Daughter of the Empire 4

i'm baaaaaaack ! :D

With the new circumstances, the Anasati was made a reluctant ally; Mara's son was the Anasati Lord's grandson, and though he would much rather kill Mara, Tecuma (the Anasati Lord), cared for his grandson.
The spy network informed Mara that her late husband's mistress was a Minwanabi spy. Without letting the spy know she was discovered, Mara dispensed the former mistress in the pretense of a jealous wife. As it turned out though, the spy, Teani, was actually an Anasati spy playing the role as a Minwanabi spy for the Acoma (What happened was, as an Anasati spy, she went to the Minwanabi; then the Minwanabi used her to spy on the Acoma... ;P). Teani had unexpectedly loved Mara's late husband; so now she vowed to kill Mara when the chance arrived. After being dispensed, she left again for the Minwanabi house.
As soon as the traditional mourning period was over, Mara received a multitude of marriage petitions. One of those petitions came from a Minwanabi's ally. Not wanting to seem weak, Mara accepted the petition (not the marriage), but since there would probably be an assassin among the visiting retinue, she decided to fight back. Using her charms she led the suitor to be smitten with her, and he vainly conceded by using up already declining wealth to impress Mara. Though the suitor withdrew his proposal, Mara benefitted by tricking the suitor into owing her a favor should he become ruling lord after his father.
With that advantage in mind, Mara then faced the next hardship: she had been invited by her enemy the Minwanabi to the annual celebration held at the Minwanabi house in honor of the Warlod's birthday. Finally, the time had come for Mara to confront her sworn enemy.

NEXT POST: How can Mara act to once again change the odds in favor of the Acoma house? Find out in the next, and final post 'Daughter of the Empire 5'...

:S

Does anyone know how to send an email through the gmail?? Why is everything so backward??

Daughter of the Empire 3

(no worries; this is the real thing ;P )
Now, since i fear my life at the hands of Nadia's rash disposition, I have finally decided to complete the story:

After Mara gave birth to a healthy boy, Ayaki, she began implementing her plan to regain the rule of her clan. One by one, she began to indirectly control Acoma affairs without her husband's knowledge; her husband began to live in the neighboring city for pleasure purposes; Mara had provoked her husband to order her not to disturb him while he was at town no matter what. Thus, when her father-in-law and the Warlord (something like the 'ultimate' king) came to visit them, Mara's husband had no idea; his guests arrived and he was nowhere to be seen.
By this time the insult done to the Lord of the Anasati (Mara's father-in-law) and the Warlord was irreparable; the punishment decided was as such: either the Lord of the Acoma took his own life, or he and his clan (the Acoma) would perish.
The Lord of the Acoma, Mara's husband chose to.....
till next time then ;)




hahahahaa!!!! Just kidding! Do you honestly think I could be that cruel ?? :P

So, he chose to take his own life, but not before he said quietly to Mara these words that haunted her in later days: ... know that the pieces you manipulate are flesh and blood.
now, I must seriously, temporarily stop; when I can, I'll tell the rest of this tale ;)

Whattaya think ??

So I've been playing a bit with this blogger-thing (don't you think the word 'thing' is truly a priceless word?? I mean look at it -not literally- ! You can use it anywhere, everywhere, and instead of anything !!! See what i did there? ;P anyway, what I'm trying to say is: the word thing is an irreplaceable and infinitely undervalued one... I'd like to see any of you find a more suitable and multi-tasked word), and Ta-Daa !!!!
I finally found how Fouda did it (honestly speaking, my slow-learning had nothing to do with being computer-illeterate; on the contrary, it was because I didn't allow myself the time to discover these extra-thingies!!)
Well, the old wall with the bookshelf kind of started to hurt my eyes; too distracting. And thus, I chose this !! :D
What do you guys think??

