Richard Sharpe

Richard Sharpe comes from "the other world" and visited Rathnir in 2023/Q3 for the first time during his vacation. After some sailing through seas around Aldoviri Peninsula without any specific goal out of world exploration and documenting it into his diary, he anchored in Rodheros, where he got acquainted with his fellows (Madhurthr Havardr, Andronikos Constantine, Ernst Venishtara, Delta Epitahirovosky, Nanek of Omverlon, Benalish Jenkins, Rodherodotos, and others) and as they found, they had shared goals, so he decided to let himself be led by this newly discovered sense of his mission in this stage of his life, and stay longer than he originally assumed.

His main life is in "the other world", so it won't be described here in more detail, only what is important for his activities in Rathnir or Eldham.

Situation & Occupation
His occupation in "the other world" is leading anti-pillager defense and other missions of Anti-Pillager Alliance (A.P.A.) which employs him. But that fighting in neverending battles and building required anti-pillager fortifications are feeding him so much, that he is overfed by them, and he is glad, that during his voyage and activities within Rathnir, he does not have to encounter that hostile mycelium-overgrown suspicious-stew-junkies here, and he can truly relax. Therefore he does not like to see hostility and wars in Rathnir, when he knows, what they did to his home world ...

Therefore in Rathnir, he wants nothing more than freely live, create, and develop in peace and prosperity, and he is willing to help others with that as well - but on his own terms. He is overfed by hierarchic structures of management and orders from his home world, and he is not taking commands from anybody on his vacation in Rathnir, but he is open to mutually voluntary agreements.

He also started the cooperation with Rodherodotos and related Sironvir Historical Society (SHS), and he is often sending them information messages about his findings from his travels, delivered by his eagle Impea (short for "Imperial Eagle").

Values & Beliefs
He believes in equality of all people and tries to behave with the same dignity and peer-to-peer attitude regardless of whether his partner is strong or weak, an archon or a peasant, rich or poor, a magnate or a beggar, educated/degreed or uneducated/undegreed, an academician or a simple person, a woman or even a man, old or young, senior or junior, an oldster or an youngster, etc. He tries does not mean that he succeeds every time ...

He does not believe in competition. He believes in cooperation.

He considers commanding others as repelling and standing in the way to fulfill their true potential. But he also knows, that "The obstacle is the way." (Ryan Holiday), but only when we will not let it discourage us and determine ourselves to overcome it. But often it costs much less energy not to endure it and leave ...

His ancestor/predecessor MAXIMUS was a kind of megalomaniac in his early career, but later converted to minimalism, and Richard learnt it from him.

He prioritizes quality and maturity over quantity and speed. When you're looking for quick & dirty solution, he is not the right assignee. There is no need to meet deadlines on vacation :).

Usually he prefers finishing started project/task before starting a new one. But he also knows that occassionally it's reasonable to take a break from a hard task and switch to something else temporarily, but it should not lead to cummulation of unfinished tasks/projects, or forgetting the golden rule: "The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing." (Stephen Covey)

His professional motto is: "Work hard, then advertise." (Arnold Schwarzenegger) In other words, let others know, what you did. Document. "Documentation is a love letter to your future self." (Damian Conway & Leonard Shelby)

His overall strategy is summarized by: "It is better to have a bad plan than no plan." (Garry Kasparov) ... but sometimes it is reasonable to wait a bit longer and collect more information for having a better plan :).

And last, but not least, he always reminds himself: "Memento mori."