Written By Jeffeth
May 8, 2018, 1:20 a.m.(9/14/1008 AR)
A man stealing bread is a thief. Until you find out that he was doing it because he had no alternatives to feed a hungry child. He's still a thief to the law, but a hero to the child.
I'm not calling anyone a thief or a hero. All I know is, everyone has a story to share. Sometimes I fear we're so mean to each other we don't get to hear all of the stories.
I'm not calling anyone a thief or a hero. All I know is, everyone has a story to share. Sometimes I fear we're so mean to each other we don't get to hear all of the stories.
Written By Rinel
May 8, 2018, 12:38 a.m.(9/14/1008 AR)
Many voices, each far more eloquent than mine, have spoken of oaths and duties. The Legate Orazio has mentioned the duties of nobles in relation to the common people--a relationship which we of common birth are gladdened to have such esteemed members of the Faith take notice of.
It is true that few of us wish noble status. We see all too well, in the rumours of the city and the journals both, the perils of nobility--oaths and duties alike that bind princesses and counts like chains. But this is the price one must pay for power. Power without the tempered edge of restraint breeds licentiousness and wickedness. The common folk of the Compact do not chafe under just rule, nor begrudge those who exercise proper power their leisures. But when oaths are taken and abandoned like partners in a dance, we notice, and we fear.
The moral health of the ruler is the moral health of the realm. There are many works of political philosophy and ethics available within the Great Archive of Lord Vellichor. I humbly encourage all those who occupy positions of power to avail themselves of the wisdom of their forebears.
It is true that few of us wish noble status. We see all too well, in the rumours of the city and the journals both, the perils of nobility--oaths and duties alike that bind princesses and counts like chains. But this is the price one must pay for power. Power without the tempered edge of restraint breeds licentiousness and wickedness. The common folk of the Compact do not chafe under just rule, nor begrudge those who exercise proper power their leisures. But when oaths are taken and abandoned like partners in a dance, we notice, and we fear.
The moral health of the ruler is the moral health of the realm. There are many works of political philosophy and ethics available within the Great Archive of Lord Vellichor. I humbly encourage all those who occupy positions of power to avail themselves of the wisdom of their forebears.
Written By Fortunato
May 8, 2018, 12:22 a.m.(9/14/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Aureth
You'll have to go through the usual channels. You know the ones.
Written By Fortunato
May 8, 2018, 12:21 a.m.(9/14/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Mae
Well, suppose you're not wrong.
Think of it as losing a piece of yourself you're giving the world. The world.
Think of it as losing a piece of yourself you're giving the world. The world.
Written By Aureth
May 8, 2018, 12:17 a.m.(9/14/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Fortunato
I'll buy a mural.
Written By Mae
May 8, 2018, 12:13 a.m.(9/14/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Fortunato
Learning art from Fortunato is the most costly thing I've ever done. Do not believe his lies. You will pay in hours, in tears, in wounded ego and regret and grief. You will pay with a piece of yourself, which will be lost forever.
Unless you're a crummy artist, then you'll probably be fine.
Unless you're a crummy artist, then you'll probably be fine.
Written By Tikva
May 8, 2018, 12:11 a.m.(9/14/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Calaudrin
I would be honored to wield your instrument, Lieutenant.
Written By Macda
May 7, 2018, 11:53 p.m.(9/14/1008 AR)
For the common good or not. What do we owe the common person?
Sat through a debate on that this evening. Boring over all. However, was entertained by the bending of facts as if it would bend wills by Alarissa and Saoirse. Not sure I should sit through another one of these again. No fighting. And not drunk enough to find it laughable.
Sat through a debate on that this evening. Boring over all. However, was entertained by the bending of facts as if it would bend wills by Alarissa and Saoirse. Not sure I should sit through another one of these again. No fighting. And not drunk enough to find it laughable.
Written By Norwood
May 7, 2018, 11:49 p.m.(9/14/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Regla
Countess Reigna Keaton is the most upright of women. Her commitment to her family, her lands, and her oaths is unparalleled even with the Oathlands.
There are few I respect as much as her. The words she has written today in the whites only strengthen that belief.
There are few I respect as much as her. The words she has written today in the whites only strengthen that belief.
Written By Niklas
May 7, 2018, 11:48 p.m.(9/14/1008 AR)
A banjo is a stringed instrument (usually five strings) defined by its hollow head covered in an animal skin, so the head itself is something of a drum. Banjo music is characterized by using the fifth string to pluck out rapid notes called 'drone notes' which fill in around the melody, offering accompaniment within a single piece of music.
Written By Perrach
May 7, 2018, 11:12 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Aric
Ha!
Good shit.
Good shit.
Written By Fortunato
May 7, 2018, 11:10 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Learning art from me is free, especially if:
a. you have dark tastes (please contact me immediately)
b. I remember you asked for it (always uncertain)
MURALS, though, always cost 50,000 silver. Always. They're worth it. Absolutely. (Please buy a mural.)
a. you have dark tastes (please contact me immediately)
b. I remember you asked for it (always uncertain)
MURALS, though, always cost 50,000 silver. Always. They're worth it. Absolutely. (Please buy a mural.)
