Written By Preston
Aug. 8, 2018, 7:34 a.m.(5/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Arik
The first is simple enough, as it has happened - those who have undertaken vows, but where due to unforseen circumstance their noble family would collapse without their return, may be released from them. The well being of the compact, its strength and continued stability, is of importance to the Faith and the Gods. It would be exceptional, and down to the Dominus to decide.
Which is, I suspect the answer to the second. Though those with grown children have joined the Faith through the vows of the Godsworn, I am not familiar with any case where anyone has been absolved of responsibility for children, by the children being in the care of others or such, who has taken the vows. It would be a question for someone more learned in Faith bureaucracy than I. Ultimately such requests are down to the Dominus. Still, the fact we are free of the pulls and responsibility of dependents is one of the key parts of the Godsworn, so we are never tempted to place another above our service.
Which is, I suspect the answer to the second. Though those with grown children have joined the Faith through the vows of the Godsworn, I am not familiar with any case where anyone has been absolved of responsibility for children, by the children being in the care of others or such, who has taken the vows. It would be a question for someone more learned in Faith bureaucracy than I. Ultimately such requests are down to the Dominus. Still, the fact we are free of the pulls and responsibility of dependents is one of the key parts of the Godsworn, so we are never tempted to place another above our service.
Written By Macda
Aug. 8, 2018, 7:04 a.m.(5/10/1009 AR)
Things I've Done Since Returning from Bastion:
1. Punched a big guy.
2. Get choked out by a big guy.
3. Made a Lady swoon.
4. Saved a swooning lady from hitting the ground.
5. Found that someone's dog has ruined my favorite boots.
Things I Need To Do:
1. Punch a big guy harder.
2. Find new boots.
3. Profit?
1. Punched a big guy.
2. Get choked out by a big guy.
3. Made a Lady swoon.
4. Saved a swooning lady from hitting the ground.
5. Found that someone's dog has ruined my favorite boots.
Things I Need To Do:
1. Punch a big guy harder.
2. Find new boots.
3. Profit?
Written By Sina
Aug. 8, 2018, 1:43 a.m.(5/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Esoka
I was very grateful for Esoka's presence and support today. We shared a journey together, and she attended my Godswearing ceremony. I enjoy her company, and her bravery is inspiring to me. Perhaps we will journey together again someday. I am glad to call her a friend.
Written By Esoka
Aug. 7, 2018, 11:44 p.m.(5/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Sina
I had the honor of witnessing Sina Izetta - now Sister Sina Godsworn - take her vows to become a priest of the Pantheon. I've known her but a short time, but in that she's proven herself to be a woman of bravery, a level head, and a sharp wit the Faith and Arvum sorely need right now. She'll do very well, I think, and I'm proud to call her a friend of mine.
Written By Aureth
Aug. 7, 2018, 11:17 p.m.(5/10/1009 AR)
I'm pretty sure that the most dramatic sighs in this house belong to Peanut.
Written By Edward
Aug. 7, 2018, 11:05 p.m.(5/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aksel
...at least it wasn't abyssal duckbears. Damn.
Written By Isidora
Aug. 7, 2018, 11 p.m.(5/10/1009 AR)
Honeyed Mead.
The sweetest dangerous taste.
Honeyed Mead. Oh my.
The sweetest dangerous taste.
Honeyed Mead. Oh my.
Written By Fecundo
Aug. 7, 2018, 10:26 p.m.(5/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Miranda
My sister has finally arrived from home. Belatedly, I wonder how well Arx will survive having us both in the same place....
Written By Miranda
Aug. 7, 2018, 10:22 p.m.(5/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Fecundo
Brother
Written By Lumen
Aug. 7, 2018, 9:31 p.m.(5/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Saedrus
I feel personally attacked.
Written By Saedrus
Aug. 7, 2018, 9:08 p.m.(5/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aleksei
He said, melodramatically.
