Written By Caelis
May 13, 2017, 5:21 p.m.(6/16/1006 AR)
The battle to hold Seawatch Gate was intense. I am proud of those who fought there especially. I know the battle was arduous city wide, but I will have to wait and here the tales from those who fought them. It's taken some time for me to find the right words. It was an honor to fight with those men and women and I would do so again gladly. Those who fell are not forgotten.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
Written By Caelis
May 6, 2017, 11 p.m.(6/1/1006 AR)
My soul is lighter too. I look forward to seeing Semiramis again.
On another note, blood loss and herbal teas have made me quite bold in my messages.
I suppose it's my turn to blush.
On another note, blood loss and herbal teas have made me quite bold in my messages.
I suppose it's my turn to blush.
Written By Caelis
May 6, 2017, 9:56 p.m.(6/1/1006 AR)
I am humbled to have survived another battle. I will train harder, pray deeper, and open my heart a little more. We took too many losses, I know I am a greedy soul to be thankful my family and those I've come to love are among the living. There will be many who grieve tonight. My heart goes to them.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
Written By Caelis
April 30, 2017, 8:33 p.m.(5/16/1006 AR)
This siege should have me feeling cooped up and stir crazy. I've found the odd riding lesson to be a solace in that. It might not be the same as sailing and the freedom you feel on the sea, but it's something to learn and master, and the company is pleasant. I am almost sorry I ever accused a horse of wanting to eat me. The mare I have been learning on is a true beauty, she's the sweetest, truest creature I ever met.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
Written By Caelis
April 30, 2017, 4:18 a.m.(5/14/1006 AR)
You're out at sea, no land in sight. Night's fallen and it's a full moon rising up out of the water large and so bright you could read easy. There isn't so much as a breath of wind. Boat's totally stopped and the water is mirror bright with hardly a ripple to mar it. So then you look out over the water and the stars burn like fire over the top of the water as fierce and bright as they do in the heavens with the moon so low as to not drown them all out. Your ship for an hour or so is in the heavens, sailing on stars with the moon drawing you up higher and higher.
Thank you for the talk, I had a lovely night and time with such a dear friend was long overdue. I am always happy to paint the world I've seen for you.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
Thank you for the talk, I had a lovely night and time with such a dear friend was long overdue. I am always happy to paint the world I've seen for you.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
Written By Caelis
April 30, 2017, 1:05 a.m.(5/14/1006 AR)
Let the record please stand that I am not by any means "a lucky charm". Anyone who says so deserves to be shoved out a high window at least once, for educational reasons.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
Written By Caelis
April 26, 2017, 1:28 p.m.(5/7/1006 AR)
I spend more and more of my free time in the shrine to Mangata. Perhaps I ought to socialize more but I find that time is often better spent or perhaps it is only the company I have been keeping. I suspect the siege is leaving me a little stir crazy, I miss sailing merely for the joy of the wind on my face and the salt spray when the waves break under our feet. If there is a feeling more akin to flying I do not know it.
I have taken a certain interest in teas as a remedy in herbalism, perhaps I will try my hand at preparing a few.
As shocking as it is, I look forward to my next visit with Semiramis. Her mane may be darker than mine, but I truly enjoy the company.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
I have taken a certain interest in teas as a remedy in herbalism, perhaps I will try my hand at preparing a few.
As shocking as it is, I look forward to my next visit with Semiramis. Her mane may be darker than mine, but I truly enjoy the company.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
Written By Caelis
April 14, 2017, 5:48 p.m.(4/10/1006 AR)
Survived my first formal riding lesson. I hope Semiramis and I go a long way together. I think I have learned most importantly, always bribe the horse. A horse with treats is a horse that lets you stay in the saddle. Perhaps fighting on land isn't the worst thing. We'll have to see if the next lesson goes as well.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
Written By Caelis
April 9, 2017, 1:14 p.m.(3/28/1006 AR)
Another bloody scuffle, another brush with death.
So much to train in still, I am always amazed at the skill and ease other soldiers have. There in lies the peril. There is so much I want to learn about and do, my time feels woefully divided. Still, I'll embrace the challenge. I would rather live more, and learn more than hone in on one talent alone. Life requires more balance than that.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
So much to train in still, I am always amazed at the skill and ease other soldiers have. There in lies the peril. There is so much I want to learn about and do, my time feels woefully divided. Still, I'll embrace the challenge. I would rather live more, and learn more than hone in on one talent alone. Life requires more balance than that.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
Written By Caelis
April 6, 2017, 10:04 p.m.(3/22/1006 AR)
Life in Arx continues to unfold in new and puzzling ways. I embrace the prospect of making new friendships here. I think these last months have been the longest I have spent in one place in years. To my surprise I am winding I don't hate it, though I ache to spend more time outside the city walls.
