Flight of the Dragons

It's been many years since I found this place. So many have come and gone. Unfortunately, memories are all I have left and due to seizurific complications, even my memories are unreliable at best. Yet, I still come back to reminisce. I miss those days - the snarky sides, the RPG sides, the political sides, the everyday sides. I have found myself returning just to go through all of these messages as ways to remind myself, to revisit those times. I don't want to forget, yet I know I will. 

Endriago are born, not made. The gift has and always will be inside you, merely waiting for the time to be noticed, to be used. During this time, you'll find yourself being placed through difficult times, and there is an undeniable strength that sustains you.

Then there are some characteristic traits: you're weird, some would call you an outcast or a "misfit". Also, you have a strong honor code: integrity, honesty, loyalty - even when it's not the popular thing to do. You admire the beautiful and the passionate things in life. And if there's one thing that you've always wanted to do, it's to find freedom - to fly.

An awakening will occur as you find your true nature. Usually, a member of Endriago is nearby or a member of the Order who sees you for who you are and encourages you to embrace what's within. Awakenings are not always pleasant - growing wings out of your own body can be painful the first few times. For those not truly Endriago, it can be fatal. But once awakening occurs, your lust for this freedom becomes like a drug, addictive, you need more. And as you seek more of this freedom, your dragon qualities will begin to emerge.

Endriago is not limited to humans. There is a distinct uniqueness in every creature such as the were-cat, the goblin, the dwarf. You will grow into your own strengths, instead of becoming solely what others expect you to be. However, the inate qualities will remain: integrity, honesty, loyalty, "weirdness", humor, passion, a true lust for life and freedom.

Some who may seek this awakening will not survive. Maybe they did not receive guidance through the process, or maybe they just aren't Endriago. True Endriago will make their mark on this world, in whatever shape or form they may take.

Welcome to Endriago, Delphites. We are here.

~flounce~ How many times have we said that, thought that? How many times have we followed through and actually left? How long did we stay away?

I have said before that I am not part of the dark forums, and I'm not. I don't *fit* because some of the gothly gory blood stuff is ... not my character. It's not gross, it's just so. over. done. I'm a dragon. I fly into the sky, in the sun, and take joy in the world around me. People are fascinating to me, and I like to watch and see what's going to happen next.

Sometimes people get confused about what side I'm on because I don't limit who comes to home, Endriago. There aren't too many people that I don't like. I may not like their actions, I may not like their *character*, but I prefer to believe that this is just their character, and not who they truly are on the real side of the computer screen.

I miss people when they leave or hide themselves in private forums. Just because I miss them and have extended those thoughts to them does not mean that I have asked them to come back and be a part of what they feel is unhealthy for them. HUGE difference.

Y'all are entertaining. I love it here. I would defend all of you against a real threat. But this Delphi stuff? I'll just kick back and enjoy it. I know you all, on some level, are enjoying it too, or you wouldn't continue to do it. It's ok, I understand. I'm the same way.

Happy Earth Day!

Things have changed so much lately. Whenever that happens, I want to retreat into myself and start over. Have a re-do. Maybe it's the springtime kicking in around me that is giving me the thoughts of "let's start over".

Delphi changes. We all know that. The old go out, the new come in. And you can either adapt to the change, accept it, and flow with it. Or you can resist it and get tangled in how wonderful things "used to be". Sure things may have been great in the past, but that doesn't mean that the new doesn't have something good to offer. That the past and the present can't integrate into something magnificent.

I'm ready to clean out old stuff, old tired grudges, old fights, and begin again. It doesn't mean that I have forgotten about past issues, but instead I look upon them with a new face.

Spring cleaning... here I come!

I stretch out along the bank of Dragon Tears Spring and relax. Lately, everything in the community has been fairly peaceful. I'm enjoying the quietness, and I'm taking advantage of the peacefulness as I am certain that it will not last. It never does. Someone will say something, do something, and other people will get angry, then an entire house is flaming another house. Eventually it all dies down again. And this is the cycle of the community. I like it. This period of time is like the calm before the storm. We're all friends for now. Tomorrow, we could all be enemies. Who knows?