“I forgive you,” the traveler said, “for it is not me you set your hearts against.”
The villagers scorned him and bade him be silent, but he shook his head.
“There is a man yo...
2021-11-24 17:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
An emergency session will convene tomorrow morning in Kaupf Hall to deliberate on the latest reports from Sibyl, Sever and other sources along the Daressan fronts. Of primary importance are t...
2021-11-17 17:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The raven derided the mockingbird daily for lacking its vision. How could it feed its children, limited as it was? The sun rises and falls. Still the raven boasts over its growing...
2021-11-10 17:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We phrase national identity as a form of altruism, in most respects; it is a conferred set of values that stands as an equal alongside natural bonds of family and friendship. Just as a man mi...
2021-11-03 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostSo, some of you may have noticed that we're up past that $500 threshold. This means that we've hit the goal to increase the patron benefits to three chapters, and I'm going to try and be prom...
2021-11-03 15:58:59 +0000 UTC View Post
I am often accused of fomenting hatred. I will not deny that such a hatred exists; the long and painful subjugation of Saf by Ghar has left wounds upon my people that do not easily heal. &nbs...
2021-10-27 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Two men came upon an artifex on the road, and seeing that he was carrying many fine wares they decided to rob him. The artifex did not resist, laying down his burden for the men to take - but...
2021-10-20 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Another symposium to review evidence from the Daressan front will be called to order next Rimesday. As with the last sessions, a primary focus will be given to directing and shaping Sever’s...
2021-10-13 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
It is unfashionable to discuss the metaphysical implications of ensoulment. We have Saf to thank for that; nothing sours a concept quite so efficiently as a poor execution. The fault do...
2021-10-06 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
It should be evident by now that the War is not the same species of conflict as prior, lesser wars. This is not the polite squabbling of warlords or some noble feud; the Safid mean to make th...
2021-09-29 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Does history repeat itself, as is often claimed? It would be so, were ‘history’ an agent unto itself that could indulge in repetition. History as an entity does not exist in the pre...
2021-09-22 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The story of Saf is, broadly, the story of the Safid Cults of the Eight. Even when Ghar itself lost its grip on the old Safid lands, their governors held the reins of power with few real chal...
2021-09-15 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
As phase three proceeds we have shifted the majority of our Leiko forces into plan variant 41-F-Moderate. Naval salvage efforts are proceeding apace, with at least three-hundred recovered Saf...
2021-09-08 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
What should arise from possibility? Every stone contains within it a thousand stones, yet only ever appears as one. Chip the stone; countless possibilities have vanished and countless r...
2021-09-01 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
War has no inherent rules. When one fights for survival, freedom and the prosperity of the coming generations, there is no question of propriety or correctness - there is only the end toward ...
2021-08-25 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Certain aspects of the state are perceived as inevitable consequences of circumstance. Conflict exists, therefore so too does a military. Resources are finite, therefore an economic sys...
2021-08-18 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
The first phase of Initiative Sunburn has concluded within predicted bounds, and all field commanders have been instructed to proceed to the second phase under plan variant 30-C-Moderate. Aus...
2021-08-11 16:00:45 +0000 UTC View Post
No shell misses. When we say such a thing we mean that it has not struck men or materiel - but every shot strikes something. Walk through Daressa, where the thunder and fire has raged f...
2021-08-04 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Recognition of the self is not a simple thing; our close perspective distorts our view and makes it hard to discern truth from illusion. Often our baser fears and needs skew our perception - that w...
2021-07-28 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
At the start of time there was nothing, for everything that might exist was balanced by its opposite. The universe was perfect in its emptiness. Into this void came the first soul, and ...
2021-07-21 19:28:06 +0000 UTC View Post
The initial deployment of the fire-team structure has been a success, resulting in a twenty-three percent increase in intra-team soul retention. The post-deployment review committee found no ...
2021-07-14 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It has been my experience that men will readily accept that their mind shapes the manifestation of their soul, yet when I dare to suggest that the reverse might be true I am met with scorn, disbeli...
2021-07-07 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
In short, gentlemen: this farce must be called out for what it is. The organization that was meant to advance our understanding of souls for the benefit of all men has been supplanted by a la...
2021-06-30 16:01:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Dr. Josef LeMegne
Administrative Hall #84
Braun Island.
Sir -
By receipt of this letter you stand informed that the Assembly as convened on Waning 35, 673 has revoked your r...
2021-06-23 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostSo way back when I was setting up a Patreon and writing the initial chapters of Inheritors of Eschaton I put a few pie-in-the-sky goals up because it seemed like the thing to do. One of those...
2021-06-16 18:10:13 +0000 UTC View Post
The axis/skew model remains a problematic metaphor, not least because metaphors in this field of study have a troublesome way of becoming resilient even if (or perhaps especially if) they are inapp...
2021-06-16 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we embark on a grand undertaking. Throughout history, man has viewed souls as instruments of fate - blessings, curses, miracles. It is my hope that future generations will mark to...
2021-06-09 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
The near-random distribution of souls among the populace has been a problem throughout history, one that we have historically resolved with incentives. The hill clans made bannermen of their ...
2021-06-02 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Because I'm going to be using a lot of public-domain artwork and other older image references, I thought it might be a good idea for me to keep a log of all the sources for said artwork in case any...
2021-05-26 23:16:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Per the last round of reporting, the policy workgroup has recommended that the experiments with sub-subunit doctrine be widened to include the entirety of our continental forces. The model of...
2021-05-26 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post