Written By Rosalind
Jan. 8, 2020, 6:14 a.m.(7/10/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
I think the horses will rest easier now. I wont have to save them! But how sad for his family to have lost someone!
Written By Eirene
Jan. 7, 2020, 2:52 p.m.(7/9/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
So Orathy's finally disappeared. To be honest, this took longer than I expected... I think he shot his mouth off one too many times. I feel bad for his family though. Never easy to lose someone, especially literally lose them with no kind of idea what happened.
Written By Hamish
Dec. 8, 2019, 1:47 p.m.(5/4/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
Your bedbugs might miss you.
Written By Skye
Aug. 11, 2019, 10:27 a.m.(8/18/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
"We ain't be choosin who we be born as, as it is, jist who we die as." - Master Orathy
I met an interesting fellow at the Shrine of the Thirteenth who gave me these words to ponder on. I don't believe I ever caught his surname but he gave me quite a lot to think about. We talked about origins and how they shape us as people. However, it's our own choices that ultimately allows us to come into ourselves. While many burdens can be placed on our childhoods, as adults, we talk responsibility at some point for our own actions.
No, we don't choose if our family. We can choose to support their ideals or forge new ones. Our journeys are driven by crossroads. It's important to remember that. To stand up when you see injustice. To strike a new path when the current one doesn't make any sense. Traditions only become chains when we refuse to question and evolve as our leaders do.
I met an interesting fellow at the Shrine of the Thirteenth who gave me these words to ponder on. I don't believe I ever caught his surname but he gave me quite a lot to think about. We talked about origins and how they shape us as people. However, it's our own choices that ultimately allows us to come into ourselves. While many burdens can be placed on our childhoods, as adults, we talk responsibility at some point for our own actions.
No, we don't choose if our family. We can choose to support their ideals or forge new ones. Our journeys are driven by crossroads. It's important to remember that. To stand up when you see injustice. To strike a new path when the current one doesn't make any sense. Traditions only become chains when we refuse to question and evolve as our leaders do.
Written By Solange
May 10, 2019, 4:16 p.m.(1/28/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
Your apology is accepted. Now, as is tradition, we can consider this all done and finished. We can both move on to our respective lives without any ill-feelings between us.
Written By Aleksei
May 10, 2019, 1:54 p.m.(1/28/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
You didn't need your playing field evened, Culler: steelsilk is even better to fight in than alaricite. You were just looking to scrape whatever advantage you could find. Not that it mattered.
But no, I'm not envious of you having people who would let you borrow some stuff. What a weird idea. I've got plenty of people who would stick their necks out for me if I needed help. I'm not too worried on that score.
But no, I'm not envious of you having people who would let you borrow some stuff. What a weird idea. I've got plenty of people who would stick their necks out for me if I needed help. I'm not too worried on that score.
Written By Bliss
May 9, 2019, 11:12 p.m.(1/26/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
Orathy Culler wrote the following in his White Journal, not too long ago:
"It be gettin me thinking a wee bit. I ain't had the chance to choose not to eat rats 'n lizards 'n dogs 'n cats 'n the shit that walks on four legs in the Lowers...Aye, this why I ain't like yer fancy animals who be livin better than most the kids in the Lowers... Aye... I had to be doin what I be doin, because where I be born 'n them folk that brought me into the world died when I be a lad 'n ain't left nothin fer me. I fought fer all I did be havin 'n every scrap of food, every day, till the Cullers found me, then we fought together fer more 'n fer protectin 'em who can't protect 'emselves. Aye, life ain't always been easy but I be workin fer all I had. It ain't easy to stomach dem entitled wenches who ain't ever starved a day in there lives, lookin at me 'n thinking I be some lowly swag 'n a scumbag. Ya ain't ever lived as I did. I do be givin to me fellow commoners 'n I be fightin fer em, I be fightin fer every commoner who ever be labelled a damn criminal just because we be dirty 'n missin teeth.
Ain't most of them rich folk who live beyond the Lowers able to understand what it take to live on nothin 'n live only because ya gotta live, n' live because ya ain't want anythin or anyone else to feast on ya. Ain't most of 'em know what hunger does, what despair does, what bein' forgotten does... to a person. Aye. Iffin I be a monster, it ain't because of me, it be from the ways dem rich 'n titled folk keep the rest of us down.
Ahh shit. One day kids, yer gunna understand what Uncle Orathy be talkin bout. One day."
Let us take a look at this in light of today's events on the battlefield of honor. Messere Culler has often written about his poverty, as pretending to be an example of the plight of the poor, with a clear implication that he is better than others for this work. That he eats the same food that others do who are starving, that he lives with the same issues that so many do. That he is really, truly speaking for those in the city who are struggling, day-in and day-out. This is a noble thing to do, as so many of those people do not feel like they have a voice.
