Nothing is True. Everything is Connected.
Author: <span>Nicolaus Meridius</span>

Seven Days of Summer 2024: Sign Ups

 

Yes it is that time.  I’m not even sure how, but it is.

So please sign up and have some fun joining one of Sylum Events!!

Notable Dates:

Sign Ups: April 23rd – May 5th

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 Inspiration: Jacob Jensen

Vampire Council: Spy Network

 

Born in 1976, Jacob Andrew Jensen was the second child of Stephen and Hannah Jensen. His sister, Jessica, was three years older and has always tried to make sure her math and computer geek of a younger brother was safe because at two he started spelling words with fridge magnets and just after his fourth birthday he started grade school. And then there was the whole incident with taking the microwave apart.

Tragedy hit the summer Jake was eleven and his parents were killed. Jake didn’t speak for almost a month. He and his sister moved in with his father’s mother, Margaret (“Peggy”) Carter Jensen –Grandma Peg for short– where Jake was able to excel and learn people skills with her help. Grandma Peg was always providing him with the newest technology while still keeping him grounded by signing him up for baseball and the Boy Scouts and teaching him how to dance, Latin, and how to drive. She allowed Jake to skip grades in school but Jake refused to be placed into the same grade with his sister because he wanted his sister to get to live her own life and not be the “sister of the boy breaking all the curves”.

Jake thought his Grandmother Peg was the best. Teaching him enough German and Russian to get around and sending him to Math and Space Camp. At Space Camp he met Chris Beck and instantly became friends; best friends. They have stayed in touch –first through letters, then phone calls, and later email ever since. Grandma Peg encouraged the friendship and the long distance phone bill. She was always there for Jake even when he started MIT at sixteen. He was devastated when she passed away from a heart attack when he was twenty-two.

Eight months prior to Grandma Peg’s death, his sister lost her fiancé in a tragic accident; only to find out days after his funeral that she was pregnant. Three days after their grandmother’s funeral his niece, Maggie Dylan Jensen, is born (1998). Jake then decides to quit MIT two classes and one final project short of finishing his Master’s degree to make a life altering decision and enlist in the Army.

He just turned twenty-three when he finished boot camp and began his Army career as an Army Computer Tech. He was promoted from Specialist to Corporal at twenty-six when he began working for Air and Missile Defense. He was in Afghanistan for Tony Stark’s Weapons Demonstration and in Stark’s Humvee when the convoy was attacked.

It was pure luck that he was found by his two Mates or he would have bled out and died.

Thank You to Gil & Jensen

 

A BIG THANK YOU to Gil and Jensen for taking over duties for Sylum.   

At least there wasn’t a take over while I was out!  I’m sure they plottted 😀

But in all seriousness – considering how fast this all went down, it was amazing how fast they were able to step and get things done.

Gil – thanks for taking over Spring Fling

Jensen – For the great distracting posts while I recovered

The General is Back

 

The General is Back!

I’m still recovering but am starting to feel better and getting back into normal routine.   Slowly but getting there.

Thank you everyone for the well wishes!  It has been a whirlwind let’s just say I went from meeting the doctor to surgery in four days.   

Overall this was a good thing, just need the time to heal.

Sylum Trivia: March 2024 – Answers

I had got a bit different this month in showcasing a historical type of question.

Name the Irish Saints?

Answer:  

St. Patrick

St. Brigid 

And many others.

No one answered, which I’ve noticed for the past few months there has been no participation.

So from here on out, I’ll not be doing Sylum Trivia.

Sylum Inspiration: Patrick McKenna

Camelot: Member

 

Patrick was born in 1966AD, in Armagh, Northern Ireland to Mary Ann McKenna, a former Nun.  His biological father is unknown.

She raised him to be a devout Catholic, attending Mass every day of his life, and teaching him that God loved him, and He had a destiny waiting for him.

When he was six years old, he lost his mother in a UVF bombing at Armagh Cathedral – a protest against the visit by a Titular Archbishop on an Apostolic Mission from the Vatican, who had come to Ireland to try and broker peace.  The boy’s survival saw him labelled as ‘The Little Miracle of Saint Patrick’.

The Archbishop took Patrick back with him to Italy, formally adopting him, stating that he would raise the boy in God’s Church.

Patrick had the Vatican as his playground and school yard.  He remembered most fondly the Vatican Police officer who usually caught him running from the Nuns and dragged him back to his studies.

As he got older, he found himself talking with that same officer for hours, looking to him for wisdom and companionship.

Though he didn’t have to, when he was 18 he demanded that he follow through with his National Service to the Italian Military.  Though he never learned to use a gun, he excelled at flying helicopters.  Patrick never told the Vatican Police Officer, that he knew it was him who had made sure Patrick was safe during those two years.

When he returned, he dedicated his life to the Church, going through Seminary and becoming a Priest.  When his ‘father’ became Pope, he took the position as Camerlengo – much to the dismay of many older men in the Church who had sought the position for themselves.

He was proud to see his friend go on to become Inspector General of Vatican Police.

When his father suddenly died, he was devastated.

The night of Conclave 2006AD, everything changed.

The General’s Health

 

Just wanted to make a post about my own health.

I’ve had a massive flare up on my chronic condition, which looks to be leading to surgery. 

What does this mean?  The amount of posts will likely go down during recovery time, and my participation in Sylum Events will be low.   As matter of fact I won’t have anything in Spring Fling.

This also puts me behind on all projects Sylum related.

Please understand as I recover will step back into things, but will take some time.

Thanks.

Nico