Written By Mailys
April 14, 2022, 7:10 a.m.(6/18/1017 AR)
Good morning, good morning.
How delightful it is to rise and read the words of the blindly incorrect. Did they believe ink was going to help transform inaccurate into accurate with no actual truth involved? I wonder who told them this last round of conclusions was at all plausible. Hard to see the forest from your place under a mountain from what I understand.
Harder, still, to see the truth when your companions only tell you what you want to hear.
Delightful.
What was my reply this morning to such words? I sent back a pineapple. It is neither from a pine, and nothing like an apple. The name comes from a very vague resemblance to a pinecone, I was once told. Apparently, someone was loud enough to make other people use the reference without acknowledging the lack of precise Arvani. I think that's fitting.
How delightful it is to rise and read the words of the blindly incorrect. Did they believe ink was going to help transform inaccurate into accurate with no actual truth involved? I wonder who told them this last round of conclusions was at all plausible. Hard to see the forest from your place under a mountain from what I understand.
Harder, still, to see the truth when your companions only tell you what you want to hear.
Delightful.
What was my reply this morning to such words? I sent back a pineapple. It is neither from a pine, and nothing like an apple. The name comes from a very vague resemblance to a pinecone, I was once told. Apparently, someone was loud enough to make other people use the reference without acknowledging the lack of precise Arvani. I think that's fitting.
Written By Ilira
April 13, 2022, 11:12 p.m.(6/17/1017 AR)
Relationship Note on Erik
Not on /my/ ship, you won't!
Written By Zakhar
April 13, 2022, 9:29 p.m.(6/17/1017 AR)
(A missive sent upon back of roster, Captain Waddles sits at the steps of the Archives cooing.)
I ain't apologizing. Tis why I sent the rooster. Just makes sure he is fed, or don't.
either way, if anyone cares we'll soon see what happens with a batch of lords and ladies seeking to open the wardrobe before its officially on sale.
I ain't apologizing. Tis why I sent the rooster. Just makes sure he is fed, or don't.
either way, if anyone cares we'll soon see what happens with a batch of lords and ladies seeking to open the wardrobe before its officially on sale.
Written By Raven
April 13, 2022, 7:14 p.m.(6/17/1017 AR)
I find myself wondering how understanding works. There's so much that makes sense to me but I flounder whenever I try to explain to someone, even when that something seems so simple to me it's like explaining the blue of the sky on a cloudless day. How would you describe that to someone who had no concept of blue? OR even color? In my head it's not just concepts or logical understanding but it's a whole world of understanding that relates to other things. Sometimes is in relation like a map or star chart, other time it's something I never thought of but I know it intuitively when I see or another mentions it. It's not like assumptions-though I make those just as easily.
It is beyond maddening to have what SEEMS like understanding but not having the words to make it make any sense to anyone else. There is of course theories of how I think things work or relate to one another, might be like trying to sail an unfamiliar ship where as there's so much more where it's intuited-like knowing up from down-am I just arrogant or is there there a word for intuiting without having to puzzle something out?
Damnitall. I am too fucking shallow to be having deep thoughts.
You have too much energy to waste, Blackheart. Best fix that.
It is beyond maddening to have what SEEMS like understanding but not having the words to make it make any sense to anyone else. There is of course theories of how I think things work or relate to one another, might be like trying to sail an unfamiliar ship where as there's so much more where it's intuited-like knowing up from down-am I just arrogant or is there there a word for intuiting without having to puzzle something out?
Damnitall. I am too fucking shallow to be having deep thoughts.
You have too much energy to waste, Blackheart. Best fix that.
Written By Giada
April 13, 2022, 6:43 p.m.(6/17/1017 AR)
Relationship Note on Esme
I have traveled the path that took me from childhood through youth and into my present position as Godsworn. It was long and unpredictable, requiring Reflection and brutal honesty as I questioned everything I thought I knew and everything that I didn't know. Even still, the answer to what I sought became evident, and I stepped out to meet it.
Walk your path with pride.
Walk your path with pride.
