Memory: Early Childhood Montage (Neutral Significant) Game: Bank Heist, Day 64
A few bits of memory from Montage's early childhood, until about age eight. The memories are slightly hazy, especially the earlier ones.
She doesn't see her mother very often, maybe once every few days. She never sees her father. It was a marriage solely to produce a child, and cement an alliance between two families, after all, and her mother has other husbands. One of them, a kindly priest of the scholar god, Yunbi, helped raise her, and instilled in her an appreciation for literature, religion, and philosophy. His name is Zavi, and he's a foreigner. Otherwise she is raised by servants and tutors.
Her name is Moyolehuani, and she's a member of the house of Quetzalhuitzil. It's a high noble house, and traditionally one of the two co-rulers of the empire, the Sun Empress, is elected from that house. She is the granddaughter of the current empress. She is raised strictly, taught to be careful with her words and not trust too easily. She learns early that political intrigue is dangerous.
She attends religious services and festivals, but is not yet old enough to offer her blood like the nobles and priests do. The festivals are exciting, with lots of food and dancing and music, but sometimes scary. During a new year festival, a young man has his heart torn out by a priest, terrifying her. Her mother tells her that he chose to die, to offer his life to the gods. It is a great honor. Death is also part of life, part of the great cycle of the universe.
She gets along well with some of her cousins and siblings, but doesn't have any real friends her age and is often lonely. She is closest to her mother and Zavi. She particularly enjoys going to the sweat bath with them, a place of healing and closeness.
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Memory 1
Date: 2014-05-26 09:50 pm (UTC)Game: Bank Heist, Day 64
A few bits of memory from Montage's early childhood, until about age eight. The memories are slightly hazy, especially the earlier ones.
She doesn't see her mother very often, maybe once every few days. She never sees her father. It was a marriage solely to produce a child, and cement an alliance between two families, after all, and her mother has other husbands. One of them, a kindly priest of the scholar god, Yunbi, helped raise her, and instilled in her an appreciation for literature, religion, and philosophy. His name is Zavi, and he's a foreigner. Otherwise she is raised by servants and tutors.
Her name is Moyolehuani, and she's a member of the house of Quetzalhuitzil. It's a high noble house, and traditionally one of the two co-rulers of the empire, the Sun Empress, is elected from that house. She is the granddaughter of the current empress. She is raised strictly, taught to be careful with her words and not trust too easily. She learns early that political intrigue is dangerous.
She attends religious services and festivals, but is not yet old enough to offer her blood like the nobles and priests do. The festivals are exciting, with lots of food and dancing and music, but sometimes scary. During a new year festival, a young man has his heart torn out by a priest, terrifying her. Her mother tells her that he chose to die, to offer his life to the gods. It is a great honor. Death is also part of life, part of the great cycle of the universe.
She gets along well with some of her cousins and siblings, but doesn't have any real friends her age and is often lonely. She is closest to her mother and Zavi. She particularly enjoys going to the sweat bath with them, a place of healing and closeness.