Written By Esoka
June 16, 2018, 1:41 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Ainsley
I would echo Prince Ainsley's sentiment and add to it. Being touched by Gloria does not make one more worthy, or more chivalrous, or a better knight. It DOES mean one should try harder to live up to Her ideals, and be mindful of being over-proud. But I believe Gloria's blessings may come to all warriors in times of great need, where they are defending the innocent.
I honor Prince Ainsley for the deeds he does in this world as a warrior, but the rest he must work for, as do we all.
I honor Prince Ainsley for the deeds he does in this world as a warrior, but the rest he must work for, as do we all.
Written By Ainsley
June 16, 2018, 1:29 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Thorley
*An excerpt from a letter to Sir Thorley Sandreef, from Prince Ainsley Grayson.*
However, there was line in your journal I would like to address (and I'll do this publicly as well). I am loathed to be labeled 'the chosen Champion of Gloria'. This suggests an exclusivity that I do not claim. While it is true that Gloria has touched my life, I am not the only one she has touched. Whether you believe that it was a figurative or a literal hand in my life and the lives of others. I am not the only one beloved by Gloria.
She is like a stern mother with many children and she loves them all equally. There are a lot of us and many who know her better than I. Blessed Cassandra, I would wager, has a closer relationship with Chivalry than I. Brother Preston as well.
We- not I -are Gloria's Champions and her Beloved.
However, there was line in your journal I would like to address (and I'll do this publicly as well). I am loathed to be labeled 'the chosen Champion of Gloria'. This suggests an exclusivity that I do not claim. While it is true that Gloria has touched my life, I am not the only one she has touched. Whether you believe that it was a figurative or a literal hand in my life and the lives of others. I am not the only one beloved by Gloria.
She is like a stern mother with many children and she loves them all equally. There are a lot of us and many who know her better than I. Blessed Cassandra, I would wager, has a closer relationship with Chivalry than I. Brother Preston as well.
We- not I -are Gloria's Champions and her Beloved.
Written By Coraline
June 16, 2018, 12:51 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Caith
It took me a while to think of what to put here, I thought I might sleep on it before I did. It was amazing to be on that tour with you. To see places in our home we either never visited, and to return to the familiar time fogged old haunts we knew so well. I found myself stopping in hallways in the Maelstrom with fond smiles and I would look at nooks and crannies, or stand in my rooms remembering times where you gave life to dreams through story.
We didn't get a lot of time to spend together, the pace of the trip having been fairly quick, but it is time I will remember fondly, adding these memories to the ones spent together in childhood.
Thanks for being there sis.
We didn't get a lot of time to spend together, the pace of the trip having been fairly quick, but it is time I will remember fondly, adding these memories to the ones spent together in childhood.
Thanks for being there sis.
Written By Aurora
June 16, 2018, 12:29 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Valarian
Is he though? Dashing and swoon worthy? Perhaps an overly friendly assistant annoyance and future python dinner. I suppose he is nice to Citrine, so maybe Meandre won't eat him.
Written By Caith
June 16, 2018, 12:22 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
It's strange, isn't it? How those we didn't get along well with in childhood become our closest friends in adulthood while those childhood nearest and dearest becomes strangers in our eyes as we grow older.
Sometimes I wonder who you are these days.
Sometimes I wonder who you are these days.
Written By Echo
June 16, 2018, 12:13 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
This is a difficult entry to write, but I feel that I owe it to the world to do so while my feelings are still raw.
When a sweet and loving man turned out to be anything but, my heart split in two. It still doesn't seem real, like all of this is one horribly distasteful joke. I'm still having trouble believing it. Is our Aurelian capable of doing such a thing?
How?
Yet the proof is irrefutable and your name, the one that you stole, is so difficult to speak. My gratitude goes to those who have protected Quenia and the rest of my Igniseri family. Thank you so so much. My broken heart goes out to you, Quenia, as well as the all the others who were close to him.
And to the Aurelian that I knew, I'm sorry that it ended this way. I have a million things I wish to say but not a single word is easy to mark down.
When a sweet and loving man turned out to be anything but, my heart split in two. It still doesn't seem real, like all of this is one horribly distasteful joke. I'm still having trouble believing it. Is our Aurelian capable of doing such a thing?
How?
Yet the proof is irrefutable and your name, the one that you stole, is so difficult to speak. My gratitude goes to those who have protected Quenia and the rest of my Igniseri family. Thank you so so much. My broken heart goes out to you, Quenia, as well as the all the others who were close to him.
And to the Aurelian that I knew, I'm sorry that it ended this way. I have a million things I wish to say but not a single word is easy to mark down.
Written By Felicia
June 16, 2018, 11:06 a.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Elara
Even if I could, it would feel wrong.
You are free now, and I know Mother will keep you in Her arms until it is your time anew.
Enjoy your rest, and may your next turn on the Wheel be a happier one.
You will be missed.
You are free now, and I know Mother will keep you in Her arms until it is your time anew.
Enjoy your rest, and may your next turn on the Wheel be a happier one.
You will be missed.
