First Beginnings, Day 106 – War & Vassalage

    We ride unto Curaw.We ride unto Curaw.

Current day as of writing this: Day 106

After many defeats we finally went on the offense. First we took Reyvadin (town just behind me in the picture above), now Curaw. These two victories led to my good standing with King Harlaus and let me become a Vassal to him.

 

First fief bestowed unto Count RJ.
First fief bestowed unto Count RJ.

I was given the fief for Ayyike and it was a sorry sight. It was raided just as I was given it and so I couldn’t do anything but wait. I will say this, its location may be close to the enemy, but at least its very close to a town which should limit the amount of bandit attacks.

First Beginnings, Day 106 – War & Vassalage

First Beginnings, Day 69 – Kingdom Under Siege

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Pillars of smoke come from settlements that have been raided.

Current day as of writing this: Day 69 (hue)

As you can probably guess, being at war with every kingdom isn’t always the best thing. The Kingdom of Swadia has been getting hit pretty hard and our economy is near collapse (even my owner businesses are taking a hit). While we may have powerful armies, we’re slow to adapt to changing tides, and even slower to organize our armies to fend off attacks.

Peace is what Swadians need, however war is what pushes us forward.

First Beginnings, Day 69 – Kingdom Under Siege

Mount & Blade: Warband – A New Series

Mount & Blade: Warband

So I’ve been getting into the game Mount & Blade: Warband and I thought I’d start a new series with my blog on how things go. This isn’t a fresh start from when I’m writing this post.

To preface things, I’m on day 53, I spawned under the Kingdom of Swadia (which is currently at war with every faction except Khergit Khanate and Sarranid Sultanate), and I’m a mercenary for the Kingdom of Swadia.

Mount & Blade: Warband – A New Series

Being Organized – Best Thing Of My Life

I can’t tell you how great being organized would be for yourself, but for myself, it’s been great. What really counts in being organized is putting things you need to do out of your mind. When I was able to write tasks that need to be done (and hopefully when they should be done), it gave me peace of mind.

Without worrying about remembering what I forget, I’m better at knowing what to remember.

If anyone’s interested in a good way to get organized, I’d definitely recommend using Trello with the cards “To Do,” “Doing,” and “Done.”

Being Organized – Best Thing Of My Life

A Journey With Cloud Sixteen

I’ve made many posts about Cloud Sixteen before, some good, some bad. I’m at a point in my life where I can look back and reflect on my history that I’ve built up so far, Cloud Sixteen is apart of that history.

Lots of people will say that you can never leave Cloud Sixteen, however I think that is false; Cloud Sixteen never leaves you.

Comparing what Cloud Sixteen is today to what it was back then, you can see a lot of differences. There’s more life, more purpose in Cloud Sixteen now. The thing to understand is that Cloud Sixteen isn’t just one person now (kurozael), it’s a community of aspiring people, many of which I’ve seen grow both in knowledge and maturity (duck, Dex, Lev, Aflac, NightAngel, Tommy, Sixx, Rhenz, alexanderk, Atebite, Vortix, Polis, Songbird, trurascalz, Kemerd, Sheeplie, and many more).

My time at Cloud Sixteen has been a bag of mixed emotions with a plethora of experiences. I’ve learned at and outside of Cloud Sixteen, both in my programming skills and people skills. I can look at things and not have that feeling of being consumed by certain topics, but I can instead look at things critically and keep an unbiased view.

Not much else to say, this wasn’t really intended to be a big post, this wasn’t really intended to be posted at all.

A Journey With Cloud Sixteen