Written By Preston
Feb. 6, 2017, 2:52 a.m.(11/11/1005 AR)
Everyone knows that I am close with Brother Fawkuhl.
Of all the Templar in the order, who chose me to stand guard of the trial against my mentor?
I can not speak of the specifics, but I was there, and...
Is cruelty a virtue?
Was this a test? Did I need to prove myself loyal to my oaths first and my mentor second? Are you satisfied?
There is nothing-- nothing-- more important to me then my oaths.
I will keep them even if I am not trusted to.
Of all the Templar in the order, who chose me to stand guard of the trial against my mentor?
I can not speak of the specifics, but I was there, and...
Is cruelty a virtue?
Was this a test? Did I need to prove myself loyal to my oaths first and my mentor second? Are you satisfied?
There is nothing-- nothing-- more important to me then my oaths.
I will keep them even if I am not trusted to.
Written By Preston
Feb. 6, 2017, 2:42 a.m.(11/11/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Aldwin
He is now the Dominus of the Faith, the Most Holy, the Voice of the Pantheon, the Closest of the Gods.
May the gods lead him to see beyond books to see people.
May the gods lead him to see beyond books to see people.
Written By Preston
Feb. 6, 2017, 2:31 a.m.(11/11/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Fawkuhl
They call you many things. Some may be true. All may be true. Some may be false. All may be false. I am not the Sentinel. I know only what I have seen, and I am only a man.
I know you as the man, then Legate, who saw an orphan child left to the church and in that child saw something of value.
I know you as the man who when I questioned, when I wondered, when I worried, I could always go to and ask for advice, and when I took that advice into the world it made me a better man.
I know you as the man who at every turn encouraged me. When I doubted you showed listened to me and heard me and gave me the time I needed to understand.
I know you as the man who told me that in this world where the future seemed written in the hands of the great, an orphan bound to no family or land could be more then the lowest of the low, that if I had faith I could matter.
I know you as a man who smiled with warmth and laughed.
I know you as a man.
...
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...
And may the gods have mercy on us all.
I know you as the man, then Legate, who saw an orphan child left to the church and in that child saw something of value.
I know you as the man who when I questioned, when I wondered, when I worried, I could always go to and ask for advice, and when I took that advice into the world it made me a better man.
I know you as the man who at every turn encouraged me. When I doubted you showed listened to me and heard me and gave me the time I needed to understand.
I know you as the man who told me that in this world where the future seemed written in the hands of the great, an orphan bound to no family or land could be more then the lowest of the low, that if I had faith I could matter.
I know you as a man who smiled with warmth and laughed.
I know you as a man.
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...
And may the gods have mercy on us all.
Written By Preston
Feb. 3, 2017, 1:58 a.m.(11/2/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Jasher
I do not have many friends outside of my brothers and sisters the Templar.
This is likely a flaw: it has been said to me that I need to work to understand people outside of the circle of the Faith more.
Yet, he is a friend.
This is likely a flaw: it has been said to me that I need to work to understand people outside of the circle of the Faith more.
Yet, he is a friend.
Written By Preston
Feb. 3, 2017, 12:58 a.m.(11/2/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Orazio
There is only one man I have ever thought more wise then him, but the Legate of Concepts has shown himself to be kind, wise, and cunning.
Written By Preston
Jan. 29, 2017, 3:50 p.m.(10/17/1005 AR)
It is often that I train, often that I am surrounded in armor and have my hand on a sword.
But it is not often that I get to share the other things I am trained in, and share what I have learned of the Faith with those in need.
But it is not often that I get to share the other things I am trained in, and share what I have learned of the Faith with those in need.
Written By Preston
Jan. 24, 2017, 3:19 a.m.(9/28/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Felix
Never that! When my custodianship of your crafting is concluded, another will lift it up.
And from them, another.
The Faith does not have the honor of ancient heirlooms, but we do not cast aside what serves the gods. In time Banisher will be known among my brothers and sisters. I do not expect so in my lifetime: I speak not from pride but faith. It will take time and generations for such honors.