Written By Aleksei
Aug. 7, 2018, 9 p.m.(5/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Saedrus
WELL I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S DEFINITELY NOT ME.
Written By Saedrus
Aug. 7, 2018, 8:55 p.m.(5/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aleksei
While I will not make mention on the idea of my sulking, which may I add is a mildly outrageous notion.
I do know someone that is prone to exceptionally dramatic collapses onto couches or beds with rather loud complaint.
I do know someone that is prone to exceptionally dramatic collapses onto couches or beds with rather loud complaint.
Written By Monique
Aug. 7, 2018, 8:50 p.m.(5/10/1009 AR)
Sir Leo R. Limn, Hypothetical Veteran and Author
Request: Won't you please leave a copy of subsequent volumes to be found in the Gilded Page? Volumes I and II are fascinating. The library could use more hypotheticals!
Question: What more can you tell me of the Everwinter?
Request: Won't you please leave a copy of subsequent volumes to be found in the Gilded Page? Volumes I and II are fascinating. The library could use more hypotheticals!
Question: What more can you tell me of the Everwinter?
Written By Arik
Aug. 7, 2018, 6:20 p.m.(5/9/1009 AR)
I have studied the Faith to one degree or another since I was a young boy in Whitehold. You would be surprised how much knowing a little of reflections comes in handy when dealing with Shav in some cases... I always noted that the Godsworn must give up all things that might come before the Faith to attain their title. I have noted several people of late seeking to take those oaths and so I ask...
If Godsworn can be recalled in order to ensure the continuation of a Noble Family
If Godsworn can be dismissed for the care of children that are their issue
Is this because of the amount of those sworn to the Gods or would the Gods rather we care for those we owe blood and hearth too before them?
If Godsworn can be recalled in order to ensure the continuation of a Noble Family
If Godsworn can be dismissed for the care of children that are their issue
Is this because of the amount of those sworn to the Gods or would the Gods rather we care for those we owe blood and hearth too before them?
Written By Preston
Aug. 7, 2018, 5:48 p.m.(5/9/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Sina
Though you will have no children of your blood, you will have many children.
The faithful people of Arvum, the disciples of our orders, all look to the Godsworn to guide and protect them. To teach them. To care for them when they are ill, to praise them when they are good.
It is that love, that duty we feel, the obligation, which drives some of what we does - it is what drove my part in establishing the Grand Mausoleum of the Faith, the debt I felt I owed my people, my disciples, for not falling with them.
Be certain when you speak the oaths. For you forsake your family, forsake future offspring of your loins, but you gain a much larger family, and take on a much greater responsibility to nurture whole cities.
The faithful people of Arvum, the disciples of our orders, all look to the Godsworn to guide and protect them. To teach them. To care for them when they are ill, to praise them when they are good.
It is that love, that duty we feel, the obligation, which drives some of what we does - it is what drove my part in establishing the Grand Mausoleum of the Faith, the debt I felt I owed my people, my disciples, for not falling with them.
Be certain when you speak the oaths. For you forsake your family, forsake future offspring of your loins, but you gain a much larger family, and take on a much greater responsibility to nurture whole cities.
Written By Sina
Aug. 7, 2018, 4:56 p.m.(5/9/1009 AR)
Today, I am to take my vows in service to the Gods. I have spent the better part of a year in deep contemplation of this decision. Through prayer and a good deal of advice (both for and against) from those I respect and admire, I am convinced that it is the right path for me.
Vows are sacred to Limerance. There is a reason for them, and for why they are taken so seriously. Such decisions certainly are not to be made lightly. But I have made my choice, and I am content with it. I seek not to do so because I consider myself to be anything special, nor do I feel that the Gods favor me in any way. It is simply the choice I have made, because I feel it is the right thing for me, personally, to do.
My life has always been a life of service, for as long as I can remember. I have not regretted a moment of my service to House Thrax, and I shall be forever grateful for the day Prince Elton Thrax elevated me from my drudgery in the kitchens to stand at the side of Princess Donella as her handmaiden, and then Princess Alarissa. This was a position of honor, and I chose to honor my oaths of fealty to House Thrax, even though I gave those oaths when I was very young, merely a child, and served with diligence and, yes, even with a quiet contentment.
