Scraps of Lives

AUTHORS NOTE:
HELLO, my freaky darlings, if you´ve read this crazyness this far i WANNA be your friend. Also, if you dont really much care about knowing more about the mighty twelve BIOS, then DO SKIP it to the chapter titled Purposes. iF NOT hold tight and bare with my history lesson for a while.
love: Lorde Leon


Yolie:
Alex has had a very hectic existence. Well, truth is when you have all the time in the world you can afford to meet so many illustrious people and converting them, he's been in Egypt, China, England, France, Ireland, India, Australia, Latin America and North America. Many of his coven members come from different centuries. I've done my research and put the mighty eleven in order, having also inquired about their modern identities.

Starting with Qin Shi Huang, he is the oldest member of the coven after Alex himself and his inseparable Patrick.

Known as "the conqueror" and "the unifier". At the time of his birth China was divided between feudal states at war. He ascended to the throne in 247 BC. C., with twelve and a half of age, and was king under a regent until 238 a. When at twenty-one and a half of age he planned a coup in the palace and took all power. He continued the tradition of doggedly attacking and defending the feudal states and eventually taking control of all of China, defeating the last independent Chinese state, the Qi State. Then, in that same year, at the age of 38, he proclaimed himself the first emperor.
During his rule the precursor of the current Great Wall of China was created and the famous Terracotta Warriors were built. Despite the great tyranny of his autocratic rule - which included the burning of books and the persecution of intellectuals - Qin Shi Huang is still considered an important founder in Chinese history. Although his dynasty was brief - collapsing shortly after his death - his unifying work began Imperial China, which would last for more than two millennia until the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912.
The emperor often made visits to important cities within his empire to inspect the efficiency of the bureaucracy and to symbolize the presence of Qin's prestige (it was during one of those trips that he died). However, these outings provided great opportunities for the assassins, the most famous of whom was Zhang Liang.
In the later years of his life, after assassination attempts were repeated too many times for him to be comfortable, he became more paranoid about staying in one place for too long and hired servants to transport him each night to sleep in. different buildings within its palace complex. He also hired several doubles to make it less clear who the emperor was. He became interested in achieving immortality and was diligently searching for the legendary islands of the immortals (beyond the east coast) and the secret of eternal life, which is why he visited Zhifu Island where it is believed that he died after having ingested a mixture of Jade and Mercury prescribed by the alchemists.
Mhm?

His death was kept hidden for two months, with his prime minister taking care of important affairs. After announcing his death his son Qin Er Shi took his place on the throne, he was not anywhere near as capable as his father was. Revolts quickly broke out, and four years after Qin Shi Huang's death, his son was dead, the imperial palace and state archives burned, and the Qin dynasty finished.
While he was alive, he dedicated about 38 years to building his mausoleum, which has a surface area of 2.13 square kilometers and, together with 181 other tombs spread throughout the area, covers a total area of 60 square kilometers; It is believed that more than 700,000 workers worked for its construction. It was built according to the urban plan of the city of Xianyang, ancient capital of the Qin dynasty, also divided into two parts: interior and exterior, in the shape of a truncated pyramid with a base of 350 meters and a height of 76 meters.
The mausoleum remained forgotten and buried for 2000 years. The burial chamber and the tomb have not yet been opened and are in the center of the underground palace of the mausoleum.

Well...

The Terracotta Warriors ("Figures of Soldiers and Horses") inside the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor were discovered in March 1974 during irrigation works near Xian, Shaanxi province, People's Republic of China. Since 1987 the archaeological site has been considered a World Heritage Site by Unesco.
The army consists of more than 7,000 life-size terracotta figures of warriors and horses, which were buried alongside the self-proclaimed First Emperor of China. It is surprising both the number of figures and their detail, and the fact that, despite following a common general scheme, they are all different. Many of them carry real weapons and other accessories.

Currently Huang Shi is the owner of Huang Enterprises, the Chinese company with the most advanced robotics technology.

Well. Perhaps the Terracotta Warriors were your first attempt to create robots?

According to Wikipedia the "Cleo" was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt. She was also a diplomat, naval commander, linguist, and writer of medical treatises. The woman had an affair with the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar and when he died he did the same with his successor Marco Antonio. Her image is tied to the fashion industry and she served as a glamor model to sell Egyptian-themed products in department stores in the 1930s, targeting female moviegoers. Women's magazines from the early 1960s advertised how to use makeup, clothing, jewelry, and hairstyles to achieve an "Egyptian" look similar to her. In one of her many cinematographic representations, she is presented as a "vampire" queen, with a despotic character, mixed with an open and dangerous female sexuality.

What?!

While myths about Cleopatra persist in the popular media, important aspects of her career go largely unnoticed, such as her command in the naval forces, administrative acts, and publications on ancient Greek medicine. Only fragments of the medical and cosmetic writings attributed to Cleopatra, such as those preserved by Galen, are preserved as remedies for hair diseases, baldness and dandruff, along with a list of weights and measures for pharmacological purposes.

