Written By Tikva
July 18, 2018, 12:35 p.m.(3/18/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Niklas
Written By Gwenna
July 18, 2018, 11:05 a.m.(3/18/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Monique
Written By Niklas
July 18, 2018, 10:54 a.m.(3/18/1009 AR)
Not enough to do serious study into the old timey magery wizardry sorcery thing that used to exist, but enough to read some stories, get some ideas. You've got your person who has an idea of what they want to have happen, you've got your focus which changes the world around you and you have the will to make the change. 1 + 1 + 1 = fireball. Or expectation + singing + spellsinger ability = changing the tide of battle. But it seems to me that this is the second magic, the weaker magic. Sure, you can burn things up or cause an earthquake or whatever, but it doesn't change the world the way the first magic does.
When you're born you don't separate things from yourself, you don't understand quantities, you don't appreciate colors, and that changes only somewhat until you start to learn language. From the things I've read, language literally changes the way people think, the way they interact with the world. Not just 'communication', but knowing the names of things, being able to understand descriptions, me, they, it, round, one, two, many, lots, etc. Life is as two dimensional as a bad painting, and through language the world becomes the real place we know. And that's the first magic. The magic so plain and endemic that we don't consider it magic at all.
And unlike the second magic, which does something and then you have to live with the results, the first magic never stops changing the world. I've been learning a new language recently and seeing how another (very different) culture speaks is learning what they value. Initially my idea was to write poetry and plays in another language, and now I'm finding that it was a fool's errand, because I need to think differently, be different, to really appreciate the linguistic difference.
But even in Arvani there are words and sentences that can change the world. One day someone told me that my father had died. Until that point death was an abstract. Nothing I ever thought could stalk the halls at Stormward. My world changed.
Two weeks ago another sentence brought magic to my life and changed things. Sabella and I are going to have a child. My assumption was that we would wait for a time before doing it, as we are both so busy these days, but... is there a good time for kids? Will we ever get less busy? I doubt it. And just hearing the phrase, knowing it was true? Changed me. Changed my mind. Where I thought there would be trepidation there is only joy. Where I thought there would be uncertainty there is only excitement. Where I thought there would be doubt there is only love. Love that can get me through anything. Love that can make even the strangest of realities into the reality I have always needed.
Language changes everything.
It can even change a Niklas into a dad.
Written By Monique
July 18, 2018, 10:35 a.m.(3/18/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Gwenna
I know that will motivate the author to pen the second installment that much sooner and you shall receive the very first copy, on me.
Written By Delilah
July 18, 2018, 10:10 a.m.(3/18/1009 AR)
Written By Audric
July 18, 2018, 7:43 a.m.(3/18/1009 AR)
Plus, afterwards, if you -really- enjoy it, and can lose yourself happily in it, the sleep afterwards is juuuuust the best. Bonus points if you're getting paid to do it, too!
Written By Cristoph
July 18, 2018, 6:25 a.m.(3/18/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Oliver
Written By Margret
July 18, 2018, 1:27 a.m.(3/18/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Alis
But maybe don't tell him it was my idea.
Written By Riagnon
July 18, 2018, 12:04 a.m.(3/17/1009 AR)
I really, really do hope they like us.
Written By Gwenna
July 17, 2018, 11:46 p.m.(3/17/1009 AR)
The highlight of my day, however, came in the form of the most thoughtful gift from someone I hardly deserve. A stunning silver birch leaf necklace with the darkest sapphire I think I have ever seen. It is like having a little piece of the night sky for my very own and I will probably never take it off.
Written By Ember
July 17, 2018, 10:08 p.m.(3/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Fredrik
I look forward to knowing him better.
Written By Harper
July 17, 2018, 9:52 p.m.(3/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Calaudrin
And she has a point. We're both lucky you got her! She gives better hugs.
Written By Esoka
July 17, 2018, 9:41 p.m.(3/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Calaudrin
Written By Calaudrin
July 17, 2018, 8:24 p.m.(3/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Esoka
Written By Cullen
July 17, 2018, 8:16 p.m.(3/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Margret
Just don't tell the treehouse.
Written By Esoka
July 17, 2018, 7:49 p.m.(3/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Preston
Have you tried sketching? That was the hobby Calaudrin picked when he realized he was boring and needed them, and it's worked out well. Or you could take up the banjo. That's usually funny, even if someone is very bad at it.
You could also get a pet. Cats are popular now. And people say they're lucky, though I've always liked dogs better.
Don't worry, Sir Preston, I'm sure if the Templars put our minds to it, we can find you many hobbies.
Written By Ailith
July 17, 2018, 7:32 p.m.(3/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Preston
Written By Preston
July 17, 2018, 7:24 p.m.(3/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Thena
Written By Thena
July 17, 2018, 7:05 p.m.(3/17/1009 AR)
Written By Valdemar
July 17, 2018, 7:05 p.m.(3/17/1009 AR)
As you grow up, you are going to hear a lot of things about love. There are different kinds of it, each with its own quirks and various ways it should be approached. Familial love, love for friends, love for your home, romantic love, love of self...and I may be missing some. There will be people who try to tell you which of these is the most important, without consensus. Ask ten different people, and you might well get ten different answers. So I am not going to try to push my own opinion of that on you here. There is something much more important about love that you should know, and it is one thing they all have in common. Love is difficult. It will hurt you sometimes, and I can assure you that pain is unlike any other. However, the other thing that I can tell you for certain is that it is worth the pain, the difficulty, the frustration. All of it.
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