Written By Calypso
Oct. 19, 2017, 9:46 a.m.(6/6/1007 AR)
I finally got to visit Farhaven. I wish it had been under better circumstances, but I appreciate the visit none the less. Seeing the ancestral home of my extended family, understanding better where my husband comes from. I can’t wait to see it dusted in snow the way he describes it.
I think my favorite room to visit was the study. All of the faces of Redrains past starring down from on high. It made him incredibly uncomfortable, remembering being dragged in there for scoldings. It made me laugh and realize how lucky I am he took after his more attractive ancestors. Poor Uncle Erik.
I think my favorite room to visit was the study. All of the faces of Redrains past starring down from on high. It made him incredibly uncomfortable, remembering being dragged in there for scoldings. It made me laugh and realize how lucky I am he took after his more attractive ancestors. Poor Uncle Erik.
Written By Magpie
Oct. 19, 2017, 9:27 a.m.(6/6/1007 AR)
I heard the journals were entertaining so of course I had to come and read them. I was not disappointed. It's nice to know that despite all the terror and fucked up shit we're facing that some things stay the same. I have nothing witty to add and no one cares anyway.
Instead, gonna write a big THANK YOU to Princess Tikva and Lady Carita!!!
You know what you did and you two ladies are fine fine people.
If either of you want a romantic moonlit cruise just let me know.
Instead, gonna write a big THANK YOU to Princess Tikva and Lady Carita!!!
You know what you did and you two ladies are fine fine people.
If either of you want a romantic moonlit cruise just let me know.
Written By Corban
Oct. 19, 2017, 9:13 a.m.(6/6/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Agnarr
I retained Goodman Agnarr to resolve a matter of honor with Lord Reiker Wyrmguard. He clearly saw the justness of my complaint, whereas Lord Reiker could find no one to stand for him.
The duel was short and direct, just as I would have wished, with Goodman Agnarr emerging victorious. High Lord Edain was right: The man hits hard. Not much of an actor, though.
It is all a trade-off. And it is good to have the whole incident behind me.
The duel was short and direct, just as I would have wished, with Goodman Agnarr emerging victorious. High Lord Edain was right: The man hits hard. Not much of an actor, though.
It is all a trade-off. And it is good to have the whole incident behind me.
Written By Eirene
Oct. 19, 2017, 8:39 a.m.(6/6/1007 AR)
Sometimes I'd rather face demon-spawn and Abyssal wasps than deal with the bullshit back in this city.
Did I say sometimes? I mean every time.
Back from the North. Cold as fuck. Cold does help with wasp stings, however, because you're TOO DAMN COLD TO NOTICE THEM. For anyone reading, witch-hazel and vinegar help relieve the swelling. Consider this free advise from your local Physician's Guild.
Did I say sometimes? I mean every time.
Back from the North. Cold as fuck. Cold does help with wasp stings, however, because you're TOO DAMN COLD TO NOTICE THEM. For anyone reading, witch-hazel and vinegar help relieve the swelling. Consider this free advise from your local Physician's Guild.
Written By Ryhalt
Oct. 19, 2017, 5:12 a.m.(6/5/1007 AR)
It has been a strange few days since arriving in Arx with household in tow and beginning from a room in an inn to setting about furnishing our new home. I can say that for the most part, it has been a pleasant experience, though I worry, given that events transpiring while I try to catch up are apparently grave. I dislike these reports of elfwasps. I clearly have a ways to go before I am up to speed. I observed the aftermath of a duel today, though not the event itself. I am told there wasn't much to see. Things have come together with regards to my negotiations with House Wyrmguard much better than I had even hoped.
Written By Clover
Oct. 19, 2017, 3:39 a.m.(6/5/1007 AR)
I have so much to plan! Where do I even start?
Written By Daemon
Oct. 19, 2017, 12:47 a.m.(6/5/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Aureth
Good gracious, I don't believe I've ever seen an Archlector refer to someone as idiotic so many times in a single day.
Woe to he who finds a priest's ire, my fear in the God's fury seems to be well placed.
Woe to he who finds a priest's ire, my fear in the God's fury seems to be well placed.
Written By Victus
Oct. 19, 2017, 12:42 a.m.(6/5/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Alarissa
Eating bacon for five months sounds like more torture than a dress up party.
Written By Alarissa
Oct. 19, 2017, 12:31 a.m.(6/5/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
I swear, if I wake to find bacon on the table for the next five months and change, I'll spear you like an octopus.
Written By Tikva
Oct. 19, 2017, 12:26 a.m.(6/5/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Talen
Well, I definitely can't dispute the righteousness of that claim considering where his barony came from.
Written By Aureth
Oct. 19, 2017, 12:23 a.m.(6/5/1007 AR)
I will preface this writing by saying that Orazio is a better priest than I, and one I learn from, admire and respect, and that when he calls for compassion in correction in judgment, it's entirely possible that there is a reason that some people still call him the Heart of Solace.
But what I have to say is this:
If you truly desire to learn from a mistake, it must first be recognized.
How do you quantify a mistake, then, a transgression that need be learned from?
Skald granted us the freedom to choose our paths, and with that freedom comes the ability to choose wrongly. Yet even from wrong footing there are many paths that one can take. One can continue down the wrong path, determinedly and despite all logic, clinging to the certainty that one cannot possibly have been wrong.
It is easy to do. It may even be the easiest thing to do. But it is by the grace of Lagoma that we may choose again, and change; that if we identify that mistake, we may embrace it, recognize it, do something else, become something else. We do not have to continue to be wrong.
But in the face of the determination to continue to be wrong, it is very, very easy to grow afire with rage. I can think of little more maddening than the insistence of a person, in the face of all evidence to the contrary, that they are right, when they are quantifiably not.
