Author Archives: Solan

Hier und wieder zurück

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. – Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Spoiler-Warnung: Wer nicht zu viel über den Charakter erfahren möchte, möge bitte nicht weiterlesen.)

Für ein strahlendes Lächeln

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. – Plutarch

Auf der Spitze der Kluft

People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed. – Samuel Johnson

Schriftform: Fatal

If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place. – Cicero ((Spoilerwarnung: Wer den More-Tag anklickt, erhält möglicherweise zu tiefe Einblicke in den Charakterhintergrund. Wer das nicht möchte, möge davon absehen, weiterzulesen.))

Die andere Seite der Münze

The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be. – Walter Bagehot

Laufen lernen

He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king. – John Milton

March 25th 2014

Grian lay on his arm as she had done so many times before, resting her head half on his shoulder, half on the pillow beneath her, smiling up at him. He never quite figured out where she had placed the arm beneath her. The other hand was gently stroking his chest, which she had done […]

March 23rd 2014

Another gathering night, this time with the prince attending. More of a sociable guy than one would think of a Brujah. But it’s hard to mingle with the ordinary folk for someone like him. People are too afraid of loosing their heads by just talking to a high ranking person like him. Just because he’s […]

January 24th 2014

If there ever has been one thing entirely dependable and predictable, then that is the Ventrue sense for business. Not saying it’s a bad thing. Helps a lowly rat from the sewers – one of the non-Nosferatu-kind – stay afloat. After all you’ll have to strike a deal with some folk before you can safely […]

August 18th 1867

Tonight a letter from the East Coast reached me. If it’s real, then Grian finally took the lad and brought him over to the Americas. He should be thirteen by now. Just a couple of years and he’ll be a man.