#hippolitus

[lostpeace]

The protagonists of Awakening of Orpheus:

Ludwig, reincarnation of Orpheus, priest of Dionysus.

Benedikt, reincarnation of Hippolytus, priest of Artemis.

Igor, reincarnation of Musaeus, priest of Demeter.

[anngothic]

High amid Alverna's awful steeps, Eternal shades, and silence dwell.  Save, when the gale resounding sweeps, Sad strains are faintly heard to swell: Enthron'd amid the wild impending rocks, Involved in clouds, and brooding future woe, The demon Superstition Nature shocks, And waves her sceptre o'er the world below. Around her throne, amid the mingling glooms,  Wild-hideous forms are slowly seen to glide, She bids them fly to shade earth's brightest blooms, And spread the blast of Desolation wide. See! in the darkened air their fiery course! The sweeping ruin settles o'er the land, Terror leads on their steps with madd'ning force, And Death and Vengeance close the ghastly band!         Mark the purple streams that flow!         Mark the deep empassioned woe!         Frantic Fury's dying groan!         Virtue's sigh, and Sorrow's moan! Wide-- wide the phantoms swell the loaded air With shrieks of anguish--madness and despair! Cease your ruin! spectres dire!         Cease your wild terrific sway! Turn your steps-- and check your ire,         Yield to peace the mourning day!

“Superstition: An Ode” by Ann Radcliffe, A Sicilian Romance, p. 117

[solitarybadwolf]

I can hear him through walls

Phaedra's love