Now, however, I feel the call to serve the Gods, and I hope that I may serve them with as much devotion as I have served House Thrax. We freely choose our own path; it is all in how one looks at life. You can choose whether or not to be faithful and true, or to be bitter and resentful, regardless of the circumstances.
My father's ship was destroyed by House Thrax when I was a child, and I lost him to Thrax reavers. My mother was a thrall aboard his ship, and was sold off when I was still a toddler. I don't even remember her. My life has not been an easy one, not by far. I could have chosen the path of resentment, anger, bitterness, and vengeance for my father's death. He was, after all, a pirate, and I am a pirate's daughter. At times, I will confess, parts of me were tempted to that course. But instead, I chose the path of acceptance, peace, and service. (Except for throwing pies. Throwing pies is okay, I think, when it's all in good fun. Not that I threw a pie at High Lord Victus. I would never!)
Anyway, we all have a choice. To do good, or to follow our darker passions (pie throwing aside). There are many who do not care for the dogma of the Thirteenth, but there is a place for it. A reminder that we must all be aware of our darker thoughts and reflections, and to remember that we have a choice. To embrace those darker thoughts and emotions, or to eschew them and embrace the Light instead. (And maybe some good light-hearted fun, because why does life have to be so serious all the time?)
I choose to embrace the Light, and this calling to serve. And so, today I merely take a step further along that journey. My heart is at peace. I will have a new family of brothers and sisters, where before I had no family. I feel a sense of purpose that I never felt before. And while the path may not be an easy one, it is the one that calls to me the most.
I look forward to my new life. There are parts of the old life that I will miss, of course. Becoming Godsworn is not without sacrifice, after all. Some things will be forever barred to me. Marriage. Children. Wealth. I might find myself wanting those first two someday, some have said. Am I sure that I want to do this? To never be able to have offspring of my own, to know the joys of raising a child and leaving a legacy? Surely, some must think, I am too young to be making this choice.
But no. Those things do not sway me from my course. I will be content to adore the children of others, and smile with warmth and happiness when I see others wed. I may not be able to marry, but I will be able to perform the rites that join others in marriage perhaps. That, to me, is enough. More than enough. As for wealth... I have never needed nor wanted it.
Mistress Petal Penrose was kind enough to make me a robe for today's ceremony. I look forward to wearing it. I love the little fishes along the bottom. I am like a fish. Life is the stream, and I go with the current. They are also a perfect little nod to Mangata, whom I hold close in reverence in my heart. Each of the Gods, in their own way, resonate with me. While I will serve specifically in the capacity of Prelate of the Scholars of Vellichor, I hold a special place in my heart for each of the Gods.
It's time to start getting ready now, to get my affairs in order, and to prepare to say goodbye to the life I've known that I might welcome the new one. I have lingered maybe overlong on this journal entry. But I felt it important to get my thoughts written out, that I might never forget the feelings in my heart this day. Vellichor charged us with writing out our most important moments in the Whites, that they may never be forgotten. This is, probably, one of the most important days of my life. And so it is recorded.
Vows are sacred to Limerance. There is a reason for them, and for why they are taken so seriously. Such decisions certainly are not to be made lightly. But I have made my choice, and I am content with it. I seek not to do so because I consider myself to be anything special, nor do I feel that the Gods favor me in any way. It is simply the choice I have made, because I feel it is the right thing for me, personally, to do.
My life has always been a life of service, for as long as I can remember. I have not regretted a moment of my service to House Thrax, and I shall be forever grateful for the day Prince Elton Thrax elevated me from my drudgery in the kitchens to stand at the side of Princess Donella as her handmaiden, and then Princess Alarissa. This was a position of honor, and I chose to honor my oaths of fealty to House Thrax, even though I gave those oaths when I was very young, merely a child, and served with diligence and, yes, even with a quiet contentment.
