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Ewwww.. Social Studies was not a class that Thalia liked. It always felt drab and even though they learned about interesting things from the past sometimes, it still felt boring to her. With a sigh and lips pursing as she laid her cheek on her propped up fist, the little hybrid lazily skimmed her book for someone of possible interest for the assignment.

After what felt like forever, she came across a name of someone from the Above who seemed pretty neat. Thalia began to scribble on her paper. "I picked Lady Fidellia. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't be in existence..." which was a word the poor thing struggled to spell out. "Lady Fidellia is the one who made trading and even opening up the schools and life in general between the Above and Below."

Alyssum gathered her thoughts before speaking. "I know Bakeneko courtship practices pretty well. My parents were a little old-fashioned. Umm, well we used to do arranged marriages pretty often. Not as much now, but it's coming back into style again. Choices would be made based on appearance first, and then on personality traits." She tilted her head a little. "I know three-color calicos and solid blacks or whites were the most popular, and still are with the higher classes. Uumm, there's usually a lot of touching when Bakeneko court. Hand-holding and nuzzling. There's also a lot of gift exchanges, mostly with lower classes, and they also try to make sure that they'll be able to get along with their intended's family, so they spend a lot of time with them as well. That's usually pretty important, cause Bakeneko like to have big families and you don't want to have a lot of fighting going on."

Freddy actually laughed. "I know how Geists traditionally do courtship, cause it comes up a lot as a subject of controversy. We value being sneaking and clever, so when someone's interested in someone they usually steal from them. It's more complicated than it sounds. It's kind of like a display of skills. Like you steal something of theirs to show your talent and show off what you stole, and see if they steal it back or maybe steal something of yours instead. Sometimes you don't actually steal something, you leave something behind. Sometimes they'll get together and plan heists, to show off their skills and commitment when working together." Freddy shrugged. "Most of the other races don't really get it, but that's just what Geists do."

Choose a historical figure to write about? Hmmmm so many choices, it does not have to be my race so let's see who is interesting to me. Dayanara read each section some were interesting some were not but one in particular caught her attention. That's who I am writing about!

WIth that she picked up her pencil and began to write.

Reading over all the information, each historical figure deserves to be chosen for different reasons. All of them did something so astounding each should be commended for their actions. After thinking about it for a while I went with one of the figures from my race, the Fallen.

I chose Saint Cassiel who wrote the history of the Fallen. He wrote a scholarly book or a "tome" that gave information in regards to Winged Isle and how it came to be as well evidence of how his race came to be.

The Fallen worship the Nine but also the Saint's although they are below the Nine in importance. Saint Cassiel is the most common Saint that is given tributes paid. He was considered Far Traveler and Keeper of Records and his life must have been exemplary for him to become a Saint. His deeds must have been great as well as his own personal sacrifices.

Username: Panda Moor
Nightmare: Bliss

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　 Bliss wasn't big on history because it was very hard for him to grasp being so young, but he did know of some important people. Did Historical mean they had to be dead? Bliss wasn't sure but there wasn't a lot of time to ask before it was his turn.

"I picked the Naiad Queen," he informed with a soft smile, always more focused on the facts of his race than anything. He didn't know many other Naiad other than his brother so he liked to absorb information about Above when he could. "There's been lots of them, but they're all related." He hummed a little, trying to recall what else he knew. "The Naiad let them stay in their home because they helped us in the big war, so they're really important."

It had been hard for Odell to settle on who to talk about in his history class. There were so many historical figures, so he tried to narrow it down by picking an event. In the end he choose an event that helped to turn the tide in the long 50 year war. A war that had occurred while his race and the Naga lived peacefully in their Sand Storm.

"I decided to talk about Saint Fanyuel. They are one of six Saint that the Fallen of Below pay tribute to. At the same time, they are the only Saint that is actually a Fallen from Above. I decided to write about them because they are a very key figure in the 50 Year war." He knew that the Saint had very little to do with him personally, but they were a big part of history that the Naga and Bakebeko missed out on during their time trapped alone.

"Saint Fanyuel helped Saint Lionel in his time as a spy in Above during the War. Both would be executed for their crimes. Saint Fanyuel was able to warn the Fallen of Below about an attack on their City and is possibly the only reason the Fallen of Below survived the War. They played a key role in keeping a whole Race safe. Through their sacrifice we could learn that none of us were all that different from each other." His story was a little sad, because his heroes ended up dying. But it was still important to know about them and learn from them.

When Brailyn first read over her assignment she instantly knew who she had to write about. Their was one Kumiho that had recently changed her whole world. You could honestly say he had changed the whole world!

"Today I'm talking about Tomoe! Because, without him we'd still be hiding right now! There is a lot of controversy over what happened that day. Some Kumiho didn't like what Tomoe had done, while others would thank him today for the opportunity to rejoin the world. Kumiho spent a very, very long time hidden away from the world. So long, many thought we were just a fairy tale. In my opinion Tomoe is a very brave individual that deserves praise form us all." He would go down in history as the turning point in their lives. Kumiho were dying out in their Forest. He had given them a chance to live again and experience the world around them.