Written By Theron
Jan. 9, 2018, 11:45 p.m.(12/8/1007 AR)
The matter with the Thraxian family has been resolved. All that was needed to do was talking it out. That's not surprising, is it? On the other hand sparred Princess Reese Grayson today. She pointed out some flaws in my footwork that I need to address; she's right. Without use of a shield, it's my feet that will help me defend against enemy attacks the best. Have made some new contacts. This city is full of talented city who can work incredible materials into even more amazing clothing, armor, weapons... it stuns me that cities like Arx gather the skilled, the smart and the dangerous in such numbers.
Written By Darren
Jan. 9, 2018, 11:37 p.m.(12/8/1007 AR)
That's right. I said game of philosophical grab-ass.
Written By Cambria
Jan. 9, 2018, 9:42 p.m.(12/8/1007 AR)
A recent reminder from Brother Driskell (his recent sermon, too, has given me much to think about, but that is another journal entirely), has encouraged me to consider the sacred institution of marriage a bit more closely than I previously have. In so doing, I have determined that I shall pen here this evening a bit of kind advice:
For those of you still unwed, and curious about what it's like, worry not! Most marriages involve mutual thoughts of murder on occasion.
For those of you still unwed, and curious about what it's like, worry not! Most marriages involve mutual thoughts of murder on occasion.
Written By Magpie
Jan. 9, 2018, 8:38 p.m.(12/8/1007 AR)
I don't know why everyone has so many issues with lizard meat. It's not the greatest, but it's better than rat. Way better three day old rat.
Eat some lizard,
Eat some gizzard,
Eat some magic,
and be a wizard!
I really just wanted to make a rhyme work with lizard there. Don't write to me about how to eat magic, I have no idea. I'll just tell you to eat lizard.
Eat some lizard,
Eat some gizzard,
Eat some magic,
and be a wizard!
I really just wanted to make a rhyme work with lizard there. Don't write to me about how to eat magic, I have no idea. I'll just tell you to eat lizard.
Written By Leta
Jan. 9, 2018, 8:10 p.m.(12/8/1007 AR)
Here is how you make stew. I heard folk were writing of cooking and such. Also, maybe Scholars in years to come won't know how to make a stew, seeing as folk happen to forget all sorts of things from olden days. Whether that's monsters and unnatural things or stew, you never know.
You take a pot, you put some vegetables in it and some meat if you have it. I like to put some onions and carrots myself and oats are fine as well, but any sort of plant will do. Any sort of meat is fine as well, I think. I like mutton and rabbit myself. If you got some herbs you put some in, such as thyme or rosemary or other herbs, but not too much, and you can even put spices such as they have in the Lyceum or the Isles or faraway parts, for fancier sorts of stews. You put some grease in it too, it could just be oil or butter or lard, it makes it better. You put some water in the pot to cover the whole lot up and then you leave it in the pot for a few hours over the fire, but not right on top of the fire unless it's a very small fire. If it dries out you can add more water to it. You can add some beer or wine to the water as well. If it's older or tougher meat, like game and such, you leave it longer on the fire until it's ready.
That is about it. Anyone can make it, as long as you have vegetables and water, which I expect future Scholars will still have. If you have some meat and grease, so much the better.
You take a pot, you put some vegetables in it and some meat if you have it. I like to put some onions and carrots myself and oats are fine as well, but any sort of plant will do. Any sort of meat is fine as well, I think. I like mutton and rabbit myself. If you got some herbs you put some in, such as thyme or rosemary or other herbs, but not too much, and you can even put spices such as they have in the Lyceum or the Isles or faraway parts, for fancier sorts of stews. You put some grease in it too, it could just be oil or butter or lard, it makes it better. You put some water in the pot to cover the whole lot up and then you leave it in the pot for a few hours over the fire, but not right on top of the fire unless it's a very small fire. If it dries out you can add more water to it. You can add some beer or wine to the water as well. If it's older or tougher meat, like game and such, you leave it longer on the fire until it's ready.
That is about it. Anyone can make it, as long as you have vegetables and water, which I expect future Scholars will still have. If you have some meat and grease, so much the better.
