Written By Orathy
June 16, 2018, 2:48 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Shard
Aye, so if you were told to kill or be killed, yer choice would to be killed?
Or if ya were told yer best mate, lover, spouse, kid.. or whatever would be killed if ya didn't kill someone else... you'd do nothing 'n let yer family 'n friends die?
It all ain't so black 'n white as callin it merely choices.
Or if ya were told yer best mate, lover, spouse, kid.. or whatever would be killed if ya didn't kill someone else... you'd do nothing 'n let yer family 'n friends die?
It all ain't so black 'n white as callin it merely choices.
Written By Shard
June 16, 2018, 2:43 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
I don't have any cards in the game when it comes to Aurelian, but I'll say this anyway. Orathy does have a point when it comes to when the imposter first came to you as a child, even if he's making all the assumptions in the whole damned world about who he actually was.
That said? That was then, this is now, and people have died /recently/ because of him, apparently. We all have our choices. We all make our decisions. We all choose our sides. I don't know why he did what he did, or why he thought he should, or who put him up to it, but in the end, if that's the road he walked, that's the one he walked, and no amount of stupid bluster or assumed background changes that. Saying otherwise does everyone a disservice, him included.
That said? That was then, this is now, and people have died /recently/ because of him, apparently. We all have our choices. We all make our decisions. We all choose our sides. I don't know why he did what he did, or why he thought he should, or who put him up to it, but in the end, if that's the road he walked, that's the one he walked, and no amount of stupid bluster or assumed background changes that. Saying otherwise does everyone a disservice, him included.
Written By Orathy
June 16, 2018, 2:36 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Edain
Aye. I shall say no more. Ya gave weight to me words 'n me point.
Find them fuckers, aye?
Reckon I even help ya.
But the cards at the casino are hot right now, on a damned winning streak here!
Find them fuckers, aye?
Reckon I even help ya.
But the cards at the casino are hot right now, on a damned winning streak here!
Written By Orathy
June 16, 2018, 2:33 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Martin
Found some shit on the boy... says he were kidnapped at 4? Aye, ya all ought to be proud of condemning a man who lived with fear in his heart his entire life. Imagine the paranoia and the fear of being found out? If ya ain't think those who put 'em there didn't ensure they kept 'em quiet, then ya ain't knowin the way the real world works. It ain't all fuckin honor and fresh rosey arseholes.
Aye, but there are some good dice to gamble with at the Casino. Hah.
Aye, but there are some good dice to gamble with at the Casino. Hah.
Written By Edain
June 16, 2018, 2:33 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
Justice is a virtue we must always aspire to. But it is not a virtue that can always bring us joy. When Prince Aurelian was kidnapped I was just a boy. I was really upset that a younger cousin that I played with often was taken and so I kept trying to steal a sword and sneak out to go look for him. It got to a point where my brother's had to tackle me and stuff me in a wardrobe to keep from continuing to try.
After he returned, we always had trouble relating to each other. He was so closed off, and this will surprise some of you, but I have been catergorized by some as 'ignorantly optimistic' so I sometimes did not understand why as time passed he just didn't put it behind him. I was a dumb kid at times. But I always loved him. I remember his rare smiles, like when he commissioned an unwieldy great sword named 'Furniturebane' for Princess Alis. It was rare, but we share our share of laughs and good memories, just as did arguments and disagreements about things.
I could say that man was not my cousin which is true. But while he was never my blood, he was my family, for almost 20 years since the real Prince Aurelian was taken and killed. I ordered his execution because he committed treason, because after weighing all facts, his death served justice and to protect my family and to protect the Oathlands from the danger he represented. But there is something we should never forget.
My cousin Prince Aurelian died when he was six. The victim of some sect that posed as bandits with a dangerous purpose. But my innocent cousin was not their only victim. They also took another six year old child and twisted and broke him and remolded him until he was their. Until he was their weapon. I wept when I knew that I had to deliver justice to the man that stole my cousins identity. When we find the monsters that killed my cousin, and turned another child into a broken shell to be their spy, when we bring them to justice, I will have no tears for them.
