Written By Fatima
Jan. 17, 2024, 2:58 p.m.(7/26/1021 AR)
Relationship Note on Abbas
Written By Juliana
May 13, 2018, 8:50 p.m.(9/25/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Abbas
Written By Juliana
March 27, 2018, 12:56 p.m.(6/9/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Abbas
In fact if we were honest with ourselves, my brother would have preferred no tears be shed at all. That instead glasses were raised, that stories were told. That those he loved and those that loved him, held each other close in their hearts and helped each other through the pain that his absence left.
Does that knowledge stop the ache or the tears? Ease the anger of what brought such on? No. I close my eyes and I see his face, the last moments of his life and I am both angry and grateful. Because if he was to die, then he died as he would have wished. With his weapon in hand protecting those he loved.
If there is nothing else that you remember of him. Please remember that.
Written By Samantha
March 26, 2018, 6:01 p.m.(6/7/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Abbas
But I do want to recall some what I remember of him. That he told me with a frank honesty that he had seen activity in the Gray Forest - Brand's monsters, and the havoc they had wrought, and that it chilled his soul. He asked me to consider him as a husband, and at the time I was baffled as to why he'd want to marry down. I remember writing to Dawn and Cara, and their wise advice of caution. And I remember when he gifted Deepwood, with no expectation of recompense, with a pack of war dogs to incorporate into our kennels.
I will never know the truth of his heart. I will never know what prompted him to make the choices he made.
I can and will hope that his next life will give him an opportunity for betterment.
Written By Caith
March 25, 2018, 4:52 p.m.(6/5/1008 AR)
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Yet there is someone no one openly mourns. Someone most are eager to forget.
Perhaps it is impolitic to be sad over the loss of Abbas. I know that he was responsible for horrific actions in his lifetime. I did not know him for very long but he always showed kindness to me and to those I love. Does that balance out the things that he did? Of course not but the measure of a person is not wholly black or white; humans are complex beings that cannot be distilled down into such simplistic terms. He left for war a man stripped of everything, a man seeking a path to redemption. It makes my heart sad that he left this world before being able to achieve that.
Maybe the world at large does not miss you, Abbas. But I do. You big jerk.
Written By Orathy
March 22, 2018, 5:44 p.m.(5/27/1008 AR)
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You be savin the twins, reckon I be owin ya me thanks. I be liftin a pint to yer actions and buyin a round for anyone who fuckin does the same!
Written By Aureth
March 9, 2018, 4:15 p.m.(5/1/1008 AR)
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Written By Duarte
March 5, 2018, 9:38 a.m.(4/21/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Abbas
I will not comment on whether his exile or excommunication are appropriate. These are not for me to decide, and I have no opinion of them.
But I know that whatever his transgressions before the Gods and man, and whatever shade or hue of political paint surround recent decisions, he has no enemies here.
House Amadeo has a brief, but proud, history of taking in orphans and so opens its doors now to the orphaned Abbas.
Written By Darrow
March 4, 2018, 10:31 p.m.(4/20/1008 AR)
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But he has not fallen out with me.
Those who would callously turn aside a man in need show their capriciousness of face, rather than faith.
I care nothing for appearances.
But I do care for those who have risked life and limb for others, and myself.
To those there will always be a port in the storm, so long as I draw breath.
Written By Margot
Feb. 27, 2018, 3:52 p.m.(4/9/1008 AR)
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Written By Peri
Feb. 21, 2018, 10:53 p.m.(3/26/1008 AR)
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Written By Vayne
Feb. 4, 2018, 2:46 p.m.(2/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Abbas
You are welcome to join others at the Shrine. We'll respect your desire for silence and push you to speak meaningful words.
Written By Edward
Jan. 26, 2018, 12:35 p.m.(1/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Abbas
But let me be frankly clear, because I am one of the few best suited to speak on this:
If Prince Abbas did not do what he did and save the strength of his forces; we would have been fighting the Silent Army inside Arx instead of outside of it.
That is the flip of the coin of burden Abbas carries.
Written By Belladonna
Jan. 26, 2018, 11:16 a.m.(1/15/1008 AR)
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Respect his choices, if you respect the man. Defending him and finding yourself facing consequences for such is precisely the opposite of appropriate.
Written By Cassima
Jan. 26, 2018, 10:56 a.m.(1/15/1008 AR)
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Written By Astraea
Jan. 26, 2018, 1:29 a.m.(1/14/1008 AR)
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He saved the Thrax and, while I'm not a tactician myself I've reviewed the journals and the writings on the War of Silence, the rest of the Compact.
Tonight Tori and I got the chance to have drinks with him and a good friend of mine, Princess Isabeau. She is such a sweet woman but that's a journal all to itself. Either way I'm grateful for getting a chance to hear more about his story, it's a hard one to hear but we've all had hardships. Despite all this he accepted my invitation to trade hot steel and the outcome of the match isn't as important as what I gleaned in the heat of battle.
Strength. Perseverance. Dedication.
Maybe I'm a fool but I think were these qualities used in the pursuit of a virtuous life he might be considered a hero someday.
Written By Ectorion
Jan. 26, 2018, 12:48 a.m.(1/14/1008 AR)
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He is not the man I had expected. Not at all the monster rumor would suggest. He is a man of duty and necessity, and I envy him not at all the path he has walked or the decisions he has had to make.
No, I found him to be a man of duty, with a deep devotion to his house and to the Compact. At the shore, I prayed that like the shifting tide takes away the marks upon the beach, Mangata would allow me to set aside those preconceptions. In doing so, I found a man I would be honored to stand beside in defense of the Compact he seems to deeply care about.
Written By Alexis
July 16, 2017, 5:35 p.m.(11/7/1006 AR)
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Warlord Abbas and High Lord Victus are more similar than not, I suspect. And while I do not know that I will ever understand the hardscrabble life of the Mourning Isles, there's mutual respect to be had for the core of who we are and what we do.
Written By Isabeau
July 11, 2017, 9:20 p.m.(10/25/1006 AR)
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Written By Juliana
July 7, 2017, 4:19 p.m.(10/17/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Abbas
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