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More Land and Sky Stuff
I've been meaning to do this for a while. It's mostly for me, but Land and Sky readers may find it interesting. Plus I'm paranoid about losing things, so having it posted here adds an extra measure of reassurance that if my computer crashes, all is not lost.
The following is what I know about Inalia in her capacity as Chronicler of Land and Sky. It includes a listing of the works I know she has written and notations of which ones have been "quoted" in the chapter headings of Land and Sky. Hopefully this will keep me from repeating myself or having her say things that are too much alike as the story grows. The list is not all-inclusive; I'm sure she will write other stuff, but this is the stuff I KNOW about.
With the encouragement of both of her grandmothers, Inalia Kenobi began writing at the age of eight. Her first book, Honor Among Thieves was a (mostly) biographical account of the early adventures of her grandfather, Fox Kenobi and his brother Dannik. Published when Inalia was ten, the book enjoyed widespread popular success in the Republic but garnered little critical acclaim. It did manage to spark some interest in Ka’andesi culture, but since the book concludes in the early days of Fox and Sajani Kenobi’s romance, little time was spent detailing the lives of a Ch’lliear family. The works that followed—An Act of Love, Foundation and Refuge, and Gently On The Mountainside were also biographical in nature. At the age of fifteen, she published her first body of poetry, entitled Be One With Me—A Vision of Obi-Wan and Padme In Verse, which was a moderate critical success in addition to its media popularity. A year later, Inalia began her training as Chronicler of the Ch’lliear and did not publish again for several years. Her subsequent work deals largely with Ka’andesi culture, but she has recently begun to write on other topics of political and social interest. Thus far, only her latest biography, My Father The Man has brought her a return to popular success.
The Collected Wisdom of the Ka’andesi Peoples
Grasping hands are often cut off; giving hands are rewarded. -Ep I, Ch. 1
Never think you know enough; never believe that what you have learned can change what you are. -Ep I, Ch. 4
When the storm winds sweep the plains, there are no enemies. -Ep I, Ch. 4
The Ka’andesi say that memories are like dew. They disappear in the heat of the day, but when it’s quiet and cool, and the world is still around you, they will form again. Listen closely, or you will miss them. -Ep I, Ch. 8
The Ka’andesi teach that one who does not know where he comes from cannot know who he is. -Ep I, Ch. 9
When the land is in your soul, it becomes like a driving force within you. Sooner or later, you will return. Until you do, you will thirst for it, and the wind will taste of it in your dreams. Even her kisses will be the land. -Ep I, Ch. 12
The Ka’andesi say that doubt is a cold fog. Sometimes the only way through it is to take the hand that is offered. -Ep I, Ch. 16
Memories are like the weather. They never come when they’re convenient. When you want to build a snowman, you get a heatwave. All you can do is sweat your way through. -Ep I, Ch. 17
Never bet on rain in the desert. Unless you’re a Ka’andesi. -Ep I, Ch. 18
Duty can be like frost on the heart, but even hard frost breaks in the spring. -Ep I, Ch. 1
The Ka’andesi say that there are no real endings, only beginnings turned around. Have a care when you close a door. You may soon find it open again.
Honor Among Thieves
It isn’t the biggest ship that wins the fight, and it isn’t the fastest. It’s the ship that’s still flying after it’s been shot to hell. -Ep I, Ch. 2
Running away is never a good idea. Unless you find yourself severely outnumbered, out-gunned, or she tells you she’s pregnant. -Ep I, Ch. 11
Only gamble when you know the score. Or when you have a bigger gun. -Ep I, Ch. 15
Inalia’s Random Quote Collection-personal, unpublished.
Always guard your assests—I said ASSETS! Fox Kenobi -Ep I, Ch. 3
Jedi aren’t the only ones with good instincts. Trust yours, kid. Dannik Kenobi-Ep I, Ch. 21
If you go away from this table hungry, you have only yourself to blame. Jobal Naberrie
Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. Sajani Kenobi Note, not mine. Charlotte Whitton.
