9/23/2024
Due to family medical issues, Requiem is on indefinite hiatus.
An elderly family member of ours took a bad fall on Labor Day night, and we’ve been dealing with the aftermath ever since. Hopefully, things will get sorted out, but as of right now, doing a daily comic is not something my schedule can allow.
Sorry to have this happen, but as everyone knows, real life comes first….and at least we don’t have too many running storylines on the backburner.
Andry McCraigyn is the chief of security assigned to protect the heir to Merchant House Caladharas. Andry is a gruff man…who has a special sense of discretion. He tries to do his job to the best of his ability, but he also knows when to look the other way. Especially when the 17 year old heir wants to go out on a date by himself.
Andry McCraigyn is in his late forties,and has been on the job for the last decade and a half…and he considers himself to be one of the best in the business. He isn’t wrong either.
Julia Wells, significant other of Ian Caladharas. Julia co runs the Wells Hotel in Erech’s Clocktower District. For those people who have rpg’d in this world: The Wells Hotel is now known as Cytheron’s. Julia and Ian tied the knot in the City of Greyrest in the Crossing Territories.
I know I’m 17 years too late on this one, but I have to say it. No, information does not “want” to be free. People are gossipy gits who figure violating opsec, infosec, or confidentiality isn’t a big deal and the rules apply to other people. “I only told my spouse/significant other/parent/sibling and they’re totally trustworthy!” Then you find out that they told their friend, and their friend mentioned it to someone else while on the subway/break room/ etc. and now it’s on social media. Hell, these days it’s probably a much shorter chain to get to social media. The excuses are always the same:
“I only told one person.”
“I didn’t think it was a big deal.”
“What about (insert name of person with whom they have some sort of grudge.)”
Sorry. “Information wants to be free” is used to cover all sorts of bad ideas and misbehavior. It’s true that there are many cases where useful information is locked up by people who don’t have a right to charge people for the access. However, for every one of those, there are at least a dozen cases where people are trying to gain access to info that they have no business or right to view.
“I only told one person.”
“I didn’t think it was a big deal.”
“What about (insert name of person with whom they have some sort of grudge.)”
Sorry. “Information wants to be free” is used to cover all sorts of bad ideas and misbehavior. It’s true that there are many cases where useful information is locked up by people who don’t have a right to charge people for the access. However, for every one of those, there are at least a dozen cases where people are trying to gain access to info that they have no business or right to view.