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cullenakingirog · 19 days

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Araw ng Kagitingan | Day of Valour

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At dawn on April 9, 1942, against the orders of Generals Douglas MacArthur and Jonathan Wainwright, the commander of the Luzon Force, Bataan, Major General Edward P. King, Jr., surrendered more than 76,000 starving and disease-ridden soldiers (64,000 Filipinos and 12,000 Americans) to Japanese troops.

The majority of these prisoners of war had their belongings confiscated before being forced to endure the infamous 140-kilometre (87 mi) Bataan Death March to Camp O'Donnell in Capas, Tarlac. En route, thousands died from dehydration, heat prostration, untreated wounds, and wanton execution while walking in deep dust over vehicle-broken Macadam roads, and crammed into rail cars for transport to captivity.

The few who were lucky enough to travel by truck to San Fernando, Pampanga would still have to endure more than 25 miles (40 km) of additional marching. Prisoners were beaten randomly and often denied promised food and water. Those who fell behind were usually executed or left to die, with the sides of the roads becoming littered with dead bodies and those moaning for help.

Source: Wikipedia

#philippine history #philippines #Day of valor #Araw ng kagitingan #world war ii #ww2 history

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cullenakingirog · 20 days

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Tysm to everyone who’s ever commissioned me or left nice comments on actium or is on my patreon or has just left a nice tag on my work. You all are wonderful I love you and you always pull me out of my art ruts 💕

#thanks for the support #not dragon age related

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cullenakingirog · 21 days

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Commission for @ashenlavellan

She asked me to draw her Ceren Tabris and Zevran doing this very much iconic Princess Mononoke scene

When we discussed the context I really enjoyed that this is Zevran's greeting upon his return like ssyhffg

This was so much fun to draw and render and thank you so much for commissioning me!!!

Interested in commissioning me? Click the source! 💗

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cullenakingirog · 27 days

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Paraluman:

Life: 1, 4, and 7. Essentials: 4, 6, and 11, Codex: 9 and 11!

Thank you so much for asking, I'll do my best to answer each one!!

What region in Thedas were they born in? What was their hometown (and their home itself) like?

So I reworked Paraluman's backstory a bit more and I had her be born in Azarinas (Thedas-flavoured Philippines).

Their hometown, (Coincidentally named Montillon after Montilyet), had a large alienage tucked into a corner and gated so that the elves don't get access to specific buildings or that if they were allowed into places like the chantry, they were to sit at the far back or stand during the service while the more aristocratic Azarinos (and some mestizos) get to sit in front among the Antivan peninsulares.

The alienage in Montillon had a chapel built by the Indigeno (the elves as Azarinas was originally elven land) so they would be able to have some freedom as the revered mother assigned to the chapel was at least a kind woman who did not abuse her powers as they were often wont to do among the clergy of Azarinas. There were carinderias for the common people to eat it, street vendors of fans, canes and umbrellas strolling round the alienage and small businesses and storefronts like tailorshops, and some grocer shops that had illegal wares from Rivain and the Free Marches.

Paraluman's home was a humble Nipa hut with bamboo walls serving as a thin partition to indicate different rooms. Paraluman shared a room with her sister. The furnishings were sparse and very functional. There was one bed pushed to one wall, a basin and a jug of water on top of one dresser so the children could wash their face. All their clothes are crammed into the one dresser.

The house has a total of three bedrooms all of which were measured as small as they could get away with as much space as they can outside of the rooms. The outside of their home has a water well outside where they get their bath water, drinking water, etc. Their toilet is also stationed outside their house.

Describe their family. Who were they close to? Were there any particular childhood friends?

Paraluman's grandfather was the unofficial leader of their alienage. He was stern, pragmatic and rather good at making some business connections. With his grandchildren he's fond of seeing them laugh and smile and he tends to indulge their whims on a daily basis. She remembers admiration for him. His greatness, his unyielding courage even when a guardia civil threatened him after he stood up for an elderly street vendor. She remembered thinking how she wanted to bear that courage and anger too.

Their grandmother was a flower vendor who made delicate flower arrangements. She also sold sampaguita garlands to be hung onto statues of Andraste and her followers. They always remember their grandmother tending to her flowers in the garden, light bathed her from behind like a halo. A woman who, for all her nervousness, had the gall to smack her grandfather shyly when he asked for a kiss from her.

