Written By Victus
May 7, 2018, 9:42 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Would someone please tell me, what the fuck is a banjo?
Written By Carita
May 7, 2018, 9:25 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Reigna
I believe that my flippant tone is best filed under: 'satire.' When I first took my oaths to marry - you see, it was as a commoner to a noble. There was no weight, no consequences then. Now? It's another matter. If I should ever marry again, it will be for the good of the House. It will be for keeps.
Written By Reigna
May 7, 2018, 8:45 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Carita
If I am reading your journal correctly, and this might well be my well-known lack of humor, it seems to me that this tone you take over the breaking of a sacred oath is both cavalier and disrespectful. There should be nothing cavalier about the breaking of an oath. From your words, you seem to feel as though there should be nothing out of the ordinary in taking back your pledge to another, your House and the gods. In truth if that is indeed how you truly feel, then I am glad to know it. I could not bring myself to ever trust someone who places such little regard in their word. In the fidelity they hold to the gods. And considering you are a Voice of Darkwater, it makes me severely question the judgement of the House as a whole. Woe to any who do business with the Darkwater. If they do not hold faith to their word, how can you trust them to honor their bargains with you?
What are we without our word? We are nothing. Society is based on the mutual trust that those we encounter agree to abide by the same code and rules. If you break your oath, you put yourself outside that society. That is not some paltry quibble or amusement to snicker at. That you would treat it as such is appalling.
What are we without our word? We are nothing. Society is based on the mutual trust that those we encounter agree to abide by the same code and rules. If you break your oath, you put yourself outside that society. That is not some paltry quibble or amusement to snicker at. That you would treat it as such is appalling.
Written By Calaudrin
May 7, 2018, 8:28 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Tikva
I have nothing to say the most recent flutter of scandal among the nobility. I'm sure they'll figure it out. It's their job after all.
What's really more pressing is that I have a banjo that Princess Tikva can borrow.
Please.
Borrow the banjo.
What's really more pressing is that I have a banjo that Princess Tikva can borrow.
Please.
Borrow the banjo.
Written By Lumen
May 7, 2018, 8:26 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Gabriel
While I am thankful that we are so blessed with a medium on which to have these important public discourses, it does elicit mild disappointment that not even the Regent Emeritus is found deserving of some benefit of the doubt or due diligence before the gauntlet is thrown.
I propose that the fairer and more meaningful act of contrition (if one is indeed called for) might be to offer similar lessons to an individual of lesser means for every member of the peerage who purchased time. What is the value of some arbitrary amount of coinage compared to the privately bestowed wisdom of one of our best? Particularly when one recalls that in theory, we write here for posterity's sake and for the safe preservation of knowledge... not just for ill-conceived attacks on one another's character.
I propose that the fairer and more meaningful act of contrition (if one is indeed called for) might be to offer similar lessons to an individual of lesser means for every member of the peerage who purchased time. What is the value of some arbitrary amount of coinage compared to the privately bestowed wisdom of one of our best? Particularly when one recalls that in theory, we write here for posterity's sake and for the safe preservation of knowledge... not just for ill-conceived attacks on one another's character.
Written By Carita
May 7, 2018, 8:03 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
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. 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. To be under the scrutinty 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.
Written By Cadenza
May 7, 2018, 7:56 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
I....
Nevermind.
Nevermind.
Written By Niklas
May 7, 2018, 7:38 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Tikva
If we had a banjo-off I feel like we'd both win.
And all the banjo-haters of Arx would lose.
So I'm in.
And all the banjo-haters of Arx would lose.
So I'm in.
Written By Gabriel
May 7, 2018, 6:29 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
As it has become a matter of public debate, I would like to clarify that the fifty-thousand silver was used for the rebuilding of Bisland's armies, and in taking care of our war widows and newly orphaned. It was an opportunity aimed at the peerage, not an attempt to price gouge a commoner.
If the Faith is unhappy with my actions, I will donate fifty thousand of my own silver in penance along with performing any other acts of prayer, meditation, or charity that might be required of me.
If the Faith is unhappy with my actions, I will donate fifty thousand of my own silver in penance along with performing any other acts of prayer, meditation, or charity that might be required of me.
Written By Sabella
May 7, 2018, 6:26 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Tikva
Yes! I could have him play for the family dinner next week?
