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━━ BASIC INFO.

NAME:  theodoros  NICKNAME:  theodore,  theo  AGE:  thirty-five  PLACE OF BIRTH:  palace  of  blachernae,  constantinople  IMPERIUM:  byzantium  GENDER:  cisgender  man  PRONOUNS:  he/him  ORIENTATION:  homosexual  RELIGION:  greek  orthodox,  somewhat  of  a  mystic  PARENTS:  konstantinos  &  helena  SIBLINGS  andronikos,  sophia  LANGUAGES:  greek,  latin,  arabic,  french  (  fluent  )    italian,  german,  farsi  (  conversational  )    english,  mandarin  (  learning  )  EDUCATION:  private  tutoring  with  the  professors  of  the  pandidakterion  TITLE:  basileus  rhomaíōn,  see  also:  autokrator,  kyrios,  despotes  INTERESTS:  theology,  philosophy,  wargames,  mathematics,  alchemy  HOBBIES:  reading,  writing,  horseriding,  going on long walks  LABEL  the  doomsayer

━━ PERSONALITY.

mbti. infj-t  enneagram. 1w2,  the  activist  instinct. sp/sx  character inspo. rhaegar targaryen,  a  song  of  ice  and  fire  /  kendall  roy,  succession  /  paul  atreides,  dune  /  hektor,  the  iliad  /  rodion  raskolnikov,  crime  and  punishment

erudite,  gregarious,  perceptive,  dutiful

machievellian,  insatiable,  melancholic,  secretive

━━ SNAPSHOT.

character  study  HERE

known  most  everywhere    as  the  emperor  of  a  kingdom  yet  to  realise  it  has  already  fallen,    the  basileus  of  the  roman  empire  is  a  man  out  of  time.    the  clock  is  running  down  on  him  and  his  empire,    and  yet  he    (    poor  fool  that  he  is!    )    tries  to  save  the  imperium  that  was  his  birthright.    charming  and  conciliatory,    he  has  made  great  strides  in  establishing  links  towards  the  successor  kingdoms  of  his  empire’s  former  western  half    —    setting  aside  orthodox  pride  over  the  great  schism  if  only  to  stave  off  the  bleeding  of  byzantium.    one  might  almost  be  tempted  to  ask  what  the  basileus  might  sell  off  next,    if  only  to  further  exact  an  assurance  for  the  salvation  of  his  people. 

in  truth,    the  basileus  might  have  been  a  man  better  suited  for  the  monastery  than  the  rooms  encrusted  with  porphyry.    as  a  child,    he  always  had  his  nose  stuck  in  some  crumbling  tome,    his  mouth  always  firing  off  incessant  questions  to  counfound  the  philosophers  who  would  claim  their  didactic  lineage  all  the  way  to  aristotle.    yet  his  perception  also  gave  rise  to  a  profound  insight  when  he  was  young:    he  was  the  inheritor  of  a  kingdom  about  to  die,    and  this  changed  him  greatly.    he  could  never  be  the  sort  of  warrior  that  would  stem  the  ottoman  tide,    but  there  is  one  thing  he  can  do,  and  that  is  to  shift  his  focus  from  the  finer  intricacies  of  the  celestial  hierarchies  to  the  far  more  material  hierarchies  of  this  earth    —    a  change  that  he  still  grieves  for  in  his  heart.

━━ TIMELINE.

1397.  theodoros is born.

1398.  his brother,  andronikos,  is born.

1403.  his sister,  sophia,  is born.

1432.  he arrives at the court of king charles of france.

━━ PLOTS.

BASIC STATISTICS.

name: zhu zhen meanings: zhu - upright , precious / virtuous age: twenty seven years date of birth: august 12th , 1405 titles: crown prince of china orientation: bisexual , biromantic religion: while he prays to the traditional gods , he believes in the philosophies of taoism nationality: chinese ethnicity: chinese

FAMILIAL TIES.

mother: empress xia xiojing father: emperor yuanzhang siblings: anqing , ancheng , jianjun , ruyang spouse: n / a issue: n / a

PERSONALITY.

━━ BASIC INFO.

