Written By Sabella
May 7, 2018, 6:26 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Tikva
Yes! I could have him play for the family dinner next week?
Written By Adriana
May 7, 2018, 6:08 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Alaric
Oh praise Petrichord, I won a goat! A sweet little adorable green eyed goat named Butterfly. She seems to be gloomy but I adore her. All my work with Ma's goats at home have paid off. Now I have a source for goat cheese, when she gets older of course!
I also won perfume in a raffle! I haven't had the occasion to wear it but perhaps someday.
I also met the King and he's the most wonderful person. He promised to come by the Knights for some biscuits someday. I really hope he does, he's just the most delightful person in all of Arx.
I also won perfume in a raffle! I haven't had the occasion to wear it but perhaps someday.
I also met the King and he's the most wonderful person. He promised to come by the Knights for some biscuits someday. I really hope he does, he's just the most delightful person in all of Arx.
Written By Thena
May 7, 2018, 5:57 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Tikva
Yes. You should.
Written By Margret
May 7, 2018, 5:52 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
My belief in the Spirits and Ancestors of the Greenwood will never waver.
But I confess that when the missionaries came from Sanctum after we joined the Compact I was not receptive to their message. Others in my family have turned to the Pantheon, but I wasn't ready. I'm not usually rebellious by nature, and I do not think myself stubborn. Maybe it was the rigidness of Orthodoxy that kept me from receiving the message. Not that I am disparaging Orthodoxy, and while I have never felt inspiration from it I have been inspired by those who adhere to it. Their strong and resolute faith in something is beautiful even if it was never mine.
However, hearing different perspectives of the Pantheon since I have come to Arx has caused me to question if I have given the Thirteen a fair chance. Perhaps I haven't, and I need to change that. Also Petrichor, who is held to high esteem in the Greenwood, is one of the Pantheon, and if I honor Him how can I not honor the rest?
I plan on visiting the Shrines in the next couple of weeks, reading, and doing my own research as well as speaking with the Faithful. There is no harm in opening my heart to the Pantheon.
But I confess that when the missionaries came from Sanctum after we joined the Compact I was not receptive to their message. Others in my family have turned to the Pantheon, but I wasn't ready. I'm not usually rebellious by nature, and I do not think myself stubborn. Maybe it was the rigidness of Orthodoxy that kept me from receiving the message. Not that I am disparaging Orthodoxy, and while I have never felt inspiration from it I have been inspired by those who adhere to it. Their strong and resolute faith in something is beautiful even if it was never mine.
However, hearing different perspectives of the Pantheon since I have come to Arx has caused me to question if I have given the Thirteen a fair chance. Perhaps I haven't, and I need to change that. Also Petrichor, who is held to high esteem in the Greenwood, is one of the Pantheon, and if I honor Him how can I not honor the rest?
I plan on visiting the Shrines in the next couple of weeks, reading, and doing my own research as well as speaking with the Faithful. There is no harm in opening my heart to the Pantheon.
Written By Eleyna
May 7, 2018, 5:49 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
My mother died when I was five years old. I have very few memories of her and most of those are hazed with time and distance.
Yet, I can look at the white journals that she left behind and get a sense of what she was like. What she thought. What she dreamed. Not all of it is pretty, but even those things are valuable to me, her daughter that never got to know who she really was except through these writings that she left behind.
Yet, I can look at the white journals that she left behind and get a sense of what she was like. What she thought. What she dreamed. Not all of it is pretty, but even those things are valuable to me, her daughter that never got to know who she really was except through these writings that she left behind.
Written By Lisebet
May 7, 2018, 5:41 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Wynna
This is a very good point, and yet, we remember specific points in history as important. Well, most of us do. There are many days and years in which nothing of historical note happened. I wonder if we live in such a time, or if the battles that we have so recently gone through will be seen as notable.
But I do agree that they should remember. Only I am not convinced they will.
But I do agree that they should remember. Only I am not convinced they will.
Written By Fairen
May 7, 2018, 5:36 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Orazio
As I have come to expect from the Legate, a brilliant perspective to the present theological discussions at hand.
