After reading the past however many posts between the Fence Riders and
The Goody Goodies. Those little self serving 'neutral' people in that
out of the way place called Hashan, apparently got bored of babbling
among themselves, so they decided to share some of their more annoying
conversations with the rest of the world. The pillar of fire, and this
war over Charlotte and Dresden was an exercise in stupidity. Most of us
can only sit back and wonder what would have happened if Shakti had
destroyed Hashan. The Regents and the Archons would probably exchange
hugs behind closed doors, and secretely giggly about how every roasted
those cocktail wieners on the swords talking about how many churchies
they webbed today. This debate over wars, enemies, and crimes has raged
off and on for too long. You all know the old addage about beating the
dead horse? Well the horse is lying in a heap of organic jelly in a six
by six foot deep impact crater. Give it up. If both cities got along,
the World would be about to end because the Dark, Strife Seeking Achaean
Flip Floppers cannot, and probably won't ever, get along with the City
of Light and Rules. Trying to come to an agreement as both sides
redefine hardheadedness is a walk down futility lane.

Along with the Hashan/Shallam posts, we have a bunch of misinformed
drivel spewing forth from the bowels of freedom. These Ashtanites
babbling about how Covenant has wronged them in his imposing an herb ban
on their 'innocent' selves, making them have to run to their overpriced
rogues and beg and plead for health and mana. From one who has lived
with full vials for life, I can only offer the advice of "If you don't
like herb bans, don't piss off people who control the concoctions." But,
since that would make sense I'll just let you ponder how bad it could
-really- get. The Sentinels are only one guild, but in your superior
'free' intelligence, you're coming close to pissing off Oakstone and the
Druids. Very rarely do both those organizations ever agree to anything,
but I believe Ashtan might in fact unite them to completely stop the
herb flow in and out of ashtan, by merely enemying those rogues you call
druids from the forests. As much as I would like to see that happen, I
do not think we could survive the wretched squealing that would resound
from the Bastion of the North. So, if you want free flowing herbs and
vials in and out of your city, you might try to impose of sacrifice some
of your freedoms, to help the greater good of the city, rather than
allowing the genetic rejects of your city present to the world what
ashtan truly believes.\

Other comments:
Niggurath does have a point, the only thing pacifist about Bambi is the
fact she's graced all the time. Ask anyone who told her she had a 1000
gold tax due at the turn of the year...I don't think being a seething
uber-bitch ranting for 2 hours is a peaceful ideal.

Covenant has a right to be pissy. He has to deal with Church people all
day. Not the Church people are annoying, but they're always so tense.
You know they have rules about their rules. You so much as smile to much
and they nail you for hubris. If you were surrounded by that 24/7 you'd
have grey hairs, short temper, and a lot of frustration, and thats not
even factoring in the fact he's a wyvern. So you all need to cut ol
Covey some slack in his twilight years.

Grimsblade is about the same as Covenant. How would you like having
alone time with your wife being interupted by some nagging post about
how their freedoms are being infringed, and how its unfair to protect a
citizen of Shallam from the rabid hordes of self-righteous hashanites.
So, cut Grimsblade a break too, he's got a tough job. He's the leader of
the city that has the lovely mix of the Church and their rules, the
Bloody Magi, The Sentaari and their isolationist ways, and the
Dawnstriders (who till this day still cannot agree about anything).
Those of you neutral people who like to take sides in arguments...you
all need to take a little sabbatical into azdun In the Crypt and talk to
ol Zsarachnor and ask him to condition you not take sides in arguments.
So everytime you feel the urge to take a side in something, move
down...and eventually when you think of taking a side in something, you
feel the pain of his fangs tearing through your neck (which hopefully is
unpleasant) and maybe, just maybe this will make you ignore the urge to
take a side for neutrality.

And lastly, to those of you morons who like to nag and nag about the
Mojushai. If we take a look at the world looking only at the state of
the monks..what exactly do we see. In Ashtan, the Bone-Crushing Ashura
only experience the feeling of a broken bone as the hurtle through the
air from the force of being lusted, that they crash into a wall
shattering shoulders, ribs, and other appendages. This is also after
three of them jump people on the highway, see a venom and screech lust
on the ashtan channels, and evil yet uninfluential power. And the
Kharon, not that they actually do anything in the publics eye, but
they're there, and apparently the function quite well with the city and
the other guilds. And lastly..the Sentaari. Who in a guild wide vote
wanted to take the stance of isolationist thugs, led by the mighty
voices of Blaise and Carri rallying the drooling masses into
well..voting to drool some more. So, the Sentaari are negated as an
aligned guild, even though they take up quite a bit of Shallamese
property. So..there are two 'evil' 'dark' sets of monks who stroll
around the world fighting for um..murder and experience while the
sentaari gather kind of...exist. My congratulations go out to Muorshai
for having the ability to form a guild of monks who are willing to take
a stance for something other than Darkness and Evil and act as the sole
monk guild who walks in the light. So rather than insult and mock him
because he did something that you could not, you should take lessons
from him, and try to change the world for the better.

I just felt like posting, and that felt like something fun to post
about.
Calhoun

Penned by my hand on the 13th of Glacian, in the year 298 AF.