Written By Raziel
June 17, 2020, 8:49 a.m.(6/27/1013 AR)
To simplify my last entry even further:
Don't count on others being there when you need them. That way, if they are, it'll be a pleasant surprise.
If they're not? It's what you had prepared for anyway.
Don't count on others being there when you need them. That way, if they are, it'll be a pleasant surprise.
If they're not? It's what you had prepared for anyway.
Written By Raziel
June 17, 2020, 8:29 a.m.(6/27/1013 AR)
Something that has recently come to mind: To blame others for not being there when you needed them is a waste of time. Perhaps they indeed are all traitors worthy of scorn. Or they were late in showing up when you needed them. Or they just have no idea who you are and you've grossly overstated your importance to the common mortal.
Whatever the case, if you expect everyone to always be there, you will be unprepared for when the times when you have to stand alone. There are always such times, no matter how many friends you have, no matter how loyal.
You can prepare for them and when they come fight harder than you ever have. Or you can pretend you will never be alone and afterwards whine that there was nobody there to save you. If you're lucky enough to still have a voice.
Whatever the case, if you expect everyone to always be there, you will be unprepared for when the times when you have to stand alone. There are always such times, no matter how many friends you have, no matter how loyal.
You can prepare for them and when they come fight harder than you ever have. Or you can pretend you will never be alone and afterwards whine that there was nobody there to save you. If you're lucky enough to still have a voice.
Written By Raziel
June 15, 2020, 1:13 p.m.(6/24/1013 AR)
To put my last entry into simpler terms.
You have the mirror that won't tell you that your outfit makes you look like a bloated buffoon and the one that will.
It's up to you whether you want to know before or when everyone at the party is laughing at you.
You have the mirror that won't tell you that your outfit makes you look like a bloated buffoon and the one that will.
It's up to you whether you want to know before or when everyone at the party is laughing at you.
Written By Raziel
June 15, 2020, 12:56 p.m.(6/24/1013 AR)
I will not speak in the name of Mirrormasks, Scholar, because for one I am a disciple, not a Godsworn, and second because by their nature Mirrormasks are as far as could be from united in thought.
That's the point.
So while some of my brethren are happy to embrace their passions and do the same for others', I offer a different reflection. If you're a lying, slothful, ignorant fool of a man, then that's what you are and there is no reason for you to stay that way. Being aware one has flaws and failings is all well and good, but they must be acted upon. Simply sitting there and saying you're an angry person without doing anything about it is a waste of time. Mine especially.
And no, there is no upside to being a lying, slothful, ignorant fool of a man. Trying to justify it is also a waste of time.
Some mirrors are happy to soothe egos and tell them they're special and beautiful in their moral failings. I prefer the mirrors that speak the truth and do away with the nonsense.
That's the point.
So while some of my brethren are happy to embrace their passions and do the same for others', I offer a different reflection. If you're a lying, slothful, ignorant fool of a man, then that's what you are and there is no reason for you to stay that way. Being aware one has flaws and failings is all well and good, but they must be acted upon. Simply sitting there and saying you're an angry person without doing anything about it is a waste of time. Mine especially.
And no, there is no upside to being a lying, slothful, ignorant fool of a man. Trying to justify it is also a waste of time.
Some mirrors are happy to soothe egos and tell them they're special and beautiful in their moral failings. I prefer the mirrors that speak the truth and do away with the nonsense.
Written By Raziel
June 14, 2020, 11:40 p.m.(6/23/1013 AR)
Since I'm already here, Scholar, I've another entry in mind.
Since I spoke of service before regarding the Peers, I include political matches in this. Yes, yes, there can be love in them, it's not required anywhere for the marriage to be an absolutely horrible experience. It doesn't need to be love at first sight, we've plenty of matches right now that have been political and affection has grown between the two.
We also have examples where it most decidedly did not, but good on them for doing their duty to their Houses and people and sticking to it.