Written By Orazio
May 7, 2018, 5:33 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
A stack of copied entries from the journals is staring at me. At least one invokes Skald, and another Gild, which both fall under my purview, so, gods help me, I shall address the matter:
Knowledge and expertise are valuable commodities, and should be valued. And, unfortunately, people often do not value that which they are handed for free - thus it becomes an expectation. When people who have significant duties are approached for the sharing of a language, or knowledge, or any other tutelage, they are well within their rights to put a value on their time and expertise. Gild honors charity, but she does not demand that you must give away everything you own just because someone else wants it.
This is true even of the nobility. Now, it would be frowned upon for many reasons for a noble to be so crass as to advertise their services along with a fee schedule, like a common merchant. However, if you wish to learn from someone, they are well within their rights to require an investment for the time, effort, and value they are imparting, whether that be silver, or favors, or gifts. In truth, a noble should never have to convey that expectation explicitly, for the one who seeks to learn should come prepared with a gift of gratitude for being considered as a student, equal to the value the student places on the service provided.
Anyone is thoroughly well within their rights to turn down any student who believes the tutoring they seek is worth nothing.
Knowledge and expertise are valuable commodities, and should be valued. And, unfortunately, people often do not value that which they are handed for free - thus it becomes an expectation. When people who have significant duties are approached for the sharing of a language, or knowledge, or any other tutelage, they are well within their rights to put a value on their time and expertise. Gild honors charity, but she does not demand that you must give away everything you own just because someone else wants it.
This is true even of the nobility. Now, it would be frowned upon for many reasons for a noble to be so crass as to advertise their services along with a fee schedule, like a common merchant. However, if you wish to learn from someone, they are well within their rights to require an investment for the time, effort, and value they are imparting, whether that be silver, or favors, or gifts. In truth, a noble should never have to convey that expectation explicitly, for the one who seeks to learn should come prepared with a gift of gratitude for being considered as a student, equal to the value the student places on the service provided.
Anyone is thoroughly well within their rights to turn down any student who believes the tutoring they seek is worth nothing.
Written By Wynna
May 7, 2018, 5:15 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Lisebet
A land that has forgotten its past is doomed to repeat it.
So they'd better not forget us, just as we strive not to forget ours.
So they'd better not forget us, just as we strive not to forget ours.
Written By Tikva
May 7, 2018, 5:13 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Niklas
Should I challenge Lord Niklas to a banjo-off?
Written By Tessa
May 7, 2018, 5:11 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
As everyone seems to be having very deep thinking thoughts about marriage these days I have come to the following conclusions:
1. I think wedding rings ought to be made of cold, hard iron, with rough edges. Maybe they soften over time, maybe you get used to the weight, but they shouldn't be easy things, they shouldn't be pretty things.
2. A spouse should chafe a bit in the beginning, to rub away your own rough edges. There needs to be friction to wear a groove in each other's lives to make room for one another. Brittle things break easily, lots of people are brittle.
3. I think people lie too much about who and what they are, they shouldn't do that.
4. If I ever have to marry someone (which is still a big IF, I really rather like the idea of having a long string of paramours and giving Countess Kennex grey hairs with new dinner dates every gathering), I want it to be someone greater than me, not less. Not in status, or wealth (though those things are fabulous if they can be had!) but in person. I think too many are looking for a puppy in a spouse, someone they can leash and train and control, who will protect and serve and comfort them on their own terms. Which is stupid!
I want a piece of the sun. I want a mountain. I want someone even I can't move or contain. I want a man that will never be afraid of my own shine, who will never feel like he has to keep me small so I 'need' him, who will never feel intimidated when I succeed. And very most of all, one who knows sometimes I'll throw things at him but that doesn't mean I don't like him any more and is okay with that.
1. I think wedding rings ought to be made of cold, hard iron, with rough edges. Maybe they soften over time, maybe you get used to the weight, but they shouldn't be easy things, they shouldn't be pretty things.
