Written By Shard
April 17, 2018, 6:32 p.m.(7/26/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Bliss
Asking if anyone has experience with the Abandoned is a little like asking if anyone has experience with humans. It's so damned broad it's practically meaningless. Every single Prodigal who joined the Compact above a certain age has meaningful experience with the Abandoned, but chances are high that experience won't necessarily apply to any Abandoned you'll encounter. That might be the only advice I can actually offer, in fact. Stop thinking of the Abandoned as a single people, find out which tribe, or tribes, you might come into contact with. Abandoned, as a word, only applies as a way to define them against the Compact, and that's the only way they use it. When they think of themselves, they think of their tribe.
The same goes for asking about a singular language. Abandoned peoples speak multiple different languages, depending on where they're from. Which one?
The same goes for asking about a singular language. Abandoned peoples speak multiple different languages, depending on where they're from. Which one?
Written By Ignacio
April 17, 2018, 5:45 p.m.(7/26/1008 AR)
The Venture Home (Week 11)
Time passes so very quickly and it is hard to believe I have been away from home for so very long. It is time to return home and spend time with my family and the people of Tor. They sacrificed much for lands they will never likely see again, it is important to let them know that we have suffered with them and that we really do care about their plight. For every noble that has suffered, too many forget that it is often the commoners that suffer the most.
Time passes so very quickly and it is hard to believe I have been away from home for so very long. It is time to return home and spend time with my family and the people of Tor. They sacrificed much for lands they will never likely see again, it is important to let them know that we have suffered with them and that we really do care about their plight. For every noble that has suffered, too many forget that it is often the commoners that suffer the most.
Written By Oriana
April 17, 2018, 4:51 p.m.(7/26/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Ignacio
A flower blooms only briefly.
Written By Elara
April 17, 2018, 4:44 p.m.(7/26/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Prisila
I find Lady Prisila to be quite a charming woman. It just so happened that I was available to speak with her about Seraceni trade opportunities. I was mostly curious for my own artistic wants, for the fashion and some of the accessories are quite stunning from Ischia. I especially like some of the volcanic glass carvings I've seen. I do look forward to using it in some of my future creations.
Written By Bliss
April 17, 2018, 4 p.m.(7/25/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Sidney
This was very dangerous information to let me know.
I hope you are prepared for some surprise lessons. Don't wear anything you don't want cut off of you for a while.
I hope you are prepared for some surprise lessons. Don't wear anything you don't want cut off of you for a while.
Written By Bliss
April 17, 2018, 3:58 p.m.(7/25/1008 AR)
There are simply not enough hours in the day to do everything I wish. Between my rehabilitation, my personal projects, and everything else going on, I fear that I'm simply not able to give enough time to as many people as they deserve.
Do rest assured, darlings, it's not you. Usually. I will eventually respond to most correspondence.
There is a royal mission coming up, as well - if anyone has experience with the Abandoned and is interested in a field trip, (particularly any who can speak their language), do reach out to me?
A very wise woman wrote a white a couple weeks ago saying that life is not worth living unless you feel overwhelmed. I still haven't hit that - but I am certainly reveling in this.
Do rest assured, darlings, it's not you. Usually. I will eventually respond to most correspondence.
There is a royal mission coming up, as well - if anyone has experience with the Abandoned and is interested in a field trip, (particularly any who can speak their language), do reach out to me?
A very wise woman wrote a white a couple weeks ago saying that life is not worth living unless you feel overwhelmed. I still haven't hit that - but I am certainly reveling in this.
Written By Sidney
April 17, 2018, 3:44 p.m.(7/25/1008 AR)
I've realized I have no idea what I'm meant to watch during a duel. Weapons? Hands? Faces? Feet? It's all just noise and clatter and injuries.
Now, a bar -- there's a place I know what to do with myself. Even if the conversation is a bit above me. (I'm still not sure who's marrying whom.)
Making handsome men laugh is a significantly better use of my time than learning feints and footwork, I think.
Now, a bar -- there's a place I know what to do with myself. Even if the conversation is a bit above me. (I'm still not sure who's marrying whom.)
Making handsome men laugh is a significantly better use of my time than learning feints and footwork, I think.
Written By Margerie
April 17, 2018, 2:39 p.m.(7/25/1008 AR)
Your affection for your daughter is readily apiarent, Sir Clement.
Written By Cassima
April 17, 2018, 2:36 p.m.(7/25/1008 AR)
I am not particularly good at jokes, and alas I have very little in the way of a traditional sense of humor for such things. But I found a note in an old book once, written in the margins, that I thought was rather clever. I shall share it here in the hopes that it might even manage to be funny, for some.
What do you call a snobbish criminal going down a set of stairs?
A condescending con descending.
What do you call a snobbish criminal going down a set of stairs?
A condescending con descending.
Written By Percephon
April 17, 2018, 1:57 p.m.(7/25/1008 AR)
I remain a prisoner of my own curiosity. I start everywhere now - no longer specific - I'm not particular anymore. I ought to be. I ought to steer my interests back into an orderly path of progress. But, the need to /know/ is what traps me. It's what causes me to wander farther - farther away - pulled and pushed and squashed flat. Spread as thin as jam on bread. As thin as thawing ice across a pond. As thin as gilt on plated gold. As thin as a dishonest person's ethics.
Written By Jordan
April 17, 2018, 1:27 p.m.(7/25/1008 AR)
Now I'm mostly concerning myself with learning military strategy. Although some part of me wants to become a master huntsman so I can walk up to the Rangers in Ashford Keep and declare myself one of their own, and then show I can tell a poisonous berry from an edible one.
Maybe after I'm more than just a halfway decent strategist.
Maybe after I'm more than just a halfway decent strategist.
