Written By Magpie
May 1, 2018, 7:24 p.m.(8/27/1008 AR)
Dear Journal. Words cannot express how amazing this picnic is going to be. I already have donations from some royals and nobles and there's been so much interest. We're going to have *free* samples of Haze and Dust. There's going to be baked goods. There's going to be singers and a show of combat.
There's going to be the most spectacular fucking grand finale of the celebration I'm giddy just thinking about it. It's going to give one person the singular most incredible opportunity. It's going to be great. It's gonna be so amazing. It's gonna be better than having sex with a mermaid.
Seriously, watch for the flyers. We're going to be planning the day soon. You do not want to miss this.
Oh, and my wife got stabbed and I'm really really really really really fucking pissed off about that.
There's going to be the most spectacular fucking grand finale of the celebration I'm giddy just thinking about it. It's going to give one person the singular most incredible opportunity. It's going to be great. It's gonna be so amazing. It's gonna be better than having sex with a mermaid.
Seriously, watch for the flyers. We're going to be planning the day soon. You do not want to miss this.
Oh, and my wife got stabbed and I'm really really really really really fucking pissed off about that.
Written By Vayne
May 1, 2018, 5:54 p.m.(8/27/1008 AR)
It is a fine line between revenge and justice. It is narrow, but deep enough to swallow a man, a woman, a whole family, even a princedom.
Tehom's precepts remind us to seek balance, and to use our darkest impulses toward beneficial ends.
So, to those who are boasting of meting out revenge, be wary. Use your desire for revenge to fuel a pursuit of justice, but do not allow the thrill of pursuing vengeance to drag you into that deep ravine.
It is a most difficult thing to climb out of once you're there.
As always, the Shrine of the Thirteenth stands ready to support and lend guidance to any who find themselves struggling to avoid that ravine.
Tehom's precepts remind us to seek balance, and to use our darkest impulses toward beneficial ends.
So, to those who are boasting of meting out revenge, be wary. Use your desire for revenge to fuel a pursuit of justice, but do not allow the thrill of pursuing vengeance to drag you into that deep ravine.
It is a most difficult thing to climb out of once you're there.
As always, the Shrine of the Thirteenth stands ready to support and lend guidance to any who find themselves struggling to avoid that ravine.
Written By Lou
May 1, 2018, 3:25 p.m.(8/27/1008 AR)
My to do list is getting inordinately long. I suppose that means things are on an upswing for the Explorers. I have First Seekers, I have Seekers. Hoping to schedule a meeting soon. Just waiting on a handful more to let me know their schedules. Then, we get better organized.
Also, I shifted a few people around in the Explorers. Did not think our Supporters should be at the bottom of the rung. And, didn't want to strike people from the rosters who passed. They are part of our history.
I expect that we will be very busy in the days to come. There's just quite a bit to do.
Also, I shifted a few people around in the Explorers. Did not think our Supporters should be at the bottom of the rung. And, didn't want to strike people from the rosters who passed. They are part of our history.
I expect that we will be very busy in the days to come. There's just quite a bit to do.
Written By Alban
May 1, 2018, 3:13 p.m.(8/27/1008 AR)
I met with Dame Felicia Harrow and Caspian again, Lady Emily Deepwood joined us as well and it was good to see plans coming to fruition. Things are lining up almost perfectly and little tips and hints are being corroborated independently. The clues are adding up to a message, something that tells me we need to proceed with extreme caution in the coming weeks.
Written By Mae
May 1, 2018, 2:15 p.m.(8/27/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Evaine
Get well soon.
Written By Isabeau
May 1, 2018, 11:47 a.m.(8/27/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Jacque
No. Not you. You had so much potential, so much courage. House Valardin will avenge you, cousin. Tonight, I will lift a glass of the most middle-of-the-road whiskey that I can get my hands on in your name.
Written By Merek
May 1, 2018, 11:20 a.m.(8/27/1008 AR)
My new building project seems to be making some progress. It's nothing exciting, just something I've wanted to do to create beauty and relax. Though with all that is going on recently, it is difficult to relax that much.
Written By Eirene
May 1, 2018, 10:20 a.m.(8/27/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Jacque
My fucking sympathies to Marquessa Demura. I know how it must hurt right now, and how much you must want revenge.
Written By Lisebet
May 1, 2018, 10:15 a.m.(8/27/1008 AR)
I have heard a very sad thing about Marquis Jacque Lyonesse. I met him here, very early after my arrival in Arx. I am not sure what to say - this must be very sad for his family. And I can understand the rage and desire to make the guilty parties pay. I hope they do pay appropriately, of course, but I somehow think it will not bring ease to mourning hearts.
Written By Eirene
May 1, 2018, 10:02 a.m.(8/27/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Porter
Regarding pregnant women and the war.
It's that fear you won't have something concrete to remember your loved one by, that their legacy will be a few mementos and perhaps a name on a wall or a statue somewhere. That you'll never know their touch again and that way you can keep a little piece of them with you always. See their face in your child. Hear their laugh. Tell them stories about what a brave soul their father was to fight our enemies.
This said as a pregnant woman who lost her husband to the war against the darkness.
Gods, I miss him.
It's that fear you won't have something concrete to remember your loved one by, that their legacy will be a few mementos and perhaps a name on a wall or a statue somewhere. That you'll never know their touch again and that way you can keep a little piece of them with you always. See their face in your child. Hear their laugh. Tell them stories about what a brave soul their father was to fight our enemies.
This said as a pregnant woman who lost her husband to the war against the darkness.
