Yes, I'm something of a geek.

For those who may have suspected, I take an inordinately wonderful amount of time reading up on current events, be it geopolitics, economics, or military strategy. It's just a funny set of hobby interests of mine. Been doing for quite some time, and it dovetails with my other vice, writing and RP, so there.

For those of us out there in the real world, the events out there may be more real than we would like it to be.

I'm...

Alexis Sapientia

Two years and six months ago, I wrote a post in the Aelyria Refugee site, quoting a series of lines from a play called 'Beethoven's Last Night', masterfully rendered with the music of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

It was meant as a tribute to the beauty and steadfast dedication of one person very very dear to me.

You know her as Nicole. I call her the girl I have come to love.

In a world gone mad with turmoil running rampant, she has become my safe harbor,...

Alexis Sapientia

This is what happens if you delve too much into Aelyria and its minutiae.

Did you know...

...we don't have cows in Aelyria. They're called pecoris. (pl. pecorii?)

...the authorized (by law, and exchequer-funded) strength of the Imperial Legions and Imperial Navy = a little larger than the standing forces of Pakistan, irl? (If you go for total of active+reserve+paramilitary on wikipedia, the Imperial Forces currently under the standard is roughly equal...

Alexis Sapientia

I've always been fascinated by the role a Crowned Monarch plays in any society, particularly in this Aelyrian society. Not that this is a discussion of irl politics (which will lead us to odds and ends), but mainly a discussion on how politics really works in the Empire.

Which brings me to thinking: Is the Aelyrian Empire a series of subordinate territories under the rule of a single (absolute?) monarch, like the pre-Meiji Empire of Japan? A cursory reading of the Articles of Imperium...

Alexis Sapientia

Coz there's a blue sky waiting tomorrow
Waiting tomorrow shining and shimmering
A blue sky waiting tomorrow
Waiting tomorrow
Maybe it's all we need

There is a certain freedom that comes at the end of a long workday, stripping off the lanyard that strangles my neck with its yoke, and branding me as yet another corporate warrior, or slave for teh trade.

It comes like fresh air, reinvigorating and revitalizing, cleansing all that is foul and...

Alexis Sapientia