Written By Katarina
May 14, 2017, 9:22 p.m.(6/18/1006 AR)
Everything turned out far better than I thought it would. Duchess Belladonna was a fabulous co-host, and I'm grateful Marian and Sasha were there to help me out when things became a little too overwhelming.
Written By Eirlys
May 14, 2017, 9:14 p.m.(6/18/1006 AR)
So it turns out that Valardin weddings are very.. pious. VERY PIOUS. Though I guess the real action was on the way home when we got attacked by mutants. Really I feel Lord Darren best summed up everything. I just wish that I hadn't felt so sick to my stomach afterwards. I have seen a great deal of things. That still managed to surprise me!
Written By Leta
May 14, 2017, 8:59 p.m.(6/18/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Niccolo
Archduke Niccolo Velenosa has made me a knight of Lenosia. It is a great honor. I will have to trust his Grace's judgment though, as I never thought I was much suited for knighthood. I never used to give such things much thought before. I can fight, and I can even sit on a horse and not fall down, and I suppose I've done some deeds, though I never did think of them that way. But his Grace seems to think I can do it, so I suppose I must.
His Grace says I've got to learn about Lycene history and such things, which seems a bit scholarly, but maybe that is part of knighthood in Lycene parts. I shall try not to embarrass his Grace or his House or anyone else, though 've not had much learning in knightly matters. I don't even know if a knight gets paid for knighting or if it's more rewards for such deeds as rescuing princes and whatnot.
His Grace says I've got to learn about Lycene history and such things, which seems a bit scholarly, but maybe that is part of knighthood in Lycene parts. I shall try not to embarrass his Grace or his House or anyone else, though 've not had much learning in knightly matters. I don't even know if a knight gets paid for knighting or if it's more rewards for such deeds as rescuing princes and whatnot.
Written By Khanne
May 14, 2017, 8:54 p.m.(6/18/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Ysbail
She is young... she is energetic... she is a woman who reaches for goals so high that others would be daunted by... She is a healer who has stitched me three or four times for the same wound, and given me things to soothe my throat, all with patience and kindness, and only slight admonishing for doing too much while injured.... She is a shaman who holds a passion for the Spirits not unlike my own....
She has also quickly become one of my very best friends, whom I hope to have near me for a very long time. She adds a brightness to my day whenever we speak... she reminds me of how I used to be. Maybe knowing her will help me be more like I once was.
She has also quickly become one of my very best friends, whom I hope to have near me for a very long time. She adds a brightness to my day whenever we speak... she reminds me of how I used to be. Maybe knowing her will help me be more like I once was.
Written By Kima
May 14, 2017, 8:49 p.m.(6/18/1006 AR)
Duke Malvici has undertaken an audacious plan...but then again, so have I.
And to think, it is not even for our benefit. Tonight is a good night to mediate on the teachings of Gild.
And to think, it is not even for our benefit. Tonight is a good night to mediate on the teachings of Gild.
Written By Ysbail
May 14, 2017, 8:41 p.m.(6/18/1006 AR)
The amount of support I've garnered for the undertaking I am attempting has been surprising... and welcome! I have high hopes for a successful journey and am very much looking forward to seeing my father again!
Written By Jhond
May 14, 2017, 8:39 p.m.(6/18/1006 AR)
Threw my name in some hats. Will see if it gets drawn
Written By Cicero
May 14, 2017, 8:37 p.m.(6/18/1006 AR)
Luck can play a part
a fortuitous run in
A surprise deal made
a fortuitous run in
A surprise deal made
Written By Cicero
May 14, 2017, 8:33 p.m.(6/18/1006 AR)
Such tireless work,
Constant toil and planning.
Glorious respite
Constant toil and planning.
Glorious respite
Written By Anze
May 14, 2017, 8:29 p.m.(6/18/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Asger
I can't believe this man is a Duke. Its like the north lost a bet and now Asger is running things. He's great, I should send him a bottle of wine and see if he'd resort to drinking it....
Written By Anze
May 14, 2017, 8:28 p.m.(6/18/1006 AR)
While the victory of the forces of the compact is clearly a good thing, it does leave a bladeless warrior wondering perhaps what he can do to help now that the fighting seems to be over.
