Written By Rysen
May 29, 2019, 10:36 p.m.(3/10/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Mikani
It's an amazing quote and a great reminder. Surely such a bard is among Aion's most beloved.
Written By Miranda
May 29, 2019, 10:34 p.m.(3/10/1011 AR)
I find it absolutely fascinating to talk with those of the Faith.
They can be very inspiring and relaxing, even educational.
Sometimes, they just bring to light that which we already know.
If nothing else, going to the shrines has been an interesting experience for me.
They can be very inspiring and relaxing, even educational.
Sometimes, they just bring to light that which we already know.
If nothing else, going to the shrines has been an interesting experience for me.
Written By Miranda
May 29, 2019, 10:30 p.m.(3/10/1011 AR)
Apparently, Jewel, my kitty, has decided that attacking feet is a fun pastime. I apologize now for any and all who might find this offense...
... I find it adorable!
... I find it adorable!
Written By Thena
May 29, 2019, 5:33 p.m.(3/10/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Kenna
Daggers are much easier.
Written By Kaia
May 29, 2019, 5:16 p.m.(3/10/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Evonleigh
My lady I completely agree! It is not pleasant at all; and, indeed very, very, odd.
I too have been experiencing such. Certainly, it did not seem like something to be too worried about; still, I understand what you mean.
We should get together soon.~
I too have been experiencing such. Certainly, it did not seem like something to be too worried about; still, I understand what you mean.
We should get together soon.~
Written By Ida
May 29, 2019, 4:37 p.m.(3/10/1011 AR)
It does my heart good to hear such humbling and kind words about my work, or potential work. I am also debating contracting with a clothier or leatherworker for some sort of weapon-sheathpillow line.
Written By Helena
May 29, 2019, 3:35 p.m.(3/10/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Talwyn
Birdsong accompanied by lyre and the rustle of wind in the autumn leaves creates a rare symphony of sound I will ever associate with our meeting.
I am also grateful to those stubborn birds of late autumn. We shall have to thank them when they return this spring. Birdseed for the lot of them!
I am also grateful to those stubborn birds of late autumn. We shall have to thank them when they return this spring. Birdseed for the lot of them!
Written By Sparte
May 29, 2019, 12:19 p.m.(3/10/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Preston
To respond to your journal on the lack of authority I described as being unique to commoners, I will clarify my stance.
There is the authority granted to some of us from birth who are blessed to be members of the Peerage, and there is authority that is earned, as you have touched upon. These two authorities are both important to our society. You, myself, and the others you name hold station and titles that reflect the authority we have been recognized with. Our words hold more weight because of that authority, but we all know that when we were younger there was a time we did not speak with such a voice.
Authority comes from many places, and to come up as a commoner is to start life with none inherent. Perhaps that isn't true for the richest and most affluent of commoner families, but for the majority it is. To speak from where we are now in life is different because we have earned recognition, earned titles, earned authority and station. In the Faith those who dedicate themselves to the path of Godsworn forgo title and membership in the peerage as you say, if they had been granted such before. Arvum society recognizes that. There is an authority unique to the Godsworn because of it, not title in the sense of the Peerage, but certainly authority.
When I said a commoner through and through, I imagined myself as I was before I came to Arx. A farm boy, with very little to my name, from a family most had never heard of. Certainly no recognition nor authority. I imagine even the white I am writing now, and how it would be seen as very different were it to come from such a source. Perhaps people want to believe they would treat it with the same weight, but only the rarest amongst us can hear an argument without measuring what we know of the source. There was a time in your own life, Sir Preston, when you were the same.
That is a thing only commoners and prodigals ever experience. It is foreign to those who are born into the Peerage, a thing they have to step out of their own circumstances to even imagine. There is no shortcoming or flaw in that on either side, it is just a truth of how we all live different lives with different expectations upon us. It is a thing that, despite Rinel's great merit as a theologian, she has not yet managed to overcome. For the readily apparent reasons I stated previously.
