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[2012-03-31 13:12:46 +0000 UTC]
"My name used to be Memel"
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# About me
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Language: Lithuanian
Current mayor of Klaipeda: Vytautas Grubliauskas
Birhtday: August 1st
age: 20 years (physical age)
Weight: yeah right!
Eyes: dark blue
Hair: dark brown
Skin: tann-ish?
Ancient history goes here:
-wip-
She is the eldest city in Lithuania.
. She is quite kind-hearted and trustworthy.
Klaipeda is known to be a hard worker, but has those klutzy moments where she will screw something up. And then somehow have to fix it rather quickly. She works with her ports many days a week. Supervising to make sure everything that needs to be exported is shipped on the boats properly. Sometimes she will even go on trips to where those items are being exported.
She loves to take time out of one day a week day to go dancing with citizens. Dancing is one of her favorite things to do, and considers it a pastime for herself. She especially loves dancing on the day of the Lithuanian independence day ((and her birthday of course) . A whole day of celebrating Lithuania's birthday and freedom from the Soviet Union and hardships of the past.
For most of her life she had been living under Prussia's control. If my memory serves correctly, she began to stay with him ever since the treaty of Melno was signed. From the Teutonic knights and then til after ww2 she had been under his control. She was a lot more active in the ports at the time.
Though there were at least two incidents to when the Swedish and the Russians had her under their own control.
But other than that, Klaipeda had dealt with living under the Prussian rule, which at times she did not mind. She was able to use her ports much more, and trade with the Germans.
in 1252 was when the Prussian's built a castle called Memelburg in her city. The castle is still there today, though now it is just a museum (most of it is actually gone, there is only a small sliver of it now )). At times when there is nothing to do Klaipeda will take a drive over there and walk through whatever is left of the castle.
in 1258 is the time when the Germans began to call Klaipeda 'Memel' and was then given her municipal rights. Then in 1328 the entire city was controlled by the Prussian's. Though in those same years The Duchy of Lithuania had tried to take it back. Later the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth had also attempted to get the young city back in their hands in 1410. It was known as the battle of Zalgiris.
Unfortunately Klaipeda had stayed in the hands of Prussia. She then became the most northern city in The duchy of Prussia.
Klaipeda did not enjoy her very long life living with Prussia. She was still trying to be forced into becoming a Catholic (not many citizens wanted to of course) . She enjoyed polytheism so much more. Some of the Gods she would worship was Bangputys, the god of seas and storms or Kaukas, who was a spirit similar to a troll.
in 1525, the Livonian Order had disregarded all religious status in Klaipeda and many other places. Meaning people could choose their religions. ((I think that is what it means, please correct me if I am wrong )
in 1540 the city was burned to the ground. So many people had died on those days. Klaipeda still has a burn mark on her shoulder from the incident ((i know this is kinda like a cliche, don't remind me, I might change this )). It was something that really traumatized her. Every time someone mention's it she closes her eyes and still remember's the fire, it never really escapes her mind. No matter how hard she tries to forget.
1678 the Swedish were in control of her territory, and had decided to burn down her suburbs to keep the fortress in tact.
((I need to find more info on this, please be patient ))
In 1709 her city was struck with a horrible plague. Killing many of her citizens. She also had fallen horribly ill at the time. She would lay in her bed for most of the day and try to keep holding on. Klaipeda was very weak and suffered greatly from the sudden epidemic.
Though right after the plague was over with she was suddenly starting to feel stronger. She became more than a small providence area, but a larger and more important city with all her trading and exporting.
-this will be a horribly long wip! Everything below this is information that will be used for headcannons and history when I find more time to write it all up-
Audra is a eastern european with tan-ish skin tone. She has almost-dark brown hair that is normally tied in a tight bun, or sometimes she wears it in a nice braid while she is working outside. She wears a light green dress that is used for dancing or out in the town. It is expertly stitched in many different patterns of red cross stitch.
But when she is relaxing at home Audra wears a nice long brown skirt that reaches to her knees. Then wears a long green shirt with small red flowers stitched on the sleeves
While the History Museum of Lithuania Minor offers interesting exhibitions on the cultural and social history of Klaipeda, it provides relatively little insight on the city’s political history and almost no information of any sort in English. I hope that this brief history will enhance both your understanding and enjoyment of Lithuania’s third largest city and only commercial port.
