Written By Audric
May 23, 2017, 2:17 a.m.(7/6/1006 AR)
There are many people who would accuse me of saying what's on my mind entirely too often, or of being far too open with my thoughts. They're not wrong! I simply don't care what most people think of me. It's a great way to be, really. But in my many years of being a sellsword, something has always vexed me. Why would someone openly state their distaste for someone else? It's either a ruse, or they're not quite bright enough to realize that it's far easier to revenge yourself upon someone if they think they're your dearest friend! Actually, I'll codify it. Audric's rule number one: Be everyone's friend, right up until you very much aren't.
Written By Audric
May 18, 2017, 11:40 p.m.(6/26/1006 AR)
I've had a hat with feathers for longer than most of you have been in the city. I know, I know, it's hard not to impersonate greatness, but at least accredit it properly.
Written By Audric
May 8, 2017, 5:27 a.m.(6/5/1006 AR)
I have seen more than a few people talking about how they felt bad about falling on a helpless enemy. That's all they were to me. I stood on the walls at the Seawatch Gate, drenched in blood, and I loved every moment of it. A Formorian hit me on the foot. That's all, and I stood there, my boots soaked in blood, and I loved it. I love a good fight. It's why I laugh, why I smile. Every moment alive is a moment worth smiling for! Once you're dead, it's much harder to do so, my mentor always said. So we drench ourselves in blood and we laugh.
As for the dead, well. The point of war is to make more of the opposition dead than you, isn't it? We did that. Stop being so glum! Wait, did the rest of you not get triple rates during siege combat? Seems an oversight.
As for the dead, well. The point of war is to make more of the opposition dead than you, isn't it? We did that. Stop being so glum! Wait, did the rest of you not get triple rates during siege combat? Seems an oversight.
Written By Audric
May 6, 2017, 10:37 p.m.(6/1/1006 AR)
It's remarkably hard to get blood out of your ears when it gets good and in there. Like when you go swimming, and you can't get water out? And you make that weird sound to try and get your ear to pop for a while before you realize it's water? It's like that, but stickier.
Written By Audric
April 30, 2017, 11:05 p.m.(5/16/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Elyse
It is so very, very nice to have my second in command back in the city. Now to foist all the paperwork off on her!
Written By Audric
April 24, 2017, 6:23 p.m.(5/3/1006 AR)
Reasonable employers are, I have to say, one of the greatest joys of being a sellsword.
Written By Audric
April 21, 2017, 4:03 a.m.(4/23/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Serafine
My endless wit and boundless quips cannot be silenced.
Written By Audric
April 16, 2017, 3:45 a.m.(4/13/1006 AR)
All these people writing about how bad they feel about killing! It confuses me, I have to say, as a man who's devoted his life to leading an army of killers to kill other people for coin. Here's the advice I shall offer, to those with heavy hearts about it: it gets easier. Eventually, you start to get bored with it, really! Or you learn exactly how to drink to stop it bothering you. Me? I drink because it makes everyone else more entertaining and, really, most people are dreadfully boring without it.
Written By Audric
April 9, 2017, 10:32 p.m.(3/28/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Corinna
I'm relatively certain I could convince this woman that the sky was, in fact, an odd shade of green. It's delightful! I'd never do that, of course - I'm a mercenary, not a liar. ...unless it's funny. Okay, I might actually try, it sounds briefly entertaining.
Written By Audric
April 9, 2017, 10:31 p.m.(3/28/1006 AR)
If given the choice between being under siege and besieging someone, one should always choose the former. Both are fine options for a sellsword, of course, but it comes down to coin, and triple rates against double is hardly a choice at all!
Written By Audric
Feb. 27, 2017, 12:29 a.m.(1/1/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Mae
Mae is one of those people that, I think, will be a powerhouse in the Boroughs in the next few years - if we all don't die - or she'll find herself unfortunately dead. I think I like her!
