Written By Skye
June 22, 2018, 3:47 p.m.(1/22/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Stefano
We never got the chance to get to know one another. A brief message, no answer. Perhaps I should have tried harder but I was a virtual stranger and I didn't want to force the connection. Now we will never meet.
Written By Skye
May 8, 2018, 3:26 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
I glanced at my calendar today and just realized that I missed my own birthday two days ago. It's funny how much time flies when you're rebuilding a barony. Because everyone is so busy, I didn't even bother to get a celebration together. Oh well, better luck next year.
Written By Skye
May 8, 2018, 3:26 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
I glanced at my calendar today and just realized that I missed my own birthday two days ago. It's funny how much time flies when you're rebuilding a barony. Because everyone is so busy, I didn't even bother to get a celebration together. Oh well, better luck next year.
Written By Skye
March 12, 2018, 4:16 p.m.(5/7/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Romulius
Big brothers are heroes in the eyes of their little sisters. No matter what is thrown in your path, remember you were my ideal growing up.
Written By Skye
March 9, 2018, 4:13 p.m.(5/1/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Jeffeth
Sir Jeffeth, House Blackshore has many opportunities for orphans who are willing to roll up their sleeves and help rebuild Blackshore Isle. We have need of skilled tradesmen, sailors, fishermen, and farmers to work the land. Any orphans that are coming to age and wish to learn a trade, my house would be more than happy to sponsor their apprenticeship for their service in return. Please seek me out further if you have any questions.
Written By Skye
March 4, 2018, 8:06 a.m.(4/19/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Romulius
You have returned to me. Even as darkness pushes at the gates, Gild has lighted the way for you to come home. Welcome to Arx my brother.
Written By Skye
Feb. 4, 2018, 9:25 a.m.(2/12/1008 AR)
I won 3rd place in the archery contest. Not because I was the most skilled. Or because I took the hardest shots. I understood what I could and could not do, framed the shot that I knew I could hit and then trusted my own instincts. There's a lesson there I think.
Written By Skye
Feb. 4, 2018, 9:25 a.m.(2/12/1008 AR)
I won 3rd place in the archery contest. Not because I was the most skilled. Or because I took the hardest shots. I understood what I could and could not do, framed the shot that I knew I could hit and then trusted my own instincts. There's a lesson there I think.
Written By Skye
Jan. 26, 2018, 4:13 p.m.(1/16/1008 AR)
I am Sedums, also known as Stonecrop, a flower that often blooms late in the season. Easy to grow, I latch onto whatever nutrients I can gather. I am apt to survive drought, salty coastal conditions, and poor soil. I have neat, upright growth habit and succulent, grey-green leaves. Tiny star-shaped, normally pink flowers. I have a habit of attracting bees and butterflies with my sweet nectar.
Written By Skye
Jan. 21, 2018, 5:48 p.m.(1/6/1008 AR)
I am officially a member of the Society Of Explorers. This is the best day ever!
Written By Skye
Jan. 21, 2018, 5:48 p.m.(1/6/1008 AR)
I am officially a member of the Society Of Explorers. This is the best day ever!
Written By Skye
Jan. 21, 2018, 4:59 a.m.(1/5/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Talen
And I don't have any children. I have dogs. They're less troublesome. Really, this is why I don't dictate my white journals.
Written By Skye
Jan. 21, 2018, 4:58 a.m.(1/5/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Talen
Please accept a correction on my earlier note. I'm the youngest of three children. Romulius and Dycard would not be pleased if they heard me claiming to be the oldest.
Written By Skye
Jan. 21, 2018, 4:51 a.m.(1/5/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Talen
Congratulations on the birth of your twins. I am sure in the coming years, you will appreciate the joy and wonder of being a parent to three children. This journey is not for the faint of heart. While I only have one child, I can tell you as the oldest of three children, some of the potential pitfalls you might want to avoid when dealing with your expanded brood:
First, understand that one of them always gets away with it because it's two against three. While you might think their chaotic warring means that they hate each other. They do but they hate parental authority more, which means temporary treaties will be made when it is a goal that all three can agree on. When they are all quiet and there is no fighting, they are plotting against you or executing one of their diabolical plans. Silence is not your friend.
Second, the 'good' one always gets the least attention, because they're in trouble less. Don't let that child slip through the cracks for the more disobedient children. The 'good' one is the master manipulator who is plotting your defeat. The obvious ones are the cannon fodder of your master general. This is the child you want to make your heir. This is the child you have to stop at all costs.
Third, get a big dog, yes you can talk to Count or Countess Keaton on this, and train them to help you herd. Cause when they run in three different directions, you need an body or in this case maw to capture the remaining troublemaker.
First, understand that one of them always gets away with it because it's two against three. While you might think their chaotic warring means that they hate each other. They do but they hate parental authority more, which means temporary treaties will be made when it is a goal that all three can agree on. When they are all quiet and there is no fighting, they are plotting against you or executing one of their diabolical plans. Silence is not your friend.
Second, the 'good' one always gets the least attention, because they're in trouble less. Don't let that child slip through the cracks for the more disobedient children. The 'good' one is the master manipulator who is plotting your defeat. The obvious ones are the cannon fodder of your master general. This is the child you want to make your heir. This is the child you have to stop at all costs.
Third, get a big dog, yes you can talk to Count or Countess Keaton on this, and train them to help you herd. Cause when they run in three different directions, you need an body or in this case maw to capture the remaining troublemaker.
Written By Skye
Jan. 5, 2018, 11:45 a.m.(11/27/1007 AR)
Prayer to Mangata
Help me to journey
Beyond the familiar
And into the unknown.
