#montfaucon

[george228732]

''Here's a riddle for you. What's the difference between a maze and a labyrinth? But how can I expect you to know, when you don't even know the difference between a room, and a cage?''

Remembered Consciousness - Mr. Montfaucon

This is another OC of mine! Montfaucon was once a loving husband, living inside of a pretty mansion. His life, however, changed when his funds started to go short, and had to resort to help from other EX-Ancients like him, from the now destroyed and burned down Pardus Clan, to investigate an artifact that could be able to give him all of the funds he needed, if managed to be sold on a museum.

This artifact, however, had a twisted way of working, being able to distort the mere mansion he was in, being able to create and distort new areas that ended up leaving to nowhere, from rooms to staircases.

His wife, sadly, left him all alone, after realizing the great danger they were in, and seeing how Montfaucon wasn't willing to leave, had to leave herself.

The mansion's walls became incapable of being escaped, and soon enough, Montfaucon passed away, but his soul was captured by the mere artifact he was investigating, forever waiting for another person to come in, and use their soul as bait, for his soul to be freed.

...That would be hard, but even then... all he had to do... was to send Kirby and the rest to a distorted version of Cosmounse's home, and Convent...

The Forsaken Islands (Coming Soon)

#montfaucon #kirby oc #my oc #my art #my doodles #coming soon #the quote got cut #crap #oh well #also next project coming soon after FiW :3

[postcard-from-the-past]

Ruins of the Church of Montfaucon-d'Argonne after WW1, Lorraine region of eastern France

German vintage postcard

#eastern #vintage #photography #postkarte #carte postale #postal #region #briefkaart #france #postcard #old #montfaucon #german #ruins #photo #ansichtskarte #dargonne #ww #sepia #lorraine #postkaart #ephemera #church #tarjeta #historic

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

'𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔦𝔟𝔟𝔢𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔐𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔣𝔞𝔲𝔠𝔬𝔫, 𝔟𝔲𝔦𝔩𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔢𝔵𝔢𝔠𝔲𝔱𝔢 𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔩𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔡𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝔟𝔬𝔡𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔞𝔰 𝔞 𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔬𝔭𝔲𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫.

𝔚𝔬𝔬𝔡𝔠𝔲𝔱 𝔟𝔶 𝔄𝔡è𝔩𝔢 𝔏𝔞𝔦𝔰𝔫é, 𝔞𝔣𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔞 𝔡𝔯𝔞𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔟𝔶 𝔇𝔞𝔲𝔟𝔦𝔤𝔫𝔶 յՑկկ 𝔓𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔰 𝔐𝔲𝔰é𝔢𝔰'

#The Gibbet of Montfaucon #gallows #Woodcut #Adèle Laisné #1844 #illustration #death penalty #medieval #execution #hangman #hanging gallows #execute criminals #traitors #art #artwork #illustrations #painting #vintage #antique

[iightwoodbane]

just started reading sword catcher and while i appreciate that cc tried doing something different from shadowhunters......these first 50 pages are rough

#also im sorry but the names are glaringly bad #like this is legit never a complaint i have with books #but every time she introduces a character im like did u come up with these names using ai or what?? #sarthe characters so far are fine cuz they have some logical basis #but the rest of them....girl what #bensimon....montfaucon....i am confusion #mine #also the world building is Rough so far #but im gonna get to 100 before i decide if i dnf

[venicepearl]

Guillemette de Neufchâtel (1260–1317) was a French noblewoman, the daughter of Amadeus, Count of Neufchâtel and his wife, Jordanna of Arberg. In 1259, her great-aunt Margaret, married Richard of Neufchâtel-en-Bourgogne. As her dowry, she brought the Lordships of Blamont, Châtelot, Belmont, and Cuisance into the marriage. The Lords of Neufchâtel-en-Bourgogne placed Blamont under the protection of the Duke of Burgundy and thus detached it from Montbéliard.

#Guillemette de Neufchâtel #House of Montfaucon #women in history #XIII century #XIV century #seal

[bizarrepotpourri]

What seems to be the Gibbet of Montfaucon or a similar construction.

