Written By Ilmia
April 30, 2019, 7:20 p.m.(1/8/1011 AR)
It is good to realize when you've made a mistake and accept that the path you took was the wrong one to start with. Thankfully, I'm wise enough to realize that I did this. I wish I could take what happened back, but it's in the past now and what was given cannot be returned. I will just be more careful in the future when my heart feels like it's going to be foolish.
You're never too old or young to learn these important lessons in life.
You're never too old or young to learn these important lessons in life.
Written By Evangeline
April 30, 2019, 4:38 p.m.(1/8/1011 AR)
I do not remember the last time I felt like the wide-eyed wander I seem to be since I've arrived in Arx. It is true that I have traveled extensively; Seen many places, met many people but nothing like the way it is in the main capital city.
At first blush, traversing the streets is overwhelming. My senses have been heightened by the sights, smells, sounds, and tastes I've experienced. The clothing here is nothing like I've seen before. Since there are so many flavors and customs in this melting pot, fashion takes on trends one does not find elsewhere. Marrying the Mourning Isles with Redrain or even Lycene touches is not typically the norm, or at least I have found this to be, in the lands proper pertaining to those fealties. I have been inspired to seek a clothier here so that I may put my old clothing to rest.
I have met some wonderful and interesting people in my random travels. There is no shortage of people in the city. They all have a story to tell, all come from varied and colored pasts. I cannot wait to delve deeper into their tales.
At first blush, traversing the streets is overwhelming. My senses have been heightened by the sights, smells, sounds, and tastes I've experienced. The clothing here is nothing like I've seen before. Since there are so many flavors and customs in this melting pot, fashion takes on trends one does not find elsewhere. Marrying the Mourning Isles with Redrain or even Lycene touches is not typically the norm, or at least I have found this to be, in the lands proper pertaining to those fealties. I have been inspired to seek a clothier here so that I may put my old clothing to rest.
I have met some wonderful and interesting people in my random travels. There is no shortage of people in the city. They all have a story to tell, all come from varied and colored pasts. I cannot wait to delve deeper into their tales.
Written By Rysen
April 30, 2019, 4:37 p.m.(1/8/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Mikani
Ode to Freedom
There now upon the shores of Reedreef blows
A breeze of change, and shift in tides below.
The shackles that had bound the children young
Now broken, and from wrists and ankles flung,
Designed by she who knew their deepest pain,
And rose, though scarred, with heart that none could tame -
Whose sail and prow the wind and surf do ride,
Whose name is sung by Skald with teary pride -
Yet fierce her will amid the storms and squalls
To see freedom for those held fast as thralls,
Who so long were bent with fear and longing
Now rise with hope from bold Mikani.
There now upon the shores of Reedreef blows
A breeze of change, and shift in tides below.
The shackles that had bound the children young
Now broken, and from wrists and ankles flung,
Designed by she who knew their deepest pain,
And rose, though scarred, with heart that none could tame -
Whose sail and prow the wind and surf do ride,
Whose name is sung by Skald with teary pride -
Yet fierce her will amid the storms and squalls
To see freedom for those held fast as thralls,
Who so long were bent with fear and longing
Now rise with hope from bold Mikani.
Written By Martino
April 30, 2019, 2:34 p.m.(1/8/1011 AR)
Coming back from Southport recently, you could truly see the falling of snow the further north from our beautifully warm weather to the chills. While I crave, already, those warmer days - at least the scenery is an unblemished painting for us all to see.
Written By Arcadia
April 30, 2019, 5:03 a.m.(1/7/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Magnus
Today I have learnt that mammoths do not like their tales being tugged. You can get stomped.
Same can be said for bearded Counts. A tug of their beard may land you up high where the air is so thin.
Same can be said for bearded Counts. A tug of their beard may land you up high where the air is so thin.
Written By Vega
April 29, 2019, 9:08 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Raimon
Surely a big, strong warrior like yourself can handle the chill of winter?
Written By Harper
April 29, 2019, 7:40 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Kenna
You know, Partner, that I've always got your back.
Written By Margot
April 29, 2019, 6:10 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
I have missed the snow. The white city reminds me of home.
Written By Juniper
April 29, 2019, 6:02 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
With fondness and a little sadness, I've resigned my place at Whisper House. It has been my home for the years I've been in Arx and the people there, my duties there, have helped shape me from the optimistic girl I was to the confident woman I am now. I thank them for all they gave me and hope I was able to leave them a better institution as well.
But with my tenure done there, my surname surrendered and my place no longer among the titles and glittering, I turn to my true purpose: building a better world.