Written By Caelis
April 2, 2017, 10:45 p.m.(3/14/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Karadoc
I can't believe he made me go to my window. The man can be so smart and resourceful, but few drive me to drink quite so much. I'm not sure what his game his, but it seems wise to be weary of anyone who would serenade you off key.
Written By Caelis
April 2, 2017, 10:30 p.m.(3/14/1006 AR)
We have planned all we can at the moment. I can't help but feel and worry there is information we're missing. I wonder if I will feel this way before every mission? Taught as a bow string waiting to be loosed on my foes. It's a frustrating condition when there are things to be done here. I look over the ships again and again, count and re-count our men, worry, and wait. I will be glad to see this deed done.
Written By Caelis
March 26, 2017, 8:46 p.m.(2/28/1006 AR)
I forgot to get this out there before, but now more than ever I pray with all my heart:
May your hopes find safe harbors.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
Written By Caelis
March 26, 2017, 3:10 p.m.(2/28/1006 AR)
It amazes me how even when the world should feel so dark that there is still so much hope. When I was a little girl ready fairy tales I always wondered how the heroes keep going. It seemed so idealistic. Now, where we are, I feel I understand my childhood heroes a little better.
Written By Caelis
March 21, 2017, 3:35 a.m.(2/17/1006 AR)
Written from the war camp-
There have been pranks, sadly not of my doing. There have been losses and people we will mourn and remember when we get home. There has also been waiting. I know the longest part of a war is the lead up to the actual battles, but now I know it as a physical lesson in patience. Fights at see do not seem to linger so long, or at least there is more to keep me busy. I don't begrudge the generals and commanders here. These are a great many people to manage.
On a lighter note, I have deeply enjoyed the notes that have made it up to the camp for me-and I have also become a sea shanty.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
There have been pranks, sadly not of my doing. There have been losses and people we will mourn and remember when we get home. There has also been waiting. I know the longest part of a war is the lead up to the actual battles, but now I know it as a physical lesson in patience. Fights at see do not seem to linger so long, or at least there is more to keep me busy. I don't begrudge the generals and commanders here. These are a great many people to manage.
On a lighter note, I have deeply enjoyed the notes that have made it up to the camp for me-and I have also become a sea shanty.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
Written By Caelis
March 19, 2017, 4:22 p.m.(2/14/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Ford
I met Ford first on a mission to investigate a missing ship. Since then I have learned his story and he mine. He works himself too hard and has odd opinions on armor, but he's a fine friend. Finding myself on the eve of a battle again, it's a pity I don't have his blade at my side. Perhaps the next mission.
Written By Caelis
March 18, 2017, 3:49 p.m.(2/12/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Calypso
Under her direction I lead our ships. Under her directions I fight. Lady General.
I'm amazed at how she's grown. She's so fierce and tough. I chased after her as a child and I feel little has changed. There's so much to admire in Calypso.
I have every faith that she will see us through many battles in the days to come and as long as she is my general, we'll see it through just fine.
I'm amazed at how she's grown. She's so fierce and tough. I chased after her as a child and I feel little has changed. There's so much to admire in Calypso.
I have every faith that she will see us through many battles in the days to come and as long as she is my general, we'll see it through just fine.
Written By Caelis
March 18, 2017, 3:45 p.m.(2/12/1006 AR)
This week has been a whirl wind. So many things happening....and not happening. So much to plan for. I feel like only recently my birthday passed and I am ages older. In all that is happening somehow I have managed to have some fun. Perhaps I should visit the training rings more often.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
Written By Caelis
March 18, 2017, 3:45 p.m.(2/12/1006 AR)
This week has been a whirl wind. So many things happening....and not happening. So much to plan for. I feel like only recently my birthday passed and I am ages older. In all that is happening somehow I have managed to have some fun. Perhaps I should visit the training rings more often.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
Written By Caelis
March 12, 2017, 10:06 p.m.(1/28/1006 AR)
There's a grip on my soul and we are twinned together, two halves that balance like scales. How can there be one with out the other? It is something I can never give up on and never release, as much a part of me as the scars that paint the stories of battles won and my faith which guides my feet and hand at sea and shore to defend my people. My Nightingale.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
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