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Mithaw · 13-08-08, 11:43 PM

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It seems like so long ago now that I was just a simple rebellious noble's daughter that couldn't stand her lot in life. It has been over a year since I ran away and now I stand upon the forecastle of a ship that carries me to the shores of Britannia, to the new beginning that awaits me there. I have such lofty and aloof goals...to seek out the Order of Paladins in Trinsic and join their number.

Me.
A Paladin.

To my knowledge, there was only a handful of people who have ever come close to mimicing the examples set by the Avatar and he travelled with them all. to try and follow in their footsteps seems like an impossible task at the moment...something that I should feel utterly insane for even attempting. How is it the spoiled daughter of a Noble could ever amount to something as grandious as a paladin?

Doubt be damned though, I am going to try. Either I will be found wanting inby the virtues, or I will manage to achieve even some of the goals I have set. One thing is for sure though...I feel free now. Enough that, even if I am found wanting...I can still claim that I have travelled and seen sights that will no doubt leave me in wonder.

Anyway, enough of such thoughts...this is meant to be a new beginning for me and that includes leaving behind whatever doubts I might have had when father decided that I should take a pilgramage to the main land. While so far, the journey doesn't appear so terrible and the deep blue ocean is relatively still...I cannot but help miss home. I'm not sure if it's because it is what I'm familiar with, or it is because I'm so far from the valorian mountain ranges. I can't help but feel some trepidation at having left the shores of Jhelom behind for the first time and now, I am journeying into the deep unknown - further than I had ever travelled before.

For a young woman that has never left her home Island before, this is both a grand adventure and utterly terrifying at the same time. It is not helped by the fact that all I have by means of equipment is a valorian blade I was given by my father. In retrospect, the dress that I picked out is not nearly as covering as I'd like to be. Perhaps it is just the fact I'm surrounded by leering, unwashed sailors. They know to keep their distance, though I would feel a good deal more reassured if I had a suit of armour, or at least some leathers as protection.

Just makes me uncomfortable. I doubt being so far from what is familiar is helping either.

Either way, I shall write more later on....the mainland is in sight.