On the bank of the Danes River stands a large stone monument, sculpted by A. Sakalauskas, inscribed with a quotation by the local writer Ieva Simonaityte, "We are one nation, one land, one Lithuania." The sculpture itself, whose larger gray column represents Lithuania Minor and whose smaller red Doric column represents Lithuania major, hints that history has told a different story. With its deliberately jagged edge, representing the loss felt by Lithuanians because of Russian sovereignty over what is now the Kaliningrad Oblast, it indicates that this thinking remains somewhat wishful.
Klaipeda owes her name to the members of the Curonian tribe, among the ancestors of today’s Lithuanians, in whose language the words klaip and eda mean "bread" and "eat" respectively. While they established a fishing village in the general vicinity of her house around the first century AD, they rarely had the opportunity to consume their bread in peace. Of course Klaipeda always had a problem with this. Various invaders, in particular the Vikings and later the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Knights, attacked the region with regularity. The latter succeeded in taking the settlement, and in 1252, erected a brick fortress they named Memelburg (Memel Castle) after the German name for the Nemunas River, which runs into the Curonian Lagoon 50km south, near Nida on the Curonian Spit.
In 1258 Klaipeda, which came to be known as Memel to the germans, was given municipal rights, and in 1328, the Livonian Order transferred control of the city to its counterpart in Prussia. Despite frequent attempts to take the city, first by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and then by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the town remained firmly in the hands of the Teutonic Knights, even after their otherwise decisive defeat at the Battle of Zalgiris (Gruenwald) in present-day Poland in 1410. After the Order’s abandonment of its religious status in 1525, Memel became the northernmost town of the Duchy of Prussia, which it would remain until 1918.
As a member of the Hanseatic League and a key strategic fortress, Memel was often attacked by foreign powers; however, its sturdy fortress fell into non-Prussian hands on only two occasions – to the Swedes in 1628-1635 and the Russians in 1757-62. The thriving trading city that developed was less fortunate – burning to the ground in 1540, badly damaged again in 1678, and stricken with famine and plague between 1709 and 1711. Nonetheless, it developed strong trading ties with Britain and was settled by both Scottish and English merchants, who gave it something of a multicultural character. When King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia fled French occupation of Berlin in 1807, he made Memel his temporary capital for a single year.
With the establishment of the Second Reich in 1871, the Prussian King Wilhelm I became Kaiser (Emperor) of Germany as well, and on the urging of his Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, commenced a Germanization campaign that rankled with Lithuanians. After Germany’s defeat in the First World War, the city and surrounding region were placed under international jurisdiction (akin to the status afforded the Free City of Danzig/Gdansk) with day-to-day administration to be conducted by the French. Embittered by the awarding of Vilnius (Wilno) to Poland, the fledgling Lithuanian Republic organized demonstrations by the local Lithuanian population, and amid international dithering, annexed the city in 1923, giving the new country a working port.
Although the international community accepted the transfer as compensation for the loss of Vilnius, this Germans regarded the action as yet another entry on the list of territorial grievances they had with their victorious enemies in the First World War. Adolf Hitler was able to play upon this sentiment, and on March 23, 1939, unilaterally announced the annexation of the territory while the international community again stood by. It was Nazi Germany’s last territorial annexation before it attacked Poland in September of the same year.
The Soviet Army seized Klaipeda in 1945 and annexed it to the rest of Lithuania, which it had recently captured from Nazi Germany. During the war, much of the city was destroyed, accounting for the Soviet character of its architecture outside the small (and largely reconstructed) Old Town.
The Soviets expelled the German population and deported many members of the Lithuanian population to Siberia. At the same time, Russians were settled in Klaipeda, which became a major shipbuilding and fishing center, and its prewar population more than quadrupled to 200,000. By the time Lithuania regained its independence, Klaipeda had become the fourth largest port in the entire Soviet Union as a result of its status as the country’s only ice-free port
a city in Lithuania situated at the mouth of the Danė River where it flows into the Baltic Sea. It is the third largest city in Lithuania and the capital of Klaipėda County.
