Written By Sina
July 19, 2018, 1:18 p.m.(3/21/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Morrighan
For me, going out and about and meeting people is hard to do. I'm shy, and I'll admit it. But last night was a most rewarding experience. I was pleasantly surprised to make a new friend, engaged in stimulating discourse over a variety of topics, and tasted the most delicious blood orange tea. And chocolate! I've never had chocolate before. It was an experience I'll not soon forget.
Written By Aureth
July 19, 2018, 12:06 p.m.(3/20/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
Losing wagers is an important life lesson, Audric. Don't teach Aleksei's son wrong lessons about indefatigable funds along with your terrible bloodthirst.
Written By Alis
July 19, 2018, 11:29 a.m.(3/20/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Sabella
Sounds like some people need a mace to the face.
Written By Edward
July 19, 2018, 11 a.m.(3/20/1009 AR)
Who was that? They could not say. But what they could was that they had a name that sounds even now like the call of a horn.
Written By Eleyna
July 19, 2018, 10:05 a.m.(3/20/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Vanora
Vanora and I kind of knew each other as children. Many of the children linked to the Velenosa end up spending a part of their childhood in Lenosia, so that there would be many children wandering the palace and grounds, playing in groups, attending lessons together. We knew each other, but she was close with Isolde while I was only close with myself.
When we first met again after growing up, it was over a negotiation table during the Kennex disaster. I was frustrated and angry, but Lady Vanora met me with honesty and a willingness to answer my questions, no matter how tense they were. It created a good impression. She was determined to clean up the mess that her then-husband made when it seemed like so many in House Kennex were hiding from the consequences of their nobly aimed action.
As time has gone on, I've found something of a kindred spirit in Vanora. We look at the world in similar ways. I think we both also epitomize a certain type of Lycene that often gets lost behind the more popular image of the hedonistic, fiery Southerner. It is refreshing to speak with someone that I don't have to explain the reasoning of my thinking. She seems to get it already.
Vanora was there in a moment where I needed help most. She never asked questions or waited for permission. She swooped in to do what needed to be done. I will be forever grateful for that.
When we first met again after growing up, it was over a negotiation table during the Kennex disaster. I was frustrated and angry, but Lady Vanora met me with honesty and a willingness to answer my questions, no matter how tense they were. It created a good impression. She was determined to clean up the mess that her then-husband made when it seemed like so many in House Kennex were hiding from the consequences of their nobly aimed action.
As time has gone on, I've found something of a kindred spirit in Vanora. We look at the world in similar ways. I think we both also epitomize a certain type of Lycene that often gets lost behind the more popular image of the hedonistic, fiery Southerner. It is refreshing to speak with someone that I don't have to explain the reasoning of my thinking. She seems to get it already.
Vanora was there in a moment where I needed help most. She never asked questions or waited for permission. She swooped in to do what needed to be done. I will be forever grateful for that.
Written By Cristoph
July 19, 2018, 9:31 a.m.(3/20/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Sabella
I'm sorry to hear you experience such troubles.
Under similar circumstances, I would redirect the person to contact my wife and them never reply to them on the subject again.
Under similar circumstances, I would redirect the person to contact my wife and them never reply to them on the subject again.
Written By Delilah
July 19, 2018, 8:52 a.m.(3/20/1009 AR)
Is there anything so perfect as curling up with a book on a frosty morning and discovering the bottom of a subject you thought you knew fell out? That sensation of hitting a foundational precept that cracks into pieces, shattering lines of thought and pre-established notions, is one I don't fear so much as accept is my lot in life. There is so much to learn, so terribly little time to grasp it all. But I feel like a woman starving before a banquet, and without the slightest idea of where to begin.
Written By Sabella
July 19, 2018, 8:26 a.m.(3/20/1009 AR)
In the span of two days I have had someone look to my husband for confirmation that an idea I voiced was a good one, had someone claim that I would break my oaths to the gods and my husband and imply that he might not be the father of my child, and had several people reach out to my husband to apologize for such things.
