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theravenchild · 1 year

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Name: Hellendil Melinae

Birthday: September 24th

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Pronouns: He/Him

Sexual Orientation: Bisexual (He's just figuring it out during 5th year)

Height: 6'1.5" (≈186.5 cm)

Eye Color: Blue

Hair: Long brown hair with auburn tones more visible in bright lighting. Hair is straight, but he typically wears it in a braid so it often looks wavy. As an adult he wears it pulled back in a low pony for work or formal occasions and loose any other time.

Blood status: Half-blood

House: Ravenclaw

Wand: 11.5 inches Cedar with Dragon heartstring core, pliant

Patronus: originally a Ragdoll Cat, it changes to an Occamy at the end of fifth year

Animagus: Norwegian Forest Cat

Favorite Classes: Defense Against the Dark Arts, Potions, Care of Magical Creatures, Astronomy, History of Magic

Favorite Magical Creature(s): Thestrals, Mooncalves, Kneazels

Friends: Amit Thakkar, Natsai Onai, Sebastian Sallow, Ominis Gaunt, Poppy Sweeting, Nerida Roberts

OC friends: Lydia Parkinson, William Abbott, Maya Catapang, Wren Zhang, Ren Aries, Amara Ambrose, Felix Åberg, Theodora Devlin, Danny Gibson, Gwendolyn Foxworth

Love Interest(s):

Fanfic - Sebastian Sallow, Elvira Dougherty (OC)

RP - ???

RP AU - William Abbott (Helliam) ❤️

Personality: Hellendil is a sweet, outgoing boy who places a high value on friendships and those he cares about. He has a strong desire to help those in need which sometimes leads him to neglect his own needs. He is soft hearted and often finds himself upset when his actions cause emotional or physical harm to someone or something he cares about. He is intelligent and enjoys reading and studying, especially with a companion. He generally has trouble with decision making because he tends to look at all possible perspectives to weigh the options. He dislikes conflict and would prefer to find a diplomatic solution, but is aware that is not always an option.

Wore the dark arts outfit his first day of classes and promptly traded it for leather armor/adventure gear.

Received the scar on his right brow while fighting the troll in Hogsmeade with Natty.

He adores Thestrals and will stop to watch them anytime he sees them. He also prefers riding one to using a broom.

Family: Hellendil is the youngest of four children and one of two to inherit magical ability from his mother.

His mother is a metal charmer and jeweler from Wales, who met his father when traveling in search of suppliers of metals and precious gems for her art. His father is a muggle blacksmith/metal worker who was blissfully unaware of the magical world until their meeting. His love for her was strong enough that it endured the shock of finding out she was a witch. They married and resettled in Wales where they raised their four children.

#hellendil #ravenclaw #hogwarts legacy #fanart #ocs #character sheet #daz studio #iray render #my art

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best-character-named-x-poll · 3 months

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Past Polls

Round 1: Peter : WINNER: Peter Parker (Spider-Man)

Round 2: Elizabeth : WINNER: Elizabeth Swann (Pirates of the Caribbean)

Round 3: Jason : WINNER: Jason Mendoza (The Good Place)

Round 4: Eve : WINNER: EVE (WALL-E)

Round 5: Fred : WINNER: Fred Jones (Scooby-Doo)

Round 6: Rachel : WINNER: Rachel (Animorphs)

Round 7: Arthur : WINNER: Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)

Round 8: Amy : WINNER: Amy Pond (Doctor Who)

Round 9: Tom : WINNER: Tom (Tom and Jerry)

Round 10: Claire : WINNER: Clare Devlin (Derry Girls)

Round 11: James : WINNER: James (Pokemon)

Round 12: Max : WINNER: Max (Black Sails)

Round 13: Simon : WINNER: Simon Belmont (Castlevania)

Round 14: Jane : WINNER: Jane Crocker (Homestuck)

Round 15: Victor : WINNER: Victor Nikiforov (Yuri On Ice)

Round 16: Mary : WINNER: Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins)

Round 17: Will : WINNER: Will Graham (Hannibal)

Round 18: Laura : WINNER: Laura Palmer (Twin Peaks)

Round 19: Ben : WINNER: Ben "Obi-Wan" Kenobi (Star Wars)

Round 20: Chloe : WINNER: Chloe Price (Life Is Strange)