Her mother worked for the alcalde mayor as a maid but was made to quit her job by Paraluman's father so she could focus on bringing up Paraluman and their sister when Paraluman had turned seven. She was a beautiful elven woman with curly hair and a kind if not naive outlook in life. Though she loves Paraluman, she still failed her child by excusing her younger daughter's abuse due to her weaker constitution. Paraluman's memories of her mother that stuck were those excuses and the fear instilled in her of magic. There were brief memories of lullabies at night and relentless fanning through the summer nights but Paraluman never forgot her mother's failings.

Her father works at a hacienda of an Antivan family in Azarinas that produces tobacco. He's a short tempered elf who always attacked those weaker than him but cowers in the face of powerful and stronger people. When Paraluman thought of him, it was with fogged memories filled with this burning hatred that she can't bring words to bribe wanting him dead or suffering. Feelings that she tamped down lest the Maker strike her down.

Her younger sister was constantly doted on and favoured by her parents due to her weaker constitution. Despite this weaker constitution, her sister often beat her and stole what little things they had. Paraluman often heard from this sister insults that called her ugly for being born with browner skin. She was never allowed to fight back and was told to simply understand her sister.

Paraluman was a nervous and quiet child, they were often unable to befriend others due to many issues they developed growing up but they managed to make one friend in the past.

He was an elf from Tevinter, he had a sister who he loved and a mother who protected him. Paraluman met him for three months when his master was visiting the alcalde mayor and Paraluman was brought along by her mother for her to make friends with the servants children. She saw him tucked away in a separate smaller room and asked to keep him company, upon learning his circumstance, she suggested he run away to the forests due to the rumours of those running to the forest finding freedom within it. Sadly, he declined but instead asked Paraluman to play. He was the first to say she had a pretty smile when she finally smiled wide enough to show her teeth.

She can't remember his name right but she assumed his name was spelled as Lito.

They promised to one day escape their situations and go on adventures together. Lito insisted on calling her his new sister and that he would protect her from her younger sister once that fateful time comes.

Paraluman didn't wholly believe him but she liked the fact that he made that promise.

Did they ever work a normal, everyday job?

Sometimes, before Paraluman manifested her magic, she would help her mother with her duties as a maid in the alcalde mayor's estate. She often did the sweeping and small errands like fetching ingredients for meals or lighting fires in the hearths of occupied rooms.

She also used to help her grandmother in selling sampaguita garlands in front of the chantry.

What is their moral alignment?

Paraluman is Lawful Good. Unless you betray her, then she will lawfully find a way to ruin your life and take away everything you worked and cared for.

Though really, starting coups and dethroning the undeserving isn't really beneath her if you piss her off enough.

Do they have a preferred weapon they always use?

She always uses a staff but her templar friend, Joseph Terrell, did discreetly provide her with a dagger before she left Kinloch Hold should she be disarmed.

What places in Thedas have they been to? What do they think about places other than their homeland?

Kinloch Hold: Ever since getting shipped off to Kinloch Hold at nine (Since the Penitents' Retreat was so overcrowded child mages would have been trampled underfoot), she saw it as a new home and found friends and a surrogate family in it. Granted, her experience in Kinloch still had her getting issues due to Irving making all her choices+Jowan leaving her to Greagoir and Irving's judgement but it was her own wreck of a home like her first one was.

Ostagar: She didn't form any strong opinions on it really. She was nervous about a lot of things so all she focused on were tasks given to her and didn't allow herself time to process what happened

Lothering: It looked quaint and it reminded her of the alienage in Montillon so the knowledge that it will have the horde of darkspawn upon them made her grieve. She ended up giving weapons, armour and coins to those she wanted to try and save.

Redcliffe: Did not enjoy it beyond meeting Bann Teagan who she found charming. Did not hesitate to snatch Alistair's mother's amulet when she saw it. She strongly disliked Isolde, did not enjoy getting possessed!Connor's bragging about his abuse of elven servants, hated having to hear Knife-ear and the sexism she faced. She only stayed because Alistair wanted her to help and she can't condemn the innocent with the ones who offended her.