Written By Aconite
April 13, 2022, 2:16 p.m.(6/16/1017 AR)
My appointment to Softest is appropriately quiet. I am flattered, pleased and mildly bemused because I think there's more to do.more to learn. More to teach. I am far from perfection..
I continue to endeavor to get there..
I continue to endeavor to get there..
Written By Erik
April 13, 2022, 12:34 p.m.(6/16/1017 AR)
I steeled myself for what happened if I asked for advice in a topic away from my usual waters. As expected, i had to trust the pilot to know where to go. But with a second guide the course gets complicated and I found myself rolling like an unsecured piece of cargo between the two sides. Things eventually cleared up, and pilot and co-pilot were in agreement and we made good progress. The journey has just begun, I hope I will not get seasick.
Written By Mabelle
April 13, 2022, 6:43 a.m.(6/16/1017 AR)
Relationship Note on Cristoph
My entire group of canine companions is posted the the entry.
We will catch the culprit.
We will catch the culprit.
Written By Catalana
April 13, 2022, 12:47 a.m.(6/15/1017 AR)
A strange exchange at the training centre. What started as teasing poor Caspian and his lack of grace, ended with the question of what is worth saving in the city and what you would die to protect. Some answers surprised me, but it all came back to choice. We make the choices that suit us best or the choice we think is best. It is and always will be our choices that define the past, present and most importantly the future.
Written By Temira
April 13, 2022, 12:34 a.m.(6/15/1017 AR)
Breakfast the other day with Caspian was fun. our dart game was close and I'll have to answer one of his questions for the best, curious as to what it might be. Regardless, I do enjoy is company
Written By Mabelle
April 12, 2022, 11:19 p.m.(6/15/1017 AR)
Relationship Note on Savio
I can have the cake,
And eat it too,
If there are a dozen of them,
Silly you!
And eat it too,
If there are a dozen of them,
Silly you!
Written By Victus
April 12, 2022, 11:11 p.m.(6/15/1017 AR)
I am not old enough to require this many walking sticks.
Written By Cristoph
April 12, 2022, 10:57 p.m.(6/15/1017 AR)
Relationship Note on Mabelle
Gods, someone took all the cakes and cookies? That is a travesty! We'll need to set more guards upon the kitchen. What kind of people would do such a thing? I am truly aghast.
Written By Esme
April 12, 2022, 8:58 p.m.(6/15/1017 AR)
My Most Beloved Readers,
I'm not sure why one would take the time to read my journal, but delight that I have inspired an interest; a curiosity. For I know that latter more than I should. I have been asked more than once, why Godsworn? If you wish not to be bored by musings, please move onto another entry. There are delights all around us. If you are one of the curious, well I hope to answer that for you.
The path of Faith is personal and I am not to say one path is better or worse than another; it is just that a path. Please know this one is just my own, Darlings. It is no more great or misguided than then next.
I was born to luxury in a family that thrives and thrives well. I had a childhood blessed by love and roses. Who could ask for more? Certainly not I. In fact, I still give honor to that which I was given. I did not have a path cut off to me. For it would have surprised no one if I was to become a Princess, a holder of my own lands, a foreign Queen. I mean that not in pride, but in I know the fact that my life in the political arena was not darkened with misdeeds or a name one did not want to associate with. In truth, I probably could have taken any path I desired. I know, because I was offered them. I tried them. I walked them. If you are one of those that took a bid for my hand, you know that I put tasks forth and adored you through them. I adore you still. I was not hungry and looking for a place to survive the world around me. My table was rarely empty and if it was, it was because I was on a battlefield that I decided to go to. I was not unskilled or uneducated and it was a means to attain those things. I was not afraid of the dark, for I embraced the knowledge of that which calls the shadows home. I know that I would have been an excellent wife to whomever I married. That I would give my all to the duty of the people that I took fealty to. I know that I would have been a loving mother to any children that came into my life.
This decision was also not something I went into lightly. It is also not a surprise to those that know my true heart.