Reflections on the Ka’andesi Home Life
The Ka’andesi on a journey will never pass up a chance to share a meal with friends or family. Sharing a meal is the heart of what it means to be a family in the clans. It brings comfort to those far from home, and even in the HoloNet age, news travels farther over soup and bread than the outsider might imagine. -Ep I, Ch. 6
For the Ka’andesi, stories are everything. History is passed down in stories. Ideals are expressed in them; friendships are even sealed by them. When wintering in the mountains, it’s possible to be shut in by snow for weeks at a time. Nights are cold and long, and there is nothing like a hot mug of ale and a round of good stories. Especially the ones you haven’t heard, or the ones you’ve never heard quite like that. -Ep I, Ch. 7
Names are very important to the Ka’andesi. Names speak of where a person comes from, her family, her history. They tell of what she has accomplished or what she is like. More than anything else, a name grounds a Ka’andesi in herself. -Ep I, Ch. 14
Ka’andesi are a people who love tradition. Some say it’s in their blood. Modern skeptics can only roll their eyes. My father could tell them a thing or two, but he’s too modest… -Ep I, Ch. 22
Lessons I Learned From Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi
Sometimes love means waiting; sometimes it means not asking for what you want. Other times it means asking, but never expecting. And love always means saying you are sorry when you discover that you have been an idiot. -Ep I, Ch. 13
Teaching Songs of the Ka’andesi
Pilgrim, it’s a long way
To find out who you are… -Ep I, Ch. 20
Ka’andesi Sayings on Love
When the Ka’andesi make war, they hide their faces. When the Ka’andesi make love, nothing is disguised. -Ep I, Ch. 23
A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed I don't know where I got this one, but it's not mine.
Seeing and Knowing: A Memoir of a World in Shadow
The Ka’andesi have funny ideas about time and space. They say the future is an infinite web of possibilities, and sometimes those possibilities touch. I’m not entirely sure what that means, except to say that there are some events which seem to shape things to come so profoundly that, no matter which road is taken, eventually I will find myself at exactly the same place that the person I might have been saw in a future that never was. -Ep I, Ch. 24
Hearing Color, Tasting the Sun, and Other Whispers My Brother Knows
An Act of Love: The Life of Padme Naberrie Amidala Kenobi
Plains Hunter: Krir Avardi’s Story
Ierei Avardi: Healer of Hearts
The Maverick Sage
Be One With Me—A Vision of Padme and Obi-Wan in Verse
Foundation and Refuge, the Untold Story of Sola Naberrie and Darred Janren
My Father the Man
Divided We Fall: The Problem of Humanocentrism
Darkness and Light: A History of the Jedi/Sith Conflict
Gently On The Mountainside
Thoughts on Chocolate
The following is what I know about Inalia in her capacity as Chronicler of Land and Sky. It includes a listing of the works I know she has written and notations of which ones have been "quoted" in the chapter headings of Land and Sky. Hopefully this will keep me from repeating myself or having her say things that are too much alike as the story grows. The list is not all-inclusive; I'm sure she will write other stuff, but this is the stuff I KNOW about.
With the encouragement of both of her grandmothers, Inalia Kenobi began writing at the age of eight. Her first book, Honor Among Thieves was a (mostly) biographical account of the early adventures of her grandfather, Fox Kenobi and his brother Dannik. Published when Inalia was ten, the book enjoyed widespread popular success in the Republic but garnered little critical acclaim. It did manage to spark some interest in Ka’andesi culture, but since the book concludes in the early days of Fox and Sajani Kenobi’s romance, little time was spent detailing the lives of a Ch’lliear family. The works that followed—An Act of Love, Foundation and Refuge, and Gently On The Mountainside were also biographical in nature. At the age of fifteen, she published her first body of poetry, entitled Be One With Me—A Vision of Obi-Wan and Padme In Verse, which was a moderate critical success in addition to its media popularity. A year later, Inalia began her training as Chronicler of the Ch’lliear and did not publish again for several years. Her subsequent work deals largely with Ka’andesi culture, but she has recently begun to write on other topics of political and social interest. Thus far, only her latest biography, My Father The Man has brought her a return to popular success.