Round 21: John : WINNER: Jonathan Sims (The Magnus Archives)

Round 22: Lydia : WINNER: Lydia Deetz (Beetlejuice)

Round 23: Mark : WINNER: Marc Spector (Moon Knight)

Round 24: Jess : WINNER: Jesse Pinkman (Breaking Bad)

Round 25: Theo : WINNER: Theobald Gumbar (Dimension 20: A Crown Of Candy)

Round 26: Sarah: WINNER: Sarah Jane Smith (Doctor Who)

Round 27: Richard : WINNER: Richard Gansey III (The Raven Cycle)

Round 28: Cass : WINNER: Cassandra Cain (Batman)

Round 29: Edward : WINNER: Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Round 30: Carm : WINNER: Carmen Sandiego (Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?)

Round 31: Hal : WINNER: HAL9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey)

Round 32: Sid : WINNER: Sydney Adamu (The Bear)

Round 33: Jack : WINNER: Captain Jack Harkness (Doctor Who)

Round 34: Stephanie : WINNER: Stephanie Brown (Batman)

Round 35: Ash : WINNER: Ash Ketchum (Pokemon)

Round 36: Veronica : WINNER: Veronica Sawyer (Heathers)

Round 37: Kurt : WINNER: Kurt Wagner aka Nightcrawler (X-Men)

Round 38: Eleanor : WINNER: Eleanor Shellstrop (The Good Place)

Round 39: Nathan : WINNER: Nathan Young (Misfits)

Round 40: Fiona : WINNER: Princess Fiona (Shrek)

Round 41: Gale : WINNER: Gayle Waters-Waters (Chris Fleming)

Round 42: Barbara : WINNER: Barbara Millicent Roberts aka Barbie (Barbie)

Round 43: Sam : WINNER: Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)

Round 44: Grace : WINNER: Grace Chastity (Nerdy Prudes Must Die)

Round 45: Barry : WINNER: Barry Bluejeans (The Adventure Zone)

Round 46: Raven : WINNER: Raven (Teen Titans)

Round 47: Dan : WINNER: Danny Fenton (Danny Phantom)

Round 48: Mia : WINNER: Mia Fey (Ace Attorney)

Round 49: Matt : WINNER: Matt Murdock (Daredevil)

Round 50: Rose : WINNER: Rose Tyler (Doctor Who)

Round 51: Robert : WINNER: Robbie Rotten (LazyTown)

Round 52: Lola : WINNER: Lola Bunny (Space Jam)

Round 53: Scott : WINNER: Scott Summers aka Cyclops (X-Men)

Round 54: Olivia : WINNER: Olivia Octavious (Spiderverse)

Round 55: Finn : WINNER: Finn the Human (Adventure Time)

Round 56: Emily : WINNER: Emily Charlton (The Devil Wears Prada)

Round 57: Elliot : WINNER: Eliot Spencer (Leverage)

Round 58: Sonia : WINNER: Sonia (Pokemon)

Round 59: Gideon : WINNER: Gideon Nav (The Locked Tomb)

Round 60: Jen : WINNER: Jennifer Check (Jennifer's Body)

Round 61: Miles : WINNER: Miles Morales (Spider-Man)

Round 62: Lana : WINNER: Lana Skye (Ace Attorney)

Round 63: Spencer : WINNER: Spencer Shay (iCarly)

Round 64: Tracy : WINNER: Tracy Turnbald (Hairspray!)

Round 65: Luke : WINNER: Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)

Round 66: Natalie : WINNER: Natalie Scatorccio (Yellowjackets)

Round 67: Harry : WINNER: Harry Du Bois (Disco Elysium)

Round 68: Lucy : WINNER: Lucy van Pelt (Peanuts)

Round 69: Damian : WINNER: Damian Wayne (Batman)

Round 70: Tabitha : WINNER: Tabitha Casper (Dan and Phil Games: Sims 4)

Round 71: Nick : WINNER: Nicholas D. Wolfwood (Trigun)

Round 72: Gwen : WINNER: Guinevere (Merlin)

Round 73: Paul : WINNER: Paulette Bonafonte (Legally Blonde)

Round 74: Abigail : WINNER: Abigail Hobbs (Hannibal)