Orzammar: No. The Deep Roads were not her thing, Dwarven politics wasn't fun to deal with especially with Harrowmont being sentenced to death and get only highlight was Dagna. Everything else? She did not want to go back ever again. Rip her in the Deep Roads cause of the Architect tho but a good thing came from it at least.

Brecilian Forest: You know those fever dreams you wish you could forget but it got obtained in you? Yeah. That's what the forest was like for her.

Denerim: Would have said it was beautiful but the wanted posters made her dislike the city.

Denerim Alienage: Brought back feelings from her childhood and it filled her with unease and a desire to solve all the problems she could. Offered her aid to Shianni and during the Battle of Denerim, she stayed as long as she could to ensure no city elves were killed.

Amaranthine: She grew to love Amaranthine and after all the changes she made that made it vastly different from the other cities of Ferelden, she was proud of it as it became a powerful and wealthy city that overshadowed Denerim.

Vigil's Keep: It became her home. Where her friends lived with her and where her children were born and raised. Where she gained power and kept it, where her plans of revenge grew amid the love and support she showered upon those that mattered to her.

Soldier's Peak: She eventually returned there to reestablish a stronghold for the Grey Wardens and to have it serve as an evacuation centre in times of emergency.

Do they have any interest in folk tales or folk songs?

Paraluman liked listening and singing along to Azarino folk songs but not so much others unless she grew familiar to it. Most songs she learned growing up aside from Azarino folk songs were religious since her mother taught her to sing hymns.

#dragon age #dragon age oc #dragon age origins #dragon age fenris #fenris dragon age #fenris #paraluman surana

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cullenakingirog · 28 days

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Help me save for a laptop cause my dad stole my pc

Hi guys so i used to have a decent pc until my dad stole the monitor after throwing a fit that he needs it more than me, gave me an incompatible monitor that left me unable to use the pc for months and when his pc broke down from viruses, he stole my pc which led to me losing my mods, art files, character designs and even some treasured photos I stored in there of memories I didn't wanna forget.

So now I'm saving for a laptop. It's for myself to build up everything i lost all over again and to actually have something to de-stress with for gaming and writing. (Maybe also drawing)

I'm trying to save with my salary but I'm also opening my commissions to hopefully speed up the process

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#Update #art commisions #cheap commissions #commission #taking commisions #art commission #commission art #commissions #sketch commission

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cullenakingirog · 28 days

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Y'all the day i play BG3 I am gonna be so annoying about it

Gale's getting a They/Them homebrew fey bae with a really messy family history + a bloodline curse tied to tragic romances

Astarions getting the softest most pacifistic She/Her Aasimar Scourge wife who is struggling to keep her Scourge instincts in check but the gods take control and shit goes down (ft. How to Break From The Gods' Influence with Gale Dekarios and Miscellaneous.)

And Karlach is getting a He/They Druid Satyr bby who has no issues beyond wanting to protect his colour-named family (Starring: Bulawan, the Bear Prince -as dubbed by his sisters - and his little sisters totally not named after Snow White and Rose Red)

Yeah I have whole ass plans dammit I just need to play the game lol

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cullenakingirog · 29 days

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Dragon Age Character Questions

by myself and @vitosscaletta

ESSENTIALS

What is their name, and how old are they? Does their name or birthday hold any significance?

What class do they belong to? How did they initially train and learn their skills?

What race do they belong to? What are their opinions on the other races of Thedas?

What is their moral alignment?

What do they specialize in within their class?

Do they have a preferred weapon they always use?

How do they dress in their downtime, while fighting, in formal settings, etc.?

Do they have any notable scars, markings, tattoos, etc.?

LIFE

What region in Thedas were they born in? What was their hometown (and their home itself) like?

What social class were they born into? How did it affect their upbringing?

How many languages do they speak? Do they have any sort of accent?

Describe their family. Who were they close to? Were there any particular childhood friends?

What religion were they born into? Do they still follow it?

Which aspects of the culture they were born into holds the most significance for them?

Did they ever work a normal, everyday job?

What sort of education did they receive?

What do they do with their free time? Do they have any vices?

Have they ever been seriously injured? What was the outcome?

Do they prefer being stealthy or charging head-on?

How efficient are they with things like crafting potions or repairing their own armor?

