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Written By Mydas

Sept. 25, 2018, 5:55 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)

While we're on the subject of knighthood, perhaps some of the Godsworn knights might want to share their perception of how Tehom might be involved in their duties or very life as a knight sworn to the service of the Gods.

Non-Godsworn knights are of course free to voice their own opinions, I am genuinely curious.

Written By Cirroch

Sept. 25, 2018, 5:42 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)

After petting Sir Floppington I've decided, I want a dog. A smart, well behaved dog for both hunting and companionship. If anyone knows a breed of dog I should get, feel free to suggest one. If you train dogs, feel free to reach out to me.

Written By Preston

Sept. 25, 2018, 5:12 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)

I have just spoken to the Order's carpenters and engineers. It seems that our second siege trebuchet is finished and loaded onto carts ready for assembly where we need it. The smiths and carpenters have been working a great many hours to get this ready, and I am grateful for their diligence and humbled by their skill. People often only see the fighting knights of the Templars, but we have a whole community behind us. Farriers, Smiths, Carpenters. All we need to sustain a crusading army.

But, I digress. A new siege engine, and one I fear will soon see use. After some discussion I think we will name this one Skald. The Liberator seems like a fitting namesake for a device designed to free people quite literally of the walls they place between themselves and the Faith.

Written By Preston

Sept. 25, 2018, 5:07 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)

Relationship Note on Reigna

If I might be bold enough, I would say that the experience will differ depending often on the context in which one lives. The knightly codes, the obedience to Gloria and Limerance, it exists for me within the structures of an order. We have our chapter house, and each full brother and sister of the Templars of any Parish may gather at theirs to discuss matters and make decisions. That said, there will always be a point where the senior brother or sister - be they simply the appointed commander, a Knight Marshal, or even myself - must make a decision. All voices are heard and have input, but the decision rests with the person who will ultimately have to answer for it.

I think of discussion as different to questioning however- perhaps it is distinction without difference though. But to me, questioning has that implication of doubt, of uncertainty. Even when I disagree with my brothers, I do not doubt their motives nor their sincerity. What I seek is simple understanding of their view. As I have said before, I think this is where it is clear that the differences between the paths of the Faith are ones of nuance. They seem major in their discussion, but are nothing in reality. Each sits alongside the other, and the Faith endures.

Written By Alarissa

Sept. 25, 2018, 4 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)

Relationship Note on Victus

The people -we- made.

He needs to stop handing them things made of metal. Really.

This is why we have nursemaids.

Written By Reigna

Sept. 25, 2018, 3:34 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)

Relationship Note on Aleksei

So, true story, I was at home, penning in exquisite detail the things a woman's body goes through during pregnancy and birth. I was laughing to myself thinking that Aleksei, should he read it would be horrified and Prince Jasher would be amused. I had just finished said masterpiece when the sound of shrieking children and barking dogs startled me, so I looked over to see what was transpiring, and my eldest Kata, who has developed an unhealthy fixation on fire, had succeeded in setting Aeryn's favorite plushie on fire and was running around with it, while the hounds were barking to summon attention. I jumped up to deal with the situation with the aid of several nurses (Who were given stern a stern talking to about watching Kata around the hearth) and managed to get the plushie into a cauldron of water. I then had to deal with an inconsolable Aeryn who wanted his stuffie back and who I had to explain the consequences that come from breaking Kata's favorite puzzle box. After the pair of them made up, I returned to my desk, sat down to review my writing, only to find that somehow in the chaos, one of the puppies jumped up onto my chair and decided that my parchment smelled just enough like sheep still to chew on it. It would have been salvageable, had his tail not knocked over the inkwell as he turned to jump down from the chair.

So... you're welcome Aleksei?

Written By Victus

Sept. 25, 2018, 3:17 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)

The people I made keep trying to eat metal.

Written By Aonghus

Sept. 25, 2018, 2:53 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)

Lady Kelani asked me to make her armor today. So that is what I have done, making her the finest that she can use. While I usually take all the pride in my work I find myself going over it again and again making sure the steel is just right. It is almost a compulsion now as I feel I am putting alot of me into it for her. Since coming here both herself and Kaldur (sorry Lord Kaldur) have been the closest things to friends and maybe even family that I have had since coming here. I won't let her down with anything but the best I can make her..

Written By Amari

Sept. 25, 2018, 2:18 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)

Previous entry was classic misdirection of course, in case anyone clever thought to search the whites for clues. The real trouble will be all the mistletoe and doll's eye berries eaten before the joust which was the subject of the bet; can you eat all these poisonous berries and still shoot straight and not just immediately die?

OR IS THIS A LIE? I'm going to make this very difficult. Dame Irama Wildhawk will be a confusing riot of maladies. Which will be the one actually causing her toes to fall off?

It's probably not a curse or frostbite.