I'd like to assure everyone that I do indeed have a mind of my own and that I am quite capable of making my own decisions and being my own person.
Maybe I should have Prince Niklas post this so that it might be deemed true.
I'd like to assure everyone that I do indeed have a mind of my own and that I am quite capable of making my own decisions and being my own person.
Maybe I should have Prince Niklas post this so that it might be deemed true.
Written By Lisebet
July 19, 2018, 8:07 a.m.(3/20/1009 AR)
I have heard that meditation is supposed to be restful. I only hope I can see that for myself some day.
Written By Norwood
July 19, 2018, 7:48 a.m.(3/20/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Adalyn
My only daughter,
Life has the strangest way of twisting and turning. I cannot imagine how your mother would have reacted to what we have become.
I have not always been the most supportive of your choices. If given my preference you never would have picked up a sword. It would have been a relief off of my mind if you had joined a more gentle profession. You have chosen to become a warrior though, and I have chosen to support you as well as I can.
My advice, perhaps, is weighed less these days. With that said however, I do have a hope to share. I hope that you never find joy in the taking of another's life. There is satisfaction to be found in physical prowess. There is pride to be taken in one's skills. There is honor in serving in a fashion which protects and defends the innocent from those who would seek to destroy them.
There is no honor in killing, and to imply even minute enjoyment in the taking of another life is abhorrent. It is my hope that you never feel joy when you consider the taking of another's life.
Your father,
Norwood Clement
Life has the strangest way of twisting and turning. I cannot imagine how your mother would have reacted to what we have become.
I have not always been the most supportive of your choices. If given my preference you never would have picked up a sword. It would have been a relief off of my mind if you had joined a more gentle profession. You have chosen to become a warrior though, and I have chosen to support you as well as I can.
My advice, perhaps, is weighed less these days. With that said however, I do have a hope to share. I hope that you never find joy in the taking of another's life. There is satisfaction to be found in physical prowess. There is pride to be taken in one's skills. There is honor in serving in a fashion which protects and defends the innocent from those who would seek to destroy them.
There is no honor in killing, and to imply even minute enjoyment in the taking of another life is abhorrent. It is my hope that you never feel joy when you consider the taking of another's life.
Your father,
Norwood Clement
Written By Rinel
July 19, 2018, 4:04 a.m.(3/20/1009 AR)
"Deep Roots"
Sylvan are the groves and glades of Petrichor,
Dark and rich the earth through which the tree-roots wend.
Soft indeed the grass which is Death's shore.
Beneath that verdant, then-dark ocean shall we all descend,
Our emptied shells returned at last to halls of earth and stone.
And freely will our souls Death mend.
Lord of earth, you shall never be alone.
For we consign to you what is left by Mother Death,
And with such death is new life grown.
R. Tern
Sylvan are the groves and glades of Petrichor,
Dark and rich the earth through which the tree-roots wend.
Soft indeed the grass which is Death's shore.
Beneath that verdant, then-dark ocean shall we all descend,
Our emptied shells returned at last to halls of earth and stone.
And freely will our souls Death mend.
Lord of earth, you shall never be alone.
For we consign to you what is left by Mother Death,
And with such death is new life grown.
