"To be deprived of the use of one's limbs is of little help to one in carrying out the work of government. If I could be cured of the disease of Naaman, I would wash seven times in Jordan, but I have found in the present age no Elisha who can heal me. It is not fitting that a hand so weak as mine should hold power when fear of Arab agression daily presses upon the Holy City and when my sickness increases the enemy's daring... I therefore beg you that, having called together the barons of the kingdom of France, you immediately choose one of them to take charge of this Holy Kingdom. For We are prepared to receive with affection whomever you send Us, and We will hand over the kingdom to a suitable successor." - King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem
when you boop me this is who you are booping
" Past the point of no return
No going back now
Our passion-play has now, at last, begun
Past all thought of right or wrong
One final question
How long should we two wait, before we're one?
When will the blood begin to race?
The sleeping bud burst into bloom?
When will the flames, at last, consume us?... "
4th July 1187, when the crusaders lost Jerusalem to the Kurdish commander, saladin eyyubi (battle of hattin)
*update*
thank you to everyone who said yes! i will do so when i have the energy, now knowing people are interested it makes me quite happy :)
does anyone want my dissection of lepromatous leprosy (the type baldwin iv had)?
i am a huge nerd for diseases and such and i also want to put forth what i believe he may have looked like in life and how his leprosy wouldve affected him :)
more art coming soon :) (hopefully!)
varre enjoyers are crazy cause it's either "varre may not be a moral man, but he has never known moral, he has never known love so he clings to it how sheep mourn their skinned wool — he lets himself bathe in red hearts even if they're made of blood. he is like the lamb who lets their cultist tear them for eternity just to be eaten in less then minutes. he is like the torn poems that are forgotten."
OR "varre smokes crack"