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Current Decade 1350

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Introduction and disclaimer!

Hi, hey, hello!

I thought I would do a little introduction and a disclamer post for you who have stumbled upon this tumblr page.

I made this tumblr to share my version of the ultimate decades challenge. I don't always follow the rules and also some of the historical events are going to play off little bit differently. The main thing is, that I'm trying to represet the history of Finland, or the area that would later be called Finland (Finland didn't exist as a country until 1917). Same things that affected United States, or some other country, may not have affected the area of Finland the same way. But of course as in any other country, in Finland there have been territorial differences in historical events.

Also

I am not by any means a historian. I have done research of course and I am interested in history, but I won't be as accurate as I wish I could be. I don't have all the knowledge and I will be making mistakes (so do not take this as a history lesson, kids). And the Sims 4 is a game after all, so the complete accuracy wouldn't even be possible. So I am sorry about that.

Lastly

I am playing out historical events, so this legacy is rated PG-13. The stories have and will consist issues like gender, childbirth, death, war, hunger, illness, injuries, religion, class, inequality, sexuality, sexism, alcohol, drugs and smoking. If any of these themes triggers you or you find them uncomfortable, please beware. I'm not here to offend anyone or to make anyone feel uneasy. I'm just here to tell a story and learn a thing or two about history.

Hopefully you will enjoy this legacy!

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| from the beginning | familytree |

| 1310 | 1320 | 1330 | 1340 | 1350 |

If you are interested other than historical sims gameplay, check out my little side blog here!

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Introducing the first main household of the gen 3!

Here's the other of the main households of generation 3 in the year of 1350! The other will be one of Kerttu's daughters as soon as they grow up and roll good rolls. Side households will be from Anne's and Kerttu's families as well. So Johannes and Vilja and their children from now on, are going to be seen as "townies". This will of course change, if everyone from Anne's and Kerttu's lineage happen to die. But let's hope, that it won't come to that.

Solja Mihailintytär is the oldest living child of Anne Matsintytär and Mihail Karelian. She was born in 1327, two years after her late brother Simeon. She married a farmer Olaf Ollinpoika in 1348. They have one daughter together, and Solja is expecting their second one.

Character traits: Gloomy, Perfectionist, Loner

Bonustraits: Responsible, High Self-Esteem, Top Notch Infant

Aspiration: Freelance Botanist

Olaf Ollinpoika is the youngest of Elin Jannentytär and Olli Olafinpoika's three children. Elin was Solja Erikintytär's cousin and Olli Olafinpoika is Mats Olafinpoika's younger brother. Olaf was born in 1325.

Character traits: Rancher, Animal Enthusiast, Family-Oriented

Aspiration: Country Caretaker

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Pirkko Johanneksentytär as a child!

Traits: Outgoing

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Cristin got her life back and was able to age up to a child! She got a scar to remind us, that life ain't free. And I think her trait reflects her will to live and be grateful for it.

Traits: Cheerful

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Kerttu

Heavy snow laid down upon us and with that came the sickness. Little Cristin got a high fever for days, and we were absolutely helpless, when nothing would bring the fever down. Then, one night everything seemed to be over. Somehow I knew, that if Cristin would survive that night, she would live. If not...

I stayed with her and prayed the Watcher to spare my child. Please! I had already lost one child not even half a year ago.

This time, the Watcher heard me. When the morning came, Cristin's fever was gone like within the night.

My child survived.

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Here's Kerttu's twins as infants. First Impi, who did not make it, and then Anna.

Impi's traits: Sensitive

Anna's traits: Sunny

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Kerttu

We did not get many moons of happiness. Like many children before, my baby fell to eternal sleep with no warning or visible illness. We had named her Impi, to present the pureness and the innocence of the little girl. Karin, Cristin and Agnis were all very devastated to lose one of their little sisters. The grief of Amundir and me was so great, we could not put it into words for a long time. We just sat in silence and hold each other. But we have to keep going for the girls. And I still have little baby Anna, who needs me. So I have to let Impi go. I hope she finds a friendly, caring face, where ever she has gone. Farewell, my darling. We will meet again.

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Kerttu

I also was expecting the same time as my niece. I did came to know it a little later, because my body has changed so much over the years and after so many pregnancies. So in my body it was not so noticeable as in my niece's young and slim body. But I did feel it in my gut. I have so much experience by now, so even the small symptoms makes me think of pregnancy. This time I was very nervous though. I did not want to believe I was with child. I did not want to know. So I lived in an oblivion, and refused to know. But in the end, it was too obvious. I was with child and there was no way of denying it.

I was scared, mostly because of my age. And yes, many women gave birth succesfully in later years of their life, my twin sister Anne for one. But this was about me now. The more years the mother has lived, the more likely it is to something go wrong. And things had already gone wrong for me before. So it was natural for me to be afraid.

My sister Vilja came to my aid again. Anne was busy with her new granddaughter, and Vilja has been with me so many times before. The birth was going well, and when I heard the screams of the newborn I was so so so relieved I bursted in tears. My baby was alive.

Vilja hold the baby, but her loving smile quickly faded.

– What is it? I asked in agony. The pain was still too strong. It should have been. My heart sank. Was I dying? Was this it?

