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So what now?
I think it has been seven months that we have had control of Loria Stronghold. For seven months we have been stewards of over 25% of all the OP resources in the lake lands, seven months of uninterrupted continuous control. That put some big, big targets on our foreheads. Today, we finally got hit.
We will continue to stay targets. Not for what we control but for what we believe in. The old ways are ridiculed, said to be obsolete, and sadly for many tradition and history is not only dead, it never existed. We, however, will never forget. Our faith in Jena is what defines, binds and guides us.
Today we have lost. We have lost a place. In the years to come, the lands we fight over will be canopied by layers of new life, new dreams and new ideals. It is not the land that matters. It is not the victory or the defeat. It is what remains that matters. What is left behind. Ideals, thoughts and dreams, these will outlive the sunlit ground we walk on. It is from our ideals that the new lands will blossom.
Eventually all of the present surface will be covered once again in shadow, hidden from the light. Do we allow the comfort of shade to blind us from the coming darkness or do we take the heat? It is a continuous struggle, whether to give in or to stand fast. What will we do?
We are Aeden Artisans.
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September 17th, 2007 @ 6:09 am
Amen!
Always do the right thing, even when it is not the easy thing. Jena sees, Jena knows for whom and what you stand.
Further Up and Further In!
September 17th, 2007 @ 8:46 am
We held Loria Stronghold against the Kamist hordes for almost 4 Jena years (9 rl months). It was attacked 6 times and fell on the sixth attack. In total Aeden Artisans’ outposts has been attacked 16 times and this battle was our first defeat while defending. In order to let every homin have their turn to struggle in the sands of Loria, we fought 11 battles (4 2nd phases) at Loria.
We didn’t think that we would hold Loria for a week when we conquered it. Instead, it was our great pleasure and honor to hold Loria Stronghold as the rock that broke the resurgent tide four times.
Be thankful that now we don’t have to spend time handing out 100+ stacks of cats per week!
September 18th, 2007 @ 3:23 am
Yes..that is all very true.. but when do we get to go and kick some kami butt for this past week ?