Written By Edain
Sept. 28, 2018, 1:57 p.m.(9/8/1009 AR)
I think Champion Bliss has made some very important and salient points about this "Catharsis."
I feel I should perhaps clarify that if anyone would hesitate to speak thier mind about how they feel about me at the event and that I might challenge them later, let me offer this reassurance.
I believe people's opinions are a sacrosanct thing and I will never seek to challenge you for expressing your own, especially in a forum that is meant to be where you can express your thoughts freely. I do not believe there even needs to be a special event for you to do so. I think the pages of our White Journals should be such a place.
So in summation if you wish to write, or say, "I think Prince Edain Valardin is a self righteous pile of horseshit, sculpted into a stupid, stupid, assgoblin" then I support your right to hold such an opinion.
I feel I should perhaps clarify that if anyone would hesitate to speak thier mind about how they feel about me at the event and that I might challenge them later, let me offer this reassurance.
I believe people's opinions are a sacrosanct thing and I will never seek to challenge you for expressing your own, especially in a forum that is meant to be where you can express your thoughts freely. I do not believe there even needs to be a special event for you to do so. I think the pages of our White Journals should be such a place.
So in summation if you wish to write, or say, "I think Prince Edain Valardin is a self righteous pile of horseshit, sculpted into a stupid, stupid, assgoblin" then I support your right to hold such an opinion.
Written By Edain
Sept. 28, 2018, 12:46 p.m.(9/8/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Tikva
Pay heed to Princess Tikva's advice for she speaks wisdom.
Especially her suggestion of catching bluegill then using them to catch larger fish to feed a larger party or military unit. Bluegill are remarkably dumb fish and will bite at most anything from some hard cheese to even an empty hook. It's almost as if they know that being bait for larger fish is thier calling and they are all to happy to jump onto your hook to help you!
Especially her suggestion of catching bluegill then using them to catch larger fish to feed a larger party or military unit. Bluegill are remarkably dumb fish and will bite at most anything from some hard cheese to even an empty hook. It's almost as if they know that being bait for larger fish is thier calling and they are all to happy to jump onto your hook to help you!
Written By Edain
Sept. 28, 2018, 10:09 a.m.(9/7/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Alarissa
On won hand.... Catfish is is delicious.
On the other hand that is just an insane way to catch fish. I am told it is a favorite way for the Blackram to catch fish as well. I will stick rod, spear and net I think.
On the other hand that is just an insane way to catch fish. I am told it is a favorite way for the Blackram to catch fish as well. I will stick rod, spear and net I think.
Written By Edain
Sept. 28, 2018, 9:18 a.m.(9/7/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Vayne
Brother Driskell's cookies. I meant to say Brother Driskell's cookies.
I feel like I have now made this wierd.
I feel like I have now made this wierd.
Written By Edain
Sept. 28, 2018, 9:07 a.m.(9/7/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Vayne
I would be a liar if I said I ever found any wisdom in the teachings of Tehom that I felt made me a better person, or that it provided a perspective that I found meaningful in a way that I felt I did not find from the virtues the other gods exemplify.
I would also be a filthy liar if I said that Brother Driskell's didn't get me to give him my undivided attention and truly, honestly listen more than I would have otherwise.
Thank you for posting his recipe, and the reminder that just because you didn't agree with someone doesn't mean that Arvum was a better and brighter place for them having been a part of it. And that they can still make us smile even though thier time with us was far too brief.
I would also be a filthy liar if I said that Brother Driskell's didn't get me to give him my undivided attention and truly, honestly listen more than I would have otherwise.
Thank you for posting his recipe, and the reminder that just because you didn't agree with someone doesn't mean that Arvum was a better and brighter place for them having been a part of it. And that they can still make us smile even though thier time with us was far too brief.
Written By Edain
Sept. 25, 2018, 5:56 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Cirroch
What you want is a Keaton bred bloodhound.
Written By Edain
Sept. 25, 2018, 8:52 a.m.(9/1/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
Yes you do. You're not fooling us.
Written By Edain
Sept. 23, 2018, 4:02 p.m.(8/26/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Lethe
My recommendation is to invent some sort of horseshoe pontoon so that aquatic jousting can be a thing!
Everytime I ask my smartest scholars, shipwrights and crafters in Sanctum they always say, "Please stop asking for this your grace. It is very, very dumb."
Everytime I ask my smartest scholars, shipwrights and crafters in Sanctum they always say, "Please stop asking for this your grace. It is very, very dumb."
Written By Edain
Sept. 20, 2018, 8:52 p.m.(8/20/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Juniper
In something that is perhaps telling of that fact that I am not always as good of a person as I wish I was, I think if I am being very honest with myself my selfless and selfish wish would be the same. It would that the Tragedy of Sanctum never happened.
Selfless because my older siblings especially where beautiful people that this world was robbed of, and they and my Father would be more wise in leadership than I could ever be. I still often feel like I am just hoping and praying I am making choices that would make them proud.