But let us be clear, Orathy Culler proved today that he is not, and never can be, the voice of the Lowers.
Not only has he shown his true colors as a coward by being absolutely, utterly convinced that he would die today, and making a dramatic deal of it - which no one who entered the grand melee did, I will note, despite all of us wearing armor of much lower quality - he arrived to this duel wearing millions of silver worth of armor and jewelry. Even if he did not own much of this jewelry, he was willing to throw thousands and thousands at it out of his fear of either death or even just losing a fair fight.
It is, simply put, pathetic.
It is, simply put, a betrayal to those who are actually poor.
How much could that money have done in building businesses and lives in the Lowers, Messere Culler? How many mouths could it have fed? How many lives could you have saved, if you truly are this dedicated to speaking up for those who cannot speak?
If you had accrued that much wealth - where do you get off telling anyone else that because they are rich, their opinions do not matter?
You are a hypocrite, and that is on display for the world to see today.
"It be gettin me thinking a wee bit. I ain't had the chance to choose not to eat rats 'n lizards 'n dogs 'n cats 'n the shit that walks on four legs in the Lowers...Aye, this why I ain't like yer fancy animals who be livin better than most the kids in the Lowers... Aye... I had to be doin what I be doin, because where I be born 'n them folk that brought me into the world died when I be a lad 'n ain't left nothin fer me. I fought fer all I did be havin 'n every scrap of food, every day, till the Cullers found me, then we fought together fer more 'n fer protectin 'em who can't protect 'emselves. Aye, life ain't always been easy but I be workin fer all I had. It ain't easy to stomach dem entitled wenches who ain't ever starved a day in there lives, lookin at me 'n thinking I be some lowly swag 'n a scumbag. Ya ain't ever lived as I did. I do be givin to me fellow commoners 'n I be fightin fer em, I be fightin fer every commoner who ever be labelled a damn criminal just because we be dirty 'n missin teeth.
Ain't most of them rich folk who live beyond the Lowers able to understand what it take to live on nothin 'n live only because ya gotta live, n' live because ya ain't want anythin or anyone else to feast on ya. Ain't most of 'em know what hunger does, what despair does, what bein' forgotten does... to a person. Aye. Iffin I be a monster, it ain't because of me, it be from the ways dem rich 'n titled folk keep the rest of us down.
Ahh shit. One day kids, yer gunna understand what Uncle Orathy be talkin bout. One day."
Let us take a look at this in light of today's events on the battlefield of honor. Messere Culler has often written about his poverty, as pretending to be an example of the plight of the poor, with a clear implication that he is better than others for this work. That he eats the same food that others do who are starving, that he lives with the same issues that so many do. That he is really, truly speaking for those in the city who are struggling, day-in and day-out. This is a noble thing to do, as so many of those people do not feel like they have a voice.
But let us be clear, Orathy Culler proved today that he is not, and never can be, the voice of the Lowers.
Not only has he shown his true colors as a coward by being absolutely, utterly convinced that he would die today, and making a dramatic deal of it - which no one who entered the grand melee did, I will note, despite all of us wearing armor of much lower quality - he arrived to this duel wearing millions of silver worth of armor and jewelry. Even if he did not own much of this jewelry, he was willing to throw thousands and thousands at it out of his fear of either death or even just losing a fair fight.
It is, simply put, pathetic.
It is, simply put, a betrayal to those who are actually poor.
How much could that money have done in building businesses and lives in the Lowers, Messere Culler? How many mouths could it have fed? How many lives could you have saved, if you truly are this dedicated to speaking up for those who cannot speak?
If you had accrued that much wealth - where do you get off telling anyone else that because they are rich, their opinions do not matter?
You are a hypocrite, and that is on display for the world to see today.
Written By Arianna
May 7, 2019, 2 p.m.(1/22/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
Man. If you lose to Jeffeth my dear we can't be friends anymore. I will be sorely disappointed and you know how I get when I get disappointed, rare as that may occur. Still, my money is on you because the underdog is always underestimated.
Sir Jeffeth. No hard feelings, you're a magnificent warrior of that there's no doubt but what's the meaning of loyalty if you can't stand by your pals when it all comes down?
Sir Jeffeth. No hard feelings, you're a magnificent warrior of that there's no doubt but what's the meaning of loyalty if you can't stand by your pals when it all comes down?
