𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵, 𝘯𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦
𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦
𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦
𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯
𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥

♱

The plight of a protective mother is hard to gauge, her love hard to measure. In the case of Emerenzia, it cost her the life of her son, and too the lives of his children. She had paid the price for her dark magic, not knowing even after more than six centuries passed, the debt was still to settle.

𝐓𝐖𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐕𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐒

𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘯𝘦
𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨

𝘈𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘒𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘴
𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐀 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐎𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐈
𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 1329, 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦

"𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘢, 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘰?"

𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘴
𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐎𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐈
𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 1326, 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦

"𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬."

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴
𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐂 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐎𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐈
𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 1320, 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦

"𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩."

𝘚𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘦 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴
𝐀𝐘𝐒𝐇𝐀 𝐀𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐑𝐑𝐄
𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 1743, 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦

"𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭."

𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴
𝐃𝐑. 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐀 𝐆𝐈𝐁𝐁𝐒
𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 1629, 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦

"𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵. 𝘐 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘩."

𝘐𝘮𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘴
𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐉𝐀 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐄
𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 1918, 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦

"𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺. 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵."

𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘴
𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐀 𝐃𝐞𝐁𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄
𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 1986, 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯

"𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺."

𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘈𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘴
𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐃𝐞𝐁𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄
𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 1989, 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳."

𝘒𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦𝘺 𝘈𝘴𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴
𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐈𝐀 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊
𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 1985, 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘭𝘧

"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮."

𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴
𝐃𝐄𝐏. 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐘 𝐌𝐜𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐋𝐄𝐘
𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 1981, 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯

"𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵, 𝘉𝘪𝘨𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵?"

𝘚𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘢 𝘔𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴
𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐕𝐀𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈
𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 1356, 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦

"𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴."

𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘩 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘴
𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐍 𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐎
𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 1347, 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦

"𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥. 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦, 𝘬𝘪𝘥."

𝘈𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘢 𝘙𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘴
𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐔 𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍
𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 1360, 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦

"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦."

𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘭 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘴
𝐉𝐄𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍
𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 1360, 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦

"𝘏𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘥, 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦."

𝘛𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘰𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘴
𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐙𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐁𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐈
𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 1389, 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦

"𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘣 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩."

𝘌𝘪𝘻𝘢 𝘎𝘰𝘯𝘻𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘻 𝘢𝘴
𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐀 𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐈
𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 1342, 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦

"𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘵. 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦."

𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴
𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐎𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐈
𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 1295

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶."

𝘌𝘷𝘢 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴
𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐙𝐈𝐀
𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯

"𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘦; 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦?"

𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩

𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪 𝘢𝘴
𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐋𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍

𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴
𝐄𝐒𝐌𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍

𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴
𝐄𝐃𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍

𝘕𝘪𝘬𝘬𝘪 𝘙𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴
𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐄 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐄

𝘒𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘓𝘶𝘵𝘻 𝘢𝘴
𝐄𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐓 𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍

𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘴
𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍

𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘴
𝐉𝐀𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐄

𝘛𝘢𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴
𝐉𝐀𝐂𝐎𝐁 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊

𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘑𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴
𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐇 𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑

𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘰 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘴
𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐇 𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑

𝘎𝘪𝘭 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘴
𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊

𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘴
𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐄 𝐒𝐖𝐀𝐍

𝘒𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘴
𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐒𝐖𝐀𝐍

♱

𝐃𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍
soft as morn, eager as eternal sleep
for my wife -sunfyres

warm as sunlight, welcoming as the dusk
with the love and support of -windwillows

I don't know where I'd be without you two.

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