I spent years in study of the occult (even if I was warned not to look too deeply). I spent years asking people about their Faith and their walk. Not because I questioned mine, for mine I have rarely wavered, but to understand all that was out there. I sat and communed with Spirits to understand those who can speak to them. I listened to those that could hear the souls that were not yet put to rest. I took up my sword when it was called upon. I listened to those that had felt abandoned by the Gods. I rejoiced with those that felt close to the Gods. I wanted to experience as much as I could before I made a decision, but in truth, my decision was made when I was still in my youth.
I have always felt the hands of the Gods, the spirits of the concepts. However, I have also felt the strong pull of duty. When I first came to Arx, it was joyous (it still is). The way that we could meet so many people that do not come to Tor. The love. The beauty. The delights. I loved all of it. I still am infatuated with it all.
This was not a path I went into lightly. For in my heart, there is always duty and there is always honor. I do believe we have our own codes of both, but that Beloved, is another tale for another time. It was not easy to separate myself from the duty to my house. I made a decision that would render me not to be a wife and a mother in the traditional sense, but when I made the decision --- I knew. I knew it was right because the peace flowed over me. I did not have a second thought. I knew my steps were surefooted upon the path I was traveling. Also, I have lost nothing, Darlings. Nothing.
I have given up my title, but in doing so I have gotten what I most desired -- to be one of everyone. I am still born to the peerage, but now I am not shackled to it. It is said that I am now a Commoner, but I do not believe any person is common. We are all unique and to be celebrated. I have given up my duty to marry, but I have gained the ability to assist those around me in their walk to that commitment, that duty. It is not love that I have lost for love is and will always be a fountain within my very core. I feel it for everyone and I aspire to have them feel it when they are in my presence. I may have stepped away from my ability to bear a child, but in this decision, as a Sister, you are all my children in a way. No matter the age or the status. I am to love each of you and care for each of you. To protect each of you. Also, I make a wonderful aunt.
My walk is deeply personal to me, but the rightness of going Godsworn is something I cannot just think away for duty. I yearned for it. It was like a different sort of home. It does not mean I will not fail or stumble, but the Gods will welcome me each time by the Concepts they speak to. The Faith is a great many things to a great many people, I hope only in my walk that I offer each of you understanding without judgment and compassion and love as I feel I am called to give.
I am not sure this answers those that have come to me with questions. I apologize for the length of my journal entry, if you are still reading it. Also know, that my prayers and hopes are with you, Dearest Reader, even if we have yet to meet. I trust when the timing is right; we shall.
I'm not sure why one would take the time to read my journal, but delight that I have inspired an interest; a curiosity. For I know that latter more than I should. I have been asked more than once, why Godsworn? If you wish not to be bored by musings, please move onto another entry. There are delights all around us. If you are one of the curious, well I hope to answer that for you.
The path of Faith is personal and I am not to say one path is better or worse than another; it is just that a path. Please know this one is just my own, Darlings. It is no more great or misguided than then next.
I was born to luxury in a family that thrives and thrives well. I had a childhood blessed by love and roses. Who could ask for more? Certainly not I. In fact, I still give honor to that which I was given. I did not have a path cut off to me. For it would have surprised no one if I was to become a Princess, a holder of my own lands, a foreign Queen. I mean that not in pride, but in I know the fact that my life in the political arena was not darkened with misdeeds or a name one did not want to associate with. In truth, I probably could have taken any path I desired. I know, because I was offered them. I tried them. I walked them. If you are one of those that took a bid for my hand, you know that I put tasks forth and adored you through them. I adore you still. I was not hungry and looking for a place to survive the world around me. My table was rarely empty and if it was, it was because I was on a battlefield that I decided to go to. I was not unskilled or uneducated and it was a means to attain those things. I was not afraid of the dark, for I embraced the knowledge of that which calls the shadows home. I know that I would have been an excellent wife to whomever I married. That I would give my all to the duty of the people that I took fealty to. I know that I would have been a loving mother to any children that came into my life.
This decision was also not something I went into lightly. It is also not a surprise to those that know my true heart.
