Written By Saoirse
May 9, 2018, 12:43 a.m.(9/16/1008 AR)
I have been made an Advocate of the Salon. I've been told that this means I can sign new members to the organization, but you have to best me in a debate first.
Written By Esoka
May 9, 2018, 12:32 a.m.(9/16/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Calaudrin
I don't really know that much about being married, even though I am now. I haven't been for very long, and I'm a commoner besides, so no treaties or alliances are in the balance over it. I will say, though, that marriage wasn't something I entered into lightly. I was lovers with this man for near two years and I expect, if being in love was all we'd wanted, we'd have kept on like that. We wanted vows before the gods, though, and to honor our commitments to each other in a way that'd make Limerance proud. We wanted to be eachother's family, eachother's tribe, through the good times and the terrible ones. And I'll say, I wed with no intention of ever breaking that oath, even if it is a simpler matter for a commoner. If Calaudrin Estardes and also Greenblood ever tires of me, that'll just be too bad, because we've decided to stick with each other. Even on the hard days, I'd have it no other way.
One thing I'll say about marriage. I thought I knew this man as well as I could know anyone. And I loved him, which isn't a luxury some get when they join another. But every time I think I've figured him out entirely, he does something to surprise me. Like, when he's out on an expedition that comes upon an orphanned girl, scavenging for food. And he takes her in and sees to it that she has a good meal and a place to sleep. I pray we can find what might remain of her tribe and kin, but she's safe and warm now because of this man. And I love him even more than I did yesterday, in a way I never expected. So I'll keep this marriage thing and thank Limerance for all the large and small blessings it brings to my life.
One thing I'll say about marriage. I thought I knew this man as well as I could know anyone. And I loved him, which isn't a luxury some get when they join another. But every time I think I've figured him out entirely, he does something to surprise me. Like, when he's out on an expedition that comes upon an orphanned girl, scavenging for food. And he takes her in and sees to it that she has a good meal and a place to sleep. I pray we can find what might remain of her tribe and kin, but she's safe and warm now because of this man. And I love him even more than I did yesterday, in a way I never expected. So I'll keep this marriage thing and thank Limerance for all the large and small blessings it brings to my life.
Written By Lucita
May 9, 2018, 12:26 a.m.(9/16/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Lethe
Such a generous friend, volunteering to go to Saikland with me when time to have this child or children in a month or so. The recent news of Mistress Sameera's death during childbirth and that of her twins builds my apprehension as does the memory of how my twin and I had to be cut from our mother's belly. I'm glad you are skilled at reassuring me.
Written By Niklas
May 8, 2018, 10:44 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Have you heard the Legend of Niklas Kennex?
In one day he:
Won a barroom brawl*
Solved a murder**
Resolved a diplomatic crisis***
Tilted with the king****
Completed the King's Own stair climb challenge*****
Could he be the most incredible man in the Compact? HE MAY BE!
*Every word of this is a very generous use of that word, especially brawl and ESPECIALLY won
**Third place in the investigation challenge
***First place in the diplomacy challenge
****Third in the joust challenge, only three people competed, spent most of his time looking up at his horse from the ground
*****This is accurate, may have cried
In one day he:
Won a barroom brawl*
Solved a murder**
Resolved a diplomatic crisis***
Tilted with the king****
Completed the King's Own stair climb challenge*****
Could he be the most incredible man in the Compact? HE MAY BE!
*Every word of this is a very generous use of that word, especially brawl and ESPECIALLY won
**Third place in the investigation challenge
***First place in the diplomacy challenge
****Third in the joust challenge, only three people competed, spent most of his time looking up at his horse from the ground
*****This is accurate, may have cried
Written By Aric
May 8, 2018, 10:36 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
I hope to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming like the passengers in his wagon.
Written By Kael
May 8, 2018, 9:42 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Really, House Keaton does not have any special wait list for acquiring a 'monstrously' sized hound. The largest that we have are of the Aegis line of our Oakhaven bloodhounds. Not even a little extra silver will get you on the secret list, for this secret list does not exist.
Written By Itzal
May 8, 2018, 9:06 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Probably never written, but performed by Itzal Culler somewhere, at some point. One thing's for certain, the man was drunk. Very, very drunk.
I know of a tavern not far from here
Where you can get some mighty fine beer
The company's true and the lasses are pretty
It's the greatest damn place in the whole of the city
If you're looking for crewmates, you'll sure find 'em there
Cutthroats and lowlifes and worse I should dare
Ol' Mae don't care who comes to her inn
It's a den of debauchery violence and sin
So come take a drink and drown your sorrows
And all of our fears will be gone till tomorrow
We'll have no regrets and live for the day
In Mae's Murder of Crows
If you're looking to go on a glorious quest
There's a man there who knows of an old treasure chest
For some pieces of eithe an a tankard of ale
He'll show you the map and tell you it's tale
And then there's Mae, the lovely barmaiden
She may be old but her beauty ain't fading
Ol' Mae don't care who comes to her inn
It's a den of debauchery violence and sin
So come take a drink and drown your sorrows
And all of our fears will be gone till tomorrow
We'll have no regrets and live for the day
In Mae's Murder of Crows
((Original song by Alestorm - Nancy the Tavern Wench. There's only so much effort I'll put in a joke song!))
