Written By Alecstazi
July 21, 2019, 2:55 p.m.(7/4/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
Written By Miranda
July 21, 2019, 2:54 p.m.(7/4/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Dariel
I am desperately trying. Brenlin refuses to show me missives and reports - so you have a co-conspirator here to ensure I... relax.
I am so inactive I have naught a single tale to tell of my holiday...
I woke. I ate. I lazed around. Oh, there's a lovely tree...
I will bore you to tears with my lack of adventure.
I hope you are plotting fun things to talk about when I return for I have ... nothing.
Perhaps something exciting will turn up!
Written By Peri
July 21, 2019, 2:26 p.m.(7/4/1011 AR)
Written By Roxana
July 21, 2019, 2:22 p.m.(7/4/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Saoirse
Written By Calista
July 21, 2019, 1:23 p.m.(7/4/1011 AR)
When we first began this journey, our goal was radiant and the idea was to be inclusive. Both Fidante and the Apothecary College worked tirelessly to make our dream a reality. The attempts proved fruitless. But finally, we started to see something bloom. While it is not what we had hoped for, it is everything we need.
Have you ever witnessed the rising dawn of Tor?
Written By Calista
July 21, 2019, 1:16 p.m.(7/4/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Saoirse
Written By Nurie
July 21, 2019, 12:57 p.m.(7/4/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Karadoc
I did not like the sharp tongue directed at others (or tea fights started in my shop). But he did not look through me, as so many others do.
But I did very much like the calm. I liked the hope that children would not grow up in a house of chaos. I liked that the household is...was a place of peace if not passion. I think that sometimes the value of that seems to be overlooked of late.
But when I saw the relief and hope in my beloved sister's eyes when she found out that the secret worry carried so long could now be lifted from her shoulders--in that moment I loved him. At least until the next time he opened his mouth!
We will have many things to teach and tell your son or daughter when they finally come, my lord, but I promise you that you won't be forgotten either. I am so sorry you won't see how your strengths will surely be woven into them. Tessere is stronger now because of you. And two more children will keep growing, one with us, one because you shielded him from his father's fate. I wonder how the world will change?
I feel so numb. But is is time to go back to work.
Written By Yvon
July 21, 2019, 12:15 p.m.(7/4/1011 AR)
1) Shavs are benighted and backward peoples. They refuse to join the Compact, which is not only a repository of culture and wisdom, but our best defense against the forces of destruction. Shav are, by definition, uncivilized. They are lost children, without the guidance of the faith and the crown. To claim they are in any way our equal is to claim that our obedience to the crown and the faith does not elevate us. This is wrong. Shavs are debased by their estrangement from the Compact ... yet this doesn't mean they are utterly without value or hope for redemption. Quite the contrary. They are called 'Abandoned,' but we must not abandon them. We must save them, redeem them, and raise them from savagery. And there is no better tool by which to achieve that than thralldom. Let them join us as free people if they choose; if not, we must act with the firm hand of the strict, loving parent, and set them firmly upon the correct path.
2) This will not only redeem the shavs but--far more importantly--strengthen the Compact. Thralldom is a mighty weapon in our battle against forces which seek to overthrow us. Not only for the valuable labor thralls perform, though that is not insignificant. No; taking thralls strengthens the Company in uncountable ways, from the lowest rungs of society to the highest. The proof is in our own city. Former thralls are now nobles of high rank, far above a common wretch like myself. Former thralls founded an entire noble house, with resources and power far beyond that of our own people of the lower boroughs. Many nobles owe their current position to thralldom, and we all owe thralldom for the many, many contributions they make to the strength of the Compact. Every time a former thrall, or the descendent of one, acts in support of the crown, by force of arms, scholarship, art, faith, or in any other way, we all accrue another debt to the institution of thralldom.
And what is the objection? That thralldom is unpleasant. This is true. However, many things are unpleasant and while infants avoid discomfort, adults understand that sometimes we must sacrifice for the greater good.
Written By Shae
July 21, 2019, 12:14 p.m.(7/4/1011 AR)
In the mean time, I really need to spend time with my family. I have been neglectful and distant. And that is not really me, I think my lack of sleep, and always being exhausted is making me grumpy and less inclined to be social.
Written By Amantha
July 21, 2019, 11:36 a.m.(7/4/1011 AR)
Written By Lucita
July 21, 2019, 10:24 a.m.(7/4/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Karadoc
Written By Evaristo
July 21, 2019, 10:11 a.m.(7/4/1011 AR)
There'll be games. Also prizes.
Written By Cristoph
July 21, 2019, 10:03 a.m.(7/4/1011 AR)
Written By Elloise
July 21, 2019, 2:40 a.m.(7/3/1011 AR)
Written By Saoirse
July 21, 2019, 2:37 a.m.(7/3/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Roxana
Written By Martino
July 21, 2019, 2:16 a.m.(7/3/1011 AR)
We are fortunate then to have so many nobles from House Bisland here for this to be shared with us.
Written By Berenice
July 21, 2019, 2:14 a.m.(7/3/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Karadoc
Written By Saoirse
July 21, 2019, 12:55 a.m.(7/3/1011 AR)
I don't really mind but I have a feeling one of my cousins may play a sartorial trick on me and I may never catch on.
Written By Cambria
July 21, 2019, 12:45 a.m.(7/3/1011 AR)
Written By Calandra
July 20, 2019, 10:49 p.m.(7/3/1011 AR)
At least it gives me the opportunity to offer my patron some dance practice, to which I eagerly await the day. It should be quite fun!
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