But it is also a very selfish wish, because to carry on for my family and shoulder the mantle of high lord I had to give up the dreams I once had. Knowing that my desire to see them again, is tainted by a selfish wish is something I grapple with in my more private moments.
Selfless because my older siblings especially where beautiful people that this world was robbed of, and they and my Father would be more wise in leadership than I could ever be. I still often feel like I am just hoping and praying I am making choices that would make them proud.
But it is also a very selfish wish, because to carry on for my family and shoulder the mantle of high lord I had to give up the dreams I once had. Knowing that my desire to see them again, is tainted by a selfish wish is something I grapple with in my more private moments.
Written By Edain
Sept. 20, 2018, 1:14 p.m.(8/20/1009 AR)
I generally stay out of this discussion, but as it comes up frequently I thought maybe my own thoughts on this can be helpful to people curious about the counter view point.
I was raised as devoultly Oathlands Orthodox as one can. When my teachers as a child told me the believed worship of the 13th should be outlawed, I agreed with them. Now the world has become so much bigger than when I was young, and I see the 13th as filing a vital role in the Pantheon, and I do honor him in so much that the Pantheon recognize that all the gods create a balanced cosmos together, not standing appart. But I have never explicitly worshiped the 13th, and I suspect I never will.
The frequent point that many Mirrormasks have made to me over the years is that if we do not look at ourselves and acknowledge the darkness there we will all fall. While this is true I feel the Lessons of the the three Primary Triads of the Pantheon have given me the tools to look at myself, know that I am an imperfect being and strive to be better. And just like everyone sometimes I fall, and have to pull myself up and try to be better.
If you find something in the direct worship of the 13th then I am happy for you, but I have never found his worship to offer me anything that is missing from my life, and I think many that consider themselves Orthodox as I do would feel the same way. Our distrust of his worship is not based in our fear of the darkness within ourselves. We face that everyday and we have chosen a different road to not let it lead us to ruin.
I was raised as devoultly Oathlands Orthodox as one can. When my teachers as a child told me the believed worship of the 13th should be outlawed, I agreed with them. Now the world has become so much bigger than when I was young, and I see the 13th as filing a vital role in the Pantheon, and I do honor him in so much that the Pantheon recognize that all the gods create a balanced cosmos together, not standing appart. But I have never explicitly worshiped the 13th, and I suspect I never will.
The frequent point that many Mirrormasks have made to me over the years is that if we do not look at ourselves and acknowledge the darkness there we will all fall. While this is true I feel the Lessons of the the three Primary Triads of the Pantheon have given me the tools to look at myself, know that I am an imperfect being and strive to be better. And just like everyone sometimes I fall, and have to pull myself up and try to be better.
If you find something in the direct worship of the 13th then I am happy for you, but I have never found his worship to offer me anything that is missing from my life, and I think many that consider themselves Orthodox as I do would feel the same way. Our distrust of his worship is not based in our fear of the darkness within ourselves. We face that everyday and we have chosen a different road to not let it lead us to ruin.
Written By Edain
Sept. 19, 2018, 2:47 p.m.(8/18/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Quenia
I recommend taking up jousting!
A good tilt is similar to calligraphy.
A good tilt is similar to calligraphy.
Written By Edain
Sept. 11, 2018, 10:50 a.m.(7/27/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Lisebet
Difficult times make many heroes and that is perhaps the secret blessings of our turbulent times. Heroes are often flawed people, maid more heroic because of thier flaws rather than the absence of them.
This is a list of some living heroes. This is not all inclusive, some on this list are heroes for reasons that are stories that are no one's to share yet, and sometimes they just resonate more strongly with me:
Duke Gabriel Bisland
Princess Marian Redrain
Lady Aislin Ashford
Princess Alis Valardin
Duchess Margot Tyde
Sir Daemon and Dame Ida
This list is not complete as I don't have enough paper to list everyone I believe to have earned the title of hero in thier life time. I would wager most have thier own lists.
This is a list of some living heroes. This is not all inclusive, some on this list are heroes for reasons that are stories that are no one's to share yet, and sometimes they just resonate more strongly with me:
Duke Gabriel Bisland
Princess Marian Redrain
Lady Aislin Ashford
Princess Alis Valardin
Duchess Margot Tyde
Sir Daemon and Dame Ida
This list is not complete as I don't have enough paper to list everyone I believe to have earned the title of hero in thier life time. I would wager most have thier own lists.
Written By Edain
Sept. 5, 2018, 8:30 a.m.(7/15/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Arcadia
I don't know if this will offer any comfort or encouragement, but I understand your sentiment.
There was a time that I dreamed of nothing more than the open road, the rolling hills, the summer wheat, the forboding forests and craggy mountains. I dreamed of being the proud knight errant that carried the Valardin banner, would be there when my brothers and sister called, and to the hero that brought hope to the hopeless.
