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<head><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@4.6.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-xOolHFLEh07PJGoPkLv1IbcEPTNtaed2xpHsD9ESMhqIYd0nLMwNLD69Npy4HI+N" crossorigin="anonymous"><link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap-icons@1.5.0/font/bootstrap-icons.css" rel="stylesheet" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/twine.css"><link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=EB Garamond" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Caveat" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Handlee" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head> <div class="container align-items-center justify-content-center"><div class="row align-items-center justify-content-center my-5"><div class="col-lg-7 m-0 p-0"><img class="img-fluid" src="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/img/opener.png" alt="letter"></div><div class="col-lg-9 m-0 p-0"><img class="img-fluid" src="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/img/envelope2.png" alt="letter"> </div></div><div class="row align-items-center justify-content-center"> <div class="col-lg-9 m-0 p-3 vanhelsing">April, 28th,1870 My dear friend, I am very glad that you have decided to join our expedition to Brazil, we have formed an interesting group so far. But I have received a disturbing letter from my good friend Dr.Carlos Cruz and I feel that it is my duty to share its information with you before we depart. Dr.Carlos Cruz informed me that recently nine children from the ages of 3 to 9 have been found dead without their livers in the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Yellow fever affects the liver, hence its name due to the afflicted change in skin color, the complete disappearance of the victim’s liver is unheard of. I know that some might speculate that this may be one of the strange and unnatural occurrences that surface from time to time in wilder regions of the world such as Southeast Asia and Africa. I must disagree in two points. First, emulating Sir Richard Burton´s admiration for the Persian civilization, many of these regions had civilizations that rivaled Ancient Greece. Second, many times the so called supernatural is just something that Science has not explained yet. The world is still full of wonders that we have not, to this day, been able to fully comprehend. Science has yet to determine the true cause of yellow fever and how to eradicate it and these strange events in Brazil may provide these answers. If in our investigation we do find unnatural creatures and events unknown to man, alas, we are indebted to Science to make these things known and, this way, a part of Nature. Your friend,<p class=" text-center">Abraham Van Helsing</p> </div></div><div class="row align-items-center justify-content-center my-5"><div class="col-lg-9 embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"><iframe class="embed-responsive-item" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pqXuuR0r-dA?si=LbbWSRwbD6idRQe5&controls=0" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe><br></div></div><div class="row align-items-center justify-content-center my-5"><div class="col-lg-9 embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"><iframe class="embed-responsive-item" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQsL4kLgHjkw59VnJE47HlOmGguSWwdPh8dHbXolOU-xzYvcY7lznXvaYQyWXWJP4AInPXNPiDdBmOX/pubembed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000"></iframe><br></div> </div><div class="row align-items-center justify-content-center"><div class="col-lg-4 embed-responsive embed-responsive-1by1"><iframe class="embed-responsive-item" scrolling="no" src="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/acquaintance/acquaintance.html"></iframe><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div></div><div class="row align-items-center justify-content-center"><div class="col-lg-9 m-0 p-0 text-center"> <button class="button">[[VanHelsing]]</button> <button class="button">Ezequiel Escobar: [[Assistant->EscobarA]] | [[Victim->EscobarV]]</button> <button class="button">Countess Vadeja Getzi: [[Donor->VadjevaD]] | [[Opponent->VadejaO]]</button> <button class="button">Luzia Menezes: [[Donor->LuziaD]] | [[Opponent->LuziaO]]</button> <button class="button">Helena Okoye: [[Assistant->HelenaA]] | [[Rival->HelenaR]]</button> <button class="button">José Okoye: [[Assistant->JoséA]] | [[Rival->JoséR]]</button> <button class="button">Glorinha: [[Assistant->GlorinhaA]] | [[Victim->GlorinhaV]]</button> <button class="button">Curumim: [[Assistant->CurumimA]] | [[Victim->CurumimV]]</button> </div> </div>

<head><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@4.6.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-xOolHFLEh07PJGoPkLv1IbcEPTNtaed2xpHsD9ESMhqIYd0nLMwNLD69Npy4HI+N" crossorigin="anonymous"><link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap-icons@1.5.0/font/bootstrap-icons.css" rel="stylesheet" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/twine.css"><link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=EB Garamond" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Caveat" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Handlee" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head> <div class="container align-items-center justify-content-center"><div class="row align-items-center justify-content-center my-5"><div class="col-lg-7 m-0 p-0"><img class="img-fluid" src="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/img/opener.png" alt="letter"></div><div class="col-lg-9 m-0 p-0"> <img class="img-fluid" src="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/img/envelope1.png" alt="letter"> </div></div><div class="row align-items-center justify-content-center"> <div class="col-lg-9 m-0 p-3 vanhelsing">April, 2nd, 