It is the lesson of the Thirteenth, for me at least, to examine myself: to recall that I am that person, that I am the one who believes myself to be right, and will not unstick myself from that position for love nor money. The difference being, I tell myself, I know myself to be right.
To any who read this, and know themselves to be right, remember the lesson of the Thirteenth, remember the gift of Skald, remember the grace of Lagoma.
Rule one is this: remember that because we can choose, we can choose wrongly. Rule two is this: Remember that although we can choose wrongly, we can choose again, and change. And rule three is this: remember that if you believe yourself to be right, always, ... you should remember rule one.
But what I have to say is this:
If you truly desire to learn from a mistake, it must first be recognized.
How do you quantify a mistake, then, a transgression that need be learned from?
Skald granted us the freedom to choose our paths, and with that freedom comes the ability to choose wrongly. Yet even from wrong footing there are many paths that one can take. One can continue down the wrong path, determinedly and despite all logic, clinging to the certainty that one cannot possibly have been wrong.
It is easy to do. It may even be the easiest thing to do. But it is by the grace of Lagoma that we may choose again, and change; that if we identify that mistake, we may embrace it, recognize it, do something else, become something else. We do not have to continue to be wrong.
But in the face of the determination to continue to be wrong, it is very, very easy to grow afire with rage. I can think of little more maddening than the insistence of a person, in the face of all evidence to the contrary, that they are right, when they are quantifiably not.
It is the lesson of the Thirteenth, for me at least, to examine myself: to recall that I am that person, that I am the one who believes myself to be right, and will not unstick myself from that position for love nor money. The difference being, I tell myself, I know myself to be right.
To any who read this, and know themselves to be right, remember the lesson of the Thirteenth, remember the gift of Skald, remember the grace of Lagoma.
Rule one is this: remember that because we can choose, we can choose wrongly. Rule two is this: Remember that although we can choose wrongly, we can choose again, and change. And rule three is this: remember that if you believe yourself to be right, always, ... you should remember rule one.
Written By Blacktongue
Oct. 18, 2017, 10:56 p.m.(6/5/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Arianna
I have never feared for my job security more than I do now.
Written By Mydas
Oct. 18, 2017, 10:44 p.m.(6/5/1007 AR)
I cannot praise highly enough the tailoring skills of Dame Morrighan. She surpassed even Lycene masters with their own fabrics, and has done phenomenal work, as always. She is a testament to Northern craft, and one I shall not tire to compliment.
Much to her continued embarrassment.
Much to her continued embarrassment.
Written By Thena
Oct. 18, 2017, 10:10 p.m.(6/5/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Killian
The Legate's very same words struck me tonight as well. I have behaved badly, and I regret my previous journal post.
Written By Killian
Oct. 18, 2017, 9:41 p.m.(6/5/1007 AR)
"As for attitudes, it is important to recognize that the Sentinel calls us to judge and punish justly, and proportion with the offense, and to do so out of a sense of love and a desire to correct...not a malicious pleasure in others' discomfiture or public humiliation. Thus, we should judge ourselves first, and when we act, do so out of a desire to spark improvement, not simply to castigate."
-Legate Orazio
The Legate's words tonight were an inspiration, I wish that more than a handful had been there to hear what he said.
-Legate Orazio
The Legate's words tonight were an inspiration, I wish that more than a handful had been there to hear what he said.
Written By Merek
Oct. 18, 2017, 9:36 p.m.(6/5/1007 AR)
When I use man in my journals by the way, I meant mankind, humanity. Just so people know that woman is also included in that. I know this is a little bit random, but I just wanted it noted for future reference since I like to use the phrase often as a scholar.
Written By Arianna
Oct. 18, 2017, 9:36 p.m.(6/5/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
Hahahaha! That is something he'd say. I'm gonna have to use it. Thank you kindly for the advice Your Grace.
Written By Merek
Oct. 18, 2017, 9:35 p.m.(6/5/1007 AR)
As for all this talk of nobility and jokes as well as charity, I would like to state that the Faith of the Pantheon and the Scholars both have charities related to various things. I'd also like to mention that Princess Valencia runs one of the most successful charities that I know. I'm not going to comment on the conversations I've read, except to give people venues to put their charity towards should it be wished. We are all the same in that we are all men, and all men need the same thing. Food, water, shelter. Let's make sure we can get as many people as we can those things.
Written By Merek
Oct. 18, 2017, 9:33 p.m.(6/5/1007 AR)
Harald Grimhall and Faelan Navegant have both my thanks as well as respect. I can't put into words what I saw on the battlefield, except that without the actions of these two, our retreat wouldn't have been as successful.
Written By Jack
Oct. 18, 2017, 8:48 p.m.(6/5/1007 AR)
Arx is a strange, strange place.
Today I watched one nobleman accuse another nobleman of besmirching a noblewoman. Apparently the one called the lady stupid?
After losing the duel, the offender repeated how stupid it all was, and how the lady lacked common sense.
I seem to recall duels being settled a bit different in the Oathlands. And I seem be saying "things are different in the Oathlands" a lot.
I'm beginning to feel like a bit of a hayseed. This big city living...
~ Jack Bathwater
Today I watched one nobleman accuse another nobleman of besmirching a noblewoman. Apparently the one called the lady stupid?
After losing the duel, the offender repeated how stupid it all was, and how the lady lacked common sense.
I seem to recall duels being settled a bit different in the Oathlands. And I seem be saying "things are different in the Oathlands" a lot.
I'm beginning to feel like a bit of a hayseed. This big city living...
~ Jack Bathwater
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