#art #horror #horror art #spooky #gallows #gibbet of montfaucon

[hoochieblues]

#music #warren zevon #this was off my ride's here (2002) wc i know was released before his cancer was diagnosed #but ppl have speculated he knew he was sick. perhaps bc it'd be funnier that way. which is something warren would've probably appreciated. #beyond the fact i love this song for being so very campily riffy and such a weirdly fitting way to cover serge gainsbourg #you can't not enjoy lyrics like 'stop hanging off me like i'm the gibet de montfaucon' (~shorthand translation but a kinda parisian joke) #getting subverted by being slurred in the most excruciatingly american french possible and yet maintaining the same air of casual asshatter #that was the point of the original. ...i am apparently smol of brain and easily entertained. also i remember reading a breakdown of the #lyrics in english when i first listened to the album years ago. long after warren died. which is terrifyingly 20 years this year. #i also remember when he was on a host of talk shows re: cancer diagnosis and ppl expected him to give sage advice like 'always go to your #checkups and listen to your doctor' and instead he was like 'yeah. i fucked up. anyway - enjoy every sandwich.' #words to live by tbh

[cassandraclare]

Sword Catcher: Worldbuilding

Who rules Castellane?

Castellane is a city-state — it has its own government and royal family. Part of my inspiration for Sword Catcher was Venice during the Silk Road era, and families like the famous Borgias and Medicis. Castellane’s government consists of a royal family and a Council of Twelve — twelve families, each of whom holds a charter that gives them ownership over a certain kind of good that is traded through the continent of Dannemore. These are the Charter Families; they are the richest in Castellane, and Charters are passed down through families, like an inheritance — though the ruling family, the Aurelians, has the power to grant charters and also to take them away.

The Charter Families

The Uzecs have quite a bit of sway as the holders of the Wine Charter.

A popular man is Mathieu Gremont, who holds the Coffee and Tea Charter.

Fabulous Lupin Montfaucon always has the latest fashions, as appropriate for the Charter holder for fabrics.

Joss Falconet is an old friend of Prince Conor’s, and owns the Spice Charter. More on him later!

House Gasquet controls all the oil and perfume coming in and out of the city.

Lady Alleyne, the mother of Antonetta, is in charge of the valuable Silk Charter and makes sure she and her daughter are always in the finest silk dresses.

The Cazalet Family has owned the Banking Charter for so long, coins are often called “cazalets”.

House Roverge owns the Dye Charter. House Sardou has the Glass Charter,

House Raspail Timber, and Alonse Esteve owns the Horse Charter.

They have their meetings in the Dial Chamber, whose seats are arranged to look like the numbers on a clock.

Sitting at midnight is House Aurelian, the Royal Family, whose charter is kingship. At these meetings the fates of cities and countries are decided with the stroke of a pen. It used to be the pen of King Markus, but as he has grown weaker with a mysterious illness, that pen has found itself in the hand of his son, Conor Aurelian…possibly the least responsible person in Castellane.

(Conor art by Sasha Coleman.)

#sword catcher #Cassandra Clare

[talonabraxas]

The Empyrean, Rosa Celeste Talon Abraxas

“Above the Celestial Fire there is an Incorruptible Flame, ever sparkling, Source of Life, Fountain of all Beings, and Principle of all Things. This Flame produces all, and nothing perishes save that which it consumes. It reveals itself by virtue of itself. This Fire cannot be contained in any place; it is without form and without substance, it girdles the Heavens and from it there proceeds a tiny spark which makes the whole fire of the Sun, Moon and Stars. This is what I know of God. Seek not to know more, for this passes thy comprehension howsoever wise thou mayest be. Nevertheless, know that the unjust and wicked man cannot hide himself from God, nor can craft nor excuse disguise aught from His piercing eyes. All is full of God, God is everywhere.”

