Swiss Guard Swearing In Day
In honor of our favorite Vatican Inspector and Commander of the Swiss Guard.
Today is the day baby Swiss Guards are sworn in.
And here’s an older snippet ….
Museum Lovers Day
What is your favorite museum? The one you go to all the time?
For me it’s the Getty Villa, along with the Getty Center – both great museums.
May the 4th Be With You
Extra Sylum Snippet this month 🙂
This will be set in the Yet to Come – section.
Sylum Inspiration: Pierre Chartrand
Lealta: Hunter
Pierre was the only son of a simple middle class Swiss family. He joined the Swiss Army, and then moved into the Swiss Guard, after he lost his parents.
He was dedicated and loyal to his job, but was young and brash enough to ask questions, and after his four years of service he decided to stay on as Swiss Guard and move up the ranks.
His life is turned upside down That Night when the Vatican was threatened by the Illuminati, discovering that his own boss was behind the plot.
After learning about Vampires, he went to Monseigneur Andrew Kiernan and requested to be Turned.
Sylum AI Images: Requested Images
Again a big thank you to those who contributed to the AI Fund.
Here is a set of images that was requested … I’m still working on some of them, but wanted to post these.
There are more for this request – that will be posted later this month
Seven Days of Summer 2026: Sign-ups (Take two)
Okay I totally forgot to send out reminders. Because of that I’m extending the dates to sign up.
Notable Dates:
Sign Ups: Up to May 12th
Banner Due Date: Title and a basic idea for Story Banner needs to be sent to taibhrigh no later than June 5th.
Due Date: Stories, artwork etc … should be in my inbox no later than June 25th.
What is Seven Days?
Seven Days is our Annual Summer Event. We accept Sylum Art, fanmixs, videos and stories. It’s not uncommon to see stories that are set up for future fics or Timestamps that relate to stories from Advent.
Start Date will be July 1st.
What do you need to do to participate?
You will need to sign up and state what your interested in doing.
REMINDER: All Sylum Stories will need to be approved by Bj Jones. If you’re interested in doing a Sylum Story contact Bj (sylumclan@gmail.com). DO NOT write the story then send it, this makes the General very cranky.
How do I sign up?
Just click reply and let us know what you’re interested in doing, don’t forget to give us your contact info so we can get a hold of you.
Sign Ups close April 30th. If we do not get your request, by then it will not be included.
Is there a deadline of when the Fic/Art needs to be Finished?
Yes!
– Posts will appear over the next months to check on everyone’s progress.
– All Fic/Art will need to finished and emailed to (sylumclan@gmail.com) by June 25th.
I have questions?
– Drop a reply to this post with a “FLAIL” “HELP” with contact info and we’ll get back to you.
– Email: sylumclan@gmail.com
Sylum Charity – Nature Conservancy (Tree Day)
It’s Tree Day so figured this was a good charity to showcase
We have years, not decades, to take on the interconnected crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. But by working together, we’re overcoming barriers to the solutions our planet needs.
Together, we find a way.
More Information: The Nature Conservancy
(Quick Info – I run all of the charities I showcase through Charities Navigator to see their ranks to make sure what they say they do – is what they do)
Kiss A Mate Day – Sylum Snippet
Yes it’s actually a day. It also means something completely different in Australia as it would anyone else. And let’s face it – has a whole different connotation for Sylum :).
Plus random Clan Leader AI
Sylum Inspiration: Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Vampire Council: Hunter
Ezio was born in Florence on 24 June 1459, as the second son of Giovanni and Maria Auditore. He appeared to be stillborn, but, after some words of encouragement from his father, he began to cry, leading his father to call him a “fighter”.
Up until the age of 17, Ezio lived a life of luxury amidst the members of the Florentine noble class; he was apprenticed to the renowned banker Giovanni Tornabuoni, who worked alongside Giovanni Auditore’s banking business, but was all the while unaware of his father’s allegiance to the Assassin Order.
In the year 1476, Ezio, his older brother Federico, and friends of the family fought with Vieri de’ Pazzi and his gang. Just before the fight, Ezio received a gash down across his lip – caused by Vieri throwing a stone – which would scar, and remain for the rest of his life.
Ezio’s mother introduced him to an artist that she patronized, Leonardo da Vinci. On the walk home, Leonardo struck up a conversation, beginning a friendship between the two men that would last throughout their later lives.
Ezio returned home after a errand for his father to find his home ransacked, his father and brothers missing, and his mother and sister dead. Learning that city guards had been ordered to arrest Giovanni and all of his sons, Ezio made his way to the Palazzo della Signoria, where his father and brothers were being held.
Climbing the building and speaking to his father through his cell window, Ezio was instructed to find a chest hidden in his office, take everything out of it, and deliver a sealed letter to Uberto Alberti, Gonfaloniere of Florence and a close friend of the Auditore family. Doing so, Ezio found his father’s Assassin robes, a broken Hidden Blade, and a letter containing details of a plot against the city of Florence and the Auditore family.
Ezio brought the incriminating documents to Uberto, and was assured that his family would be released the following day, when the information was presented as evidence of their innocence. Ezio then traveled to the home of Cristina Vespucci, where he spent the night once again.
The next day, Ezio returned to the Piazza della Signoria to find Uberto presiding over the execution of his family.
Giovanni declared their innocence, citing the information given to Uberto as evidence, but the Gonfaloniere denied any knowledge of such information. Ezio shouted that Uberto was lying, but his efforts to prevent the execution were ultimately in vain.
Ezio could only watch helplessly from the crowd as his father and brothers were hanged. When he attempted to charge the gallows to avenge his kin, Uberto ordered the city guards to kill him.
Ezio fled the Piazza della Signoria and sought shelter in a brothel run by the sister of the Auditore housemaid, a courtesan named Heather. He then fled Florence to his Uncle Mario’s home Monteriggioni. It was here he learned about the Assassin Order, and his heritage.
After learning of his heritage from his uncle, Mario Auditore, Ezio began his Assassin training and set about on his quest for vengeance against the Templar Order, and their Grand Master, Rodrigo Borgia, who had ordered the execution of his kin.
During his travels, Ezio managed to not only unite the pages of the Codex, written by Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad, Mentor of the Levantine Assassins, but also to save the cities of Florence, Venice, and Rome from Templar rule.
It was in Venice he discovered about Vampires.
Coffee House Friday
If you have a spirit animal – what is it?
Me – a Bison and a Dragon!
Which one comes out depends on the mood.