After he returned, we always had trouble relating to each other. He was so closed off, and this will surprise some of you, but I have been catergorized by some as 'ignorantly optimistic' so I sometimes did not understand why as time passed he just didn't put it behind him. I was a dumb kid at times. But I always loved him. I remember his rare smiles, like when he commissioned an unwieldy great sword named 'Furniturebane' for Princess Alis. It was rare, but we share our share of laughs and good memories, just as did arguments and disagreements about things.
I could say that man was not my cousin which is true. But while he was never my blood, he was my family, for almost 20 years since the real Prince Aurelian was taken and killed. I ordered his execution because he committed treason, because after weighing all facts, his death served justice and to protect my family and to protect the Oathlands from the danger he represented. But there is something we should never forget.
My cousin Prince Aurelian died when he was six. The victim of some sect that posed as bandits with a dangerous purpose. But my innocent cousin was not their only victim. They also took another six year old child and twisted and broke him and remolded him until he was their. Until he was their weapon. I wept when I knew that I had to deliver justice to the man that stole my cousins identity. When we find the monsters that killed my cousin, and turned another child into a broken shell to be their spy, when we bring them to justice, I will have no tears for them.
Written By Orathy
June 16, 2018, 2:25 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Martin
Fearin to lose all that ya had, to be exposed ... reckon that would drive a man to do as he needed to, to protect it. Looks like he were dead either way. If he confessed, well, aye, we saw he got executed by the others for bein found out. And if he did confess his lies before doin hateful things, if them people showed him mercy... do ya think the ones that put 'em there would've showed him any?
Written By Martin
June 16, 2018, 2:19 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
While it is true that the choice of children is severely limited when compared to that of adults, it is a fallacy to conflate the helplessness of a child with that of a man or woman grown. To whit, your argument that this impostor of the original Aurelian had no choice loses its emotional potency when you consider House Valardin itself. I doubt not at all that this once-boy was raised with love and affection, and was taught right from wrong. I believe he had every chance as he grew into a man to confess his wretched predicament to those who genuinely believed him to be their flesh and blood.
He had the choice to come forward. He had the choice, as he became an adult, to do either right or wrong. He chose to do wrong, and has since suffered the terrible repercussions of that. While it is fair to mourn the child he once was, to openly attack others, especially those who were close to the impostor, and then use as a shield circumstances which few can argue with only shows you in a mean-spirited light which does nothing to honor the ideals the gods have left us with, or our fellow man.
He had the choice to come forward. He had the choice, as he became an adult, to do either right or wrong. He chose to do wrong, and has since suffered the terrible repercussions of that. While it is fair to mourn the child he once was, to openly attack others, especially those who were close to the impostor, and then use as a shield circumstances which few can argue with only shows you in a mean-spirited light which does nothing to honor the ideals the gods have left us with, or our fellow man.
Written By Orathy
June 16, 2018, 2:14 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
Ain't knowin if ye be a gutter rat or not, befer you became a Prince eh. Orphan supposing so, t'would make sense. Aye, whatever boy ya were before ya became a prince, least wise you got to live well instead of dyin cold 'n hungry, eh? I be knowin the choices that poverty leaves ya with, what sort of rewards comes with promises of rising above the life ya born into. Reckon it were nothing ya could turn away from, to be told ya could have everythin ya couldn't have if ya remained as you are. Would have been hard to say no.
Reckon I feel pity for ya. 'N that is all I got left to say bout ya.
Reckon I feel pity for ya. 'N that is all I got left to say bout ya.
Written By Orathy
June 16, 2018, 1:53 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Quenia
Aye, it be cruel to speak the truth, ain't it?
Reckon ya outta pause fer a moment 'n think of this: if them Valardin people thought they rescued the boy Aurelian from kidnappin all those years back, then man who was just put to death was a boy himself to reasonably pass as the boy kidnapped when they changed names... cause he would have to be lookin the same at the very least the same age... So quick to judge you lot are. But what bout the boy who likely had no other choice but to pretend to be Aurelian, so he be surviving. Who ever put 'em there, should have been the ones ya outta be mad bout.
Neither boy had a choice from what I be readin of that proclamation. Aye so PRAISE yerselves for doin justice.
But aye, I ain't knowin nothing bout the case. Yer right.
