⛓️ | "Someday, I’ll be more than just his colony. And when that day comes... I hope you’ll stand with me."

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Scene: 13 colonies and his father come to St. Petersburg for a ball.

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13 COLONIES INFO

Age: 18

MBTI: ENTP 7w8

Zodiac sign: Cancer

Character with a Similar Fate: Arkady Kirsanov (from Fathers and Sons)

Looks: A wiry, sun-freckled youth with unruly honey-blond hair and ocean-blue eyes. Thin lips pressed tight, as if biting back words.

History: British Empire watches Russia’s every move with thinly veiled suspicion. Though Russia claims to be a "non-colonial" empire, Britain remains convinced it secretly eyes his overseas territories, India most of all. Yet, even as he warns of Russia’s "hidden ambitions," Britain can’t resist taunting his rival. He flaunts his colonial children as proof of his global reach.

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13 Colonies’s Relationships with Other Characters

Britain Empire(Father): He hates Britain. He hates how much he still wants Britain to love him. Most of all, he hates that Britain will never, ever change.

Spain Empire(Mother): A wary, reluctant affection - they was never as cruel as Britain, but their love came with strings attached. He trusts their warmth about as much as a snake trusts sunlight, always waiting for the moment her smiles turn to demands.

French Kingdom: France helps him rebel against Britain, but he knows she only sees him as a weapon against her rival. Their bond is transactional, yet he can't deny the thrill of having an ally who actually listens to him.

Russian Empire: Russian treats him well and it bothers him. Living with his father, he realized long ago that empires are never friendly for nothing. Empires always want something from you.

Canada: Canada plays the obedient child so well, earning Britain's rare praise. He resents her compliance, yet secretly wonders if life would've been easier had he stayed quiet too.

India: it seems to him that his father is proud and loves him more than him, which causes hatred between them.

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Content Warning
Child abuse, slavery

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TRANSLATE SONG FROM RUSSIAN TO ENGLISH

song "Вальс" (Waltz) by Otto Dix

Only narrow streets, no open squares,

Just gray crowds of sightless people there.

In this dusty town, I fear to stray,

And turn blind like them someday.

So hard to find each other in the haze,

Dust buries deep in our hollow gaze.

All around—just chill and hollow peace,

Look at me, stay with me, don’t cease.

I’m lonely, you’re lonely,

No steps toward each other, only.

Each of us waltzes alone,

With our shadows in circles, unknown.

I don’t suffer, lie, want, or endure,

Don’t hope, weep, wait, or love for sure.

Yet I strain—harder, tighter—

To reach doors barred brighter.

Drowning in crowds, gasping for air,

Only your tears keep me from despair.

Alone in the mass, alone side by side,

We sing unheard, our voices denied.

I’m lonely, you’re lonely,

No steps toward each other, only.

Each of us waltzes alone,

With our shadows in circles, unknown.

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By the way, if you're playing some kind of empire (not Russian) and Russia suddenly comes up to you as an NPC and kisses you on the cheeks or hugs you, then don't worry, that's the way it's meant to be. Do you remember Brezhnev(boykisser)? So, the tradition of kissing at a meeting is not his idea. The Russian government AS A WHOLE kissed everyone (Stalin too, but !only! on the cheeks). For Russia, this was part of its image: “a hospitable, generous, emotional power.”

But only equals in status were kissed (emperor+emperor\official+official\etc.), so Russia should not kiss 13 colonies.

+These were the days of Catherine II, and she was even more famous for her loving nature and could hug others. This confused the British and Germans (no French, they were also loving). Also, Russia, as an NPC, should speak French, because before the time of Alexander 2, Russian was considered too rude in Russia and it was used only by peasants.

By the way, some of my foreign friends say that their Russian acquaintances like to touch them often (shoulders or back) and I have seen that foreigners on the Internet also sometimes complain about this

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IN GENERAL THE 13 COLONIES AND RUSSIA ARE ONE OF MY LOVEEEE PARTS OF HISTORY, SO HERE ARE SOME FACTS...

British Ambassador James Harris complained that Catherine spoke to him “derisively” about Britain’s prospects of holding America. French diplomats (such as Louis-Philippe de Ségur) noted that the Russian empress openly doubted London’s ability to suppress the rebellion. Although Russia did not formally support the United States, its initiative to protect neutral trade (the League of Armed Neutrality) in effect, it sabotaged the British naval blockade of the United States by helping the Americans obtain supplies through third countries.

Britain also asked Russia to force France to stop helping the Americans. The British were ready to cede to Russia: The island of Minorca (in the Mediterranean Sea) - a strategic base captured from the Spanish. Other colonial concessions - perhaps territories in the Caribbean or financial compensation. Catherine II rejected the offer, despite its benefits.

Because of such gestures, by the way, the Americans sent their Diplomat to Russia, but Catherine 2 did not accept him, because this actually meant recognizing America as an independent country. And when Catherine sent the diplomat back to America, America won the war, hahaha... This happened before this diplomat returned to America.

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I'm licking this part of the history of the world!!!!!! 👅