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...Today we are the 15th of August. This means that we are the anniversary of the 15th of August 778, when the 12 paladins of Charles the Great fought and died in the Roncevaux Pass.

Today's thread will be dedicated to their last moments, and the reaction to their death

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2022-08-15

Charlemagne so based he created 2 separate legends of heroes, which later fused together to form the 12 paladins as we know them today

(The two are Roland, created from the battle of Roncevaux, and Ogier, created because of the Viking invasions)

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2022-08-06

Bonne pioche avec ces nouvelles qui seront lues et chroniquées asap sur mon blog littéraire. De Buck Danny à Roncevaux en passant par Dante et l'Ouest sauvage. Rien à jeter.

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2022-06-02

Oops forgot to post this yesterday. Anyway, here's the second eldest of the siblings, Cyanne Roncevaux

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2022-05-18

Let's start off with eldest of my OCs Cerulean Roncevaux

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2022-05-15

Day 355 of tweeting Roland content until he is in fgo.

Fun fact, Roland is an asshole.
I already tweeted about why Ganelon hates him, but the Song gave us a perfect example, as Roland is the one responsible for the disaster of Roncevaux.

I said what I said, Roland is directly-

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2022-04-04

Al Andaluz King Marsile of Saragossa, Ruler of spain and Rival to Charlemagne. After Charles refuse to come to his aid he strikes back with his own paladins at Roncevaux. He lost his hand to the infamous red paladin.

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2021-11-11

In his Vita Karoli Magni, a biography of Charlemagne, the author Einhard records the emperor’s campaign to Spain and how he and his army were attacked while returning to France. In III.6 we take a look at the Battle at Roncevaux Pass in 778 https://t.co/nOahn5MqW1

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2021-08-15

Day 16 of tweeting Roland content until he is in fgo.

The battle of Roncevaux is often represented the same way, with Roland standing in a battlefield while blowing into a horns, in order to alert Charlemagne that the rear guard is under attack.

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2021-04-25

Le 23 janvier 1883, Gustave Doré meurt d'une crise cardiaque à l'âge de 51 ans à Paris. Il illustra de nombreux ouvrages comme les contes de Perrault ou la Divine Comédie de Dante et peignit notamment Le Christ quittant le prétoire, Les Saltimbanques ou encore Roland à Roncevaux.

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2021-01-24

12th PALADIN Ganelon the Traitor. An another nephew of Charlemagne, he's said to have led Roland and the paladins to their demise by plotting the fatal ambush of roncevaux... His holy sword was called Murgleis "Death brand" said to be the sharpest of all blades.

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2020-12-12

() has just published a Special to celebrate its fifty issues, and this special is focused on the art of these fifty issues.
I have been included with one of my illustrations in this special.
The is about the Battle of 778

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2020-07-17