Written By Torian
May 11, 2018, 4:08 p.m.(9/21/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Joscelin
I think we talked one about the art of mystery. We common folk have that freedom you know, the peerage comes from a place and has a name and that's supposed to mean something. Crownsworn born up from the mud, don't have no expectations. We can be whatever we can make ourselves to be. I happen to make myself a mystery. Keeps life flexible.
Written By Victus
May 11, 2018, 3:53 p.m.(9/21/1008 AR)
Another expedition into part's unknown, another brush with death soon to happen. Should I not come back, I've got a will stashed in my black journals from the time of the Pirate War. I've no real modifications I think need to be made, except that Ailith should get her beard beads back and also grow a beard to use them. Oh and Rinel, Rinel should get something shiny. I got a bunch of shiny shit stashed in my room, somebody break it open if I'm a corpse and find her something she likes.
Here we go again.
Here we go again.
Written By Joscelin
May 11, 2018, 1:55 p.m.(9/21/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Torian
Sometimes I think you write these things just to confuse the lot of us that know you, or think we know you, and question all the truths we take for granted.
I say this fondly, but don't let it go to your head.
I say this fondly, but don't let it go to your head.
Written By Monique
May 11, 2018, 1:33 p.m.(9/21/1008 AR)
I've been training lately, and for good cause. There are a number of expeditions upcoming, led by others, and one of my own. And, in case I should perish on one of them, I've commissioned a lovely surprise for my family, crafted by the inestimably talented Master Jayeth Black. I can't wait to unveil it for them. Marius will surely be entirely speechless. I think it will go in the center of the hedgemaze. That seems fitting.
Written By Eirene
May 11, 2018, 12:53 p.m.(9/21/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Alaric
So there wasn't many people lined up to roast the King last night so I got up and did it. Was it the nicest thing? Of course not, that's the point of a roast. Someone has to be an asshole and make terrible comments.
Since I'm known for being both loud and obnoxious and foul mouthed, who better?
Seriously though. Don't execute me your majesty. You're pretty chill and easy to get along with and you can certainly say whatever you like about me anytime you want.
Since I'm known for being both loud and obnoxious and foul mouthed, who better?
Seriously though. Don't execute me your majesty. You're pretty chill and easy to get along with and you can certainly say whatever you like about me anytime you want.
Written By Venturo
May 11, 2018, 9:42 a.m.(9/20/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Kael
Early in my life, as I was scavenging for enough coin to survive to the next day, I came across a man who could spin the most fantastic stories. He is, in no small part, where my own love of this art form has come from, undoubtedly. Day after day, for weeks on end, I'd take my meager bread and soup and sit with him in the hole in a wall, run down and vacated building that many called home. And always I'd be fascinated by not just the words he used, but his subject matter. Never was it simply dry facts, and never was it mere gossip. It was life experiences, told in such a way that any street urchin of a boy like me could understand. The best stories are ones that we have lived and can translate into emotional connections with others.
Far too often in my work here in Arx, I find my eyes glazed over reading through ledgers, reviewing trade deals that drip with such dryness I might as well be in the desert. I'd written to the Count and Countess of Keaton about a potential business arrangement. These matters? Are just a necessity of what one must do to arrange the best ingredients and work for a brewery. I had, in truth, expected yet another of those understandably dry, factual encounters, but to my delight? What I read was as good as any story I might tell. It still contained all of the important information -- but the context the Count painted for me made it clear that his lands, people and trade? Are something he has experienced first hand, not just seen as words upon a piece of paper. It allowed me to far more vividly picture and relate to what our potential arrangement might mean, and for that? I'm all the richer, without even having another silver in my pocket.
Far too often in my work here in Arx, I find my eyes glazed over reading through ledgers, reviewing trade deals that drip with such dryness I might as well be in the desert. I'd written to the Count and Countess of Keaton about a potential business arrangement. These matters? Are just a necessity of what one must do to arrange the best ingredients and work for a brewery. I had, in truth, expected yet another of those understandably dry, factual encounters, but to my delight? What I read was as good as any story I might tell. It still contained all of the important information -- but the context the Count painted for me made it clear that his lands, people and trade? Are something he has experienced first hand, not just seen as words upon a piece of paper. It allowed me to far more vividly picture and relate to what our potential arrangement might mean, and for that? I'm all the richer, without even having another silver in my pocket.
Written By Kaine
May 11, 2018, 7:45 a.m.(9/20/1008 AR)
I hear so much about all these new babies coming about. Maybe I should start working on baby clothes! Cotton is easy to wash.
Written By Valarian
May 11, 2018, 5:46 a.m.(9/20/1008 AR)
Got punched by my sister, piss drunk with the King, pranked my sister, filled my blacks with impure thoughts, illegally boarded a fine ship and passed out in some silk's fancy house.
Life is great!
Life is great!
Written By Cullen
May 11, 2018, 5:37 a.m.(9/20/1008 AR)
With great relief and gratitude for the health of all three babies and their mothers, I would like to welcome Prince Fergus Kristoph Redrain, Prince Valen Frey Redrain, and Princess Eirlys Valardin into the family. I have cousins of which I am already proud, these three will undoubtedly prove to be no exception.
