#prophets and madwomen

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Southcott left a sealed wooden casket of prophecies, usually known as Joanna Southcott's Box, with instructions to open it only at a time of national crisis and in the presence of all 24 current bishops of the Church of England, who were to spend a fixed period beforehand studying her prophecies. Attempts were made to persuade the episcopate to open it in the Crimean War and again in the First World War. ...A campaign on billboards and in national newspapers such as the Sunday Express was run in the 1960s and 1970s by a prominent group of Southcottians, the Panacea Society in Bedford (formed in 1920), to try to persuade the 24 bishops to have the box opened, claiming: "War, disease, crime and banditry, distress of nations and perplexity will increase until the Bishops open Joanna Southcott's box." The Society claims to hold this true box at a secret location for safekeeping, with its whereabouts to be disclosed only when a bishops' meeting has been arranged. 

#Joanna Southcott #prophets and madwomen #we need her now more than ever

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CHARACTER INFO SHEET

tagged by: @caemthe thank youuu tagging: @toadmiretoweepover , @grandordergirl , @heroicmenagerie , @voidfragments

Name: Orpheus Name meaning: "Darkness of Night" Alias: God of Music, Son of Apollo Ethnicity: Greek

THREE HEADCANONS YOU’VE NEVER TOLD ANYONE:

He never particularly cared for Dionysus as his divine patron, finding him to be more of a hassle than it was worth. Honestly had it been up to Orpheus he would have dedicated himself to Hestia or even Demeter. But sadly Dionysus called dibs the first time Orpheus made a public appearance with his music, much to Apollo's fury later though it did little in the eyes of Zeus who approved it.

Music is not the only divine gift Orpheus inherited from his father though it is the single-most powerful ability he has. Though he didn't inherit any talents in medicine or archery, he did unfortunately have a minor gift in prophecy. Much to his immense distress as a young child when dreams of the future would strike him and leave him sobbing in fear and confusion in his mother and father's arms.

Apollo did indeed help raise Orpheus personally, even bringing him to the Muses once his talent in music began to make itself known so they could help him refine it. However, Orpheus holds no illusions as to his father's true nature, no matter how much he may love him. And so he'll embrace his role as the favorite and youngest child to call Apollo out on his shenanigans whenever it's necessary.

THREE THINGS YOUR CHARACTER LIKES DOING IN THEIR FREE TIME:

Flower arranging, a habit picked up from his mother.

Writing poems and songs.

Surprisingly, he enjoys throwing the discus.

SIX PEOPLE YOUR CHARACTER LIKES/LOVES:

His mother, the daughter of the king of Thrace/Macedonia. (nameless because thanks greek mythology)

Asclepius (half-brother, the only one he knew)

Apollo (father)

Eurydice (best friend since childhood)

Castor

The rest of the Argonauts except Herakles

TWO THINGS YOUR CHARACTER REGRETS:

Failing to save Eurydice from the Underworld. She didn't deserve to die so young, she deserved so much better. And he blamed himself for her death because she was gathering flowers for him to give to his ailing mother. A gift she intended to make him smile again like how he hadn't since his return from the quest for the golden fleece. Discovering she'd been attacked, that she'd been murdered, was the straw that broke the camel's back when it came to Orpheus' grief and terror of losing his loved ones. That's why he went to Hades...but in the end Orpheus was too human despite being more divine than mortal. His heart was too full of love... and so he doubted and looked back and failed. And he's never forgiven himself for it.

How he froze in fear when the Boreads enraged Herakles by suggesting the Argo sail away and leave him to his fruitless search if he wouldn't stop. Orpheus knows that if he had reacted in time he could have diffused the situation since his music can manipulate emotions in all beings. But he was just a youth barely more than sixteen at the time of the quest, and so he froze because of his sheltered life in the palace.

TWO PHOBIAS YOUR CHARACTER HAS:

Claustrophobia. There's no real reason for it, he's never been locked up that he can remember. But the idea of it terrifies him endlessly both in life and as a Servant. It doesn't help that his prophetic dreams made him feel trapped, unable to move or even scream when they would fall upon him in his sleep.

Thanatophobia, the fear of death. Specifically in Orpheus' case the death of those he loves. An unfortunate fear to have considering he watched so many people he cared for die either from illness, old age, or at the hands of others. When his own death came...he was only afraid of the madwomen who were tearing him apart. Death didn't frighten him, it was the events that led to his death that did.

