Written By Rymarr
April 3, 2019, 8:51 a.m.(11/9/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Zhayla
Lately you've been on my mind. Well, what you were. Only the Queen of Endings knows what you've become since you were you. I miss your presence, I miss your friendship, and I miss your thirst for growth. In reflection, I see how much you truly honored Lagoma in your life. You were always trying to make yourself better, whether it was in your training or just you yourself. You took orders well, but I also knew that I could rely on you to handle matters yourself if left to your own devices.
We ensured that Buttercup found a good home. Dauntless wouldn't leave her alone and it seemed right that someone get use out of her. She was made for battle, even if she doesn't seem it on the surface. For a long time we've discussed having a statue of you placed on the grounds, but we often find ourselves frozen with indecision centered around the discussion of the specifics of said statue. Stone? Metal? Wood? Dicks?
Oh, right. I've developed a little bit of humor, apparently. I can't take credit. I've had a very reliable person to hold my hand and guide me along that path, with a great focus on enjoying my life and not restraining myself needlessly. I think you'd have liked the change.
I'm going to keep this short, so I'll say one posthumous thing: I'm sorry that I implied you could have been a danger to the Marquessa given your origins as a prodigal. I was a different person back then and carried prejudices that I now find myself fighting against from others. I won't call myself a champion of prodigals, but so long as they are innocent as individuals? I will strive to defend them like a good Dragon should.
I hope that Vellichor gets this message to the Queen of Endings who may in turn get it to you? Perhaps? Maybe? Would you even remember me at this point? Probably not, but it's worth a shot. I don't know how it all works. But if Vellichor and the Queen could do that? That'd be super.
P.S. Say hello to OMEGA for me, please?
We ensured that Buttercup found a good home. Dauntless wouldn't leave her alone and it seemed right that someone get use out of her. She was made for battle, even if she doesn't seem it on the surface. For a long time we've discussed having a statue of you placed on the grounds, but we often find ourselves frozen with indecision centered around the discussion of the specifics of said statue. Stone? Metal? Wood? Dicks?
Oh, right. I've developed a little bit of humor, apparently. I can't take credit. I've had a very reliable person to hold my hand and guide me along that path, with a great focus on enjoying my life and not restraining myself needlessly. I think you'd have liked the change.
I'm going to keep this short, so I'll say one posthumous thing: I'm sorry that I implied you could have been a danger to the Marquessa given your origins as a prodigal. I was a different person back then and carried prejudices that I now find myself fighting against from others. I won't call myself a champion of prodigals, but so long as they are innocent as individuals? I will strive to defend them like a good Dragon should.
I hope that Vellichor gets this message to the Queen of Endings who may in turn get it to you? Perhaps? Maybe? Would you even remember me at this point? Probably not, but it's worth a shot. I don't know how it all works. But if Vellichor and the Queen could do that? That'd be super.
P.S. Say hello to OMEGA for me, please?
Written By Corban
April 3, 2019, 8:35 a.m.(11/9/1010 AR)
The Tournament of Roses is an Arvani tradition. I remember it most for the great Dayne Valardin, who, triumphant, sought and received as his boon the title of Lord Commander upon the post's vacancy. He was the greatest knight Arvum has seen and he used his boon for honor, to serve King and Compact.
Captain Harlex and Lady Arianna, I hope you follow in the Lord Commander's footsteps and use the boon you have or will receive for the betterment of all.
Captain Harlex and Lady Arianna, I hope you follow in the Lord Commander's footsteps and use the boon you have or will receive for the betterment of all.
Written By Lisebet
April 3, 2019, 8:15 a.m.(11/9/1010 AR)
I did not know Archduchess Eleyna very well at all. I did like her, for what little I knew of her. I cannot add to the good things being said about her, but there seem to be a lot of them.
This time, I did know her. I met her. That is more than I can say for many of the great people of Arx who have died in the relatively recent past. I do think that knowing her better would have been an honour. But it was not to be. I won't say I mourn her as those who love her well do, but I do mourn with them.
Rest well, White Lily of Lenosia.
This time, I did know her. I met her. That is more than I can say for many of the great people of Arx who have died in the relatively recent past. I do think that knowing her better would have been an honour. But it was not to be. I won't say I mourn her as those who love her well do, but I do mourn with them.