2. A spouse should chafe a bit in the beginning, to rub away your own rough edges. There needs to be friction to wear a groove in each other's lives to make room for one another. Brittle things break easily, lots of people are brittle.
3. I think people lie too much about who and what they are, they shouldn't do that.
4. If I ever have to marry someone (which is still a big IF, I really rather like the idea of having a long string of paramours and giving Countess Kennex grey hairs with new dinner dates every gathering), I want it to be someone greater than me, not less. Not in status, or wealth (though those things are fabulous if they can be had!) but in person. I think too many are looking for a puppy in a spouse, someone they can leash and train and control, who will protect and serve and comfort them on their own terms. Which is stupid!
I want a piece of the sun. I want a mountain. I want someone even I can't move or contain. I want a man that will never be afraid of my own shine, who will never feel like he has to keep me small so I 'need' him, who will never feel intimidated when I succeed. And very most of all, one who knows sometimes I'll throw things at him but that doesn't mean I don't like him any more and is okay with that.
Written By Lisebet
May 7, 2018, 5:09 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
So I went to the Hall of Heroes today after an acquaintance mentioned it to me yesterday. That is - something. I really am not sure what to say, except that there really are a lot of very courageous and brave people who have managed to do spectacular things, even allowing for the hyperbole the scholars say we should. I went to all the halls, but spent most of my time in the main hall, and at the oldest of the statues, marvelling at how little we know of what went on a thousand years ago. It makes me wonder if in a thousand years anyone will even think about us at all.
Written By Aleksei
May 7, 2018, 5:09 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Matters of commerce and charity fall into Gild's domain, actually, not Skald's. People criticizing choices isn't actually the same thing as taking choices away from them.
Written By Wash
May 7, 2018, 5:09 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
I have on occasion been accused of shirking my duty. And my accusers were probably right. These days I take my duties more seriously. I may have wedded for love, but that does not mean I am any less committed, in this life, and hopefully every life after, to the one I married. I may have married into a March, but I owe that March my fealty. That doesn't change because I have difficulty 'getting on' with anyone in it, if such occurs.
I owe the people of Stormward, the sailors of Kennex, the noble and common members of my house my support, my knowledge, my loyalty and my faith. Faith that they will, if they are shirking their duty, come around one day to uphold it, the same way King Alaric showed his faith in me and granted me a marriage that did not serve my house well at the time. I hope they have come to appreciate our family ties better now. At the very least it has helped me be a better man.
To this end, as I've learned to teach the sailors under my command, and when asked, shared that information with noble members of my house, Thrax, and others. I've been told that I am a very good teacher actually. But, as many have pointed out, there are a limited number of hours in the day. If I am asked to dedicate resources (my teaching) to individuals or houses outside my own, should not my duty be to ensure that doing so serves my house in some way? After all, when I am not available to them, I am shirking my duty to them on some level.
As a child I shirked my duty. And as a young adult I ran from it. Today, as a father and husband I have accepted my duty to my house. If that means I ask for your support in exchange for sharing my time that otherwise would have gone to those whom I swore to support, I know you will understand, because if I wanted to share it with you in the first place, you've demonstrated reason and intuition above and beyond the ordinary mien.
I owe the people of Stormward, the sailors of Kennex, the noble and common members of my house my support, my knowledge, my loyalty and my faith. Faith that they will, if they are shirking their duty, come around one day to uphold it, the same way King Alaric showed his faith in me and granted me a marriage that did not serve my house well at the time. I hope they have come to appreciate our family ties better now. At the very least it has helped me be a better man.
To this end, as I've learned to teach the sailors under my command, and when asked, shared that information with noble members of my house, Thrax, and others. I've been told that I am a very good teacher actually. But, as many have pointed out, there are a limited number of hours in the day. If I am asked to dedicate resources (my teaching) to individuals or houses outside my own, should not my duty be to ensure that doing so serves my house in some way? After all, when I am not available to them, I am shirking my duty to them on some level.
