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UPCOMING METAS: 

Snezhnaya Voyennaya Rat’ / The Bogatyrs - the first ever army of Snezhnaya created by the First Tsaritsa, based on Slavic/Russian history and tales of heroes. 

The views on The Seven in general. Also applying some personal thoughts about Barbatos and Rex Lapis from The First Tsaritsa’s/Ekaterina’s viewpoint. 

First Tsaritsa’s/Ekaterina’s views on the current state of Snezhnaya and Fatui.

What is Ekaterina/First Tsaritsa? Why is she still alive and what can you make out of her? This meta will be used with taking into consideration the internal talks of Russians in stories about how “Mother Russia” will protect them and care for them. Basically, explaining the concept of First Tsaritsa and how her life is tied to Snezhnaya on this blog. 

#( ❆ ) ― OUT OF CHARACTER. ❞

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let me rant for a little bit. 

sb: why don’t you just leave snezhnaya if it’s that bad? why do you miss it? don’t you want to move to a place like liyue or mondstadt? 

snezhnayans: family, connections, society, security, the outside world is being dicks to us so what’s better? knowing your home, your homeland, and your people where you have to survive sure but everything you love is there so you know how to live there and you know how to be safe... or go into the unknown where you don’t know how you’ll survive, how you’ll be met, know that it’ll take eternity to build up and you can’t even be sure you’ll be able to protect your family if you actually move out and do they even want to move if they’ve been there for years and years?

Basically, yeah. 

#as a russian like.. the country is hard. #the society is not as educated as i'd like them to be #the government is hard on the population and pretty corrupt #some want to leave sure but its also hard to just cut it off. #i've noticed that countries like america and other european capitalist countries dont have it the same way #we're just?? we like the culture. the food. the family. the surroundings. #it's not about the ruling and economics even. it's about being born there and just having a connection to it since childhood you know #it's something so little number of people understands when i'm talking about russia #its literally about emotional childhood connection. #so i'm just sitting here sometimes and like . . snezhnayan npcs say they miss their home #and it makes me feel validated because yeah #there is a LOT more to discuss here of course. #they're treated the way they are because of the country / governing strategy and how they represent themselves #and it's also very similar to how i've been treated before in some places that i've traveled to #the go.vern.ment is how people see us and its not true for everyone #many people just.. dont care or just shrug it off about many social differences #not only that but not everyone is privileged and able to leave #the economy is the reason for that as well. #( ❆ ) ― OUT OF CHARACTER. ❞

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“ just rest, i’m here. ” ( venti )

@xamassed

The sound of the wind was pleasant to her ears, it was reminding her of the calmer, peaceful times that were so rare during their time. As she laid on the grass, eyes closed and the green grass surrounded her like snow did in Snezhnaya. The presence of the bard next to her was always noticed, his appearance next to her resting form was not disturbing her rest and his words were only making her smile softly at his reassurance. Just like before, she felt at ease with the trickster, knowing full well he’s not one to attack unprovoked. If there was anything, there was trust in his kindness and in his gentle words. Lyudmila could’ve chuckled at that moment but instead she opened her eyes, light blue as her vision, the pupil looking like a snowflake before she blinked it away, resulting it to look natural as mortals would look. 

“I can find you in every blow of the wind, can’t I, Barbatos?” She made sure that there’s no one around to call him by that name. As she watched the sky change, peacefulness was filling her mind and her body was relaxed. There’s no melancholy in her eyes as she enjoyed this time in life. She’ll live for so much longer as she were the embodiment of winter’s love, the love her people had for the country of Snezhnaya. Or what was she? She already forgot. If anything, Ekaterina forgot who she was and what she was, the base line was erased from her memory but now she only lived in the present while remembering the past with a fond smile. “You should remain here for a while, it soothes my mind to know you are here.”

Her voice was raspy as she hadn’t spoken in a while, but it was akin to a gentle breeze of cold air. Barbatos... He seemed like an embodiment of the gentle breeze that helped people come back and hear the songs of the ancient times. He combined it all, the past, the present, and the future. Ever-changing but also never-changing, the wind was always the same but also never the same. What a paradox, but she adored it still. The memories of their meetings before when they were establishing their regions were so pleasant to remember. 

“You always bring the gentle breeze with you... How calming. You’ve always been hard to grasp but you always come when you’re needed.” A chuckle follows after those words, her lips curl into another smile as she closes her eyes to enjoy the presence of the other. “I won’t disappear on you, you don’t have to worry. I wish to see the end of the battle that child started.”

misc prompts for the feels.

#AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH #xamassed #( ❆ ) ― IN CHARACTER. ❞

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THE DIVINE IDEAL OF TSARITSA. 

On this blog, the Divine Ideal that Tsaritsa is upholding in her heart and has always been prioritizing is LOVE, for your family and for your homeland. 

Some people interpret it with using different words, but the original Tsaritsa has always been speak of union between her people, especially when it was coming to life in such a hard climate. Survival alone was not possible and mortals had to unite to achieve beauty, strength, and to become the true Snezhnayans. The family and the love shared between family members were important to her and they remained her divine ideal that she preached, which became the reason for people in Snezhnaya today to miss their country, miss their culture, and miss their families because the true Divine Ideal that always existed within Tsaritsa and that she always preached: love your home, love your family, love your friends. All because she knew how important it was to love each other and to exist for without love one could not exist forever without suffering greatly. 

#( SELFREBLOG. ) #( ❆ ) ― HEADCANONS. ❞

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THE NAME OF TSARITSA. 

Just like Rex Lapis has another name ‘Morax,’ Tsaritsa also had another name she was going by. 

Based on the Russian history, the most prevalent Russian Empress/Tsaritsa was Catherine the Great. As someone who sees Snezhnaya based more on the Imperial Russia instead of Soviet Union (even though, there are combinations between both), I will assign the name of EKATERINA, the Russian writing of Catherine. 

The name EKATERINA is the one name that Archons called her instead of her title. She allowed her close friends (the original seven) to call her by that name as she considered them her close friends despite the obvious wars they had to go through, but unlike the current Tsaritsa, the Original one was a warrior at heart who saw her newfound equals as a part of her small family, which is why she never wished to invade them until they were acting foolishly. 

The Original Tsaritsa still answers to the name EKATERINA, but only by Morax and Barbatos. After all, it is not her name anymore, it is the name of the current Tsaritsa. At least, on this blog. 

If any current Tsaritsas are named differently, I will write it down as the fact that they changed their name as a second Tsaritsa, leaving the name EKATERINA more sacred to the original. 

#( ❆ ) ― HEADCANONS. ❞ #( SELFREBLOG. )

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Ekaterina/Lyudmila has a very rich, deep voice that speak to everyone as if they are a part of her family. She might be patronizing even to her fellow Seven, but she is someone who has existed for so long that she simply considers it to be natural for her to treat everyone who are of her equality as a union. She uses many old ways to call people, always using Snezhnayan ways to calls others and to give them nicknames instead of anything else. It does become rather… hard to ignore the way she showcases the dominating persona while speaking like that. It also comes from the fact that in real life and in general, Russia is a very big country, the biggest one in terms of territory and it has been called the police of europe during the rule of Nikolai I. Tsaritsa was fully aware that by calling the Seven her “family” she might be hinting at the fact that she sees herself strong enough to someday have them all become a part of her nation or make them one united nation. However, it has never been shown in all its seriousness, mostly to lower the tense relationships between the Seven to avoid needless wars in the future. OG!Tsaritsa’s not hiding her power also comes from the historical expansion of Russian borders during different rules of most prominent Russian rulers: Ivan the Terrible (Great), Peter the Great, and Catherine the Great. 

OG!Tsaritsa also has a very heavy hand. It comes from her wielding heavy weaponry during the Archon War and coming out as one of the winners. It also comes from the fact that Snezhnayan people have to be physically strong to survive in Snezhnaya’s tough climate. So if she places her hand on your shoulder or slaps your back as an encouragement, she usually made several of the Seven just fall forward. So far, only Rex Lapis and Fire Archon were able to withstand her encouraging slap on the back while others would either groan from pain or even fall forward altogether. Every single time she’s reminded of holding back, she’d laugh while placing hands on her hips and say that they all need to eat more and get used to her “affections.”

#( ❆ ) ― HEADCANONS. ❞ #( SELFREBLOG. )

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𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 /  𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠.