Round 75: Jordan : WINNER: Jordan Baker (The Great Gatsby)

Round 76: Donna : WINNER: Donna Noble (Doctor Who)

Round 77: Morgan : WINNER: Morgana (Merlin)

Round 78: Allison : WINNER: Alison Cooper (BBC Ghosts)

Round 79: Patrick : WINNER: Patrick Star (Spongebob Squarepants)

Round 80: Linda : WINNER: Linda Belcher (Bob's Burgers)

Round 81: Philip : WINNER: Philip J. Fry (Futurama)

Round 82: Clarisse : WINNER: Clarisse La Rue (Percy Jackson)

Round 83: Jeff : WINNER: Jeff The Killer (Creepypasta)

Round 84: Maria : WINNER: Maria (The Sound Of Music)

Round 85: David : WINNER: David aka Solid Snake (Metal Gear)

Round 86: Tiffany : WINNER: Tiffany Aching (Discworld)

Round 87: Charlie : WINNER: Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)

Round 88: Sandy : WINNER: Sandy Cheeks (Spongebob Squarepants)

Round 89: Cody : WINNER: Commander Cody (Star Wars: Clone Wars)

Round 90: Amanda : WINNER: Amanda Young (Saw)

Round 91: Jeremy : WINNER: Jeremy aka Scout (Team Fortress 2)

Round 92: Velma : WINNER: Velma Dinkley (Scooby-Doo)

Round 93: Adam : WINNER: Adam Parrish (The Raven Cycle)

Round 94: Sue : WINNER: Susan Pevensie (Narnia)

Round 95: Derek : WINNER: Derek Hale (Teen Wolf)

Round 96: Michelle : WINNER: Michelle Mallon (Derry Girls)

Round 97: Neil : WINNER: Neil Perry (Dead Poets Society)

Round 98: Lisa : WINNER: Lisa Cuddy (House MD)

Round 99: Tony : WINNER: Tony Soprano (The Soprano's)

Round 100: Karen : WINNER: Karen Smith (Mean Girls)

#best character named x

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potionboy3 · 2 years

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hphl: men - I'll Make a Man Out of You

HERE COME THE BOYS!

Thank you so much for everyone who took part in this. I tried to get them all to fit. It may not be the most serious song but the video sure turned out even more dramatic than I had anticipated...

Cast:

Gabriel Sapieha - Colin Firth Lysander Mercury - Leonardo DiCaprio Frederick Lavigne - Jared Padalecki

@slytherindisaster

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Oliver Gerard - Darren Criss

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William Devlin - Luke Thompson Grant Kennedy - Jonathan Bailey Maxwell “Max” Pembroke - Leo Suter Simon Battersea - William Moseley Cillian Lynch - Hugh Grant Tadhg Lynch - Rob Lowe

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Jesse Seymour -Toby Regbo Ernest di Napoli - Aneurin Barnard Marcellus Thorne - James Norton Phineas Falcon - Tom Hardy Adonis Demiurgos - Henry Cavill

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Danny Gibson - Chris Pine

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Hope I remembered everyone and enjoy the video!

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terrorpenned · 9 months

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DOSSIER : VICTORIA WINTERS

Studies in: parasitic obsessions with the past, entanglements with old families, Jane Eyre and Mrs. de Winter, the genre-dysphoric protagonist, transmutable identity, hauntings by the women of the narrative.

FULL NAME: Victoria Winters AGE: early 20's BIRTH DATE: March 4th, 1946 ETHNICITY: white, American GENDER: cis woman ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: biromantic SEXUAL ORIENTATION: bisexual RELIGION: Protestant, but not devout SPOKEN LANGUAGE: English CURRENT LIVING CONDITIONS: in a room at Collinwood OCCUPATION: governess, tutor

RELATIONSHIPS

PARENTS: unknown (Betty Hanscombe and Danny Taylor) SIBLINGS: none SIGNIFICANT OTHER: Burke Devlin (present, presumed deceased), Peter Bradford (1795)/Jeff Clark (present), Barnabas Collins (ish, present) CHILDREN: none

PHYSICAL TRAITS

EYE COLOUR: blue HAIR COLOUR: brunette HEIGHT: 5'6″ BODY BUILD: thin TATTOOS + PIERCINGS: no tattoos, ear piercings NOTABLE PHYSICAL TRAITS: hair often tied back into a half-up ponytail with ends flipped. favors comfortable clothing like loose cardigans and jackets. captivating, haunted-looking eyes : sometimes more like a spirit, than a girl.