I've secured an old building beside the river in the lower wars. There I'll be overseeing construction of Elysian Hospice, a place where common folk like me can come to have their bodies, minds and souls tended to, at no cost to themselves. The poor, the cast off, the lost and hurt and hopeless, I will make a little sanctuary for them.
I was born to soot and mud. I remember the sourness of an empty belly, and winter-deep tears when the old and newborn were lost to ice and fever, and the walls of families whose strong young hopefuls were lost to the attack of wild animals or hostile tribes. I remember what despair looks like, how it bites deep into the spirit and touches everything else, mind, heart and body.
The work I've done before this is nothing to what I'll be able to do now, as just Juniper.
I won't do it alone though. Already to many have helped. Mistress Josephine, Sir Jeffeth, Sir Corbin, Marquessa Rhea, Marquessa Reigna, Master Dusk, Prince Laric, Duchess Vanora, Radiant Bliss... with donations, advice, counsel and encouragement, they and others have already done much to make my dreams into a budding reality. Thank you, all. You are dear and sweet and loved.
But with my tenure done there, my surname surrendered and my place no longer among the titles and glittering, I turn to my true purpose: building a better world.
I've secured an old building beside the river in the lower wars. There I'll be overseeing construction of Elysian Hospice, a place where common folk like me can come to have their bodies, minds and souls tended to, at no cost to themselves. The poor, the cast off, the lost and hurt and hopeless, I will make a little sanctuary for them.
I was born to soot and mud. I remember the sourness of an empty belly, and winter-deep tears when the old and newborn were lost to ice and fever, and the walls of families whose strong young hopefuls were lost to the attack of wild animals or hostile tribes. I remember what despair looks like, how it bites deep into the spirit and touches everything else, mind, heart and body.
The work I've done before this is nothing to what I'll be able to do now, as just Juniper.
I won't do it alone though. Already to many have helped. Mistress Josephine, Sir Jeffeth, Sir Corbin, Marquessa Rhea, Marquessa Reigna, Master Dusk, Prince Laric, Duchess Vanora, Radiant Bliss... with donations, advice, counsel and encouragement, they and others have already done much to make my dreams into a budding reality. Thank you, all. You are dear and sweet and loved.
Written By Clover
April 29, 2019, 5:53 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Thesarin
Lucky for you, Silas has the second best corgi in the city!
Written By Preston
April 29, 2019, 4:38 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
We can always choose to be better, to answer the better parts of our nature, to live up to better ideals. It is easy to allow others to shoulder the burden of this. To let them make choices, or to decline to make your own. To pretend that we have a luxury of time, and ignore the suffering that creates, but equally to act in haste and ignore the cost of this too.
We must learn to be both righteous in our acts, and indeed decisive, but also to ensure those acts are well thought through and consistent not just with who we are, and our duties, but also with who we wish to be. Is this a step on a journey, or are we rooting ourselves further in our existing imperfections?
We must learn to be both righteous in our acts, and indeed decisive, but also to ensure those acts are well thought through and consistent not just with who we are, and our duties, but also with who we wish to be. Is this a step on a journey, or are we rooting ourselves further in our existing imperfections?
Written By Corban
April 29, 2019, 3:47 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Juniper
How glad I am to hear of Juniper's new venture. I was glad to make a small contribution to its beginnings.
There is no purpose greater than service to others.
Gild and Lagoma bless her in her work.
There is no purpose greater than service to others.
Gild and Lagoma bless her in her work.
Written By Sparte
April 29, 2019, 2:55 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Katarina
The struggle on when to share a truth that has been hidden is a difficult one. I can only share how I would look at the situation were it my own.
Is this truth one I know in confidence?
If because the truth is hidden a lie is being celebrated, then will this truth prevents people being deceived?
If there is no lie to be disproven with this truth, if this truth stands alone, what does sharing it serve? What does not sharing it serve?
Perhaps you've already asked yourself these questions. I trust in your wisdom to determine your own answers and weigh them fairly.
Is this truth one I know in confidence?
If because the truth is hidden a lie is being celebrated, then will this truth prevents people being deceived?
If there is no lie to be disproven with this truth, if this truth stands alone, what does sharing it serve? What does not sharing it serve?
Perhaps you've already asked yourself these questions. I trust in your wisdom to determine your own answers and weigh them fairly.
Written By Sparte
April 29, 2019, 2:04 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
The scope of the project I've taken on has made me realize something about myself.
No matter how many times I bring people together, I want them to come together by their own choice. If I have to force someone to be there then I shouldn't be doing whatever I am doing. I can encourage them, I can convince them with reason and stories and by sharing the visions of myself and others. The second they're told they have to do it the whole of it is ruined to me.
