Written By Barik
May 27, 2018, 6:02 a.m.(11/10/1008 AR)
The more I look into this journal's frame the more I guiltify myself by the white nature of its borders. Almost as if I had no right to stand in the white light of a white book, as if my thoughts were a poison meant for darker wings, and darker words. Black journals aren't exactly healthy, however- and no legacy ever stood on them.
I met Prince Ainsley the other night. He seemed disturbed, as if something within him struggled. I consider myself socially perceptive, but with what little hints I received I underwent the assumption he had failed his latest romantic pursuit, but that's folly of my part. It could've been anything. But could've anything made him threaten a scholar? I can't judge him, Rinel does have a rather abusable countenance at times, so help me Vellichor, but it seemed to be against his very nature. I wish him the very best, and a hasty recovery, Gods watch over him. Except the last one. If they even exist, that is.
I met Prince Ainsley the other night. He seemed disturbed, as if something within him struggled. I consider myself socially perceptive, but with what little hints I received I underwent the assumption he had failed his latest romantic pursuit, but that's folly of my part. It could've been anything. But could've anything made him threaten a scholar? I can't judge him, Rinel does have a rather abusable countenance at times, so help me Vellichor, but it seemed to be against his very nature. I wish him the very best, and a hasty recovery, Gods watch over him. Except the last one. If they even exist, that is.
Written By Barik
May 27, 2018, 5:56 a.m.(11/10/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Rinel
I've never stood up for anyone before. Not even for myself. I don't know what I see in this scholar to be risking my neck, but my neck I risked; neck I've tenderly cared for the past eighteen years. Maybe I should distance myself from her, or do something; find something to snap out of this bout of chivalric streamlining that is bound to get me killed. Its not who I am.
Still, I can't shake off a feeling. Maybe I am getting the fevers, like that girl said.
Still, I can't shake off a feeling. Maybe I am getting the fevers, like that girl said.
Written By Riagnon
May 27, 2018, 1:13 a.m.(11/9/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Ylva
I don't remember you saying that to me at all! Funny thing, though...
[There's some blood smeared here that seems maaaybe deliberate.]
[There's some blood smeared here that seems maaaybe deliberate.]
Written By Ylva
May 27, 2018, 12:39 a.m.(11/9/1008 AR)
I am now the house physician for House Acheron. I am very excited and I hope I don't kill anyone. Really, I hope I don't let anyone die, or lose a limb or an eye or something else important. That would be awful. So I hope no one injures themselves while I'm the house physician.
But it's like I was saying to Lord Riagnon, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. So I'll try to help so no one in the House injures themselves.
I've written down everything we have in the stores as far as medicinal herbs and other ingredients, so if anyone needs a simple cure I can probably brew something interesting. I have to buy some more tools for brewing and mixing, but I think I can buy them out of my allowance. That's what it's for, I think.
But it's like I was saying to Lord Riagnon, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. So I'll try to help so no one in the House injures themselves.
I've written down everything we have in the stores as far as medicinal herbs and other ingredients, so if anyone needs a simple cure I can probably brew something interesting. I have to buy some more tools for brewing and mixing, but I think I can buy them out of my allowance. That's what it's for, I think.
Written By Harper
May 27, 2018, 12:07 a.m.(11/9/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Calaudrin
I reckon there are some things a person can let go and there are others that just bug you until you know you can't let go. That's when you gotta deal with it. So, Uncle Cal, thanks... for everything.
Written By Violet
May 26, 2018, 11:59 p.m.(11/9/1008 AR)
While I was recently in Stormwall, the summer in Arx drove that chilly memory quickly from my body. And we are in Whitehold in the Autumn. I'm freezing my tits off and loving it. I forgot the crispness, the energy, that the cold gives you. Going back to Arx is going to be hard.
Written By Coraline
May 26, 2018, 11:18 p.m.(11/9/1008 AR)
I think Princess Agatha and I have devised the perfect form of warrior girl talk. Random fighting gossip and where to find the best weapons and armor. Or rather drool over the best weapons and armor. Best...Girltalk....EVER!
Plus her idea of the fighting ring is epic. I really hope that happens one day.
Plus her idea of the fighting ring is epic. I really hope that happens one day.
Written By Coraline
May 26, 2018, 11:06 p.m.(11/9/1008 AR)
I made some new discoveries the past few weeks. First being that keeping busy is wonderful and also frustrating. It is wonderful in that you get to meet so many new people, and learn so many new things. It is frustrating in that it is hard to keep everything straight. It does keep the guards fit having to run across Arx after me though.
