#dinlas

(Immense amounts of Venom practically made her comatose)

Dinlas covers these marks (one on her neck, other on her arm), but sometimes she'll feel aftereffects of it (severe pain, numbness, tingling, etc) randomly

i lowkenuinely think Dinlas should have parts of her arm maybeeeee have parts of Onyx Agate...

Historian Sana Aiyar in her work on the Indian diaspora in Kenya notes that by the time Kenya became an independent nation, 2 per cent of the country’s population was composed of Indians who were part of the retail, wholesale and manufacturing sectors and provided skilled labour. Further, she notes that 30 per cent of Nairobi’s population was Indian. However, the strongly visible presence of Indians in Kenya is complicated by the racial and economic position of the community in the country. Immigrants to the East African republic from India, particularly from Gujarat, had started coming in since the 17th century. The advent of colonial rule expanded business opportunities for Indians from other parts of the subcontinent as well. For instance, a large number of Punjabis provided labour for constructing the railways. Further, Indians were also required for serve in the British Army in East Africa. While several Indians came back after the termination of their contracts, several stayed on there working as masons, mechanics and carpenters.

By the early 20th century, a fresh inflow of Indians made their way into Kenya who emerged as the petty bourgeois class, serving semi-skilled labour to Europeans, Indians and Africans. Colonial administration in Kenya, like in India, was based on categorization along racial, religious and ethnic lines. Consequently, a racial pyramid like structure evolved in the administrative set up, with Europeans right on the top with exclusive access to the fertile highlands, Indians in the middle, working as traders and Africans forming the bottommost rung. As noted by Aiyar, Africans were expected to fulfil dual roles. On the one hand they had to make European farms profitable and on the other hand, they were expected to cultivate their own lands and sell the surplus to the shops run by Indians.

By the mid twentieth century, when anti-colonial movements took roots in India, the same ideologies of freedom and equality were carried by the immigrants to Kenya. Thereafter, Indians in Kenya started agitating for racial equality. The intermingling of Indian and African nationalist politics has been the subject of research for several historians. An interesting aspect of the relation between the two colonized communities however, is that while on one hand the two could relate to each other in terms of the shared dream of independence, on another hand there is sufficient evidence of conflict between the two communities on account of the racial hierarchy that existed. As a result, despite the contribution made by the Indian diaspora to Kenyan demands for independence, the community had continued to be relatively invisible in the official historical records of Kenya.

The latest move by the Kenyan government to recognize Indians in Kenya as a tribe is move that is expected to correct this invisibility and make an official note of the efforts to achieve nationhood and development that the Indian community has shared with the other Kenyan tribes historically.

Some popular Indian origin Kenyans are:

Pio Gama Pinto – He was a journalist, politician, and freedom fighter. This socialist leader devoted his life to liberate Kenyan people from post-colonial dictatorship. Pio Gama Pinto was killed due to his outspoken way of living and became independent Kenya’s first martyr in 1965.

Makhan Singh – This Punjabi was the pioneer of trade unionism in Kenya. In 1927, he moved with his family to Nairobi from Punjab at a tender age of 13. Later in 1935, he formed the first trade union in Kenya and was quite active in the Ghadr/Kirti Party that struggled for Kenyan independence. In 1949, he together with Fred Kubai, a Kenyan, formed the East African Trade Union.

A R Kapila – Born in 1926, Aachhroo Ram Kapila was a prominent criminal lawyer of Kenyan Asian background. He is remembered in Kenya for his role in fighting for the rights and compensations of the Mau Mau Freedom Fighters during their independence struggle.

Fitz de Souza – He was a Kenyan Indian lawyer, who became a member of Parliament, and later deputy speaker of the Kenyan parliament.

Shakeel Shabbir – He is the current Member of Parliament for Kisumu, a large city in Kenya. Although he has an Indian lineage, he was elected to the parliament by indigenous Kenyans, which shows that he is accepted irrespective of his origins

Jayesh Saini - Health care consultant, Leads key pharmaceutical companies and healthcare (Bliss Healthcare, Nairobi West Hospital, Dinlas Pharmaceuticals)

Manilal Premchand Chandaria- Kenyan businessman of Indian descent born in Nairobi. Along with being a senior member of the Comcraft Group of Companies, a billion dollar enterprise that has a presence in over 40 countries,[2][3] he is on the boards of several prominent East African companies. He has won several awards in East Africa and internationally in recognition of his entrepreneurial endeavours and is also a noted philanthropist.