Written By Gisele
May 14, 2017, 8:09 p.m.(6/18/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Zhayla
Mistress Zhayla is someone who doesn't know her own worth, though I hope in the coming months, now that we can all take a collective breath and assess where we stand, she's able to see more of her true self and how important she is to so many. She's like the little strand of salt and sand and pebbles between the water and the land, where treasures hide if you're patient enough to walk there and risk the splash of the water, and the wind coming off the grassy dunes. Every time we meet, I find something new to cherish. She's a living piece of our history but more than that, she's rapidly becoming a piece of my own heart as a dear friend.
Written By Gisele
May 14, 2017, 8:05 p.m.(6/18/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Magpie
I was told I must meet Magpie because he was fun (and I am not very fun) and funny (I am most definitely not funny) and in love with his boat (I'd never set foot outside of Arx). These are all true. When one meets a person who has the qualities one lacks, it seems like a little gift from the world: here is what flourishes in others, and brings such light in ways that I don't, myself. He took me on his ship (I must remember not to call it a boat) The Magpie, and she was beautiful. The city was beautiful too, all lights and rippling colour on the water from a distance. My first time outside of Arx in my life and from that distance I couldn't even tell the scars the siege has left on the city. It was breathtaking. I might be a little in love with his boat (ship) too.
Written By Gisele
May 14, 2017, 8 p.m.(6/18/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Cassandra
Archlector Cassandra is exactly as one should imagine the representative of Gloria in Arvum: driven, determined, strong, and committed always to the tenets of honour. The face she turns to the world is the person so often recounted in our old tales of glory, of those heroes who set themselves between the vulnerable and the evils of this world. Beneath that is a person who is thoughtful, hopeful, and I think (if I may be so bold as to judge) tender too. It's that combination, the desire to do and the desire to protect, which makes her so suitable for her role.
The Faith and the people of Arx are well-served to have her as an Archlector.
The Faith and the people of Arx are well-served to have her as an Archlector.
Written By Zhayla
May 14, 2017, 7:36 p.m.(6/18/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Gisele
I met Gisele as much by chance as anything else, and found that we shared friends more and more, and I spent more and more time with her. We've stood together through some incredible things, and I wish I could have stood by her through some of the scary stuff she's gone through.
She invited me for tea -- tea! real tea! I brought biscuits! Or scones. I can't tell the difference. -- with just the two of us and we sat and talked about ... I don't know, everything. She gave me a book! A book of my own! I should show Percephon. He'd be so pleased I own a book now. It's bound in leather and it has silver on it and it looks so expensive that I almost wanted to ask how much she'd usually have sold it for, but I didn't want to drop it out of shock. I cleared away a whole section of shells on my shelf to make room for it.
She has a kindness to her that makes me think of the Marquessa, but Gisele gets just as flustered as I do -- which is honestly kind of reassuring when it feels like no one else in the city is ever fazed by anything. I'm glad I can count her as a friend.
She invited me for tea -- tea! real tea! I brought biscuits! Or scones. I can't tell the difference. -- with just the two of us and we sat and talked about ... I don't know, everything. She gave me a book! A book of my own! I should show Percephon. He'd be so pleased I own a book now. It's bound in leather and it has silver on it and it looks so expensive that I almost wanted to ask how much she'd usually have sold it for, but I didn't want to drop it out of shock. I cleared away a whole section of shells on my shelf to make room for it.
She has a kindness to her that makes me think of the Marquessa, but Gisele gets just as flustered as I do -- which is honestly kind of reassuring when it feels like no one else in the city is ever fazed by anything. I'm glad I can count her as a friend.
Written By Edain
May 14, 2017, 7:31 p.m.(6/18/1006 AR)
Sanctum. Home.
I have not returned home in a very long time. It is still the city that I love. Yet everywhere I look I see things that remind me of that night.
Then Guard-Captain Morgan found me and scolded me for almost 2 hours straight about my guard detail and not having enough of them and rarely taking them with me. I swear there is no one in all of Arvum with a more powerful, 'I am not upset, I am just disappointed' tone than that man.
It was strangely... very comforting.