Hmh... Hence the success of her company, Asp, which specializes in the sale of cosmetic products and make-up of all kinds.

The popular belief regarding the cause of her death is that she allowed an Egyptian asp or cobra to bite her and poison her. Although no poisonous snake was found with the corpse, it had small puncture wounds on its arm that could have been caused by a needle.

I lough out loud. Was Cleo the first to die of a crack overdose?

She is followed in the hierarchy by Vlad, of course, about him there are contradictory criteria. He enjoyed committing acts of unprecedented barbarism.

The mass killings that Vlad carried out indiscriminately and brutally would likely amount to acts of genocide and war crimes by today's standards.
Despite the German, Slavic and Ottoman chronicles about Vlad the Impaler, Romanian historical sources before the 19th century hardly mention him. The scarcity of documentary sources was compensated by a rich folkloric tradition that portrayed him as a just and strong leader who restored order in his country and defended its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Maybe he's not so bad, after all?

Currently, the man calls himself Vladislaus Tepes, he owns the most expensive and exclusive hotel in the city of Bucharest, the capital of Romania. Dracùl Haus, is also a casino and spa. Rumor has it that it even functions as a BDSM club on special nights. Which is why millionaires and celebrities from all over the world visit it to experience nights of uninhibited ecstasy.

Poor Eleni.

Gráinne Ní Mháille: Queen of Umaill, leader of the Ó Máille clan and pirate woman in 16th century Ireland. She is sometimes known as "The Queen of the Connaught Sea" and commonly, in Irish folklore, by her nickname Granuaile, being a historical figure of 16th century Ireland.
She was born around the year 1530, being King of England Henry VIII. At that time, Ireland was a semi-abandoned territory by the English government, allowing Gaelic nobles and their families to live with some independence. However, things would soon change as both this king and his successors decided to regain control of the island.
Her father was Eoghan Dubhdara O'Malley, head of the O'Malley clan. Unusual among Irish nobles of the time, the O'Mháille were a coastal family that levied taxes on all those who fished in their territories, including English fishermen.
According to legend, as a child, Ní Malley wanted to go on a mercantile expedition to Spain with her father, who to dissuade her, told her that she could not go because her long hair would become entangled with the ship's ropes. Grace cut off most of her hair to convince her father to take her, which is why she earned the name "Gráinne Mhaol" (in Irish maol means bald or with very short hair); the name stuck.

And apparently she still likes the style because she still keeps it.

From a young age, Grace was involved in international trade and shipping. He probably learned the business from his father, who was a boater engaged in international trade. Bunowen Castle, where she lived with her first husband, Dónal an-Chogaidh O'Flaherty, was situated at the westernmost point of Connacht, and was apparently the base for her exchange activities.

She engaged in rebellious actions against the English crown. Her castle on Clare Island was attacked on an expedition, in Galway trying to get rid of her. Later, she was captured, but was released some time later.
When her sons Tibbot Burke, Murrough O'Flaherty, and her half brother, Donal-na-Pioba, were captured by the English Governor Sir Richard Bingham, Grace set sail for England to ask Isabel I for their freedom. The two women reached an agreement because Grace promised that the rebellions and piracy against England were over.

Oh mother ... The Tudors! Elizabeth I was the last queen of that dynasty.

After a long conversation, they agreed to her demands. For example, Elizabeth would remove Richard Birgham from his position in Ireland and Grace would stop supporting the rebellion of the Irish Lords. Grace returned to Ireland and it seemed the meeting had helped, as Richard Bingham was removed from his post. Many of the other demands of the Irishwoman were ignored.
After a short time, Isabel sent Bingham back to Ireland, Grace realized that the interview with Isabel had been useless and returned to support the Irish rebellion. He returned to his old life, directing his attacks against the English government that ruled the island, during the Irish Nine Years' War. It is said that she died at Rockfleet Castle in 1603, the same year as Elizabeth I, although her place and year of death has not yet been clear.

This doesn´t match the Grace I have seen, if so she would be a lady in her seventies.

These days she calls herself Gracie Mallet and is an activist for the rights of immigrants. It organizes rallies and participates in rallies around the world to collect funds that it delivers to NGOs in charge of supporting migrants in more than twelve countries.


Marie-Antoinette Josèphe de Habsbourg-Lorraine, or Marie Antoinette:

She was the Daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and of his wife Maria Teresa I, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Queen of Bohemia. The dolphin Luis Augusto and future Luis XVI, who was more or less the same age as her, married.

