Notes from a Commonplace Book Truism: every conflict fought w/ diff weapons and diff (flawed) tactics. Spice Wars greatest conflict of the past generation indication wars of next “terrible beyond imagining.” (1300-1306) Named for source in territorial dispute between two … Continue reading →
There’s a story that a certain class of professional sailor tells. By “certain class” I mean a romanticized, highly fictionalized, but still ultimately extant type; by that I mean those who, after a tour of duty within the Unified Front … Continue reading →
If the Smelter of Souls were not real it would be a necessary lie. All the world is a bubble, and outside an endless storm: the cosmos beyond the fixed stars of the Celestial Firmament. Anything could come in at … Continue reading →
The rare devices called rune-cubes are a peculiar holdover from the magical populism of Old Habadad. By rites unnatural and probably dangerous, the artificer casts a spell but binds the energies raised into a glass box, sealed with rune and … Continue reading →
The painting Religion in the Mother Countries is a work of oil on stretched canvas, depicting a still life. In a dimly lit room, three metal pieces and a dead moth have been placed on a countertop. Above them hangs … Continue reading →
The Elevenfold Monument, erected 1388 on the Island of Disconsolate Communion, commemorates the accomplished Qu-Rocca, who today hangs high above the Tower of Tongues, locked in the battle which is the Five Men War. Qu-Rocca actively avoided the political … Continue reading →
If everyone is comfortable, we will begin. Ya-Banan, the glowglobes, please? Thank you. There are three kinds of criminals in the Mother Countries: the ones who don’t matter, the ones who will be forgiven, and the ones who go to … Continue reading →
The Pelagic Mysteries: a Summary I. Introduction. …..A. The history of the Mother Countries is a history of ideas. ……….1. The ideas of the giants swept away what came before. ……….2. The ideas since their Arrival have been a reaction … Continue reading →
History is always a tricky subject. It depends on your point of view, or more properly, it depends on the viewpoint of the donor. There are ways to study history that don’t involve the Living Memory, but then, there are … Continue reading →
On the fourth day after my heart was broken I felt that perhaps I could stand, and once on my feet I began walking through the city. I could not bear to go to the places were once we would … Continue reading →
