transformation temple

the reason why his last name is so fucking stupid is because he's polish. think about it.

like that's why he knows way too much for a child, and why he's so jaded, and why his last name is stupid, and why he's so gay

There was a saying here: ‘Heaven is high, and the King is far away’. The Stars shone brightly yet were out of reach, offering no succour to the masses. The ruler is remote and aloof, uncaring toward their problems. Here, they had to pay tribute and receive little in return. A century ago, when the Hearkeners came, resisting them would've been tantamount to resisting the Vulow crown. The local rulers, appointed by Vulow, decided that less life would be lost if their way of life were to be lost, than if they started a war of secession.

Ever since then, Vulow had been careful to appoint leaders here that were pliable and easy to control. They knew the risks they had run during that incident and wanted to make sure any other such incidents would go similarly.

People here lived hard lives. Burdened by supporting a complicit upper class that didn't care, who then reported to a foreign government that really, really did not care.

Early 16th century liturgical psalter from Armenia. Cover.