❛ You will always fall in love, and it will always be like having your throat cut, just that fast. ❜

❛ You are going to break your promise. ❜

❛ I understand. ❜

❛ And I hold my hands over the ears of my heart, so that I will not hate you. ❜

❛ Oh, I will be cruel to you. ❜

❛ It will stop your breath, how cruel I can be. ❜

❛ But you understand, don’t you? ❜

❛ I am a demanding creature. ❜

❛ I am selfish and cruel and extremely unreasonable. ❜

❛ For you alone I will be weak. ❜

❛ I do not tolerate a world emptied of you. ❜

❛ In the dark, I have pored over the loss of you like pale gold. ❜

❛ I have looked for your face in the patterns of the ice. ❜

❛ I moved the earth and the water for you. ❜

❛ Because my magic is as strong as an arm. ❜

❛ Magic does that. It wastes you away. ❜

❛ Magic does that. It wastes you away. Once it grips you by the ear, the real world gets quieter and quieter, until you can hardly hear it at all. ❜

❛ You will always run away with her. ❜

❛ You will always lose her. ❜

❛ You will always be a fool. ❜

❛ War is not for winning. ❜

❛ But her heart was so cold that she could hold ice in her mouth and it would never melt. ❜

❛ You look like a winter night. ❜

❛ But if you must be clever, then be clever. ❜

❛ Be brave. ❜

❛ Sleep with fists closed and shoot straight. ❜

❛ She is so stubborn, her heart has an argument with her head every time it wants to beat. ❜

❛ How I adore you. ❜

❛ Tell me you want what you want and damn me forever. But don’t leave me. ❜

❛ Oh, quit that. ❜

❛ In his own country, death can be kind. ❜

❛ Bad luck relies on absolutely perfect timing. ❜

❛ Someone ought to write a novel about me. ❜

❛ I savor bitterness - it is born of experience. It is the privilege of one who has truly lived. ❜

❛ What is the world but a boxing ring where fools and devils put up their fists? ❜

❛ After love, no one is what they were before. ❜

❛ In the space of one heartbeat to another I loved you and I was lost to you. ❜

❛ No one is now what they were before the war. There’s just no getting any of it back. ❜

❛ How long your hair has grown. You could strangle a man in it. ❜

❛ I have survived, but I have not been spared. ❜

❛ After all, when all else is gone, you may still have bitterness in abundance. ❜

❛ I’ve a devil of a habit for being right. ❜

❛ Everyone is a criminal! ❜

❛ Naturally, then, humans fall into three categories: the criminal, the not-yet-criminal, and the not-yet-caught. ❜

❛ Forests have secrets. ❜

❛ We are better at this than you are. ❜

❛ We can hold two terrible ideas at once in our hearts. ❜

❛ It’s not so bad, my darling. ❜

❛ I look at you and it is like my throat being cut. ❜

❛ Do you think I am a fool? ❜

❛ Did you never think, even once, that I loved lipstick and rouge for more than their color alone? ❜

❛ I still want to kiss you. ❜

❛ I hate it here. ❜

❛ He’ll burn you down like wax if you let him. ❜

❛ Did I not come to you on my knees with a kingdom in my hand? ❜

❛ I am not a little girl anymore, dazzled by your magic. It is my magic, now, too. ❜

❛ My heart is being cut in two. I cannot bear it. ❜

❛ Nothing ever truly dies. ❜

#queue. #( ❆ ) ― MEMES. ❞

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like for a starter ! 

default will go towards ekaterina/lyudmila being a traveler who seems just a bit weird. it’ll take part during the game. she possess the same aura of radiance, charm, and uniqueness just like barbatos and morax. she is no longer the tsaritsa, she stepped down centuries ago, but that doesn’t exclude the power she exudes as an immortal. and, well, perhaps… she might need some help with social cues because her ‘child of man’ speech sometimes gets rather weird for people around her. you can request the original seven setting if you are an archon or if you want to rp with her prior to the current tsaritsa taking her place. 

#queue. #( ❆ ) ― STARTER CALL. ❞

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@whalediver​

The vigor! The style! The emotions! 

Truly, the scene she had witnessed was glorious on its own, indeed. The moment she stepped outside of the frosted forest did she finally got to admire her people’s strength. Like a proud mother, she had her arms crossed over her chest, the ginger hair flashed from one point to another, the way he so easily danced on the battlefield made her remember the beautiful days of when she danced like this with other Seven and so many other Archons. There were so many glorious battles from the past. Ah, how she missed those days but they were long gone until this battle against divine will come to an end. 

That child... That once-sweet child who she chose to be her successor now created such difference in the country that she created, but it was alright. The people who grew up in Snezhnaya were strong, they always will be and she never doubted their strengths. She loved them all the same, they were her dearests and they will never lose her love for them no matter how tough the circumstances might be. 

