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13. Temple Visit

by Lady Leticia Scarlet-Bloesembhel Voetdhel-Montaneus

A visit to the temple (Place)
(Also found under 'Memories')
 
She didn’t like visiting the temples but was here due to obligations. Old memories on the rituals, the movement and words were performed like rote. Rituals that must be completed every full moon as per custom, tradition. Teachings that she was taught by a loving hand that was now a ghost of a memory... Scarlet would follow out of duty and love... Sighing she pulled up her hood, as the rented carriage briskly moving towards the temples. The rain was lightly drizzling and she wanted to stay dry.

Appropriate offering were left for the gods:

Akmon: gold left in a white pouch made of silk. A prayer for guidance and for the proper order to be restored.

Barasios: An gift of empty scrolls and crimson and brass colored wax. She prayed that old contracts sworn to his name would be upheld.

Athesne: a ‘wand’ whittled from holy, the wood had been left in the sun to be bleached even more white. The handle was wrapped in leather stained blue, along side a small stack an empty journals with a blue cover and silver relief of her symbol. At Athesne temple she silently prayed for guidance and knowledge for both herself and her maternal family.

Elowyn: a bundle of carved candles made in the best beeswax so pale that it was almost completely white, with her design. Wrapped in a swatch of burgandy velvet. She prayed for the safety of her maternal aunt and younger sibling. Alone in their personal battle.

Loreali: a donated sets of medical kits, their cases in her colors and covered with her symbols. She prayed for her sibling's safety and for her Aunt to gain custody.

Fodla: A small stack of merchant receipts good for a requisition of a sizable donation of food. Scarlet didn't use her money on herself. There were others to think about. And she was aware that she did not need much to survive. To Fodla she prayed that her home might one day be healed.

Kallias: A aquamarine bag full of silver was donated. She prayed for her Aunt, for luck to be on her side.

The one known as Scarlet rarely pray for herself, she prayed for others, beseeched the gods for their needs except...

And last Rhodena: a gift of gold for the temple, not as much as Akmon, to not draw his ire; along side a satchel of dandelion seeds & the teeth of a wolf she killed out of self defense. She prayed for swiftness and strength. She would tear the throats of her uncles out if her Aunt failed the civil route. She would return to the old ways. Vengeance met for the destruction of the old forest. Claw and tooth to rend the flesh for their rending of the great trees leading to a devastating mudslide during the rainy season that took out the lower forests and farmlands. Her uncles greed and machination destroyed the lands of her mothers family. One way or another she would get them back. To Rhodena she silently promised she would continue to learn the Drudic ways and once she was strong enough, she'd 'come back from the dead' and take the fight to them if it wasn't settled in 3 years time as per her promise to her family. It didn't matter if she didn't inherit. It didn't matter if she was thrown in jail for the rest of her life. They had to be removed, for the good of the land (among other reasons). She was of a similar mindset to her Aunt, 'I'll do it if no one else takes the job'. But the way they callously depleted the land, that would not go unpunished and one day, when she was strong enough, she'd finally take the fight to them.

Continue reading...

  1. 01. Settling in
  2. 02. Fist Fight at a fancy Ball
  3. 03. It's a Lion not a 'Cat'
  4. 04. Patron's tea and dance
  5. 05. The escort job
  6. 06. Update: Today's purchase list
  7. 07. Escort for Bella and the Loot King
  8. 08. Sirens and a chase in town
  9. 09. Got abducted again
  10. 10. Jams and Jellies
  11. 11. New Dog
  12. 12. Guards in the Trees
  13. 13. Temple Visit
  14. 14. New Pup & Outing
  15. 15. Training exercises
  16. 16. Fighting over an idol
  17. 17. Jobs galore
  18. 18. New stationary
  19. 19. A small visit
  20. 20. Slaps and shows
  21. 21. Today's meal
  22. 22. Homesick
  23. 23. Lanterns in the sky
  24. 24. Baby in the park
  25. 25. The Heist
  26. 26. Update: Guild
  27. 27. Mines and Traps
  28. 28. New clothes
  29. 29. I made Journeyer!
  30. 30. Investment shopping
  31. 31. The Pit (fights)
  32. 32. Ghosts of the past
  33. 33. Unexpected ending in a Play
  34. 34. Today's meal
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  35. 35. Spies and secrets
  36. 36. Wanted: Three Hand Gang (WED)
  37. 37. Well it's official
  38. 38. Hags and stones
  39. 39. Death and visitations
  40. 40. the shell game
  41. 41. Anger and plots
  42. 42. The jobs so far
  43. 43. (Doodles)
  44. 44. Meetings and Partings
  45. 45. Double checking
  46. 46. An office Scene
    8/01/2023
  47. 47. An(other) office Scene
  48. 48. Paperwork
  49. 49. Behind the curve
  50. 50. Notes and notation
  51. 51. Cake and notes
  52. 52. Paperwork on the high seas
  53. 53. Pics and notes
  54. 54. A small talk
  55. 55. Small notes
  56. 56. The Dressmaker
  57. 57. (food)
  58. 58. Notes
  59. 59. Putting the clues together
  60. 60. Notes
  61. 61. Tea cakes (& slights)
  62. 62. Updates
  63. 63. Board Meetings during battles
  64. 64. Updates
  65. 65. Field command
  66. 66. I am okay
  67. 67. Mountains of paperwork
  68. 68. Needed Vacation
  69. 70. A note
  70. 71. An update
  71. 72. Dissapointment
  72. 73. Notes
  73. 74. Journal entry
  74. 75. Ledgers
  75. 76. Food
  76. 77. An update
  77. 78. A thought
  78. 79. Basking in Dusk's light
  79. 80. A note
  80. 81. A letter home
  81. 82. A dream/a journal entry
  82. 83. An update
  83. 84. Working long hours
  84. 85. A dream, a memory
  85. 86. A meeting
  86. 87. The ride home

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