1870 My dear friend, I hope all is well with you and your family. I am writing to invite you to join me in an expedition to the city of Rio de Janeiro at the Empire of Brazil in the coming June. I have been called there by my good friend Dr. Carlos Cruz to help him research some odd events that happened after their last yellow fever outbreak. These oddities, I believe, are sure to draw your attention since I believe they might call upon your expertise and previous areas of interest. If you have some reservations about going to Rio de Janeiro let me dissuade you from them by saying first that Dom Pedro II, the emperor of Brazil, is a man of both great learning and great ethical stature. I am assured of this by our mutual friends Louis Pasteur and Richard Wagner. The emperor also is an abolitionist who endeavors to end the plague of slavery in his kingdom and is a patron of arts and sciences. Secondly, I inform that the terrible Triple Alliance War involving Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay against Paraguay is finally over with the victory of the Allies, so the city of Rio de Janeiro in a welcoming mood and friendly to foreigners. Finally, although the city of Rio de Janeiro has over 200,000 inhabitants and cannot be considered among the most salubrious places on Earth there are no outbreaks of yellow fever, cholera of typhus at present. May I count them with your good services and even better company in this endeavor? Your friend,<p class=" text-center">Abraham Van Helsing</p> </div></div><div class="row align-items-center justify-content-center my-5"><div class="col-lg-9 embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"><iframe class="embed-responsive-item" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSX_PqOgZaLxlBGUhT1Z8m2JIJKG8DjAYUIp-8L3n23pJFeRorSAjHFsuQn9Ha_9e3OeFrE8zqLaGjZ/pubembed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000"></iframe><br></div> </div><div class="row align-items-center justify-content-center"> <div class="col-lg-9 m-0 p-0 text-center"> <button class="button">an [[EXPLORER]]</button> <button class="button">an [[INVENTOR]]</button> <button class="button">a [[JOURNALIST]]</button> <button class="button">a [[NATURALIST]]</button> <button class="button">an [[OCCULTIST]]</button> <button class="button">a [[PHYSICIAN]]</button> </div> </div>

<head><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@4.6.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-xOolHFLEh07PJGoPkLv1IbcEPTNtaed2xpHsD9ESMhqIYd0nLMwNLD69Npy4HI+N" crossorigin="anonymous"><link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap-icons@1.5.0/font/bootstrap-icons.css" rel="stylesheet" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/twine.css"><link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=EB Garamond" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Caveat" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Handlee" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head> <div class="container align-items-center justify-content-center"><div class="row align-items-center justify-content-center my-5"><div class="col-lg-7 m-0 p-0"><img class="img-fluid" src="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/img/pencil.png" alt="letter"></div><div class="col-lg-9 m-0 p-3 you"><p class="text-right">April 15th, 1870</p> Dear friend, I made acquaintance last night of the somewhat famous and eccentric inventor Charles Babbage who made some interesting contributions to cryptography and train transportation. Mr. Babbage continuous rampages on newspapers towards what he calls “nuisances caused by the mob” and by “mob” he means the uneducated masses gave him an unflattering reputation, I’m afraid. Mr. Babbage was kind enough to show me his analytical machine meant to automatically make mathematical tables that are vital for engineering, science and navigation. I was surprised when he mentioned how much he missed the contributions of Lady Ada Lovelace, a remarkable young woman who not only found errors in his calculations but also theorized that the machines could also be used to handle letters and symbols if the appropriate codes were to be created. Mr. Babbage does not give much credit to Lady Ada Lovelace´s ideas, preferring to concentrate in the pure mathematical applications of his machine, but I find them very intriguing. Imagine a machine that could handle letters, symbols and complex calculations! Why, that would revolutionize how we archive knowledge and cross-reference data! I investigated her life and discovered that she was the daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron and had exhibited a talent for Mathematics since she was only seventeen years old. At twenty-seven she was exchanging letters with Mr. Babbage, correcting a mathematical error of his and theorizing about applications of the analytical machine to other fields such as music! The great scientist Michael Faraday confessed himself a fan of her writing. Lady Ada Lovelace died when she was only thirty seven years old having suffered from a poor health since she had cholera in 1837. Imagine if she had lived a long and healthy life! I left London with the impression that if Mr. Babbage's analytical machine ever comes to practical use it will be in no small measure due to Lady Lovelace's contributions. This experience has prompted me to return to my own experiments and research that I've abandoned for some time now. I believe that a change of environment could be invigorating so I’ve decided to accept your kind invitation to follow you in your trip to Brazil. </div></div><div class="row align-items-center justify-content-center my-5"> <div class="col-lg-9 embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"><iframe class="embed-responsive-item" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vRj4cq5v4FAV5LRam6XqPls_YJgA4dy_p51FDsAsUcPCQ1BS0Oq4nrr61A2NaP8fz9odaFVCtuPDL1t/pubembed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000"></iframe><br></div> <div class="col-lg-9 m-0 p-0 text-center"> <button class="button">[[DO I BELIEVE IT?->inventorb]]</button> <button class="button">[[OR NOT?->Inventors]]</button> </div> </div> </div> </div>