The city has a complex recorded history, partially due to the combined regional importance of the Port of Klaipėda, a usually ice-free port on the Baltic Sea, and the Akmena - Danė River. It has been controlled by the Teutonic Knights, the Duchy of Prussia, the Kingdom of Prussia, the German Empire, the Entente States immediately after World War I, Lithuania as a result of the 1923 Klaipėda Revolt, and the Third Reich following the 1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania.
The city was incorporated into Lithuania during its tenure as a Soviet Socialist Republic and has remained within Lithuania following its re-establishment as an independent state.
The population shrank from 207,100 in 1992 to 177,823 in 2011. Popular seaside resorts found close to Klaipėda are Nida to the south on the Curonian Spit, and Palanga to the north.
Klaipeda is the third largest city in Lithuania and the only sea-port of the country. Originally founded by Baltic tribes, the city was built by the Teotonic Order in 1252 and named Memel after a river 40 kilometers south. For most of its history, Klaipeda, was part of Prussia and later Germany before falling into Lithuanian hands after the First World War. The German heritage is still highly visible, but the sea-port status has seen the city blooming on its own.
Despite not having a very strong basketball team in the city, Klaipeda has still managed to develop many international-level stars such as Arvydas Macijauskas, Tomas Delininkaitis and Saulius Stombergas. The local side Neptunas has always been among the midlevel Lithuanian sides and relies on developing young talents.
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2006 03 01
The first mention of Lithuania dates back to the mid-XIII century. The town of Klaipeda was founded in 1252. Klaipeda is a unique Lithuanian city by virtue of its colourful, turbulent and tragic history and also because the Old Town’s architectural style is similar to many western European cities with which it had close links.
The history of the city dates back to the time when the Livonian Order built a castle called Memelburg. A town grew around the castle close to where the waters of the Curonian Lagoon flow into the Baltic Sea.
Klaipeda is now Lithuania’s gateway to the world and the capital of the west of Lithuania. It is a vibrant and exciting city in which to live and work. The City has its own university, which is a true scientific and cultural centre. The Lithuanian Christian College has just celebrated its tenth anniversary and goes from strength to strength.
The seaport of Klaipeda is popular with investors and foreign partners because of its attractive and competitive conditions to develop industry and promote small and medium businesses.
Klaipeda will become increasingly important because of its direct links with other European and world-wide ports and because it is a sea transport centre, where regular shipping lines and fast modern motorway routes merge together.
Tourism is becoming increasingly important to Klaipeda and its hinterland and major investments are being made to promote it. The newly opened passenger cruise terminal, close to the City centre, will bring increased traffic to the area in the years to come.
Klaipeda has a population of around 200,000. It has direct motorway links with Lithuania’s capital city of Vilnius (310 km) and the second city of Kaunas (220 km).
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((OOC: For one thing, I would like to say, that if you are the type of person who likes to send one word replies, dont think I will reply to it. Because I wont, I dont deal with that shit.
'he smiled' 'he chuckled'
'She rolled her eyes'
No, I dont deal with that shit, because I dont know what to say after that))
# Comments
Comments: 2699
Til hamingju með afmælið (Happy Birthday)
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T- Happy Birthday, sis!!!! Love you loads!!
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"Thanks for the watch, sis!" Toris grinned, Ravis and Eudard behind him.
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I was thetriopervyPRUSSIA
personal things have been happening, so I deleted my account. I would love to RP with you again though! 
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//Hey you
wow have I missed you
it's been a long time huh?
well, this account is not very active, I prefer to go on tumblr a lot more now. But I could try to stay on for a bit longer I guess..//
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Yeah my roleplaying muse kinda left, but i'm trying to see if i can get it back...what's your url? :3 ]]
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//Ask-bread-baker-klaipeda.tumblr.com :3 //
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//afraid not, I'm done with this website, and done with the ass-holes on here. I'm not coming back on, I'm going to be on tumblr. //
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... Well, not everyone on here are rude and unkind. There are really some nice people on dA, not all of them are assholes. I can find it a bit rude for you to say so, but that's not the real reason I'm here. Well, do you have a FaceBook or Skype?