Written By Amari

Sept. 25, 2018, 1:55 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)

I'm looking forward to my acting debut. I'll be the archery jousting casualty at Reigna's fundraiser. I'll have a broken arm like Duke Cristoph, a cracked skull and an arrow stuck in my side like Baron Norwood and maybe I'll have been trampled by a horse too. So I'll be generally a bit twisted and mushed up. Oh, should I have a fever too and acute alcohol poisoning? I think that's a good start, but I'm willing to add more maladies. Frostbite?

My character will be Dame Irama Wildhawk, and I'd have been jousting to settle a bet while improperly attired for frigid winter weather and very drunk, when I accidentally shot myself with an arrow and I fell off my horse and hit my head, but my foot got stuck in the stirrup and I was also trampled on for a considerable distance through the snow. Then I caught a terrible cold and my toes fell off.

I'll need a costume and spare toes.

Written By Niklas

Sept. 25, 2018, 1:49 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)

So far the worst part about pregnancy is having to buy new shoes for strangers.

Of course, I'm not the one carrying around a baby in his belly, so I may not be the best one to ask.

I am glad we're over the part where Sabella was only able to eat extremely greasy sausages.

Though we may never again be past the part where getting between her and cake is a death sentence.

Written By Thena

Sept. 25, 2018, 1:41 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)

Relationship Note on Tikva

I don’t think there will ever be a shortage of people making people.

Written By Reigna

Sept. 25, 2018, 1:28 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)

Relationship Note on Corban

I did not mean to cast aspersions on the code of chivalry, or imply that one cannot question while following its tenets. In fact, I quite agree that part of accomplishing one's duty is to do due diligence and ensure that one is on the side of righteousness. As Prince Mydas said earlier, there is no honoring of Gloria in following like a sheep. Blind obedience is no show of faith, but rather is the act of one who willingly accepts a yoke.

I maintain, however, that there is a certain culture associated with such a code that makes it... uncomfortable to be questioned. I am glad if this is not your experience, and I am not, in anyway, trying to say that this is everyone's experience. But I have seen instances in which questioning is seen as something that is almost insulting. As if there is some implication that by simply asking, the questioner is casting doubt on the due diligence of the questioned. As if they are implying those questions have not already been asked.

Perhaps I am not being particularly coherent this morning. I did apparently not read agreement in Prince Mydas' words, so.

Written By Mydas

Sept. 25, 2018, 1:26 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)

Relationship Note on Corban

I agree with the notion of there being a time and place for questions. Starting to argue with one's commander about the need to charge when the order is given is not such a time.

But there lies part of being human. We walk between extremes in a constant balancing act.

Written By Reigna

Sept. 25, 2018, 1:19 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)

Relationship Note on Tikva

I think this is usually the case, especially when there is a fair amount of time between pregnancies. Though I feel as though I remember feeling as though my pregnancy with Talis being smoother than with Aeryn. I was far less prone to losing my food, that is for certain. Though to be fair I spent over a month in Stormwall where I did not actually do much eating, given the circumstances. So.

Written By Tikva

Sept. 25, 2018, 1 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)

Relationship Note on Thena

I mean if we _all_ just become godsworn, where are all the new people going to come from? I've got new people to make here.

Written By Thena

Sept. 25, 2018, 12:55 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)

Become Godsworn! Pregnancy is strictly forbidden!

Written By Corban

Sept. 25, 2018, 12:51 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)

Relationship Note on Mydas

I cannot speak to the doctrine of Tehom and the Mirrormasks' proper remit. But I am an officer of the Silver Swords, and I have written at length on the knightly virtues. I therefore believe myself qualified to at least offer a few words on chivalry.

I see no conflict between chivalry and questioning. The chivalrous are guided not solely by obedience, but by righteousness. To pursue the right requires questioning, for it requires the knight to judge her actions against the good, not just one's orders. Nor is chivalry an obstacle to considering a matter from each angle. I am a Knight Lieutenant. But each one of the hundred Silver Swords has not just the right, but the duty, to carefully examine my plans and to raise a question or concern if a material flaw is identified.

Of course, the chivalrous must keep their oaths and it is generally right to obey one's superiors. Thus, when a decision is taken, the chivalrous must carry the order out to the best of their ability, even if they were previously opposed. The role of Tehom's advocate is ill taken when it extends beyond planning and infects the time for action.

But even then.

Our history is dotted with instances where those who I believe were true to chivalry defied orders in pursuit of the right and protection of innocent. The paladins at Eastguard, who refused to withdraw to Arx so that they might protect the refugees fleeing from the coast. The Paladins of the Wood and the knights that rode with them -- and became oathbreakers -- to to fight alongside the Sylv'alfar.

I leave to others Tehom's nature and His proper role in the Pantheon. But -- at least when it comes to critical inquiry -- I should rather like to leave chivalry out of it.

Written By Jasher

Sept. 25, 2018, 12:51 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)

Relationship Note on Reigna

Provide examples.

Written By Aleksei

Sept. 25, 2018, 12:44 p.m.(9/2/1009 AR)

Relationship Note on Reigna

I don't want examples!!!

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