Written By Adriana
May 7, 2018, 6:08 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Alaric
Oh praise Petrichord, I won a goat! A sweet little adorable green eyed goat named Butterfly. She seems to be gloomy but I adore her. All my work with Ma's goats at home have paid off. Now I have a source for goat cheese, when she gets older of course!
I also won perfume in a raffle! I haven't had the occasion to wear it but perhaps someday.
I also met the King and he's the most wonderful person. He promised to come by the Knights for some biscuits someday. I really hope he does, he's just the most delightful person in all of Arx.
I also won perfume in a raffle! I haven't had the occasion to wear it but perhaps someday.
I also met the King and he's the most wonderful person. He promised to come by the Knights for some biscuits someday. I really hope he does, he's just the most delightful person in all of Arx.
Written By Thena
May 7, 2018, 5:57 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Tikva
Yes. You should.
Written By Margret
May 7, 2018, 5:52 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
My belief in the Spirits and Ancestors of the Greenwood will never waver.
But I confess that when the missionaries came from Sanctum after we joined the Compact I was not receptive to their message. Others in my family have turned to the Pantheon, but I wasn't ready. I'm not usually rebellious by nature, and I do not think myself stubborn. Maybe it was the rigidness of Orthodoxy that kept me from receiving the message. Not that I am disparaging Orthodoxy, and while I have never felt inspiration from it I have been inspired by those who adhere to it. Their strong and resolute faith in something is beautiful even if it was never mine.
However, hearing different perspectives of the Pantheon since I have come to Arx has caused me to question if I have given the Thirteen a fair chance. Perhaps I haven't, and I need to change that. Also Petrichor, who is held to high esteem in the Greenwood, is one of the Pantheon, and if I honor Him how can I not honor the rest?
I plan on visiting the Shrines in the next couple of weeks, reading, and doing my own research as well as speaking with the Faithful. There is no harm in opening my heart to the Pantheon.
But I confess that when the missionaries came from Sanctum after we joined the Compact I was not receptive to their message. Others in my family have turned to the Pantheon, but I wasn't ready. I'm not usually rebellious by nature, and I do not think myself stubborn. Maybe it was the rigidness of Orthodoxy that kept me from receiving the message. Not that I am disparaging Orthodoxy, and while I have never felt inspiration from it I have been inspired by those who adhere to it. Their strong and resolute faith in something is beautiful even if it was never mine.
However, hearing different perspectives of the Pantheon since I have come to Arx has caused me to question if I have given the Thirteen a fair chance. Perhaps I haven't, and I need to change that. Also Petrichor, who is held to high esteem in the Greenwood, is one of the Pantheon, and if I honor Him how can I not honor the rest?
I plan on visiting the Shrines in the next couple of weeks, reading, and doing my own research as well as speaking with the Faithful. There is no harm in opening my heart to the Pantheon.
Written By Eleyna
May 7, 2018, 5:49 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
My mother died when I was five years old. I have very few memories of her and most of those are hazed with time and distance.
Yet, I can look at the white journals that she left behind and get a sense of what she was like. What she thought. What she dreamed. Not all of it is pretty, but even those things are valuable to me, her daughter that never got to know who she really was except through these writings that she left behind.
Yet, I can look at the white journals that she left behind and get a sense of what she was like. What she thought. What she dreamed. Not all of it is pretty, but even those things are valuable to me, her daughter that never got to know who she really was except through these writings that she left behind.
Written By Lisebet
May 7, 2018, 5:41 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Wynna
This is a very good point, and yet, we remember specific points in history as important. Well, most of us do. There are many days and years in which nothing of historical note happened. I wonder if we live in such a time, or if the battles that we have so recently gone through will be seen as notable.
But I do agree that they should remember. Only I am not convinced they will.
But I do agree that they should remember. Only I am not convinced they will.
Written By Fairen
May 7, 2018, 5:36 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Orazio
As I have come to expect from the Legate, a brilliant perspective to the present theological discussions at hand.
Written By Orazio
May 7, 2018, 5:33 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
A stack of copied entries from the journals is staring at me. At least one invokes Skald, and another Gild, which both fall under my purview, so, gods help me, I shall address the matter:
Knowledge and expertise are valuable commodities, and should be valued. And, unfortunately, people often do not value that which they are handed for free - thus it becomes an expectation. When people who have significant duties are approached for the sharing of a language, or knowledge, or any other tutelage, they are well within their rights to put a value on their time and expertise. Gild honors charity, but she does not demand that you must give away everything you own just because someone else wants it.
