Hi there, I am not normally one to post at all, as i believe that if one is to leave a permanent mark on the fabric of a place, it should be of consequence - rather than to turn ones life into a soap opera!!! I may not be 'young' any more, but not very long ago I was and i can confidently say that i really do not buy a lot of the stuff I read on these boards at all for several reasons.

The first being that I have managed so far to navigate through life being able to count the amount of times I have been jumped probably on one hand, and I am happy to say I have never lost an item to an enemy... this isn't because I have any extraordinary skill or talent - it is because I USE MY BRAIN. The young nowadays, in certain regions at least, are rowdy, violent, rude and generally have a very over-inflated notion of their own importance and a lot of the terrible things that happens to them they

really do bring upon themselves.

All i have done in my time in Avalon is to exercise my self preservation instincts along with a bit of common sense - for starters, unlike many people in this land I consider myself to be generally very well mannered, this really does go a looooong way in stopping people killing you! The other big thing is not to involve yourself in business that is none of your concern: If there are teams of people much bigger than you fighting all around you and you know that you would be totally unable to make a tan

gible difference, throwing yourself in there is neither heroic or valorous, it is suicidal and ridiculous, simply by choosing your battles and watching your mouth you can drastically cut the amount of times you die.

While it may seem a tired old phrase by treating people how you would like to be treated yourself, you really can improve your lot in life - bad things do happen but if you rise above it and refuse to be drawn in rather than cater to the lowest common denominator by stooping to do it yourself you can improve not only yourself, but the world as a whole. If you can go through life here with a clear conscience you will have done more than most and you will have been a credit to yourself at least.

If however you will insist upon butting into every battle, shooting your mouth off at every available opportunity, threatening those significantly larger than yourself and generally being self righteous, rude, ignorant and obnoxious then I'm afraid you really do deserve what you get and i have 5 words of advice:

PUT UP AND SHUT UP

Love and stuff

Faust

Written by my hand on the 27th of Ilmarael, in the year 1160.