#hadassah

[ccrushpuppy]

i would like to project these words into the minds of Every Jew in the world

[a-lady-and-her-quill]

—Queen Esther

[libraesthetiques]

women in judaism ⤷ queen esther / hadassah.

he was hanged from the gallows that he built for me.

[clarkes-and-god]

Moriah: Dassy, sweetheart, before you go to bed, can we have a talk?

Dassy: Sure Mom, I'm not in trouble, am I?

Moriah: I've just been thinking, have you met any nice young men at church?

Dassy: Uh, no, not really. I'm not sneaking around with anyone, I'd tell you and Dad if I'd been asked to court, I promise

Moriah: That's not what I was worried about, sweetie. I'm just asking because you're twenty-four now, and you really need to think about getting married.

[Dassy sighs, she knew this conversation was coming]

Dassy: I know Mom, but I just don't really like any of the guys at church.

Moriah: Well, you really need to keep an open mind. I was sixteen when I started courting Dad, that's almost ten years younger than you are now, and I was eighteen when we got married. It's going to be harder to find a nice man the longer you wait, sweetie.

Moriah: Men generally want their wife to be a little younger than them, Dassy, so you're going to have less men interested in you the longer you wait. And I had two kids by your age, if you wait to get married, you and your husband are going to have a smaller quiver.

Dassy: I do want to get married, Mom, I just don't like the guys at church, and none of them have asked to court me.

Moriah: Well, make sure you're praying about it, and keep an open mind. You’re very pretty, and you’d be a good wife – I’m suprised Beth got married before you. It would be such a shame if you ended up in the same position as Auntie Jessica.

Dassy: I know Mom, I’ll keep praying.

[lanashelltsuha20]

Nobody:

Hadassah, whenever one of the Valerians interrupted her prayers:

[luckythings]

[from-a-spiders-web]

Esther, 1865 John Everett Millais

[leoneliterary]

Obviously this is something that entirely depends on your own level of comfort and story planning but when it comes to the dancer class it’s mentioned that some of the other dancers are brothel workers. Would the player be able to pursue a path similar to this, at least working as a seductress (and I say that gender neutrally cause idk what else to call it LMAO) styled assassin working to get their targets at their most vulnerable for a kill.

Or, take this now as an ask in regards to lore, would papa bear simply just not allow the player the pursue this.

This is a bit of a spoiler, but I think it's good to clear up expectations surrounding this!

Later in the story, you can definitely lure a some characters to their doom, either by doing the seducing yourself or employing some of the other performers to do so. An important part of this story is that your character isn't alone and that your actions impact others, so keep that in mind when you make choices like this.

Regarding lore and background, Amatus and Hadassah have not allowed your character with the dancer background to do this before. Amatus didn't feel comfortable putting you out there like that at a young age to get close to his enemies, although he was called out by some in the guild for still using you as a thief. (Amatus and his moral dilemmas.) And even if he had, Hadassah wouldn't have allowed it. She refuses to run an operation like Mara, but the performers under her roof can do as they please ass long as they follow certain rules.

And that's all I can say on that without spoiling so events that are going to happen soon...