I spent years in study of the occult (even if I was warned not to look too deeply). I spent years asking people about their Faith and their walk. Not because I questioned mine, for mine I have rarely wavered, but to understand all that was out there. I sat and communed with Spirits to understand those who can speak to them. I listened to those that could hear the souls that were not yet put to rest. I took up my sword when it was called upon. I listened to those that had felt abandoned by the Gods. I rejoiced with those that felt close to the Gods. I wanted to experience as much as I could before I made a decision, but in truth, my decision was made when I was still in my youth.
I have always felt the hands of the Gods, the spirits of the concepts. However, I have also felt the strong pull of duty. When I first came to Arx, it was joyous (it still is). The way that we could meet so many people that do not come to Tor. The love. The beauty. The delights. I loved all of it. I still am infatuated with it all.
This was not a path I went into lightly. For in my heart, there is always duty and there is always honor. I do believe we have our own codes of both, but that Beloved, is another tale for another time. It was not easy to separate myself from the duty to my house. I made a decision that would render me not to be a wife and a mother in the traditional sense, but when I made the decision --- I knew. I knew it was right because the peace flowed over me. I did not have a second thought. I knew my steps were surefooted upon the path I was traveling. Also, I have lost nothing, Darlings. Nothing.
I have given up my title, but in doing so I have gotten what I most desired -- to be one of everyone. I am still born to the peerage, but now I am not shackled to it. It is said that I am now a Commoner, but I do not believe any person is common. We are all unique and to be celebrated. I have given up my duty to marry, but I have gained the ability to assist those around me in their walk to that commitment, that duty. It is not love that I have lost for love is and will always be a fountain within my very core. I feel it for everyone and I aspire to have them feel it when they are in my presence. I may have stepped away from my ability to bear a child, but in this decision, as a Sister, you are all my children in a way. No matter the age or the status. I am to love each of you and care for each of you. To protect each of you. Also, I make a wonderful aunt.
My walk is deeply personal to me, but the rightness of going Godsworn is something I cannot just think away for duty. I yearned for it. It was like a different sort of home. It does not mean I will not fail or stumble, but the Gods will welcome me each time by the Concepts they speak to. The Faith is a great many things to a great many people, I hope only in my walk that I offer each of you understanding without judgment and compassion and love as I feel I am called to give.
I am not sure this answers those that have come to me with questions. I apologize for the length of my journal entry, if you are still reading it. Also know, that my prayers and hopes are with you, Dearest Reader, even if we have yet to meet. I trust when the timing is right; we shall.
Written By Ripley
April 12, 2022, 5:10 p.m.(6/14/1017 AR)
I miss Toad.
This is the longest trip I've taken without him. Not the longest trip I've ever taken, but it's the longest without him. I miss him. He's warm at night and when I sleep at the house and not in the forge, up at the top in the room with brother, he's my warmth. I don't care about the snoring.
I miss his snoring.
I miss the city and I miss my Caprice. I know this will make it's way back to the archives. I'm okay, I promise. I'm helping someone. I don't know why they chose me to help them, but they did and I'm trying my best to not be a burden. I'm sketching lots of things that I've seen and I wish that I was near a forge so that I could put what I see in my head into hands. When I get back I'm going to have so many things to just get out of my head.
Jayus is very much at work here. Death isn't driving me to do this, I promise.
I miss you. I miss both of you.
Eat some of my Mum's biscuits for me. I'm out of them. We ate them all. Tell Toad that I haven't been eating cheese, I promise.
This is the longest trip I've taken without him. Not the longest trip I've ever taken, but it's the longest without him. I miss him. He's warm at night and when I sleep at the house and not in the forge, up at the top in the room with brother, he's my warmth. I don't care about the snoring.
I miss his snoring.
I miss the city and I miss my Caprice. I know this will make it's way back to the archives. I'm okay, I promise. I'm helping someone. I don't know why they chose me to help them, but they did and I'm trying my best to not be a burden. I'm sketching lots of things that I've seen and I wish that I was near a forge so that I could put what I see in my head into hands. When I get back I'm going to have so many things to just get out of my head.
