Song of Lorelei (Haven Cove Book 2)

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Her name is a variant of either aura ("breeze" or "soft wind" in Ancient Greek) or aurora ("dawn" in Latin). Portia is described as accomplished and driven. She was shown to be very headstrong, demanding to undergo the Taming two years early and charging into a large group of skeletons without knowing if she'd get reinforcements. It seems like Loreley doesn't have any characteristics of her own, except that she's either unhappily in love or that she kills men for fun," Kober pointed out to DW. After that the siblings took a small break, during which Portia berated her older siblings for their decision to bury Katerine in the woods, away from the rest of House Lorelei. Aurra, however, defended her decision, saying that the old woman deserved a natural burial, and Lucius pointed out that half of their deceased ancestors were wandering the Cyrengreen Forest as undead anyway (an effect of one of the intruder's magic). [15] US author Mark Twain spoke of the Lorelei in his satiric travelogue "A Tramp Abroad," published in 1880, as the "ancient legend of the Rhine. " Lorelei served as inspiration for a 1960 poem published by American Sylvia Plath.

Quotations [ edit | edit source ] Trivia [ edit | edit source ] Photograph ofthe thugs' names, by Liam O'Brien. [art 3] I have the impression that these are stories of old white men who took great pleasure in the suffering of an imaginary female figure and then published it, so that they could make money," she said. Okay Mel, I’ll begin with Lorelei, when she was beseeching her husband, Heinrich, to be careful. ‘The sea is dangerous mistress,’ she said, ‘and shall not claim you as her own.’ Looking from the top was so scenic — I could see the ruins of the Sankt Goar castle and both villages below. The energy of this place was so strong, although from the hilltop you wouldn't have noticed it. It wasn't until I was on the ferry later that evening that I could really feel the strong pull of the waters. The Lorelei transforms into a mermaid

What is the Loreley?

Benicio's love of trouble led to him burning both his arms up to his shoulders in an attempt to prank Lawrence by sabotaging one of his explorations of alchemy. Benicio took one lesson from this experience: "Fire bad". [7] " Liam's One Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (Sx36) [ ] Lucius' Moon Domain is apparently unrelated to the Moon Domain presented in Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn, although it may have served as an inspiration for Matthew Mercer to create a new one for Exandria. Since TJ took an adapted subclass from an older edition, it could be interpreted as if Lucius' discipline as a cleric was more old-fashioned (in the same way that other elements of older editions of Dungeons and Dragons are considered ancient knowledge in the world of Exandria). See " Liam's One Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (Sx36) at 0:41:46. Aurra told Benny that she spent many years in the woods. We assume that "many" are at least three. His name derives from Benedict, which in turn derives from the combination of the Latin words bene (good) and dicte (speak). In a certain way, his name is ironic, since he is the bluntest of the siblings. Portia and Yasha Nydoorin are the only player characters that mechanically benefit from dragonmarks, even if lorewise those powers don't come from literal dragonmarks (which are exclusive to Eberron).

For the Third Annual Burning Man One-Shot Filler Episode, Liam O’Brien takes us into another part of Wildemount, where we see another facet of the continent’s residents. The effects of wars of the past have shaped the lives of many, and the tale of the Lorelei bloodline proves that the wars of old have ways of living beyond their end... History and Historical Context of the Loreleis She was the Lorelei sibling with the highest initiative in all the battles they were in during the one-shot. Sadly, history repeats and repeats, and Katerine is mostly the only mother you five have known either. When your mother Rosalind died during the birth of the twins, old though she was, Katerine dutifully continued her role as the family matriarch. Aurra, you, as the oldest, and you, Lucius, two years Aurra's junior, you both remember Rosalind some, but for all of you, it has been old Aunt Kat who sat by your beds as children, who taught you your letters. And how Haldur and Katerine love you! You've grown into your adulthood with grace and strength and absorb the lessons of your forebears... to an extent.Heinrich Heine then refined the story in his 1824 poem Die Lorelei. The poem describes a female siren who sits atop the cliff combing her hair. Her beauty and song lure men to their deaths on the cliff below. In 1801, Clemens Brentano was the first to write the popular legend of the Loreley in his poem, Zu Bacharach am Rheine. The story of the one-shot is somewhat reminiscent of the story of Little Red Riding Hood: the grandchildren approaching the house where they will face a monstrous wolf with the appearance of their grandmother. When the Lorelei siblings reunited again, the three youngest showed the firstborn a strange dagger with "Silent Message" written in Elven on the hilt, explaining that they had found it in her room. Aurra recognized the scent of the weapon, comparing it to that of a guest their parents had hosted part of the summer when she was six, adding that the individual (possibly an elf in disguise) had not given her a good feeling. The siblings continued exploring, prepared for a confrontation, and the nose of the druid (now transformed into her lupine form), which was taking them to the family mausoleum, detected in addition to the elf's scent, the smell of some humans who had camped there. A small battle ensued, in which Aurra focused on Ray, a woman with a crossbow whom she caught on a roof casting Entangle. In the end the druid herself went up to the roof and after immobilizing Ray questioned her: the human confessed that she and her two companions were supposed to weaken the Lorelei siblings before they entered the crypt. When the firstborn of the family asked about her father, the intruder confirmed that the elf is downstairs with him, and that although Haldur was mutilated, he was still alive; when she begged Aurra to let her go, she threw her off the roof. Ray was impaled in the stomach by two of the iron poles of the fence, and was finished by Lucius' magic and Benicio's glaive. Although she left her home unconcerned about being Lord Lorelei's heiress, she showed interest in her father's sword, Vargr, having a brief argument with her sister about the weapon. [33]

Portia is at least seven years younger than Aurra, and Erica Luttrell stated that her character was around 23 in human years, but she had lived at least three more years as a wolf in the woods, making her at least 26 years old. The Lorelei character, although originally imagined by Brentano, passed into German popular culture in the form described in the Heine–Silcher song and is commonly but mistakenly believed to have originated in an old folk tale. The French writer Guillaume Apollinaire took up the theme again in his poem "La Loreley", from the collection Alcools which is later cited in Symphony No. 14 (3rd movement) of Dmitri Shostakovich. The character continues to be referenced in pop culture. Official art ofthe drow stranger, by Kendra Wellsfrom " Liam's One-Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (OSx23). [art 1]

Inspired by the Ancients

Portia: These were innocents. These were our people. We were suppose to protect them. This is an act of war. Resistance to non-magical bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage dealt by non-silvered weapons. Lucius was the only one of the Lorelei siblings not to transform into his werewolf during the one-shot episode.