#an endless tale; headcanon #divine musician enshrined in starlight; orpheus #i have a lot to say about my boy like so much #thank you for tagging me so i could ramble about him a bit!! #his name has no agreed upon meaning just like his origin story has like fifteen versions #so i just used the meaning i liked best and the origin i already use for him

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[ Things to consider are italicized~ ]

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 6:04 PM MilesAnimaea has connected.

Jon (mynameisntburgerpants) - Today at 6:08 PM CA: Greetings.

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 6:08 PM MA: Ah. MA: This is. A strange grimoire the seers have made. MA: I was beginning to suspect that they were making fun of me.

Jon (mynameisntburgerpants) - Today at 6:09 PM CA: ...?

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 6:09 PM MA: Nonetheless, good day to you.

Jon (mynameisntburgerpants) - Today at 6:09 PM CA: We are getting a lot of traffic from people who do not know what smartphones or computers are, it seems. CA: In any case, welcome.

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 6:09 PM MA: I beg your pardon...? MA: What are these smartphones you are referring to? MA: Computers sound like blasphemic witchcraft. Just the name sounds more a curse than boon.

Jon (mynameisntburgerpants) - Today at 6:12 PM CA: ...Hm.

Ludio [cecidit-ludio] {Malum} - Today at 6:13 PM :cloud_tornado: Do you have a name, newcomer?

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 6:13 PM MA: Oh. Gracious, how rude of me. MA: The seers would have teased me ruthlessly... MA: Fair day to you all, my name is Cayden Rutland, Royal Knight to the King.

Ludio [cecidit-ludio] {Malum} - Today at 6:16 PM :cloud_tornado: It's a pleasure to meet you, Cayden. My name is Ludio.

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 6:17 PM MA: An odd name, but I've heard odder. MA: I trust the day is faring you well, ...er... MA: Pardon my asking, but are you a dame or a sire?

Ludio [cecidit-ludio] {Malum} - Today at 6:20 PM :cloud_tornado: Neither?

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 6:20 PM MA: . . .

Empathy (xyxsofxmpathy) - Today at 6:20 PM :rocket: WELCOME!!! :rocket: Sorry for the delay!

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 6:21 PM MA: Thank you for your egregious welcome, unknown one. MA: I apologize sincerely, but to refer to someone without their appropriate rank is ill fit for nobility, assumed or otherwise. MA: Imagine the rumors. MA: I would be stripped of my rank and title.

the tiny mod. (cream) - Today at 6:24 PM [WindowMoon]: due to unfortunate circumstance, i am awake

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 6:24 PM MA: That seems to be the generalized sentiment here as well.

the tiny mod. (cream) - Today at 6:25 PM [WindowMoon]: AKA today is a chilly day good to sleep all day but am i sleeping now? nope

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 6:25 PM MA: We appear to be in different locations... MA: I have to report this to His Majesty immediately! MilesAnimaea has disconnected.

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 6:51 PM MilesAnimaea has connected.

Empathy (xyxsofxmpathy) - Today at 6:51 PM :rocket: WELCOME!!!

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 6:53 PM MA: I was here before but I appreciate the dedication to courtesy.

Empathy (xyxsofxmpathy) - Today at 6:54 PM :rocket: It’s how I greet!

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 6:54 PM MA: The seers tossed a ball and I caught a bull. The Lord is truly making things difficult for me. MA: This grimoire is transcribed in seer tongue. MA: Which His Majesty cannot read.

Jon (mynameisntburgerpants) - Today at 6:56 PM CA: Ah?

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 6:57 PM MA: Seer tongue, prophet talk, what have you. MA: What do the youth refer to it these days?

Jon (mynameisntburgerpants) - Today at 6:58 PM CA: I have no earthly clue what you are talking about. We are speaking Common. CA: If it automatically translates on your end, and you can still read it, then I cannot help with that.

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 6:59 PM MA: Everything is in seer tongue for me. MA: A rather beautiful language, but takes forever to learn.

Jon (mynameisntburgerpants) - Today at 7:00 PM CA: Ah.

Ludio [cecidit-ludio] {Malum} - Today at 7:00 PM :cloud_tornado: Hm.....seer tongue....beautiful language....would it happen to be Latin?

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 7:00 PM MA: Ha, no, that is common tongue. MA: For the nobles, anyhow.

