Written By Mikani
Dec. 29, 2018, 3:32 p.m.(4/7/1010 AR)
I am looking into adding to Sparte's list of alcohol of Arx. I have already added to the list but I am looking for more. If you have a vintage, rum, whiskey, vodka anything that is in your collection let me know so I can update the list.
Working with Sparte and Macda on this. Thank you!
Working with Sparte and Macda on this. Thank you!
Written By Shard
Dec. 29, 2018, 3:28 p.m.(4/7/1010 AR)
If you approach that ship and you are not a messenger delivering a reply straight from the King, you are an impossible idiot. Stay away from it. Stay away from both of them. These people do not play around, and you aren't going to gain some advantage by being the first moron to try to make friends.
Written By Fairen
Dec. 29, 2018, 2:49 p.m.(4/7/1010 AR)
"As Arx endures, we remember"
These are particularly 'interesting' times we find ourselves in. Keep these words in mind as both history and future unravels itself to us.
These are particularly 'interesting' times we find ourselves in. Keep these words in mind as both history and future unravels itself to us.
Written By Daniella
Dec. 29, 2018, 2:40 p.m.(4/7/1010 AR)
I don't know anything about the Undying Emperor, but I have a hunch that his name is Phillip and he began life as the son of a simple tanner in a small village far to the South of the Lyceum. There the young boy led a happy and simple life until one day when exploring with his friends, he fell into a deep cave and came across a strange, glowing green stone.
The stone was unpleasant to the touch and so the boy simply hid it away and all but forgot about it until the next year when a vicious tribe of Shavs swept through, pillaging and killing. His father died and his childhood sweetheart was carried off with the tribe. Distraught and without hope, Phillip ran to where he had hid the stone and clutched it tight, the experience grew steadily more and more unpleasant until his whole body shook with tremors but still he clutched it.
Then all of a sudden it came to him, the power, the deepest and darkest of powers, that with which life and death itself could be controlled. With his stone he could call the dead back into service as warriors and restore life to those afflicted by sickness or even age. So he raised up the body of a long dead steed and rode out after the Shav tribe with preternatural speed.
In a few days he caught up to them, and raising the bodies of all the fallen animals from the forest in a dozen miles he attacked the camp, what tribal warriors came near to him he touched with his hand which was wreathed in emerald fire and the life went instantly out of them. He found his childhood sweetheart but he was to her eyes an unliving monster wreathed in emerald flame and she fled screaming, he ran after her but as he caught her the life too left her body and she fell limp in his embrace.
He used his power to return her to life, but what came back just a creature. So he moved on, driven by nothing now but the hollow desire for power he used his great army to conquer an empire, and to sustain his own youth indefinitely. Today he sit eternal on a throne of bone, with nothing but the husk of his childhood love beside him for company.
The stone was unpleasant to the touch and so the boy simply hid it away and all but forgot about it until the next year when a vicious tribe of Shavs swept through, pillaging and killing. His father died and his childhood sweetheart was carried off with the tribe. Distraught and without hope, Phillip ran to where he had hid the stone and clutched it tight, the experience grew steadily more and more unpleasant until his whole body shook with tremors but still he clutched it.
Then all of a sudden it came to him, the power, the deepest and darkest of powers, that with which life and death itself could be controlled. With his stone he could call the dead back into service as warriors and restore life to those afflicted by sickness or even age. So he raised up the body of a long dead steed and rode out after the Shav tribe with preternatural speed.
In a few days he caught up to them, and raising the bodies of all the fallen animals from the forest in a dozen miles he attacked the camp, what tribal warriors came near to him he touched with his hand which was wreathed in emerald fire and the life went instantly out of them. He found his childhood sweetheart but he was to her eyes an unliving monster wreathed in emerald flame and she fled screaming, he ran after her but as he caught her the life too left her body and she fell limp in his embrace.
He used his power to return her to life, but what came back just a creature. So he moved on, driven by nothing now but the hollow desire for power he used his great army to conquer an empire, and to sustain his own youth indefinitely. Today he sit eternal on a throne of bone, with nothing but the husk of his childhood love beside him for company.
Written By Alrec
Dec. 29, 2018, 1:49 p.m.(4/7/1010 AR)
Cardia? I wonder if I can get me one them snake boots for cheap.
Written By Theodoric
Dec. 29, 2018, 1:46 p.m.(4/7/1010 AR)
The boot heels darkening the weak stone of the Lowers is draped in such finery these past days.
Written By Sina
Dec. 29, 2018, 1:27 p.m.(4/7/1010 AR)
Such curious wonders that I have only until now read about find their way to our shores. Representatives of the Undying Emperor and of Cardia. As a Scholar, I find this fascinating. To see ships from lands we have so rarely heard of. It is a Scholar's dream to record such a moment in history. I will be watching closely.
