AN ENGLISH SILVER AND SILVER-GILT ELECTROPLATED AND ENAMEL-MOUNTED EBONY AND IVORY CHESS-TABLE WITH SILVER-GILT AND ENAMELLED CHESS-SET
BY ELKINGTON & CO., BIRMINGHAM, DESIGNED BY ALBERT WILLMS, MARKS FOR 1866
The chequered board of white and black enamel inlaid with silver-gilt scrolls, within a cream, sky-blue and purple champlevé enamel border surrounded by conformingly decorated oblong panels with ivory stringing, the re-entrant corners mounted with enamel on gold portrait roundels depicting Alexander the Great, Charlemagne, Tamerlane and Napoleon Bonaparte, the square panelled column inset with further champlevé plaques and centred on three sides with oval porcelain plaques painted with Roman, Carolingian and Napoleonic military trophies, the fourth side with a blank electroplated oval, flanked by scrolled bracket supports above four classical female herm columns, on a profusely enamelled quadripartite base and splayed feet mounted with grotesque masks and acanthus; the thirty-two chess-pieces with silver-gilt and enamelled foliate design, the castles each with a shield, marks of Elkington & Co., Birmingham, 1866; with a modern bespoke black leather fitted carrycase.
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Jeff Goldblum saying he goes on instagram and finds and enjoys smutty frostmaster fanart and then calling Tom Hiddleston a "very tender lover" in his GQ awards acceptance speech
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Taika Waititi saying that he goes on social media and sees and "really gets off on" the "soft gay porn" being created around his and the other ofmd cast's characters, on a Variety zoom call with 6 other celebrities
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More of my own Star Wars AU. Here are the Grand Masters of the Jedi Order throughout its history.
-Awdrysta Pina: aka the Green Blade, Grand Master during the First Great Schism.
-Beil Ductivis: Grand Master during the Pius Dea Crusades, later Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic.
-Odan Urr: Founder of the Great Jedi Library of Ossus.
-Nomi Sunrider: Hero of the Great Sith War.
-Vrook Lamar*: Leading figure during the Mandalorian Wars and the Jedi Civil War.
-Meetra Surik: Rebuilder of the Jedi Order following the First Jedi Purge and the Dark War.
-Satele Shan: Hero of the Great Galactic War, Grand Master during the Cold and Eternal Wars.
-Genarra: Gand master and Supreme Chancellor during the early New Sith Wars.
-Fae Coven: First Grand Master following the Ruusan Reformation, principal author of The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force.
-Yoda: Final Grand Master of the Old Jedi Order, from the High Republic to the Clone Wars.
-Ahsoka Tano*: Unoffical Grand Master in the early years of the New Jedi Order, representative to the New Republic Senate.
-Luke Skywalker: First official Grand Master of the New Jedi Order.
-Rey Strom*: Hero of the Sith'ari War, former Padawan of Grand Master Skywalker.
-Kol Skywalker: Leader of the Ossus Project.
-K'Kruhk: Member of the Galactic Federation Triumvirate.
*NOTES UNDER THE CUT:
Vrook, Ahsoka and Rey are all exclusively fanon for the purposes of my AU.
The GM of the KOTOR era is unconfirmed, though Vrook is arguably the most outspoken and influential member of the body.
Ahsoka is the most senior Jedi in the Rebellion with the strongest connections to the NR leadership per her Fulcrum days, though she does make a point of her only being a placeholder until Luke gets the NJO built up enough to formally take over.
My plans for adapting the Sequel Trilogy and its characters are kept to myself at the moment, but Rey does grow into a very powerful and prominent Jedi regardless.
All the others are from official continuity. Xo Lahru, Pra-Te Veter, and Ry Ki-Sakka of the High Republic are also in my AU, I just haven't made micros for them yet. Grand Master Zym does not exist in this AU since...well, he sucks. That's all I'm gonna say.
Also, while Odan, Nomi, Meetra, Genarra, Kol and K'Kruhk were never officially called Grand Master in their respective stories, Odan presided over all the Jedi assemblies in TotJ, Nomi was the one spearheading the Order's operations during the Redemtion arc, Meetra was the one who rebuilt the Order following the Sith Triumvirate's purge (and the Revan novel does not happen here), Genarra was specifically stated to be the Order's leader as well as Chancellor in the Knight Errant Gazzetter, Kol is all but stated to be the leader of the Jedi Council before the Ossus Massacre, K'Kruhk was the Jedi's elected rep to the Triumvirate, and frankly all of them are clearly leading the Order at their respective times, so I'm including them.
credit for my pixels here.
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Padawan: *rushes to their grand master* “grand-ma!”
Grand Master: *spreads arms to prepare for a hug* “ah! my grand-pa!”
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I’m sorry but Past Alear looks in some way similar to Elesis when she’s a Grand Master. Not trying to compare, but I’m just saying.
Just minus a few things like Alear being a Dragon, and Elesis carrying a claymore, and that Elesis has some whites on her.
I’m not saying its bad its just I adore Fire Emblem Engage, especially on hard mode I’m only on Casual because I love all of my units.
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((Small break from Angst for Bragging
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You Hogwarts students really won two wizarding wars? Color me surprised, that is all I have to say. Seems like you are all rather easy to duel. Perhaps it is, what they say, a cultural shock. Really expected a school that homed the greatest minds of the millennia to…..Well…… Put up more of a fight……Shame.
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