Michelle Franklin's Blog, page 25

Story for the Day: Cgnita and Eilen

Bilar Harvester is the royal cleric, but before he ever came to the keep, he lived with his mother and father in Kileen, a landscape known for its Proto-Frewyn architecture. His mother was a member of the Frewyn Archaeological Society, and his father, as no surprise, was a well respected cleric in the west. Here is a little of their fateful meeting in an extra long post. Enjoy!


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Story for the Day: A Divine Promise Kept

The Gods do enjoy plaguing their subjects, but sometimes, even after all the japes, they do really come through:


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Story for the Day: A Godly Dissertation

 Nothing like getting a pep-talk from the God of Fire and Passion. Oh, Aoidhe, you are a card.

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Story for the Day: Aoidhe -- Part 3

Let it never be said that the Gods do not have a sense of humour. They simply have a sense of humour that doesn't agree with everyone:


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Story for the day: Aoidhe -- Part 2

While Aoidhe is responsible for making the crops grow, he is also responsible for bothering poor and unsuspecting clerics. Enjoy:

Frewyn prayer beads
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The #GloriousTwentyFifth: Donate to end Alzheimer's

Wear the lilacMay 25th is many things. In Frewyn, it the day that falls directly between King Alasdair and Queen Carrigh's birthdays. In Lucentia, it is the beginning of summer and Malsentisa. In our realm, it is Geek Pride Day, also Towel Day in honour of the late great Douglas Adams, and it is also the Glorious 25th, day which many Discworld fans know very well. That's why we're asking that this May 25th you help us in donating to the Alzheimer's Society in honour of Sir Terry's memory. We...

#Ireland votes yes!

A history day for Ireland, Frewyn's this-realm counterpart, as the country voted yes for same-sex marriage.

Nidello and Arkastino, Gaumhin and Pastaddams, Searle and Aldus, Aghatha and Ebhlin, Sabhine, Scoaleigh Norrington rejoice in knowing that just as they are equals in countries like Frewyn, Lucentia, and Livanon, they now have the same rights in one of my favourite places in the world.

Well done, Ireland!

Story for the Day: Aoidhe

The Gods of Frewyn often visit their children. Sometimes they visit through dreams, sometimes through action, and sometimes through direct address, and sometimes, when they can concede to make a visit, they leave something behind. Sometimes they leave a memory, sometimes they leave material intimations, and sometimes they leave behind their direct progeny-- in this case, a young boy. The God Aoidhe, known for his wantonness, enjoys answering prayers, especially those made by young women in de...

Story for the Day: Tax Season

For many Frewyn citizens, tax season comes but once a year and it is nothing very formidable. Everyone pays in proportion to their earnings (declared earnings, that is), and collected taxes are given to the kingdom treasury, where they are divided into social services, public programmes, kingdom necessities, keep upkeep, and grant commissions. The nobles of Frewyn, being given the privilege of landed estates, pay taxes once a season, and one of the few ways to defray their payments is to dona...

Story for the Day: The Royal Stables

The Royal Stables has forever been a place of hard work, honest raillery, and crude jokes, and place where anyone weary of the formalities and civilities of the court can visit to receive all the vulgarities that good sense requires. Roriegh and Dieas, the royal farrier and stablemaster, are two of the oldest members of the keep staff, and since they have been caring for the royal horses since King Dorrin's time, their level of honestly outranks their level of delicacy a million to one.


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