a very campy tone to the world, so a lot of the names will be obvious allusions or puns, when I can do it.

#godhead death sentence

[sistervirtue]

Oh yeah have you posted any drawings of Lăcrămioara? I want to see her🥺

YESSS unfortunately just a few bad tradtional ones from when i was at work but

i plan on redoing the main refs. also the other guy is leopold not leonard this is why i shouldnt do things at work

theyre powers (warrior angels) who work as heavens bounty hunters and are currently mainly after johnny strings and cross deville. im sure you can tell this is a very campy setting so forgive my incredibly blatant use of strigoi and lupei i promise its goofy on purpose

Lăcrămioara has a bit more backstory figured out-- granted, im still trying to like, pin down things exactly because of the nature of middle ages romanian history (if i have to read Istoria Românilor i will learn the language to do it goddamn it all) but the tldr is that hes a shepherd turned handmaiden after having her life saved after taking a nasty fall. when her benefactor (and perhaps romantic partner, although its not the best word for it) steals an item of value he agrees to confess to doing it and gets executed in her stead, but the act of love and resilience ends up earning her an incorruptible corpse and a long eternity of being a divine nuke..

i do want to design better outfits too once again doing this at work was. A Decision

#god is not great in this universe . is sort of a thing