Written By Clara
June 16, 2018, 10:37 a.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Valarian
So dashing! Swoon worthy! His name is writen in the stars, the wind sings his name, and the falling snow dances only for him! ...Bard of the Baths. Silly man. Still, he's fun.
Written By Isabeau
June 16, 2018, 10:15 a.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
I am sick with such sorrow that I cannot put into words.
Written By Sabella
June 16, 2018, 10:07 a.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Quenia
Marquessa,
I do not know you that well, very little at all in fact, but my heart aches for what you have been through. I am sure you have many days of grief ahead, for betrayal such as this must render the heart into a million tiny pieces and cause a pit in the stomach that one could be so trusting and have someone so thoroughly lie about every aspect of themselves and be believed and loved for it.
But you should not lose hope and you should not lose hope. This is a tragic event and you should turn to your family and friends to help uplift you through these dark times. I cannot imagine how you are feeling right now, although I have been through my fair share of heartbreak, but look to the positive things about this misfortune: you were not married and there were no children which would have made things far worse. You were spared having to marry that terrible person and you still have a bright future ahead of you, even if you may not see it now. I do and I believe you will find happiness. The true happiness you were seeking.
This is only an end to the betrayer's story--it is a new beginning for yours. A much happier chapter than the ones before it, where you know who your true friends are.
I do not know you that well, very little at all in fact, but my heart aches for what you have been through. I am sure you have many days of grief ahead, for betrayal such as this must render the heart into a million tiny pieces and cause a pit in the stomach that one could be so trusting and have someone so thoroughly lie about every aspect of themselves and be believed and loved for it.
But you should not lose hope and you should not lose hope. This is a tragic event and you should turn to your family and friends to help uplift you through these dark times. I cannot imagine how you are feeling right now, although I have been through my fair share of heartbreak, but look to the positive things about this misfortune: you were not married and there were no children which would have made things far worse. You were spared having to marry that terrible person and you still have a bright future ahead of you, even if you may not see it now. I do and I believe you will find happiness. The true happiness you were seeking.
This is only an end to the betrayer's story--it is a new beginning for yours. A much happier chapter than the ones before it, where you know who your true friends are.
Written By Sabella
June 16, 2018, 9:58 a.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Last night's family dinner was very successful, I think! We not only had a good crowd, but everyone ate and drank their fill and shared happy stories of things that had recently happened to them and of accomplishments they had achieved that made us all proud! People shared what the were up to and there were offers of help and general merriment and it was just a wonderful night! Thank you to everyone that took the time out of your busy, busy schedules to attend! And off those of you that could not there is always next month!
I think it was a joyful evening that we all very much needed. I love my family!
I think it was a joyful evening that we all very much needed. I love my family!
Written By Thena
June 16, 2018, 9:32 a.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Quenia
It is best to just ignore Master Orathy Culler. He has made something of a hobby of shooting his mouth off to see what reactions he can provoke with his ignorance and cruelty, so to respond is merely to add fuel to his fire.
I do not know you, but I am sorry for what happened to you.
I do not know you, but I am sorry for what happened to you.
Written By River
June 16, 2018, 8:40 a.m.(1/9/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Lyiana
All I can say is she has a temper and I walked into a storm I'm not sure I want to even begin to try and navigate. There was no way to salvage that. I think Dame Alexis and I should maybe just depart for quieter conversations next time.
Written By River
June 16, 2018, 8:38 a.m.(1/9/1009 AR)
So often these days I find myself watching, watching others and their successes, their failures, there struggles and their times of peace. and I wonder, is it because I am a person who sits apart, , or is it because I just feel so little or know so little that I cannot attach. I have no family. I have no home, and yet I am in a new place and doing my best.
Do I feel sorry for myself? I am not sure, but...I miss it, the closeness brought together by blood, and tradition. True family. And so I'll keep watching and living from the outside. I'll continue to study the smiles of others. Even if desperately I'm praying every night that there is peace, and a home a resting place for me. Even now the scribe who takes these words down, shakes his head, and sees the pity I heap into the pages. So, I will leave it be for the moment. Before I do, I miss you Mother...I miss you. I wish you still were alive, and still could pass down wisdom, and every morning, noon, and night, I still remember you.
Do I feel sorry for myself? I am not sure, but...I miss it, the closeness brought together by blood, and tradition. True family. And so I'll keep watching and living from the outside. I'll continue to study the smiles of others. Even if desperately I'm praying every night that there is peace, and a home a resting place for me. Even now the scribe who takes these words down, shakes his head, and sees the pity I heap into the pages. So, I will leave it be for the moment. Before I do, I miss you Mother...I miss you. I wish you still were alive, and still could pass down wisdom, and every morning, noon, and night, I still remember you.
Written By Quenia
June 16, 2018, 8:15 a.m.(1/9/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
I poured my heart and soul out to you over the period of our courtship. Told you that I'd been betrayed in the past by those I was seeking to potentially marry. Gave you my innermost secrets as a matter of trust that you would one day support me as my husband, and welcomed you into my family with open arms. I would have been happy to have you as my husband. But, then you committed the one sin that I told you I was afraid of most. Being betrayed.