Give me the Faith
To shed my family's reputation
And navigate new waters
Under your watchful gaze.
Mangata, goddess of the air and sea
I trust your wisdom
Your strength to guide me
From my own storms within.
I will trust you
Even when the wind vacates
The waves fall silent
My ship runs aground.
Because I am in your hands.
Let me turn my spirit
To the music of the sea
So I may hear your voice
Find your will in all things.
Live as a Lady of Salt.
~SB
Help me to journey
Beyond the familiar
And into the unknown.
Give me the Faith
To shed my family's reputation
And navigate new waters
Under your watchful gaze.
Mangata, goddess of the air and sea
I trust your wisdom
Your strength to guide me
From my own storms within.
I will trust you
Even when the wind vacates
The waves fall silent
My ship runs aground.
Because I am in your hands.
Let me turn my spirit
To the music of the sea
So I may hear your voice
Find your will in all things.
Live as a Lady of Salt.
~SB
Written By Skye
Oct. 31, 2017, 2:45 a.m.(7/1/1007 AR)
My heart is saddened from the recent turn of events that has led to a rallying cry against my House for offering what is considered the 'unpopular' view that indentured servitude or Thralls is an act of slavery. I shall perhaps lose some of my new friends by writing my thoughts in this white journal but I think it's important to hear another view that just isn't about economics.
When an Abandoned tribe is approached by the Great Houses. Most tribes are given two choices, bend on knee to the Compact or die at the sword. Our history is written on the blood of those that died by those who chose their way of life rather than joining our fold. House Thrax is the only one at this time that offers a third option, life. A chance to repay their debts for the damage that they have caused to our lands instead of meeting the end of our sword for daring to take us to battle. After paying off their debt, they may join our Society. Perhaps what was once a split second choice between bending on knee to death, now they've had years to see our people, live within our Society, and perhaps find a way of fitting in. Thrax has spared too many lives to count using this system.
Does that make us heroes? No. I don't claim that the Liberators don't have a point. They do. If a Thrall spends their entire in service, dies and then their children who were born free are forced to assume their 'debt' then yes, something is broken. The system that was meant to save lives has morphed into something else. When something is broken, one should not just throw it away, remove the chance of life for defeated shavs. Instead worthy men and women of our generation with a vision to the future should review the system and fix the flaws. Remove the loopholes that allows for this 'endless' servitude. Keep the chance for life.
The other Houses that rage against this system. Look at yourself. See the choices you give a defeated people and consider an alternative to ending lives at the end of your sword. Consider the merit of offering an honorable way of repaying for the damage done. Consider giving a chance for life.
When an Abandoned tribe is approached by the Great Houses. Most tribes are given two choices, bend on knee to the Compact or die at the sword. Our history is written on the blood of those that died by those who chose their way of life rather than joining our fold. House Thrax is the only one at this time that offers a third option, life. A chance to repay their debts for the damage that they have caused to our lands instead of meeting the end of our sword for daring to take us to battle. After paying off their debt, they may join our Society. Perhaps what was once a split second choice between bending on knee to death, now they've had years to see our people, live within our Society, and perhaps find a way of fitting in. Thrax has spared too many lives to count using this system.
Does that make us heroes? No. I don't claim that the Liberators don't have a point. They do. If a Thrall spends their entire in service, dies and then their children who were born free are forced to assume their 'debt' then yes, something is broken. The system that was meant to save lives has morphed into something else. When something is broken, one should not just throw it away, remove the chance of life for defeated shavs. Instead worthy men and women of our generation with a vision to the future should review the system and fix the flaws. Remove the loopholes that allows for this 'endless' servitude. Keep the chance for life.
The other Houses that rage against this system. Look at yourself. See the choices you give a defeated people and consider an alternative to ending lives at the end of your sword. Consider the merit of offering an honorable way of repaying for the damage done. Consider giving a chance for life.
Written By Skye
July 14, 2017, 2:38 a.m.(11/2/1006 AR)
For me, memories have a scent and when I smell, I'm remembering some time in my life that held great meaning. My favorite scents are:
Ocean - My childhood on the sea
Fresh linen - My mother sleeping peacefully
Paints - My mother being creative
Apple tobacco - Sitting on my father's knee after a long day
Rum laced breath - My father laughing and tickling me
Ocean - My childhood on the sea
Fresh linen - My mother sleeping peacefully
Paints - My mother being creative
Apple tobacco - Sitting on my father's knee after a long day
Rum laced breath - My father laughing and tickling me
Written By Skye
June 29, 2017, 5:35 a.m.(9/28/1006 AR)
Do unto others as you would like done to you. It's a simple concept and perhaps a little naive but I think we would have less cruelty in the world if we lived by that precept. It would make us think more before we act, perhaps try to be more compassionate. Maybe less atrocities would happen if we considered the simple thought, 'Would I like this done to me?' or 'Would I do this to someone I love?'
Written By Skye
June 28, 2017, 9:29 a.m.(9/26/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Harald
I am honored to have such a distinguished seaman review and critique my work. Perhaps once I see the war ships and have a chance to produce more designs, he will grace me with his opinions once more.
Written By Skye
June 25, 2017, 8:28 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
Baron Cornelius Blackshore,
I hope this letter makes her hands and you are alive and well. Please know that I've settled into Navegant's manor. Count Turo Navegant was kind enough to accept me into his household. I am settling in and getting acquainted with my cousins.
-Lady Skye Blackshore
I hope this letter makes her hands and you are alive and well. Please know that I've settled into Navegant's manor. Count Turo Navegant was kind enough to accept me into his household. I am settling in and getting acquainted with my cousins.
-Lady Skye Blackshore
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