Rest well, White Lily of Lenosia.
Written By Leta
April 3, 2019, 7:31 a.m.(11/9/1010 AR)
I should've visited more often. And talked. I suppose the Archduchess thing always did scare me a bit. I'm sorry.
Written By Vercyn
April 3, 2019, 6:01 a.m.(11/9/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
I was unable to attend the Grand Melee in person. Though it fills me with pride to hear how well my daughter wields an Axe.
Written By Willow
April 3, 2019, 4:07 a.m.(11/9/1010 AR)
Gods above its been too long since I saw Brady. I missed him so damned much. Life is starting to make sense again.
Written By Marian
April 3, 2019, 2:13 a.m.(11/9/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
The world is a darker place without your light to shine the way. I never expected to adore you. In fact, the first time we met, I was pretty sure we were polar opposites. You were so elegant and well-spoken. You knew how to command the room with your laugh. The parlor was your battlefield and your wit was razor sharp. You slayed others with your wicked fashion sense. You were always three steps in front of anyone else in your sphere.
I don't know what to tell your husband. His love for you rivals my own for my dear Fergus. My loss was so swift, so unexpected. While he had got savour the last few weeks by your side. I don't know who is luckier. I don't know how to ease that loss. Because what I am feeling now is a fraction of his well of emotions. You always knew what to say. I don't have that gift. I can only offer my deep condolences for his soul shattering loss.
When you were provoked, there was a glory to your rage. Your passion for life eclipsed everything. It filled the room with its terrible beauty. The only one that could stand in the face of that sun burst and not be destroyed was that man who loved you in all your forms.
I will miss your letters. The silent exchanges in ink and parchment. After Fergus died, I stopped writing. The well was dry for me. I couldn't parry in prose anymore. I regret that my grief put distance. Because I didn't know. I didn't have a chance to prepare for this ache that now resonates.
There will never be another quite like you.
I don't know what to tell your husband. His love for you rivals my own for my dear Fergus. My loss was so swift, so unexpected. While he had got savour the last few weeks by your side. I don't know who is luckier. I don't know how to ease that loss. Because what I am feeling now is a fraction of his well of emotions. You always knew what to say. I don't have that gift. I can only offer my deep condolences for his soul shattering loss.
When you were provoked, there was a glory to your rage. Your passion for life eclipsed everything. It filled the room with its terrible beauty. The only one that could stand in the face of that sun burst and not be destroyed was that man who loved you in all your forms.
I will miss your letters. The silent exchanges in ink and parchment. After Fergus died, I stopped writing. The well was dry for me. I couldn't parry in prose anymore. I regret that my grief put distance. Because I didn't know. I didn't have a chance to prepare for this ache that now resonates.
There will never be another quite like you.
Written By Alarissa
April 3, 2019, 1:02 a.m.(11/9/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
You depart.
She arrives.
Should she join you in the Queens embrace so soon after leaving it, you will at least know how much we cherished you. And her.
If she survives, we wanted her to bear a name of a woman who fought for her own life, who made those around her happy and lived her life as full as she could and had the strength to do anything she put her mind to. She will need that strength. Your strength, as she seems to fight for her own life. She is so small and frail and her breath so labored.
You left.
And she came.
My heart stops while we wait with her laid against my chest. My eyes wet and my breath slow. Plead her case with the Queen of Endings my friend, with the Mother of Beginnings to give us more time with her. Years if you could, decades instead of hours. I could not bear to lose two Eleyna's in my lifetime when I have just lost the best one.
Rest. Rest until she sends you to join us again. When you do, may you find him and may you find your way to us so that we may embrace once more.
She arrives.
Should she join you in the Queens embrace so soon after leaving it, you will at least know how much we cherished you. And her.
If she survives, we wanted her to bear a name of a woman who fought for her own life, who made those around her happy and lived her life as full as she could and had the strength to do anything she put her mind to. She will need that strength. Your strength, as she seems to fight for her own life. She is so small and frail and her breath so labored.
You left.
And she came.
My heart stops while we wait with her laid against my chest. My eyes wet and my breath slow. Plead her case with the Queen of Endings my friend, with the Mother of Beginnings to give us more time with her. Years if you could, decades instead of hours. I could not bear to lose two Eleyna's in my lifetime when I have just lost the best one.