<head><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@4.6.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-xOolHFLEh07PJGoPkLv1IbcEPTNtaed2xpHsD9ESMhqIYd0nLMwNLD69Npy4HI+N" crossorigin="anonymous"><link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap-icons@1.5.0/font/bootstrap-icons.css" rel="stylesheet" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/twine.css"><link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=EB Garamond" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Caveat" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Handlee" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head> <div class="container align-items-center justify-content-center"><div class="row align-items-center justify-content-center my-5"><div class="col-lg-7 m-0 p-0"><img class="img-fluid" src="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/img/pencil.png" alt="letter"></div><div class="col-lg-9 m-0 p-3 you"><p class="text-right">April 15th, 1870</p> Dear friend, I finally met the great researcher and naturalist, Charles Darwin. Since my childhood I’ve been following his researches. Even his most controversial book, ”On the Origin of Species”, that became wildly popular and heavily debated from the moment of its release in 1859. Darwin was careful to speak of common descent and not evolution, but controversy ensued all the same. In this publication he introduces the Idea of evolution from a common ancestry, through a natural selection process. I’m glad that the idea of evolution is getting more and more approval in the scientific community and I am confident that Mr. Darwin's natural selection theory will prove to be the correct one. It’s interesting to know that Mr. Darwin turned his interests towards Natural History while still in medical school. I think that this was a fortunate decision, since I am told that he can’t stand the sight of blood. Mr. Darwin's observations of the natural world led him to the species diversification studies and, in the year of 1838, to the development of the Natural Selection theory, an incredible work, I must say. A cautious man, Mr. Darwin was aware that others had been severely punished for suggesting ideas such as these, so he confided only in his closest friends and continued his research trying to anticipate further objections. I just came from one of his lectures, and I could finally discuss his ideas and better understand his way of seeing the world. I am curious as to his passing reference "light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history" on his first book. Mr. Darwin was so good as to tell me that he is working on a second book that might bring even more debate. In our conversation, he told me not only about his research, but also about the negative critics he suffers because of such revolutionary ideas and even persecution from religious extremists. He also told about his voyage around the world and the many species not yet seen by Europeans. This has prompted me to accept your gracious invitation to join you in your expedition to Brazil. </div></div><div class="row align-items-center justify-content-center my-5"> <div class="col-lg-9 embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"><iframe class="embed-responsive-item" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQmGBJOF_Oa4xz0RfxTjSZeZNgXAYPFRCHAwEt05QES8NtzkapdwOUYgflBQDgrmqicmZKUOtnVlO5f/pubembed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000"></iframe><br></div> <div class="col-lg-9 m-0 p-0 text-center"> <button class="button">[[DO I BELIEVE IT?->naturalistb]]</button> <button class="button">[[OR NOT?->naturalists]]</button> </div> </div> </div> </div>

<head><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@4.6.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-xOolHFLEh07PJGoPkLv1IbcEPTNtaed2xpHsD9ESMhqIYd0nLMwNLD69Npy4HI+N" crossorigin="anonymous"><link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap-icons@1.5.0/font/bootstrap-icons.css" rel="stylesheet" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/twine.css"><link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=EB Garamond" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Caveat" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Handlee" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head> <div class="container align-items-center justify-content-center"><div class="row align-items-center justify-content-center my-5"><div class="col-lg-7 m-0 p-0"><img class="img-fluid" src="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/img/pencil.png" alt="letter"></div><div class="col-lg-9 m-0 p-3 you"><p class="text-right">April 15th, 1870</p> Dear friend, I write to collect my thoughts. I’ve tried today the “meditation techniques” taught to me by Madam Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, a very intelligent woman that I've met a month ago in the Middle East. The circumstances of our meeting are to remain solely on my mind, as written text can so easily fall into the wrong hands. Madam Blavatsky made reference to a Teacher that sent her in a journey of inner and outer discovery around the world, crossing Europe, Constantinople, going as far as India and Tibet. She has revealed many things to me about the Mahayana Buddhism and Tibetan occult knowledge. This knowledge and the impression she imparted to me, the glimpses of her mission that she revealed, have shaken me to the bones. Such a strength of personality and willpower coupled with an acute mind and a determination to learn what has been kept in close secret for centuries. I will now