NAME:  damayanti  sivasankar  NICKNAME:  damiata,  dami  AGE:  thirty-eight  PLACE OF BIRTH:  vijayanagara  IMPERIUM:  rome  GENDER:  cisgender  woman  PRONOUNS:  she/her  ORIENTATION:  bisexual  RELIGION:  shaivism  PARENTS:  sivasankar  vikramaditya  &  bhima devi  SIBLINGS  one  brother  LANGUAGES:  tamil,  telugu,  kannada,  portuguese,  latin  (  fluent  )    urdu,  italian,  french,  arabic  (  conversational  )    english,  mandarin  (  learning  )    spanish  (  reliant on intelligibility from the other romance languages  )    sanskrit,  hindi  (  childhood’s  forgotten  tongues  )  EDUCATION:  private  tutoring  TITLE:  courtesan  INTERESTS:  martial  arts,  poetry,  natural  philosophy,  fine  art   HOBBIES:  swordplay,  archery,  hunting,  singing  LABEL  the  muse

━━ PERSONALITY.

mbti. entp-a  enneagram. 3w2,  the  enchanter  instinct. sx/so  character inspo.  helen,  the  iliad  /  daenerys  targaryen,  a  song  of  ice  and  fire  /  kaeya,  genshin  impact  /  dazai  osamu,  bungou  stray  dogs  /  serval,  honkai:  star  rail

beguiling,  discerning,  mellifluous,  determined

condescending,  callous,  ruthless,  deceptive

━━ SNAPSHOT.

character  study  TBD

known    most    everywhere    through  her  perhaps-scandalous  links  with  the  de  facto  ruler  of  rome,    damayanti    —    also  known  as  damiata    —    is  a  figure  who  confounds  understanding:    a  non-believer  reigning  as  the  queen  of  beauty  in  the  eternal  city,    whose  visage  has  been  writ  by  many  a  roman  artist  in  their  canvas.    she  is  charming  and  witty,    yet  all  her  intelligence  seems  to  be  geared  towards  ensuring  immortality  of  her  fair  form.    she  plays  at  expectations  and  makes  the  crowd  part  of  her    —    not  make  herself  part  of  the  crowd,    which  is  a  very  subtle  yet  important  distinction.    she  could  revel  with  the  drunkards  at  the  taverns  yet  converse  ever  so  delightfully  with  the  bluebloods  in  their  chateaus  and  fortifications.  in  short:    a  woman  of  any  occasion,    or  perhaps  a  woman  of  many  masks.

in    truth,      her  reservation  about  her  past  is  less  a  thing  cultivated  to  incite  curiosity  and  more  just  a  natural  reaction  to  the  plight  that  her  family  experienced  when  she  was  young,    fleeing  another  country  simply  because  they  gambled  wrongly.    she  is  perceptive  yet  deceptive  but  also  endlessly  indecisive:    she  charms  people  to  know  their  secrets,    yet  does  almost  next-to-nothing  with  them,    preferring  to  keep  it  to  herself  to  the  point  of  seeming  fruitlessness.    what’s  important  to  her,    however,    is  that  she  knows  others  yet  others  don’t  know  her:    a  guardedness  borne  from  exile.

━━ TIMELINE.

1392.  a son is born to bhima devi and sivasankar,  the former a renowned poetess and the latter a court adviser in the employ of emperor harihara ii of vijayanagara. 

1394.  damayanti is born to sivasankar and bhima devi.  in the same year,  a portuguese merchant settles in vijayanagara.  he is quickly contracted under the sivasankar household as a languages tutor for the children.  damayanti is educated alongside her brother.

1405.  the death of harihara ii paves the way for virupaksha raya’s accession to the royal throne of vijayanagara.  however,  with the succession disputed by his other brothers,  his reign is short-lived.  virupaksha is eventually murdered by his sons.  having been in the employ of the murdered king,  the sivasankar family looks as if they might share their lord’s fate.  however,  their tutor arranges passage for them alongside him back to portugal.

1406.  having arrived in portugal, the sivasankar household experiences a difficult start in establishing themselves. they sell off their treasured possessions — whatever few they can smuggle with their escape — and begin attempts for a burgeoning mercantile trade, specialising in goods exported from the east.

1413.  with the family having found its footing after many long years,  damayanti takes after her erstwhile tutor and takes up travelling.

142?.  eventually,  she settles in italy.

