frosty_blonde (frosty_blonde) wrote in academy_x, @ 2010-01-20 10:17:00 |
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Entry tags: | boom boom, chamber, lady mastermind, shadowcat, white queen |
Who: Emma and OTA (any and all students)
Where: Classroom
When: Morning
What: History Class
*Note: I figure this thread can start in the middle of class so if you tag in you can imply your character has been in class since it started.
Emma frost clicked the remote on the projector control to advance the next slide as she lectured. Class was half-way over and so far she had covered the six wives of Henry VIII and the bloody affairs of Tudor politics. The slide showed a portrait of Queen Mary I with her grim, humorless expression and ornate dress. "With the death of her father Mary Tudor assumed that she would be first in line for succession, but to her dismay the crown was left to her distant cousin Lady Jane Grey." Emma said as she stood off to the side of the row of desks.
"However due to some rather bad luck, Lady Jane Grey only managed to hold the throne for a total of nine days before Mary staged a sucessful cou to remove her from power. Jane Grey was then locked away in the Tower of London until her execution a few weeks later." Emma clicked the remote again and the screen displayed an image of the Tower of London as it is today. "Now the way was clear for Mary to make herself queen and begin her quest to return England to the allegence of the Catholic Church."
Another click and a painting of three people tied to stake and being burned flashed onto the screen. "Mary's reign was a paticularly dark period in English history, which included the burning of many protestants. It was due to her brutal and horrific forms of punishment that she would be later nicknamed Bloody Mary." Emma glanced around the room to make sure that everyone was paying attention or at least taking notes.