Second I learned that I love my House. The more I get to meet the people involved, the more I am so happy to be here. It is so different from Maelstrom and when I was growing up. I can be who I am, I can help!
Third is that I actually can enjoy learning! I just have to do it on my terms, who knew!
I wonder if Warlord Galen will teach me how to be a Warlord. Is there a Warlord training camp or something? My only fear is that I can't pull off that warstasch though. Plus I would look awfully strange with one.
Second I learned that I love my House. The more I get to meet the people involved, the more I am so happy to be here. It is so different from Maelstrom and when I was growing up. I can be who I am, I can help!
Third is that I actually can enjoy learning! I just have to do it on my terms, who knew!
I wonder if Warlord Galen will teach me how to be a Warlord. Is there a Warlord training camp or something? My only fear is that I can't pull off that warstasch though. Plus I would look awfully strange with one.
Written By Mercedes
May 26, 2018, 6:32 p.m.(11/9/1008 AR)
Gods.
I am very out of practice -- in more ways than one. It is time to apply and dedicate myself to practice until I am a sharpened edge.
I am very out of practice -- in more ways than one. It is time to apply and dedicate myself to practice until I am a sharpened edge.
Written By Cyril
May 26, 2018, 6:17 p.m.(11/9/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Vera
To be held in such high regard by my liege and my niece is the epitome of honor even after considering that to many of my peers, I am no longer a warlord but a soft, old, and crippled man bound to a desk out of pity. If only they knew... To be the only man in a room of strong and intelligent women is a very interesting predicament to be in. Especially when you feel like you need to prove who has the biggest balls. P.S, not me. They taught me humility, how to converge power through diplomacy, economics, and law. They taught me how to wage war (or wage peace as is the Melaeris way) across vast distances and while my injuries are the marks of punishment for crimes against Mangata, their burden is something I carry with pride as I seek absolution from my Goddess for my shortcomings. Being under the tutelage of our sisters, mothers, daughters, and niece is something we can not overlook. To this day, my beautiful niece and liege, teaches me the type of character one must strive to be, in order to lead our house. I couldn't be prouder.
Written By Vera
May 26, 2018, 5:35 p.m.(11/9/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Cyril
I have always looked up to my uncle as an example of how far perseverance and strength of will can go.
Lord Cyril has never shied away from his love of the law, not even when the more traditional Thrax sought to mock him for it. Nor has he ever hidden his opinions on Thralldom or the unfairness of the culture we hail from. It hasn't been an easy path for my uncle to walk but he's continued down it with a dogged persistence that I cannot help but admire.
He never fails to make me proud.
House Melaeris would not be the same without him.
Lord Cyril has never shied away from his love of the law, not even when the more traditional Thrax sought to mock him for it. Nor has he ever hidden his opinions on Thralldom or the unfairness of the culture we hail from. It hasn't been an easy path for my uncle to walk but he's continued down it with a dogged persistence that I cannot help but admire.
He never fails to make me proud.
House Melaeris would not be the same without him.
Written By Tabitha
May 26, 2018, 2:44 p.m.(11/8/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Silas
Congratulations on the birth of Lord Cyril! I'm so excited and happy for you and Farrah. And for the rest of us too, because now we have a little baby Hawk to spoil and hug and fuss over!
Written By Sparte
May 26, 2018, 2:37 p.m.(11/8/1008 AR)
20 years old. It is a bit of a milestone, not being a teenager anymore even remotely. I wonder what the next year will bring.
Written By Kenna
May 26, 2018, 1 p.m.(11/8/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Silas
Farrah had her baby!!
Welcome to the world:
Lord Cyril Whitehawk!
(Underlined and circled by hearts. So many hearts.)
I've consulted on what his proper relationship to me is and it's much too complicated. Aunt Kenna is what it is going to be. I'm SO HAPPY!!
Welcome to the world:
Lord Cyril Whitehawk!
(Underlined and circled by hearts. So many hearts.)
I've consulted on what his proper relationship to me is and it's much too complicated. Aunt Kenna is what it is going to be. I'm SO HAPPY!!
Written By Driskell
May 26, 2018, 12:24 p.m.(11/8/1008 AR)
One can learn much truth about the world looking at particular gardens in older places here in the city of Arx. How an old tree trunk can be grafted with a different tree branch and thus the old line is sustained while the new line gains the trunk's strength to live on.
