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Daily Headcanon Dose #29
          
          Yes, Russia is General Winter.
          
          Ice powers? Kinda, it's more leaning to H2O manipulation solely because she can actually control all forms of water down to the chemical level.
          
          "Hal, how did she get those powers?"
          
          Look, I love realism, so it might be weird for me to give her powers without a strong base. That's why if I ever add anything fantasy, I would always give a base like how they have animal stuff from their coats of arms.
          
          So, I'll just say this, the only reason why I gave her ice powers is because I just. Like it.
          
          In-universe reason? Of course there's gonna be one.
          
          I mentioned that Personifications were thought of as deities sometimes. You see, there's a special case with Continenthumans in where they actually have power over their own continents. Basically every continent has elemental powers whatever that means.
          
          Continenthumans generally give some form of compensation after stealing someone's skin; Russia's H2O manipulation is Europe's return. If Europe didn't steal her skin, she wouldn't have that powers.
          
          Do the other Personifications who got their skin stolen get powers? Yes, yes they did. The thing is, they all got water powers LMAO. Netherlands, Carthage, and that unknown American Personification all have H2O manipulation as well, but they never utilised it like how Russia does.
          
          Honestly, it's an overpowered ability, they just don't know how to use it right. A pity, really.
          
          Can Continenthumans give other elements? Obviously, but they went with H2O because it's... the easiest. You might see someone have fire powers if the other 2/3 continents decides to take a skin, though... who knows? Air and earth? Maybe. Like I said, depends on what the Continenthumans wants to give. Most likely H2O all the way, though. Do know that it would be based off of chemistry...
          
          I mean, Continenthumans are technically nature itself, of course they have power over it. They can shapeshift and take people's skin, so why can't they have powers?

Daily Headcanon Dose #28
          
          Scotland's father is known as Caledonia or Pictland, whatever you want to call him, for sure he's more known as the former compared to the latter.
          
          Though, when it comes to his human name, he goes by several names. Caledonia had named himself Craig before the birth of Scotland and the adoption of all 7 of Scotland's siblings, and that name stuck until his death. Scotland's older brother, Fortriu, also shared the same name, so technically he was Craig MacCraig.
          
          But, all 8 children of Caledonia decided that in order to differentiate him from Fortriu (because they didn't like calling him MacCraig), they'd start referring to Caledonia as Ùisdean rather than Craig.
          
          But another variable of a name came up. For some odd reason or misunderstanding, the 'Germans', as Scotland refers to (it was the Heptarchy Kingdoms, specifically Wessex aka England), started calling Caledonia as Callum. Scotland kept asking England why she called him that, but England never gave an answer rather than saying "I think if fits him", which pissed Scotland off because he didn't like the answer.
          
          How many different names is that already, 5? Well, there's more.
          
          Peter. Well, it was more Petra, but that was what Roman Empire calls Caledonia. Now, the one who uses that name is Italy, using Pietro rather than the English version.
          
          Another one, Alibhe, is used by both Northern Ireland and Ireland to refer to both Caledonia and Scotland, they use Alibhe Sr. and Alibhe Jr. in order to distinguish the two. Unlike Callum and Pietro, Scotland quite likes this one.
          
          Wales calls Caledonia 'Rocky'. Scotland considers this as a betrayal of the highest order.

Update: Even though a new member of The High Prosopons was planned to have been published earlier, due to popular vote, the choice of the Aliases of The Syndical Prosopons as well as a note of Terminology has been published. Granted, the Terminology should have been published earlier, but had not been due to my (Ulrich Neumann) own forgetfulness.

Daily Headcanon Dose #27
          
          Alaska is the daughter of the Russian Empire, and her human alias is Rozalba Vyachegnevovna Romanova. Biologically, she doesn't have a father.
          
          If you ask Russia how tf Alaska got concieved, she'll just reply that she has no effing idea. You ask if she has a father? She'll either say that "Alaska doesn't have one biologically" or "I'm her father and mother, but I don't like being called that so just mother is enough".
          
          So, who the hell is Vyachegnev?
          
          Russian names follow the patronymic system for their 'second' name, so Vyachegnevovna would mean 'Daughter of Vyachegnev'. But because she doesn't have a father, who is he? The usage of a maternal grandfather (or in other words, having the same patronymic as your mom) is also a thing, like Stellanovna (Russia's patronymic), but Alaska doesn't use that. So, who is Vyachegnev?
          
