Written By Mirk
Oct. 6, 2019, 7:14 p.m.(12/19/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Preston
The simple truth is that at any time, there are more causes than people have silver, and so an event raises the topic and keeps it at the forefront of peoples' minds. The right event can even sweep people along with the spirit of the occasion, and convince them to part with more money than they would have otherwise.
Written By Gwenna
Oct. 6, 2019, 7:08 p.m.(12/19/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Mirk
Elder Mirk Halfshav has been exceptionally generous with his time as well as with offering insightful advice on some matters I've been unsure about lately. While our paths crossed here and there at events or the like for a year or more now, only recently have I gotten to appreciate his kindness as well as dry humor. I'm quite grateful for his assistance and willingness to help.
Written By Elisha
Oct. 6, 2019, 6:51 p.m.(12/19/1011 AR)
For Skald (after a chance meeting in a midnight alley)
I am crushed
by your weight,
behind me and inside me.
My fingers curl into fists
around rough bearskin and your breath
scalds the back of my neck
when you whisper:
I defeated Destiny,
my hands
trembling around
her slender neck,
and in my wisdom,
I granted the powerful
the freedom
to choose
who to whip
and the wretched
the freedom
to choose
how to weep.
I am crushed
by your weight,
behind me and inside me.
My fingers curl into fists
around rough bearskin and your breath
scalds the back of my neck
when you whisper:
I defeated Destiny,
my hands
trembling around
her slender neck,
and in my wisdom,
I granted the powerful
the freedom
to choose
who to whip
and the wretched
the freedom
to choose
how to weep.
Written By Shae
Oct. 6, 2019, 6:50 p.m.(12/19/1011 AR)
I believe that Amari and I have had a small break through in the research we have been doing. I am very excited about this, and am looking forward to learning even more, now that we have made this small discovery. And further more I am happy that Kedehern is joining us in our little quest.
Written By Domonico
Oct. 6, 2019, 6:43 p.m.(12/19/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Pasquale
It is always good to be able to take some time to discuss military training, the virtues of a leader, the place of chivalry in warfare and the relevance of the P's.
I look forward to further talks with the Lord Pasquale Malespero in the future.
I look forward to further talks with the Lord Pasquale Malespero in the future.
Written By Khanne
Oct. 6, 2019, 6:42 p.m.(12/19/1011 AR)
Winter is nearly here. Just a few more breaths before the air comes out in puffs of mist. Maybe the cold will invigorate me and make me feel more alive.
If not, maybe someone should light a fire under my butt and try heat instead.
If not, maybe someone should light a fire under my butt and try heat instead.
Written By Sudara
Oct. 6, 2019, 6:35 p.m.(12/19/1011 AR)
How some of my kin and acquaintances live like this, I find hard to imagine - but I have (briefly, no doubt) found myself once again a figure of widespread public recognition. To an extent, I am of course accustomed to such things when on Esterhold... but my life here in the capital is largely that of a bookworm, and it is profoundly strange to stand out like this amidst the throngs of Arx. Pleasant in its own way, but it is daunting to consider what this might be like for more than a few days at a time.
Written By Shae
Oct. 6, 2019, 6 p.m.(12/19/1011 AR)
I find myself wrecked with guilt, overwhelmed with the feeling that something so awful and tragic has happened to our people, and knowing that if I had done something sooner, it might not have happened. All of these innocent people having suffered...
There are some days where one struggles to get up, to face the world... and this is one of those days.
But one must continue and try to face what has happened, to right the wrong, to stop it, so others do not meet the same tragedy.
There are some days where one struggles to get up, to face the world... and this is one of those days.
But one must continue and try to face what has happened, to right the wrong, to stop it, so others do not meet the same tragedy.
Written By Norwood
Oct. 6, 2019, 5:54 p.m.(12/19/1011 AR)
The garden has been safely winterized. Now we simply wait for the chill to pass until it can again bloom.
Written By Jael
Oct. 6, 2019, 5:10 p.m.(12/19/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Norwood
Uncle, one day I will get you to sit up in a tree for a spell and you will understand.
Written By Edward
Oct. 6, 2019, 4:41 p.m.(12/19/1011 AR)
How much rum should one stock when preparing for the inevitable?
Written By Dariel
Oct. 6, 2019, 4:01 p.m.(12/19/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Miranda
Don't panic. Remember the hammocks.
