Written By Rosalind
Dec. 8, 2019, 4:30 p.m.(5/4/1012 AR)
I've been busy lately! It's great! Adventures here I come!
Written By Thea
Dec. 8, 2019, 3:32 p.m.(5/4/1012 AR)
The countdown is on. And I have procrastinated enough. I hate to do it, but...anyone willing make a dress suitable for a certain wedding in the coming days? You'll be paid of course. I was threatened with scary other items if not by a certain Lady. It's rather nightmarish.
Written By Thea
Dec. 8, 2019, 2:46 p.m.(5/4/1012 AR)
Attended the Grayson's basket raffle. I was happy to hear that it raised so much. Any as mount helps but this sounded like it was certainly well received.
Written By Thea
Dec. 8, 2019, 2:41 p.m.(5/4/1012 AR)
The Stahlbens have the coolest place. Literally! But I wont tell you, because if they wanted you to know, they would tell you!
Written By Hamish
Dec. 8, 2019, 1:47 p.m.(5/4/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
Your bedbugs might miss you.
Written By Jeffeth
Dec. 8, 2019, 1:39 p.m.(5/4/1012 AR)
Once, I was told a secret. It was a somewhat important secret, at least to a particular person. It comes to pass that this person started telling other people this secret as well. Pretty freely.
I grew concerned. This secret could endanger them if the information goes to the wrong ears. They are not exercising caution in their telling. As I had direct authority over this person I made a decision. 'Before you tell this secret to more people, you will first come to me. Before you act on any of your ideas regarding this secret, you will first come to me.'
I see these whites trying to oversimplify the actions of a recent exile. Orathy Culler coming forward to capitalize on another's loss, as he usually does when he thinks he can sway people to believing he has anyone's interests in mind besides his own.
The person I told this to was making choices. I tried to take their choices away from them. I said, your choice is not good, and I will not allow you to make it any longer. I will make it for you.
Elisha was not exiled suddenly without warning. Elisha was clearly told what would happen, multiple times, in many different ways what would happen should he continue doing what he was doing. The Faith was clear throughout what the consequence to his choice would be. I don't remember many people then trying to decry the Faith for their restrictions or their clearly laid out warnings. Perhaps people thought, surely Elisha wouldn't make that choice.
He did. The person I told not to make that choice will likely make bad choices in their life, regarding this secret, and they will likely die. But it was not my place, ever, to tell them they could not make it. I made a mistake, one I do not want to make again. It hurts us, when the people we love make choices that will hurt themselves. It hurts, so much. But to place blame elsewhere other than the individual that made the choice is to disrespect the person, and the choice they made.
While seeing clearly the roads before us, we make our choices, and we live with the consequences. You can hate that they made the choice, but it was theirs all the same, all along. Respect that.
I grew concerned. This secret could endanger them if the information goes to the wrong ears. They are not exercising caution in their telling. As I had direct authority over this person I made a decision. 'Before you tell this secret to more people, you will first come to me. Before you act on any of your ideas regarding this secret, you will first come to me.'
I see these whites trying to oversimplify the actions of a recent exile. Orathy Culler coming forward to capitalize on another's loss, as he usually does when he thinks he can sway people to believing he has anyone's interests in mind besides his own.
The person I told this to was making choices. I tried to take their choices away from them. I said, your choice is not good, and I will not allow you to make it any longer. I will make it for you.
Elisha was not exiled suddenly without warning. Elisha was clearly told what would happen, multiple times, in many different ways what would happen should he continue doing what he was doing. The Faith was clear throughout what the consequence to his choice would be. I don't remember many people then trying to decry the Faith for their restrictions or their clearly laid out warnings. Perhaps people thought, surely Elisha wouldn't make that choice.
He did. The person I told not to make that choice will likely make bad choices in their life, regarding this secret, and they will likely die. But it was not my place, ever, to tell them they could not make it. I made a mistake, one I do not want to make again. It hurts us, when the people we love make choices that will hurt themselves. It hurts, so much. But to place blame elsewhere other than the individual that made the choice is to disrespect the person, and the choice they made.