Twenty authors, twenty gods, twenty stories that will chill, thrill, and kill you.The Gods of the Pantheon present their first anthology of halloween stories, the time for Samhain draws near....

the dust bowl: a bar owned by hermes. orpheus has a job bartending there. he and hermes live in the apartment upstairs.

the elysian theatre: the theatre that cory performs at with her ballet company.

the idaean postal service building: the post office where hermes worked before he opened the dust bowl.

the pharmacy: conveniently located near the dust bowl.

the gym: hercules is a personal trainer there, and euterpe, selene, and harmonia exercise there regularly.

dinlas general hospital: where cal died and where thalia works.

tête-à-tête: a bookshop owned by athena. polyhymnia works there part-time.

sappho’s music academy: a small hole-in-the-wall music school where polyhymnia teaches piano to young kids. it’s conveniently located across from athena’s bookshop.

penthós counseling center: the grief counseling center where melpomene and niobe work.

the city archives: clio’s workplace.

the library: eurydice and megara can often be found studying here. located only a few blocks from the dust bowl.

olympus school for the arts: calliope used to be the principal of this school. orpheus went there until he was seventeen.

hadestown corp: where hades and his employees work.

six seeds: persephone’s flower shop, located near hadestown corp.

asphodel university: the college where urania and selene work. megara and eurydice attend classes there as well.

persephone’s family estate: located in the far country, persephone visits demeter here once or twice a year to help with harvesting the vineyards.

the train station: where hades usually comes to get persephone when she returns from her mother’s estate in the country.

the airport: when cory comes back from a performance abroad, orpheus, eurydice, and the muses come to pick her up from here.

selene and nyx’s loft: where nyx and selene live. located very close to asphodel university.

PK dance school: the dance school that perseus attended before the incident.

Dinlas claims to be the lost prince of a "fallen land"; contrary to his current life on the streets. He joins the Liberation in hopes of finding a girl he was ordered to find by his "boss". 

(Really wants someone to talk to and something to read)

I KICK THE DOOR DOWN AND FROTH.

BRODIE...YOU MIGHT NEED TO SIT DOWN FOR TS ONE...

OKAY SO!

Although I am still working on her, my favorite character lore is......Daisy Aster. OKAY, OKAY LISTEN, LISTEN! I HAVE A REASON! Throughout my ocs, I feel as if Daisy's the most...concrete? I'm not too sure.

For example, I like how I represented Daisy's mental state!

Starting out, Daisy is an alter, and used to be known as "Datura Solana"! Datura, from a young age, was mute, which in her father's eyes, helped in missions! She was also considered "different" by her faction, and was made fun of, but her family would protect her! Speaking of her family, Datura would go alongside her sister and take out targets! Now, I took inspiration from the Red Room in Marvel (YES YES I KNOW I KNOW....I KNOW...), in which Datura, her sister, who is named Cestra, and others were raised as child soldiers! Now, in this, Datura learned how to fight and take orders (This is why she'll always as for "permission"!).

Because of this fighting, Datura also learned how to tap into her Blessinger power early on, as she's caused many of her targets to die from being poisoned, or become sick in both the physical and mental sense! For one, she causes hallucinations, psychosis, confusion, and other harmful effects, just as the actual Datura flower would! This is also why Datura's blood, saliva, or even touch (only in a few cases) is HIGHLY toxic.

Datura and Cestra were seen as the children to practically wipe out any threats in Robloxia, however, it was Datura who specifically rose up in the ranks! Because of how strict and gruesome she was, not many people wanted to even get CLOSE to her! That is, until she met a girl.

Datura was doing a mission, and as she was walking back, she bumped into a girl that was running off from something. The girl tripped and fell, but Datura caught her in the nick of time, as the girl rambled on about a threat.

Datura, discreetly, handled the threat, and found out that the girl's name was "Charlotte"! Later on, Charlotte and Datura kept meeting, and as the two grew older, Charlotte and Datura fell in love with each other! However, because of this, Datura's attacks started getting sloppier, and Charlotte was executed in front of Datura and her whole faction as a "reminder to fall in line". Datura experienced extremely negative emotions from this and would barely do missions...not that it'd matter to her father. You see, there is a key factor on how Datura was able to awaken her Blessinger power & hone the ability: She was tested on by her father as both punishment, and genuine curiosity.

