Written By Aureth
July 19, 2018, 12:06 p.m.(3/20/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
Losing wagers is an important life lesson, Audric. Don't teach Aleksei's son wrong lessons about indefatigable funds along with your terrible bloodthirst.
Written By Karadoc
July 19, 2018, 12:06 a.m.(3/19/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
Excuse me, Baron, I suppose it's time for me to drop in my two coppers for this little topic. Or anyone else if they're reading this. Questionable morals and prickly ethics aside -- there's something to be said about having pride -- or a sense of satisfaction in one's work, right? Although my hands are only occasionally stained with ink, I can admire that trait.
Written By Coraline
July 18, 2018, 11:48 p.m.(3/19/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
I don't know that anything said here will be sufficient to make you aware of the hollow ring in your words. As a knight and as a warrior I am aware of loss, and of the fierce joy of battle, as a knight and as a physician I am aware of the value of life. It is good you have at least some reason to bring your people home alive, if not in one piece. One hopes that one day their value as more than a commodity occurs to you as well.
Written By Caspian
July 18, 2018, 11:45 p.m.(3/19/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
There is a way to fight without killing people, it's called being a Champion. It's good money, much smaller risk of death then battle, and you make a lot of friends. Occupational hazards are mostly scars, wounded ego, and blood stains.
Written By Reigna
July 18, 2018, 10:27 p.m.(3/19/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
I have to believe that this is a game that you are playing. An attempt to shock or outrage those of us who have expressed a perfectly rational aversion to the idea of taking pleasure in the loss of life. I understand that you said before it was not the ending of someone's life that you found appealing, but the fight, the risk.
This again, (and since you have spoken of it in the Whites, I have taken that as a tacit agreement to using this format.) is profoundly worrisome as the unspoken part of that enjoyment is in the understanding that you, yourself are in equal danger of gross injury or death. That means that your value on life is low -- even your own. A troubling proposition for those vassals that are sworn to you, the villages you protect and any you might owe your fealty to as well. Being a noble brings with it a host of responsibilities, including the preservation and betterment of those lives you are entrusted to protect and shepherd.
Again, I have to hope this is an attempt to rile or rouse outrage and not your genuine feelings as if they are? Your utter lack of empathy, as stated by Princess Coraline calls into question your fitness to be in any position of authority. Woe to your men if you care so little for the value of a life.
This again, (and since you have spoken of it in the Whites, I have taken that as a tacit agreement to using this format.) is profoundly worrisome as the unspoken part of that enjoyment is in the understanding that you, yourself are in equal danger of gross injury or death. That means that your value on life is low -- even your own. A troubling proposition for those vassals that are sworn to you, the villages you protect and any you might owe your fealty to as well. Being a noble brings with it a host of responsibilities, including the preservation and betterment of those lives you are entrusted to protect and shepherd.
Again, I have to hope this is an attempt to rile or rouse outrage and not your genuine feelings as if they are? Your utter lack of empathy, as stated by Princess Coraline calls into question your fitness to be in any position of authority. Woe to your men if you care so little for the value of a life.
Written By Coraline
July 18, 2018, 4:47 p.m.(3/19/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
Life is finite, this should be obvious but clearly as it's loss is so prevalent it needs to be spoken. To take a life is to end possibility, to steal away everything that the one who dies is capable of. It is ripping away someone's family, someone's loved one. It is a loss that the one who took that life might never feel but can alter the course of other lives.
To find joy, /ever/ in such a taking is to show a distinct lack of compassion and empathy that is concerning. I have taken lives, I will take more, but never not once have I found joy in the taking. Each one weighs heavily upon my heart and mind, and as time passes the weight gets heavier and I welcome it, it is a reminder of what I have done regardless of the reasons, it was my actions that ended those lives.
Duty, honor, defense of yourself or others, those I can understand killing for. Joy? That doesn't make the list.
To find joy, /ever/ in such a taking is to show a distinct lack of compassion and empathy that is concerning. I have taken lives, I will take more, but never not once have I found joy in the taking. Each one weighs heavily upon my heart and mind, and as time passes the weight gets heavier and I welcome it, it is a reminder of what I have done regardless of the reasons, it was my actions that ended those lives.
Duty, honor, defense of yourself or others, those I can understand killing for. Joy? That doesn't make the list.
Written By Marian
July 18, 2018, 3:42 p.m.(3/19/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
I don't enjoy taking the life of another. When it's possible to negotiate a treaty or find a diplomatic way to resolve a matter, I take the olive branch that is given.
Yes, I have taken another's life in rage. I have felt their last breath upon my skin as I sink my blade deep within their chest. But I did not feel pleasure at their death. I felt hollow. Killing that man didn't bring back the ones I lost. It did not even any score. It was a victory hard won. It was my life or theirs. I wanted to live, so I fought. I won. I am still here.
