Skip to main content.

Written By Gilroy

March 11, 2019, 11:49 a.m.(9/20/1010 AR)

Relationship Note on Klaus

I'm going to have someone send you some blank sheets of paper. Perhaps I will have an associate at Scholar Oswyn Spencer's shop put lines on it for you. That way you have a nice, handy place to keep notes to yourself.

Written By Miranda

March 11, 2019, 10:33 a.m.(9/19/1010 AR)

Relationship Note on Domonico

The wedding of the beautiful Lady Aahana Volkov, now Malvici, to my second-cousin and best friend, Commodore Domonico Malvici was lovely.

The reception was a lot of fun with dancing and drink, good food and great company.

I am truly happy for them both and am glad to consider Malvici family!

Congratulations to the newlyweds on their union!

I especially adored watching Domonico's chin hit the floor when he announced his wife... her entrance was spectacular, nothing short of breath-taking, and caught her new groom quite off guard. We'll be talking about it for months, at least!

Written By Miranda

March 11, 2019, 10:30 a.m.(9/19/1010 AR)

Relationship Note on Thea

Lady Thea Malvici, you are priceless!

As my second-cousin and youngest of the siblings, you have every right to tease Commodore Domonico in any way you see fit.

Just know I approve!

"Mean brother"

Yes! I am forever going to remind him of how he was always, and might still be, the 'mean' one!

Written By Niklas

March 11, 2019, 9:46 a.m.(9/19/1010 AR)

Right now there are people on the fastest ships the Island builds with messages about Prince Victus's declaration made at the Assembly of Peers.

Right now this news is a kettle set to boil.

There are many in the Compact who will not fully understand the response from some houses in the Islands. I have faith in the leadership of the House of Thrax that they will see this change made with minimal disaster.

But there will be some disaster. Just a bit. At least.

Written By Shard

March 11, 2019, 1:58 a.m.(9/19/1010 AR)

Relationship Note on Victus

I said they would never do it, because none of them would ever be willing to make the sacrifices it would require. I said it repeatedly. I believe I wrote it down here, so I'll write this here as well:

I was wrong. I was wrong in the best possible way it is to be wrong. I had no faith in House Thrax, and no faith even in the leaders who had made gestures toward at least easing thralldom. At best, I thought, children were being freed--without their parents, without their families--and being raised in unfamiliar households. At best this was accomplished by paying the people who had either enslaved them in the first place, or encouraged their enslavement by buying their debt. At best, an entire generation of children would be cut loose from everything and everyone they'd known, to save them from a lifetime of slavery. But not their parents. Not their grandparents. Not their brothers and sisters and cousins who were too old to raise the kind of sympathy they could. Just them. At best, they and they alone would be free.

Seven years is a long, painfully long time. Children will grow up in seven years. Men and women will die or be killed in seven years. Older thralls may not have seven years left in them. But seven years is not a generation. It's not a century. It doesn't condemn every current thrall to die in thralldom for the sake of the future and the comfort of their owners.

I apologize for underestimating you. And me and mine, many of whom are former thralls themselves, will stand with you in this.

Written By Sina

March 11, 2019, 1:44 a.m.(9/19/1010 AR)

I have been very quiet of late in my white journals, and the reason for this is because I have been spending a great deal of time in quiet meditation and contemplation on a number of matters, for which I will keep my own counsel. However, during those meditations it has come to me that there have been a number of great and worthy projects of late in the name of education. I feel that it is important to recognize those who have made such contributions to the Compact in the name of Vellichor.

With that in mind, I am planning a ceremony to honor those who have made such great contributions in the name of Knowledge, and I hope to continue this tradition annually into the future. I look forward to seeing the nominations, and a few have already come in. To encourage further the spread of knowledge throughout the Compact, I will also be doubling this event as a fundraiser for a couple of projects that are upcoming, which I'm very pleased to support.

The Scholars are always willing to support such worthy goals. If there are any educational projects you are interested in developing and seek the aid of the Scholars, please do not hesitate to reach out to me. It is my hope that we will continue to work closely with any of the schools and academies throughout the Compact.