--Abbé N. Montfaucon de Villars, Comte de Gabalis

[mask131]

Trivia of the day: In Victor Hugo's "Notre-Dame de Paris", Esmeralda is executed by hanging on the famous "gibet de Montfaucon". Yet this is quite untrue historically speaking, as, at the time era the novel takes place, when women were executed, they were either burned or walled alive.

This choice was part of Victor Hugo's personal fight and battle to abolish the death penalty in France, and can be understood by looking at his wider works. In his various poetic works he had an habit of using the "gibet de Montfaucon" as THE symbol of death penalty in all of its horror, cruelty and madness. The gibet of Montfaucon was indeed the biggest, most imposing, most used and most famous execution-monument of Paris, and Hugo made a lot of efforts to depict it as some sort of bloody and barbaric architectural embodiment of the "dark ages", even going as far as to compare it to a Celtic cromlech where pagan human sacrifices are taking place.

#notre-dame de paris #victor hugo #paris #history of paris #death penalty #execution #esmeralda #victor hugo's notre-dame de paris #the hunchback of notre-dame

[herprivateswe]

Soldiers of the 112th Engineer Regiment building roads near Montfaucon, France during the Meuse-Argonne campaign, Sept. 28, 1918.

#history #ww1 #great war #us army

[gracecarstairss]

Prosper Beck: His Patron and His Purpose

In Sword Catcher, Prosper Beck came into Castellane raising hell and causing problems. I am trying to figure out what his secrets are, who his wealthy patron may be, and what purpose he served in the story (and what foreshadowing he provides for book 2). Spoilers below!

THE PATRON

In Sword Catcher, we hear that Prosper Beck came out of nowhere and was already immediately powerful due to a wealthy patron. Andreyen (Ragpicker King) states:

"I wish to know who is funding Prosper Beck. I can tell you it is not just unusual for a criminal so wealthy and connected to simply appear in Castellane, like a sailor stepping off a ship; it is impossible. It takes years to build oneself up in a business. Yet Prosper Beck came from nowhere and has already moved to control the Maze." - Sword Catcher, page 105.

Not only did the wealthy patron fund Beck's entire enterprise, they also gave Beck the money AND the idea to buy up all of Conor's debts as a legal way to back Conor into a corner. If he asks the Treasury for the money, it publicly humiliates House Aurelian and make Conor seem unfit for leadership; therefore, this debt is a way to ensure Conor is going to be forced into doing something that the sponsor wants him to do. In one conversation, Kel tells Antonetta that Conor does not want to marry yet, so will likely not get married until he wants to. Antonetta responds:

"Because he's a Prince? You'd be surprised. We can all be made to do things. It simply requires finding the right way to push." - Sword Catcher, page 142.

The big question is: what does this wealthy sponsor want from Conor; what direction are they pushing him in? To pay back the debt on such short notice, Conor has few options. One is to go to the Treasury, which, as already stated, he is unlikely to do. The other main option for money is to get paid a dowry for marriage (or a loan from a wealthy noble?). Conor chooses the option of marrying a Sarthe princess to get the dowry money. It is possible that the wealthy sponsor is in league with Sarthe, and performed this ploy knowing that the dowry for a Sarthe princess is worth at least 10,000 crowns (the amount Conor owes Beck), successfully pushing Conor to marry into Sarthe and sparking outrage in Castellane, which also causes humiliation of House Aurelian and puts them in a vulnerable spot. Any way Conor tries to pay back the debt, he is screwed.

If the sponsor has a connection to Sarthe, they could be Joss Falconet, since his sister is married to a Sarthian duke, and an alliance with Sarthe would benefit his family (as stated on page 156). However, I don't think it is Joss because although he is a little smarter than Conor's other friends and might have the brains to pull it off, he has clearly stated many times that he is loyal to Conor himself, and this points to him not being the patron as he probably thinks it's in his best interest to stay close and loyal to the Prince. Kel does not closely interact with that many members of the Charter families, so at this point it is unknown if any other members have a connection with Sarthe and a reason to benefit from a Sarthe/Castellane alliance.