Rest. Rest until she sends you to join us again. When you do, may you find him and may you find your way to us so that we may embrace once more.
Written By Miranda
April 2, 2019, 11:45 p.m.(11/9/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Klaus
Note to self...
When jousting with Klaus, insist on handicapping him.
The Prince hits like a hammer!
.... I seem to be using this expression a lot, but it applies!
And it was an honor to joust against him.
When jousting with Klaus, insist on handicapping him.
The Prince hits like a hammer!
.... I seem to be using this expression a lot, but it applies!
And it was an honor to joust against him.
Written By Genevra
April 2, 2019, 11:29 p.m.(11/9/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
I swore to you I'd protect your children as if your they were of my own body.
You gave me your husband's armor to defend them, your sister's sword to keep them safe.
I will protect them until the last breath leaves my body.
I will keep my promise.
Farewell, Archduchess. May you find your peace in the Wheel, I pray your sister waited, and you find joy in the meeting.
You gave me your husband's armor to defend them, your sister's sword to keep them safe.
I will protect them until the last breath leaves my body.
I will keep my promise.
Farewell, Archduchess. May you find your peace in the Wheel, I pray your sister waited, and you find joy in the meeting.
Written By Victus
April 2, 2019, 11:18 p.m.(11/9/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
It's difficult to find a word to describe Archduchess Eleyna to me. Her and Talen both were very close to my wife and I. To hear that she was taken by illness is...
Hm.
I don't count many people personally close to me. But Eleyna and Talen... Those two I would have to describe as "friends".
Good friends.
Hm.
I don't count many people personally close to me. But Eleyna and Talen... Those two I would have to describe as "friends".
Good friends.
Written By Radhilde
April 2, 2019, 11:10 p.m.(11/9/1010 AR)
Now that was a most interesting request! Congratulations to the champion!
Written By Joscelin
April 2, 2019, 11 p.m.(11/8/1010 AR)
I pulled out an old design and dusted it off, altered it, passed it to my assistants to help fashion it from a variety of materials for anyone that wants it: a five-petaled lily, white, made of glass, to be worn in honor of beloved Eleyna of Velenosa. One petal for every great house, united as a white-lily in our grief at her passing.
I won't use this design for anything else, the white lily will be used only to honor her.
I won't use this design for anything else, the white lily will be used only to honor her.
Written By Thena
April 2, 2019, 8 p.m.(11/8/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Calaudrin
You performed a miracle, you know.
Written By Ajax
April 2, 2019, 7:51 p.m.(11/8/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Miranda
Your skill was as sharp as your wit. Near the end it was a struggle where you risked overcoming me completely.
You did very well, I look forward to more. I always enjoy a good battle. It was fun.
You did very well, I look forward to more. I always enjoy a good battle. It was fun.
Written By Joscelin
April 2, 2019, 5:51 p.m.(11/8/1010 AR)
My ears are on -fire-.
This should be more of a problem than it is, but it isn't. Goodness.
This should be more of a problem than it is, but it isn't. Goodness.
Written By Monique
April 2, 2019, 5:06 p.m.(11/8/1010 AR)
Gods preserve me from fools who squander opportunity.
Written By Vanora
April 2, 2019, 4:28 p.m.(11/8/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
I don't know what to write.
What to think.
My heart is broken and will never wholly mend.
This. This is what Sorrow feels like. Tastes like. Sounds like. This.
Remember her.
What to think.
My heart is broken and will never wholly mend.
This. This is what Sorrow feels like. Tastes like. Sounds like. This.
Remember her.
Written By Gilroy
April 2, 2019, 2:59 p.m.(11/8/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Kaya
I feel like you need help.
If you need help you should ask someone.
Else, that is. Someone else.
Not me.
If you need help you should ask someone.
Else, that is. Someone else.
Not me.
Written By Maja
April 2, 2019, 2:42 p.m.(11/8/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Alaric
Also, the king -talked- to me. TO ME. Actual words!
Can life get any better than this? I fear all the days after this one will be a disappointment.
THE KING!!!
Can life get any better than this? I fear all the days after this one will be a disappointment.
THE KING!!!
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