Written By Aureth
April 17, 2018, 9:05 a.m.(7/25/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Fortunato
War is ephemeral, bullshit is forever?
Written By Aureth
April 16, 2018, 1:23 p.m.(7/23/1008 AR)
On the contrary, Aleksei would never deny his roots. I visited his parents once. His mother is an excellent baker.
Written By Aureth
April 16, 2018, 1:16 p.m.(7/23/1008 AR)
Incidentally, the only jokes I have about Oathlanders keeping quiet (or not) are filthy, lewd, and entirely based upon my own personal experience.
Written By Aureth
April 16, 2018, 1:08 p.m.(7/23/1008 AR)
If one wishes not to be the butt of a joke, it is generally advisable not to behave like a butt.
This is advice that anyone can take, however.
This is advice that anyone can take, however.
Written By Aureth
April 16, 2018, 12:29 a.m.(7/22/1008 AR)
Have you ever given thought about what mark you will leave on this world when you go? It's been on my mind of late, as I eulogize and sermonize with all the effort I used to put into spinning tales and chicaneries.
What memories do you most hope to be remembered by? What accomplishments do you strive for? What mark would you leave on the world?
If there was something you wanted someone to say about you, when you were no longer here to hear it... what would it be?
Mine has changed much, in recent years. But today has made me think on it a great deal.
What memories do you most hope to be remembered by? What accomplishments do you strive for? What mark would you leave on the world?
If there was something you wanted someone to say about you, when you were no longer here to hear it... what would it be?
Mine has changed much, in recent years. But today has made me think on it a great deal.
Written By Aureth
April 16, 2018, 12:22 a.m.(7/22/1008 AR)
I spent my whole life inside the walls of Arx, but I have now been to the Oathlands twice; to the White City at Sanctum, twice, although this tour was definitely broader and more ... involved than the last time I went. I didn't keep records with anywhere near the meticulous faithfulness that Orazio did. (The Canticle singing was charming, though. And definitely more fun than praying for 13 hours straight. Which-- gods, a lot of those priests are decades older than I am, how do you even--?)
Incidentally, there are people who are designed by nature to sit a saddle. I am not one of those people.
There are those who have used their ink far more diplomatically than I, and I do think that we managed to reach a lot of people, and the universality of the human soul is, at least, a point on which I can be very consistent.
I'm very tired. I'm pretty sore. And I have never bitten my tongue so hard or so long in my life. I think it's possible I've permanently dented it.
Incidentally, there are people who are designed by nature to sit a saddle. I am not one of those people.
There are those who have used their ink far more diplomatically than I, and I do think that we managed to reach a lot of people, and the universality of the human soul is, at least, a point on which I can be very consistent.
I'm very tired. I'm pretty sore. And I have never bitten my tongue so hard or so long in my life. I think it's possible I've permanently dented it.
Written By Aureth
April 13, 2018, 2:32 p.m.(7/17/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Alarissa
Your jokes are unfunny. Learn not to punch down. Perhaps it will help you.
Written By Aureth
April 13, 2018, 2:04 p.m.(7/17/1008 AR)
I apologize to Orazio for giving him a headache on his birthday. He deserves better subordinates than I.
Written By Aureth
April 13, 2018, 12:32 p.m.(7/17/1008 AR)
If you can't see beyond your own life, your own loves, your own personal choices, your own personal dignity, your own personal sacrifices, how can the personal toil or dignity of others matter to you? It doesn't. They aren't people to you; those who are close to you matter with the passion and power of your whole heart, but everyone else is a vague person shape on your horizon or a figure in your ledger, to be discounted or ignored.
The only thing that surprises me is that anyone has any surprise that cats are more important to the leaders of the Mourning Isles than commoners. Haven't you read what Princess Alarissa has to say about the humorous indignities to which she puts her thralls?
The value of oaths of Knighthood is not a price cheaply bought. Service in honor of Limerance is not a joke.
Yet is this the first knighthood that has been bought or spent cheaply? Is this the first time that someone has thought this was funny? Is this the first time that the sacred weight of the relationship between liege and liegeman has been an afterthought? Anyone who thinks the answer is yes just hasn't been paying attention. The Faith is here for you when you wish to be educated about the value of an oath. In the meantime, Victus's cat probably isn't hurting you any more than any other public nonsense.
The only thing that surprises me is that anyone has any surprise that cats are more important to the leaders of the Mourning Isles than commoners. Haven't you read what Princess Alarissa has to say about the humorous indignities to which she puts her thralls?
The value of oaths of Knighthood is not a price cheaply bought. Service in honor of Limerance is not a joke.
Yet is this the first knighthood that has been bought or spent cheaply? Is this the first time that someone has thought this was funny? Is this the first time that the sacred weight of the relationship between liege and liegeman has been an afterthought? Anyone who thinks the answer is yes just hasn't been paying attention. The Faith is here for you when you wish to be educated about the value of an oath. In the meantime, Victus's cat probably isn't hurting you any more than any other public nonsense.