Now, however, I feel the call to serve the Gods, and I hope that I may serve them with as much devotion as I have served House Thrax. We freely choose our own path; it is all in how one looks at life. You can choose whether or not to be faithful and true, or to be bitter and resentful, regardless of the circumstances.
My father's ship was destroyed by House Thrax when I was a child, and I lost him to Thrax reavers. My mother was a thrall aboard his ship, and was sold off when I was still a toddler. I don't even remember her. My life has not been an easy one, not by far. I could have chosen the path of resentment, anger, bitterness, and vengeance for my father's death. He was, after all, a pirate, and I am a pirate's daughter. At times, I will confess, parts of me were tempted to that course. But instead, I chose the path of acceptance, peace, and service. (Except for throwing pies. Throwing pies is okay, I think, when it's all in good fun. Not that I threw a pie at High Lord Victus. I would never!)
Anyway, we all have a choice. To do good, or to follow our darker passions (pie throwing aside). There are many who do not care for the dogma of the Thirteenth, but there is a place for it. A reminder that we must all be aware of our darker thoughts and reflections, and to remember that we have a choice. To embrace those darker thoughts and emotions, or to eschew them and embrace the Light instead. (And maybe some good light-hearted fun, because why does life have to be so serious all the time?)
I choose to embrace the Light, and this calling to serve. And so, today I merely take a step further along that journey. My heart is at peace. I will have a new family of brothers and sisters, where before I had no family. I feel a sense of purpose that I never felt before. And while the path may not be an easy one, it is the one that calls to me the most.
I look forward to my new life. There are parts of the old life that I will miss, of course. Becoming Godsworn is not without sacrifice, after all. Some things will be forever barred to me. Marriage. Children. Wealth. I might find myself wanting those first two someday, some have said. Am I sure that I want to do this? To never be able to have offspring of my own, to know the joys of raising a child and leaving a legacy? Surely, some must think, I am too young to be making this choice.
But no. Those things do not sway me from my course. I will be content to adore the children of others, and smile with warmth and happiness when I see others wed. I may not be able to marry, but I will be able to perform the rites that join others in marriage perhaps. That, to me, is enough. More than enough. As for wealth... I have never needed nor wanted it.
Mistress Petal Penrose was kind enough to make me a robe for today's ceremony. I look forward to wearing it. I love the little fishes along the bottom. I am like a fish. Life is the stream, and I go with the current. They are also a perfect little nod to Mangata, whom I hold close in reverence in my heart. Each of the Gods, in their own way, resonate with me. While I will serve specifically in the capacity of Prelate of the Scholars of Vellichor, I hold a special place in my heart for each of the Gods.
It's time to start getting ready now, to get my affairs in order, and to prepare to say goodbye to the life I've known that I might welcome the new one. I have lingered maybe overlong on this journal entry. But I felt it important to get my thoughts written out, that I might never forget the feelings in my heart this day. Vellichor charged us with writing out our most important moments in the Whites, that they may never be forgotten. This is, probably, one of the most important days of my life. And so it is recorded.
Written By Aleksei
Aug. 7, 2018, 4:34 p.m.(5/9/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Bliss
There is no one in the world -- not just the Compact, but the _world_ -- who is as effective a sulker as Saedrus is.
If you don't hear from me after this, I'm probably dead.
If you don't hear from me after this, I'm probably dead.
Written By Lydia
Aug. 7, 2018, 3:55 p.m.(5/9/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Bliss
I had a particularly good sulk, when someone I was interested in found someone else.
Isn't that de rigueur, for such things?
It was epic while it lasted, but time heals.
Isn't that de rigueur, for such things?
It was epic while it lasted, but time heals.
Written By Riagnon
Aug. 7, 2018, 3:48 p.m.(5/9/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Calaudrin
Oh, none of that was done purposefully! What's a shank?!
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