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I am bit unnerved by it being down, is Tumblr also down for you as well?
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//yes it is 
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I was worried as well. It's terribly unnerving when it goes down. I was worried my firewall protection was blocking it.
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they had to take it down due to network problems. It will be fine after they fix up the bugs. Or either that they are trying to change the background colors 3 shades lighter 
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Thank you ever so much, dear sister, for informing me. I was gravely worried about it down so long!
Why on earth does Tumblr have these problems? But I do hope it is fixed in due time.
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(( I dunno about you, big I ship Toris and Audra pretty damn hard OvOb ))
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//xD why would you do that!??? //
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(( BECAUSE INCEST IS WINCEST ))
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//xD woohooo lets just ship it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! //
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((SBISBSGIBGIS NOW I WANNA DRAW IT.
I THINK IM GONNA DRAW IT.
YEAH IM GONNA DRAW THEM BABBIESSIGBGISGT(FB )))
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/OMG DO ET DO ET DOOOO IIIITTTT
BUT WHAT ABOUT FELIX?!? //
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(( Nosebleedin in the corner, durr ))
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//wouldn't he be gettin jealous or somethin? //
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((Fanservice, umph. If I do, do stuff for them, I'll put in on my main account since this is a LietPol account, not a LietKlai xD ))
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//Oh god I have to keep up with the updates on your main account then xD I can't wait to see it~ /
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(( SOOON. BUT FFS I CAN'T DRAW SMOOCHES ಥ_ಥ ))
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//neither can I bro Dx //
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((No matter. I have drawn the cuties. I shall do them now. BECAUSE I FOUND MY TABLET PEN. HAZZAH))
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//HAZZAH! I was just about to send you one of mine if you hadn't found it soon enough :33 //
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((BSGBSGKBKBSG LOOK AT YOU BEING SO NICE TO ME. Now I have heard it's late over there. Go to sleep, shhhh *paps face* ))
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//I WANT TO BE NICE TO YOU BBY'S!
and no I can't go back to sleep, because I would have to get up in about 30 minutes to get into a shower cuuuuuuuuuz I have to go to schooooooll~ //
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(( You poor thing Q-Q WELP, COME TO AUSTRALIA, WE FINISH FOR THE YEAR IN TWO WEEKS, and then we can pap eachothers faces alll dayyy lonnnggg))
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//WELL I HAVE NO CHOICE, I GUESS I GOTTA PACK MY BAGS.
Agh, I don't think my mom would have much of a good say in thaaaaattt 👍: 0 ⏩: 1
((Youh can send her postcards guh))
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//hah! but I would miss my cutie cousin! maybe I'll come to Australia after he leaves for Canada in a few years 
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((Das a good girl *pap pap* Now I must go draw these god damn cuties, A BID YOU FAREWELL *Flips into the sunset* ))
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//alright have fun hun-bun! *flies into the shower* //
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[[ Sorry for lateness and the script! I'll be switch it to lit later if you'd like-- also i supposed he would be at his 13-15 here c: ]]
I hope you don't have any plan to visit Truso, Little Mimeli. // bents to the child level, serious face here \\ Things are. . .a bit of rough at the moment there.
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//nah, it's all up to you what you want to do~ //
A sigh erupted from the youngun. "Ne ne, I stay here...safer..." Even though she knew there was trade that needed to be done. Memel had her fists behind her back, looking straight up at the elder boy.
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The toddler's sighed and tone make him couldn't be tricks by her words. Waidis looked at her for a while, before carefully spoke, "You could visit anytime even when i'm working you know that. But..those northerners cause commotion at the moment." his tone got sharper. "It is not safe. Understood?"
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"Stay here?" So no, she probably didn't understand, the young city had a stick in her one hand, and she pointed it at Waidis. "Wap! Beat up the Northerners." She waved the stick, but made sure she didn't hit him.
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//I knew you were going to do that //
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"Hello sister," the tall lean young woman said to her older sister "How are you?"
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The elder woman looked over towards her younger sister, she cleared her throat and replied.
"Hmm Labas, I guess you could say I am fine." She nodded at her.
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"Hmmm...... Geez, always so formal?" she teased, smirking ever so slightly "I'm glad you're well."
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