Reckon ya outta pause fer a moment 'n think of this: if them Valardin people thought they rescued the boy Aurelian from kidnappin all those years back, then man who was just put to death was a boy himself to reasonably pass as the boy kidnapped when they changed names... cause he would have to be lookin the same at the very least the same age... So quick to judge you lot are. But what bout the boy who likely had no other choice but to pretend to be Aurelian, so he be surviving. Who ever put 'em there, should have been the ones ya outta be mad bout.
Neither boy had a choice from what I be readin of that proclamation. Aye so PRAISE yerselves for doin justice.
But aye, I ain't knowin nothing bout the case. Yer right.
Written By Esoka
June 16, 2018, 1:41 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Ainsley
I would echo Prince Ainsley's sentiment and add to it. Being touched by Gloria does not make one more worthy, or more chivalrous, or a better knight. It DOES mean one should try harder to live up to Her ideals, and be mindful of being over-proud. But I believe Gloria's blessings may come to all warriors in times of great need, where they are defending the innocent.
I honor Prince Ainsley for the deeds he does in this world as a warrior, but the rest he must work for, as do we all.
I honor Prince Ainsley for the deeds he does in this world as a warrior, but the rest he must work for, as do we all.
Written By Ainsley
June 16, 2018, 1:29 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Thorley
*An excerpt from a letter to Sir Thorley Sandreef, from Prince Ainsley Grayson.*
However, there was line in your journal I would like to address (and I'll do this publicly as well). I am loathed to be labeled 'the chosen Champion of Gloria'. This suggests an exclusivity that I do not claim. While it is true that Gloria has touched my life, I am not the only one she has touched. Whether you believe that it was a figurative or a literal hand in my life and the lives of others. I am not the only one beloved by Gloria.
She is like a stern mother with many children and she loves them all equally. There are a lot of us and many who know her better than I. Blessed Cassandra, I would wager, has a closer relationship with Chivalry than I. Brother Preston as well.
We- not I -are Gloria's Champions and her Beloved.
However, there was line in your journal I would like to address (and I'll do this publicly as well). I am loathed to be labeled 'the chosen Champion of Gloria'. This suggests an exclusivity that I do not claim. While it is true that Gloria has touched my life, I am not the only one she has touched. Whether you believe that it was a figurative or a literal hand in my life and the lives of others. I am not the only one beloved by Gloria.
She is like a stern mother with many children and she loves them all equally. There are a lot of us and many who know her better than I. Blessed Cassandra, I would wager, has a closer relationship with Chivalry than I. Brother Preston as well.
We- not I -are Gloria's Champions and her Beloved.
Written By Coraline
June 16, 2018, 12:51 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Caith
It took me a while to think of what to put here, I thought I might sleep on it before I did. It was amazing to be on that tour with you. To see places in our home we either never visited, and to return to the familiar time fogged old haunts we knew so well. I found myself stopping in hallways in the Maelstrom with fond smiles and I would look at nooks and crannies, or stand in my rooms remembering times where you gave life to dreams through story.
We didn't get a lot of time to spend together, the pace of the trip having been fairly quick, but it is time I will remember fondly, adding these memories to the ones spent together in childhood.
Thanks for being there sis.
We didn't get a lot of time to spend together, the pace of the trip having been fairly quick, but it is time I will remember fondly, adding these memories to the ones spent together in childhood.
Thanks for being there sis.
Written By Aurora
June 16, 2018, 12:29 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Valarian
Is he though? Dashing and swoon worthy? Perhaps an overly friendly assistant annoyance and future python dinner. I suppose he is nice to Citrine, so maybe Meandre won't eat him.
Written By Caith
June 16, 2018, 12:22 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
It's strange, isn't it? How those we didn't get along well with in childhood become our closest friends in adulthood while those childhood nearest and dearest becomes strangers in our eyes as we grow older.
Sometimes I wonder who you are these days.
Sometimes I wonder who you are these days.
Written By Echo
June 16, 2018, 12:13 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
This is a difficult entry to write, but I feel that I owe it to the world to do so while my feelings are still raw.
When a sweet and loving man turned out to be anything but, my heart split in two. It still doesn't seem real, like all of this is one horribly distasteful joke. I'm still having trouble believing it. Is our Aurelian capable of doing such a thing?
