#arnaut

[thunderstruck9]

Alexandre Bida (French, 1813-1895), Seated Man Dressed as an Arnaut. Pencil on paper, 10⅞ x 8⅛ in.

[lestealtmanandlautreaty]

Will: Horace, be quiet. The enemy might hear us!Horace: Quiet? That's boring and dangerous. Will: For the enemy, yes! Shut up!

[arbenia]

A Joke - An Albanian Blowing Smoke into his Dog’s Nose (Une plaisanterie - Arnaoute fumant au nez d’un chien) Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1882. private collection.

[lord-bajromi]

Gerome

[xenobladehistorian]

XenoFact of the Day: Françoise, Her Husband, and Homs Culture

You know in Colony 9′s Military District, standing around in the middle of the night, is Arnaut? The man who praises Shulk and acts like his number one fan?

So, Arnaut has a wife back in the Residential District, Françoise, and a daughter, Narine. Arnaut is away from home--away from the Residential District--so often that other Colony 9 residents question if he’s ever going to return home. He’s gone so long, Narine has no affinity link with her own father.

In fact, their marriage is so turbulent, one thing can make or break it. Speak to Arnaut after the attack, and he’ll ask how his wife is doing. You reply that he should ask her himself, and he apologizes and says he will; talk to Françoise then, and this leads to a “happy marriage.” However, you reply that she’s doing fine, and then you speak to Françoise, and their affinity link whiplashes to a “near divorce” status.

Kantz makes a comment about rarely being home, as well. He is the husband of Suzanna, the studying-obsessed mother of Moritz. At least he owns up to it, though.

This raises thoughts on the culture of the Homs. It’s mentioned by Kenny Rohan that Colony 9 has “gossipy housewives.” My guess is that many of the men serve in the Defense Force and live in barracks in the Military District since they never actually go home all that often (despite being literally a three-minute walk from home). There could be barracks in many of the buildings there--my guess is the large one at the back of the district. However, most must be going home somewhat often, since only Arnaut seems to be mentioned to the point of suspicion and divorce.

(I recall seeing Narine mention her father upon speaking to her in “A Mysterious Light” quest. However, I accidentally got too button-happy and skipped through it... -_- And I haven’t been able to find any clips of the quest on YouTube that follow Arnaut and Narine’s route. I’ll find the line someday... I could have sworn it had something to do with the light being gone “like Dad,” but I’d have to see the line again...)

AH, I found the line! She says her dad would know more about the mysterious light. So, it’s not exactly what I thought it was, haha. At least she knows he does some studies or something at the Military District.

[asymptomatic91]

castle bosphorus

turkey istanbul 29-11-2019

[lestealtmanandlautreaty]

Cassandra: I can protect myself too. Horace: I know that. Enemy: *Comes towards them* Horace: Get behind me.

[lestealtmanandlautreaty]

Halt: "You have a talent for trouble, Horace." Horace (shrugging): "Ah well, it keeps life interesting, doesn’t it?" Halt: "Interesting? More like terrifying."