PERSONALITY

INTELLIGENCE: mixed bag, definitely not the brightest. very book smart, especially when it comes to history, which is a fixated interest of hers –– to the point it is regarded as an unhealthy obsession by everyone else. she can name every president in US history in order, one of her only party tricks. once she begins working for the Collins family, she undertakes study of their own family history as well, especially the story of Josette Collins. quite decent at mathematics, geography, and basic science, as well as teaching them, and overall makes David a fine tutor: his aptitude and questions help her learn more too. socially, though, she struggles with a lot of social cues, and very frequently gets herself into a lot of trouble by oversharing with the wrong person, or misreading situations with those she's close with, or misreading situations period; in a modern era, she might be diagnosed on the autism spectrum. the intensity of her obsession with the past tends to put people off. while she’s often oblivious, she’s not completely helpless, and has successfully solved some complicated supernatural mysteries and managed to save David’s life, but she also stays on at Collinwood after repeated kidnappings so… not the sharpest tool in the shed.

LIKES: fresh coffee (hot and iced), sherry, soda, the smell of the sea and sounds of the waves, old books, family stories and oral histories (including ghost stories), antique stores - old jewelry and paintings, knitted cardigans, pop music: (including The Beatles, the Monkees, Lesley Gore, the Everly Brothers), some classical music, namely for piano, and jazz (she doesn’t have a large record collection of her own, so usually ends up either listening to the radio or borrowing Roger’s) , music boxes, movies of old Hollywood - Gene Tierney, Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayworth, Jane Russel, Audrey Hepburn - equally noir (Rebecca, Wuthering Heights, Niagara, The Phantom of the Opera, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man) and technicolor musicals (The Court Jester, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Mary Poppins). The writings of Austen and the Brontë sisters, radio dramas. She doesn’t watch much television, but she does enjoy The Twilight Zone. Museums: art or history, it doesn’t matter. she tends to prefer older art to modern art in general, but she does like photography and surrealism

DISLIKES: any hard liquor and for the most part, drinking in general, though she’ll occasionally have some champagne or a glass of sherry out on a date; the smell of cigarette smoke (cigars and pipes are better, though she doesn’t smoke herself and generally dislikes the habit), canned food - especially fish, she’s quite sick of it by now, and she doesn’t care much for crab, shrimp, or oysters; the cubist movement, most non objective art (though she has a secret soft spot for Rothko). I wouldn’t call it an outright dislike, as she appreciates it in other women, but she doesn’t have much interest in keeping up with fashion or hair/makeup and she hates shopping for her own clothes (though she’ll happily shop for David, or accompany Carolyn out on a shopping trip). any horror film with a lot of gore and on-screen violence. the only history she’s not much interested in is military history. and she tends to be uncomfortable around firearms and the thought of war in general: though she’s never going to be a passionate political activist, she is staunchly against the war in Vietnam, and opposes the draft.

DISPOSITION: quiet, naive, goody-two-shoes. can occasionally be too blunt and too honest (to her own harm). “this may as well happen.” extreme fortitude in the face of continual Shenanigans that would rival Marcus Aurelius.

Biography:

“Because she’s lost and lonely. Because she looks in shadows.”

For eighteen years of her life, Victoria Winters lived in the Hammond Foundling Home in New York City. At a few months old, she was dropped at the freezing doorstep with nothing but a note: “Her name is Victoria. I cannot take care of her,” and she was given the name Winters in honor of the season. Though she waited for her birth parents to come back and take her into the fold, no one did; neither did anyone have any clues about her past, and her family, or any place where she might belong, despite her desperation in the search. Her one link was the anonymous gift of $50 every month, postmarked Bangor, Maine, that came regularly until she turned 16 years old. Once she turned 16, she took a job at the foundling home helping to take care of and tutor the younger children, and she became a favorite of her students and staff alike.