R. Tern
Written By Kaldur
July 19, 2018, 2:56 a.m.(3/20/1009 AR)
Please allow me to indulge in a moment of pride. I couldn't be more honored to work with the engineers and soldiers of the Seliki Engineering Corps. I didn't realize how far the word of their work had gotten, but today I met a knight in an Inn who commended me on the Corps' efforts and it took me a moment to fathom what that meant. All credit to the men, women, and horses who plan and execute the work. And here, for posterity, their names:
Thalia Sagar, Commanding
INFANTRY:
* Captain Sofia Ruyl
* 1st Lieutenant Clemens Acton
* 2nd Lieutenant Heinrike Brady
Forbes Appleton
Curtis Ashton
Dorine Barney
Tayler Blackwood
Benno Blythe
Abel Breeden
Jolie Brown
Ezra Buckley
Esau Bunce
Burgi Cidolfus
Lea Clifford
Sherlock Colton
Kailyn Demien
Eduardo Dryden
Neivin Fisc
Therron Fiske
Taylon Greymane
Francesca Hammond
Lionello Laguna
Ira Nunnally
Hyke Oldham
Jayson Pickering
Durand Reed
Rosina Reeves
Heaven Scias
Nils Smither
Elena Smithers
Salvator Soames
Viviana Spaulding
Roswall Stansfield
Warford Swett
Clementia Whatley
Saladin Wyther
Adula Xander
Searlait Yardley
CAVALRY:
* Captain Hajo Xander & Cobalt
* Lieutenant Fabienne Paddle & Pride
Sonny Alabaster & Tango
Batista Copeland & Velocity
Zackery Dawson & Licorice
Blondell Fawcett & Pontiac
Michel Luxford & Caesar
Rick Paddle & Ranger
Aurelien Stryker & Champagne
Whitcomb Zalu & Darkbolt
Thalia Sagar, Commanding
INFANTRY:
* Captain Sofia Ruyl
* 1st Lieutenant Clemens Acton
* 2nd Lieutenant Heinrike Brady
Forbes Appleton
Curtis Ashton
Dorine Barney
Tayler Blackwood
Benno Blythe
Abel Breeden
Jolie Brown
Ezra Buckley
Esau Bunce
Burgi Cidolfus
Lea Clifford
Sherlock Colton
Kailyn Demien
Eduardo Dryden
Neivin Fisc
Therron Fiske
Taylon Greymane
Francesca Hammond
Lionello Laguna
Ira Nunnally
Hyke Oldham
Jayson Pickering
Durand Reed
Rosina Reeves
Heaven Scias
Nils Smither
Elena Smithers
Salvator Soames
Viviana Spaulding
Roswall Stansfield
Warford Swett
Clementia Whatley
Saladin Wyther
Adula Xander
Searlait Yardley
CAVALRY:
* Captain Hajo Xander & Cobalt
* Lieutenant Fabienne Paddle & Pride
Sonny Alabaster & Tango
Batista Copeland & Velocity
Zackery Dawson & Licorice
Blondell Fawcett & Pontiac
Michel Luxford & Caesar
Rick Paddle & Ranger
Aurelien Stryker & Champagne
Whitcomb Zalu & Darkbolt
Written By Vanora
July 19, 2018, 2:43 a.m.(3/20/1009 AR)
Little One,
My husband has shown you some of the letters that he's written to you, saved in sections of his whites to be passed on to you one day that you may know your parents...what we were like when we were young and you the future still months away from your first cries. My mother is...secretive, and I wish I had letters or journals she'd written at my age. There are so many things I wish to understand of the start of my life that I may never. It will be different for you.
Your father did not grow up with the same weight on his shoulders that you carry. Your grandfather was not the Duke of Grimhall from the get go, but survived two brothers before the House was his to lead. As such, your father did not expect to one day become a Duke until he was already a man grown. From childhood he was a soldier, a sailor, a general, an admiral....and he is those things now, and will be after he holds Grihem's Point. This too will be your legacy. This now is your birthright, and you will be educated not only as sailor, soldier, general....but as a ruler. There are all sorts of kinds of power in this world, some as blatant as the slice of an axe held in strong hands...some as subtle and soft as silk. You will know both, and a world that we can only guess at and yet have all dreamed...something filled with beauty, wonder, and legend.
My friend the Baron Stormbreak once described Grimhall to me...the legacy that I was joining...that you'd be inheriting. He spoke of family, friendship, and fealty...and it is these which I wish you to understand as who you are and what you will become. You will learn that so much else of the world is false...that titles may sound impressive...but it takes more than a title to rule. To be a leader you must be someone worth following. You can intimidate through force of will and force of arms and gain obedience. Never mistake obedience for loyalty. Obedience is what is offered when there is no other choice. Loyalty...that is freely given when those worth being loyal to come into our lives. Loyalty is a kind of power and yet also something deeper than power. It cannot be demanded, it cannot be claimed. I know many people to whom I offer obedience, based on station, position, practicality. Those to whom I offer my loyalty are fewer, farther between, and yet I do not obey them, I'd fight and die for them because they are worth fighting and dying for. I hope that is who you will be. A man that others choose to fight and die for...and would whether you are Duke of Grihem's Point or general of a small band of infantry.
