#coronation
I’m finally on break and have SAI back, so I figured that I’d participate in that really cute oc ball that’s been happening lately! :> It’s a good chance to try and sharpen my skills and draw more.
Here’s Lafayette and Níðhöggr [with and without illusory human form enabled]! They are no stranger to parties in their natural setting although typically those parties end up with one to twenty people dead on government orders. Lafayette probably adorned Nid to match her dress– although dressing your world’s equivalent of a predator drone in your mother’s jewelry is not particularly advised.
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It is not especially advisable to ride an amalgam. To someone unaccustomed to being around wetware military constructs, prolonged contact with one tends to elicit feelings of unrest, and even depression. Touching one with bare skin often evokes unpleasant childhood memories and sudden, stabbing fear–people have likened the tactile sensation to everything from the feel of cold bathroom tiles, to holding a mass of live hornets.
Repeated exposure seems to diminish the effects considerably, but even battle hardened magicians accustomed to being around demonic constructs are strongly discouraged from doing so for lengthy periods of time. An amalgam may also unconsciously try to integrate a hapless rider into their anatomical structure if they have been on them long enough.
Lafayette is considered to have a bit of a death wish when it comes to this.
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1962 republic manual on demonic constructs
The infographic explanation on how demons work in my story is finally done! @_@ It’s more or less an expanded explanation of this. I worked really hard on it! hope its easy to understand!
EDIT: im gonna put some COOL DEMON FACTZ that i couldn’t fit on the graphic under the cut
-when demons swarm in water, the water turns black and viscous, becoming a substrate known as miasm. miasm only exists for a short amount of time after being exposed to magic before the demons die away.
-amalgams have been known to climb out of miasm after having fallen into water miles away. it’s theorized that demons exist extradimensionally to us, but form bridges by way of sources of water when they sense magic.
-miasm is not really safe to drink even for regular humans, causing respiratory and other health problems. in cities with extensive plumbing and water systems, a magician fight can cause running tapwater to turn black over a large radius of houses. residents are advised to call the police if this occurs, as this is an effective way to triangulate unlawful magic usage.
-there is an extensive amount of public service announcements warning magician children not to use magic while in the bathtub, swimming, or washing their hands, as this is the leading cause of bodily harm and death for their age group. twelve percent of all amalgams are children.
-surveyor’s familiars are also infamous for their effectiveness in delivering small explosive payloads such as IEDs during guerilla warfare, and at times have been banned in major cities.
-flying-type variations of the jury-rigged firearm familiar are not particularly accurate, as the concussive force of each shot knocks them out of alignment. they’re mostly used as deterrence, and are better in small enclosed spaces, like hallways.
-magicians that create and direct partial constructs are often specifically targeted and hunted down by other magicians and soldiers for their transgression.
-amalgams form the backbone of many military operations due to their offensive strength, size, and ability to regenerate from conventional wounds by constructing additional demons to repair themselves.
-magician-amalgam teams are highly effective in combat situations. a pair composed of both a magician and an amalgam for the purpose of espionage and assassination, is called a ‘blackjack.’ a large homogenous combat unit of magicians and amalgams is known as a 'butcher house.’
-amalgams have the personality and memory of the host magician. it is unsure if the magician is actually the amalgam, however.
-amalgams tend to suffer from a large variety of neurological and psychological disorders. visual hallucination is common across the board, and is theorized to be a way of relaying information to the amalgam.
-all amalgams appear to perceive other magicians in a way that is vastly different from regular humans, and as a result can identify them from afar and in crowds. surprisingly, none are able to describe what they see.
-amalgams can be as small as the average human, or upwards of a kilometer tall. some are utilized as anti-air units in war.
-amalgams face severe discrimination both from the public and governments due to being seen as innately violent and uncontrollable, and as a result have limited freedom in many societies. they are unable to hold commissioned posts, and in many countries cannot take civilian employment, railroading them into combat positions.
