Keeper of the Flame Blessing
W’ren arrives to bless Matt and T’mari, sparking banter, ceremony, and a bold declaration before Matt begins his world tour. Keeper of the Flame blessing shapes the day.
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Side Quest
The Weight of Twins
Dr. T’monn Th’ron faces L’tani’s pregnancy, carrying the burden of twins, clan judgment, and secrets too dangerous to reach Matthew Marmaduke unguarded.
Side Quest
Love in the War Room
Amid tense strategy sessions, Matt Marmaduke and T’mari Th’ron reveal a quiet love while their team shapes narratives of human-V’ren unity.
Media Interview
📺 The Quiet Work of Belonging: A Conversation at the Marmaduke Homestead
In a rare quiet moment at the Marmaduke Homestead, six voices gather to reflect on the rhythms of shared life, healing, and homebuilding in a world still learning how to belong to itself.
Media Interview
By Deed and Deed Alone: The Freeholder on Power, People, and the Price of Legitimacy
Seven days after the V’ren knelt before a Missouri Freeholder, Daniel Raynor of CPAN sits down with Matt Marmaduke and T’mari Th’ron in the Marmaduke home theater to talk sovereignty, stewardship, and the evolving role of trust in a post-collapse world. What emerges is a conversation about discipline, dignity, and the refusal to let history repeat itself.
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Frontline: A Conversation with the Freeholder and His Chosen
Samuel Darrin joins Matt Marmaduke and T’mari Th’ron in the Freeholder’s private theater for a pointed discussion on sovereignty, logistics, integration, and the reality behind the starships parked in orbit—and one in the yard.
Media Interview
📊 The Economist – Path to Planetary Stewardship
Matt Marmaduke sits down with The Economist to outline his philosophy of planetary stewardship, the logistics empire that feeds a region, and why the future of sustainable governance depends on land held in trust—not owned outright.
Media Interview
Science: Codependent Infrastructure
An engineer’s romance isn’t always with people. For V’ren systems specialist T’mari Th’ron and Missouri Freeholder Matt Marmaduke, it’s with compatibility—of tools, of technologies, of principles. In this interview, the pair talk shop, tell stories, and reveal how the quiet work of collaboration is reshaping the future of infrastructure on Earth.
Media Interview
Alien Charm, Earth Swagger: The Couple Who Went Viral Anyway
In an exclusive sit-down inside Matt Marmaduke’s home theater, Zara Vox of Rolling Stone gets a front-row seat to the unexpected cultural gravity of Earth’s favorite interspecies couple. From anime nostalgia and soda diplomacy to coffee mug lore and meme truces, Matt and T’mari open up about the private rituals and shared humor anchoring their very public partnership.
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Breakfast Notes and Bloodlines
T’mari wakes to find herself alone in bed for once, a trail of sharpie-scrawled notes guiding her to breakfast—and a truth she already suspects. Down in the medical bay, her mother T’monn confirms the first hybrid V’ren pregnancy in history, with blunt precision only a physician-mother could deliver.
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Raku, Rain, and Enough
“You are something special,” T’mari said almost two hours later, standing in the quiet kitchen with Matt. The house had
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Wine, Peaches, and New Family
As rain begins to fall, Matt Marmaduke shares rare wine and venison with T’monn, L’tani, and T’mari Th’ron, binding them closer as family.