consider an example and take her mission as my own as well. Therefore, I’ll accept your invitation to accompany you to Brazil, as South America has so far escaped Madam Blavatsky’s attention. I can only imagine what secrets remain hidden in the African traditions, Native rituals and a transplanted European court in that tropical land. It is said that when the student is ready the teacher presents themselves. I wonder who I will meet there! </div></div><div class="row align-items-center justify-content-center my-5"> <div class="col-lg-9 embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"><iframe class="embed-responsive-item" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQuy2lCXOhLXddR-10DlUrvY25E4QO7TGV7PbnEIM5bmpyhcvWvPYCYE-yj6k_pKkoZ30MeWy_RXZui/pubembed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000"></iframe><br></div></div><div class="row justify-content-center my-5 p-0"><div class="col-lg-2 m-0 p-0"><img class="img-fluid" src="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/callings/cards/16.png" alt="comp"></div> <div class="col-lg-2 m-0 p-0"><img class="img-fluid" src="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/callings/cards/17.png" alt="comp"></div> <div class="col-lg-2 m-0 p-0"><img class="img-fluid" src="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/callings/cards/18.png" alt="comp"></div> <div class="col-lg-2 m-0 p-0"><img class="img-fluid" src="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/callings/cards/19.png" alt="comp"></div> </div><div class="row align-items-center justify-content-center my-5"> <div class="col-lg-8 m-0 p-0 text-center"> <button class="button"><i class="bi bi-suit-spade-fill"></i> [[COMPETITIVE->occultist1]] <i class="bi bi-suit-spade-fill"></i></button> <button class="button"><i class="bi bi-suit-heart-fill"></i> [[COOPERATIVE->occultist2]] <i class="bi bi-suit-heart-fill"></i></button> <button class="button"><i class="bi bi-suit-diamond-fill"></i> [[ISOLATIONIST->occultist3]] <i class="bi bi-suit-diamond-fill"></i></button> <button class="button"><i class="bi bi-suit-club-fill"></i> [[REBEL->occultist4]] <i class="bi bi-suit-club-fill"></i></button> </div> </div> </div> </div>

<head><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@4.6.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-xOolHFLEh07PJGoPkLv1IbcEPTNtaed2xpHsD9ESMhqIYd0nLMwNLD69Npy4HI+N" crossorigin="anonymous"><link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap-icons@1.5.0/font/bootstrap-icons.css" rel="stylesheet" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/twine.css"><link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=EB Garamond" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Caveat" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Handlee" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head> <div class="container align-items-center justify-content-center"><div class="row align-items-center justify-content-center my-5"><div class="col-lg-7 m-0 p-0"><img class="img-fluid" src="https://elianebettocchi.github.io/witchcrafttales/img/pencil.png" alt="letter"></div><div class="col-lg-9 m-0 p-3 you"><p class="text-right">April 15th, 1870</p> Dear friend, I don't know why, but your letter reminded me when I met Doctor Elizabeth Blackwell a few years after the end of the war, in November 1868. She was carrying out a plan that she'd developed in conjunction with Florence Nightingale in England: with her sister, Emily Blackwell, she opened the Women's Medical College at the infirmary. She took the chair of hygiene herself. It was a scandal, but I must admit I was very impressed. After one of her lectures which I had the opportunity to attend we had a brief conversation about her life and how she struggled to earn her position. After being rejected by all the leading schools to which she applied, her application arrived at Geneva Medical College at Geneva, New York, where the administration asked the students to decide whether to admit her or not. The students, reportedly believing it to be only a practical joke, endorsed her admission. Unbelievable! She graduated first in her class in January, 1849, becoming thereby the first woman to graduate from medical school, the first woman doctor of medicine in the modern era. During her training at the midwives course at La Maternite in Paris she suffered a serious eye infection which left her blind in one eye, and she abandoned her plan to become a surgeon. Battle scars! She is at present working on her second book, The Religion of Health, soon to be published. It was a brief but meaningful meeting. Her phrase "The idea of winning a doctor's degree gradually assumed the aspect of a great moral struggle, and the moral fight possessed immense attraction for me" still echoes in my mind especially when I hear that I'm too lazy or irresponsible to act as a respectable physician. I must confess I'm not sure if I am willing to put "moral struggle" above other kinds of attraction, if you know what I mean... But another of her phrases "If society will not admit of woman's free development, then society must be remodeled" tempts me with the idea of helping a group of people to find their place among society. Anyway, this memory must have influenced my decision to accept your call. </div></div><div class="row align-items-center justify-content-center my-5"> <div class="col-lg-9 embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"><iframe class="embed-responsive-item" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQjayXkig63lNf_JgONvJr38tpzpMPTzUkgV680Lw48TP2pmRw0lx36W0Re7wbkr3s1d4BQAeJo8645/pubembed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000"></iframe><br></div> <div class="col-lg-9 m-0 p-0 text-center"> <button class="button">[[DO I BELIEVE IT?->physicianb]]</button> <button class="button">[[OR NOT?->physicians]]</button> </div> </div> </div> </div>