Written By Aric
May 7, 2018, 11:08 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Well, a fun day reading through the Archives, for sure. A wise man once told me a story. Scratch that, he was a drunk and half insane, but the story still holds true. Two neighboring farmers, Milo and Cetus, had lived next to each other for several years. Cetus has moved to the land around five or six years back. They both owned the same amount of land and the same amount of livestock, yet Cetus' yield was always larger and more plentiful. His cows bore more calves, their were meatier and gave more milk. This disparity was evident and it always drove Milo a little mad to see his neighbor doing so much better than he was. Didn't Milo work just as hard? Put in just as many hours? Did he not set his livestock out to feed at the same times as Cetus? It made no sense to him, so he started getting more and more curious. He started peeking over the fence at Cetus while he worked, growing obsessed slowly and in turn, letting his own farm fall as he did so. Every day, he was sneaking around his barn for sight of Cetus and one day he saw Cetus talking to a cloaked man that he has never seen before. 'Maybe this is the secret?' Milo thought to himself and inches around his fence to try to get a better look at the man. As he gently climbed up the fence and tried to lean over to hear what was being said, he fell forward into a giant mound of cow droppings. So much that he was covered from head to waist in stinky brown manure. Cetus heard the noise, of course, and looked over with the priest also turning and saying a few words. As the old man told me this story, the moral was always the same. If you don't want to be covered in shit, then mind your fucking pasture.
Written By Saoirse
May 7, 2018, 11:07 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Reigna
It's true; everything is offensive to Lady Reigna. Quit while you're ahead.
Written By Carita
May 7, 2018, 11:03 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Reigna
Allow me:
Oh, Arx, you never fail to amuse me. Oh, my darlings, with the amount of scandal you bring to the Whites that are simply too much -- all it does is bring rubies to my cheeks. The color is terribly flattering I'm told (Or, at least, so this Scholar humors me.) Are we properly scandalized by wicked behavior? As though it hasn't all happened all before -- as though it likely will never happen again.
[ Notice that I do not personally criticize the nature of oaths and the serious matter of oath-breaking. Never do the words make a single appearance in my original entry. Only now. When I say 'as though it hasn't all happened all before' I mean: as though the actions of a member of the peerage haven't become the focus of the city's attention in the Whites. It has happened. It will likely happen again. We always act as though we are all terribly put out by choices that are becoming more and more commonplace as the days go by. ]
Oh, rest easy, it will happen again. It was mere years ago when I dissolved my own marriage, when I was allowed (for the grace of the gods go I) to keep my title. Mere years ago that there were whispers of worse that were wagging the tongues of Thrax.
[ This is entirely self-deprecating. The satire doesn't need to be explained because it wasn't for you, my lady. It's entirely for me. For my Journal. ]
To be under the scrutiny of the peerage is -- irritating. But, a irritating grain of sand within an oyster can create the most beautiful pearls over time. That's all it takes. Time.
[ This is the only sincere part of this entire entry. The irritation of being the focus of critique and public opinion never lasts. ]
Oh, Arx, you never fail to amuse me. Oh, my darlings, with the amount of scandal you bring to the Whites that are simply too much -- all it does is bring rubies to my cheeks. The color is terribly flattering I'm told (Or, at least, so this Scholar humors me.) Are we properly scandalized by wicked behavior? As though it hasn't all happened all before -- as though it likely will never happen again.
[ Notice that I do not personally criticize the nature of oaths and the serious matter of oath-breaking. Never do the words make a single appearance in my original entry. Only now. When I say 'as though it hasn't all happened all before' I mean: as though the actions of a member of the peerage haven't become the focus of the city's attention in the Whites. It has happened. It will likely happen again. We always act as though we are all terribly put out by choices that are becoming more and more commonplace as the days go by. ]
Oh, rest easy, it will happen again. It was mere years ago when I dissolved my own marriage, when I was allowed (for the grace of the gods go I) to keep my title. Mere years ago that there were whispers of worse that were wagging the tongues of Thrax.
[ This is entirely self-deprecating. The satire doesn't need to be explained because it wasn't for you, my lady. It's entirely for me. For my Journal. ]
To be under the scrutiny of the peerage is -- irritating. But, a irritating grain of sand within an oyster can create the most beautiful pearls over time. That's all it takes. Time.
[ This is the only sincere part of this entire entry. The irritation of being the focus of critique and public opinion never lasts. ]
Written By Reigna
May 7, 2018, 10:53 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Carita
Satire... so you were exaggerating your point to expose and criticize.... who, exactly? The purpose of satire, as I understand it, it to expose the stupidity or vice accompanying some political or topical issue.
I am struggling to see (Again, note my lack of a sense of humor, Princess Saorise can give you the details of this) who it is you are attempting to expose? No one has really spoken against the firmly held belief that Oathbreaking is bad.
Can you clarify?
I am struggling to see (Again, note my lack of a sense of humor, Princess Saorise can give you the details of this) who it is you are attempting to expose? No one has really spoken against the firmly held belief that Oathbreaking is bad.
Can you clarify?
Written By Karadoc
May 7, 2018, 10:33 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
That was a breathtaking explanation of a banjo. Frankly (no, reaaaaaally) the only instrument I am very, very, very skilled in is the flute. Seriously.
Written By Jonathan
May 7, 2018, 10:29 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
In my experience, Your Grace, these things are much easier if you just relax your muscles and let what occurs naturally to happen.
Like dancing and swaying your hips and singing, that sort of thing. Obviously.
Like dancing and swaying your hips and singing, that sort of thing. Obviously.
Written By Victus
May 7, 2018, 10:25 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Jonathan
This explanation makes me feel gross.
Written By Petal
May 7, 2018, 10:16 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
I make Banjos! Probably the banjos around are ones that I made. I also make drums, lutes, lyres and harps.
That being said I haven't been feeling so very well and do the banjo production is down.
That being said I haven't been feeling so very well and do the banjo production is down.
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