This is true even of the nobility. Now, it would be frowned upon for many reasons for a noble to be so crass as to advertise their services along with a fee schedule, like a common merchant. However, if you wish to learn from someone, they are well within their rights to require an investment for the time, effort, and value they are imparting, whether that be silver, or favors, or gifts. In truth, a noble should never have to convey that expectation explicitly, for the one who seeks to learn should come prepared with a gift of gratitude for being considered as a student, equal to the value the student places on the service provided.
Anyone is thoroughly well within their rights to turn down any student who believes the tutoring they seek is worth nothing.
Knowledge and expertise are valuable commodities, and should be valued. And, unfortunately, people often do not value that which they are handed for free - thus it becomes an expectation. When people who have significant duties are approached for the sharing of a language, or knowledge, or any other tutelage, they are well within their rights to put a value on their time and expertise. Gild honors charity, but she does not demand that you must give away everything you own just because someone else wants it.
This is true even of the nobility. Now, it would be frowned upon for many reasons for a noble to be so crass as to advertise their services along with a fee schedule, like a common merchant. However, if you wish to learn from someone, they are well within their rights to require an investment for the time, effort, and value they are imparting, whether that be silver, or favors, or gifts. In truth, a noble should never have to convey that expectation explicitly, for the one who seeks to learn should come prepared with a gift of gratitude for being considered as a student, equal to the value the student places on the service provided.
Anyone is thoroughly well within their rights to turn down any student who believes the tutoring they seek is worth nothing.
Written By Wynna
May 7, 2018, 5:15 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Lisebet
A land that has forgotten its past is doomed to repeat it.
So they'd better not forget us, just as we strive not to forget ours.
So they'd better not forget us, just as we strive not to forget ours.
Written By Tikva
May 7, 2018, 5:13 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Niklas
Should I challenge Lord Niklas to a banjo-off?
Written By Tessa
May 7, 2018, 5:11 p.m.(9/13/1008 AR)
As everyone seems to be having very deep thinking thoughts about marriage these days I have come to the following conclusions:
1. I think wedding rings ought to be made of cold, hard iron, with rough edges. Maybe they soften over time, maybe you get used to the weight, but they shouldn't be easy things, they shouldn't be pretty things.
2. A spouse should chafe a bit in the beginning, to rub away your own rough edges. There needs to be friction to wear a groove in each other's lives to make room for one another. Brittle things break easily, lots of people are brittle.
3. I think people lie too much about who and what they are, they shouldn't do that.
4. If I ever have to marry someone (which is still a big IF, I really rather like the idea of having a long string of paramours and giving Countess Kennex grey hairs with new dinner dates every gathering), I want it to be someone greater than me, not less. Not in status, or wealth (though those things are fabulous if they can be had!) but in person. I think too many are looking for a puppy in a spouse, someone they can leash and train and control, who will protect and serve and comfort them on their own terms. Which is stupid!
I want a piece of the sun. I want a mountain. I want someone even I can't move or contain. I want a man that will never be afraid of my own shine, who will never feel like he has to keep me small so I 'need' him, who will never feel intimidated when I succeed. And very most of all, one who knows sometimes I'll throw things at him but that doesn't mean I don't like him any more and is okay with that.
1. I think wedding rings ought to be made of cold, hard iron, with rough edges. Maybe they soften over time, maybe you get used to the weight, but they shouldn't be easy things, they shouldn't be pretty things.
2. A spouse should chafe a bit in the beginning, to rub away your own rough edges. There needs to be friction to wear a groove in each other's lives to make room for one another. Brittle things break easily, lots of people are brittle.
3. I think people lie too much about who and what they are, they shouldn't do that.
4. If I ever have to marry someone (which is still a big IF, I really rather like the idea of having a long string of paramours and giving Countess Kennex grey hairs with new dinner dates every gathering), I want it to be someone greater than me, not less. Not in status, or wealth (though those things are fabulous if they can be had!) but in person. I think too many are looking for a puppy in a spouse, someone they can leash and train and control, who will protect and serve and comfort them on their own terms. Which is stupid!
I want a piece of the sun. I want a mountain. I want someone even I can't move or contain. I want a man that will never be afraid of my own shine, who will never feel like he has to keep me small so I 'need' him, who will never feel intimidated when I succeed. And very most of all, one who knows sometimes I'll throw things at him but that doesn't mean I don't like him any more and is okay with that.
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