Written By Sparte
Aug. 20, 2017, 3:10 p.m.(1/21/1007 AR)
So I tried my hand at joining the Society of Explorers and fell short. I can't blame them, they were right. Their ranks are full of capable explorers and I'm just a novice, at best. I always enjoy going out on forays with others to investigate areas in the countryside though, so I think I'm going to keep at this and try to get better.
To start, I'm going to learn how to read maps. Not just common maps, but all sorts. I've just got to track down someone who knows a lot about them so I can take notes. I'm sure that is a skill that'll come in handy eventually.
To start, I'm going to learn how to read maps. Not just common maps, but all sorts. I've just got to track down someone who knows a lot about them so I can take notes. I'm sure that is a skill that'll come in handy eventually.
Written By Sparte
Aug. 16, 2017, 3:20 p.m.(1/13/1007 AR)
My sister is in Arx. I mean, wow. I need to write home more often, had no idea she would be here. I havn't seen Arta in almost a year but she looks just the same as I remember. She says she'll only be here a few weeks, so I'm going to do what I can to make them good weeks.
Written By Sparte
Aug. 6, 2017, 11:52 a.m.(12/21/1006 AR)
I've been learning about the basics of different languages, and it is really intriguing. I had no idea there were so many dialects, and I hear tell that there are even more that were probably forgotten over the years. I wonder how a language gets born, does it just happen? Do a bunch of people decide to talk different, or is it a sort of accident? It'd be neat if a new language happened in my lifetime, but I suppose that probably isn't very likely.
Written By Sparte
July 29, 2017, 10:24 a.m.(12/4/1006 AR)
*mixed in amidst journal entries about routine life is a page entirely covered in little paw marks in seemingly random patterns*
Written By Sparte
July 24, 2017, 12:08 a.m.(11/21/1006 AR)
I've had to cancel the Iron Arrow Barbeque indeffinately. So much work went into it by so many, but there were just things I couldn't get organized. I think I relied too much on the hope others would help me where I was weakest, and some did. The help from Fortunato and Saedrus were both exceptional, and the Hart was well prepared. Maybe I can find someone else to try, I don't know. Maybe I just need lessons in this sort of thing. Or to just stop trying to do things so fancy.
Written By Sparte
July 13, 2017, noon(10/28/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Hadrian
The Duke has been kind to me, sharing words and instruction that are helping me to be better adjusted to the ways of the city. I am seeking to do what I can to help him with his charity, as is only right.
Written By Sparte
July 9, 2017, 11:07 p.m.(10/21/1006 AR)
A quiet week, all in all. It has given me time to think, something that a few too many people say I should spend more time on. Back in the countryside I didn't really get chided the way I am here in the city. Expectations have been different, and with the threat of Brand gone, the king restored, and the city more or less secure the issue of social decorum is coming up more and more often.
I've at least gotten a bit better at dealing with others, but I can tell others avoid me in social circumstances for good reason. At first I imagined it was a thing about birth or station, and sometimes it is. Now I know I'm just bad at those sorts of things, pure and simple. I don't feel like I need to stay bad, though. Hopefully I'll pick up the right things before too many people complain.
I've at least gotten a bit better at dealing with others, but I can tell others avoid me in social circumstances for good reason. At first I imagined it was a thing about birth or station, and sometimes it is. Now I know I'm just bad at those sorts of things, pure and simple. I don't feel like I need to stay bad, though. Hopefully I'll pick up the right things before too many people complain.
Written By Sparte
June 18, 2017, 10:42 p.m.(9/5/1006 AR)
People are as polite and kind as ever - but I begin to feel that my lack of learning has worn a few people thin. I wonder what sort of lessons I should be getting.
Written By Sparte
June 18, 2017, 10:19 a.m.(9/4/1006 AR)
Preparations for the Iron Arrow Barbeque continue. The idea of using skewers for arrows has been getting mixed response, as though people think I'm going to let them shoot at one another. The bows will have all the draw of a child's first bow, anyone stuck with a skewer will be annoyed - not maimed. Even so we'll have an excellent archer on hand to watch people and prevent the worst of mishandling.
