Written By Victus
Sept. 25, 2018, 3:17 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)
The people I made keep trying to eat metal.
Written By Aonghus
Sept. 25, 2018, 2:53 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)
Lady Kelani asked me to make her armor today. So that is what I have done, making her the finest that she can use. While I usually take all the pride in my work I find myself going over it again and again making sure the steel is just right. It is almost a compulsion now as I feel I am putting alot of me into it for her. Since coming here both herself and Kaldur (sorry Lord Kaldur) have been the closest things to friends and maybe even family that I have had since coming here. I won't let her down with anything but the best I can make her..
Written By Amari
Sept. 25, 2018, 2:18 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)
Previous entry was classic misdirection of course, in case anyone clever thought to search the whites for clues. The real trouble will be all the mistletoe and doll's eye berries eaten before the joust which was the subject of the bet; can you eat all these poisonous berries and still shoot straight and not just immediately die?
OR IS THIS A LIE? I'm going to make this very difficult. Dame Irama Wildhawk will be a confusing riot of maladies. Which will be the one actually causing her toes to fall off?
It's probably not a curse or frostbite.
OR IS THIS A LIE? I'm going to make this very difficult. Dame Irama Wildhawk will be a confusing riot of maladies. Which will be the one actually causing her toes to fall off?
It's probably not a curse or frostbite.
Written By Amari
Sept. 25, 2018, 1:55 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)
I'm looking forward to my acting debut. I'll be the archery jousting casualty at Reigna's fundraiser. I'll have a broken arm like Duke Cristoph, a cracked skull and an arrow stuck in my side like Baron Norwood and maybe I'll have been trampled by a horse too. So I'll be generally a bit twisted and mushed up. Oh, should I have a fever too and acute alcohol poisoning? I think that's a good start, but I'm willing to add more maladies. Frostbite?
My character will be Dame Irama Wildhawk, and I'd have been jousting to settle a bet while improperly attired for frigid winter weather and very drunk, when I accidentally shot myself with an arrow and I fell off my horse and hit my head, but my foot got stuck in the stirrup and I was also trampled on for a considerable distance through the snow. Then I caught a terrible cold and my toes fell off.
I'll need a costume and spare toes.
My character will be Dame Irama Wildhawk, and I'd have been jousting to settle a bet while improperly attired for frigid winter weather and very drunk, when I accidentally shot myself with an arrow and I fell off my horse and hit my head, but my foot got stuck in the stirrup and I was also trampled on for a considerable distance through the snow. Then I caught a terrible cold and my toes fell off.
I'll need a costume and spare toes.
Written By Niklas
Sept. 25, 2018, 1:49 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)
So far the worst part about pregnancy is having to buy new shoes for strangers.
Of course, I'm not the one carrying around a baby in his belly, so I may not be the best one to ask.
I am glad we're over the part where Sabella was only able to eat extremely greasy sausages.
Though we may never again be past the part where getting between her and cake is a death sentence.
Of course, I'm not the one carrying around a baby in his belly, so I may not be the best one to ask.
I am glad we're over the part where Sabella was only able to eat extremely greasy sausages.
Though we may never again be past the part where getting between her and cake is a death sentence.
Written By Thena
Sept. 25, 2018, 1:41 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Tikva
I don’t think there will ever be a shortage of people making people.
Written By Reigna
Sept. 25, 2018, 1:28 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Corban
I did not mean to cast aspersions on the code of chivalry, or imply that one cannot question while following its tenets. In fact, I quite agree that part of accomplishing one's duty is to do due diligence and ensure that one is on the side of righteousness. As Prince Mydas said earlier, there is no honoring of Gloria in following like a sheep. Blind obedience is no show of faith, but rather is the act of one who willingly accepts a yoke.
I maintain, however, that there is a certain culture associated with such a code that makes it... uncomfortable to be questioned. I am glad if this is not your experience, and I am not, in anyway, trying to say that this is everyone's experience. But I have seen instances in which questioning is seen as something that is almost insulting. As if there is some implication that by simply asking, the questioner is casting doubt on the due diligence of the questioned. As if they are implying those questions have not already been asked.
Perhaps I am not being particularly coherent this morning. I did apparently not read agreement in Prince Mydas' words, so.
I maintain, however, that there is a certain culture associated with such a code that makes it... uncomfortable to be questioned. I am glad if this is not your experience, and I am not, in anyway, trying to say that this is everyone's experience. But I have seen instances in which questioning is seen as something that is almost insulting. As if there is some implication that by simply asking, the questioner is casting doubt on the due diligence of the questioned. As if they are implying those questions have not already been asked.
Perhaps I am not being particularly coherent this morning. I did apparently not read agreement in Prince Mydas' words, so.
Written By Mydas
Sept. 25, 2018, 1:26 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Corban
I agree with the notion of there being a time and place for questions. Starting to argue with one's commander about the need to charge when the order is given is not such a time.
But there lies part of being human. We walk between extremes in a constant balancing act.
But there lies part of being human. We walk between extremes in a constant balancing act.
Written By Reigna
Sept. 25, 2018, 1:19 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Tikva
I think this is usually the case, especially when there is a fair amount of time between pregnancies. Though I feel as though I remember feeling as though my pregnancy with Talis being smoother than with Aeryn. I was far less prone to losing my food, that is for certain. Though to be fair I spent over a month in Stormwall where I did not actually do much eating, given the circumstances. So.
Written By Tikva
Sept. 25, 2018, 1 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Thena
I mean if we _all_ just become godsworn, where are all the new people going to come from? I've got new people to make here.
Written By Thena
Sept. 25, 2018, 12:55 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)
Become Godsworn! Pregnancy is strictly forbidden!