However, it is also possible that the noble benefactor was not interested in steering Conor in the direction of Sarthe to stir public outrage. Another option for Conor could have been asking for a loan from a wealthy noble, specifically someone in a Charter family because they are most likely to have 10,000 crowns on hand. Antonetta is the heir of the Silk Charter, which is the most powerful and wealthy charter of the 12. On page 324 of Sword Catcher, Montfaucon says that Antonetta is worth millions. If she is worth millions of crowns, then surely she has the wealth to fund Prosper Beck's operations and provide those 10,000 crowns to buy up Conor's debt. Additionally, Antonetta is intelligent and well-versed in politics, though she hides behind a persona of being vapid and clueless, and from all the nobles Kel interacts with, it is clear to me that Antonetta is the one that is most cunning and least likely to get caught. Sponsoring Beck's enterprise and presenting the idea of buying up Conor's debts is extremely ambitious and risky, something that most nobles would not even think of doing because the risks are too great. However, Antonetta seems like just the person to think up such a scheme and execute it with proficiency, all the while never getting caught because she presents herself as vapid and naive, fooling most (if not all) of the nobility.

If Antonetta is Beck's patron, her motive would likely not include Sarthe at all. She was likely trying to push Conor in her direction, looking for help to pay all this debt off on such short notice. Since she is from the most wealthy Charter family, surely she has the funds to lend Conor this debt, or at least part of it. Perhaps Antonetta's dowry is 10,000 crowns?? (We have no idea if she has a dowry). In return for the loan (or if she has a dowry), she would ask for Conor to marry her. From a conversation Kel and Antonetta have, she says that marrying Conor would give her the main thing she wants and what she has been working towards - control of the Silk Charter (page 484), because if Conor is her husband and is King, he cannot inherit her Charter and so she would inherit it instead. She was working very hard to exploit this loophole because she has little options. In this same conversation, Antonetta says:

"Of course I am interested in power. Everyone is interested in power. Power allows us to chart our own course, make our own choices. And look at my other choices, Kellian. They are few and constraining. I feel them close in on me like the walls of a labyrinth." - Sword Catcher, page 485.

However, there are many confusing problems/issues that come along with this theory that Antonetta is the wealthy patron, partly because we don't have enough information yet to make the full connections. If Conor, who is the Crown Prince, does not even have 10,000 crowns of his own unless he goes to the Treasury, how does Antonetta, who doesn't even have control of the Silk Charter, have that amount of money to loan Conor? Unless it is a dowry, it would be hard for her to get that money from somewhere. This also goes for the idea that she is funding Beck's entire enterprise - that is a HUGE amount of money, so how the hell does she have access to it? This would also mean that Antonetta gave Prosper Beck 10,000 crowns for buying up Conor's debts, and then would plan on giving Conor another 10,000 to pay off the debt (whether as a loan or a dowry). That is 20,000 crowns spent solely on pressuring Conor, which is a huge investment and might not make sense logically for Antonetta. Not to mention the insane amount of money spent to fund Prosper Beck's quick rise to wealth and power. Beck did say that he gets only a cut of the money, and so his patron gets some back, so not all 20,000 is gone. Antonetta would probably get at least 40-50% back? As far as I know, Sword Catcher does not go into much detail on how the Charters have their money set up and how they access it. The Treasury appears to be House Aurelian's money, so the Charter families likely have another way to manage their finances that we are unaware of, and this is why Antonetta may be able to get access to a bunch of money whereas Conor cannot. Still, the money trail is kind of bizarre. Plus, there is this quote from Prosper Beck when Kel meets him:

"And I am sure you wish to know where the money I used to set up my business came from. Specifically, who on the Hill gave it to me. A person who wishes very much, let us say, to destabilize the monarchy. It was their idea that I buy up Conor Aurelian's debts. And they gave the the money to do it." - Sword Catcher, page 352.