Separately, the ingredients list is looking interesting. I certainly hope the Swords cooking without a champion are up to the challenge.
Separately, the ingredients list is looking interesting. I certainly hope the Swords cooking without a champion are up to the challenge.
Written By Sparte
June 17, 2017, 10:55 a.m.(9/2/1006 AR)
With what has taken place within the Inquisition, I'm left wondering if any organizations in Arx can be fully trusted. The Inquisition's internal troubles are being worked out, I trust in that, but how much damage did they do while they were here? I don't think this is an answer anyone has, but one we'll find out the hard way regardless.
Written By Sparte
June 10, 2017, 8:53 p.m.(8/17/1006 AR)
I had someone tell me I don't seem as confident as I look. I really didn't know what to say to that. What does confident look like? Is that a compliment, something I should strive for? Or do I look too confident? Trying to live up to expectations can be confusing sometimes.
Written By Sparte
June 9, 2017, 12:31 a.m.(8/13/1006 AR)
The Iron Arrow Barbeque seems to be coming together. I've just got to figure out how many skewers I need. Oof, and what to do with them after. That will be a lot of metal skewers.
Written By Sparte
May 28, 2017, 11:38 p.m.(7/18/1006 AR)
Two medals. I just didn't even know what to expect, but two was something else. I can honestly say I feel like I earned them as well, though that isn't very modest feeling to write. Yet receiving the medals was humbling. I couldn't help but think about those people I patrol past in the hall of heroes. People whose names earned a special recognition, who will be remembered forever. I'm not that. Though, there also isn't a Crownsworn section to the Hall of Heroes. Maybe I should think about that.
Written By Sparte
May 26, 2017, 1:38 p.m.(7/13/1006 AR)
I finally feel well rested for the first time in what seems like forever. I don't even know what to write. This is going to be an amazing day.
Written By Sparte
May 21, 2017, 10:32 p.m.(7/4/1006 AR)
I've already received some of the first plants from people extremely eager to contribute. I have no idea what I'm going to do with them while we get things ready for the king. I'm suddenly aware I didn't think out this inbetween step of storing plants very well at all.
Written By Sparte
May 21, 2017, 2:36 p.m.(7/3/1006 AR)
I don't quite know what to say to people when they call me a liar. I know I can't always explain things clearly, either because of given word or just my own fool tongue. In the face of opinions on what is best for me, what I should be doing with myself, I too often disappoint. I know how I feel about things, but... Why do others believe they know my heart and mind better than myself? Worse, why do they seem to hate me when they're wrong?
Written By Sparte
May 19, 2017, 12:49 p.m.(6/27/1006 AR)
I've started an effort to collect plants from around the Gray forest, and elsewhere, to be presented to the king. I know from others that he is still in a very difficult state, and that gifts might not mean much to him... But these are tokens of his realm, which might, I hope, at least bring him pleasant memories. I will be on a trip soon to collect samples myself. I only hope we find someone with the talent for arranging everything collected artistically.
Written By Sparte
May 8, 2017, 12:02 a.m.(6/4/1006 AR)
Bringers of Silence. Fomorians. Giants. We don't know all of the things that were in Brand's service, but we know that he was not the source of them, and that their reason for coming to Arx remains.
That means there will be others. In a month? A year? A lifetime?
That means there will be others. In a month? A year? A lifetime?
Written By Sparte
May 8, 2017, midnight(6/4/1006 AR)
So Brand is dead, or at least stopped. The city is saved, yet the streets are still red. I don't believe I will ever forget the sight of the shavs being cut down, helplessly. I slew many in battle, but to fall on an enemy unable to fight back...
If this is victory, it is bittersweet at best.
If this is victory, it is bittersweet at best.
Written By Sparte
April 30, 2017, 11:03 p.m.(5/16/1006 AR)
Soup stones are catching on with the Guard, but I just found some fool who'd plucked a mossy rock out of the dirt and stuck it straight in a stew. I managed not to lose my temper, barely. I said it around the barracks, and I'll say it here as well. If someone wants a soup stone come talk to me and I'll help you get one. A CLEAN one.
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