Written By Solange
March 27, 2019, 10:11 a.m.(10/23/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
Let us be clear, the Compact or anyone who may read my whites, I have never spit on a man nor would I. I also do not associate myself with criminals, for anyone who cares to bear that in mind. While I feel deeply for those who might be forced into such a lifestyle, they must know that they are only hurting our collective society more than they are helping.
Written By Ida
March 10, 2019, 8:35 a.m.(9/17/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
It is hard to put into words what it feels like when a blade I create from some inspiration or another, ends up in the hands of someone who it seems it was meant to be held in. It's pretty damn humbling most times.
Written By Vercyn
March 8, 2019, 2:36 a.m.(9/13/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
Master Orathy
I'll not mince words about the wisdom of insulting the peerage, nor about the complicated nature of land ownership as I am certain you would not understand or the points of it would be lost on you.
What I will say, is that wolves are not evil creatures. They hunger and so they eat. It is a terrible tragedy that a Lady was killed by them. But to speak of justice or revenge against a wild animal is meaningless. It is simply what they do.
I'll not mince words about the wisdom of insulting the peerage, nor about the complicated nature of land ownership as I am certain you would not understand or the points of it would be lost on you.
What I will say, is that wolves are not evil creatures. They hunger and so they eat. It is a terrible tragedy that a Lady was killed by them. But to speak of justice or revenge against a wild animal is meaningless. It is simply what they do.
Written By Reigna
March 7, 2019, 1:28 p.m.(9/12/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
Orathy Culler. Stop this nonsense.
Tessa is gone. The fault lies at no one's feet. Tessa died as she lived, on her own terms, by her own rules and brave to the last. If you knew her as you say you did then you know that no one in this world could change her mind once she had set herself on a task. She would not listen to reason, no matter if you talked yourself blue in the face. She made her choice and she paid for it. Let it be done. There is nothing more you can do for her. She is home, at the side of the Queen of Endings. Whatever scene you make, whoever you threaten or harm, know that you are doing it for yourself. Nothing you do now is of any use to her.
Let her go.
Tessa is gone. The fault lies at no one's feet. Tessa died as she lived, on her own terms, by her own rules and brave to the last. If you knew her as you say you did then you know that no one in this world could change her mind once she had set herself on a task. She would not listen to reason, no matter if you talked yourself blue in the face. She made her choice and she paid for it. Let it be done. There is nothing more you can do for her. She is home, at the side of the Queen of Endings. Whatever scene you make, whoever you threaten or harm, know that you are doing it for yourself. Nothing you do now is of any use to her.
Let her go.
Written By Arianna
Jan. 14, 2019, 7:43 p.m.(5/11/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
Hey....remember when I told you sometimes I will say things to you without rhyme or reason? This is not one of those moments. Please...
...
...cease and desist. Please. I beg you to put the pen down buddy.
...
...cease and desist. Please. I beg you to put the pen down buddy.
Written By River
Dec. 14, 2018, 5:17 p.m.(3/4/1010 AR)
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I never thought I'd hear, but I either have Caught him drunk, or he's having a particularly good day, but Let the records show that Orathy, can say I love you. It's only once, but I write it here, so if he never says it again, I still can prove it one time.
Written By Miranda
Nov. 21, 2018, 11:50 a.m.(1/13/1010 AR)
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Orathy...
You've been cleaning out closets?
Well, you missed mind, cobwebs still right where they were when I left.
Next time, I suppose!
You've been cleaning out closets?
Well, you missed mind, cobwebs still right where they were when I left.
Next time, I suppose!
Written By River
Nov. 21, 2018, 1:19 a.m.(1/12/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
I have warned you plenty of times that if you can't remember you shouldn't make a repeat of it.
Written By River
Nov. 19, 2018, 11:31 a.m.(1/9/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
Love is a silly thing, it is awkward, it ignores so many flaws, mends wounds, highlights slights, and hurts, and heartache. But I can truly say, that I love you, and will continue to love you. I hope it makes you better and I hope it helps you find some peace and brings some light back to your eyes. From one bleeding heart to a heart of stone, aim higher, reach for the stars as I do the same, my Husband.
Written By Brigida
Nov. 16, 2018, 7:01 a.m.(1/2/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
Some things are best kept in your blacks, dear.
But I suppose these things happen when your journal while drunk.
But I suppose these things happen when your journal while drunk.
Written By Aleksei
June 17, 2018, 4:21 p.m.(1/12/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
Guess what, buddy! I don't have a boss anymore to tell me to watch what I say in public anymore. So you just enjoy yourself for the next two weeks.
Written By Thena
June 17, 2018, 3:13 p.m.(1/12/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
I actually wasn’t thinking it because he pretty much said it himself already.
But thanks for pointing out the obvious, I guess.
But thanks for pointing out the obvious, I guess.
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