PARTY

Who does their preferred party consist of?

Which companions (or advisors) are they closest friends with? Who do they respect?

Which companions (or advisors) do they like to spend time with when they’re not travelling?

Are there any companions (or advisors) they don’t get along with? Have any of them ever left the party?

Did they do companion quests? What were the outcomes of those?

Do they have a love interest? How did their relationship start?

How did their relationship progress? If they’re a canon romance option, is their story different from the way the game presents it?

CODEX

How do they feel about Mages and magic, including things like abominations?

How do they feel about Templars and the Circle?

How do they feel about the Grey Wardens?

How do they feel about the Fade, spirits, and demons?

How do they feel about darkspawn?

How do they feel about dragons?

How do they feel about religions that are not their own, like the Chantry or the Qun?

How do they feel about the Deep Roads?

What places in Thedas have they been to? What do they think about places other than their homeland?

Are there any animals they have a particular love or hatred for?

Do they have any interest in folk tales or folk songs?

PROTAGONIST-SPECIFIC QUESTIONS UNDER THE CUT

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#writing #dragon age

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cullenakingirog · 30 days

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The Spanish surnames of many Filipinos have often misled foreigners here and abroad, who are unaware of the decree on the adoption of surnames issued by Governor-General Narciso Clavería in 1849. Until quite recently in the United States, the Filipinos were classified in demographic statistics as a “Spanish-speaking minority,” along with Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Mexicans, and other nationals of the Central or South American republics. The Philippines, as is well known, was a Spanish colony when Spain was mistress of empires in the Western Hemisphere; but the Americans were “hispanized” demographically, culturally, and linguistically, in a way the Philippines never was. Yet the Spanish surnames of the Filipinos today—García, Gómez, Gutiérrez, Fernández—seem to confirm the impression of the American statistician, as well as of the American tourist, that the Philippines is just another Mexico in Asia. Nor is this misunderstanding confined to the United States; most Spaniards still tend to think of “las Islas Filipinas” as a country united to them through the language of Cervantes, and they catalogue Philippine studies under “Hispano-America.” The fact is that after nearly three-and-a-half centuries of Spanish rule probably not more than one Filipino in ten spoke Spanish, and today scarcely one in fifty does. Still the illusion lives on, thanks in large part to these surnames, which apparently reflect descent from ancient Peninsular forbears, but in reality often date back no farther than this decree of 1849.

Somehow overlooked, this decree, with the Catálogo Alfabético de Apellidos which accompanied it, accounts for another curiousity which often intrigues both Filipinos and foreign visitors alike, namely, that there are towns in which all the surnames of the people begin with the same letter. This is easily verifiable today in many parts of the country. For example, in the Bikol region, the entire alphabet is laid out like a garland over the provinces of Albay, Sorsogon, and Catanduanes which in 1849 belonged to the single jurisdiction of Albay. Beginning with A at the provincial capital, the letters B and C mark the towns along the coast beyond Tabaco to Tiwi. We return and trace along the coast of Sorsogon the letters E to L; then starting down the Iraya Valley at Daraga with M, we stop with S to Polangui and Libon, and finish the alphabet with a quick tour around the island of Catan-duanes. Today’s lists of municipal officials, memorials to local heroes, even business or telephone directories, also show that towns where family names begin with a single letter are not uncommon. In as, for example, the letter R is so prevalent that besides the Roas, Reburianos, Rebajantes, etc., some claim with tongue in cheek that the town also produced Romuáldez, Rizal, and Roosevelt!

Excerpt from the 1973 introduction to Catálogo de Alfabético de Apellidos by Domingo Abella

#philippine history #philippines

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cullenakingirog · 30 days

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When the people are occupied, resistance is justified

25 Nov 2023 // Manila, Philippines

#free palestine #philippines #none of us are free until all of us are free

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cullenakingirog · 30 days

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PH friends in Metro Manila!!!! Palestinian and Filipino-Palestinian refugee families who have recently resettled in the Philippines are holding a pop-up kitchen of homegrown delights to support their new start in the Philippines.