When the time comes, when those that seek the ruin of the Crown and Compact come to our gates, I will lift my blade again. I will not rejoice in the coming battle. I will face the danger head on, knowing that I want to return to raise my children. To eat dinner with my family. To serve my liege with honor.
Yes, I have taken another's life in rage. I have felt their last breath upon my skin as I sink my blade deep within their chest. But I did not feel pleasure at their death. I felt hollow. Killing that man didn't bring back the ones I lost. It did not even any score. It was a victory hard won. It was my life or theirs. I wanted to live, so I fought. I won. I am still here.
When the time comes, when those that seek the ruin of the Crown and Compact come to our gates, I will lift my blade again. I will not rejoice in the coming battle. I will face the danger head on, knowing that I want to return to raise my children. To eat dinner with my family. To serve my liege with honor.
Written By Reigna
July 18, 2018, 1:28 p.m.(3/19/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
The visceral enjoyment you describe on ending the life of another human being leaves me worried, frankly. My assistant directed me to your recent entry in the whites as something to be aware of and monitor. Bloodlust of that caliber would be foolhardy to ignore without comment, though this is not the appropriate forum.
I will be in contact.
I will be in contact.
Written By Shard
June 28, 2018, 3:30 a.m.(2/5/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
We really aren't.
Written By Shard
June 24, 2018, 11:34 p.m.(1/27/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
I'm never encouraged when you say things like that.
Written By Aureth
June 12, 2018, 11:20 a.m.(12/21/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
You know that duels are supposed to be for minor disputes, and that Champions are supposed to be for duels, so a duel over someone not using a Champion would ... be a minor dispute ideal for Champions? The only thing weird about this is that a lot of people are reacting to it for some reason. I assume it has something to do with Audric's talent for being provoking to people.
Happily, I have yet to receive any of his mail over it, so it seems if anyone really is incensed with Audric, they're at least incensed with Audric enough to spell his name correctly.
Happily, I have yet to receive any of his mail over it, so it seems if anyone really is incensed with Audric, they're at least incensed with Audric enough to spell his name correctly.
Written By Isabeau
June 12, 2018, 8:44 a.m.(12/21/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
Let us not judge Baron de Lire too harshly for the misstep that he has made. He is yet new to his place in the peerage and likely paid little attention to matters of etiquette that we "Silks" engaged in prior to the acquisition of his title.
Written By Melody
June 12, 2018, 1:49 a.m.(12/20/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
Captain-General, Baron, Explorer, and now a full-fledged Champion - Of the heart, I'm sure. How dreamy~!
You've already gone this far. Perhaps you ought to shatter tradition further by representing yourself in the coming challenge, should you choose to accept?
You've already gone this far. Perhaps you ought to shatter tradition further by representing yourself in the coming challenge, should you choose to accept?
Written By Aleksei
June 12, 2018, 1:17 a.m.(12/20/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
Only because the conversation at the time was about your own challenge!
Written By Caspian
June 12, 2018, 1:14 a.m.(12/20/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
As someone who's been both a sellsword and a Champion I can tell you that they are not the same thing. We Champions fight for honor, glory, and the entertainment of the crowd. It's our main job. Sellswords just fight wars for money.
You should have insisted your cousin get hired instead, she's a Champion! And she hasn't even had the chance to fight her first duel yet. Give her that chance!
You should have insisted your cousin get hired instead, she's a Champion! And she hasn't even had the chance to fight her first duel yet. Give her that chance!
Written By Aleksei
June 12, 2018, 1:05 a.m.(12/20/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
Do YOU know what "sellsword" means? Because it doesn't mean "Champion"! Don't make me come over there.
Written By Bliss
June 12, 2018, 1:02 a.m.(12/20/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
Whining?
No, darling Baron, I don't believe you understand the role of the Champions Guild in Arvian society if you think I am whining.
Hire Champions for duels. Anything else and you are doing yourself and centuries of traditions a disgrace.
No, darling Baron, I don't believe you understand the role of the Champions Guild in Arvian society if you think I am whining.
Hire Champions for duels. Anything else and you are doing yourself and centuries of traditions a disgrace.
Written By Lys
June 7, 2018, 5:19 a.m.(12/6/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
My cousin, surely, does not need my protection in any way shape or form. But he's the only who has made me feel as if I belonged anywhere, with anyone, my entire life. And if someone should upset him, I will certainly feed them their own teeth.
Written By Shard
May 29, 2018, 2:32 a.m.(11/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
If I run through the place stark naked it just makes it easier for the fucking mosquitoes to devour me.
Written By Leola
May 13, 2018, 6:29 p.m.(9/25/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
When I am asked to find an animal to suit a particular person or house, I attempt to take into account the character of those involved, the proud history of their forebears, their great deeds and fame won of late, even their house Sigil.
When providing a horse to de Lire, I stuck a hat on her.
Truly, Petrichor is wise.
When providing a horse to de Lire, I stuck a hat on her.
Truly, Petrichor is wise.
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