From afar, most will think the tree is just the tree according to its fruit. But if one looks much more closely, they might see two trees.
From afar, most will think the tree is just the tree according to its fruit. But if one looks much more closely, they might see two trees.
Written By Bree
May 26, 2018, 12:23 p.m.(11/8/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Jeffeth
Jeffeth should teach me to sing. The most important part of singing is fellowship, however, and this we shared in spades. We should sing at the top of our lungs and chat. I think we'll have a fair amount in common!
Written By Bree
May 26, 2018, 12:21 p.m.(11/8/1008 AR)
Dear Journal,
While I was out with the other Solaces this week I met a large group of people who share my dearest interests! We exchanged a display of our skills and I really feel as though I learned a lot. I had so much funs!
Though the Mercies may have trouble getting the blood out of their robes. Attacking a caravan we're guarding wasn't the wisest choice those men and women ever made but it was the last.
While I was out with the other Solaces this week I met a large group of people who share my dearest interests! We exchanged a display of our skills and I really feel as though I learned a lot. I had so much funs!
Though the Mercies may have trouble getting the blood out of their robes. Attacking a caravan we're guarding wasn't the wisest choice those men and women ever made but it was the last.
Written By Ida
May 26, 2018, 11:09 a.m.(11/8/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Kael
While doing some sketches, my mind wandered to the blade I recently made for Lord Rohran Keaton and how difficult it can be to blend the hues of green and purple together in a pleasing fashion. While I certainly would never judge any house for their colors, I just got to wondering as to why Keaton would favor those. This lead me to seek out the shelves where all my books of notes and references reside. Leafing through to Keaton, it very plainly says, 'Verdant green and black,' beneath the sigil, which itself is also quite verdant green and black. It made me wonder WHY, by oaths and steel, the color purple has stuck so in my mind when it came to creating things for House Keaton. As I keep all of my commission sketches and notes in a chest, that was my next destination. Eventually I found what I do believe was the first thing I ever made for the Count, as well as my notes related to it. Aha. From a January 1007 missive:
"The colors of House Keaton are verdant green and black, though purple looks quite fair upon my wife. Green and purple? I will leave the matter to you and trust your good taste in this judgement in what will look best for the set."
It seems I have accidentally made purple an unofficial color for House Keaton because the Count likes how it looks upon his lovely wife, the Countess Reigna.
Both my sincerest apologies along with the hope that it might possibly prove to be an affectionate family anecdote in some way.
"The colors of House Keaton are verdant green and black, though purple looks quite fair upon my wife. Green and purple? I will leave the matter to you and trust your good taste in this judgement in what will look best for the set."
It seems I have accidentally made purple an unofficial color for House Keaton because the Count likes how it looks upon his lovely wife, the Countess Reigna.
Both my sincerest apologies along with the hope that it might possibly prove to be an affectionate family anecdote in some way.
Written By Morrighan
May 26, 2018, 10:46 a.m.(11/8/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Cullen
Appreciate the praise. I'm glad to hear that you're happy with my work. It was a pleasure doing business with you, and you're welcome.
Written By Elgana
May 26, 2018, 10:31 a.m.(11/8/1008 AR)
I am excited about so many things in the works, good things. Staying busy has never been an issue for me, but it seems that I shall be even busier in the coming weeks and months.
I had a lovely meeting with Marquis Fairen Leary the other day where I got to meet Scholar Sina and Master Kaine. Both wonderful people with equally as wonderful ideas. I had been looking for a reason to meet with Master Kaine for some time now so it delights me that I will be able to assist him with a very worthwhile project here in the future.
Meeting Scholar Sina was just as delightful. I look forward to any future discussions that we may have. Such a kind woman, too.
My birthday is getting closer and closer and it shall be the first one I spend in Arx. I cannot believe how much time has passed since my arrival here, it feels like a lifetime but it hasn't been a year yet.
I had a lovely meeting with Marquis Fairen Leary the other day where I got to meet Scholar Sina and Master Kaine. Both wonderful people with equally as wonderful ideas. I had been looking for a reason to meet with Master Kaine for some time now so it delights me that I will be able to assist him with a very worthwhile project here in the future.
Meeting Scholar Sina was just as delightful. I look forward to any future discussions that we may have. Such a kind woman, too.
My birthday is getting closer and closer and it shall be the first one I spend in Arx. I cannot believe how much time has passed since my arrival here, it feels like a lifetime but it hasn't been a year yet.
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