I know of a tavern not far from here
Where you can get some mighty fine beer
The company's true and the lasses are pretty
It's the greatest damn place in the whole of the city
If you're looking for crewmates, you'll sure find 'em there
Cutthroats and lowlifes and worse I should dare
Ol' Mae don't care who comes to her inn
It's a den of debauchery violence and sin
So come take a drink and drown your sorrows
And all of our fears will be gone till tomorrow
We'll have no regrets and live for the day
In Mae's Murder of Crows
If you're looking to go on a glorious quest
There's a man there who knows of an old treasure chest
For some pieces of eithe an a tankard of ale
He'll show you the map and tell you it's tale
And then there's Mae, the lovely barmaiden
She may be old but her beauty ain't fading
Ol' Mae don't care who comes to her inn
It's a den of debauchery violence and sin
So come take a drink and drown your sorrows
And all of our fears will be gone till tomorrow
We'll have no regrets and live for the day
In Mae's Murder of Crows
((Original song by Alestorm - Nancy the Tavern Wench. There's only so much effort I'll put in a joke song!))
Written By Itzal
May 8, 2018, 8:58 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Mae
Oh good, she's feeling better!
False alarm, believe Mae, she speaks the truth!
And I'm happy just fine with my music, thank you. No need to worry on my account!
False alarm, believe Mae, she speaks the truth!
And I'm happy just fine with my music, thank you. No need to worry on my account!
Written By Karadoc
May 8, 2018, 8:10 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
I am not busy. I am not busy at all. I am the laziest ambitious person that I know. On the best and most ordinary days of my life I tend to paperwork for four or five hours, run the occasional errand, visit the closest inn to drink my way through a bottle or so of wine or brandy and then -- and then -- people watch the rest of the day long. This seems, to me, a very pleasant pace for a day.
Reading through some of these entries makes me wonder if my fellow nobles ever give themselves a break at all.
Reading through some of these entries makes me wonder if my fellow nobles ever give themselves a break at all.
Written By Mae
May 8, 2018, 8:01 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Itzal
I want to make it as clear as I can here in the whites. My brother, Itzal Culler, has had very, very, very few romantic partners. It's my understanding he's had but two kisses in his entire life (admittedly, at least one of those must have been incredible, worth a million or three). My constant attempts to find him a date are not because he has an overabundance of "close friends", but quite the opposite. I just want my little brother to find a man or woman that makes him happy!
Written By Joscelin
May 8, 2018, 8 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eirene
There's a song about you? I must know it. The one penned by Lord Niklas is being sung by one of my assistants and it's catchy as balls and I wouldn't mind having another for an apprentice to sing to mix things up.
Written By Percephon
May 8, 2018, 7:53 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
I get ill. Often. Chronically, if the reader is curious. I have dealt with pangs of compassion, piteous looks, undisguised horror and the occasional dispassionate stare when I admit this. The usual emotions that healthy people will express in the face of constant sickness all seems like natural responses to this consistent awfulness - as being unwell is usually treated as a categorically negative experience. Health is linked to agency, efficiency, capability, possibility and freedom. Illness, by contrast, comes with restraint, loss, restriction, and fragility.
But, is there something valuable about sickness?
But, is there something valuable about sickness?
Written By Joscelin
May 8, 2018, 7:40 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Ida, if you don't stop making me blush reading your Whites, I'm going to propose to you and be done with it.
Written By Shae
May 8, 2018, 7:37 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Who said we were without humor? I laugh at myself all the time. Did I miss something?
Written By Joscelin
May 8, 2018, 7:35 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
I've only just learned of Sameera's death.
I'm ...
I don't know what to think. My strange girl, one of my best students. Particular, so very particular. I understood you more than I think I understood myself, at least in the workroom. You taught me as much as I taught you.
We take it for granted that the people in your life will always be there. Stop doing that. Speak up. Write the letter. Visit.
I'm ...
I don't know what to think. My strange girl, one of my best students. Particular, so very particular. I understood you more than I think I understood myself, at least in the workroom. You taught me as much as I taught you.
We take it for granted that the people in your life will always be there. Stop doing that. Speak up. Write the letter. Visit.
Written By Niklas
May 8, 2018, 6:39 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
I'm not interested in commenting on any incidents that may or may not have taken place at the Ambassador Salon and may or may not have required intervention from the guard.
Written By Itzal
May 8, 2018, 6:38 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Thena
I knew I could count on you as a bastion of truth and honesty in regards to my character.
Written By Thena
May 8, 2018, 6:32 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Itzal
Has that come up? I’ve certainly never heard of it.
Written By Itzal
May 8, 2018, 6:08 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Since it has come up, allow me to clarify.
No, I'm not a womanizer with an endless list of current lovers. These are but jealous lies propagated by those who would see song and music die so that their pathetic vanity might be appeased. They, to put it plainly, hate Jayus.
If Mae tries to support their vile insinuations, know that she fell down a couple of flights of stairs recently. On her head. Every single step. It's confused the poor dear some, and as such she should be forgiven.
No, I'm not a womanizer with an endless list of current lovers. These are but jealous lies propagated by those who would see song and music die so that their pathetic vanity might be appeased. They, to put it plainly, hate Jayus.
If Mae tries to support their vile insinuations, know that she fell down a couple of flights of stairs recently. On her head. Every single step. It's confused the poor dear some, and as such she should be forgiven.
Written By Jonathan
May 8, 2018, 6 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
In my defense, I just got married a few hours ago, and it was a....sudden thing. Something I am absolutely delighted about, but sudden.
I adore my family, and hope they forgive this sudden change. I hope that my lovely new wife does not kick me too often when she has to deal with me.
There will be a celebration soon to make up for it!
I adore my family, and hope they forgive this sudden change. I hope that my lovely new wife does not kick me too often when she has to deal with me.
There will be a celebration soon to make up for it!
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