I have not returned home in a very long time. It is still the city that I love. Yet everywhere I look I see things that remind me of that night.
Then Guard-Captain Morgan found me and scolded me for almost 2 hours straight about my guard detail and not having enough of them and rarely taking them with me. I swear there is no one in all of Arvum with a more powerful, 'I am not upset, I am just disappointed' tone than that man.
It was strangely... very comforting.
Written By Calypso
May 14, 2017, 7:26 p.m.(6/18/1006 AR)
I appreciate the sentiment that I have been hearing when meeting with friends and family lately. The siege is over, the Lady General has a chance to rest now! - But it is not so.
I will never rest. My work is far from over.
I will never rest. My work is far from over.
Written By Edain
May 14, 2017, 7:12 p.m.(6/18/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Alis
In Sanctum in the great cathedral, the birthplace of the Faith, and the home of people, and before the eyes of the Seraph of Sanctum, my sister was wed. My tactical-sized, rowdy, tomboy of a tormentor, stood there in brilliant white and she was the most lovely woman in all the Oathlands. We were both very young when our mother died, my own memories of her have been fading for a time now, and Alis was only an infant and has none.
But standing there in that hall, I thought of how my tactical-sized sister has become my most trusted general. I thought of how she has lead knights and warriors to bring a monster to heel, how she has begun to reform our light cavalry into a versatile company that can strike across terrains our heavy riders could not even dare attempt. She has stood her ground against Bringer's of Silence, she has shown her prodigy and continues to prove she is one the best tacticians in all of Arvum.
At first I thought maybe I saw my mother in her that day, but as she stood there, so proud, trying so hard (and not entirely succeeding) to maintain sober decorum as a smile kept creeping into her features. That day I realized that Princess Alis Valardin, Champion of the West is not merely carrying on our mother's legacy. She is forging her own entirely.
But standing there in that hall, I thought of how my tactical-sized sister has become my most trusted general. I thought of how she has lead knights and warriors to bring a monster to heel, how she has begun to reform our light cavalry into a versatile company that can strike across terrains our heavy riders could not even dare attempt. She has stood her ground against Bringer's of Silence, she has shown her prodigy and continues to prove she is one the best tacticians in all of Arvum.
At first I thought maybe I saw my mother in her that day, but as she stood there, so proud, trying so hard (and not entirely succeeding) to maintain sober decorum as a smile kept creeping into her features. That day I realized that Princess Alis Valardin, Champion of the West is not merely carrying on our mother's legacy. She is forging her own entirely.
Written By Edain
May 14, 2017, 7:01 p.m.(6/18/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Fiachra
When I announced that Prince Fiachra would be the Warden of the West he asked if I was getting back at him for the time he said something that made me spit my tea. Nothing could be further from the truth.
My new brother-in-law is a man who walks with a foot in two different worlds. Both culturally and spiritually. He understands that there is a great importance in understanding, and seeing things from both sides. The job I am asking of him is one that will require making constant judgement calls and often finding himself in a position where there is no best decision, only less bad ones. I think the very man that he is will give him the patience, perspective and wisdom to discharge the office of the Warden of the West with not just honor and justice, but compassion. He will need all three in equal measure, and I have faith he will serve the Oathlands with distinction.
Also it is, maybe just a little bit to get back at him for the time he made me spit my tea.
My new brother-in-law is a man who walks with a foot in two different worlds. Both culturally and spiritually. He understands that there is a great importance in understanding, and seeing things from both sides. The job I am asking of him is one that will require making constant judgement calls and often finding himself in a position where there is no best decision, only less bad ones. I think the very man that he is will give him the patience, perspective and wisdom to discharge the office of the Warden of the West with not just honor and justice, but compassion. He will need all three in equal measure, and I have faith he will serve the Oathlands with distinction.
Also it is, maybe just a little bit to get back at him for the time he made me spit my tea.
Written By Rowan
May 14, 2017, 7 p.m.(6/18/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Muiryn
One day, when I seek you out and begin a conversation with, "I was hoping you would-" you are going to put me flat to my back with that maul of yours before I can get the rest of the damned words out of my mouth.
But until that day comes, I'll keep asking.
But until that day comes, I'll keep asking.
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