Please show up for support and solidarity 🇵🇸🇵🇭❤️

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[Our Little Gaza Kitchen

Organized by Team Don Antonio

24 Don Carlos street, Barangay Holy Spirit, Don Antonio Heights, Quezon City

Please join us

March 28-30, 2024. 4pm to 6pm

Rekindling hope, rebuilding dreams, one dish at a time]

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[ongoing birthday fundraiser

help us raise $2,500 for

(1) Palestinian refugees who resettled in the Philippines and are launching a food business called Our Little Gaza Kitchen to start anew

(2) sustainability for our local community of human rights defenders & organizers

by March 27th

@gabestorres]

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[donation platforms:

any amount goes a long way!

please leave note: "birthday funds"

ven/mo: @gabestorres

cash/app: $gabestorres

pay/pal link: pay pal.me/torresgabes

Access Transparency Doc for Donations & Updates: tinyurl.com/bday-funds]

#HELP I DIDNT KNOW ABT THIS WHY IS QUEZON SO FAR HUHU #philippines #Fellow pinoys please check this out if you're in the area!!#free palestine 🇵🇸#from the river to the sea palestine will be free #free gaza

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cullenakingirog · 30 days

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this is the cost of tourism. stop going to boracay or any other popular beach here. its killing indigenous people

#philippines #Yes tourism is important #But our indigenous people matter too

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cullenakingirog · 30 days

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My god. i want this framed on my wall. After SO MANY YEARS OF getting gaslighted by Duterte that we are at fault and China is not to blame. This is a truly a breath of fresh air

#west philippine sea #philippines #Please pay attention to this issue as well

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cullenakingirog · 1 month

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Commission for @dauntless-necromancer

He wanted bby Celia playing with bby Kieran and I am a man of simple desires

The act of drawing her and Kieran playing was sm fun to do especially cause I love doing cute playful stuff when given the chance wifhfjsjdjd

Sure Morrigan might get a heart attack cause seeing ur bby toppling over is never fun not even if they're just younger siblings but s t i l l

Interested in commissioning me? Click the source! 💗

#dragon age #art commisions #taking commisions #cheap commissions #dragon age origins #dragon age oc #dragon age kieran #kieran #commisions open #commission #my art #my artwork #marh art

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cullenakingirog · 1 month

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Help me save for a laptop cause my dad stole my pc

Hi guys so i used to have a decent pc until my dad stole the monitor after throwing a fit that he needs it more than me, gave me an incompatible monitor that left me unable to use the pc for months and when his pc broke down from viruses, he stole my pc which led to me losing my mods, art files, character designs and even some treasured photos I stored in there of memories I didn't wanna forget.

So now I'm saving for a laptop. It's for myself to build up everything i lost all over again and to actually have something to de-stress with for gaming and writing. (Maybe also drawing)

I'm trying to save with my salary but I'm also opening my commissions to hopefully speed up the process

321.1/890.35 USD SAVED

#self reblog #signal boost #taking commisions #cheap commissions #art commisions #commission

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cullenakingirog · 1 month

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Help me save for a laptop cause my dad stole my pc

Hi guys so i used to have a decent pc until my dad stole the monitor after throwing a fit that he needs it more than me, gave me an incompatible monitor that left me unable to use the pc for months and when his pc broke down from viruses, he stole my pc which led to me losing my mods, art files, character designs and even some treasured photos I stored in there of memories I didn't wanna forget.

So now I'm saving for a laptop. It's for myself to build up everything i lost all over again and to actually have something to de-stress with for gaming and writing. (Maybe also drawing)

I'm trying to save with my salary but I'm also opening my commissions to hopefully speed up the process

321.1/890.35 USD SAVED

#cheap commissions #art commisions #commission #signal boost

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cullenakingirog · 1 month

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If you see this on your dashboard, reblog this, NO MATTER WHAT and all your dreams and wishes will come true.

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cullenakingirog · 2 months

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See, dove? I told you the sea breeze would do you good.

Cause I don't draw Isabela and Divina at all have sapphic moments with Isabela taking her sickly girlfriend to the seaside without the worries of her responsibilities as Champion or Head of the Family

Interested in commissioning me? Click the source! 💗

#dragon age #my art #marh art #dragon age 2 #dragon age oc #da2 fanart #da2 hawke #isabela dragon age #isabela da2 #hawke x isabela #isabela x hawke #sapphic #da2

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