Written By Caith
May 17, 2018, 4:39 p.m.(10/6/1008 AR)
I adore you. Truly, madly, deeply .. I do.
Written By Valery
May 17, 2018, 4:26 p.m.(10/6/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Tikva
I also sell teas in the stall of the Redrain Gardens...
Written By Valery
May 17, 2018, 4:24 p.m.(10/6/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Monique
You are more than welcome to come visit the garden!
Written By Valery
May 17, 2018, 4:24 p.m.(10/6/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Monique
You are more than welcome to come visit the garden!
Written By Sparte
May 17, 2018, 4:05 p.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
Silent Reflections, Silent Servants, Vowbreakers, Silverhands
Whatever name people use for them, they are those who chose to reveal the secrets of others in contradiction to a vow given to the gods. Some did so for heroic reasons, sacrificing themselves to the fate they knew would follow in order to help others. Others for purely selfish reasons, seeking to gain in some way or exploit some weakness discovered. Then there are those where it was a mix of both, such as revealing something to help a loved one.
Over the past week I've spent many hours sitting amongst the Silent Reflections. They are every bit as human as the rest of us, with personalities and habits both pleasing and abrassive. All people who made a choice to reveal what they vowed never to reveal.
It has left me to wonder if I could ever make the same choice. Given knowledge I should never share, would I act on it in defiance of vows and promises I have made? When? Would I do it to serve myself or to save a life? To serve my fealty or to save thousands? Or would I stand silent and do nothing, even as the Compact burns for it?
Choices like this, contradictions between what is right and what is good, are woven into us. For the sake of knowledge we must keep some secrets, for the sake of justice we must sometimes punish heroes, and because of honor we must accept that fate when it is our own.
I have much more to consider than I will be able to put to paper tonight. This has been a painful truth to explore. While I would not take back the punishment they suffer, my heart hurts for the Silent Reflections whom I have spent time with. May they be blessed in their next lives.
Written By Sabella
May 17, 2018, 3:44 p.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
Today was not only the most amazing day because Master Bastien FINALLY recognized me as a Mummer and a fine talent, but because Princess Coraline and I have been trading messages on something that will be VERY EXCITING for EVERYONE!
EVERYONE! All of you, in Arx! Get excited! Big things are happening!
EVERYONE! All of you, in Arx! Get excited! Big things are happening!
Written By Bree
May 17, 2018, 3:31 p.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Ylva
So upbeat, yet she thinks so fatalistically. Ylva isn't just a person who has dedicated her life to healing. She's done so believing that since life ends in death the inevitability of it means that she is doomed to fail in her duties. Yet she never gives up or despairs. I love her dearly.
Written By Zebulon
May 17, 2018, 3:18 p.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Quenia
Marquessa Quenia, I am very thankful for your words of encouragement and I know you would have come if you could have. It was a thrilling bout and I look forward to the next one and, hopefully, your presence there! I appreciate your patronage and your support of my dream of becoming a Champion!
Written By Ylva
May 17, 2018, 3:15 p.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
I am so busy!
Goodness, what to write?
I saved no lives today. But I did help with a surfeit of minor afflictions and injuries. And people can die from a minor affliction or injury, so who knows? Or they can wish they were dead, which is just as bad. It's not really, but it could be. But that's why easing the suffering of the ill and diseased and dying and gruesomely injured is just as important as saving lives. After all, not every life can be saved.
If you think about it, no life can be saved at all, which makes it all seem a bit pointless. One of life's mysteries is that it's not pointless at all! It's all a matter of timing. In some ways, that's much like an alchemical reaction. In other ways, not at all.
Well, that went nowhere. I should probably plan my words of wisdom before I start writing them.
Goodness, what to write?
I saved no lives today. But I did help with a surfeit of minor afflictions and injuries. And people can die from a minor affliction or injury, so who knows? Or they can wish they were dead, which is just as bad. It's not really, but it could be. But that's why easing the suffering of the ill and diseased and dying and gruesomely injured is just as important as saving lives. After all, not every life can be saved.
If you think about it, no life can be saved at all, which makes it all seem a bit pointless. One of life's mysteries is that it's not pointless at all! It's all a matter of timing. In some ways, that's much like an alchemical reaction. In other ways, not at all.
Well, that went nowhere. I should probably plan my words of wisdom before I start writing them.
Written By Thena
May 17, 2018, 1:37 p.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Tynan
My brother came to find me today.
Yeah, I have siblings. No, I didn't spring fully formed from the Abyss like I know some of you think.
Yeah, I have siblings. No, I didn't spring fully formed from the Abyss like I know some of you think.
Written By Amari
May 17, 2018, 12:58 p.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Rohran
I've hidden your sister. If you hear anything peculiar from the locked chest in her room, pay it no mind.
Written By Eirene
May 17, 2018, 11:27 a.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Roxana
Roxy - I don't love you romantically. That's why you're not dead, dummy.
I lost my very first love during the war with Tor. He died on my operating table. I say mine though I was still an apprentice then. His last words were "I always wanted to die in the arms of a beautiful woman... so if you could go find me one I'd appreciate it." A joker to the last and it set my humor down that path.
I never told you about him. I rarely talk about him. But since then, if I happen to give my heart to anyone they end up painfully dead in ways that appeal to our enemies.
