My Name Is Tanau Aleya. I Am Of The Anathema Psykana, What Used To Be Called A Null-maiden, Or Even Stupider

“My name is Tanau Aleya. I am of the anathema psykana, what used to be called a null-maiden, or – even stupider – a Sister of Silence. Who came up with those titles? Not one of our order, that’s for sure. Probably a High Lord. They’re mostly idiots.”

— The Emperor’s Legion, Chris Wraight 

crocordile said to vinyatar: Please draw Nienor or Morwen if you are in the mood! 🙆

day will come again

Sadie Adler - Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018)

Yeah but what if our deathwatch marines were Slaves to Darkness Chaos Champions?

I'm also not sure about the "female knights would have worn corsets over maille" thing, if only because by the time corsets fully came into fashion - mid-to-late 16th century - , pretty much no one wore maille anymore, except for the Russians and the Ottomans - and even then, it was usually reinforced with plates.

Illustrations of female knights (usually mythological figures like Penthesilea below) in medieval manuscripts do sometimes show them wearing a kind of form-fitting cuirass almost resembling the later anima cuirass, but these are probably artistic license.

A hard lesson I only had to learn once.

It’s been six years and I can still remember the blisters on my hips. lol

Basinet Helm with Aventail (mail hood) and “Dog-Faced” visor, German, 14th century.

from The Worcester Museum of Art : Higgins Armory Collection