Written By Tove
March 19, 2022, 9:12 p.m.(4/23/1017 AR)
I'm still finding the return to Arx somewhat new to me even though I have been in this city before. Just being home in the North for a little while let me resettle myself. I was watching this Gauntlet run they were having which kinsman Kritr participated in and the words just came to me "Endure and excel!" I quite think this should become our house motto but I don't know how to approach voicing such a thing. I am, after all, one of the quieter and more gentle of the Clearlakes.
Written By Ailys
March 19, 2022, 8:20 p.m.(4/23/1017 AR)
Relationship Note on Terese
Princess Terese's event on knighthood was inspiring and educational. Some of the stories were quite astonishing.
Written By Emma
March 19, 2022, 4:54 p.m.(4/22/1017 AR)
I've returned to Arx.
Putting down four simple words take more energy than I think they should. Even this many years past the Tragedy my heart yearns to return me to Sanctum and cries out anytime I spend too long abroad. But duty has tamed a fiery heart before and my wounds will be no different.
Putting down four simple words take more energy than I think they should. Even this many years past the Tragedy my heart yearns to return me to Sanctum and cries out anytime I spend too long abroad. But duty has tamed a fiery heart before and my wounds will be no different.
Written By Alis
March 19, 2022, 3:42 p.m.(4/22/1017 AR)
Note to self: Buy all of the pine needle tea I can get my hands on, to save for the day that Edain returns home.
Written By Mabelle
March 19, 2022, 1:21 p.m.(4/22/1017 AR)
Goodness, I'd never known bidding can be such an invigorating practice.
I must praise Princess Renata for the outstanding sum of donations collected!
I must praise Princess Renata for the outstanding sum of donations collected!
Written By Renata
March 19, 2022, 1:10 p.m.(4/22/1017 AR)
The Auction of Unique Experiences Benefit was an absolute success! The amount of generosity and support for this cause was overwhelming to say the least. My heart bursting at the seams from kindness alone. There is really nothing we can't accomplish when coming together, a united front to help those less fortunate then ourselves in the Lowers. All in all, we managed to raise 14,585,000 silver for the Commoner's Council!
Thank you soooo much to everyone that helped, donated their time, supported me in my cause, and generously bid their money. I couldn't have done it without you.
Now comes the long list of missives being sent out to the winners and donators.
Very much worth it!
Thank you soooo much to everyone that helped, donated their time, supported me in my cause, and generously bid their money. I couldn't have done it without you.
Now comes the long list of missives being sent out to the winners and donators.
Very much worth it!
Written By Amari
March 19, 2022, 11:06 a.m.(4/22/1017 AR)
I am now painfully aware that full plate does not make you impervious to harm. I've redoubled my training in an effort to avoid being struck when at all possible. No more wading straight into battle expecting my armor to deflect hits alone and leaving myself open to strikes that ought to be blocked, parried or stepped back from. Maybe were I six and a half feet tall and weighed three hundred pounds or Kedehern, I could fight that way, but I most assuredly am not, and will never be.
The defeats I've survived have been extremely instructive, which is the best thing to say about them. It's good to know one's limits and how to improve. As excellent as Uncle Norwood's instruction was, practice and theory can't prepare one for every possible scenario. Especially the singularly strange and dangerous ones I keep finding myself in.
It's sad to be hanging up my old rubicund plate, but I'll find something better suited and less... that. I've grown out of it, like I have many things of late.
The defeats I've survived have been extremely instructive, which is the best thing to say about them. It's good to know one's limits and how to improve. As excellent as Uncle Norwood's instruction was, practice and theory can't prepare one for every possible scenario. Especially the singularly strange and dangerous ones I keep finding myself in.
It's sad to be hanging up my old rubicund plate, but I'll find something better suited and less... that. I've grown out of it, like I have many things of late.
Written By Mailys
March 19, 2022, 11:03 a.m.(4/22/1017 AR)
Princess Tikva Grayson slices easily to a point. A delight to read this morning. Thank you for putting it in my digest, scholar.
Written By Tamsin
March 19, 2022, 6:57 a.m.(4/22/1017 AR)
I've been blessed this past fortnight with many volunteers coming forward to be sketched. My sketchbook is nearly full and I've had to buy another. It's odd seeing images that are caught in the middle of their story, when for so long I've focused on the start and end.
Written By Corrigan
March 19, 2022, 6:09 a.m.(4/22/1017 AR)
Relationship Note on Desiree
And now we have the greatest deflection of a proposal in history. Short of a violent one.
Written By Piccola
March 18, 2022, 7:39 p.m.(4/21/1017 AR)
Of the noble acts I know, none seems more noble to me than those who have nothing dedicating their lives to one another with nothing to gain but everything to lose.
