norsegodofmischief

Human Female

Not affiliated with an Alliance

NULLIS ADDICTUS JURARE IN VERBA MAGISTRI

HOW OLD IS ILLRIAD?  The game was launched on February 21, 2010

Grief is the price we pay for love.

Song for Petiron (from Dragonriders of Pern)

The tears I feel today
I'll wait to shed tomorrow
Though I"ll not sleep the night
Nor find surcease from sorrow.
My eyes must keep their sight
I dare not be tear-blinded
I must be free to talk
Not choked by grief, clear-minded.
My mouth cannot betray
The anguish that I know
Yes I'll keep my tears till later
But my grief will never go.

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The only people who think there is a time limit on grief have never lost a piece of their heart.

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"How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep, that have taken hold."  JRR Tolkin

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You cannot save anyone. You can be present with them, offer your groundedness, your sanity, your peace. You can even share your path with them, offer your perspective. But you cannot take away their pain. You cannot walk their path for them. You cannot give answers that are right for them, or even answers they can digest right now. They will have to find their own answers. ~Jeff Foster (Book: The Way of Rest)

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— You Don’t Just Lose Someone Once —

You lose them over and over,

sometimes many times a day.

When the loss, momentarily forgotten,

creeps up,

and attacks you from behind.

Fresh waves of grief as the realisation hits home,

they are gone.

Again.

You don’t just lose someone once,

you lose them every time you open your eyes to a new dawn,

and as you awaken,

so does your memory,

so does the jolting bolt of lightning that rips into your heart,

they are gone.

Again.

Losing someone is a journey,

not a one-off.

There is no end to the loss,

there is only a learned skill on how to stay afloat,

when it washes over.

Be kind to those who are sailing this stormy sea,

they have a journey ahead of them,

and a daily shock to the system each time they realise,

they are gone,

Again.

You don’t just lose someone once,

you lose them every day,

for a lifetime.

© Donna Ashworth Words

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Starting your first town on Illy is not nearly as much fun as watching paint dry or grass grow, and it's a lot slower. Sigh.  Some of the below information might help a bit.

http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/10-gathering_topic4014.html

https://illyriadinstitute.wordpress.com/tutorials/harvesting/guide/#specialised

HARVESTING UNITS

	Cotter
and Salts	Skinner
	Miner
	Herbalist

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https://forum.illyriad.co.uk/6-environment-seasons-lunar-phases_topic119.html

https://illystuff.uk/resUsage.html   

Suggested Crafted items DiL can make and sell to friendly alliances:

Sword (Blacksmith)	wood, clay, iron, stone, gold
Short sword (Swordsmith)	sword, gold, mineral, hide
plate armour (Forge)	wood, clay, iron, gold
Chainmail (Blacksmith)	wood, clay, iron, gold
chain armour - light (Blacksmith)	chainmail, gold, iceheart, mineral
chain armour - heavy(Blacksmith)	chainmail, gold, iron, mineral
woodsman's chainmail (Chain Armourer)	chainmail, mineral, gold
	And scaled charger scale
forester's platemail (Plate Armourer)	platemail, mineral, gold
	And scaled charger scale
Horse (Paddock)	wood, iron, food, gold
Dwarven battle mule	horse, gold, mineral

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Basic info about armies and how to use them for specific actions: 

https://illyriadinstitute.wordpress.com/tutorials/military/guide/#orders 

Trade Hubs and Traders Guide from Pink Camo

http://darkstararmory.forumotion.com/t49-trade-hubs-by-pink-camo

Game rules about the 10-square distance when settling a square:

http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/what-do-the-rules-say-about-the-10-square-rule_topic6437.html

Trading with Faction Hubs:

http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/trading-with-faction-hubs-the-essentials_topic4707.html

http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/9-trade_topic3989.html

Gathering, Crafting, and Trade:

http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/10-gathering_topic4014.html%20=

http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/gathering-the-basics_topic3951.html

http://www.puzzleslogic.com/illy/illy_crafting.html

http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/11-crafting_topic4093.html

http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/so-you-want-to-learn-to-craft_topic4848.html

http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/9-trade_topic3989.html

Armies and NPC Combat:

http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/4-armies-in-illyriad_topic50.html

http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/everything-you-need-to-know-about-commanders_topic2742.html

http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/5-combat_topic71.html

http://www.illyriad.co.uk/GameInformation/Bestiary

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AumwLJzwY-1pdDRZZUx3Z2pEeHlzTENZb1pTbWVjcGc&pli=1#gid=8

http://www.illyriad.co.uk/GameInformation/Bestiary/Monstrous

City Settlement and Sovereignty:

http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/where-do-i-put-my-city-a-guide-to-real-estate_topic3623.html

http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/teleport-vs-exodus_topic3620.html

http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/8-moving-your-capital-city_topic1306.html

http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/guide-to-exodus_topic3593.html

http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/step-by-step-guide-to-claiming-sovereignty_topic2659.html

I'm also norsegodofmischief in the Farewell Transmission clan on Kingdom of Loathing.  

NOTABLE QUOTES IN ALLIANCE CHAT:

[12 May 19:54]<Aldonis> I'm fine on rat products in general

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[16 Jun 13:42]<norsegodofmischief> What's the best thing to craft with fire salts?

[16 Jun 13:51]<Arf> tacos?

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On my other game, Kingdom of Loathing, conversation on June 9, 2015:

norsegodofmischief: Yea, I guess.....as soon as I finish getting all the trophies I can get without ascending. :P

Scarf: it'll never happen, mark my words

Morgana Rose sighs and waves a white flag

Scarf: The servers will go offline before norse ascends

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Archon386: we were still on the runway. The pilot in the plane behind us "saw an engine anomoly"  Apparently that is pilot talk for "flames coming out of the engine"

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From one of my other Forums:

JustMe posted:
JUST A THOUGHT. WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND. JESUS DIDN'T GIVE NEWBIES A HARD TIME DID HE?
BrendaTX posted:
You know...first you kinda pause and go, Well...no, Jesus probably didn't give ... newbies...a...hard...wait a minute...WHAT NEWBIES??? 

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Croft:

You wanted to do a kitty run without a kitty?  Oooh.

Breakinggamer:  It would've revolutionized the industry!
I mean, if I'd pulled it off somehow using a combination of Monokomateum and sheer dumb luck. 

Glumpudding:  I'm gonna go back to sleep before this conversation starts to makes sense. 

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