I am pretty damn sure Lucien's to blame; there were things that crept about in the darkness during that war which in retrospect make sense. I have no proof other than a string of dead and mutilated lovers but it's proof enough to me.
I lost my very first love during the war with Tor. He died on my operating table. I say mine though I was still an apprentice then. His last words were "I always wanted to die in the arms of a beautiful woman... so if you could go find me one I'd appreciate it." A joker to the last and it set my humor down that path.
I never told you about him. I rarely talk about him. But since then, if I happen to give my heart to anyone they end up painfully dead in ways that appeal to our enemies.
I am pretty damn sure Lucien's to blame; there were things that crept about in the darkness during that war which in retrospect make sense. I have no proof other than a string of dead and mutilated lovers but it's proof enough to me.
Written By Rohran
May 17, 2018, 10:46 a.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
I have come to Arx, finally, for something lengthier than just a short visit. I've seen that much has changed since my last visit, which was before Keaton Hall was built. I am proud of the place that Count Kael and Countess Reigna have carved out of this city for their family. Hearing of it in missives does not do it the justice it deserves. That I have arrived on the cusp of Autumn no doubt enhances the experience, as I always find my spirits rise higher in the season.
My road was long, but my welcome has been warm. I look forward to seeing what unusual adventures await me here, but most of all I look forward to growing closer to family I have mostly known through missives for so long now.
Now if only I could find that sister of mine..
My road was long, but my welcome has been warm. I look forward to seeing what unusual adventures await me here, but most of all I look forward to growing closer to family I have mostly known through missives for so long now.
Now if only I could find that sister of mine..
Written By Valdemar
May 17, 2018, 10:03 a.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Vanora
I thought you were aware that you were marrying a savage brute, an ill-mannered lout without a romantic bone in his body?
After all, I knew I was marrying a strong, capable, beautiful woman who I would be able to count on. Wait, that doesn't sound like a very fair exchange at all.
I suppose I will just have to work at becoming worthy of you, then.
After all, I knew I was marrying a strong, capable, beautiful woman who I would be able to count on. Wait, that doesn't sound like a very fair exchange at all.
I suppose I will just have to work at becoming worthy of you, then.
Written By Quenia
May 17, 2018, 8:49 a.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Zebulon
I am immensely proud of my protege, Zebulon, for winning his bout last night. Would that I could have been there to cheer you on, but duty prevailed. I hope to make it to your next match, so I might see what a fine champion you'll be with my own eyes. Of course, I never doubted you'd do well. Not once.
Written By Victus
May 17, 2018, 8:28 a.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
Will be good seeing kids back to their families.
Written By Preston
May 17, 2018, 4:33 a.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Thena
More brothers and sisters and disciples dead of the Faith Militant. Though Solace suffered lighter than the Templars overall, as many of their men looked to their duties on the roads, it is still a sting that those who survived the Gyre and returned to Arx should now die here in such a brutal fashion.
I feel for Dame Thena - to lead is to feel the guilt of each loss as though it was the swipe of a hot poker against your skin, no matter the responsibility nor the necessity. I hope she finds the answers she hunts for.
In the interim, I will bring more Templars into the city. Increase the guard on the Rectory and our shrines. And we will begin prayers. It is our most holy duty - that the Faith assembled in the Rectory should never again be harmed by our enemies.
I feel for Dame Thena - to lead is to feel the guilt of each loss as though it was the swipe of a hot poker against your skin, no matter the responsibility nor the necessity. I hope she finds the answers she hunts for.
In the interim, I will bring more Templars into the city. Increase the guard on the Rectory and our shrines. And we will begin prayers. It is our most holy duty - that the Faith assembled in the Rectory should never again be harmed by our enemies.
Written By Karadoc
May 17, 2018, 2:36 a.m.(10/4/1008 AR)
To lingering thoughts of lilies:
Imperial beauty! Fair, unrivalled one! What bloom of Arvum has honor high as yours -- not jasmine, not anemone, not rose -- only lily.
Imperial beauty! Fair, unrivalled one! What bloom of Arvum has honor high as yours -- not jasmine, not anemone, not rose -- only lily.
Written By Ainsley
May 17, 2018, 2:29 a.m.(10/4/1008 AR)
Someday I'll get a better handle on my temper and my pride. I pray to the Gods to give me patience and wisdom.
Written By Roxana
May 17, 2018, 1:59 a.m.(10/4/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eirene
But who do you love the MOST is the question. Who have you loved the MOST?
Answer: Me, duh.
I'm still alive. I got a papercut yesterday, which you did cause in a way, because it was from that set of messages back and forth regarding the thing you won't tell me, and how you are a horrible sister and the worst and you always used to break your toys and tell Mother it was my fault.
Still, you love me best of all, and I am told my papercut will mend in a few weeks if I am very careful and do not do any sort of work. To speed my recovery.
Yet I am not dead. Chin up big sis!
Answer: Me, duh.
I'm still alive. I got a papercut yesterday, which you did cause in a way, because it was from that set of messages back and forth regarding the thing you won't tell me, and how you are a horrible sister and the worst and you always used to break your toys and tell Mother it was my fault.
Still, you love me best of all, and I am told my papercut will mend in a few weeks if I am very careful and do not do any sort of work. To speed my recovery.
Yet I am not dead. Chin up big sis!
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