Written By Aureth
April 13, 2018, 9:44 a.m.(7/17/1008 AR)
I am pleased to report that the Harlequins now have our own account with the Bank of Arx.
I know it took some time for our organization to grow but I always had faith that we would.
Here's to a new beginning!
I know it took some time for our organization to grow but I always had faith that we would.
Here's to a new beginning!
Written By Aureth
April 3, 2018, 10:32 a.m.(6/25/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Alarissa
Naturally one would inflict one's laughable junk on one's indentures. It's not like they're people or anything.
Written By Aureth
March 28, 2018, 9:24 a.m.(6/11/1008 AR)
I definitely wouldn't trade my brother for anything. I mean if I did, who would make him eat?
Written By Aureth
March 25, 2018, 10:15 p.m.(6/6/1008 AR)
Even the most despicable human being who lived in this generation is a human being with a soul to be taken back into the arms of Death, whose passing changes the lives of those close to him.
Having a public argument about which of you is mourning him more is completely fucking ludicrous, though.
Having a public argument about which of you is mourning him more is completely fucking ludicrous, though.
Written By Aureth
March 25, 2018, 8:49 p.m.(6/6/1008 AR)
In this time of loss, it is easy to blame ourselves for living; it is easy to recriminate. It is easy to feel one's pain more or less valid than another's. It is easy to resent someone else who has it easier than you; it is easy to be angry with others because of what you have lost.
If you have a choice between being kind, or not, choose kindness. It won't hurt you, and it may make things easier on someone else. And you, yourself, should be on your list of people to be kind to. Your loved one is gone now, gone to the arms of the Queen, but they would not wish you to bury yourself in guilt.
Mourning is always for what the living have lost, not for the dead. Bereavement is the time between being the person you were when the person you love is alive, and becoming, with the grace of Lagoma, the person you will be without them.
Be kind to yourself. Be kind to others. And remember:
All things must end so that they may begin anew.
If you have a choice between being kind, or not, choose kindness. It won't hurt you, and it may make things easier on someone else. And you, yourself, should be on your list of people to be kind to. Your loved one is gone now, gone to the arms of the Queen, but they would not wish you to bury yourself in guilt.
Mourning is always for what the living have lost, not for the dead. Bereavement is the time between being the person you were when the person you love is alive, and becoming, with the grace of Lagoma, the person you will be without them.
Be kind to yourself. Be kind to others. And remember:
All things must end so that they may begin anew.
Written By Aureth
March 12, 2018, 9:11 a.m.(5/7/1008 AR)
I regret my hasty words in regards of the privileges of the excommunicate, Abbas Crownsworn. The Faith does not deny the sacrament of recording history to anyone. Not even him.
I apologize to him and to the Archscholar for overstepping my bounds.
Despicable he may be, but a human being he remains. Death spun all our souls, even that of the worst human being alive.
I apologize to him and to the Archscholar for overstepping my bounds.
Despicable he may be, but a human being he remains. Death spun all our souls, even that of the worst human being alive.
Written By Aureth
March 9, 2018, 4:15 p.m.(5/1/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Abbas
Entering journals at the Archive is a religious duty. Excommunicated mass murderers have no business partaking.
Written By Aureth
March 9, 2018, 1:41 p.m.(5/1/1008 AR)
To weigh in on the pressing issue of today:
I believe Calaudrin can definitely puil off a beard.
I believe Calaudrin can definitely puil off a beard.
Written By Aureth
March 6, 2018, 2:31 p.m.(4/23/1008 AR)
If I go to the Queen of Endings, it will be with my full head of luxuriant gold. I wouldn't want to insult Her by choosing otherwise.
Written By Aureth
March 6, 2018, 12:26 p.m.(4/23/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Joscelin
Because people who truly know their own worth have no need to shove it down others' throats. Arrogance is a cover for insecurity; it demands indulgence and praise. 'Yes, tell me how great I am, so that I won't have to face how much I'm actually shit.' But knowledge, true knowledge, needs none of that.
Joscelin, for example, knows when she has created something beautiful. You can't be that good and not know it. But she can accept the grace of her own talent, in the worship of Jayus, because she knows her art well enough to know she doesn't have to be an asshole about it.
Joscelin, for example, knows when she has created something beautiful. You can't be that good and not know it. But she can accept the grace of her own talent, in the worship of Jayus, because she knows her art well enough to know she doesn't have to be an asshole about it.
Written By Aureth
March 6, 2018, 9:37 a.m.(4/23/1008 AR)
I was concerned that I might have to rescind Orathy's prize for being the stupidest man in the city and award it to Count Amadeo. It was a close call, but happily, Orathy has made efforts to pull ahead again in the stretch and we can all rest easy and leave matters as they are.
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