Since my arrival in Mystikae Eikona, I have known that the people here did not follow the Church of Rome, but rather the Constantine "heresy." But it wasn’t until this week that I realized that there were more differences than merely where the bishop resided. This past Saturday began the "Dormition Fast" leading up to the Assumption of Mary. (I do not pretend to understand, nor care, about the differences between the Assumption and the Dormition, unless it becomes someday relevant to my studies of the Arts). The fast they keep is more stringent than any that I kept as a child. They forbid all meat but fish, they forbid eggs, milk, cheese, oil, and wine. It is practically bread and water. Luckily as a falcon I am not held to the feast or fast days, and I can eat my fill daily.
I do not mention this to my sodales or to the commonfolk, as I would not wish to either seem presumptious or to make them jealous.
An in-character journal for my Ars Magica play-by-email campaign, from the perspective of Peregrine of Bjornaer. Please note that this is a work of FICTION, in a FICTIONAL SETTING. The fact that my character Peregrine ex Bjornaer is a mage should in no way be interpreted as an endorsement of or belief in magic, nor as a claim to practice such myself.
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