I did not believe it, when they came to tell me that you were suspected as a traitor, and suggested that I should postpone the wedding. I railed against them. Told them that they had to be wrong. Wondered at why they waited so long to ask me to wait, until two weeks before our wedding. I was furious, to say the least. They asked for time, and I gave it to them. They kept me informed, and each time they came back to me, it was with more and more irrefutable evidence. It broke me, but I could not appear broken for the world. To look weak. I could not tip you off, in case it proved to be true. Oh, how I hoped that it wasn't. But, in the end -- it was.
It hurts more than you can ever imagine, when you said that you would never do anything to hurt me.
I did not believe it, when they came to tell me that you were suspected as a traitor, and suggested that I should postpone the wedding. I railed against them. Told them that they had to be wrong. Wondered at why they waited so long to ask me to wait, until two weeks before our wedding. I was furious, to say the least. They asked for time, and I gave it to them. They kept me informed, and each time they came back to me, it was with more and more irrefutable evidence. It broke me, but I could not appear broken for the world. To look weak. I could not tip you off, in case it proved to be true. Oh, how I hoped that it wasn't. But, in the end -- it was.
It hurts more than you can ever imagine, when you said that you would never do anything to hurt me.
Written By Quenia
June 16, 2018, 8:05 a.m.(1/9/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
Do you wish to say that to my face? The person who was to be his intended bride and was going to take this traitor into her household, and make him her Marquis? Trust him with family and a future with children?
I know far more about what happened in that investigation than you do. Far more than any future wife would ever want to see. I wanted nothing more than for the man who calls himself Aurelian to be innocent. He wasn't.
So, please, do not talk about those things you know nothing about. You only show how ignorant you are. And, how cruel.
I know far more about what happened in that investigation than you do. Far more than any future wife would ever want to see. I wanted nothing more than for the man who calls himself Aurelian to be innocent. He wasn't.
So, please, do not talk about those things you know nothing about. You only show how ignorant you are. And, how cruel.
Written By Thorley
June 16, 2018, 7:51 a.m.(1/9/1009 AR)
I spent last evening in the company of two friends getting reacquainted again. I say two friends - one of them is the woman I love, the other a knight I admire. The talk continues of the best way to deal with the issue that has been placed in my hands.
I should speak to Duke Ryhalt, perhaps somewhere in our maps, there is one old enough. Also with one of the Archlectors. Or find a scholar that is versed in cartography of the ancient times. And perhaps with Prince Ainsley - I have seen him mention time and again that he is the chosen champion of Gloria. Perhaps he can give me some insight to this as well.
There has to be an answer to what is being shown to me. But the choice to follow that path must be done with care.
I promise you that much, Violet.
I should speak to Duke Ryhalt, perhaps somewhere in our maps, there is one old enough. Also with one of the Archlectors. Or find a scholar that is versed in cartography of the ancient times. And perhaps with Prince Ainsley - I have seen him mention time and again that he is the chosen champion of Gloria. Perhaps he can give me some insight to this as well.
There has to be an answer to what is being shown to me. But the choice to follow that path must be done with care.
I promise you that much, Violet.
Written By Carita
June 16, 2018, 7:22 a.m.(1/9/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Elara
...Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night...
... and another soft star is added to the sky. I didn't know Lady Elara Kennex well, but the acts of kind selflessness that caused her death creates an ache in my stomach for the loss of her. My heart goes out to her family and friends, those that knew her love first hand, for the loss must be great.
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night...
... and another soft star is added to the sky. I didn't know Lady Elara Kennex well, but the acts of kind selflessness that caused her death creates an ache in my stomach for the loss of her. My heart goes out to her family and friends, those that knew her love first hand, for the loss must be great.
Written By Carita
June 16, 2018, 6:44 a.m.(1/9/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
To mention His Highness, Prince Victus as being a stoic man is like mentioning the sky is blue, or that the grass is green, that water is wet, but it warms my heart to watch him with his little girl. On the boat, her little hand in his as they walk together, there is real love that may not normally be seen so readily. I should like to think, had I known my father well, and when something brought tears to my eyes, he too would have knelt down and gently put his hands on my shoulders, and should I continue to cry, pull me close and tell me to stop fucking crying. Alright? Alright.
Written By Ann
June 16, 2018, 5:17 a.m.(1/9/1009 AR)
[Forwarded from Stormwall]
It is colder than the underside of a penguins ballsack here and this kid still aint here. Just days to go. So close... And let me tell you trveling by elk pulled sleigh dressed in red is an interesting way to go.
I have enjoyed seeing the progress on the city, indeed it is a much different city than before. It is stone now, rather than wood and hardly recognizable from the pile of ash I was married on just months ago.
I love this place. Even under 6 feet of snow.
It is colder than the underside of a penguins ballsack here and this kid still aint here. Just days to go. So close... And let me tell you trveling by elk pulled sleigh dressed in red is an interesting way to go.
I have enjoyed seeing the progress on the city, indeed it is a much different city than before. It is stone now, rather than wood and hardly recognizable from the pile of ash I was married on just months ago.
I love this place. Even under 6 feet of snow.
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