The Tongue of Empires

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Where Words Redraw the World

A diplomat moves through the Court with steps quieter than conflict itself. This piece follows the slow turning of influence, where borders shift under a single phrase and intent unravels beneath polished calm. Here, treaties strike deeper than any blade, and the slightest inflection can tilt the balance of an empire.

The Tongue of Empires steps into this stillness—the hush before decisions reshape nations—and reveals how power lives in language long before it lives in law. Eerht of 3 Crows performs with a quiet, grounded authority, capturing a presence that doesn’t dominate the room but quietly owns it. In their hands, the Ambassador becomes a figure who can broker peace, spark ruin, or rewrite allegiances with a few measured breaths.

This is diplomacy sharpened to an art form: subtle, steady, and devastating.

Featured Persona: 3 Crows

Only Eerht takes the stage here, embodying the Ambassador with a calm weight that feels carved from old stone and older truths. The performance stays close, intimate—like someone leaning in to tell you what will happen long before you realize you’ve already agreed.

  • Role Interpreted: Ambassador — influence of negotiation, redirection, and controlled revelations
  • Tone: Measured, deliberate, quietly commanding
  • Dynamic: A diplomat who bends kingdoms not through force, but through understanding exactly where they break

Through Eerht, the Ambassador becomes the Court’s most dangerous gentle presence—one who never draws a weapon, because they don’t need to.

Listen to the Album

If you want to experience how every influence moves within the Court, listen to the full Court of Masks album. Each track carries the voice of a different role—shifting alliances, whispered intentions, and the quiet weight of power passed from hand to hand. Taken together, they form a larger portrait of a world built on secrets, strategy, and the masks we wear to survive its games.

Step back into the Court and explore the full tapestry of stories here.


About Me

I’m JP B. Bantigue, CLSSBB, a multidisciplinary creative who tells stories through words, visuals, and sound. My songs often begin as fragments of memory—turning into reflections on love, loss, and the quiet spaces in between.

Blending fiction, poetry, and design, I write music that feels like a continuation of my stories—where every lyric becomes another door into the worlds I build.

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