Monday, 8 December 2025

The Ball of The Burning Men

quote [ On a freezing January night in 1393, music and laughter filled the Hôtel Saint-Pol, a sprawling palace on the right bank of Paris. The French court had gathered for a masquerade ball in honour of a lady-in-waiting’s remarriage — a diversion meant to lift the spirits of King Charles VI, a 24-year-old monarch already shadowed by bouts of mental instability. ]

The smell of death and dried blood
[SFW] [history] [+5 WTF]
[by ScoobySnacks@1:52pmGMT]

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Jack Blue said @ 8:55pm GMT on 8th Dec [Score:1 Good]
Paracetamol said @ 6:26pm GMT on 9th Dec [Score:1 Underrated]
+1 Flamebait
mechanical contrivance said @ 7:37pm GMT on 8th Dec
I read about this a long time ago, but I don't remember where or when.

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