What party would this be? Not our party? If it is then I'm helping. If it isn't then can I help?
What party would this be? Not our party? If it is then I'm helping. If it isn't then can I help?
Written By Valencia
Oct. 6, 2019, 4:01 p.m.(12/19/1011 AR)
Nothing is as important or exhilarating as passion.
That glorious, rich power that comes from deep within and propels you to greater and more beautiful things. Gods, I love it!
No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate.
~~~~<~<@
That glorious, rich power that comes from deep within and propels you to greater and more beautiful things. Gods, I love it!
No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate.
~~~~<~<@
Written By Dariel
Oct. 6, 2019, 3:59 p.m.(12/19/1011 AR)
My new assistant is quite capable. As an assistant. Don't ask him to play the lute. I'm not saying that for any other reason than you'll regret it if you do.
No watermelons yet thankfully.
No watermelons yet thankfully.
Written By Riagnon
Oct. 6, 2019, 3:51 p.m.(12/19/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Arcadia
I can't imagine what the sweet Countess could have done to deserve such calumny! She ought to challenge that person to a duel.
Written By Alarissa
Oct. 6, 2019, 3:16 p.m.(12/18/1011 AR)
I lost an arm.
To write it is to acknowledge it. I need to acknowledge it as much as it hurts. And it hurts. In so many ways.
I have lost most of my left arm and were it not for Reigna, Victus might have lost the rest of me.
I am a fraction of who I was. That is what I feel like despite that others tell me that it does not make me less than. Fever did not take me, we are grateful for that, though my vanity has suffered just as grievously. Somewhere beneath Thrax in cold storage, I am told that the limb cleaved from me unsalvageable, waits for me to decide what to do. My chest tightens when I think of it, so I do not. As I gain strength, I have tried to venture out. But the ego is fragile and more than once i have found my steps bringing me swiftly back to Thrax. To hide in it like a turtle hides in it's shell.
Things that were second nature have to be relearned. It feels infantile to need someone to cut my food for me and yet they have to bring it out already cut because it's not like I can that myself.. It causes me to cry as independence in some things is ripped from me. Despair has been a bedfellow, anger and grief. Reigna speaks to flowers and waves and her finest stitching but I haven't looked. I can't bear to. It feels ugly, surely it will look just as much.
Dresses are being altered or new ones made. I pray that I'll feel comfortable in my own skin as I did before. But I don't know if I have that faith. I don't know if I'm that strong. I doubt. I cringed when the Duchess stared, blithe comments about sacrificing hands in cleansing rituals. I cannot rewind time. But moving forward feels even more impossible.
To write it is to acknowledge it. I need to acknowledge it as much as it hurts. And it hurts. In so many ways.
I have lost most of my left arm and were it not for Reigna, Victus might have lost the rest of me.
I am a fraction of who I was. That is what I feel like despite that others tell me that it does not make me less than. Fever did not take me, we are grateful for that, though my vanity has suffered just as grievously. Somewhere beneath Thrax in cold storage, I am told that the limb cleaved from me unsalvageable, waits for me to decide what to do. My chest tightens when I think of it, so I do not. As I gain strength, I have tried to venture out. But the ego is fragile and more than once i have found my steps bringing me swiftly back to Thrax. To hide in it like a turtle hides in it's shell.
Things that were second nature have to be relearned. It feels infantile to need someone to cut my food for me and yet they have to bring it out already cut because it's not like I can that myself.. It causes me to cry as independence in some things is ripped from me. Despair has been a bedfellow, anger and grief. Reigna speaks to flowers and waves and her finest stitching but I haven't looked. I can't bear to. It feels ugly, surely it will look just as much.
Dresses are being altered or new ones made. I pray that I'll feel comfortable in my own skin as I did before. But I don't know if I have that faith. I don't know if I'm that strong. I doubt. I cringed when the Duchess stared, blithe comments about sacrificing hands in cleansing rituals. I cannot rewind time. But moving forward feels even more impossible.
Written By Willow
Oct. 6, 2019, 3:07 p.m.(12/18/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Preston
I would imagine it's because not everyone is as inclined to throw a million silver directly at a charitable cause as a few of us are, and a lot of people can be enticed by the promise of getting something out of what could ostensibly deemed good works, more than might be inclined to just do those good things without the promise of reward. I mean, if I had to hazard a guess.