But we are begun upon a path.
But... no. I did not expect such... controversy, over the idea that a defender of the Most Holy would be so equipped. Alas.
And from them, another.
The Faith does not have the honor of ancient heirlooms, but we do not cast aside what serves the gods. In time Banisher will be known among my brothers and sisters. I do not expect so in my lifetime: I speak not from pride but faith. It will take time and generations for such honors.
But we are begun upon a path.
But... no. I did not expect such... controversy, over the idea that a defender of the Most Holy would be so equipped. Alas.
Written By Preston
Jan. 24, 2017, 3:15 a.m.(9/28/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Lark
As the Legate of Concepts as so spoken, I do embrace his wisdom that I acknowledge greater then my own.
Princess, I offer you my compassion and sincere hope that you return to the embrace of the Faith, and should you have any desire at all to speak to one such as I, then I will welcome that opportunity.
We are both children of the gods, and the Faith is both our salvation and our sanctuary. I understand that you may see an act of excommunication as a door closing, but I assure you, it is not. The Faith is open to you.
I will pray your return to the fold and if there is anything at all I can do to aide it with honor, I will do it.
Princess, I offer you my compassion and sincere hope that you return to the embrace of the Faith, and should you have any desire at all to speak to one such as I, then I will welcome that opportunity.
We are both children of the gods, and the Faith is both our salvation and our sanctuary. I understand that you may see an act of excommunication as a door closing, but I assure you, it is not. The Faith is open to you.
I will pray your return to the fold and if there is anything at all I can do to aide it with honor, I will do it.
Written By Preston
Jan. 23, 2017, 2 p.m.(9/27/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Pietro
To answer your curiosity, my lord: approximately three months ago.
Written By Preston
Jan. 23, 2017, 4:11 a.m.(9/25/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Felix
Felix performed this admirable work for the Faith while granting us a generous discount. Yes, the price of defending against the darkness is high, but not a single silver went towards anyone's luxury.
Felix is a smith of both faith and honor: his effort and work was respected and the fees he rightly owed for commission, he halved. This was done without any request or pressure from this: this was a pure act of Faith and honor on his part.
Let it be known: Felix is a man of great honor and faith. He knows the dangers we stand against: and he does not seek to profit from them.
The Faith of the Pantheon preserve us, hold us, and lift us. Amen.
Felix is a smith of both faith and honor: his effort and work was respected and the fees he rightly owed for commission, he halved. This was done without any request or pressure from this: this was a pure act of Faith and honor on his part.
Let it be known: Felix is a man of great honor and faith. He knows the dangers we stand against: and he does not seek to profit from them.
The Faith of the Pantheon preserve us, hold us, and lift us. Amen.
Written By Preston
Jan. 23, 2017, 3:31 a.m.(9/25/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Lark
I, child, wake every morning in the Barracks of the Rectory, upon a cot, owning nothing but my small-clothes and incidentals. I own a backpack, a chest, and a piece of cheese of a certain brand I am fond of. I have one vice, that of imported darkwater coffee, and I admit to indulging into it every few days.
I give the whole of my life to the service of the Faith: I train those who are weak, I speak for the poor, I help those in need. That is my life. I challenge you, little princess, to live a life as humble as I, with not so much as a bedroom of my own.
Yes, the Faith arms the Templar: and I am one of those very few chosen to guard the Dominus himself from time to time, so my arms are admirable. But I do not own them. When I give my life for the Faith, which I will do, mu armor and my sword -- if it can be recovered -- will pass to another godsworn servant of the Holy Knights of the Temple.
Does the Faith arm me? Yes! Absolutely. For I am sworn to give my life for the protection of the people.
You, silly child, try to turn the defense of Arvum and the Faithful as if it were some sort of indulgence. Lies drip from your royal lips, scion of Grayson. Spend one month within the Rectory's barracks-- after you have atoned your sins-- and know the life of the Templar, and you will know we do not live in anything like luxury, that we do not care for gold.