Written By Michael

March 11, 2019, 12:25 a.m.(9/19/1010 AR)

Relationship Note on Ilmia

House Leary had a wonderful woman from their House come to live with them in Arx. I met Lady Ilmia Leary several times growing up, and she never failed to make an impression upon me. She is perhaps too book smart for me to mesh with very well though.

Written By Ilmia

March 11, 2019, 12:05 a.m.(9/19/1010 AR)

Relationship Note on Michael

I received a gift this evening and I must say that it was unexpected, but a very thoughtful and beautiful gift. Now I'll have to find a fitting gift to give in return.

Written By Thesarin

March 10, 2019, 11:48 p.m.(9/19/1010 AR)

The world moves, and in the Isles, the world moves at a quick pace.

It's a hard path being walked, but the destination is one worth seeking.

Written By Michael

March 10, 2019, 11:41 p.m.(9/19/1010 AR)

Relationship Note on Mia

I am surprised by how much I am looking forward to the birth of Countess Mia Riven's newest progeny. Perhaps I was too young to care before, but the child will have a wondrous mother and father.

Written By Ahriman

March 10, 2019, 11:37 p.m.(9/19/1010 AR)

The Mercy overseeing my care will have me mended in no time. Rest assured. It's simply a matter of time.

Written By Juliana

March 10, 2019, 10:41 p.m.(9/18/1010 AR)

Relationship Note on Lucita

Dearest Luci, Luis is very lucky indeed because I just may have agreed to marry him to get you as a sister. Because as we know..

... whatever Juliana wants she gets, un-huh.

Written By Juliana

March 10, 2019, 10:38 p.m.(9/18/1010 AR)

Relationship Note on Duarte

Dear Count, never fear. I will be sure to send the occasional goat or duckling into your manor to keep you occupied.

Written By Kenna

March 10, 2019, 10:14 p.m.(9/18/1010 AR)

It was good to see my cousin Tabitha and Cousin-in-law Radhilde together in one room. I thought they were charming side by side.

Written By Aerwyna

March 10, 2019, 10:02 p.m.(9/18/1010 AR)

Gods.. sometimes if I don't jot my thoughts down, I'd forget them. My week has been truly productive. I cannot complain, I did much and still much more to do. Commissions are coming in, my assistant keeps me sane and organized, she is learning well and the kitten keeps me entertained and relax. It was about time I got one since moving here but I do miss my horse. Maybe in time, I shall have another. All in time. Time, time, time.

Written By Klaus

March 10, 2019, 9:50 p.m.(9/18/1010 AR)

Relationship Note on Coraline

I do wonder what would happen if I tell the world the Princess is pregnant.

What can I say about myself other than when a see a sharp stick and a sleeping bear I have to poke it.

It is a wonder why I am still alive.

Written By Klaus

March 10, 2019, 9:49 p.m.(9/18/1010 AR)

Note to self...

Never, ever, ever under any circumstances, call their noble and brave steed fat. It will be less painful to remember this bit of wisdom, and be far less mud to clean out of one's clothing when you are repeatedly tossed into mud pits.

Written By Aswin

March 10, 2019, 9:49 p.m.(9/18/1010 AR)

Been in the city for a while now. I'm wonderin if I need to try and find myself a patron like so many of the others in the city do. But then again, I don't really got much for skills to market. Save for fightin' that is. Guess maybe I could work as someone's guard or somethin'. That'd be a laugh. Still, I don't mind doin the work if it's worth it in the end.

Written By Klaus

March 10, 2019, 9:46 p.m.(9/18/1010 AR)

Note to self, when purchasing clothing for one's wife, her input should be sought out, even highly considered, before any purchase. Much less painful doing in such an order.

Written By Tabitha

March 10, 2019, 9:44 p.m.(9/18/1010 AR)

I think I might practice with my lyre more often, between painting and doing other artwork. I'll never be a musician of great talent like my sister, but playing an instrument is a soothing hobby.

Please note that the scholars may take some time preparing your journal for others to read.

Leave blank if this journal is not a relationship

Mark if this is a private, black journal entry