Welcome to the thoughts of a Dwarf. This intrepid site is designed primarily to allow a place where I can store all of my writings, be it stories or poems or illogical philosophical rants. I hope to be able to provide interesting reading material for my friends and the random stranger who somehow gets sucked off course and finds this sight. Feel free to comment or even request stories. The more inspiration that I have, the more I can explore the limits of imagination and using literary works to rest for a moment from the tedious demands of reality.

In the beginning, I will be uploading many of my already written works. Though most of them are written for the gaming website Achaea.com, which is a text based MUD that I have been playing since 1998. My current main character in Achaea is the Dwarven Paladin known as Goryllin. His viewpoint is used in many of my current stories, as I draw upon his life and his world to create the science fantasty realities in which my story characters dwell.

Achaea is a medieval setting fantasy world, filled with Dwarves, Humans, Trolls, and many more fantastical races and professions. It is a living and breathing world in that every player has a chance to change the world and its direction. It is a player driven roleplay enhanced realm where combat, life, death and yes even taxes are all a part of the experience. We wouldn't mind having you drop by for a visit and pint of ale, if you do visit please send Goryllin a message and he will be glad to help you.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Duty Versus Love



This is not my original work. But an illustrative story that I was told. I am not sure who the original author is, or if it is one of those things that simply lives in the collection of cool and inspiration things that we use to keep us going.

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A man and a woman got married, but there was no true love in the relationship.

The man did not understand what a real marriage meant, and he was very controlling and demanding. So much so that he sat down and created a list of his demands and expectations, reaching even as far as writing down when his wife must wake up, when his food must be ready, and exactly how the house should be taken care of in his absence.

This really grated on his wife and caused a lot of conflict in their marriage, but duty compelled her and she struggled to meet these demands. A number of restless and disgruntled years pass in this manner, until one day a bar fight gets out of hand and the man passes away.

Over time the woman meets another man and this time actually falls in love. Her love was returned in kind by this man, and he cherished her with everything that he had. They took their time but eventually were married in a wedding filled with true bliss and happiness. And even after marriage, the husband treasured his wife and devoted his life to doing things to show her how much she meant to him.

As life goes on, the woman sighs in joy at not being held to a list of demands and feels liberated. A few years down the road of this blissful journey, she discovers an old piece of paper tucked away in a cupboard. Unrolling it, she is startled to find a copy of her previous husbands demanding list of expectations. Leaning against the counter she began to read it once again.

A tear slowly drips down her face as she perused the document, and even more glisten in her eyes as she finishes it and slowly drops it to the counter. Despite the tears, a broad smile creases her face and she gives a small giggle of surprised glee. For she realized that despite not having a list of demands from her husband, she was still doing the things that the previous one had demanded.

Only this time, she was doing them for love and not for duty.

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