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Written By Frederik

June 25, 2017, 4:43 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)

Relationship Note on Arn

Frederik and Lord Telmar have been fighting shavs together since they were very young. Though Arn does have half a decade on Frederik, the two men have seen a lot together. Frederik deals with the Duke's crass nature with a patience that seems limitless, and speaks to him with a familiarty that makes me cringe, for if it were most other men, I fear their ears would be boxed.

Written By Frederik

June 25, 2017, 4:40 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)

Relationship Note on Edain

Frederik saw Prince Edain as a naive idealist at one point, but recent conversations regarding further plans has changed his mind. Frederik's unsure whether he's pleased the prince has started seeing things the way a realist had, or ashamed that the prince couldn't be protected from such things. Either way, my lord is loyal to His Highness. Like a dog, he'd say.

Written By Arn

June 25, 2017, 4:28 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)

Relationship Note on Korka

Korka Glynn. From a good and loyal family, she and her brother are as good and loyal as the rest of the Glynns. She scouts, he investigates. She's more troublesome, though. Likes pushing things. It's a good thing for her that she's good at what she does else she find out what happens when I push back.

Written By Arn

June 25, 2017, 4:27 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)

Relationship Note on Gaston

Blackram, obviously. Kid's a giant, though not so giant as his brother. If he's anything like the rest of them - which he is cause all of them Blackrams are the same - then he'll probably play a role the next time the armies of the Telmarch go to battle. Good to have someone a foot taller than me distract the enemy while I cave their heads in from the flank.

Written By Arn

June 25, 2017, 4:25 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)

Relationship Note on Frederik

Count Frederik Steelheart, vassal of Wyrmguard. He's a stodgy old dog, maybe more dour than I am. Still, loyal and reliable and as distrustful of the shavs as me. Had a bit of a family dust up not that long ago, ended with his son and nephew dead along with his wife. Probably why he's so damned depressing. But old men like us are few and far between and we've fought battles together which makes him trustworthy. You know enough about a man if you're killing shoulder to shoulder with him. More than you would by talking.

Written By Reigna

June 25, 2017, 4:04 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)

I start the day today, as I have for the last five days, as Lady Reigna Keaton.

I beg my lord's forgiveness for my frequent lapses, but I am getting better at remembering.

Arx is everything I dreamed it might be. And while I come here as a lady married and not at the godsworn devoted to Vellichor as I had previously intended, still... this place fills me with a sense of purpose, of potential. The archives alone are a dream come true, the wealth of knowledge is incredible. I have spent most of these last days soaking it in. I wonder if I will ever get used to the sight of those bookcases, ever tire of the scent of parchment.

Either way, my path has been set, taking me to Arx, and I am here and I have a new name.

I will do everything I can, employ all my knowledge to assist House Keaton in its endeavors.

Written By Carita

June 25, 2017, 3:07 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)

A fragment of a dream:

Beneath a waning moon, a still and glassy sea. Sky-blue eyes filled with common sand. Seaweed tangled in wet hair. The sluggish pull of the ebb-tide was still a draw, clarion clear. The breeze was soft, salted, and it tasted like the ice of the Mourning Isles. The wind made no ripple across the water. No footsteps marked the sand where I walked and walked in no direction.

Written By Katarina

June 25, 2017, 2:46 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)

Relationship Note on Caelis

Lady Admiral Caelis Malvici is an amazing woman who I have become quite fond of these past several months. With the love of the sea deeply embedded within her as it is myself, and a willingness to change the world around us by sheer force of will, compassion and charm, I cannot help but wonder if she and I were sisters in a past life. We were able to share what was on our hearts as I am preparing for my wedding later this evening, and I am left all the more enamored with her.

Here is to hoping that our fates remain forever entwined, and Mangata continues to lay her blessings upon us, Caelis. We will need them in the days to come, if we're to accomplish all we desire for our people.

Written By Kael

June 25, 2017, 2:42 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)

While I have only been in the Arx for a few short days, I have been made aware of no small amount of trouble and danger. While in another life this would have been of selfish concern alone it is no longer such a thing. I have found swiftly that the more that I am responsible for, the more each trouble encompasses my mind. What once would have been a molehill has now become a mountain.

Written By Malesh

June 25, 2017, 2:18 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)

My wife loves all things colorful, and that includes butterflies. We have them in Stonewood of course, but do I know enough to assist in designing a habitat for them? Give me a trade deal to negotiate or a squabble to sort out, and take these butterflies!

Written By Nicia

June 25, 2017, 1:07 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)

I'm not very good at putting my thoughts down on paper, not that I do not spend plenty of time thinking them, but I've always felt that once they are written they become somewhat more real, more finite, more apt to focus the attention. When logic and reasoning, or circumstances and new knowledge means those thoughts have changed, or adapted...those words are still there. On paper.