Written By Corban
Sept. 25, 2018, 12:51 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Mydas
I cannot speak to the doctrine of Tehom and the Mirrormasks' proper remit. But I am an officer of the Silver Swords, and I have written at length on the knightly virtues. I therefore believe myself qualified to at least offer a few words on chivalry.
I see no conflict between chivalry and questioning. The chivalrous are guided not solely by obedience, but by righteousness. To pursue the right requires questioning, for it requires the knight to judge her actions against the good, not just one's orders. Nor is chivalry an obstacle to considering a matter from each angle. I am a Knight Lieutenant. But each one of the hundred Silver Swords has not just the right, but the duty, to carefully examine my plans and to raise a question or concern if a material flaw is identified.
Of course, the chivalrous must keep their oaths and it is generally right to obey one's superiors. Thus, when a decision is taken, the chivalrous must carry the order out to the best of their ability, even if they were previously opposed. The role of Tehom's advocate is ill taken when it extends beyond planning and infects the time for action.
But even then.
Our history is dotted with instances where those who I believe were true to chivalry defied orders in pursuit of the right and protection of innocent. The paladins at Eastguard, who refused to withdraw to Arx so that they might protect the refugees fleeing from the coast. The Paladins of the Wood and the knights that rode with them -- and became oathbreakers -- to to fight alongside the Sylv'alfar.
I leave to others Tehom's nature and His proper role in the Pantheon. But -- at least when it comes to critical inquiry -- I should rather like to leave chivalry out of it.
I see no conflict between chivalry and questioning. The chivalrous are guided not solely by obedience, but by righteousness. To pursue the right requires questioning, for it requires the knight to judge her actions against the good, not just one's orders. Nor is chivalry an obstacle to considering a matter from each angle. I am a Knight Lieutenant. But each one of the hundred Silver Swords has not just the right, but the duty, to carefully examine my plans and to raise a question or concern if a material flaw is identified.
Of course, the chivalrous must keep their oaths and it is generally right to obey one's superiors. Thus, when a decision is taken, the chivalrous must carry the order out to the best of their ability, even if they were previously opposed. The role of Tehom's advocate is ill taken when it extends beyond planning and infects the time for action.
But even then.
Our history is dotted with instances where those who I believe were true to chivalry defied orders in pursuit of the right and protection of innocent. The paladins at Eastguard, who refused to withdraw to Arx so that they might protect the refugees fleeing from the coast. The Paladins of the Wood and the knights that rode with them -- and became oathbreakers -- to to fight alongside the Sylv'alfar.
I leave to others Tehom's nature and His proper role in the Pantheon. But -- at least when it comes to critical inquiry -- I should rather like to leave chivalry out of it.
Written By Jasher
Sept. 25, 2018, 12:51 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Reigna
Provide examples.
Written By Aleksei
Sept. 25, 2018, 12:44 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Reigna
I don't want examples!!!
Written By Mydas
Sept. 25, 2018, 12:36 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Reigna
My response was in agreement to yours, and was to shed stronger light upon aspects you approached but I thought could use further emphasis.
Not all my journal responses are meant to point the flaw in the arguments of others, Marquessa.
Not all my journal responses are meant to point the flaw in the arguments of others, Marquessa.
Written By Tikva
Sept. 25, 2018, 12:20 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)
Not to contradict my comrades in arms in this particular army, but I believe the worst pregnancy is not so much the first, second or last; rather, the worst pregnancy is clearly the one that you are subjectively experiencing at the moment.
Written By Reigna
Sept. 25, 2018, 12:19 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aleksei
Oh, my friend. I could give you a few examples should you like me to. You probably do not.
It is still worth it.
It is still worth it.
Written By Aleksei
Sept. 25, 2018, 12:13 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)
Wow it sounds way better to be on this side of pregnancy and childbirth.
Written By Reigna
Sept. 25, 2018, 12:04 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Mydas
I had to go back and see my own entry to confirm that I did not imply such. I was, in fact, saying essentially what you just did. I agree that questions should not be seen as threatening because all they do is provide opportunity to reaffirm our own faith.
Perhaps it is my recent lack of sleep, but that is what I said, was it not?
Perhaps it is my recent lack of sleep, but that is what I said, was it not?
Written By Mydas
Sept. 25, 2018, 11:37 a.m.(9/2/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Reigna
It's often the case when one speaks of the contrarian nature of the Mirrormasks. The assumption that because we are called upon to speak up when all else are silent, that we always speak up. It's an obviously simplistic and short-sighted view, but an easy one to grasp and thus rather popular among certain circles.
To question everything is as foolish as questioning nothing. And if one's faith is so fragile as to be endangered when difficult questions are considered, then that speaks more of one's moral failings than the ones of the one who asks.
The implicit trust and unity you speak of has its merits of course. A shieldwall is far stronger than a lone warrior. Yet to sacrifice one's own ability to think for the sake of blind adherence weakens faith, weakens trust. Chivalry thus becomes less the source of high ideals and virtues, and instead a mindlessness obedience far from Gloria, and for that matter, from Skald.
To follow like sheep is no great achievement. To stand together despite differences of nature and belief merits far greater praise. And on that, Marquessa, we agree.
To question everything is as foolish as questioning nothing. And if one's faith is so fragile as to be endangered when difficult questions are considered, then that speaks more of one's moral failings than the ones of the one who asks.
The implicit trust and unity you speak of has its merits of course. A shieldwall is far stronger than a lone warrior. Yet to sacrifice one's own ability to think for the sake of blind adherence weakens faith, weakens trust. Chivalry thus becomes less the source of high ideals and virtues, and instead a mindlessness obedience far from Gloria, and for that matter, from Skald.
To follow like sheep is no great achievement. To stand together despite differences of nature and belief merits far greater praise. And on that, Marquessa, we agree.
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