Gods, I miss him.
Written By Porter
May 1, 2018, 9:37 a.m.(8/27/1008 AR)
Dear journal, what it is about war that makes people have the need to get pregnant?
On the one hand, it's fun. After fighting and nearly dying for so long, it's worth it to have fun again.
It's also being close to the one you love in, I suspect, the most direct way possible. Perhaps if it were like those tales where people swap bodies due to a trick, then there could be a closer way, but those are just tales.
I wonder if it's not also some urge to replace the ones who are lost. Is that an individual thing? A societal thing? I wonder.
It does make my love life more difficult. There's nothing more radiant, and far less likely to indulge in a side affair, than an expectant mother.
I suppose that means I should appreciate that Countess all the more, I'm quite sure she's past the point where she wants another.
I wonder if her husband is?
On the one hand, it's fun. After fighting and nearly dying for so long, it's worth it to have fun again.
It's also being close to the one you love in, I suspect, the most direct way possible. Perhaps if it were like those tales where people swap bodies due to a trick, then there could be a closer way, but those are just tales.
I wonder if it's not also some urge to replace the ones who are lost. Is that an individual thing? A societal thing? I wonder.
It does make my love life more difficult. There's nothing more radiant, and far less likely to indulge in a side affair, than an expectant mother.
I suppose that means I should appreciate that Countess all the more, I'm quite sure she's past the point where she wants another.
I wonder if her husband is?
Written By Venturo
May 1, 2018, 8:07 a.m.(8/26/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Gwenna
After a series of conspiring messengers, I finally had the opportunity to meet Princess Charm, and she did not disappoint. I am, however, extremely suspicious of her having the greatest spy network in all of Arx. Only fifteen minutes after her arrival, the Raconteur was swarmed by princesses. I've checked to see if some specially colored lantern had been set out. Really, the only thing that gives me a moment of doubt to her secret agent nature? Is that princess Sabella didn't show up. Regardless, if there is ever an urgent crisis in Arx that can only be solved by the combined might of the princesses being in the same place, at the same time? She is the one to notify.
Written By Ida
May 1, 2018, 6:53 a.m.(8/26/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Joscelin
Mugging is such a strong word. Strongly suggest release into someone else's possession, maybe. Maybe! But moot now.
Written By Audric
May 1, 2018, 3:57 a.m.(8/26/1008 AR)
What a terribly, wonderfully, delightfully busy week!
Written By Ainsley
May 1, 2018, 2:49 a.m.(8/26/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Serafine
An addendum: No, further thinking. You'd be the first to tell me: If this is a curse, stop bitching, get your sword, and kill the person who laid it.
Written By Ainsley
May 1, 2018, 2:47 a.m.(8/26/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Serafine
As I sit here at my desk, staring at these figurines I've worked with artists to have made... I cannot help but feeling guilt. Is this my fault? Did I place a curse upon us? First Valkerie, then Killian, and now you. That leaves only me and Leta left.
The guilt creeps in, and worry now, for Leta. But I think that you would be the first person to smack me and tell me: "It's not all about you, Ainsley".
I didn't spend enough time with you.
I'm sorry, my friend.
The guilt creeps in, and worry now, for Leta. But I think that you would be the first person to smack me and tell me: "It's not all about you, Ainsley".
I didn't spend enough time with you.
I'm sorry, my friend.
Written By Veronica
May 1, 2018, 2:42 a.m.(8/26/1008 AR)
Duke Cristoph, I echo your rage at the murder of Marquis-consort Jacque Lyonesse, as well as the members of the Iron Guards who were slaughtered during the course of the crime. House Lyonesse is House Keaton's liege and I for one will not let this stand.
I don't care what manner of men or foul creatures were responsible: justice will be, and must be served.
I don't care what manner of men or foul creatures were responsible: justice will be, and must be served.
Written By Edelma
May 1, 2018, midnight(8/26/1008 AR)
Being back here reminds me how much I've got to learn. Training new squires is one thing. This is something else. I deserve my title and won it fair but that doesn't mean I can rest on my heels!
Lucky for me, I won't be doing that. There's more training in my future. And the better I fight, the better I teach and I serve doing both.
Lucky for me, I won't be doing that. There's more training in my future. And the better I fight, the better I teach and I serve doing both.
Written By Monique
April 30, 2018, 11:52 p.m.(8/26/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Simone
A light in the dark. For you, for all of you, I will try.
Written By Cristoph
April 30, 2018, 11:03 p.m.(8/26/1008 AR)
I wrote a proclamation earlier today after I learned of the brutal murder of Marquis-Consort Jacque Lyonesse, requesting information if there were any who had it. In my haste, I did not convey my rage or grief at his passing. I would like to do that here in my white journal now. House Lyonesse is a vassal of House Laurent. We have known the family for countless years, I grew up with the children of that house as my son will grow up with the children of their house. Bounded together by our love for the Oathlands and our dedication to the Faith and lieges in house Valardin.
I also did not adequately express my rage at the guards that were cut down within the ward, the ones that protect those of us here on a daily basis. And I did not speak on how furious it made me to learn that a number of Iron Guard were murdered as well, taken from this life when they were doing what must have seemed a most ordinary patrol when they started out their night.
I am angry and we will seek justice.
I also did not adequately express my rage at the guards that were cut down within the ward, the ones that protect those of us here on a daily basis. And I did not speak on how furious it made me to learn that a number of Iron Guard were murdered as well, taken from this life when they were doing what must have seemed a most ordinary patrol when they started out their night.
I am angry and we will seek justice.
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