Lyudmila clapped her hands together, giving applause to the young man who granted her with such beautiful dance with sword and Hydro vision dancing around. It reminded her of the day when she and Hydro Archon learned all too well how ice and water were best compatible, but oh how tension between them would be!

“A glorious showcase of battle, indeed. Akin to a young bogatyr from old tales, you must be the successor of their beautiful dance,” her voice was booming, rich, and beautiful just like the blizzard that always caressed the Snezhnayan’s borders and its mountains, reminding everyone that not only wind was carrying whispers of the current. Ice also carried messages upon its meltdown, revealing secrets of the past. “Мальчик, tell me, how long have you been studying the art of battle? Is it what they currently teach the youth?” 

#childe has met one old grandpa now he meets the grandma #im laughing #whaldiver #( ❆ ) ― IN CHARACTER. ❞

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Ekaterina/Lyudmila loves battle. Ekaterina/Lyudmila loves family. Ekaterina/Lyudmila loves the Seven. Ekaterina/Lyudmila loves world. Ekaterina/Lyudmila loves mortals.

But even with her love, she is still a warrior, a fighter, a winter-born.  Her hands will be bloodied and she is fine with that as well.  She has no regrets in what she has been doing to protect her country and her people. 

She truly loves Snezhnaya. 

And she takes pity on those who have lost their families or who do not have the best relationships with their families. Her blessing of the Cryo Vision always was connected to love and to loss when it was coming to family, because the frigid ice would protect them from the sharp flames of pain and grief. Cryo Vision in her mind was always connected to her emotional empathy towards those who suffered because her love was for those who lost something, who wanted to protect their families, and who wished to find what they they’ve lost. 

It’s all about the love she felt for the people who had Cryo Vision, for the OG!Tsaritsa, it was all about her love for those who fought, who loved, and who lost. It might have changed with the current Tsaritsa, but the OG!Tsaritsa had those thought in her mind, always.

#( ❆ ) ― HEADCANONS. ❞

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If you don’t think OG!Tsaritsa was trying to recruit Rex Lapis/Morax into her army before the Archon War... you’re wrong. She totally tried. And she wants to have a sparring match with him. She was all too eager to have a glorious battle but alas, it didn’t happen. 

#( ❆ ) ― OUT OF CHARACTER. ❞

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Just thinking about Ekaterina/Lyudmila trying to encourage Barbatos or Dendro Archon and she like... wants to encouragingly slap them on their back like ‘you’ve got it!’ but instead she sends them flying forward. And that’s why both Morax and Tsaritsa were kinda.. brutish, but Tsaritsa was fully aware of her power but she kept doing it and other Archons be like ‘Are you trying to kill them??’ and she’s just laughing like ‘They’re so cute! They always should be papred for a heavy hit, be it a hug or an encouraging slap!’

#she knows #she knows but she just does it #( ❆ ) ― OUT OF CHARACTER. ❞

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Ekaterina/Lyudmila has a very rich, deep voice that speak to everyone as if they are a part of her family. She might be patronizing even to her fellow Seven, but she is someone who has existed for so long that she simply considers it to be natural for her to treat everyone who are of her equality as a union. She uses many old ways to call people, always using Snezhnayan ways to calls others and to give them nicknames instead of anything else. It does become rather… hard to ignore the way she showcases the dominating persona while speaking like that. It also comes from the fact that in real life and in general, Russia is a very big country, the biggest one in terms of territory and it has been called the police of europe during the rule of Nikolai I. Tsaritsa was fully aware that by calling the Seven her “family” she might be hinting at the fact that she sees herself strong enough to someday have them all become a part of her nation or make them one united nation. However, it has never been shown in all its seriousness, mostly to lower the tense relationships between the Seven to avoid needless wars in the future. OG!Tsaritsa’s not hiding her power also comes from the historical expansion of Russian borders during different rules of most prominent Russian rulers: Ivan the Terrible (Great), Peter the Great, and Catherine the Great. 

OG!Tsaritsa also has a very heavy hand. It comes from her wielding heavy weaponry during the Archon War and coming out as one of the winners. It also comes from the fact that Snezhnayan people have to be physically strong to survive in Snezhnaya’s tough climate. So if she places her hand on your shoulder or slaps your back as an encouragement, she usually made several of the Seven just fall forward. So far, only Rex Lapis and Fire Archon were able to withstand her encouraging slap on the back while others would either groan from pain or even fall forward altogether. Every single time she’s reminded of holding back, she’d laugh while placing hands on her hips and say that they all need to eat more and get used to her “affections.”