There is the authority granted to some of us from birth who are blessed to be members of the Peerage, and there is authority that is earned, as you have touched upon. These two authorities are both important to our society. You, myself, and the others you name hold station and titles that reflect the authority we have been recognized with. Our words hold more weight because of that authority, but we all know that when we were younger there was a time we did not speak with such a voice.
Authority comes from many places, and to come up as a commoner is to start life with none inherent. Perhaps that isn't true for the richest and most affluent of commoner families, but for the majority it is. To speak from where we are now in life is different because we have earned recognition, earned titles, earned authority and station. In the Faith those who dedicate themselves to the path of Godsworn forgo title and membership in the peerage as you say, if they had been granted such before. Arvum society recognizes that. There is an authority unique to the Godsworn because of it, not title in the sense of the Peerage, but certainly authority.
When I said a commoner through and through, I imagined myself as I was before I came to Arx. A farm boy, with very little to my name, from a family most had never heard of. Certainly no recognition nor authority. I imagine even the white I am writing now, and how it would be seen as very different were it to come from such a source. Perhaps people want to believe they would treat it with the same weight, but only the rarest amongst us can hear an argument without measuring what we know of the source. There was a time in your own life, Sir Preston, when you were the same.
That is a thing only commoners and prodigals ever experience. It is foreign to those who are born into the Peerage, a thing they have to step out of their own circumstances to even imagine. There is no shortcoming or flaw in that on either side, it is just a truth of how we all live different lives with different expectations upon us. It is a thing that, despite Rinel's great merit as a theologian, she has not yet managed to overcome. For the readily apparent reasons I stated previously.
Written By Sparte
May 29, 2019, 10:50 a.m.(3/9/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Kenna
I figured out how to make a pillow for that. I'll send one over.
Written By Mikani
May 29, 2019, 9:41 a.m.(3/9/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Rysen
Rysen a quote I found that made me think of you.
"Imagination connects us to our birthright as storytellers."
- Famous Bard Lavar Burton
"Imagination connects us to our birthright as storytellers."
- Famous Bard Lavar Burton
Written By Cristoph
May 29, 2019, 9:09 a.m.(3/9/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Norwood
I regret nothing.
Written By Arcadia
May 29, 2019, 8:02 a.m.(3/9/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Corbit
My brother tonight bestowed an honor on me.
I have never been given this much responsibility before, and I will work hard to live up to his and my family's expectations.
I promise to do you proud.
I have never been given this much responsibility before, and I will work hard to live up to his and my family's expectations.
I promise to do you proud.
Written By Preston
May 29, 2019, 5:05 a.m.(3/9/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Sparte
I think I would disagree on one point - that somehow the lack of authority seemingly linked to being a commoner through and through. Is Father Aureth not a man who grew up in adverse conditions and thrived in them because he found service and in him the Church found a worthy servant who could give more in leadership? Is Grandmaster Thena no longer someone who struggled on the streets and the lowers because she was chosen at her young age to lead the Solace into an era the like we haven't seen in generations? I was an orphan, Sir Jeffeth was raised in the Tragedy...you will find many of common birth who do hold authority.
I accept the Faith may be an unusual thing, in that all are common in a way - we all forgo title - but I always thought the strength of the Faith is in that mix of experiences of those who come into us. And I don't think just because some succeed it negates or lessens their common nature. And I'd worry some may not embrace the opportunity the Faith offers to dedicated people if they thought it did.
I accept the Faith may be an unusual thing, in that all are common in a way - we all forgo title - but I always thought the strength of the Faith is in that mix of experiences of those who come into us. And I don't think just because some succeed it negates or lessens their common nature. And I'd worry some may not embrace the opportunity the Faith offers to dedicated people if they thought it did.
Written By Talwyn
May 29, 2019, 12:51 a.m.(3/9/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Helena
I only had intended to play for those precious few stubborn birds left who dared to resist the oncoming cold, and found a courteous and friendly audience in you.
