#kerch

[heavensdoorways]

Tsarskiy Kurgan, Kerch, Crimea, 4th century BCE.

The structure features a unique corbelled system, where each successive layer of stone protrudes slightly inward to create a vault. This specific 36-meter-long entrance passage is called a dromos.

It is widely believed to have been the final resting place of a ruler of the Bosporan Kingdom, Leukon I.

 Lenochka Nox Photography

[drieddpetals]

i really like the fact that the kerch government is explicitly an oligarchy. that form of government is so interesting and lowkey rare and i love how it was done in the worldbuilding of kerch it's just gah 🙏🏻

[butterflypython]

the thing is industrialization is so tightly interwoven within Kerch culture through literally everything that it’s so hard to imagine a version of Kerch that existed before it, like logically I know there was a time before the hyper-capitalistic industrialized setting we see now but wdym there was a time in Kerch history when people were just like…living off the land 😭

[kllr-in-u]

Every banwave is like the burning of the Library of Alexandria

[she-posts-nerdy-stuff]

Sometimes I randomly remember that Kaz is the only member of the Crows who only speaks one language and for no apparent reason I find that endlessly amusing.

Like, the comedic potential here? Nina and Inej girl talking but as soon as he walks in the room they switch to Ravkan?? Wylan and Nina chatting in Kerch but then switching to Fjerdan when Matthias walks in and suddenly Kaz has completely lost track of the conversation?? Jesper saying something to Kaz in Zemeni that makes Nina howl with laughter, but neither of them will tell him what it was??? It’s so funny to me.

He would also absolutely start learning another language out of sheer spite if they did this, but I think it would be hilarious if he chose Kaelish and tried to use it with Jesper and Jesper would just be like “… I don’t speak Kaelish. I just know a little bit… I can sing in Kaelish, if you want?” and Kaz is so disappointed by this but he can’t show it so he just starts yelling at Nina in Kaelish instead. She corrects his pronunciation and he nearly murders her.

Everyone’s having fun.

[666demons1trenchcoat]

We need to let Matthias and Inej bond over hating the Kerch language. That's it. That's the post.

[blessedsweetgirl]

Parents in Ketterdam probably tell their kids that Dirtyhands will take them away if they don't eat their veggies

[aoimorohoshi]

i've seen several instances of people saying kerch doesn't have a "j" sound so it sounds like a "y" instead (usually using jesper's name as an example, sounding like "yesper") but does anyone know how to pronounce "Lij" then? is it just "Lee"? i'm having a hard time deciding how i should be reading it, and why they have the letter "j" if they don't have the sound for it lol