Hated by the French court, where they called her «l'autre-chienne» pun French words «autrichienne», which means «Austrian» and «autre chienne» which means «another bitch»), Marie Antoinette also gradually won the antipathy of the people, who accused her of being wasteful, conceited and of influencing her husband in favor of Austrian interests. Not in vain did she earn the nicknames "Madame Deficit" and "Austrian wolf".
Some academics and scholars think that his behavior, seen as frivolous and superficial, helped to increase the agitation during the beginning of the French Revolution; however, other historians argue that she has been unfairly portrayed and that opinions towards her should be more benevolent.

She seemed a very jovial and cheerful woman to me.

Young, beautiful, intelligent, heiress of Habsburg and with an impressive family tree, her arrival also fuels the jealousy of the small world of the Versailles nobility and of the multiple and dubious alliances.
She is afraid of not getting used to his new life. His spirit bends badly to the complexity and cunning of the "old court" and to the debauchery of King Louis XV and his mistress Madame du Barry. Her shy and reserved husband avoids her, so the marriage is not consummated until July 1777. She tries to conform to French protocol and ceremony, but hates the Gallic court.
A true smear campaign has been mounted against her since her accession to the throne. The pamphlets circulate, she is accused of having lovers (the Count of Artois, his brother-in-law or the Swedish count Hans Axel de Fersen) and even of having relations with women (with the Countess of Polignac or Princess of Lamballe); of squandering public money on frivolities or on their favorites; to follow the game to Austria, directed by his brother José II. It must be recognized, however, that she has done everything possible to favor the anti-Austrian party, removing D'Aiguillon from office and replacing him with Choiseul, but it had all been in vain.
After a great shortage of bread that took the suffering of the people to the extreme, the French Revolution broke out. Several members of the court and the royal family are interrogated in the Paris Commune and imprisoned in La Force prison. After a quick trial, during the so-called September killings. On September 21, the fall of the monarchy was officially declared, and the National Convention became the governing body of the French Republic. The royal family was renamed the "Capetians." At the end of November the "iron closet" in which Louis XVI kept his secret papers was discovered. The process, from that moment on, is inevitable. On December 26, the Convention votes in favor of the death of Louis XVI, who was executed on January 21, 1793.
She was imprisoned in La Conciergerie, installed in the old meeting room of the jailers (a humble cell with a cot, a cane armchair, two chairs and a table). The cell had a narrow, small window that looked out onto the women's garden. At the end of August, the so-called "Carnation Plot", led by Alexandre Gonsse de Rougeville, was carried out to help her escape; although the plan was soon frustrated because not all the prison guards were convinced to participate. , Marie Antoinette was taken to a second cell, where a simple screen separated her from the guards who were guarding her.

Alexandre Gonsse. Alex?

She was sentenced to capital punishment on October 16, 1793, two days after the start of the trial, accused of high treason. At noon the following day, Marie Antoinette is guillotined, without having wanted to confess to the constitutional priest who had been proposed to her. On the day of her execution the entire town booed and insulted her.

She is now the lead and most acclaimed designer for the Royalé fashion house branch in Paris, France.

Apparently, things weren´t not so bad for her.

I pause my research. Calling the kitchen and asking them to bring me a ham and cheese sandwich and a juice of whatever. I'm starving. After devouring everything like a wolf, I continue.

Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire:
She was the first wife of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire and mother of William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire. She was an extremely controversial character: admired for her beauty and taste in dress, she was nevertheless criticized for her interest in politics.
She married William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire, on June 6, 1774, the day before her 17th birthday. The duchess failed to get pregnant quickly, which became an aristocratic affair around the time when wives were valued as much for their fertility as for their gifts and influences. She had many miscarriages before giving birth to two daughters, and before the long-awaited heir (and only male) was born.
Due to the increasing pressure of not being able to have children, she began to acquire certain addictions and diseases. There was a time when she became anorexic, constantly drank, took pills to calm herself, and was addicted to gambling. Georgiana was a recognized beauty and socialite; he rubbed shoulders with great political and literary figures of his time. It was also very politically active in an era when women's suffrage was centuries away.

She was of very progressive ideas.

It was Georgiana herself who introduced him to the Duke who would become her lover and later second wife, Lady Elizabeth "Bess" Foster, Georgiana's best friend, who tolerated the simultaneous relationship under the same roof of the Duke of Devonshire with her and with the Duchess of Devonshire for many years.

Hmmmm?

Georgiana, for her part, also had an affair with Charles Gray, by whom she had a daughter in 1792, Eliza Courtney. Georgiana claimed to have a natural friendship relationship with the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette; the similarity of their lives has been constantly noted.

Jum!

Another well-known woman from the same family was Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, who is related to Georgiana thanks to her brother.

Wow! This woman is related to Princess Diana. And poor Lady DI also suffered her husband's rudeness due a mistress whom he married after her death.

Today Georgia Spence is the owner of the London, England-based Royalé brand and fashion house (Marié works for her but in the France branch) as well as a strong feminist voice and activist for women's rights and in the fight against domestic violence. I'm tired. I put the cell phone to charge and I go to sleep.