#magdala

A 19th Century Abyssinian shield,

The circular dome shield made from hide and decorated in blind, with white metal strapwork and floral appliquets, the central boss engraved description "Magdala 13th April 1868", the reverse with carrying handle,

52cms diameter.

Lord Napier led the expedition of 1868 against Emperor Tewodros II of Abyssinia (modern day Ethiopia). The Abyssinian ruler was holding a number of Protestant missionaries hostage, in his mountain capital of Magdala, as well as two British diplomats who had attempted to negotiate their freedom.

After months of planning, the advance guard of engineers landed at Zula on the Red Sea to constuct a port on 30th October 1867; Napier himself arrived in Zula 2nd January 1868, on the 25th January 1868 Napier led his group south to Ethiopian highlands.

After traversing 400 miles of mountainess terrain in inhospitable weather, Napier's troops reached the foot of Magdala on the 9th April 1868, and the next day, defeated the 9000 troops still loyal to Tewodros at the battle of Magdala for the loss of only two British lives.

Although Emperor Tewodros II surrender his hostages and made repeated efforts for a negotiated surrender, the distrustful Napier pressed on and ordered an assault on the mountain redoubt on 13th April 1868. The British captured Magdala and Emperor Tewodros killed himself. Napier then ordered the destruction of Tewodros' artillery and the burning of Madgala as retribution. This included the expedition and its troops looting many local artifacts which they took back to Britian.

Napier was elevated to the peerage as Baron Napier of Magdala on 11th July 1868 and granted annuity and ammunity for life.

My Encanto OC Magdala 🌹

07/22/2022

Mary understands the FUNDamentals.

💙🥀You yearn to be that dream you could never get to

'Cause the person on the other side has always just been you

Oh, God, turn me into a flower🥀💙

Magdala, Daemon and Eden’s mother, was Mammons/Lucifers wife for 8 years before her death. She’s the most important character in Flipside in a tragic way, he death was a domino effect causing a lot of important events to occur.

Magdala was a happy young woman, full of life and creativity. She was an abstract artist and made jewelry with her mother on the side. When she was 18 she met a man who seemed to be a but older than her but fell for him hard. Magdala liked that he had a type of charisma that you’d only find in a cheesy romance novel, she loved trying new things and he seemed like something different so she followed him anywhere he’d take her.

Her parents didn’t like this man Magdala was talking to, they didn’t know why but something felt off about him. At 20 she was pregnant with twins, and the man had convinced her to come live with him. Magdala wasn’t sure, she didn’t want to leave her parents behind but her family didn’t have enough resources to take care of twins. The man finally reveals his true self to Magdala, telling her that he’s the Devil and if she marries him he’d take care of her and the babies, promised her that she would get to live a lavish lifestyle. She hesitantly agrees and says her final last goodbye’s to her parents. She wasn’t allowed to see or speak to them after they were married, it would look bad for him if the public found out he’d married a poor young imp.

To make it seem like she was some type of rich socialite before they were married, Lucifer went around selling Magdala’s paintings and gifting them to associates, bribing them with more power and money they could imagine if they went along with this façade.

Magdala slowly started to realize Lucifer wasn’t really how he portrayed himself to be. She was a naïve girl when she met him, and now she’s trapped with her babies in this life she never wanted. Every year, she’d notice something off about Lucifer. The way he treated the twins differently, only spending time with Daemon and treating Eden like a nuisance. He’d get more mean, loud, and angry as the years past until Magdala snapped.

Late one night when the twins were asleep, and was Lucifer in his office, Magdala started packing anything she could fit into her luggage. She heard a slam and zipped up her luggage running towards the twins bedroom. Right before she could even grab the doorknob she’s snatched away and drops the luggage.

Lucifer was furious that she would even consider running off, especially with Daemon. He begged her to only take Eden, he couldn’t lose his heir. Magdala wasn’t going anywhere without both of her children, Lucifer glared at her in silence. Magdala, thinking she’d won, slowly started to head back to the twins bedroom. He lunges at her from behind, knife in hand, if he couldn’t have his way he’d make it happen any way possible. Magdala tried her hardest to fight him off but it was too late, he had slit her throat. The last thing she saw was her babies bedroom door, with her luggage right in front, wishing she was faster and stronger so she would’ve made her escape with her children.

She was found a year later, poorly buried in the carnation beds in the mansions garden by a 9 year old Daemon.

María Magdalena (2018) con Rooney Mara es un comienzo al saber.