Written By Aleksei
Jan. 9, 2018, 7:45 p.m.(12/8/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Ann
Please don't steal anyone's hair!
Written By Ann
Jan. 9, 2018, 7:41 p.m.(12/8/1007 AR)
Golden hair would make for lovely book bindings.
Written By Thena
Jan. 9, 2018, 6:45 p.m.(12/8/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Aureth
Please please please invite me over for a spider slumber party sometime.
Written By Aureth
Jan. 9, 2018, 6:17 p.m.(12/8/1007 AR)
Menial tasks are menial. Shocking, isn't it?
Even before I joined the Faith, as a commoner with money, I rarely cooked for myself. Myrinda Grayhope was one of the foremost tailors in the city, do you really think she bothered with seasoning a roast and all of that every day? Good gods. Those as cook for themselves daily are those who have no choice and/or no money to pay staff. Fortunato is one of the foremost artists in the city and he sure doesn't bother to cook. Some days he doesn't even bother to eat.
I can cook -- I know how, especially easy stuff like gruel or stew, since ... you know we didn't ALWAYS have money -- but really, there's a reason I pay money to people, and there was a reason I upped the wages of the cooks at the Murder. It was because I really wanted to guarantee that we were never cooking with lizard. Now, sometimes Saedrus puts together an amazing table and I'm pretty sure he does that himself -- or, well, he vanishes into the kitchen and then delectable foods mysteriously appear shortly thereafter and I don't put much more thought into it -- but I mean...
Unlike Legate Orazio, I still dress myself daily and take care of my own hair, because I just -- I just can't wrap my head around the idea of entrusting that to a servant. Except on those occasions when I have help from the spiders. But that's a pretty unusual morning, all told.
Even before I joined the Faith, as a commoner with money, I rarely cooked for myself. Myrinda Grayhope was one of the foremost tailors in the city, do you really think she bothered with seasoning a roast and all of that every day? Good gods. Those as cook for themselves daily are those who have no choice and/or no money to pay staff. Fortunato is one of the foremost artists in the city and he sure doesn't bother to cook. Some days he doesn't even bother to eat.
I can cook -- I know how, especially easy stuff like gruel or stew, since ... you know we didn't ALWAYS have money -- but really, there's a reason I pay money to people, and there was a reason I upped the wages of the cooks at the Murder. It was because I really wanted to guarantee that we were never cooking with lizard. Now, sometimes Saedrus puts together an amazing table and I'm pretty sure he does that himself -- or, well, he vanishes into the kitchen and then delectable foods mysteriously appear shortly thereafter and I don't put much more thought into it -- but I mean...
Unlike Legate Orazio, I still dress myself daily and take care of my own hair, because I just -- I just can't wrap my head around the idea of entrusting that to a servant. Except on those occasions when I have help from the spiders. But that's a pretty unusual morning, all told.
Written By Sorrel
Jan. 9, 2018, 5:33 p.m.(12/8/1007 AR)
For those who read journals and like to write music, this message is for you. I too am a musician, and I am trying to write a unifying song for the Compact to help improve morale and unity in the upcoming military engagement. I've written a chorus for the song, but it could use some verses, perhaps mentioning the gods or the fact that we're facing multiple threats.
Here's my song draft, if you're curious:
Joined strong by unity
Faith, hope, and victory
Together we have greater might
Forever holding in the Light
The darkness will be banished
Abyssal forces vanquished
As one people we do fight
To persevere o'er endless night
If you're inspired to write something, I cannot promise I'll use it, as I'm recruiting the efforts of as many songwriters as I can. Credit will be given, naturally, to all who help, whether or not their contributions are used. If you'd like to talk with me more about it, I'd be delighted. Thank you so much for your consideration and for reading my journal.
Here's my song draft, if you're curious:
Joined strong by unity
Faith, hope, and victory
Together we have greater might
Forever holding in the Light
The darkness will be banished
Abyssal forces vanquished
As one people we do fight
To persevere o'er endless night
If you're inspired to write something, I cannot promise I'll use it, as I'm recruiting the efforts of as many songwriters as I can. Credit will be given, naturally, to all who help, whether or not their contributions are used. If you'd like to talk with me more about it, I'd be delighted. Thank you so much for your consideration and for reading my journal.