How?
Yet the proof is irrefutable and your name, the one that you stole, is so difficult to speak. My gratitude goes to those who have protected Quenia and the rest of my Igniseri family. Thank you so so much. My broken heart goes out to you, Quenia, as well as the all the others who were close to him.
And to the Aurelian that I knew, I'm sorry that it ended this way. I have a million things I wish to say but not a single word is easy to mark down.
When a sweet and loving man turned out to be anything but, my heart split in two. It still doesn't seem real, like all of this is one horribly distasteful joke. I'm still having trouble believing it. Is our Aurelian capable of doing such a thing?
How?
Yet the proof is irrefutable and your name, the one that you stole, is so difficult to speak. My gratitude goes to those who have protected Quenia and the rest of my Igniseri family. Thank you so so much. My broken heart goes out to you, Quenia, as well as the all the others who were close to him.
And to the Aurelian that I knew, I'm sorry that it ended this way. I have a million things I wish to say but not a single word is easy to mark down.
Written By Felicia
June 16, 2018, 11:06 a.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Elara
Even if I could, it would feel wrong.
You are free now, and I know Mother will keep you in Her arms until it is your time anew.
Enjoy your rest, and may your next turn on the Wheel be a happier one.
You will be missed.
You are free now, and I know Mother will keep you in Her arms until it is your time anew.
Enjoy your rest, and may your next turn on the Wheel be a happier one.
You will be missed.
Written By Clara
June 16, 2018, 10:37 a.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Valarian
So dashing! Swoon worthy! His name is writen in the stars, the wind sings his name, and the falling snow dances only for him! ...Bard of the Baths. Silly man. Still, he's fun.
Written By Isabeau
June 16, 2018, 10:15 a.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
I am sick with such sorrow that I cannot put into words.
Written By Sabella
June 16, 2018, 10:07 a.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Quenia
Marquessa,
I do not know you that well, very little at all in fact, but my heart aches for what you have been through. I am sure you have many days of grief ahead, for betrayal such as this must render the heart into a million tiny pieces and cause a pit in the stomach that one could be so trusting and have someone so thoroughly lie about every aspect of themselves and be believed and loved for it.
But you should not lose hope and you should not lose hope. This is a tragic event and you should turn to your family and friends to help uplift you through these dark times. I cannot imagine how you are feeling right now, although I have been through my fair share of heartbreak, but look to the positive things about this misfortune: you were not married and there were no children which would have made things far worse. You were spared having to marry that terrible person and you still have a bright future ahead of you, even if you may not see it now. I do and I believe you will find happiness. The true happiness you were seeking.
This is only an end to the betrayer's story--it is a new beginning for yours. A much happier chapter than the ones before it, where you know who your true friends are.
I do not know you that well, very little at all in fact, but my heart aches for what you have been through. I am sure you have many days of grief ahead, for betrayal such as this must render the heart into a million tiny pieces and cause a pit in the stomach that one could be so trusting and have someone so thoroughly lie about every aspect of themselves and be believed and loved for it.
But you should not lose hope and you should not lose hope. This is a tragic event and you should turn to your family and friends to help uplift you through these dark times. I cannot imagine how you are feeling right now, although I have been through my fair share of heartbreak, but look to the positive things about this misfortune: you were not married and there were no children which would have made things far worse. You were spared having to marry that terrible person and you still have a bright future ahead of you, even if you may not see it now. I do and I believe you will find happiness. The true happiness you were seeking.
This is only an end to the betrayer's story--it is a new beginning for yours. A much happier chapter than the ones before it, where you know who your true friends are.
Written By Sabella
June 16, 2018, 9:58 a.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Last night's family dinner was very successful, I think! We not only had a good crowd, but everyone ate and drank their fill and shared happy stories of things that had recently happened to them and of accomplishments they had achieved that made us all proud! People shared what the were up to and there were offers of help and general merriment and it was just a wonderful night! Thank you to everyone that took the time out of your busy, busy schedules to attend! And off those of you that could not there is always next month!
I think it was a joyful evening that we all very much needed. I love my family!
I think it was a joyful evening that we all very much needed. I love my family!
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