It doesn't seem like Antonetta necessarily has any goals to destabilize the monarchy (neither does Joss Falconet). Both of them would be inconvenienced by the fall of House Aurelian, so I don't think they are banking on that. From the bizarre money trail and mental gymnastics needed to be done to figure out why Antonetta would logically invest so much money into trying to trick Conor into owing her money & eventually marrying her due to that debt, I think Antonetta is not the wealthy patron. The interest in "destabilizing the monarchy" also doesn't seem to benefit Antonetta (as far as we know), so I am not banking on her being the patron.

This leaves us with barely anyone else to work with because Kel doesn't closely interact with many of the other nobles, especially the older ones. We have the suspicious Matthieu Gremont having shady meetings in the Maze (page 420) and the Roverges, who had the same brand of wine at their party that Kel saw in Beck's warehouse (page 489). Additionally, Kel had a weird interaction with Sardou, who seemingly was trying to offer...ominous(?) aid to get rid of the Sarthians on the Hill (page 491), but doesn't seem want House Aurelian to fall, so it doesn't seem like he is the most likely candidate for the patron, especially since we know the absolute least about him. Roverge and Gremont (possibly Artal Gremont is doing this business from outside of Castellane and his father was aware of it and helping out) are the most likely candidates, from what we have seen. The patron's motives other than destabilizing the monarchy are really not very well known so we'll see in The Ragpicker King once we get more information. Interestingly, the mysterious wealthy patron funding Beck is not the only odd thing about him. Is Prosper Beck even a man at all, or is he just a name - an alias - for the wealthy patron?

THE PURPOSE

Prosper Beck has some really weird, confusing demands and interests. Every interaction with him or one of his associates gives us more questions about what the hell is going on with him.

We only see him in person once in the book. I think that this man that Kel meets is actually not Beck in the first place. Very little people know what he looks like and where he resides (page 105) and even Andreyen does not know who Beck is - in fact, Andreyen asks Kel to attempt to find out who Beck is from the King (page 292), and this inquiry goes terribly with no information provided (page 308). Then, when Kel meets him, he feels like there's something weird about him:

"Kel watched him go. There was something odd about Beck, something that did not seem to quite match up, but he could not quite put his finger on it, and Jerrod and Beck did not seem to be coming back." - Sword Catcher, page 354.

"Prosper Beck had not been at all what he had imagined. That sense of wrongness, of something being off about the man, nagged at him." Sword Catcher, page 358.

There is no way that Beck just decided to meet Kel even though no other person has been able to meet him before. I think that the real Prosper Beck is actually the wealthy patron. The patron is a wealthy noble that obviously knows who Kel is, got word about the Crawlers almost killing Kel, and this guy is just an intermediary to give out orders to his employees and pretend to be Beck to throw people looking for him (like Kel) off the scent.

Next, I wanted to talk about Beck's weird ass demands. These weird demands also give the idea that Beck really is the patron because he asks really weird, specific, humiliating tasks that show that Beck would have to personally know Conor to ask of him. For example, he tells Conor to put an emetic in a wine bottle, giving it to Roverge and Montfaucon, and then telling him to kill his horse (page 391), which is horrible. Beck also gets Kel to focus on acquiring Antonetta's locket. About the locket fiasco, Kel tells Jerrod:

"And then it occurred to me. Beck wants me to be driven mad with pointless questions. He wants me to be gazing over at the locket and the Alleynes, so I won't be looking somewhere else, somewhere he doesn't want me to look." - Sword Catcher, page 513.

Clearly these ridiculous demands are supposed to just fuck with Conor and Kel and distract them from things that are going on, and are possibly chosen because the patron knows that they will obsess over these things that they care about. The patron might even know about Kel and Antonetta being interested in one another (obviously not know about the grass ring in the locket, just that Kel would grapple with the idea of betraying Antonetta), or it might have just been a request because Beck is aware they know each other and grew up together/were close friends growing up. Still, knowing these things lends the idea that Beck is the patron. It also just makes me think that there might be more to these demands than meets the eye? I'm unsure as to what that would be, though.