Her work at the orphanage continued for two years. Shortly after her eighteenth birthday, Victoria received a letter from Elizabeth Collins Stoddard requesting her to the great old house of Collinwood, in Collinsport, Maine, to serve as governess. No one at the foundling home was able to give her any answers as to why she was thus requested: no one knew the Collins family. Victoria seized on the job eagerly as an opportunity to learn more about herself, and her past, convinced that the answers lay in the bay of the old fishing town. She took a train from New York to Bangor, and never looked back (despite everyone begging her to)

With the Collinses, Victoria found the home, and the family she had longed for in the howling old house. Once used to sleeping in iron cots, Vicki is given Mrs. Stoddard’s former childhood bedroom, and treated much as one of their own within weeks of her arrival. Carolyn, the heiress beating at the walls of her ivory tower, became a proto-sister and her fastest friend. Elizabeth, the matriarch and ghost in a house of ghosts, treated her much like her own daughter. Roger, Elizabeth's wayward brother, though initially hostile, became immensely fond of his son’s governess … probably more than he should have been. David, her student, proved more trouble than she expected, and was the source of some of her earliest severe trials in the house, both threatened and realized: including aiding and abetting her kidnapper, as well as locking her away in abandoned rooms at Collinwood himself. After sustained effort, she was able to finally befriend David, a little worse for wear but staunchly resolved.

Though not for Roger's lack of trying, the man that captures her attention is Burke Devlin, a handsome, well-travelled and wealthy businessman, whom she was soon to learn was an avowed enemy of the entire Collins family. Wrongly convicted of vehicular manslaughter ten years ago, Devlin had returned to Collinsport to take his revenge out on the man who had gone free in his stead (and who had married the woman he loved), Roger Collins. Burke doted on the pretty, doe-eyed governess and though her loyalties were technically with her employer… she wasn’t long to resist his charm. The two of them became engaged, initially despite the Collins wishes, but eventually with their blessing, and even intended to buy a house on the Collins property: a beautiful old house called Seaview.

"What am I?" "It's a toss-up between a chocolate malt and champagne."

Eventually, the ghosts of the Collinwood estate and the wailing of the widows materialize themselves into tangible spirits, overshadowing Roger’s legal troubles and ten-year-old wounds. First, it is the ghost of the murdered Bill Malloy, covered in sea weed and dripping salt water onto the basement floor. Then, the ghostly bride of Jeremiah Collins, Josette, who makes herself Victoria’s spectral protectress when she is once again kidnapped and locked away on the Collinwood grounds. Then, Roger’s estranged wife, Laura, who reveals herself to be far more than an unfit mother, but a reincarnated phoenix, who attempts –– unsuccessfully, due to Victoria’s intervention –– to kill David. And then there is Barnabas. The Collins ancestor, lately returned from his coffin, who adores the past and scorns all modern amenities, charms Victoria, and she never suspects that the young women dying all over town might result from his gentleman’s hand. Conveniently, Burke Devlin’s plane goes down over the jungle right before they are to be married, making way for Barnabas to hypnotize his way into Victoria’s heart.

The defining event of her stay at Collinwood –– more than the murders, the many, many kidnappings, and the rotating circle of suitors –– is her travel back to the year 1795 in the midst of a séance, where she is able to pay witness to the early Collins family history herself and the earlier existence of Angélique Bouchard ( though, importantly, missing the evidence of Barnabas’s monstrous transformation ). Victoria is tried and hanged as a witch, which jerks her back to the present, after which she becomes obsessed with finding her lost love from the past, Peter Bradford, and miraculously succeeds, though Barnabas, as per usual, regards this engagement as just another inconvenience.

A note on Vicki’s parents: even though it’s the dominant theory, I won’t be following Liz as Vicki’s mother, at least on this blog, for these purposes (unless written as an au!). Instead: Vicki is the daughter of Betty Hanscombe, a former servant at Collinwood who was a lover of Elizabeth’s. Her father was Betty’s husband: a loveless, normative marriage. As the Collins family hushed the affair, Betty was institutionalized at Windcliff for homosexuality, a victim of American hysteria in the Lavender Scare. The intensity of the aversion therapy and other “treatment” received worsens her mental health, and though she is released before Vicki’s birth, Betty commits suicide only six months later at Widow’s Hill. Betty’s husband absconds to New York and abandons Vicki at the foundling home, leaving her with the note. Elizabeth, through the use of private investigators, is able to locate Vicki and send her regular payments, and later, to bring her to Collinwood under her personal protection. She feels an immense connection to Vicki both out of her love for her mother, as well as her tremendous guilt for her part in her fate. She’s also willing to let her suspect she is her mother, because it distracts from other secrets she’s not ready to disclose; nor is the town at large (including Sam Evans) willing to discuss what exactly happened to Betty, so it’s simply said she went away and died soon after.