1432.  she arrives at the court of king charles of france as julius’ courtesan.

━━ PLOTS.

BASIC STATISTICS.

name: catherine adela montfort of britanny meanings: catherine - pure , margaret - pearl age: twenty - five years date of birth: february 24th , 1407 ( saint adela's feast day ) titles: lady of britanny , lady tudor , countess of montfort orientation: heterosexual , heteroromantic religion: roman catholic nationality: french ethnicity: french

FAMILIAL TIES.

mother: tbd father: francis montfort , duke of britanny step - mother: princess elizabeth stewart of scotland siblings: n / a extended family: the nobles of burgundy spouse: jasper tudor , count of montfort issue: none. ( hopefully soon )

PERSONALITY.

STATS.

name: margaret "the fortunate" plantagenet meaning: of greek origin meaning "pearl" , of french origin meaning "short of broom" age/dob: twenty-three / 8th march, 1409 status/rank: princess of england (by birth) country of origin: england place of birth: tbd

birth order: thirdborn mother & father: aliénor of aquitane & king henry v of england siblings: katherine of england, henry, prince of wales ✟, constance of england

sexuality: bisexual / biromantic western: pisces religion: roman catholicism height: 5'6" virtues: sympathetic, whimsical vices: self-indulgent, delicate

marital status: betrothed to george of york issue: n/a in-laws: matilda of flanders (sister-in-law), edward of york (future-in-law), anne of york (future-in-law)

alliance(s): her country, the royal line adversaries: her mother in law, anyone overlooking the line of succession in favour of a male heir inspirations: the princess (peau d'ane/donkey skin), hermia (a midsummer night's dream), eurydice (greek mythology), marie de france (poet/matrix), cecily neville (english history)

BIO.

wip, but, was born on the cusp of civil war and her father's victory, margaret has always been known as 'la fortuna', but to watch your brother die is an entirely different matter, which leaves you scarred and forgotten

TIMELINE

1409 born margaret of march 1411 birth of her sister, constance 1413 her older brother hal falls gravely ill, leaving fear in all the bones of the royal family 1415 retreats to eltham palace with her mother and siblings for the queen's health 1419 watches the wedding of her brother to matilda of flanders from the balconies with her sisters 1420 her older brother hal dies only a few months into his marriage, leaving the family fractured 1421 - 1430 between bouts of the plague, margaret is moved from place to place with her siblings for her safety and education, she is taught to pray for a brother every evening, and prepare for a future to bolster the strength of her father's reign 1432 a betrothal is arranged between herself and george of york

WANTEDS

STATS.

name: philip habsburg meaning: of green origin "horse lover" / derived from the castle of habsburg "hawk's castle" in current day switzerland age/dob: twenty-seven / 10th october 1405 status/rank: prince of the holy roman empire, imperial general of the reichasarmee, archduke of austria, heir apparent to the holy roman empire place of birth: palace of aachen, aachen, germany birth order: only child mother & father: holy roman empress ✟ emperor maximillian of the holy roman empire siblings: tbd sexuality: bisexual / biromantic western: libra / the year of the green wood rooster height: 5'8" virtues: alluring, benevolent vices: lethargic, gluttonous marital status: betrothed to juana of castile issue: n/a alliance(s): his father & the holy roman empire, castile & spanish kingdoms adversaries: france (political) inspirations: sebastian (the twelfth nights), romeo (romeo & montague) wip

BIO.

wip, but expect broken hearts

TIMELINE.

1405 born in aachen, the firstborn of emperor maximillian & his consort 1406 - 1420 is brought up among the greatest mind within the empire, often following his father's company by a nurse's side... he is known to be boisterous, charming and confident in all that he does. upon his final years of education, he is passed to his father to learn in his shadow, and assume the role of an apparent heir to the empire 1422 the army of the holy roman empire is created (reichasarmee), philip is honoured to be made an imperial general 1424 his mother dies, though he barely knew her, the news strikes his heart 1426 is given the archduchy of austria, alongside a betrothal to a prestigious and influential bavarian family, though she dies not long after from the plague 1430 contracts the plague, survives if not for loosing hearing in one ear, though this remains a closely guarded secret to not seem weaker to the opposition of electors and candidates 1432 an engagement is made between himself and juana of castile

WANTEDS