Funny one, Scholar, but no. You may as well write it down and reassure all unmarried ladies that I very much doubt Bisland hates anyone enough to ever try and match them with me. Even I would consider it a reprehensible and inhuman act.
Since I spoke of service before regarding the Peers, I include political matches in this. Yes, yes, there can be love in them, it's not required anywhere for the marriage to be an absolutely horrible experience. It doesn't need to be love at first sight, we've plenty of matches right now that have been political and affection has grown between the two.
We also have examples where it most decidedly did not, but good on them for doing their duty to their Houses and people and sticking to it.
Funny one, Scholar, but no. You may as well write it down and reassure all unmarried ladies that I very much doubt Bisland hates anyone enough to ever try and match them with me. Even I would consider it a reprehensible and inhuman act.
Written By Raziel
June 14, 2020, 11:31 p.m.(6/23/1013 AR)
I met a friend from my youth today. It went about as well as expected. Awkward attempts at small talk, clumsy questions about family, uncomfortable silences. The usual reaction.
Clearly I should work on my social graces.
Clearly I should work on my social graces.
Written By Raziel
June 14, 2020, 5 p.m.(6/22/1013 AR)
I wish to talk of service among the Peers today, Scholar.
We Peers are a privileged lot. Yet these privileges come with the duty to serve. We serve the Crown, of course, though some more directly than others. Dukes follow High Lords, Counts follow Marquis, so on and so forth. It's something more or less properly understood, save for the occasional traitor.
Yet the Peers serve another. There is another to whom they owe fealty. Multiple others. No, Scholar, I'm not thinking of the Gods. I fear my thoughts turn to more secular paths, though I won't disagree with you. Like the Crown, some serve Them more directly than others.
No, it is to the people that my thoughts turn. The people to whom we Peers owe service to. What's the point of nobility if it cannot lead its people properly? If it cannot see that they live prosperous lives, happy lives? If it cannot protect them when danger comes? The Peers must be leaders. The people whom they lead must be their priority over petty, selfish, concerns.
If one's more concerned over how much more dragonweep there is in their tiara over their neighbours', or of hearing their name over so many lips, then I fear they've quite missed the point regarding why they have the fancy title before their name in the first place.
The Peers were born to wealth and privilege, yet it also comes with work to do. If they're not doing the work? Then they shouldn't be a Peer.
We Peers are a privileged lot. Yet these privileges come with the duty to serve. We serve the Crown, of course, though some more directly than others. Dukes follow High Lords, Counts follow Marquis, so on and so forth. It's something more or less properly understood, save for the occasional traitor.
Yet the Peers serve another. There is another to whom they owe fealty. Multiple others. No, Scholar, I'm not thinking of the Gods. I fear my thoughts turn to more secular paths, though I won't disagree with you. Like the Crown, some serve Them more directly than others.
No, it is to the people that my thoughts turn. The people to whom we Peers owe service to. What's the point of nobility if it cannot lead its people properly? If it cannot see that they live prosperous lives, happy lives? If it cannot protect them when danger comes? The Peers must be leaders. The people whom they lead must be their priority over petty, selfish, concerns.
If one's more concerned over how much more dragonweep there is in their tiara over their neighbours', or of hearing their name over so many lips, then I fear they've quite missed the point regarding why they have the fancy title before their name in the first place.
The Peers were born to wealth and privilege, yet it also comes with work to do. If they're not doing the work? Then they shouldn't be a Peer.
Written By Raziel
June 14, 2020, 12:03 p.m.(6/22/1013 AR)
Interesting time to return home. Yes, I mean Arx, not Pridehall. I've spent more years of my life in the former than the latter.
Much as I expected I'd find it, with some differences. Prices are higher than before, makes finding the materials for my work a bit more difficult, but nothing insurmountable. We always find a way.
Which we, Scholar? The faithful servants of the Crown that most of us are.
Much as I expected I'd find it, with some differences. Prices are higher than before, makes finding the materials for my work a bit more difficult, but nothing insurmountable. We always find a way.
Which we, Scholar? The faithful servants of the Crown that most of us are.
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