I could write on how to gain that kind of loyalty, but it will be the great lesson of your life. There are those in my life now teaching me the nuances, showing me what it means to be that kind of loyal...and to feel that kind of loyalty offered to me in turn. Therein lies the key. Loyalty begets loyalty. Protect those whom you are charged to protect, and gain their loyalty. Grims are known for being ruthless towards threats, yet to every family motto there is an unspoken counterpoint. The Velenosa words are 'No one may harm us unpunished' and they prove that true. Yet 'those who help us when we are in need will reap the rewards of our loyalty' suits just as well. Be loyal, and you will find those loyal to you in turn.
I wanted to be Godsworn once, my little lord. I trained in the temples for it and was regarded highly by the First Reflection, and it was all that I'd ever hoped for. When circumstances pulled me from that, when court claimed me again, I raged at the idea of it...I felt deprived of my calling. I realize now that it was never so. Family is my calling. You are my calling.
-Your Mother
My husband has shown you some of the letters that he's written to you, saved in sections of his whites to be passed on to you one day that you may know your parents...what we were like when we were young and you the future still months away from your first cries. My mother is...secretive, and I wish I had letters or journals she'd written at my age. There are so many things I wish to understand of the start of my life that I may never. It will be different for you.
Your father did not grow up with the same weight on his shoulders that you carry. Your grandfather was not the Duke of Grimhall from the get go, but survived two brothers before the House was his to lead. As such, your father did not expect to one day become a Duke until he was already a man grown. From childhood he was a soldier, a sailor, a general, an admiral....and he is those things now, and will be after he holds Grihem's Point. This too will be your legacy. This now is your birthright, and you will be educated not only as sailor, soldier, general....but as a ruler. There are all sorts of kinds of power in this world, some as blatant as the slice of an axe held in strong hands...some as subtle and soft as silk. You will know both, and a world that we can only guess at and yet have all dreamed...something filled with beauty, wonder, and legend.
My friend the Baron Stormbreak once described Grimhall to me...the legacy that I was joining...that you'd be inheriting. He spoke of family, friendship, and fealty...and it is these which I wish you to understand as who you are and what you will become. You will learn that so much else of the world is false...that titles may sound impressive...but it takes more than a title to rule. To be a leader you must be someone worth following. You can intimidate through force of will and force of arms and gain obedience. Never mistake obedience for loyalty. Obedience is what is offered when there is no other choice. Loyalty...that is freely given when those worth being loyal to come into our lives. Loyalty is a kind of power and yet also something deeper than power. It cannot be demanded, it cannot be claimed. I know many people to whom I offer obedience, based on station, position, practicality. Those to whom I offer my loyalty are fewer, farther between, and yet I do not obey them, I'd fight and die for them because they are worth fighting and dying for. I hope that is who you will be. A man that others choose to fight and die for...and would whether you are Duke of Grihem's Point or general of a small band of infantry.
I could write on how to gain that kind of loyalty, but it will be the great lesson of your life. There are those in my life now teaching me the nuances, showing me what it means to be that kind of loyal...and to feel that kind of loyalty offered to me in turn. Therein lies the key. Loyalty begets loyalty. Protect those whom you are charged to protect, and gain their loyalty. Grims are known for being ruthless towards threats, yet to every family motto there is an unspoken counterpoint. The Velenosa words are 'No one may harm us unpunished' and they prove that true. Yet 'those who help us when we are in need will reap the rewards of our loyalty' suits just as well. Be loyal, and you will find those loyal to you in turn.
I wanted to be Godsworn once, my little lord. I trained in the temples for it and was regarded highly by the First Reflection, and it was all that I'd ever hoped for. When circumstances pulled me from that, when court claimed me again, I raged at the idea of it...I felt deprived of my calling. I realize now that it was never so. Family is my calling. You are my calling.
