Kratinos-Zaka Hastlingiades Ó Flainne


 * For other people named O Mid-eum, see: O Mid-eum (disambiguation).

Kratinos-Zaka Hastlingiades Ó Flainne, better known by his O Mid-eum (오믿음) and as the husband of Sorcha Ní Fhlainne, is a Gwaela Chaonaigh  serving as Druid of Goirtín since 2019. He had formerly served as Chairman of the Young Communist Clan, the of the Communist Coalition of Druids, from 2017 to 2019. He has been ideologically characterized as an Seoyangcheolist.

Hastlingiades was born in Goirtín, County Tara, to a working-class family of Dersaian and Ambemarivese descent, and through connections with the Ambemarivese Embassy earned a to the Alohaboina University of Formal Sciences. He subsequently returned to Goirtín, where he worked as a  and chaired the Young Communist Clan. He was openly critical of the policies of former Chairman Tadhg Ó Néill, including the Clan's casual affiliations with the "", those being primarily and. At the 2019 druidic election, Hastlingiades was elected Druid of Goirtín, a rank equivalent to in most Sinjuan jurisdictions. On 27 Sibiwol 2020, he married Sorcha Ní Fhlainne, who is an atmospheric scientist, climatologist, and Progressive Druid.

Hastlingiades is a controversial but somewhat obscure figure in the politics of Talamh Chaonaigh. His unusual ethnic background is the subject of conducted by Gwaela nationalists, and his fervent dedication to  heavily criticized by environmentalists. Being openly himself, he has also been condemned as undeserving of the Druid role. In spite of this, his druidship is acclaimed by the artisanal Hokanese diaspora in Goirtín, with whom Hastlingiades entered to expand the local bus network. His decision to import NI-58 rifles from Mennefer for the municipal police was accused as a, although the new equipment benefited the city against the Iwol and Owol 2020 riots, which were incited by the crackdown of several deemed too.

In Parwol 2020, Hastlingiades attracted international attention by inaugurating a of Saan Jiatson in Central Park, a prominent Hokanese  and  during the short-lived people's republic.

Early life
Hastlingiades was born on 4 Samwol 1995 in Goirtín, County Tara. His mother is a from Ambemarivo, who arrived to Talamh Chaonaigh under funding from her homeland's "solidarity plan". Ever since, she has been employed as a at Fompotra Hinjitra TIA, an Ambemarivese firm specializing in the extraction and commerce of. Hastlingiades' father is a, whose own parents fled Dersainia in the 1947 Civil War; he is now working as a. Allegedly, Hastlingiades' two parents met in 1982 as residents of the same in Tonnús Road, eventually falling in love and marrying one another. Per Dersainian, their offspring is named Hastlingiades, but bears a bilingual name: kratinos is for "powerful"; zaka is  for "resilient". Per Ambemarivese custom, Hastlingiades was also given the O Mid-eum, wherein mideum is  for "faith". The courtesy name is meant to facilitate communication of one's name in Sinjuan contexts. Hastlingiades attended a by the name of Sceach na Bláithche luchteolaslann in western Goirtín. In the afternoons, he accompanied his mother to her worker union's occasional, where he came in contact with some local druids. In a 2019 interview conducted by the Talamh Chaonaigh Broadcasting Corporation (TCBC), Hastlingiades came to admit, "were it not for the hospitality of the communists then, who treated [him] to candies and toys, [he] would probably not have been a communist today." Goirtín is exceptional in that it has been a hot spot for activity ever since the unveiling of its first modern  in 1875. Workers' strikes were held in Goirtín well before the 1940s Gwaela Liberation Movement, as a means of demanding fairer wages during the former people's republic. Consequently, the Communist Coalition of Druids has not lost a since Talamh Chaonaigh's independence in 1953. In his later years of school, Hastlingiades acquired an interest for communist writings, especially those by its founding theoretician Seo Yang-cheol. In 2011, he became an official member of the Young Communist Clan (YCC). In the same 2019 interview, Hastlingiades remarked:
 * "I told my mom one day that I had joined the YCC. She just smirked and gave me a book of quotes from Tsaravelona Holinjaka, you know, the leader that reformed Ambemarivo's economy. It was given to her by the Embassy for her 'exceptional loyalty' to the Party, she said, but I knew she couldn't care less about the Party or its Ideology. She just wanted to travel, far away from her homeland, and the 'solidarity plan' was the only way to finance that dream. You can figure, she's affected by that typical conformism that is plaguing almost all ordinary Ambemarivese citizens. In any case, I went to the afternoon the next day, eager to show the other teenagers my new book, thinking I would impress them. You have to understand, most meetings were just memorizing passages from old socialist books anyway. But I was quickly sat down by the Chairman, Fearghas by name, who told me they don't appreciate such writings. According to them, the Ambemarivese were just as ruthless as the Hokanese. 'Post-colonials' they called us. So I had a lot to learn, it seemed. Like Gearóid Ó Murchadha, the idol for all self-respecting  communists, and a tough  of the '40s. But it was that willingness to learn — and understand! — that made me gain their respect. And well, it probably changed their image of us Ambemarivese ever so slightly."

Personal life
Hastlingiades is passionate about, specifically the Gwaela and the Ambemarivese. A testament to this is his installation of oversized fidchell sets in Goirtín's Central Park.