Daughter of the Empire 3

Well, onto the continuation of Mara's delightful story;


So, as Mara decided to.....  just kidding !!!
i still didn't read enough to blog about :P

Google Reader

So, after many, many requests (ok fiiiine! only one request by Nour B ;) ), I am going to post the directions of using Google Reader:

1- Open your dashboard, count to one hundred, and wait for a page to open

2- after you've realized that you're wasting your time, click 'design' under your blog's name

3- now, there are many 'add a gadget buttons'; just click one

4- a page will open (no, really); scroll down until you find 'subscription links'

5- another page will open;  next to 'subscribe to', type 'RSS Posts'

6- save

7- repeat steps 3-6, but type 'RSS Comments' instead

8- now, go back to your blog

9- you're supposed to find a monkey on your screen; click on him, he'll get tickled

10- other than the monkey, two new icons should be there: 'posts' and 'all comments'

11- click on any one of them then click 'add to google'

12- a window will open up and you'll have two choices; click 'add to google reader'

13- do the same for the other one (all comments / posts)

14- now, go to your google account and open Reader

15- click on '+ add subscription' and manually (yes, i know that sounds very tiring but you're going to have to do it! ) add whoever you want

*add people by copying their webpage addresses from the spreadsheet

Ok! so, now you have officially added blogs to your Google Reader! Congratulations! Yay! Yippee!

P.S. I expect to be added by each and every one of you. Have a nice blogging experience ;)

Daughter of the Empire 2

hello hello :)

Now to complete where i left last time (i feel like some "mystic" storyteller :P)

Mara decides that what she wants to gain out of a marriage is forming more powerful allies; she needs the son of a very connected family. Unfortunately though, the most connected clan is the Anasati, her clan's other rival (are you following?? Minwanabi Clan: enemy+most powerful ; Anasati Clan: second rival+most connected.... Obviously the Acoma know how to choose their opponents :P)

So, ruling her desire to avenge her family over her want to oppose the Anasati, Mara decides to marry one of the Anasati sons. The Lord of the Anasati (her father-in-law-to-be) only agreed to this marriage because it gave his son the ability to rule Acoma affairs and would hopefully help him crush the Minwanbi clan, also his rival.

Though she would be handing down her clan to her husband, Mara schemed a way to control clan affairs indirectly; she increased her military force some more, procured a spy network to keep her on top of things, and recruited a Cho-ja hive. Some background information on Cho-jas: they're alien-like, intelligent creatures (slightly resemble huge ants) that are loyal and beneficial in many ways, including their abnormal strength, large numbers per hive, mining abilities, and valuable products. Having a Cho-ja hive greatly increased an estate's wealth.

Mara planned to keep her husband only until she gave birth to a suitable male heir and was connected enough to dispose of her connections with the Anasati. The only flaw in her plan seemed to be how to get rid of her husband......

Until next time then !!! ;)

Daughter of the Empire

The story begins with Mara, a daughter of a noble family / clan (the Acoma). Sitting in a temple, she receives the news of both her father and brother's deaths; her clan had lost a battle due to another clan's betrayal (the Minwanabi). Left as the last heir, and with barely any military force to spare, Mara is forced to restore her clan with only her creative and witty mind.
Her foremost problem is such:  the clan's military force is weak, and enemies are eager to attack, with or without the subtleties of politics. The only way to heighten her military force is to recruit soldiers who are related to the Acomas; and drawing upon too many relatives would let all know of the clan's weakness. Resolved, Mara chose an unorthodox solution: she recruited warriors who had lost their clans, survivors of other battles. That way, no one knew of the clan's disposition, and the recruits were certain to be distant relatives.
Gaining a loyal army, Mara moves on to other pressing problems; she is forced to search for a suitable husband.
Well, that wraps it up for today! :)

The Beginning...

hello :)
wow i could seriously get used to blogging; it's like one, enormous, limitless space for me to fill up with words! i could talk ALL DAY LONG! (plus, the font 'effects' are fun to use :P )
anyway, enough digressing! i'd just like to begin this with a BIG WIDE SMILE :D
(if only though the keyboard had more variations in the smile 'size' :P )
i still haven't chosen a book to begin blogging about, but have no fear! i'm sure to choose something soon.....
;)