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endlessly-cursed · 2 years

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Primrose Gray's Legacy, Book One: Another World, Another Primrose's Main Cast

Raffey Cassidy as Lady Primrose Gray

Emily Blunt as Viscountess Victoria Gray

David Oakes as Lord Vincent Gray

Cory Gruter as Prince Henry of Alderly @gaygryffindorgal

Will Tilston as William Devlin @unfortunate-arrow

Sarah Gadon as Roxanne Haley @beloved-bucky

Chris Pine as Daniel 'Danny' Gibson @catohphm

Danielle Galligan as Almira Iverach @cursebreakerfarrier

Kaya Scodelario as Gwendolyn Archeron @thatravenpuffwitch

#hogwarts legacy #hphl #oc: primrose sabrina gray #primrose gray's legacy #another world another primrose #pgl book one #harry potter: hogwarts legacy

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misszarves · 2 years

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my dead babies’ names, for anyone who wants to know

meagan “meggy” bernadette w

(named for my friend and coworker meagan and irish civil rights activist bernadette devlin)

due on or around the summer solstice 2020

daniel “danny” malcolm w

(named for bob saget, who passed away the night I found out I was pregnant, and of course for mac)

due on or around the autumn equinox 2022

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storyofmorewhoa · 8 months

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The Gay Deceivers (1969) directed by Bruce Kessler

#the gay deceivers #bruce kessler #jerome wish #danny devlin #daniel joseph devlin

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dannymillerfansite · 2 years

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Danny Miller and Steph Jones arrive at The National Lottery’s Big Jubilee Street Party, to celebrate the organisations that have been awarded grants for making a huge difference to communities across the UK.

Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images for The National Lottery

#danny miller #steph jones #Danny and Steph #red carpet #the national lottery

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mothemerald · 8 days

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Federal criminal investigation opened into Key Bridge crash

By Katie Mettler, Devlin Barrett, Danny Nguyen and Peter Hermann

Updated April 15, 2024 at 6:53 p.m. EDT|Published April 15, 2024 at 7:09 a.m. EDT

Investigators board the Dali cargo ship Monday. The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the collapse of the Key Bridge after it was struck by the Dali. (Jonathan Newton for The Washington Post)

The FBI has opened a criminal investigation focusing on the massive container ship that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month — a probe that will look at least in part at whether the crew left the port knowing the vessel had serious system problems, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

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Authorities are reviewing the events leading up to the moment when the Dali, a 985-foot Singapore-flagged ship, lost power while leaving the Port of Baltimore and slammed into one of the bridge’s support pillars, said the officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing probe.

Just after dawn Monday, dozens of law enforcement officials dressed in all black began arriving at the Dali — where the crew has remained since the crash — pulling up to the ship’s bow in numerous boats and climbing aboard using a ladder. The FBI later confirmed that agents were on board, and the Justice Department said authorities were conducting a “court-approved search.”

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The news of the criminal investigation, which one official said is being handled by the U.S. attorney’s office in Maryland, came the same day that multiple private law firms separately announced that they had been retained to represent the Baltimore mayor’s office and some of the men who were working construction on the bridge when it collapsed. The moves signal an escalating effort to seek accountability and determine what caused the crash that left six of the eight men dead, a question that both the independent National Transportation Safety Board and the Coast Guard’s Marine Board of Investigation have been working to answer in separate inquiries since the collapse March 26.

Jennifer Gabris, an NTSB spokeswoman, said that the board’s investigation would continue and that a preliminary report was expected in early May.

The Coast Guard’s Marine Board of Investigation will pause evidence collection, but it will still be able to analyze evidence it has already gathered to inform safety efforts such as new regulations or inspection campaigns, according to a Coast Guard official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigations.

Officials boarded the Dali cargo ship on April 15 in the Patapsco River as the FBI opened an investigation into the collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge. (Video: Hadley Green/The Washington Post)

An attorney representing Grace Ocean Private Ltd., which owns the Dali, and Synergy Marine Pte Ltd., the ship’s manager, did not respond to a request for comment.