Written By Desiree
March 18, 2022, 7:26 p.m.(4/21/1017 AR)
All of this talk of love has triggered me with flashbacks to the first time ever a nobleman professed his undying love for me. I remember the day as clearly as it were yesterday. My parents wished for a political alliance with their family, an old noble house of excellent standing from the Crownlands. They came to stay with us in Blancbier for what seemed like an extended period of time and they were certainly there to discuss a potential marriage between Dominique or possibly Damon (It was definitely -not- for me).
They were a lovely family and I quite enjoyed making their acquaintances, but one evening, out of no where, I was approached by one of the young noblemen. He decided it would be prudent to proclaim in front of our siblings, cousins, and peers, that he has found himself completely and utterly taken by me during the time of their stay that he had fallen irrevocably in love with me.
My reply?
"What is love?"
To which he said - "What is love? Lady, thou wounds my heart!"
They were a lovely family and I quite enjoyed making their acquaintances, but one evening, out of no where, I was approached by one of the young noblemen. He decided it would be prudent to proclaim in front of our siblings, cousins, and peers, that he has found himself completely and utterly taken by me during the time of their stay that he had fallen irrevocably in love with me.
My reply?
"What is love?"
To which he said - "What is love? Lady, thou wounds my heart!"
Written By Katarina
March 18, 2022, 6:24 p.m.(4/21/1017 AR)
I must confess something that has weighed on my mind for years, since my earliest days adopted as a Princess of House Valardin.
I do not believe that Prince Edain truly enjoyed pine-needle tea as much as he claimed.
I believe he was only so enthusiastic about it because it so flummoxed our sister Princess Alis.
May the gods forgive me for not voicing this suspicion while our brother was here to confirm or deny it.
I do not believe that Prince Edain truly enjoyed pine-needle tea as much as he claimed.
I believe he was only so enthusiastic about it because it so flummoxed our sister Princess Alis.
May the gods forgive me for not voicing this suspicion while our brother was here to confirm or deny it.
Written By Tikva
March 18, 2022, 5:34 p.m.(4/20/1017 AR)
Write about your love match when you have been married a few years and you will find others have less judgment of it. No one cares if you love each other after a decade. You grow in the light of Lagoma and walk the path of Limerance.
The proof is in the pudding. The marriage pudding.
The proof is in the pudding. The marriage pudding.
Written By Aconite
March 18, 2022, 12:28 p.m.(4/20/1017 AR)
As it is a popular topic.
Not all who recognize beauty do so with lust. Nor does a compliment towards one person diminish your admiration for another.
Not all who love do so romantically or physically.
Love can be boundless and without condition. Duty is also a form of love, for an oath, a people or a place.
One can also love something and not like what its doing.
Not all who recognize beauty do so with lust. Nor does a compliment towards one person diminish your admiration for another.
Not all who love do so romantically or physically.
Love can be boundless and without condition. Duty is also a form of love, for an oath, a people or a place.
One can also love something and not like what its doing.
Written By Renata
March 18, 2022, 12:10 p.m.(4/20/1017 AR)
I am overwhelmed with the amount of support I've had over the last week for the Benefit Auction Princess Keely and I are hosting. It is truly a marvel and a blessing for how we /all/ can come together to raise funds to help others. All of my thanks goes out to those that offered their time and craft in making this all possible with the unique experiences they've provided.
Written By Cristoph
March 17, 2022, 10:58 p.m.(4/19/1017 AR)
Relationship Note on Alantir
You're going to at least have to take me out to dinner first before you can ask those kinds of questions. Honestly, nobility these days.
Written By Caspian
March 17, 2022, 10:50 p.m.(4/19/1017 AR)
I have come to realize that for someone who loves to explore and get out of the city as much as i do.. i spend far to much time walking. Riding and sailing..how have i never bothered to learn how to do these things properly?! Well, im going to see about fixing that. Small goals though right? lets start with not crashing the rowboat in the pond, and not falling off my horse when its standing still..
Written By Alantir
March 17, 2022, 9:40 p.m.(4/19/1017 AR)
Relationship Note on Cristoph
I have been meaning to delve deeper into the personal life of Duke Cristoph Laurent. I am certain he craves the limelight and cares little for the intrinsic value of relative privacy.
Written By Giada
March 17, 2022, 6:14 p.m.(4/19/1017 AR)
Relationship Note on Caprice
High praise goes to Disciples of Jayus, Caprice Artiglio. She spent an ungodly amount of time producing the Uncommon Prayerbooks that we now have at the Shrine. For the first time in years, the Faithful can read the prayers for themselves.
And I'm very proud of our yellow basket. It stays.
And I'm very proud of our yellow basket. It stays.
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