Written By Jordan
April 17, 2018, 1:25 p.m.(7/25/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Olivia
It will happen, my Lady. Some things take their time to deliberate. With patience, Limerance makes all things clear, I'm sure.
Written By Harlan
April 17, 2018, 1:08 p.m.(7/25/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Olivia
I am glad that my sister worries about me -- she's more worried about the fact that I am unmarried than I. I will admit that I am being...selective. Also, I am seldom thinking of it -- other matters have my attention.
Any feelings I might have about the topic or any particular person, I will not write here, however.
Any feelings I might have about the topic or any particular person, I will not write here, however.
Written By Norwood
April 17, 2018, 12:49 p.m.(7/25/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Adalyn
I have thought long and hard about this, but I feel I must speak out with some words of wisdom about life that my father, a proud beekeeper, shared with me.
For one, beauty is in the eye of the bee-holder. Bee open to see it.
Bee positive, there are always those who will buzz negatively. Don't let them get into your bonnet (or hat).
Nobles I know this counts less for you, but when you marry, bee sure that your spouse will be your honey forever.
Bee sure your wife is your queen, the center of your home, and the bearer of all of your children.
These are only some of the words that I hive, and dearest Adalyn, if you read these, I do appologize in advance for any cringing you might do.
For one, beauty is in the eye of the bee-holder. Bee open to see it.
Bee positive, there are always those who will buzz negatively. Don't let them get into your bonnet (or hat).
Nobles I know this counts less for you, but when you marry, bee sure that your spouse will be your honey forever.
Bee sure your wife is your queen, the center of your home, and the bearer of all of your children.
These are only some of the words that I hive, and dearest Adalyn, if you read these, I do appologize in advance for any cringing you might do.
Written By Thena
April 17, 2018, 12:34 p.m.(7/25/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Itzal
I’ll allow it.
Written By Itzal
April 17, 2018, 12:33 p.m.(7/25/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Thena
Nope, no take backs. You're fighting dark reflections in that next song.
Written By Thena
April 17, 2018, 12:04 p.m.(7/25/1008 AR)
Scholars won’t let me edit my last post so:
It would be more accurate (though less impressive) to replace ‘serve the Sentinel’s dark reflection’ with ‘be a lying liar who lies’
Sorry Itsy.
It would be more accurate (though less impressive) to replace ‘serve the Sentinel’s dark reflection’ with ‘be a lying liar who lies’
Sorry Itsy.
Written By Itzal
April 17, 2018, 11:56 a.m.(7/25/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Thena
This Faith related trip is becoming more and more interesting the more I read about it! Was there a bard present to put it into song? You could have a ballad, one about fighting Sentinel's Reflection, and a lullaby to have the little ones go to sleep inspired by Legate Orazio...
The possibilities are endless!
The possibilities are endless!
Written By Preston
April 17, 2018, 10:27 a.m.(7/25/1008 AR)
Those that know me will know what an honour it was to meet the Seraph of Sanctum. What others may not know is that it was also an honour to meet the nobles of the Oathlands in their own lands. The last time I ventured to Sanctum was in the company of the Grandmaster of my order when I was a squire, in the company of the then-Dominus. I was unimportant, taken along to assist my Grandmaster, a favour to the Dominus that I was even there I am sure. This time I was there in my own right. Then we knew peace. Now we know war.
It was a pleasure to train the prodigals and with Oathlanders of long standing, to listen to their stories, to commiserate over losses. To welcome new brothers into the order as disciples. To get a chance to calm tensions and speak well of those who fought alongside us. I think it was well received - perhaps they simply humoured me, I do not know, that is for time to tell.
I had a chance to see the site we proposed near Sanctum for the memorial. Good solid ground, high above the water marks so the catacombs will be dry. It was a peaceful place. A place I would not mind spending eternity myself - though I know each of our souls must take our place on the wheel.
In some ways, I still think of myself as the young squire - unimportant, untested, that I must do my best to embody the Faith that raised me because I must prove myself. Perhaps this trip was a lesson that not all those things are true anymore, and that words can have an impact as great as the sword. But. I hope I do not lose that view of myself. That which makes me stride to be better, that which reminds me to be humble.
So I owe thanks to Father Orazio, to the Seraph of Sanctum, to Prince Edain and his nobles, for the trip to the Oathlands was a success. We found welcome, we found believers, we found brothers. And perhaps we found a little more of ourselves, in that home of the Faith.
It was a pleasure to train the prodigals and with Oathlanders of long standing, to listen to their stories, to commiserate over losses. To welcome new brothers into the order as disciples. To get a chance to calm tensions and speak well of those who fought alongside us. I think it was well received - perhaps they simply humoured me, I do not know, that is for time to tell.
I had a chance to see the site we proposed near Sanctum for the memorial. Good solid ground, high above the water marks so the catacombs will be dry. It was a peaceful place. A place I would not mind spending eternity myself - though I know each of our souls must take our place on the wheel.
In some ways, I still think of myself as the young squire - unimportant, untested, that I must do my best to embody the Faith that raised me because I must prove myself. Perhaps this trip was a lesson that not all those things are true anymore, and that words can have an impact as great as the sword. But. I hope I do not lose that view of myself. That which makes me stride to be better, that which reminds me to be humble.
So I owe thanks to Father Orazio, to the Seraph of Sanctum, to Prince Edain and his nobles, for the trip to the Oathlands was a success. We found welcome, we found believers, we found brothers. And perhaps we found a little more of ourselves, in that home of the Faith.
Written By Orazio
April 17, 2018, 10:14 a.m.(7/25/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Thena
In regards to the Grandmaster's reflections on the mission trip (see her journal around this date for details of reference):
Thank you...I think?
Thank you...I think?
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