Things..... happened and I had to give up that dream and for a long time I am ashamed to admit that in my most private moments I felt very sorry for myself. I have learned something very important the last few years. Even admidst this turmoil or darkness. Our true strength comes not from what we keep for ourselves but in what we give to others.
You will have many adventures yet I imagine, but share in the ones you cannot. Empower others to take those journeys you cannot in your place. Be that to teach them something new, offer them knowledge they will need, or even just your support and promise to sing songs of thier deeds. So take heart and pay things forward and marvel not just at the hero you become, but the one you help others to be.
There was a time that I dreamed of nothing more than the open road, the rolling hills, the summer wheat, the forboding forests and craggy mountains. I dreamed of being the proud knight errant that carried the Valardin banner, would be there when my brothers and sister called, and to the hero that brought hope to the hopeless.
Things..... happened and I had to give up that dream and for a long time I am ashamed to admit that in my most private moments I felt very sorry for myself. I have learned something very important the last few years. Even admidst this turmoil or darkness. Our true strength comes not from what we keep for ourselves but in what we give to others.
You will have many adventures yet I imagine, but share in the ones you cannot. Empower others to take those journeys you cannot in your place. Be that to teach them something new, offer them knowledge they will need, or even just your support and promise to sing songs of thier deeds. So take heart and pay things forward and marvel not just at the hero you become, but the one you help others to be.
Written By Edain
Aug. 28, 2018, 12:40 p.m.(6/23/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aureth
All things being equal Legate, I'd wager there has at least once been a war started over someone being served a flavor of pudding they did not prefer.
I should offer a reward to a scholar that could find evidence of such a war. Now I am curious.
I should offer a reward to a scholar that could find evidence of such a war. Now I am curious.
Written By Edain
Aug. 28, 2018, 10:37 a.m.(6/23/1009 AR)
I would just like to make it known I have never had anyone stabbed for punching me. I just cannot promise I will not punch back.
Written By Edain
Aug. 27, 2018, 9:52 a.m.(6/21/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Saoirse
Who knew that Valardins knew how to adventure?
Everyone. Literally everyone. It is what we do.
Everyone. Literally everyone. It is what we do.
Written By Edain
Aug. 24, 2018, 9:07 a.m.(6/14/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Faruq
I understand why some have said Lord Faruq's definition of a soldier is to simple. And while it is a much bigger equation than that, he is not all together wrong.
Following orders, especially in battle, is a vastly more complex thing than we think at times. To follow orders you need the discipline to perform your role. The courage to stand your ground, The loyalty to believe in your commanders orders, and the trust that your comrade will protect your flank and back even as the protect yourself.
These are all part of following orders. And Lord Faruq's very astute that these qualities that make so you follow orders will extend your life on the battlefield longer than being the best of swordsmen ever.
Following orders, especially in battle, is a vastly more complex thing than we think at times. To follow orders you need the discipline to perform your role. The courage to stand your ground, The loyalty to believe in your commanders orders, and the trust that your comrade will protect your flank and back even as the protect yourself.
These are all part of following orders. And Lord Faruq's very astute that these qualities that make so you follow orders will extend your life on the battlefield longer than being the best of swordsmen ever.
Written By Edain
Aug. 17, 2018, 10 a.m.(6/1/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Iseulet
I would like to clarify that I was not giving you advice on how to do so. I was offering warning that it is a fool's errand you would be wise to to not let yourself get talked into.
Written By Edain
Aug. 15, 2018, 10:10 a.m.(5/25/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Iseulet
I do know what you mean. That is why it saddens me to tell you that writing your name in the snow in such a fashion is a myth.
Not only do you need to drink truly impressive amounts of water to the point of severe discomfort, but once you have achieved enough pressure for a cotiguous stream, that pressure will be to great to guide with sufficient precision for the fate.
I am sorry to be a crusher of dreams but anyone that claims they have done so is, unfortunately, lying.
Not only do you need to drink truly impressive amounts of water to the point of severe discomfort, but once you have achieved enough pressure for a cotiguous stream, that pressure will be to great to guide with sufficient precision for the fate.
I am sorry to be a crusher of dreams but anyone that claims they have done so is, unfortunately, lying.
Written By Edain
Aug. 10, 2018, 8:21 a.m.(5/15/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Fecundo
Your sister is wise for her concern. It is a scarcely known fact that peacocks are dangerous beasts.
When I was a boy my oldest brother, Prince Vance would tell me tales of when the would encounter "trap door peacocks" when the once stumbled into thier hunting grounds. He said they would ambush from perfectly camoflaged pits, eat a hunters liver and then disappear into the maze of caverns they dig.
Truly terrifying stuff and I have avoided the birds and thier distracting plumage ever since!
When I was a boy my oldest brother, Prince Vance would tell me tales of when the would encounter "trap door peacocks" when the once stumbled into thier hunting grounds. He said they would ambush from perfectly camoflaged pits, eat a hunters liver and then disappear into the maze of caverns they dig.
Truly terrifying stuff and I have avoided the birds and thier distracting plumage ever since!
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