          In simple terms, Vyachegnev is Russia.
          
          When Tsardom of Russia was put in as a man one time (as in she changed her biological sex unknowingly for the first time), she had to brainstorm names because of course she can't just call herself Yekaterina by that point. One name popped up to her head, Mikhail, but she didn't want to use that one due to... specific reasons. Hence, she had to make a name up, which is how Vyachegnev came to be.
          
          Vyache - Great(er) + Gnev - Anger.
          
          Don't ask why she chose to combine those two words, there's always a reason for that. And so, Russia used that name as Alaska's patronymic, because as what she said, "I'm her father and mother", which is how we got here.
          
          The story of her birth is probably the most hilarious shit ever. And do you want to know the real reason on how Alaska came to be?
          
          Alaska exists due to asexual reproduction.

Ulrich Altmann

Daily Headcanon Dose #26
          
          Interpol was born in the 1898 under the name Irmgard Polacker. Yes, she's Germanic, specifically Austrian, which makes her an Ascended.
          
          She was first made into the Organisation Personification of the International Criminal Police Commission. Then, she came under the Nazi Regime, where she was once an acquaintance of Gestapo.
          
          Once she became the Interpol, she changed her name to something more French because she doesn't really want to associate herself with Nazism.
          
          Her alias was changed to Erminette Rousseau-Pollard, and that is still her name as of now. She chose that name because of several reasons, but mainly her wanting to keep her Germanic root in her name somehow and wanting to have the words INTERPOL in her name.
          
          > Erminette Rousseau-Pollard
          
          Let's see where the INTERPOL is.
          
          > ermINetTE Rousseau-POLlard
          
          She's single. There's no other reason for her having a hyphenated surname than just wanting to have her name spelled out INTERPOL.
          
          In her human form, she's caucasian and has red hair (natural) styled to a wolfcut, irises the colour of baby blue, height of around 177 centimetres (5'10), and athletic build.
          
          You seriously don't ask her what the hell she did within Nazi-occupied Austria.

I'm curious but to any one of you who even bother making them, what are the human names of your Personifications (could be Countryhumans, Statehumans, Cityhumans, Organisationhumans, etc.)? Or do they not even have human names at all?
          
          FYI, if you want to see active changes for wtf I'm doing in-between posting new chapters, just check the human names part of The Dossier because I often make up names when I'm bored.

Daily Headcanon Dose #25
          
          Russia treats humans differently compared to how she treats her colleagues.
          
          Often times, other countries or Personifications (which are not apart of the Russian Federation) in general would say that they have never actually heard her laugh. Despite her creepy ahh smile, the haven't even heard anything remotely close to even a chuckle. On the other hand, Russia finds more release with humans and actually acts how she really is.
          
          Why does she treat them differently?
          
          She finds it hard to even think of Personifications, especially the Born ones, to be trustworthy, at all. Even those within the Russian Federation she doesn't believe simply because of the threat that any one of them could get possessed. Humans... obviously don't get possessed by the government (at least in a way that can't be stopped) which is why she more or less likes being more open to them in general.
          
          Yes, she does treat even Ascended and Born Personifications differently. If you want me to put it to scale, the worst to best treatment goes from Born, Ascended, and Humans.
          
          She also lies the most and best to Born Personifications. Which is why the Personifications and the humans have very different opinions on how good at lying Russia is. Russia is good at lying to Personifications, not humans.
          
          The few Personifications she trusts might just be those 4 cities which accompany her the most, even though cities are known to have their allegiances waver the easiest. Staraya Ladoga (who's actually more a village than anything), Veliky Novgorod, Moscow, and Saint Petersburg.
          
          Who is the country which Russia distrusts the most? Contrary to popular belief, it's not USA (she actually holds a certain degree of trust to him).
          
          She wouldn't outright say who it is, but it's one of the countries within the Great Powers which are titled. Either between Aristotyran, Grimborne, The Liberator, or the two Vanguard Princes. Yes, Germany isn't one of the choices of distrust.

I FEEL SO DUMB
          HOW DID I JUST REALIZE THAT THE ALBUM TANZOMAT IS MADE BY AND ONE-
          I love some of their songs :sob: and my favorite is Military Fashin Show-

Update: Chapter I of Tanzomat has officially been published! 6000 words to start the book with, introducing the main characters which would star the book for the next 12 tracks this book would follow. I wonder where this will go to after?