The Holy Knights of the Temple are the shield and sword against the darkness: we live and endure for the Faith to survive.
You are right, Princess Graydon. Receipts do not lie. They tell a specific story for me: of a man devoted to the Faith preparing to fight the darkness and supported by the Faithful to ready him to be the weapon most suited to that cause.
Your childish attempts at maligning me as one spoiled on the extravagance of the Faith is transparent and makes you look the fool: The Templar guard the Faithful and wage holy war against the darkness. And for this, we sleep in a communal room of cots lining a wall along with chests for our few privates.
We do not sleep in safe, private chambers as you do: we do not sleep among silks, wear silks, nor spend silver as if it were sand to buy the luxuries you are used to. We serve. The Templar serve.
I give the whole of my life to the service of the Faith: I train those who are weak, I speak for the poor, I help those in need. That is my life. I challenge you, little princess, to live a life as humble as I, with not so much as a bedroom of my own.
Yes, the Faith arms the Templar: and I am one of those very few chosen to guard the Dominus himself from time to time, so my arms are admirable. But I do not own them. When I give my life for the Faith, which I will do, mu armor and my sword -- if it can be recovered -- will pass to another godsworn servant of the Holy Knights of the Temple.
Does the Faith arm me? Yes! Absolutely. For I am sworn to give my life for the protection of the people.
You, silly child, try to turn the defense of Arvum and the Faithful as if it were some sort of indulgence. Lies drip from your royal lips, scion of Grayson. Spend one month within the Rectory's barracks-- after you have atoned your sins-- and know the life of the Templar, and you will know we do not live in anything like luxury, that we do not care for gold.
The Holy Knights of the Temple are the shield and sword against the darkness: we live and endure for the Faith to survive.
You are right, Princess Graydon. Receipts do not lie. They tell a specific story for me: of a man devoted to the Faith preparing to fight the darkness and supported by the Faithful to ready him to be the weapon most suited to that cause.
Your childish attempts at maligning me as one spoiled on the extravagance of the Faith is transparent and makes you look the fool: The Templar guard the Faithful and wage holy war against the darkness. And for this, we sleep in a communal room of cots lining a wall along with chests for our few privates.
We do not sleep in safe, private chambers as you do: we do not sleep among silks, wear silks, nor spend silver as if it were sand to buy the luxuries you are used to. We serve. The Templar serve.
Written By Preston
Jan. 23, 2017, 2:58 a.m.(9/25/1005 AR)
The Princess Lark of House Grayson speaks out against the Voice of the Pantheon.
She, sinner, seeks to condemn the Closest to the Gods.
I have prayed for you, heathens, who have turned from light to darkness, but this is a step to far.
To all of you who have been excommunicated: attacking the judge who sees your sin and calls you upon it does not clean your soul before the gods. Turning against the father of the Faith does not provide a balm to the sickening pestilence that is the wound on your soul that you inflicted upon yourself when you chose to set aside the Laws of Limerance.
Your corruption is laid bare for all to see: you seek to clothe it in silk and show it as virtue, a hard decision -- but if a man or woman has to do a hard decision beneath the gods, they would in righteousness do so while *accepting the chastisement of their sin*. They would stand before the Faith and say: I sinned and I wish to seek atonement. And, upon seeking atonement, they would accept chastisement and recognize their sin.
The excommunicated chose to embrace blood sacrifice and the foulest of dark sorcery, this in absolute violation of the Laws of Limerance, that law which establishes the very fidelity between gods and men. They broke the very foundational covenant that established the bond between us and the gods.
When the Most Holy challenged them, did they turn and say? I accept responsibility-- I thought it best but I regret-- what penance may I pay to cleanse myself. No. They, in pure arrogance, took his challenge and turned it as an attack against him: and by attacking him, they attacked the Faith.
I would see us united as one: I know there are hard decisions, but taking responsibility for those decisions is what it means to *make* those decisions.
