For our first task, we will be focusing on our character(s) background between the ages of 7 to 15. During the revamp’s timeskip to four years, everyone focused mainly on what happened to their character(s) between the last year and four years later, since a lot can happen in four years! Now, this task will allow you to established your character(s) more.
You can discuss the following (you can talk about a lot more than this):
Where they were raised/born
Were they active or representing a gang
Do they have living siblings and parents/legal guardians?
How was their city during the time of war between the Revelations and Cessations?
History of Italy during the 80s-90s:
For those who didn’t know, there was a 20-years active war between the Cessations and Revelations. It was also the most brutal time during in the country. For years, the gangs traveled the entire country targetting enemy members to elimate them. But in the process, many innocent lives were taken. Small towns and villages were burnt down to the ground and family were seperated. During this time, there was the children’s army run by the Cessations. They use to recruit children between the ages of 10 to 17 years old. They did the dirty work for the gang members. Nowadays, they would be known as gang members who are the ‘look out’. Many children grew up and joined the gang actually because that is all that they know (for example, katerina is one of them).
MACHIAVELLI’S PRINCE ~ A Martinet Blackwood Playlist
i. Eros - Ludovico Einaudi | ii. Threnody - Goldmund | iii. Opus 28 - Dustin O’Halloran | iv. This Place Was A Shelter - Ólafur Arnalds | v. Clement Danes - Goldmund | vi. Near Light - Ólafur Arnalds | vii. Indaco - Ludovico Einaudi | viii. Epilogue - Dustin O’Halloran
01. Always Summer // a song for Olivia’s personality, a holistic view of her as a person to match her bubbly personality and optimism. Sweet summer child. {listen}
02. Courage and Kindness // a song for Olivia’s childhood days, spent mothering those around her, and never with a complaint. {listen}
03. A Different Land // a song for Olivia and Matty’s adventures, their travels and the rare times they got along before arriving in Rome. {listen}
04. I Think I Broke Something/End of the World // songs for after Matty left, of homeless nights on the streets of Rome, of searching for something better. {listen} {listen 2}
05. Cesare and Lucrezia’s Theme // a song for meeting Michelin Blackwood, for being extended a hand up, and the beginning of the next chapter. {listen}
06. Lunch with the King // a song for the relationship between Olivia and Michelin, for a lifestyle of comfort and wealth, for better days. {listen}
07. Can You Hear Your Heart // a song for Olivia’s deepest most thoughts, of the awe of Rome, and for lonely nights in the apartment. {listen}
08. Rooftop Kiss // a song for Olivia and Michelin, for what love means to Olivia, for wanting to be seen as more than another little sister. {listen}
09. Arrival of the Birds & Transformation // a song for being molded into the perfect part of the family, for possibilities, for closer connections to the Revelations. {listen}
{bonus} 10. Ezio’s Family // a song for foreshadowing, a song for the future, for where Olivia may go, and for further stories along the way. {listen}
Cette année, je ne veux pas beaucoup, donc peut-être mon vœu sera réalisé.
Papa fume tout le temps. Avant, il le faisait seulement quand il travaillé ou était stressé, mais maintenant il le fais tout le temps. J’imagine que c’est normale…il travaille tout le temps, tout seul dans son bureau. Maman me dit de ne pas le déranger parce qu’il va s’énerver. Avant, je lui dérangé tout le temps, et il rierait et me montrait ce qu’il écrivait, mais maintenant je m'assois en face de la porte fermée et attend qu’il ait finit. Il est censé ouvrir la fenêtre pour laisser échapper la fumée, mais je sais qu’il le fait pas parce que je peux toujours le sentir. Je n’aime pas l’odeur. Il sent mauvais et lui fait tousser. Et c’est toujours dans son souffle quand il me fait un bisou avant de dormir, quand il se souvient de le faire. Maman dit que même si ça sent mauvais, je devrais lui laisser me donner un bisou, mais je ne veux plus le faire. D’ailleurs, Maman ne lui laisse pas l’embrasser quand son souffle sent mauvais. Je pense ça c’est pourquoi ils ne s’embrassent jamais maintenant.
S’il te plait, répare ma famille. Avant, on était content, et on allait à la plage tout le temps, et Papa ferait semblant de me lancer dans l’air et me tremper dans l’eau, et la maison sentait comme l’eau de mer. Mais on n’a pas allé a la plage pour très longtemps parce que Papa est trop occupé écrire des histoires, et la maison à l’odeur de la fumée horrible.
Joyeux Noël,
Remi
P.-S. Si tu ne peux pas réparer ma famille, alors je veux des nouveaux crayons de couleur et la peinture chère que Maman a dit que je ne pouvais pas avoir car je la gâcherai. Et un carnet de croquis aussi, pour dessiner dessus.
Dear Santa,
I don’t want a lot this year, so maybe this time my wishes will come true.
Papa smokes all the time. He used to only do it when he was working or stressed, but now he does it all the time. I guess it makes sense… he works all the time, all alone in his office. Mama tells me not to bother him, because he’ll get mad. I used to bother him all the time, and he would laugh and show me what he was writing, but now I just sit in front of the closed door and wait for him to come out. He’s supposed to open the window to let the smoke out, but I know he doesn’t because I can always smell it. I don’t like the smell. I don’t like the smoke. It smells bad and makes Papa cough. And it’s always on his breath when he kisses me goodnight, when he remembers to. Mama says that even if it smells bad I should let him kiss my cheek, but I don’t want to anymore. Besides, Mama doesn’t let him kiss her when his breath smells bad. That’s why they don’t kiss anymore I think.
Please fix my family. We used to be happy, and go to the beach all the time, and Papa would pretend to throw me in the air and dunk me in the sea, and our house smelled like saltwater. But we haven’t gone to the beach for a long time, because Papa’s too busy making stories, and the house smells like ugly smoke.
Merry Christmas,
Remi
PS- If you can’t fix my family, then I want new colored pencils and the expensive paints Mama said I couldn’t get because I would waste them. And a sketchbook maybe, to draw on.
Olivia is able to recognize that other women are good looking (and frequently does), but has never thought to act on it. Given the opportunity, it’s likely that she wouldn’t. The brunette has never pursued a serious relationship, but all minor relationships have been with men.