Written By Audric
Feb. 19, 2017, 10:23 p.m.(12/15/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Julea
There aren't many people who come to me looking as lost as she did who wind up being as solid an ally as she's become. Oh, sure, for a while it was kind of annoying to have to explain every little detail, but that time's long past. Now she's a valuable ally, even if she does have a tendency to make really, really bad puns. Still haven't entirely forgiven that whole sellsword thing, Jules. I'll get you for that eventually.
Written By Audric
Feb. 12, 2017, 11:55 p.m.(12/1/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Caelis
It's been years, but I still stand by one of the things I said when I first met you: You aren't getting me on a boat. Even if you have a lot more of them now.
Written By Audric
Jan. 30, 2017, 3:50 a.m.(10/18/1005 AR)
Ah, my lovely journal. My constant companion, the one who is without judgment. Am I saddened by recent events? Of course. Archduchess Esera and I got along the few times that we spoke. Donrai was relatively funny. Leo was fun to mock, and Dawn was fun to vex. Maybe one or two of them still live, and may see this? Who knows! I've never kept my entertainments with people private. It's one of those things that a lot of people just don't quite grasp, but a sellsword does. We laugh when a brother in arms dies. We mock them, and we make fun of their flaws. Because it is all done in good cheer, and good fun, and a companion doesn't mourn their loss! They honor the story that they told, and they look forward to seeing them again at some point. Here's my point, my dearest journal: Death comes to us all. We throw ourselves into danger, into tribulation, because life is fun. Because telling a boring story just isn't a life worth living. And then we laugh at each others' fuckups once we're dead, because we know our friends will laugh at ours.
Written By Audric
Jan. 26, 2017, 4:14 a.m.(10/6/1005 AR)
Good evening, journal.
Do you think it's as lovely an atmosphere as I do? Everyone is so very tense, they're all in such need of a joke, and I'm more than willing to deliver those jokes. Sometimes, after all, even I just want to make people laugh. But I digress - things are tense, and that's when the best business is done. And for those of you who are reading this: Yes, the Few are for hire. We are trained to kill nightmares, and we're good at it. We have specialists in nearly everything, and we meet it with a laugh and a drink. What's the point in living, after all, if you can't look the end of the world in the face, laugh, throw an insult, and go down fighting? I do love a good last stand.
Do you think it's as lovely an atmosphere as I do? Everyone is so very tense, they're all in such need of a joke, and I'm more than willing to deliver those jokes. Sometimes, after all, even I just want to make people laugh. But I digress - things are tense, and that's when the best business is done. And for those of you who are reading this: Yes, the Few are for hire. We are trained to kill nightmares, and we're good at it. We have specialists in nearly everything, and we meet it with a laugh and a drink. What's the point in living, after all, if you can't look the end of the world in the face, laugh, throw an insult, and go down fighting? I do love a good last stand.
Written By Audric
Jan. 21, 2017, 3:23 a.m.(9/19/1005 AR)
You know, it is bizarre how many people keep asking me what it is that I believe in. Why I'm willing to throw myself into dangerous situations, or why I like fighting so very much. And here's the trick: I believe in money. That's it. I like having a lot of it, I like the feel of it through my fingers. It's all that matters, in the end..
Written By Audric
Jan. 19, 2017, 1:31 a.m.(9/13/1005 AR)
Sometimes people accuse me of not taking things seriously enough. They're entirely wrong, of course. It's just that there's only one thing worth taking completely seriously, and that's the acquisition of coin. And times like this are the very best for that. Oh, what a lovely day. What a lovely, lovely day.
Written By Audric
Jan. 13, 2017, 3:14 a.m.(8/23/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Jeremiah
Wait, no, you did, I retract my psh. Only one of them, though. You didn't mention my hat. That's on you.
Written By Audric
Jan. 13, 2017, 3:13 a.m.(8/23/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Jeremiah
I'm serious for ONCE and you don't even mention me? Psh. PSH I SAY.
Written By Audric
Jan. 12, 2017, 1:38 a.m.(8/20/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Nekarris
You kept real good care of my hat when we went to kill some Bringers. The hat will miss you.
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