The Collected Wisdom of the Ka’andesi Peoples
Grasping hands are often cut off; giving hands are rewarded. -Ep I, Ch. 1
Never think you know enough; never believe that what you have learned can change what you are. -Ep I, Ch. 4
When the storm winds sweep the plains, there are no enemies. -Ep I, Ch. 4
The Ka’andesi say that memories are like dew. They disappear in the heat of the day, but when it’s quiet and cool, and the world is still around you, they will form again. Listen closely, or you will miss them. -Ep I, Ch. 8
The Ka’andesi teach that one who does not know where he comes from cannot know who he is. -Ep I, Ch. 9
When the land is in your soul, it becomes like a driving force within you. Sooner or later, you will return. Until you do, you will thirst for it, and the wind will taste of it in your dreams. Even her kisses will be the land. -Ep I, Ch. 12
The Ka’andesi say that doubt is a cold fog. Sometimes the only way through it is to take the hand that is offered. -Ep I, Ch. 16
Memories are like the weather. They never come when they’re convenient. When you want to build a snowman, you get a heatwave. All you can do is sweat your way through. -Ep I, Ch. 17
Never bet on rain in the desert. Unless you’re a Ka’andesi. -Ep I, Ch. 18
Duty can be like frost on the heart, but even hard frost breaks in the spring. -Ep I, Ch. 1
The Ka’andesi say that there are no real endings, only beginnings turned around. Have a care when you close a door. You may soon find it open again.
Honor Among Thieves
It isn’t the biggest ship that wins the fight, and it isn’t the fastest. It’s the ship that’s still flying after it’s been shot to hell. -Ep I, Ch. 2
Running away is never a good idea. Unless you find yourself severely outnumbered, out-gunned, or she tells you she’s pregnant. -Ep I, Ch. 11
Only gamble when you know the score. Or when you have a bigger gun. -Ep I, Ch. 15
Inalia’s Random Quote Collection-personal, unpublished.
Always guard your assests—I said ASSETS! Fox Kenobi -Ep I, Ch. 3
Jedi aren’t the only ones with good instincts. Trust yours, kid. Dannik Kenobi-Ep I, Ch. 21
If you go away from this table hungry, you have only yourself to blame. Jobal Naberrie
Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. Sajani Kenobi Note, not mine. Charlotte Whitton.
Reflections on the Ka’andesi Home Life
The Ka’andesi on a journey will never pass up a chance to share a meal with friends or family. Sharing a meal is the heart of what it means to be a family in the clans. It brings comfort to those far from home, and even in the HoloNet age, news travels farther over soup and bread than the outsider might imagine. -Ep I, Ch. 6
For the Ka’andesi, stories are everything. History is passed down in stories. Ideals are expressed in them; friendships are even sealed by them. When wintering in the mountains, it’s possible to be shut in by snow for weeks at a time. Nights are cold and long, and there is nothing like a hot mug of ale and a round of good stories. Especially the ones you haven’t heard, or the ones you’ve never heard quite like that. -Ep I, Ch. 7
Names are very important to the Ka’andesi. Names speak of where a person comes from, her family, her history. They tell of what she has accomplished or what she is like. More than anything else, a name grounds a Ka’andesi in herself. -Ep I, Ch. 14
Ka’andesi are a people who love tradition. Some say it’s in their blood. Modern skeptics can only roll their eyes. My father could tell them a thing or two, but he’s too modest… -Ep I, Ch. 22
Lessons I Learned From Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi
Sometimes love means waiting; sometimes it means not asking for what you want. Other times it means asking, but never expecting. And love always means saying you are sorry when you discover that you have been an idiot. -Ep I, Ch. 13
Teaching Songs of the Ka’andesi
Pilgrim, it’s a long way
To find out who you are… -Ep I, Ch. 20
Ka’andesi Sayings on Love
When the Ka’andesi make war, they hide their faces. When the Ka’andesi make love, nothing is disguised. -Ep I, Ch. 23
A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed I don't know where I got this one, but it's not mine.
Seeing and Knowing: A Memoir of a World in Shadow
The Ka’andesi have funny ideas about time and space. They say the future is an infinite web of possibilities, and sometimes those possibilities touch. I’m not entirely sure what that means, except to say that there are some events which seem to shape things to come so profoundly that, no matter which road is taken, eventually I will find myself at exactly the same place that the person I might have been saw in a future that never was. -Ep I, Ch. 24
Hearing Color, Tasting the Sun, and Other Whispers My Brother Knows
An Act of Love: The Life of Padme Naberrie Amidala Kenobi
Plains Hunter: Krir Avardi’s Story
Ierei Avardi: Healer of Hearts
The Maverick Sage
Be One With Me—A Vision of Padme and Obi-Wan in Verse
Foundation and Refuge, the Untold Story of Sola Naberrie and Darred Janren
My Father the Man
Divided We Fall: The Problem of Humanocentrism
Darkness and Light: A History of the Jedi/Sith Conflict
Gently On The Mountainside
Thoughts on Chocolate