-the character featured in the amalgamated construct section is savitri, a lady amalgam that can probably deadlift the entire rest of the cast at once haha. hopefully ill be drawing more of her soon!
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UNUSUAL HOARD commission for caninecompanion, a hoard and oc after my own heart
!!!!! so my best pal caninecompanion surprise-commissioned me a pic for my birthday from this rad artist of a dragon horde featuring my baby Nidhogg!! :> I love it so much @_@ please check out both of these peeps, they do awesome work!
sorry for the long radio silence–i’ve just finished finals, so expect art to resume shortly. :)
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Two young girls shelter under a policeman’s cape while they watch the rehearsal for the Coronation of King George VI. London. May 1937
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Ermine Trimmed Court Ensemble, 1916
Worn by Crown Prince Otto von Habsburg to his parents Charles I and IV and Zita of Bourbon-Parma‘s coronation as King and Queen of Hungary held in Budapest on December 30, 1916.
viaPaper City
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Court Presentation Ensemble, 1896
Worn by Emily Warren Roebling for her formal presentation to Queen Victoria in 1896, at the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna that same year, and in her portrait by Charles-Émile-Auguste Carolus-Duran.
Gown via Met Musuem
Portrait via Brooklyn Musuem
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February 6, 1952 - Elizabeth becomes Queen
“On this day in 1952, after a long illness, King George VI of Great Britain and Northern Ireland dies in his sleep at the royal estate at Sandringham. Princess Elizabeth, the oldest of the king’s two daughters and next in line to succeed him, was in Kenya at the time of her father’s death; she was crowned Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953, at age 27.
King George VI, the second son of King George V, ascended to the throne in 1936 after his older brother, King Edward VIII, voluntarily abdicated to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson. During World War II, George worked to rally the spirits of the British people by touring war zones, making a series of morale-boosting radio broadcasts (for which he overcame a speech impediment) and shunning the safety of the countryside to remain with his wife in bomb-damaged Buckingham Palace. The king’s health deteriorated in 1949, but he continued to perform state duties until his death in 1952.
Queen Elizabeth, born on April 21, 1926, and known to her family as Lilibet, was groomed as a girl to succeed her father. She married a distant cousin, Philip Mountbatten, on November 20, 1947, at London’s Westminster Abbey. The first of Elizabeth’s four children, Prince Charles, was born in 1948.
From the start of her reign, Elizabeth understood the value of public relations and allowed her 1953 coronation to be televised, despite objections from Prime Minister Winston Churchill and others who felt it would cheapen the ceremony. Elizabeth, the 40th British monarch since William the Conqueror, has worked hard at her royal duties and become a popular figure around the world. In 2003, she celebrated 50 years on the throne, only the fifth British monarch to do so.
The queen’s reign, however, has not been without controversy. She was seen as cold and out-of-touch following the 1996 divorce of her son, Prince Charles, and Princess Diana, and again after Diana’s 1997 death in a car crash. Additionally, the role in modern times of the monarchy, which is largely ceremonial, has come into question as British taxpayers have complained about covering the royal family’s travel expenses and palace upkeep. Still, the royals are effective world ambassadors for Britain and a huge tourism draw. Today, the queen, an avid horsewoman and Corgi dog lover, is one of the world’s wealthiest women, with extensive real-estate holdings and art and jewelry collections.”
This week in History:
February 3, 2005 - Alberto Gonzales becomes first Hispanic U.S. Attorney General
February 4, 1789 - First U.S. President elected
February 5, 1883 - Southern Pacific Railroad completes “Sunset Route”
February 6, 1911 - Ronald Reagan born
February 7, 1964 - The Beatles arrive in New York
February 8, 1862 - Battle of Roanoke Island
February 9, 1971 - Satchel Paige nominated to Baseball Hall of Fame
Thistin commemorating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II can be found in the online collection of the Wellington County Museum & Archives.
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