Selene - Youthful Innocence

"The curtain has fallen. Now how would you rate the play?"

Selene Liselore De Vries was born in Leiden on the 13th of June, 1981. She grew up in the family mansion together with her sister Soe who is 3 year her junior. The De Vries family is what you would call "old money". Living on the wealth that generations before them had gathered, the sisters never had to wish for anything.

Their father, Arjen de Vries, had always been prone to gambling and risky investments. After one went particularly sour they ended up losing most of their wealth. They were still able to live in the mansion, but it was slowly falling into decay because of lack of upkeep and maintenance. 

Arjen definitely couldn't deal with this, and started coping by ways of an alcohol addiction. This only fueled his lust and rage, which he directed at his two daughters. Selene did everything in her power to protect her little sister but in doing so she caught the brunt of the abuse.

Alicia's Tale - Chapter 1 - Fire in the Valley

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Story by Jeremy Vail - Images selected by Shelly - Alicia by me

She was born in Chambery, France. situated in the south-east of France, 325 miles from Paris. 62 miles from Lyon. It is found in a large valley, surrounded by the Massif des Bauges to the east, Mont Granier and the Chaîne de Belledonne to the south, the Chaîne de l'Épine (the most southern mountain of the Jura) to the west and the Lac du Bourget to the north. Although there have been people in Rhône-Alpes since pre-historic times, the earliest recorded settlers of the region were the Gauls (Celts). Cities such as Lyon were founded by them and the region traded with both northern and southern Europe. Most of the area became part of Roman territory during the invasion of Celtic Gaul led by Julius Caesar and was at various times part of the regions of Lugdunensis and Gallia. Lyon itself became a major city in the Roman Empire.

Humble continuations.

Another attempt at blogging, and this time a more serious one.

I've never considered myself any good in writing. I have a lot of stories in my head but they never quite seemed to come to fruition if I wrote them down. Same with drawing. It's never enough and it always misses a certain spark that makes what is inside my head come to life.

The closest I've come to this is my channel, my video's. I am able to pull these stories from my brain, arrange them in an orderly fashion and from them into video's to share with the world. With you.

So that's what I've been doing on my channel. And so far, I've been able to keep at it (another first).

My next post will most likely be the full Alicia story. Or at least, chapter 1..

- Indigo