Written By Aleksei
Dec. 29, 2018, 12:41 p.m.(4/6/1010 AR)
Fuck your chains.
Written By Delilah
Dec. 29, 2018, 12:29 p.m.(4/6/1010 AR)
I suspect that there will be a run on liquor and wine this spring. Just a thought.
Written By Preston
Dec. 29, 2018, 11:12 a.m.(4/6/1010 AR)
So. Ambassadors with an offer. It is for the Dominus to respond for the Faith, I speak only as a simple man. But I am inclined to suggest that people only tell you that everything is lost when in truth there are still options other than the one they offer. Otherwise they would force the issue and let it move to its natural resolution.
The Gods and the Compact have seen us through over a thousand years - and the Gods gave us our greatest gift in our freedom. I would not be minded to give that away - I would die a freeman, even on my knees at the headman's block, rather than a long life as a slave.
But, the Gods also gave us guides to our conduct, and these people as long as they act with honour should be viewed as our guests. And people should behave appropriately.
The Gods and the Compact have seen us through over a thousand years - and the Gods gave us our greatest gift in our freedom. I would not be minded to give that away - I would die a freeman, even on my knees at the headman's block, rather than a long life as a slave.
But, the Gods also gave us guides to our conduct, and these people as long as they act with honour should be viewed as our guests. And people should behave appropriately.
Written By Alrec
Dec. 29, 2018, 10:51 a.m.(4/6/1010 AR)
Truth will never reveal themselves unless you take risks.
Written By Sparte
Dec. 29, 2018, 10:50 a.m.(4/6/1010 AR)
An addendum to Officer Kenna's missive:
Please do not throw ANYTHING at ANY ship.
Please do not throw ANYTHING at ANY ship.
Written By Sparte
Dec. 29, 2018, 10:49 a.m.(4/6/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Ysabel
I have seen your journal describing a sense of connection between things. You're in an exciting and frightening place, the cusp of putting something new together. I don't know what you're learning, or where it will bring you, but I wish you only courage and success.
Written By Lisebet
Dec. 29, 2018, 10:46 a.m.(4/6/1010 AR)
Given my feelings earlier, I went to the Hall of Heroes, and sat by Copper's statue there. I made sure to read all the inscriptions in the main hall, spending some time reflecting on these Heroes and their sacrifices, and then went over to the statue of Copper.
They believed in us, and in return all we can do is remember them.
They believed in us, and in return all we can do is remember them.
Written By Renata
Dec. 29, 2018, 10:43 a.m.(4/6/1010 AR)
I went down to the docks this morning to look at the unnatural ship with the unnatural sails, and met Prince Galen who was doing the same as I. He was polite and amicable, and not at all cut from the same cloth as other Thraxians that I've met in the past. He has a thirst, a love for adventuring upon the water, and as sad as it might be, I am coming to realise that I must be the only person in all of Arval that holds the views that I hold.
I will continue to pray to Mangata, and to ask Her for Her blessings upon those that are driven to sail on Her seas.
I will continue to pray to Mangata, and to ask Her for Her blessings upon those that are driven to sail on Her seas.
Written By Alrec
Dec. 29, 2018, 10:42 a.m.(4/6/1010 AR)
Do not worry Leviathan, if I ever hear that you are going to die a natural death, old on a bed, I will come and challenge you myself. I just hope you would do the same for me.
Written By Lisebet
Dec. 29, 2018, 10:04 a.m.(4/6/1010 AR)
I have no idea what to say. I know I should say something important, pithy, or even amusing, but I can't think of any such thing.
I suppose we will see what happens next.
Oh! I did have an interesting conversation with some friends at the coffee shop. It was fun and entertaining and interrupted by the gossip swirling around Arx.
I suppose we will see what happens next.
Oh! I did have an interesting conversation with some friends at the coffee shop. It was fun and entertaining and interrupted by the gossip swirling around Arx.
Written By Lisebet
Dec. 29, 2018, 10:04 a.m.(4/6/1010 AR)
I have no idea what to say. I know I should say something important, pithy, or even amusing, but I can't think of any such thing.
I suppose we will see what happens next.
Oh! I did have an interesting conversation with some friends at the coffee shop. It was fun and entertaining and interrupted by the gossip swirling around Arx.
I suppose we will see what happens next.
Oh! I did have an interesting conversation with some friends at the coffee shop. It was fun and entertaining and interrupted by the gossip swirling around Arx.
Written By Thena
Dec. 29, 2018, 9:10 a.m.(4/6/1010 AR)
Daddy's home.
Written By Reese
Dec. 29, 2018, 9:05 a.m.(4/6/1010 AR)
I greatly enjoyed the Shepherd's party. They are great hosts. It was a fun time.
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