When Beck dips on Castellane, he gives Jerrod a message to relay to Kel. It is kind of odd that Beck wanted to give Kel an ominous message as he left. I think Beck is obviously not gone, but the alias of Prosper Beck has left. Beck's enterprise served its purpose and now the patron is moving on, so they swiftly dismantled every trace of Beck. The wealthy patron is giving Kel this message because they want to instill fear into him. This almost leads me to believe that the the patron actually knows who Kel really is, or suspects that Kel is more than he seems. The mysterious message is:

"Trouble is coming for the Hill, Anjuman, and Marivent will not be exempt. You have no idea how bad it will get. Blood will run from the height to the depth. The Hill will drown in it." - Sword Catcher, page 514.

Okay, drama queen. This actually sounds a lot like the warning from the assassin at the very end of the book. It is possible that the patron is also the person who orchestrated the attack on the palace and the assassinations of Princess Luisa, Sena Anessa, and the attempted assassination of Conor. I definitely think there might be more than one noble orchestrating these things because there has got to be at least two nobles that are actively attempting to destabilize the monarchy.

One final thing I wanted to talk about when it comes to Prosper Beck's importance/purpose in the story is Jerrod's reactions to Kel. Jerrod is Beck's right hand man (you could say that Jerrod is...at his beck and call). When Kel first interacts with the Crawlers, Jerrod is the first person to realize that Kel is not the Prince, and actually tries to deter the other Crawlers from trying to kill him immediately (before the arrows start flying):

"She started toward Kel, Kaspar and the others following. Kel flexed his hands at his sides, preparing to fight. Jerrod, to his surprise, hadn't moved. He was still holding on to the front of Kel's jacket.

'Back off, Lola,' he said. 'And the rest of you. Listen to me-'" - Sword Catcher, page 186.

After Kel is stabbed and lying in the alley, Jerrod asks him who he is and apologizes to him about what happened. He is still acting pretty weird. It seems like he might actually recognize him from somewhere? Then, at the end of the book, in Kel and Jerrod's last interaction, Kel asks why he didn't just kill him, but instead left him dying. This is his response:

"'You've made plenty of trouble for me,' Jerrod said shortly. 'The answer is simple. I saw Ji-An on the wall. She seemed invested in keeping you alive, and I didn't want to go directly against the Ragpicker King.'

It was a sound enough reason, but it didn't sit quite right with Kel. Something about the whole situation gnawed at him." - Sword Catcher, page 514.

This is so bizarre. I have looked at the prologue and there doesn't appear to be anyone matching Jerrod's name or description when Kel is in the Orfelinat, so Jerrod probably wouldn't know him from there. I almost suspected that he used to be Kel's friend Cas, but Cas has a much different physical description than Jerrod (he has dark hair, while Cas is blonde w/ freckles; that's basically all I could find). Also, I would think that Kel would recognize that he was Cas after a while. They are definitely not the same person. I just don't know how Jerrod recognized him or whatever happened there. It seemed like he may not have met Kel before, but possibly heard about the Sword Catcher and suspects it to be Kel - we still have no idea how Andreyen found out that Kel was the Sword Catcher (we maybe can assume that his spies in the Palace found out and relayed the information to him?). It may be possible that Jerrod found out information from some of these spies, or found out the information through Prosper Beck (the fake intermediary) from the patron. Running with this theory, the assassin at the end of the book knew that Kel was the Sword Catcher, and if we can assume that Beck's patron is behind the Palace attack, then it's possible that the patron knows who Kel really is. I think I'm just running my mind in circles trying to figure it out when in reality I don't think we have enough information yet.

Overall, I think that Prosper Beck is the alias of the patron, who is controlling all of Beck's enterprises. This patron's identity is still up in the air, but I am betting on either Roverge, Gremont, or Sardou - all of which seem kind of obvious though, seeing that they have all been seen with shady ties to the Maze (Roverge, Gremont) or ominous conversations that hint to having shady ambitions (Sardou). Even though I like the theory that Antonetta is the patron, I don't think it makes sense with her character (unless she is a huge anti-monarchist, or will highly benefit from the fall of House Aurelian, which remains to be seen).