Jon (mynameisntburgerpants) - Today at 7:01 PM CA: Well, I am not speaking Latin.

Ludio [cecidit-ludio] {Malum} - Today at 7:02 PM :cloud_tornado: Ah. What other languages had prophets.... :cloud_tornado: Anyone here know?

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 7:02 PM MA: Well, I can tell you what seer tongue is referred to in 'Latin'?

Ludio [cecidit-ludio] {Malum} - Today at 7:02 PM :cloud_tornado: Sure, why not.

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 7:04 PM MA: Lingua veteres.

Jon (mynameisntburgerpants) - Today at 7:04 PM CA: I can give that a quick search... CA: "The old language." CA: Older than Latin... CA: So not English, then. That was going to be my first guess. CA: Unless we are talking very old Germanic English, which would be impossible to read even to those who speak modern English.

Ludio [cecidit-ludio] {Malum} - Today at 7:06 PM :cloud_tornado: Hm.......let me see...there was Greece, Rome, Egypt.... :cloud_tornado: Any of those ring a bell?

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 7:06 PM MA: Though some are beginning to refer to it as Vox Graecia.

Jon (mynameisntburgerpants) - Today at 7:06 PM CA: Greek. CA: Ancient Greek, if I had to guess--again, likely illegible to modern speakers.

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 7:07 PM MA: Is that what the youth are calling it now? That is disrespectful.

Ludio [cecidit-ludio] {Malum} - Today at 7:07 PM :cloud_tornado: Can I ask you something rather strange?

Jon (mynameisntburgerpants) - Today at 7:07 PM CA: And if I had to guess, you are likely from...hundreds of years in the past.

Ludio [cecidit-ludio] {Malum} - Today at 7:07 PM :cloud_tornado: What year is it?

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 7:08 PM MA: Our seers speak that tongue, though. It is how they speak to the Gods.

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 7:14 PM MA: The seers are laughing at me.

Jon (mynameisntburgerpants) - Today at 7:15 PM CA: If I had to guess, there is something they are not telling you.

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 7:15 PM MA: Unsurprising. They are that sort of folk.

Jon (mynameisntburgerpants) - Today at 7:16 PM CA: Ahhhh.

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 7:16 PM MA: Unfortunately, I can usually decipher their meaning and Intent through their voices. MA: I can also understand seer tongue. MA: It is why I am their escort.

Jon (mynameisntburgerpants) - Today at 7:17 PM CA: I would suggest you ask for a more concrete answer, but given what you have said so far, I would not be surprised if you made that request before and they blew you off.

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 7:17 PM MA: ... Well, among many reasons, that is precisely why I am their escort. MA: I have made that request, and they did elaborate. MA: They are the sort of folk to not tell if you do not ask, but they have a way with words that makes people uneasy.

Jon (mynameisntburgerpants) - Today at 7:18 PM CA: ...Then I return to my suggestion of just asking what the deal is.(edited) CA: With this internet-enabled tome.

Ludio [cecidit-ludio] {Malum} - Today at 7:19 PM :cloud_tornado: Those with "connection to Gods" tend to speak rather oddly.

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 7:25 PM MA: Did I err on the side of strange speak? MA: Too much time with the seers tends to addle my thoughts from the norm.

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 7:37 PM MA: The fact that His Majesty relies on madwomen for these things is strange, but ah well. MA: I cannot much talk, considering I am his Adviser and also a Mage...

Jon (mynameisntburgerpants) - Today at 7:46 PM CA: That is the archetypal spork, yes.

Empathy (xyxsofxmpathy) - Today at 7:46 PM :cloud_rain: i personally prefer a splayd

the tiny mod. (cream) - Today at 7:47 PM [WindowMoon]: oh my god Sayori

Empathy (xyxsofxmpathy) - Today at 7:48 PM :cloud_rain: yes? :3

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 7:48 PM MA: I am almost convinced that you are all actually just the seers, messing with me because I am the youngest.

fleur / res [ Vrai. ] - Today at 7:49 PM MA: I cannot believe I have jurisdiction to say this, yet I have heard stranger. MA: ... Well, I do happen to speak to madwomen daily, so I suppose it is not that strange.

#* cayden. \ long live the reckless & the brave. #* canon. \ more to him than meets the eye. #* lore. \ not all fairytales are true fiction. #* important. \ don't forget. #* discord. \ behind the scenes.