Unfortunately, there are times people will agree to do work and then shirk it. Make excuses for their lack of follow through and commitment while insisting it will still be done and they want to do it. Generally these are times there is coin or a contract involved.
When I no longer have the flexibility to simply go somewhere else, I'm forced to try to get people to deliver on their promises and obligations. This. This experience, this situation, fatigues me more than any physical duty I could be given. It fills me with a frustration I have rarely ever felt in anything else in my life.
Perhaps I am simply not an effective leader or organizer, and that is why this comes up, and why it always feels like running neck deep in mud in order to get through it. Or perhaps I just need to learn how to recognize these behaviors in people sooner, so I can hire someone else.
No matter how many times I bring people together, I want them to come together by their own choice. If I have to force someone to be there then I shouldn't be doing whatever I am doing. I can encourage them, I can convince them with reason and stories and by sharing the visions of myself and others. The second they're told they have to do it the whole of it is ruined to me.
Unfortunately, there are times people will agree to do work and then shirk it. Make excuses for their lack of follow through and commitment while insisting it will still be done and they want to do it. Generally these are times there is coin or a contract involved.
When I no longer have the flexibility to simply go somewhere else, I'm forced to try to get people to deliver on their promises and obligations. This. This experience, this situation, fatigues me more than any physical duty I could be given. It fills me with a frustration I have rarely ever felt in anything else in my life.
Perhaps I am simply not an effective leader or organizer, and that is why this comes up, and why it always feels like running neck deep in mud in order to get through it. Or perhaps I just need to learn how to recognize these behaviors in people sooner, so I can hire someone else.
Written By Raimon
April 29, 2019, 1:01 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Vega
I do not approve of this weather. A servant told me that it gets worse on Maelstrom. What have you done to me
Written By Peri
April 29, 2019, 12:57 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Vanora
My thanks for your recommendations on the discussion here in the whites, Duchess Vanora. Indeed, I was hoping for more specifics. For, I am sure I could fill everyone's head with specific books on the topic of military doctrine or share my personal experiences in learning the ways of the sea. I know these things. I also know my people. Before I knew of the complexity of the world /beyond/ the mundane complexities of economy or trade the gaps in my knowledge were clear to me.
Now? I have so many more things to factor into the future. So many more factors into alliances with houses beyond some economic compatibility or advantage in such normal matters such as building fleets for mutual defenses or sailing out to find new trade routes with foreign kingdoms.
My tutors praised my intelligence, do not think I am an idiot who will come away from a conversation satisfied with vague answers. I seek discourse. I do not get it in bars. I will seek it in the whites. It was not too long ago that people exchanged thoughts on the matter of thralldrom in the whites. I learned much from that. I learned much from talk on justice.
Those in the future will gain insight into these things. You all know this for all the research you do where you only find scraps of insight. Do you want your experiences and insight to be lost to future generations? I think not. Write.
Now? I have so many more things to factor into the future. So many more factors into alliances with houses beyond some economic compatibility or advantage in such normal matters such as building fleets for mutual defenses or sailing out to find new trade routes with foreign kingdoms.
My tutors praised my intelligence, do not think I am an idiot who will come away from a conversation satisfied with vague answers. I seek discourse. I do not get it in bars. I will seek it in the whites. It was not too long ago that people exchanged thoughts on the matter of thralldrom in the whites. I learned much from that. I learned much from talk on justice.
Those in the future will gain insight into these things. You all know this for all the research you do where you only find scraps of insight. Do you want your experiences and insight to be lost to future generations? I think not. Write.
Written By Thorn
April 29, 2019, 12:52 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
Winter is beautiful but it is cold.
The best thing about it is finding ways to keep warm.
The best thing about it is finding ways to keep warm.
Written By Valenzo
April 29, 2019, 12:20 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Evaristo
I thought you knew better than that, Ev. They're the trickiest sort, what with having to adapt around them all the time!!
Written By Dustin
April 29, 2019, 12:14 p.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Ajax
Thank you for having me. I am sure if I just keep doing what I am told, I will not have to worry about it.
Written By Peri
April 29, 2019, 11:37 a.m.(1/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Bliss
Write. I have not always enjoyed what you've written, but I have generally found you insightful. So, write.
Future researchers will find much to learn from you. I wish a long life for you and that researchers have a chance to speak with you in person.
I am a prickly person, but I do read you and consider what you say even when I am pricked.
Future researchers will find much to learn from you. I wish a long life for you and that researchers have a chance to speak with you in person.
I am a prickly person, but I do read you and consider what you say even when I am pricked.
Please note that the scholars may take some time preparing your journal for others to read.