As a child I shirked my duty. And as a young adult I ran from it. Today, as a father and husband I have accepted my duty to my house. If that means I ask for your support in exchange for sharing my time that otherwise would have gone to those whom I swore to support, I know you will understand, because if I wanted to share it with you in the first place, you've demonstrated reason and intuition above and beyond the ordinary mien.
Written By Malesh
May 7, 2018, 5:04 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
I think, as a long time member of The Arvum Philosophical Society for the Empowerment and Enlightenment of Curious Minds, that I may have discovered the next topic of debate amongst the idle and curious of The Salon! By Vellichor we have a duty to spread knowledge, and that seems to be a popular position at the moment. Do we not also recognize Skald? Exactly how much mentoring and teaching might we do before it so overwhelms and occupies our time that we do a disservice to Skald's teachings? Certainly a person possessing a singular knowledge might do Vellichor's work by writing it down to preserve it, but how much debt do they owe to teach this knowledge in person with no compensation (to themselves or charities) for their time? How must we act when all gods are equal in our hearts, but do not amongst themselves always agree?
Written By Magpie
May 7, 2018, 4:57 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
I grew up without a dad. I turned out okay.
Well, I mean, my mom wasn't around that much either cause she was busting her ass keeping food on our table. And we were grateful we had a table, damnit! Not everyone did!!
It was actually a really nice table that we snagged when a neighbors house went down to some sickness. It was all polished and smooth, with all these beautiful ripples in the wood grain that looked like rollers on the sea. I loved that table. I would lay my head on it and just feel the thickness of the wood, the weight of it's construction. It was so solid. I had my first experience of love on that table. She was a few years older than me but she liked my hair and my blue eyes. She was pretty too. We would have rolled in the hay but I had forgotten to get fresh hay and what was in the bed was infested with fleas. The table was a much better choice.
Where was I going with this? Oh, right. Just. Fun.
Leave Ford Kennex's motherless child out of this!! Is the kid a bastard now? How does that work? I'm sure it's super-fun being a bastard not-bastard. The kid will be okay.
Well, I mean, my mom wasn't around that much either cause she was busting her ass keeping food on our table. And we were grateful we had a table, damnit! Not everyone did!!
It was actually a really nice table that we snagged when a neighbors house went down to some sickness. It was all polished and smooth, with all these beautiful ripples in the wood grain that looked like rollers on the sea. I loved that table. I would lay my head on it and just feel the thickness of the wood, the weight of it's construction. It was so solid. I had my first experience of love on that table. She was a few years older than me but she liked my hair and my blue eyes. She was pretty too. We would have rolled in the hay but I had forgotten to get fresh hay and what was in the bed was infested with fleas. The table was a much better choice.
Where was I going with this? Oh, right. Just. Fun.
Leave Ford Kennex's motherless child out of this!! Is the kid a bastard now? How does that work? I'm sure it's super-fun being a bastard not-bastard. The kid will be okay.
Written By Caith
May 7, 2018, 4:54 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Itzal
They might not appeal as much but they would be much more appropriately named.
Written By Ford
May 7, 2018, 4:45 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
It's one thing to voice your opinion on a public matter.
It's one thing to get nasty about it.
But it's well and truly another matter entirely to drag someone not even involved into your mudslinging.
Leave my fucking son out of it.
It's one thing to get nasty about it.
But it's well and truly another matter entirely to drag someone not even involved into your mudslinging.
Leave my fucking son out of it.
Written By Niklas
May 7, 2018, 4:43 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
I will teach anyone the basics of banjology for a mere 100,000 silver.
Written By Aureth
May 7, 2018, 4:42 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Gabriel
Yeah, that's pretty much bullshit and socially ludicrous. If the Bisland coffers are that depleted, it seems altogether bizarre that his grace would feel like advertising it to the Compact is remotely appropriate.
That said, I personally trained Duke Gabriel in instruction so I'm sure someone got their penny's worth out of that if anyone took him up.
That said, I personally trained Duke Gabriel in instruction so I'm sure someone got their penny's worth out of that if anyone took him up.
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