-Your Mother
Written By Kaldur
July 19, 2018, 1:48 a.m.(3/20/1009 AR)
I am excited! Though I find a belief in fate to be something of a blasphemy, I can understand how the convergence of circumstance might feel divinely pre-ordained.
The ink is not even dry on an infrastructure project that I have the highest hopes for and who did I chance to meet at an inn whose door I have never darkened before today? I met three people discussing qualities of stone and construction with the same. Duchess Rubino, Sir Jordan, and a-dark-headed-gruff-fellow-whose-name-I-didn't-catch-before-the-chance-meeting-dissolved-but-who-is-likely-from-the-North... I thank you for indulging me.
Now, it's possible that the Queensrest Inn has a reputation I was unaware of for attracting suppliers and admirers of stone and stone construction. I have certainly seen stranger occurrences in Arx. Almost daily, in fact.
Tangentially: the mulled wine at the Queensrest Inn is excellent. Highly recommended.
The ink is not even dry on an infrastructure project that I have the highest hopes for and who did I chance to meet at an inn whose door I have never darkened before today? I met three people discussing qualities of stone and construction with the same. Duchess Rubino, Sir Jordan, and a-dark-headed-gruff-fellow-whose-name-I-didn't-catch-before-the-chance-meeting-dissolved-but-who-is-likely-from-the-North... I thank you for indulging me.
Now, it's possible that the Queensrest Inn has a reputation I was unaware of for attracting suppliers and admirers of stone and stone construction. I have certainly seen stranger occurrences in Arx. Almost daily, in fact.
Tangentially: the mulled wine at the Queensrest Inn is excellent. Highly recommended.
Written By Augustus
July 19, 2018, 1:42 a.m.(3/20/1009 AR)
I was, perhaps, expecting more geological conversation when I decided to venture out to the Shrine of Jayus for their 'Let's Talk Rocks' seminar.
While the conversation was more about using rocks than studying them, I came away with new knowledge and that is never a bad thing.
I believe I already have a design in mind for my own painted rock.
While the conversation was more about using rocks than studying them, I came away with new knowledge and that is never a bad thing.
I believe I already have a design in mind for my own painted rock.
Written By Audric
July 19, 2018, 12:18 a.m.(3/19/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aleksei
Oh I am absolutely going to underwrite future bets your kid makes against you now that you've put the idea in my head.
Written By Aleksei
July 19, 2018, 12:16 a.m.(3/19/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Sorrel
Today my kid almost bet against me for a duel! Except he didn't have any silver.
Kids are rude.
Kids are rude.
Written By Karadoc
July 19, 2018, 12:06 a.m.(3/19/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
Excuse me, Baron, I suppose it's time for me to drop in my two coppers for this little topic. Or anyone else if they're reading this. Questionable morals and prickly ethics aside -- there's something to be said about having pride -- or a sense of satisfaction in one's work, right? Although my hands are only occasionally stained with ink, I can admire that trait.
Written By Sorrel
July 19, 2018, 12:04 a.m.(3/19/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aleksei
I think I was just having a moment. Not a good one. I've apologized.
Sometimes babies are a little like horrible sea monsters in that all this stuff comes violently out of them, sometimes very suddenly, and you get overwhelmed and people come rushing to your rescue, but at the end of it all, everyone needs a bath, especially the baby, three nurses, and me.
And now the baby's asleep and perfect and easy to love.
Sometimes babies are a little like horrible sea monsters in that all this stuff comes violently out of them, sometimes very suddenly, and you get overwhelmed and people come rushing to your rescue, but at the end of it all, everyone needs a bath, especially the baby, three nurses, and me.
And now the baby's asleep and perfect and easy to love.
Written By Audric
July 18, 2018, 11:58 p.m.(3/19/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Coraline
As a sellsword, I have a lot of knowledge of the value of life. I have all kinds of ledgers and tallybooks and contracts that spell it out pretty clearly! You can come see them sometime, if you want.
Please note that the scholars may take some time preparing your journal for others to read.