Now, after autumn has fallen to winter, which in turn shall retreat before the approaching spring, I find that I owe those stubborn birds a great debt.
They led me to true happiness.
Now, after autumn has fallen to winter, which in turn shall retreat before the approaching spring, I find that I owe those stubborn birds a great debt.
They led me to true happiness.
Written By Aureth
May 29, 2019, 12:30 a.m.(3/9/1011 AR)
How many words are spoken for the benefit of one's listeners, and how many are spoken merely for the dubious joy of hearing the droning of one's own voice?
I suppose the answer varies.
I suppose the answer varies.
Written By Kenna
May 28, 2019, 9:39 p.m.(3/8/1011 AR)
I never thought that I would be the kind of person who sleeps with their sword.
I'm now sleeping with my sword.
I'm now sleeping with my sword.
Written By Amari
May 28, 2019, 7:58 p.m.(3/8/1011 AR)
Thank you Duke Cristoph, Lady Jael and Uncle Baron Norwood. You really brightened my day. It was silly, but I regret nothing. I'll be giggling as I run laps out in the snow.
Written By Lisebet
May 28, 2019, 6:48 p.m.(3/8/1011 AR)
And so, House Ashford gains a new member. Congrats to Lord Pharamond and Lady Tabitha Ashford! I hope they enjoy a long, prosperous and happy marriage.
Written By Elisha
May 28, 2019, 6:32 p.m.(3/8/1011 AR)
When you unseal the bird's nest jar, the scent of sweet marjoram whispers untruths that you have vowed to believe:
The Children of the Sun and the Moon built Albamons'alfar upon the shores of a lake, a city with terraced streets whose parapets look out over a water so still that it contains two cities: one erect above the surface, and the other, upside down, beneath it.
Nothing exists or happens in the one Albamons'alfar that the other does not repeat, because the city is built so that the Albamons'alfar in the water reflects not only all the facades above the lake, but also the rooms' interiors with ceilings and floors, the perspective of the halls, the contents of the sea-chests, the mirrors of the wardrobes.
The Children know that each of their actions is, at once, that action and its mirror-image. Even when lovers twist together, skin against skin, seeking the position that will give one the most pleasure in the other, even when murderers plunge the knife into the black veins of the neck, it is not so much their lovemaking or murdering that matters as the lovemaking or murdering of their reflection.
The two Albamons'alfars live for each other, eyes interlocked, never in negation or opposition, always amplifying and augmenting; every thought and gesture is renewed in the mirror until not even the Children know which city is above the surface, which city beneath.
The Children of the Sun and the Moon built Albamons'alfar upon the shores of a lake, a city with terraced streets whose parapets look out over a water so still that it contains two cities: one erect above the surface, and the other, upside down, beneath it.
Nothing exists or happens in the one Albamons'alfar that the other does not repeat, because the city is built so that the Albamons'alfar in the water reflects not only all the facades above the lake, but also the rooms' interiors with ceilings and floors, the perspective of the halls, the contents of the sea-chests, the mirrors of the wardrobes.
The Children know that each of their actions is, at once, that action and its mirror-image. Even when lovers twist together, skin against skin, seeking the position that will give one the most pleasure in the other, even when murderers plunge the knife into the black veins of the neck, it is not so much their lovemaking or murdering that matters as the lovemaking or murdering of their reflection.
The two Albamons'alfars live for each other, eyes interlocked, never in negation or opposition, always amplifying and augmenting; every thought and gesture is renewed in the mirror until not even the Children know which city is above the surface, which city beneath.
Written By Reigna
May 28, 2019, 6:26 p.m.(3/8/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Joscelin
The secret of Oakhaven's Master Leatherworker was bound to get out eventually. I too have some of Apollo's work and each piece is a treasure. Sometimes I almost am afraid to wear it, worried that I might scuff it or spill tea.
Have you seen the cloaks? Our the fur hats??
Have you seen the cloaks? Our the fur hats??
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