I am but a man, born of no family, born of on station. I am no one. I am only what I make of myself. You can discard my words and cast aside my opinion. Very well. I am a servant of two masters: the Crown and the Faith, and in the form of both, I am but a godsworn servant of the gods.
I am no one, but I am every son and daughter of the Compact who holds true with the Faith: we are no one, but together, we are the children of the gods.
Who are you, Princess Lark? What do you answer to? What power to do you submit to?
You clearly do not submit to the authority of the gods.
She, sinner, seeks to condemn the Closest to the Gods.
I have prayed for you, heathens, who have turned from light to darkness, but this is a step to far.
To all of you who have been excommunicated: attacking the judge who sees your sin and calls you upon it does not clean your soul before the gods. Turning against the father of the Faith does not provide a balm to the sickening pestilence that is the wound on your soul that you inflicted upon yourself when you chose to set aside the Laws of Limerance.
Your corruption is laid bare for all to see: you seek to clothe it in silk and show it as virtue, a hard decision -- but if a man or woman has to do a hard decision beneath the gods, they would in righteousness do so while *accepting the chastisement of their sin*. They would stand before the Faith and say: I sinned and I wish to seek atonement. And, upon seeking atonement, they would accept chastisement and recognize their sin.
The excommunicated chose to embrace blood sacrifice and the foulest of dark sorcery, this in absolute violation of the Laws of Limerance, that law which establishes the very fidelity between gods and men. They broke the very foundational covenant that established the bond between us and the gods.
When the Most Holy challenged them, did they turn and say? I accept responsibility-- I thought it best but I regret-- what penance may I pay to cleanse myself. No. They, in pure arrogance, took his challenge and turned it as an attack against him: and by attacking him, they attacked the Faith.
I would see us united as one: I know there are hard decisions, but taking responsibility for those decisions is what it means to *make* those decisions.
I am but a man, born of no family, born of on station. I am no one. I am only what I make of myself. You can discard my words and cast aside my opinion. Very well. I am a servant of two masters: the Crown and the Faith, and in the form of both, I am but a godsworn servant of the gods.
I am no one, but I am every son and daughter of the Compact who holds true with the Faith: we are no one, but together, we are the children of the gods.
Who are you, Princess Lark? What do you answer to? What power to do you submit to?
You clearly do not submit to the authority of the gods.
Written By Preston
Jan. 19, 2017, 11:43 p.m.(9/16/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Felix
A man of faith, skill, intelligence and a good heart. It does not surprise me to find righteousness among the common man: but it does please me to see proof that they are the true children of the gods. It is for their welfare that the Templar stand vigilant.
A sense of humor in a weaponsmith was something of a surprise. I always pictured them as very serious.
A sense of humor in a weaponsmith was something of a surprise. I always pictured them as very serious.
Written By Preston
Jan. 18, 2017, 12:18 a.m.(9/10/1005 AR)
My heart is heavy, and I can but commit my prayers to paper, for some prayers are insufficient if only spoken alone in sanctuary.
Limerance, Lord of Oaths, look upon those who have forsaken you and lead them back to the Faith.
Gloria, Lady of Honor, look upon those who have forgotten what honor means, and lead them back to the Faith.
Jayus, Lord of Inspiration, look upon those whose hearts have gone cold in fear and have led themselves astray, and lead them back to the light of the Faith.
Gild, Lady of Charity, look upon those who in fear sin against you and lead them back to forgiveness in the Faith.
Lagoma, Lady of Change, look upon those who see only the path to damnation and show them that there is always another way, if only they will follow your lead back to the Faith.
Petrichor, Lord of Nature, look upon those who have embraced the unnatural and lead them back to the Faith.
Mangata, Lady of Life, look upon those who forget your sacraments and the sanctity of life, and lead them back to the Faith.
Vellichor, Lord of Knowledge, look upon those who forget the lessons of the past and in their hubris see only their own wisdom, and lead them back to the Faith.
