Written By Juliet
Oct. 19, 2016, 8:12 a.m.(11/18/1004 AR)
Relationship Note on Prospero
Written By Morrighan
Oct. 19, 2016, 6:28 a.m.(11/18/1004 AR)
Written By Joscelin
Oct. 19, 2016, 3:43 a.m.(11/18/1004 AR)
Relationship Note on Viktarkim
Written By Joscelin
Oct. 19, 2016, 3:29 a.m.(11/18/1004 AR)
It's almost enough to make a person do something desperate. Like dump the bottle down the drain.
Not that I would. Morrighan would -kill- me.
Written By Calista
Oct. 19, 2016, 2:54 a.m.(11/18/1004 AR)
Relationship Note on Darren
The Prince joined Lady Margot and myself at the Menagerie for an evening stroll and brought along his companion; A great big muzzled bear. Admittedly, I felt a touch of fear slink down my spine but trusted Darren to be able to keep the beast contained. Rumor has it all Redrains can wrestle bears. I felt as though I was in good hands.
Written By Calista
Oct. 19, 2016, 2:47 a.m.(11/18/1004 AR)
Relationship Note on Dawn
Though we have only met once, the potential for friendship has been written through letters for some time now. I am thankful we were both able to carve out time from our very hectic social schedules in order to meet. I look forward to more afternoon tea time and perhaps next time bring a bottle or two of wine from Tor.
Written By Viktarkim
Oct. 18, 2016, 8:36 p.m.(11/17/1004 AR)
Relationship Note on Calypso
Written By Viktarkim
Oct. 18, 2016, 8:28 p.m.(11/17/1004 AR)
Relationship Note on Gabriel
Written By Viktarkim
Oct. 18, 2016, 8:24 p.m.(11/17/1004 AR)
Relationship Note on Natalia
Written By Viktarkim
Oct. 18, 2016, 8:22 p.m.(11/17/1004 AR)
Relationship Note on Fergus
Written By Fergus
Oct. 18, 2016, 7:21 p.m.(11/17/1004 AR)
Relationship Note on Calypso
Written By Aldwin
Oct. 18, 2016, 6:09 p.m.(11/17/1004 AR)
That, however, isn't the lesson I want to capture today.
While walking through the back room I heard an older man cry out, "Mercy! Mercy!" Thinking he had just seen the white of my robes and wanted a healer, I went to kneel beside his bed.
"Mercy! Mercy!" he cried, but I could see now his eyes were closed, his skin flushed with fever. I took his hand to hold to provide what comfort I could. I could feel the strength still there, the calluses from decades holding a blade.
For an hour I knelt there, saying prayers, mopping his brow with a cool cloth. He never woke. His voice went hoarse from his cries for mercy.
Finally he wheezed out his last breath, a whispered, "Thank you," before his last rattle. His face relaxed, his body went limp. I heard a clatter on the floor. A small medallion of Tehom had fallen to the floor when his hand had finally unclenched.
This was a sobering reminder that Lagoma is not the only of our gods that can grant mercy. As much as healing might be a mercy, it is not the only one. Sometimes it is death we pray for.
I found out that the old man was Sir Jenry. He had served for forty years, defended the helpless, the weak. He had fought Shavs to reclaim territory for his liege. Sir Jenry had given a tithe to the church and a fed the poor in the Lower Boroughs. He was a man worth remembering. A man who had started life as a pig farmer and ended it as an inspiration to over a dozen squires-turned-knight in his lifetime.
Written By Fergus
Oct. 18, 2016, 5:21 p.m.(11/17/1004 AR)
Written By Fergus
Oct. 18, 2016, 5:10 p.m.(11/17/1004 AR)
Relationship Note on Viktarkim
Written By Viktarkim
Oct. 18, 2016, 1:49 p.m.(11/16/1004 AR)
Written By Calypso
Oct. 18, 2016, 10:59 a.m.(11/16/1004 AR)
We have a plan. Well, the inkling of a plan at least. I intend to reach out to every military commander in the Compact. Get to know them and the strengths and weaknesses they possess. I can't say why I feel this way so strongly but I think the time of infighting and blood feuds will soon be behind us. I would be a fool to think it will come to an end entirely, but I have an inkling that there is something more on the horizon. And when that something more rears its head I will not be caught unprepared.
Written By Silas
Oct. 18, 2016, 7:46 a.m.(11/15/1004 AR)
I hope my apprentices heed my command to stop poking at him.
Written By Selene
Oct. 18, 2016, 5:44 a.m.(11/15/1004 AR)
Written By Natalia
Oct. 18, 2016, 4:03 a.m.(11/15/1004 AR)
I have found the bedroom is finally mine. It took only a little smile here and a pout there, but now the largest bedroom in the Mansion is solely mine. I know this is not a battlefield victory, but it is a victory that I deserve nonetheless. Also, my wardrobe has been completed and life is most wonderful.
Today's lesson was that men will talk about swords and war the moment two or more are gathered. Not that the Grayson women are any better. We all know how to fight in our own ways. I am filling out my social calendar and it is just glorious. Every day is still filled with new people that I have met. New stories to hear. I met one of the clothiers today as well. Oh but a life is charmed when it is mine.
Written By Lou
Oct. 18, 2016, 2:52 a.m.(11/15/1004 AR)
Relationship Note on Natalia
Tea. Not so bad as being dragged to salon, but really?
I countered with inviting her to my archery practice. She agreed. I still feel it may be a trap.
And she sent me an outfit. Someone must have told her what I wore to Mason's story night. Except this one... has kittens on it.
Don't tell anyone. I might like it.
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