Written By Magpie
Jan. 9, 2018, 5:04 p.m.(12/8/1007 AR)
Dame Eleanor wrote about me in her journal.
Calaudrin wrote me a letter.
I feel so popular today!!
I think they're both mad, respectively, but hey! It's nice to have friends.
Calaudrin wrote me a letter.
I feel so popular today!!
I think they're both mad, respectively, but hey! It's nice to have friends.
Written By Eleanor
Jan. 9, 2018, 3:49 p.m.(12/8/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Magpie
To be entirely honest, it's still a bit of a mystery how I ended up friends with Master Magpie Grayhope. I think we are, though. Friends. It's nice to have a friend outside of the Tower that I can relax around, a bit. Plus, he makes me laugh, which we could all use these days. And the Lord Commander introduced us, so I know I can trust him. More or less.
Written By Eleanor
Jan. 9, 2018, 3:46 p.m.(12/8/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Leona
Sometimes I feel like a baby duckling, following the Lord Commander around with wide puppy dog eyes. I'm mixing my metaphors, but it's how I've felt, training under her the past years. Something has changed, now that I'm a knight in my own right. She's shoving me lovingly out of the nest, to continue (half of) the metaphor. It's thrilling and terrifying to have her treat me as a near equal, these days. There couldn't be a better Commander to serve and I'll do whatever it takes to live up to her expectations.
Written By Eleanor
Jan. 9, 2018, 3:41 p.m.(12/8/1007 AR)
Knight-Sergeant.
It's difficult to wrap my head around it, entirely. I know I've done well, and succeeded in the tasks the Lord Commander has put before me so far, but I'm also still so young. It's hard not to notice the ways I'm sometimes singled out sometimes, but I suppose that's a thought for another day.
For today, I will work hard to live up to the Lord Commander's faith in me.
And I will think about how proud it would've made my father.
It's difficult to wrap my head around it, entirely. I know I've done well, and succeeded in the tasks the Lord Commander has put before me so far, but I'm also still so young. It's hard not to notice the ways I'm sometimes singled out sometimes, but I suppose that's a thought for another day.
For today, I will work hard to live up to the Lord Commander's faith in me.
And I will think about how proud it would've made my father.
Written By Cirroch
Jan. 9, 2018, 1:07 p.m.(12/7/1007 AR)
A few days ago we held a causal dinner and drinks between The Halfshav and Sanna, hosted by my sister Tila. It was a wonderful dinner with a roasted pig and plenty of drinks, particularity whiskey. We laughed, we learned, we sung praises to each other, and overall it was a good event. I hope we have more of them soon.
Written By Caspian
Jan. 9, 2018, 1:01 p.m.(12/7/1007 AR)
When I woke up this morning I was possessed by an idea, or more like a dream. I should aim to become Gandmaster or Peerless of The Champions. Now, I know this is a long off thing, I am but a new duelist who has only fought one duel in his whole life, exluding any exhibition matches. But what is life without a dream? Maybe some day. I think I can do it, each day I grow stronger, faster, smarter then the last. I just need chances to prove myself to Arx.
Written By Corban
Jan. 9, 2018, 12:55 p.m.(12/7/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Leona
I always find a conversation with the Lord Commander clarifying and informative. Choices must be made, and our discussion has helped me understand that necessity and fortify me for the inevitability of doing so.
Written By Orazio
Jan. 9, 2018, 12:54 p.m.(12/7/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Sparte
A noble who has time to cook for themselves on a regular basis is a noble who is spending too much time avoiding their actual duties.