Written By Hadrian
Oct. 6, 2019, 2:23 p.m.(12/18/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Theron
I guess I can't threaten you with an excruciatingly dull wife any more.
You've been married to a fine wife, while affording you the opportunity to remain with your family and continue your duties as Sword and more. I am confident that together the pair of you will do wondrous things. Build something together that is truly worthy of worthy memory and recognition for future generations of the Hydra to marvel over.
Don't spoil the opportunity. Hard work was put into making it happen.
You've been married to a fine wife, while affording you the opportunity to remain with your family and continue your duties as Sword and more. I am confident that together the pair of you will do wondrous things. Build something together that is truly worthy of worthy memory and recognition for future generations of the Hydra to marvel over.
Don't spoil the opportunity. Hard work was put into making it happen.
Written By Hadrian
Oct. 6, 2019, 2:16 p.m.(12/18/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Braith
She's proven to be delightful company, a stimulating conversationalist, in possession of a clever outlook, and altogether a wonderful individual. House Mazetti has worked alongside House Sanna to make the marriage contract fulfilled between our two families work, with the support of the Faith and the nod (and it's a really great nod, really) from Dominus Orazio himself.
It is my genuine hope that House Mazetti will serve Lady Braith Mazetti and her future as well as she will serve House Mazetti. We wish to know that we are a boon in her life and that as she supports us, we will support her. We count ourselves truly blessed to have her among us and look forward to the numerous successes she will achieve both within and beyond ourselves.
It is my genuine hope that House Mazetti will serve Lady Braith Mazetti and her future as well as she will serve House Mazetti. We wish to know that we are a boon in her life and that as she supports us, we will support her. We count ourselves truly blessed to have her among us and look forward to the numerous successes she will achieve both within and beyond ourselves.
Written By Preston
Oct. 6, 2019, 1:55 p.m.(12/18/1011 AR)
I had the opportunity to discuss certainty with someone the other day. The truths we hold as the bedrock of our lives.
They expressed a view that I had certainty in Gloria's commands to protect the innocent, that I was certain on the righteousness of the Gods and on the evil of the Abyss. They are right, of course. These are truths I hold and on which I base my life, on which I base my decisions. But, I do not have unwavering certainty in myself. It remains important that I always pause for a moment and ask if a path I am on conforms to those certainties. That it is truly one that serves the Gods. Sometimes I have changed my path because of it. Other times I have stopped that journey all together. Many times? I have continued on ahead, with greater confidence that what I do conforms to those certainties, those truths. That what I do answers the will of the Gods. And, in turn, I offer to light the way on that path to others. I cannot give them certainties - only they themselves can decide those - but I can lay out the path I followed, and urge them to join me on my journey. Towards the Gods, for good.
I am sure some will wonder at me speaking of questioning myself, on self reflection. Leap and say 'A ha, the Orthodox child speaks of the Thirteenth'. The Orthodoxy does not deny the Thirteenth, but we also do not think that constant doubt of the absolutes in life serve a purpose other than instability. Yes, we should question ourselves, our purpose, our motives. But we should not question the nature of our society, we should not question why the King should rule, we should not question if the Gods exist, or why we should obey them. There is no answer but the obvious. We must be satisfied with that.
They expressed a view that I had certainty in Gloria's commands to protect the innocent, that I was certain on the righteousness of the Gods and on the evil of the Abyss. They are right, of course. These are truths I hold and on which I base my life, on which I base my decisions. But, I do not have unwavering certainty in myself. It remains important that I always pause for a moment and ask if a path I am on conforms to those certainties. That it is truly one that serves the Gods. Sometimes I have changed my path because of it. Other times I have stopped that journey all together. Many times? I have continued on ahead, with greater confidence that what I do conforms to those certainties, those truths. That what I do answers the will of the Gods. And, in turn, I offer to light the way on that path to others. I cannot give them certainties - only they themselves can decide those - but I can lay out the path I followed, and urge them to join me on my journey. Towards the Gods, for good.
I am sure some will wonder at me speaking of questioning myself, on self reflection. Leap and say 'A ha, the Orthodox child speaks of the Thirteenth'. The Orthodoxy does not deny the Thirteenth, but we also do not think that constant doubt of the absolutes in life serve a purpose other than instability. Yes, we should question ourselves, our purpose, our motives. But we should not question the nature of our society, we should not question why the King should rule, we should not question if the Gods exist, or why we should obey them. There is no answer but the obvious. We must be satisfied with that.
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