The main purpose of Beck's character is, evidently, to cause a monumental shift in the power dynamics of the Hill, destabilizing the monarchy and making House Aurelian vulnerable. Not only is this patron using the alias of Prosper Beck to cause chaos within the Hill, but also within the Ragpicker King's business as well. From the disruption of both House Aurelian and the Ragpicker King, the patron was able to prevent the two from interacting (likely responsible for killing the guard that was the go-between for King Markus and Andreyen), further maintaining Castellane's vulnerability and hiding the identity of the patron. This patron is really well-versed in everything that's going on both in the Hill and in the City, so I think that they are definitely going to be spending a lot of effort to kill Kel in book 2, seeing as the assassin wasn't too happy with his interference in Conor's assassination attempt. It is unclear what the end goal is - Castellane takeover? Maybe the anti-monarchists want to make it a democracy? We will find out in book 2, I suppose!

#all i know is that kel is gonna destroy this wealthy patron fr #thanks to the two people who read this full thing! #cc please postpone twp so we can get the ragpicker king earlier!! i need it so bad #sword catcher #kel saren #the ragpicker king #antonetta alleyne

[libinih28]

A so far, definitive list of the charter families (I will update as I keep reading):

Aurelian: Ruling family; Markus, Lilibet, Conor

Alleyne: Silk; Liorada, Antonetta

Cazalet: Banking; Rolant

Gasquet: Oil & Perfume; NA

Sardou: Glass; Polidor

Uzec: Wine; Ambrose

Esteve: Horses; Alonse

Gremont: Coffee & Tea; Mathieu, Artal

Roverge: Dyes & Inks; Benedict, Charlon

Raspail: Timber; NA

Montfaucon: Textiles; Lupin

Falconet: Spices; Joss

#sword catcher #cassandra clare

[captain-price-unofficially]

A German Hannover CL IIIa plane (s/n 3892/18) two seater brought down in the Argonne by American machine gunners, between Montfaucon and Cierges, France. 4 October 1918.

#october #wwi #western front (wwi) #european theater #hundred days offensive

[george228732]

Can any of your ocs sing?

Absolutely!

Zachrii, Velay, Fylass, Vibrato (for obvious reasons) and Cosmounse are incredible singers!

Henri, Montfaucon, Roul, Cifrado, Mistle and Henri however... Do not let them close to a microphone, I beg of you.

#not tagging #asks

[i-am-trying-my-best-okay]

""Pity Ana hasn't a brain in her head. She'd be a good match otherwise." "She doesn't need brains," said Montfaucon, leaning against the great fireplace. He'd set his bow aside for the moment. "She's worth millions, and she's ornamental enough." Roverge chuckled, and sketched a voluptuous female form with his hands. "If I married her, I'd keep her flat on her back, pumping out little Roverges, all swaddled in silk." Kel forced down the sudden, almost overwhelming urge to punch Roverge in the face. You used to play pirates with her, he wanted to say. She once chased you around with a sword until you burst into tears, after you insulted her mother. Kel realized then that he had always framed the past as the time Antonetta changed: changed how she behaved, changed the way she treated him. But now, listening to Roverge and Montfaucon and Falconet, he thought: They were the ones who had changed. When Antonetta had suddenly curved, her new body all breasts and hips, it was as if she had become something else to them - something foreign and negligible, easy to mock. They had forgotten she was bright and clever. No, it was more than that. Her cleverness had become invisible to them. They could not see it. At some point, alone, she had made the choice to turn that invisibility to her advantage."

Sword Catcher

#what the fuck I'm ill #the way this captures when woman grow up and the men from their childhoods act so hurtful towards them and other women in general #and you just watch the change and feel so betrayed thinking to how they used to be #i can't #sword catcher #cassandra clare #antonetta alleyne #i love antonetta #kel saren #quotes #out of context quotes