President Biden and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) have both previously said that they intend to hold accountable any parties deemed potentially liable for the destruction of the bridge, but they have yet to announce any legal action. Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott said the city has hired DiCello Levitt and Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky Trial Lawyers to work with the city’s own legal team to take “decisive action” against the owner, charter, operator and manufacturer of the Dali and “any other potentially liable third parties.”

Erek L. Barron, the U.S. Attorney for Maryland, said his office does not comment on criminal investigations but asserted in a statement that “the public should know, whether it’s gun violence, civil rights abuse, financial fraud, or any other threat to public safety or property we will seek accountability for anyone who may be responsible.”

His office did not respond to questions about what issues the Dali may have experienced before its port departure and how the actions of the crew might be criminal.

Systems issues on vessels such as the Dali can become the basis for criminal charges if they are discovered by those responsible for the ship but not properly remedied before a ship departs, said Todd Lochner, an Annapolis-based admiralty attorney. Lochner said investigators could be trying to weight the legal standard of whether the Dali was “reasonably fit for the intended voyage” when it left the Port of Baltimore en route to Sri Lanka.

“You may not send a vessel to sea in a known unseaworthy condition,” Lochner said, though what exactly constitutes as “unseaworthy” in this case would probably be debated in court.

“There are all kinds of things that can lead to an unseaworthy condition,” he said.

On Capitol Hill last week, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said her investigators were focusing on the Dali’s electrical issues, adding that her team believes there may be a connection between the ship’s lights going out and the power loss to its engines in the moments before the crash.

Homendy said Hyundai, the South Korea-based company that manufactured the engine-room equipment used on the Dali, sent experts to the United States to download electrical data from the ship and look at its circuit breakers.

Attorneys from Stewart Miller Simmons Trial Attorneys and Kreindler & Kreindler said Monday they will be conducting their own independent investigation into the Key Bridge collapse on behalf of the victims they are representing: Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, José López and Julio Adrian Cervantes Suarez. Fuentes and López died after they fell into the Patapsco River when the bridge collapsed. Cervantes, who also fell into the frigid waters, is the only person to survive the fall.

The attorneys said they intend to fight the petition filed in federal court on April 1 by the Dali’s owner and manager, asking a judge to cap how much money responsible parties could be asked to pay in liabilities. One of the attorneys, Justin Miller, said their probe is intended to complement those conducted by the NTSB, the Coast Guard and the FBI. “The details that we need are not the details that they need,” he said.

L. Chris Stewart, another lawyer for the three victims, said that in past cases, the existence of a federal criminal investigation has proved “very effective” in the pursuit of civil accountability. “It leaves no stone unturned,” Stewart said.

The victims’ lawyers said they take issue with the Dali’s owner and operator seeking to limit their liability to about $43.6 million.

“Imagine telling that to grieving families,” Stewart said, “that while they are planning a funeral, the owner of the boat is in court trying to stop the city, state and victims from filing claims.”

In the three weeks since the Dali crashed into the Key Bridge, dive teams have been able to recover four of the six people who died in the collapse, including Maynor Suazo Sandoval, Dorlian Castillo Cabrera and Fuentes. A fourth person was recovered over the weekend, officials with Unified Command announced Monday, but he was not identified per the request of his family.

Authorities had previously identified the three other missing members of the construction crew as López and two other men, Miguel Luna and Carlos Hernandez, all of whom are presumed dead.

The recovery mission was paused after days of searching the Patapsco River’s cold and murky waters. Officials have said they are now focusing on clearing the river of debris and relocating the Dali to shore, but at still looking for those who died among the wreckage.

James Harkness, chief engineer for the Maryland Transportation Authority and a member of the Unified Command, said Monday the cleanup is proceeding on the timetable laid out in recent weeks.

He said officials plan to have a 35-foot deep temporary channel open in the coming weeks and clear the entire shipping channel by the end of May. Harkness said crews have removed 1,000 tons of debris from the river. He said 31 ships have used two small temporary channels to get into and out of the Port of Baltimore.

Justin Jouvenal and Ian Duncan contributed to this report.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/04/15/balitmore-key-bridge-criminal-investigation/

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