Datura was fully aware of this and developed Hatred (Which would soon develop into Mallacht! More on that later!)

After this, Datura was put on the run, but was put into an orphanage with Matt, Guest, and Rose years later! Datura, although mostly mute, was considered the "older sister" to Rose, while she was close friends with Matt and Guest, as she defended all three of them if any bully picked on them!

Later on, Datura got adopted by the Aster family, but wasn't used to being within another family, and in the midst of the constant turmoil, Datura developed an alter named "Daisy"!

Now, Daisy is much more talkative and warmer than her core, Datura, especially because Daisy shares no memories with Datura! (Datura makes sure Daisy doesn't know what she has done)

Datura fronts when Daisy is SEVERELY stressed, or in danger, and the BBs have seen Datura! They also take care of Datura! (Datura, mentally, is around age 11-14)

Another thing I like about Daisy is her morals, in which she represents the Shepperd: selflessness! Although Daisy tells other people to sometimes be selfish, Daisy would sacrifice herself quicker for others, than you could sacrifice yourself for her! Daisy's also very smart, and quick on her feet, and prefers to use logic over emotions! The reason why is because if she feels emotional over something/someone, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S ANGER, that anger will cloud her judgement!

This now leads me to Dinlas, the corrupted, powerful form of Daisy, who almost killed the Shepperd!

Dinlas is where she develops Mallacht (which means "curse, condemnation, slander"), which is what happens if Daisy feels Hatred for a prolonged period of time, and if it increases constantly!

Dinlas is inspired by Acheron from HSR, and I'm still working on her, but Dinlas is also considered to be a "demon" who has destroyed Deities (Nitae/Anesidora, Shepperd's "father") and planets (Anesidora, Reverie), and has caused a black hole!

I'm working on this with Tiger, but Dinlas was trapped in Reverie with her "lovers", and David slaughtered her lovers, which caused Dinlas to release the built-up Mallacht, and cause destruction, which has left marks on her skin!

These marks are permanent, and make those areas EXTREMELY sensitive on some days, or EXTREMELY numb on others!

I forgot to mention, but Daisy has a blessinger of Enlightenment within her, known as Solanaceae! Blessingers are powerful beings, 2nd to the Shepperd, but due to Daisy's corruption, the Solanaceae blessinger is trapped within Daisy! (Daisy will not let Solanaceae go, and has now merged within Solanaceae; Solanaceae left golden cracks throughout Daisy's skin)

Daisy, currently, goes by Dinlas, but also Achlys!

Achlys is Daisy's current form, btw!

ALSO REMEMBER WHEN I WAS DOODLING DAISY LAST NIGHT? I WAS DOODLING DINLAS/ACHLYS!

Developing countries, especially African countries are going through a very tough stage in terms of availability of the Vaccine doses. As most of them doesn’t have indigenous facilities to produce vaccines, it is becoming disastrous in terms of economic and health stability.

The present vaccination statistics shows Israel at the top of the chart with around 116 dosesper 100 persons. And they have now almost declared a non-mask life inside their country.

The below chart shows the situation of developing African countries (Source- Financial Times).

https://ig.ft.com/coronavirus-vaccine-tracker/?areas=gbr&areas=isr&areas=usa&areas=eue&cumulative=1&populationAdjusted=1

See the position of Kenya which is 121 with just 1.6 vaccines per 100 persons.

Another disastrous fact is that most of these countries were planning to have dosages from India where the worst wave is hitting (around 400,000 cases and 4,000 deaths per day). India is 71st in this chart with only 11.2 vaccinations per 100.

It will be a full catastrophe if the second wave is hitting these countries where the economic situation is in the worst condition unlike countries like India.

Amidst this critical situation, Kenya is having a very uncommon situation whereas some dosages of Sputnik Vaccines are available in the Country, but not able to administer because of some political games (In fact, they ordered to re-export these vaccines, damn!!!!).

Hope the Authorities of all African Countries will consider the matters seriously and value the lives of their people over the silly political games and mere egos.