#( ❆ ) ― HEADCANONS. ❞

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Watch me go back to the tales of Bogatyrs (Богатыри) and make them first Tsaritsa’s First Rat’ (army). And Bogatyrs like Alyosha Popovich, Ilya Murometz, and Dobryinya Nikitich were her generals during the establishment of Snezhnaya. 

#( ❆ ) ― OUT OF CHARACTER. ❞ #I'M REWATCHING CARTOONS AND IM JUST #THOSE THREE WERE SO BIG IN MY CHILDHOOD LISTEN

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like for a starter ! 

default will go towards ekaterina/lyudmila being a traveler who seems just a bit weird. it’ll take part during the game. she possess the same aura of radiance, charm, and uniqueness just like barbatos and morax. she is no longer the tsaritsa, she stepped down centuries ago, but that doesn’t exclude the power she exudes as an immortal. and, well, perhaps... she might need some help with social cues because her ‘child of man’ speech sometimes gets rather weird for people around her. you can request the original seven setting if you are an archon or if you want to rp with her prior to the current tsaritsa taking her place. 

#( ❆ ) ― STARTER CALL. ❞

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misc prompts for your feels

“ unique just means alone. ” “ i’m not afraid to die, just wish i could live a little first. ” “ i know i’m a monster, but you look at me like i’m a man. ” “ there’s nothing i wouldn’t do to keep you safe. ” “ we all have sins to pay penance for. ” “ don’t look at me like i’m a hero. you’ll only disappoint yourself. ” “ sometimes when you look at me it’s like…it’s like you’re staring straight past my flesh and into my soul. ” “ you make me want to live. ” “ i know i don’t deserve forgiveness, but i like the idea that some people think i might. ” “ i trust you with my life. ” “ you’re more like family to me than my own blood. ” “ i’ve never had any sort of family before. ” “ your life is far more precious than mine. ” “ i don’t care what happens to me. as long as you’re safe. ” “ i need you to live…cause if you’re gone then, i don’t know what the point of it all is anymore. ” “ i know i’m not the person you want, but i’m here. ” “ i love you, and i know you may never feel the same. but i’m okay with that. ” “ i couldn’t say no to you even if i wanted to. ” “ you’re worth more than this. ” “ why do you walk around as if you’re somehow less valuable than the rest of the world? ” “ please, let me help you. ” “ just let me do this for you. ” “ you do have something to live for. you have me. ” “ you’ll always have me. ” “ i see you. i know you feel so invisible all the time, but you’re not. not to me. ” “ it’s okay to be angry, you’re allowed to be upset about what happened to you. ” “ don’t you realize you deserve more than this? ” “ you’re not a machine or— or some thing. you’re a person, and i’m sorry anyone ever made you feel otherwise. ” “ please, just hold on a little longer. i can’t lose you too. ” “ this scar..what happened? ” “ if you won’t do it for yourself, then do it for me. ” “ you’re bleeding— how long have you been hiding this?! ” “ sometimes i realize one day i could die, i could just disappear and the world would be none the wiser. there’d be no one to miss me and that terrifies me more than death itself. ”  “ i’m not sure i know who i’m supposed to be anymore. ” “ my mind is so loud and i’m afraid it’ll never be quiet again. ” “ when i’m in a crowd i just want to melt away and yet, when i’m alone it’s somehow worse. ” “ loneliness is a poison and i’ve been drinking it for so long, i don’t there there’s an anecdote to save my soul. ” “ i don’t care if the world knows my name, i just want you to remember me. ” “ you deserve more than i could ever give you. ” “ i love you. i know that’s not enough, but i do. ” “ you’re safe with me, you always will be. ” “ you make me feel safe. like i’m allowed to be anything i want. ” “ i’d do anything to be the person you love again. ” “ i’ve got you, you’re safe. ” “ just rest, i’m here. ” “ you can stay with me tonight. ”

#( ❆ ) ― MEMES. ❞

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Who IS her favorite out the Seven, though... What a good question. Is it Barbatos, the never-ending stream of happiness? Is it Morax, the one who understands war and battle just like she does? Or is it someone else from the Original Seven? She honestly doesn’t know. “They all have their beautiful, lovable aspects... I miss them all dearly, but we have had our fun. I am delighted to know that at least two of my old friends are still ever-present.”

#( ❆ ) ― IN CHARACTER. ❞