May their mothers recover swiftly and well, and the nurses the chance to allow them to do so.
May their mothers recover swiftly and well, and the nurses the chance to allow them to do so.
Written By Cullen
May 11, 2018, 4:58 a.m.(9/20/1008 AR)
For putting on the recent Sword ceremony, I would like to most heartily thank my cousins Monique and Simone, who put in a lot of effort to see it turn out well - and that it did. Also, I was quite grateful for the support of all of my family and friends, present or not, for their confidence in me. Finally, I am grateful to those guests who came, whether I knew them or not, to bear witness to the occasion, as well as take part in the contests.
I am also very happy I didn't drop Dusk and impale my foot, which was my greatest worry of all.
Following in the footsteps of my two legendary cousins, Eirlys and Niamh, is an honor, and to do honor to their memories I will strive towards doing the utmost with which has been granted to me.
I am also very happy I didn't drop Dusk and impale my foot, which was my greatest worry of all.
Following in the footsteps of my two legendary cousins, Eirlys and Niamh, is an honor, and to do honor to their memories I will strive towards doing the utmost with which has been granted to me.
Written By Torian
May 11, 2018, 2:19 a.m.(9/20/1008 AR)
Hear a lot of talk about people drinking too much. Likely another contest. I'm a modest man and I never over indulge, but if I did, I might try to resolve my issues with some tea and fruit juice.
Written By Bliss
May 10, 2018, 11:21 p.m.(9/20/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Lumen
Whatever the rest of you may say, I still say that if he was so intent on me drinking that disgusting bottle of wine, he certainly shouldn't have minded when I helped him drink more. Yes, I threw it at his face, but it was the most expedient way possible.
Written By Lucita
May 10, 2018, 11:12 p.m.(9/19/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Zebulon
Zeb, Zeb, Zeb, Zeb. You haven't changed a bit in the past eight years. Arx is in for some interesting times with you here. Just seeing you today chased away some moodiness and brought a smile to my lips. Don't go away anytime soon!
Written By Derovai
May 10, 2018, 10:31 p.m.(9/19/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Niklas
You're going to Stormwall with me. If you keep your mouth shut on the way up there, I promise your chances for survival will miraculously improve.
Yes, that was a joke, Scholar. No, I'm not putting in any indication that it was. Lord Kennex knows it's a joke, and the rest of them shouldn't be reading this anyway.
Yes, that was a joke, Scholar. No, I'm not putting in any indication that it was. Lord Kennex knows it's a joke, and the rest of them shouldn't be reading this anyway.
Written By Briseis
May 10, 2018, 10:26 p.m.(9/19/1008 AR)
I’ve never actually kept a journal before. Usually back home, I’d be up to my ears in books and too busy for that. This is a first. So is being here in Arx!
I spent most of my life in Sanctum. Roaming stacks of books, feeling an itch for something more. That's what led to me leaving and coming here.
So what do I do within my first few days here? Found the Archives!
New things to cover and I couldn't resist. I must have spent at least a few hours trying to cram in as much reading as possible.
Back at it tomorrow.
Right now, it's time to go find someone I haven't seen in a really -- really -- long time.
I spent most of my life in Sanctum. Roaming stacks of books, feeling an itch for something more. That's what led to me leaving and coming here.
So what do I do within my first few days here? Found the Archives!
New things to cover and I couldn't resist. I must have spent at least a few hours trying to cram in as much reading as possible.
Back at it tomorrow.
Right now, it's time to go find someone I haven't seen in a really -- really -- long time.
Written By Niklas
May 10, 2018, 10:10 p.m.(9/19/1008 AR)
Between being hit in the face with a wine bottle, thrown off of a horse several times and concussing myself on a fake boat I'm not sure I should be sailing out to Stormwall. I'm like to get killed.
Written By Lumen
May 10, 2018, 10:09 p.m.(9/19/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Bliss
It certainly was not me.
Written By Kaine
May 10, 2018, 7:45 p.m.(9/19/1008 AR)
The nobility here are fascinating. I met perhaps one or two nobles before I came to Arx. I've met well over a dozen since arriving here. And they are fascinating. Invariably kind to some degree. Perhaps a little, er, eccentric? But I can at least relate there.
Written By Simone
May 10, 2018, 7:35 p.m.(9/19/1008 AR)
Gentle Readers,
Some days start out quite calm, but end up far different by days end. Today was one of those. While I truly am grateful for Princess Alis coming to assist us with keeping Marian calm and settled, I must admit the outcome of it was quite unexpected. Yet we are happy and proud to have all children delivered safely and both mothers well. Our household may take some time to recover though.
Now I believe I need a drink.
M. Simone Greenmarch
Some days start out quite calm, but end up far different by days end. Today was one of those. While I truly am grateful for Princess Alis coming to assist us with keeping Marian calm and settled, I must admit the outcome of it was quite unexpected. Yet we are happy and proud to have all children delivered safely and both mothers well. Our household may take some time to recover though.
Now I believe I need a drink.
M. Simone Greenmarch
Written By Wynna
May 10, 2018, 7:28 p.m.(9/19/1008 AR)
Stealing from a book store. Will wonders never cease?
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