– Do not give up, dear sister. Keep going now, Vilja said and went out of the sauna with my crying baby and yelled for my husband. Keep going? I obeyed and kept pushing. Then I realised. There was more. There was another baby.

I screamed as I pushed again. Vilja came back wiping her bloody hands on her apron.

– You are doing good, she said, when she came to my aid.

– Where is she? Where is my baby? I asked.

– With Amundir, she is with him. It is alright. Now, give your all to this, Vilja instructed.

So I kept going, and in the end another baby scream pierced the air. That day I gave birth to two daughters. I had done it. We were all alright.

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Gen 4, here we go! Here's Elisava Olafintytär as an infant.

Traits: Calm

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Anne

I have a granddaughter! Olaf fetch me, when Solja's labour began. I was by her side through the whole thing. Long hours in agony brought my first labour to my mind. I thought, that I was going to die! So, even though my daughter cried and screamed, I knew we were doing well.

Olaf was so restless and fuming, I had to order him to go to the woods or to our farm and help Mihail, just to get him out. It was no good for my concentration to be calming him down, when I had my daughter in the sauna giving birth. But from that I also knew, that he is a good man. He is a man my daughter deserves.

So, after all that my daughter gave birth to a healthy girl, who had her father's wheat blond hair and dark brown eyes from both of her parents. She became right away the whole family's favorite. When Olaf got to hold her the first time, he cried like a child. He was so relieved, that Solja and the baby had both survived. He was also so moved, that he was now a father.

Little baby Elisava jumped from arms to arms, when everyone came to see her and wanted to hold her. What a joy a new life is! The name Elisava was picked by Solja. She wanted to give her child a name from Mihail's home. The name Elisava, was a name Dmitri and Maru, Mihail's parents, wanted to give to their daughter. The twins were born dead and the birth took Mihail's mother's life as well. So it was very moving for Mihail to hear the name Solja had picked for her daughter.

– Now my little sister may live again, he said, teary.

Long live little Elisava, my first granddaughter!

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Kaisa Kallentytär as an infant!

Traits: Calm

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Happy father Kalle with his newborn daughter Kaisa!

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Anne

Our brother Johannes invited us all to celebrate Kekri at his farm. Inkeri's brother and his family had came to visit and were staying for some time. Elina insisted, that we should go and I very well knew why. I would not have said no to my brother anyway, but I was also interested to see this Henri or Henrik boy myself.

We arrived to a table full of harvest delights. I had brought mead with me so we could all enjoy it with the feast. The harvest had been good this year. The Watcher had blessed us and the elves and the spirits been kind.

But what about the boy, Elina was so looking forward to see? The boy, his name turned out to be Henrik (his father is Henri), was handsome to look at, I give him that. But there was something in him, I did not like. I cannot put my finger on it yet, but something felt off about him. I asked Mihail, could he sense that, but he did not. He is not very good with people in general and likes to drift further away from people he does not know very well. I let him retire to drink with Amundir, who also is very careful with strangers.

Elina did not seem to see anything wrong with young Henrik. Actually quite the opposite. She was clearly infatuated. What is a mother to do? Maybe there is nothing wrong and I am only nervous, because I do not know him. Elina would argue that, I know. His parents seem very nice. Henri being the brother of Inkeri and his wife Vendela is actually our late uncle Matti's wife Valpuri's sister. So they ought to be very respectable, and it feels like I know them already. But this boy... Somethig in his eyes, that I do not like...

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The eyes in question:

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Johannes Matsinpoika became an adult!

Traits: Genius, Animal Enthusiast, Clumsy

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10 People I'd Like To Get To Know Better

Thank you @applesaucesims and @blueshistorysims for tagging me!

I've done this a few times, but some of these change everytime of course, so here we go:

last song: Em Beihold - Hot Goblin 🧌

favorite color(s): green, always green 🌿

currently watching: Avatar the Last Airbender is still on the go

currently reading: I just read a new book from one of my favorite authors of all time: Emmi Itäranta. She's a Finnish author, who writes speculative fiction in Finnish and in English. I love all her books and I did love this new one too. It is called Lumenlaulaja (engl. Snowsinger) and it is about Louhi, the witch from Kalevala. It is a amazing, sad tale about women written in the history and folklore of men, but also about power and greed born from the will to protect. More over it is a story about womanhood. I really do recommend it, if you are interested in fantasy or Kalevala fantasy.

current obsession: I don't know. Maybe spring gardening xD

last google searches: Rintamamiestalo (straight translation would be maybe something like battlefront soldier house). It is a type of house that was very common in Finland especially after the World War 2, when there was a great need of housing for people. Many had lost their homes, the soldiers were returning from the battlefields and the evacuees from Karelia had nowhere to go and so on. It was a massproduced house model, kinda. I googled it because I wanted to build that in the Sims and I did! I might show some shots from it soon :)

currently working on: a coloring "book" for my niece!

tagging @houseofvettoridisforzia @bong-lobster @jullisaway @historical-tales @guinevere-of-smiths @silverseaming @zleepyhollow @sychik

Feel free to ignore :)

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Kerttuli Mihailintytär as a teen!

Traits: Outgoing, Proper

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Erkki Kallenpoika as a child!

Traits: Cat Lover

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