While seeing clearly the roads before us, we make our choices, and we live with the consequences. You can hate that they made the choice, but it was theirs all the same, all along. Respect that.
Written By Macda
Dec. 8, 2019, 12:11 p.m.(5/4/1012 AR)
Newly returned to the city and already I find myself engaged in a drinking contest of foolsbane, suggested by one of my cousins who most certainly is a bad influence on me. If I live through the event, I'll take much more care to frequent the Hall of Heroes alone. I wasn't nearly so drunk that the statues started speaking but clearly imbibed enough to make questionable decisions.
Written By Strozza
Dec. 8, 2019, 12:01 p.m.(5/4/1012 AR)
Silverblue and sunshine halo.
Held but never to hold
Outside, but content to gaze.
Held but never to hold
Outside, but content to gaze.
Written By Cyril
Dec. 8, 2019, 8:02 a.m.(5/4/1012 AR)
I think a lot about the dead and while I understand that we live in some sort of wheel, not all of us make it through at the same pace. Some us linger, bound to the past. For one reason or another, afraid of letting go of their memories.
Written By Cyril
Dec. 8, 2019, 7:48 a.m.(5/4/1012 AR)
I would like to patron some sort of playwright. My mother always surrounded herself with the types. I remember being left behind when the men when off to sea and feeling sour and so mother would task me with organizing events. Something about choosing what rum or wine to serve, and what sort of entertainment to provide really kept my focus on productive manners and plus made me popular with everyone, even after I lost my sea legs.
Written By Orathy
Dec. 8, 2019, 3:16 a.m.(5/3/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Hamish
Reckon folk would miss me too much. I say what others be thinkin, that they be too 'fraid to say or write.
The world needs a feller like me.
The world needs a feller like me.
Written By Orathy
Dec. 8, 2019, 2:35 a.m.(5/3/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Sina
Ya clarified that well. Reckon so. I thank ya.
Fable 'n lies ain't meant fer these pages.
Reckon not.
Fable 'n lies ain't meant fer these pages.
Reckon not.
Written By Victus
Dec. 7, 2019, 11:02 p.m.(5/3/1012 AR)
I own an otter. It keeps moving things. I don't know who had the wise idea to give an animal something resembling fingers and a thumb, but it was certainly the wrong move.
Written By Lisebet
Dec. 7, 2019, 10:47 p.m.(5/3/1012 AR)
Winter is made more bearable by family. Spring - well, it's made more bearable by warmth, and family is always a part of that.
Had interesting discussions on all sorts of topics with friends old and new. Such fun was had all over, though in small groups rather than large. I feel almost like I've forgotten how to dance, though I am certain that feeling will go away once we get to one of the many balls that seem to be happening.
Had interesting discussions on all sorts of topics with friends old and new. Such fun was had all over, though in small groups rather than large. I feel almost like I've forgotten how to dance, though I am certain that feeling will go away once we get to one of the many balls that seem to be happening.
Written By Rysen
Dec. 7, 2019, 10:38 p.m.(5/3/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Lenne
You are just as exasperating as when we were kids.
Written By Sina
Dec. 7, 2019, 10:06 p.m.(5/3/1012 AR)
I am tired of people challenging me and the other leaders of the Faith with passive-aggressive, snarky ccmments on what should be a simple matter regarding white journals. There are far more important matters occupying our attention. So I shall spare no more energy on this.
Written By Elgana
Dec. 7, 2019, 1 p.m.(5/2/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Agatha
The Red Bear of Redrain has returned at last, and I couldn't be happier for it! It is always a joy having my family around me, and I feel all the better having Aggie here with us once again. Hearing her loud laughter spilling through the halls fills me with warmth. We need her more than ever.
Written By Sydney
Dec. 7, 2019, 12:53 p.m.(5/2/1012 AR)
Gather all your ingredients.
Cheap and inexpensive, tend to sparingly and set them aside until well chilled.