The Sentinel, Lord of Justice, look upon those who do have turned away from your law and stay your hand for surely they know not the gravity of their sins, and the Faith may yet lead them back to righteousness.
May the gods have mercy upon those children who have lost their way, and may they find their way back to the Faith.
And may the Faith stand strong, united behind our Dominus.
Limerance, Lord of Oaths, look upon those who have forsaken you and lead them back to the Faith.
Gloria, Lady of Honor, look upon those who have forgotten what honor means, and lead them back to the Faith.
Jayus, Lord of Inspiration, look upon those whose hearts have gone cold in fear and have led themselves astray, and lead them back to the light of the Faith.
Gild, Lady of Charity, look upon those who in fear sin against you and lead them back to forgiveness in the Faith.
Lagoma, Lady of Change, look upon those who see only the path to damnation and show them that there is always another way, if only they will follow your lead back to the Faith.
Petrichor, Lord of Nature, look upon those who have embraced the unnatural and lead them back to the Faith.
Mangata, Lady of Life, look upon those who forget your sacraments and the sanctity of life, and lead them back to the Faith.
Vellichor, Lord of Knowledge, look upon those who forget the lessons of the past and in their hubris see only their own wisdom, and lead them back to the Faith.
The Sentinel, Lord of Justice, look upon those who do have turned away from your law and stay your hand for surely they know not the gravity of their sins, and the Faith may yet lead them back to righteousness.
May the gods have mercy upon those children who have lost their way, and may they find their way back to the Faith.
And may the Faith stand strong, united behind our Dominus.
Written By Preston
Dec. 1, 2016, 3:45 a.m.(4/7/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Natalia
She is as beautiful as a sunrise and wise, and I fear I have made poor impression upon her. The fault is surely mine.
I have faith in my brothers and sisters, the Templar, the only family I have ever known. I know them.
If they fail, they fell.
That is not arrogance: that is faith. If I can not have faith in the Templar, I do not understand faith at all.
I have faith in my brothers and sisters, the Templar, the only family I have ever known. I know them.
If they fail, they fell.
That is not arrogance: that is faith. If I can not have faith in the Templar, I do not understand faith at all.
Written By Preston
Nov. 30, 2016, 1:18 a.m.(4/4/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Larissa
I can not pretend to understand the House of Whispers, but they are respected and well educated. They have their own calling as I have mine.
I will gladly learn from the Mistress Larissa what can be taught, so the better servant am I to the Faith.
Praise Vellichor.
I will gladly learn from the Mistress Larissa what can be taught, so the better servant am I to the Faith.
Praise Vellichor.
Written By Preston
Nov. 28, 2016, 7:12 a.m.(3/26/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Sophie
She is both gentle and kind, and though I would not claim to call her friend of yet, it would be my honor if she called me so.
I seek make more true my devotion to the Gods, and to Lagoma in particular for the moment, so I will be seeking her out. The Mercies of Lagoma are ever in need of aide, I think.
I seek make more true my devotion to the Gods, and to Lagoma in particular for the moment, so I will be seeking her out. The Mercies of Lagoma are ever in need of aide, I think.
Written By Preston
Nov. 28, 2016, 7:05 a.m.(3/26/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
He questions my worth and the value of my calling: very well, so be it. It is but a small burden to bear in the name of the Gods. I will carry it as any other, and show him I bear it.
Written By Preston
Nov. 28, 2016, 7:02 a.m.(3/26/1005 AR)
Youth is said to be a gift of the Gods, a treasure to have and to hold, and spend wisely. Ah, what would I give to spend my youth and buy instead respect, a thing I would treasure a great deal more. I am young, yes, but I am not untested, and to deny my worth is to disparage the Templar. Is it pride then to wish to challenge those who think so little of me for my face bears few lines? I would like to say it is honor, and not my honor alone, but the honor of the Holy Knights of the Temple and the Most holy whom we serve. But... perhaps that is my own hubris. Oh, pride and vanity. However does one tell the difference between that most honorable and that which is naught but sin?
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