I remember my father's daily routine, which usually involved getting up before dawn to visit the vines and check on the holdings most vulnerable to thieves and natural disasters. Assuming nothing had broken or been stolen, there were audiences most of the day with those who needed the aid and support of their liege, and then answering correspondences from other barons, requests from his liege, or consulting with the household staff on the various entertainments that a noble is expected to provide - hunts, balls, luncheons, etc. My mother was typically better at numbers, and enjoyed martial training a bit more than my father, so she spent most of her day handling the family's financial obligations and making sure that alms were distributed to those in need, as well as training the house guard and taking the lead on deploying guardsmen to deal with small incursions of bandits and raiders. They both had hundreds of people in their care, many of whom wished to speak to them at length about issues that, while they might have seemed small in the moment, could have great repercussions for the future - a squabble between farmers could easily become a murder or series of raids if left to fester, and a notification about a small crack in an irrigation canal could lead to an entire field's crop lost if not repaired.
Admittedly, my parents were the heads of the house, and our demesne was small enough that there was a limit on the staff we could afford to handle some of this. I certainly had more leisure time than either of them, but even then, that leisure was expected to be used in ways that benefited the House and my people - training, learning about our major exports and economic needs, handling minor conflicts and inquiries by vassals, and building relationships with other nobles of a similar station. Sometimes, those personal relationships are all that stand between a border war that kills hundreds.
For the record, as a young noble of the Lyceum, I also had a valet to help me dress and do other supportive tasks. Fashion, particularly formal fashion, is often designed to require a second pair of hands (or the unnatural ability to reach to the middle of your own back) in order to put it on correctly and without tearing something painfully expensive. For that matter, I often have someone do likewise of a morning in my current duties. A Legate of the Faith should never look disheveled, which means trusting an expert to make sure that I don't. I also do not do my own laundry, make my own bed, or clean my own rooms, and I am grateful and thankful for those who do such things for me. In turn, the Church compensates them well, and I try to make sure that the things I do honor and protect them.
I remember my father's daily routine, which usually involved getting up before dawn to visit the vines and check on the holdings most vulnerable to thieves and natural disasters. Assuming nothing had broken or been stolen, there were audiences most of the day with those who needed the aid and support of their liege, and then answering correspondences from other barons, requests from his liege, or consulting with the household staff on the various entertainments that a noble is expected to provide - hunts, balls, luncheons, etc. My mother was typically better at numbers, and enjoyed martial training a bit more than my father, so she spent most of her day handling the family's financial obligations and making sure that alms were distributed to those in need, as well as training the house guard and taking the lead on deploying guardsmen to deal with small incursions of bandits and raiders. They both had hundreds of people in their care, many of whom wished to speak to them at length about issues that, while they might have seemed small in the moment, could have great repercussions for the future - a squabble between farmers could easily become a murder or series of raids if left to fester, and a notification about a small crack in an irrigation canal could lead to an entire field's crop lost if not repaired.
Admittedly, my parents were the heads of the house, and our demesne was small enough that there was a limit on the staff we could afford to handle some of this. I certainly had more leisure time than either of them, but even then, that leisure was expected to be used in ways that benefited the House and my people - training, learning about our major exports and economic needs, handling minor conflicts and inquiries by vassals, and building relationships with other nobles of a similar station. Sometimes, those personal relationships are all that stand between a border war that kills hundreds.
For the record, as a young noble of the Lyceum, I also had a valet to help me dress and do other supportive tasks. Fashion, particularly formal fashion, is often designed to require a second pair of hands (or the unnatural ability to reach to the middle of your own back) in order to put it on correctly and without tearing something painfully expensive. For that matter, I often have someone do likewise of a morning in my current duties. A Legate of the Faith should never look disheveled, which means trusting an expert to make sure that I don't. I also do not do my own laundry, make my own bed, or clean my own rooms, and I am grateful and thankful for those who do such things for me. In turn, the Church compensates them well, and I try to make sure that the things I do honor and protect them.
Written By Alis
Jan. 9, 2018, 12:48 p.m.(12/7/1007 AR)
This week has been busier then I anticipated, and I know there are several of you that I need to make the time to speak to. I have not forgotten you! There may, however, be jam-handprints and dried oatmeal on several of the messages that I saved to re-read before any of said meetings.
So please don't hesitate to send me reminders.
So please don't hesitate to send me reminders.
Written By Alis
Jan. 9, 2018, 12:45 p.m.(12/7/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Caelis
I have shoes ready, to help remind him!
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