Bring the oil to a high temperature and spread over your ingredients - don't fret if you miss one or two, what's important is that everything's nice and cooked when it leaves the pot. Serve to those that ask most politely.
Cheddar melted delicately over mashed tubers, well smoked.
A forgettable recipe.
Cheap and inexpensive, tend to sparingly and set them aside until well chilled.
Bring the oil to a high temperature and spread over your ingredients - don't fret if you miss one or two, what's important is that everything's nice and cooked when it leaves the pot. Serve to those that ask most politely.
Cheddar melted delicately over mashed tubers, well smoked.
A forgettable recipe.
Written By Amari
Dec. 7, 2019, 12:36 p.m.(5/2/1012 AR)
I'm surprised that so many people apparently read the apostate Elisha's journal entries regularly and also believed they were somehow true. I was told of them early on, looked over a fanciful one about a slave city in Eurus, then set it aside with a shake of my head and never asked for another. I'm sorry and mildly alarmed that so many were taken in, even a little bit, by a writer with a flair for words and a very loose grasp on reality.
Though it may have seemed rather harmless to some and the punishment given harsh, it was not. Even the smallest falsehood told persistently and convincingly enough can warp and grow into a monster beyond anyone's control. The Faith showed remarkable patience, restraint and mercy in this instance. Now, I hope that the six simple rules to avoid excommunication Archscholar Sina has helpfully described will be followed and that something like this will not happen again any time soon.
Though it may have seemed rather harmless to some and the punishment given harsh, it was not. Even the smallest falsehood told persistently and convincingly enough can warp and grow into a monster beyond anyone's control. The Faith showed remarkable patience, restraint and mercy in this instance. Now, I hope that the six simple rules to avoid excommunication Archscholar Sina has helpfully described will be followed and that something like this will not happen again any time soon.
Written By Hamish
Dec. 7, 2019, 9:45 a.m.(5/2/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Sydney
As much as your dramatics are appreciated, it is actually not hard to not do a heresy.
And in fact it is fairly difficult to do a heresy so thoroughly that you get excommunicated for it.
Now let's entertain the notion that it may be hard to be certain what is and is not a heresy.
Then do whatever you would like, and then if the Dominus, Grandmaster of the Templars and Legate of the Lost and the Archlector of Death each try to instruct you on what it is you've been doing that is a heresy, you stop doing that.
I have seen any number of commoners challenge convention in these whites. Arguing with the peerage. Arguing with the clergy. Insulting whosoever they feel needs it. Proposing destructive courses of action. So far as I can see excommunications remain an uncommon response.
Despite his concerns, Orathy Culler has never been excommunicated, and despite his constant victim-playing he has yet to be tortured to death in a dank Inquisition basement. From what I can tell, the Scholars haven't even asked him to stop writing in an accent.
I think you're safe.
But if you're ever about to put pen to paper and find yourself wondering 'if I write that there's only one god and they live on the moon, is that a heresy?' do feel free to send a messenger my way and I will review your thoughts and offer notes.
And in fact it is fairly difficult to do a heresy so thoroughly that you get excommunicated for it.
Now let's entertain the notion that it may be hard to be certain what is and is not a heresy.
Then do whatever you would like, and then if the Dominus, Grandmaster of the Templars and Legate of the Lost and the Archlector of Death each try to instruct you on what it is you've been doing that is a heresy, you stop doing that.
I have seen any number of commoners challenge convention in these whites. Arguing with the peerage. Arguing with the clergy. Insulting whosoever they feel needs it. Proposing destructive courses of action. So far as I can see excommunications remain an uncommon response.
Despite his concerns, Orathy Culler has never been excommunicated, and despite his constant victim-playing he has yet to be tortured to death in a dank Inquisition basement. From what I can tell, the Scholars haven't even asked him to stop writing in an accent.
I think you're safe.
But if you're ever about to put pen to paper and find yourself wondering 'if I write that there's only one god and they live on the moon, is that a heresy?' do feel free to send a messenger my way and I will review your thoughts and offer notes.
Please note that the scholars may take some time preparing your journal for others to read.