Written By Juniper
April 29, 2019, 6:02 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
But with my tenure done there, my surname surrendered and my place no longer among the titles and glittering, I turn to my true purpose: building a better world.
I've secured an old building beside the river in the lower wars. There I'll be overseeing construction of Elysian Hospice, a place where common folk like me can come to have their bodies, minds and souls tended to, at no cost to themselves. The poor, the cast off, the lost and hurt and hopeless, I will make a little sanctuary for them.
I was born to soot and mud. I remember the sourness of an empty belly, and winter-deep tears when the old and newborn were lost to ice and fever, and the walls of families whose strong young hopefuls were lost to the attack of wild animals or hostile tribes. I remember what despair looks like, how it bites deep into the spirit and touches everything else, mind, heart and body.
The work I've done before this is nothing to what I'll be able to do now, as just Juniper.
I won't do it alone though. Already to many have helped. Mistress Josephine, Sir Jeffeth, Sir Corbin, Marquessa Rhea, Marquessa Reigna, Master Dusk, Prince Laric, Duchess Vanora, Radiant Bliss... with donations, advice, counsel and encouragement, they and others have already done much to make my dreams into a budding reality. Thank you, all. You are dear and sweet and loved.
Written By Clover
April 29, 2019, 5:53 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Thesarin
Written By Preston
April 29, 2019, 4:38 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
We must learn to be both righteous in our acts, and indeed decisive, but also to ensure those acts are well thought through and consistent not just with who we are, and our duties, but also with who we wish to be. Is this a step on a journey, or are we rooting ourselves further in our existing imperfections?
Written By Corban
April 29, 2019, 3:47 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Juniper
There is no purpose greater than service to others.
Gild and Lagoma bless her in her work.
Written By Sparte
April 29, 2019, 2:55 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Katarina
Is this truth one I know in confidence?
If because the truth is hidden a lie is being celebrated, then will this truth prevents people being deceived?
If there is no lie to be disproven with this truth, if this truth stands alone, what does sharing it serve? What does not sharing it serve?
Perhaps you've already asked yourself these questions. I trust in your wisdom to determine your own answers and weigh them fairly.
Written By Sparte
April 29, 2019, 2:04 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
No matter how many times I bring people together, I want them to come together by their own choice. If I have to force someone to be there then I shouldn't be doing whatever I am doing. I can encourage them, I can convince them with reason and stories and by sharing the visions of myself and others. The second they're told they have to do it the whole of it is ruined to me.
Unfortunately, there are times people will agree to do work and then shirk it. Make excuses for their lack of follow through and commitment while insisting it will still be done and they want to do it. Generally these are times there is coin or a contract involved.
When I no longer have the flexibility to simply go somewhere else, I'm forced to try to get people to deliver on their promises and obligations. This. This experience, this situation, fatigues me more than any physical duty I could be given. It fills me with a frustration I have rarely ever felt in anything else in my life.
Perhaps I am simply not an effective leader or organizer, and that is why this comes up, and why it always feels like running neck deep in mud in order to get through it. Or perhaps I just need to learn how to recognize these behaviors in people sooner, so I can hire someone else.
Written By Raimon
April 29, 2019, 1:01 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Vega
Written By Peri
April 29, 2019, 12:57 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Vanora
Now? I have so many more things to factor into the future. So many more factors into alliances with houses beyond some economic compatibility or advantage in such normal matters such as building fleets for mutual defenses or sailing out to find new trade routes with foreign kingdoms.
My tutors praised my intelligence, do not think I am an idiot who will come away from a conversation satisfied with vague answers. I seek discourse. I do not get it in bars. I will seek it in the whites. It was not too long ago that people exchanged thoughts on the matter of thralldrom in the whites. I learned much from that. I learned much from talk on justice.
Those in the future will gain insight into these things. You all know this for all the research you do where you only find scraps of insight. Do you want your experiences and insight to be lost to future generations? I think not. Write.
Written By Thorn
April 29, 2019, 12:52 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
The best thing about it is finding ways to keep warm.
Written By Valenzo
April 29, 2019, 12:20 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Evaristo
Written By Dustin
April 29, 2019, 12:14 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Ajax
Written By Peri
April 29, 2019, 11:37 a.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Bliss
Future researchers will find much to learn from you. I wish a long life for you and that researchers have a chance to speak with you in person.
I am a prickly person, but I do read you and consider what you say even when I am pricked.
Written By Quintin
April 29, 2019, 10:54 a.m.(1/5/1011 AR)
My friend Whitley has come to the city to work for me; an extra nose poking into the books will be a great help.
I've met quite a few people thus far in the city, none of them disagreeable as of yet. There are all sorts of social events to attend and it seems there's always someone to spar or play a game of Stones with. I could learn to like this, though I should probably refrain from more drinking contests.
Written By Hadrian
April 29, 2019, 9:37 a.m.(1/5/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Brigida
It's not often that I find myself stopped in my tracks, but the one I've heard called the Golden Rose of Tor can stop me any day. Is she the Silver Rose of Tor these days? Sure she had to set aside her ties to her family in order to pursue her future as one of the Godsworn, but I suppose one could say that you can take the Rose out of Tor, but you can't take the Tor out of the Rose?
Either way, super great old person. Hope I'm as smooth as her when I'm old and silver. I really hope I can amount to being exactly 82% as impressive as her when I've reached walking stick age.
Most definitely would.
Written By Hadrian
April 29, 2019, 9:06 a.m.(1/5/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Dante
The Sword of Tor is said to be something of a poet and I hope daily that I'll receive some sappy poem laden with my many virtues. Perhaps it's too short a list? Sad. No matter, should I receive such a poem from the most stunning Dante Fidante, I will surely bat my lashes and offer pleased gasps at regular - if not perfectly timed - intervals and appropriate points.
The humor of our dance aside and the follow-up journal entry aside, I did have a wonderful time rising to the occasion of a challenge and sharing a dance with Lord Dante. He proved his humor and his willingness to see his family's guests given ample entertainment for the benefit of the overall enjoyment of the party.
The snow and wind may have made it cold, but Lord Dante helped to make Tor Plaza a sultry place for a brief time.
Written By Evaristo
April 29, 2019, 5:51 a.m.(1/5/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Valenzo
Written By Kaia
April 29, 2019, 12:28 a.m.(1/5/1011 AR)
Written By Thesarin
April 29, 2019, 12:27 a.m.(1/5/1011 AR)
Written By Kaia
April 29, 2019, 12:26 a.m.(1/5/1011 AR)
Written By Kaia
April 29, 2019, 12:22 a.m.(1/5/1011 AR)
At last it seems we are getting closer to some results.
Or...perhaps I'm imagining things.
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