Jayus is very much at work here. Death isn't driving me to do this, I promise.
I miss you. I miss both of you.
Eat some of my Mum's biscuits for me. I'm out of them. We ate them all. Tell Toad that I haven't been eating cheese, I promise.
Written By Mihaly
April 12, 2022, 4:22 p.m.(6/14/1017 AR)
I've said in the past that I don't believe there has been enough study on the matter of stars. I've made it my life's work to document them as much as I possibly can. Their arrangement, their numbers, the constellations, and how those constellations change depending on the time and date of year.
Every year, I collect as much information as I can on the arrangement of stars. How the stars have cycles depending on the season. How some constellations are more prominent than others. These usually stay consistent, but I feel it's good to have a year almanac of sorts to make sure history is preserved. To track the emergence of new starts. Or perhaps simply stars that I had not noted previously. There are far too many to count in my lifetime, and it will not be a work that I will ever complete. But I do believe it work that is worthwhile, even if I may never see it's conclusion. I doubt I will, but it is rewarding all the same.
What is not rewarding is my children, even with the best interests in mind, spilling a full bottle of ink over this year's star chart. Or rather last year's, as I take the information and notes I wrote down last year to make a large chart to display those changes. I will have to remark last year's chart. With luck, before the beginning of next year before I start on the next one.
I am not pleased by this, and I support Eirene's punishment for the children, but I know they meant well, and I cannot be angry about this
I can, however, be disappointed. As well as not looking forward to extra hand cramps.
Every year, I collect as much information as I can on the arrangement of stars. How the stars have cycles depending on the season. How some constellations are more prominent than others. These usually stay consistent, but I feel it's good to have a year almanac of sorts to make sure history is preserved. To track the emergence of new starts. Or perhaps simply stars that I had not noted previously. There are far too many to count in my lifetime, and it will not be a work that I will ever complete. But I do believe it work that is worthwhile, even if I may never see it's conclusion. I doubt I will, but it is rewarding all the same.
What is not rewarding is my children, even with the best interests in mind, spilling a full bottle of ink over this year's star chart. Or rather last year's, as I take the information and notes I wrote down last year to make a large chart to display those changes. I will have to remark last year's chart. With luck, before the beginning of next year before I start on the next one.
I am not pleased by this, and I support Eirene's punishment for the children, but I know they meant well, and I cannot be angry about this
I can, however, be disappointed. As well as not looking forward to extra hand cramps.
Written By Tanith
April 12, 2022, 11:41 a.m.(6/14/1017 AR)
Rumors of baking-entries in the Archives? What great joy!
Written By Savio
April 12, 2022, 10:26 a.m.(6/14/1017 AR)
Relationship Note on Mabelle
Purloined pastries
Embezzled eclairs
Oh so tasty
But who has dared
To take a tart
To poach a pie
A crumb-y crime
Sweetly denied
Captured custard
Stolen strudel
Such tiers we shed
For their removal!
With great regret
This goes to prove:
You can't have cake
And eat it too.
Embezzled eclairs
Oh so tasty
But who has dared
To take a tart
To poach a pie
A crumb-y crime
Sweetly denied
Captured custard
Stolen strudel
Such tiers we shed
For their removal!
With great regret
This goes to prove:
You can't have cake
And eat it too.
Written By Katarina
April 12, 2022, 8:28 a.m.(6/14/1017 AR)
I dream of being aboard one of my ships. I am alone. There is no crew. There is no wind to catch the sails, and they sag and droop, lifeless. Clouds mask the position of the sun. I can see no land in any direction, even with a spyglass.
These are nightmares, from which I awaken terrified.
These are nightmares, from which I awaken terrified.
Written By Erik
April 12, 2022, 4:35 a.m.(6/13/1017 AR)
An Assembly of peers, the first one I was able to attend in some time, and I must say, it went by without shouting or challenges thrown. Mostly a needed congregation to show face and be seen.
Unfortunately there was some dissent on the benches, more so it came from close by.
Unfortunately there was some dissent on the benches, more so it came from close by.
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