Due to that, I'm not a very prolific writer.

I'm going to try and change that, I think. We shall see if I become better at such things in time. Less apt to want to scratch it all out so that an old thought isn't still glaring at me like some evil accusation of a changed mind.

Written By Petal

June 25, 2017, 12:05 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)

Dear Compact,

I am starting a second hand shop called the Second Strand. It is part of my main shop the Tangled Skein. It is not open for business quite yet. I am looking to purchase clothing, armor, weapons, books and other items that have been gently used and are still in good condition. These items will then be resold.

If interested please send me a message or come by my shop so I can see your items and quote a price. I am looking for items that are worthy of being resold only. If you know the crafter who made your item, I would love their name so they can be credited with their work and so I can let the new owner know. This is a great way to reuse items no longer desired.

I will not take items made by crafters that are currently in business, unless I have their express permission to accept a certain item and I will only ask if I think the item is unique. I am looking for either unique items, items made by crafters who are no longer in town, no longer living or no longer working as a crafter.

Thanks, Petal

Written By Thena

June 25, 2017, 11:54 a.m.(9/21/1006 AR)

Barely two weeks in the Faith and already my path is going places I have not anticipated. Places that apparently require me to be charming and poised and diplomatic.
I know some of you reading this are laughing.

"We are travelers on roads without end." That suits, though. That definitely suits.

Written By Juliana

June 25, 2017, 11:41 a.m.(9/20/1006 AR)

Relationship Note on Antonio

I thought you were to be my rock and then you become the tempest itself!

I have been spun into the sweetest chaos. It is a rare and lovely thing to be this surprised by such a lovely thing.

Written By Reigna

June 25, 2017, 11:28 a.m.(9/20/1006 AR)

Relationship Note on Kael

Today I learned that an alcohol's potency is quite likely in direct and inverse proportion to the amount that they give to you as a serving. This is something I shall keep in mind for the future most assuredly.

My lord Keaton has been sweetening my mead with additional honey to assist me in my goals towards someday developing a palette for wine.

He is an exceptionally observant man. Unsurprising, I suppose, should one consider his family.

I -- I shall have to keep further observances to myself.

Written By Magpie

June 25, 2017, 9:21 a.m.(9/20/1006 AR)

Relationship Note on Jhond

Meeting you was both awkward, yet delightfully pleasant... Much like a hand job from a stranger. You don't know how it's going to go in the beginning, but once you put it out there you realize it's just a great experience.

Written By Ysbail

June 25, 2017, 8:31 a.m.(9/20/1006 AR)

With any luck, there will be big, beautiful, fluffy kittens in a few months... I only hope Lilybelle approves. That reminds me, I really should check on Prince Dominic's sutures.. poor man was rather out of it when he got all those instructions.

Written By Arianna

June 25, 2017, 7:53 a.m.(9/20/1006 AR)

It's been some time Vellichor. This week has been interesting for sure, getting to know lots of new faces and making new friends. My lovely princeling, whom chafes at that word mind you, introduced me to the most lovely Duchess. So beautiful, kindly and sweet she was. Most certainly I will have to grace her courts more often. My sweet sun and stars has been a delightful companion throughout these long days, and even longer nights. When I am old, and look back on my life. It will be the fond moments like these that will bolster my spirit. I thank the Gods for their many blessings upon me, and I have prayed that they do so for the many others in Arx. My House remains a home and not the sanctum it should be, of course I have been tending to that as well. Stirring up the fires of solidarity among my clan, and dusting off the old tomes where our family histories have been penned. It is my hope to discover a great deal about our House, the secrets that have been lost to time. To read the stories of my family's trials and tribulations. Knowledge is the most powerful tool in my arsenal, and with it. I will move the very heavens and earth to leave my mark - or at the very least find some interesting shit my family had been up to.

Written By Mirari

June 25, 2017, 4:01 a.m.(9/20/1006 AR)

Relationship Note on Ilvin

A dangerous man. He'll have you opening up to him with thos warm whiskey eyes. Have you telling things you'd tell no one else. Things you didn't even realize you needed to say. Dangerous, kind man, Blessed Ilvin.

Written By Abbas

June 25, 2017, 2:39 a.m.(9/20/1006 AR)

Three Things:

1) No, I am not becoming Godsworn. I will be swearing an oath to not carry through with some of the actions of my past that I now regret. And I will be taking further action to make amends with the Faith.

2) If I wanted to wreak havoc in Arx I would taint paper with disease. I would make sure your journal entries from now until the future are done in trusted sources. One could wipe out much of Arx through the liability of our journal addiction. The recent blank pages made me consider this.

3) No I didn't poison or have anything to do with it.

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