Written By Holden
March 18, 2018, 9:59 p.m.(5/20/1008 AR)
Through storm and rain we met them upon the beaches, in the mountain pass, and through the city of Stormwall. And though they desired to feast upon us, we instead gave them the feast of our weapons, the hooves of our steeds, and the very rock and dirt beneath our feet. And though the city of Stormwall burned, the fleet felt the fury of the ocean storm, and our enemies felt the strength of our combined forces. My wish is that those in Setarco fare as well.
I am honored to have fought along the Highlord, Prince Edain once more, the Marquis Jacque Lyonesse, Lord Alban Farshaw, and Dame Esoka Greenblood. None shall forget the sacrifice of Lady Eirlys Greenmarch. May she know only peace.
I am honored to have fought along the Highlord, Prince Edain once more, the Marquis Jacque Lyonesse, Lord Alban Farshaw, and Dame Esoka Greenblood. None shall forget the sacrifice of Lady Eirlys Greenmarch. May she know only peace.
Written By Fianna
March 18, 2018, 9:45 p.m.(5/20/1008 AR)
Arx is... bigger than I expected. Noisier. And yet, for all its size, I've never felt so hemmed in. I cannot wait to take Oskar riding outside these walls. But for now, I need to focus on helping my brother and my House rebuild our city.
...perhaps I'll ride tomorrow...
...perhaps I'll ride tomorrow...
Written By Thesarin
March 18, 2018, 9:33 p.m.(5/20/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Emily
A good commander always tries to bring back all their people, and rarely will. That's the bloody business.
And a good commander can't hesitate to spend their people, when needs be. Being over cautious can lose a battle, let your enemy take the initiative, wind up a slaughter. Can't lead folk to war without being ready to send them out where you know there's no coming back.
Hell of a business, all told.
And a good commander can't hesitate to spend their people, when needs be. Being over cautious can lose a battle, let your enemy take the initiative, wind up a slaughter. Can't lead folk to war without being ready to send them out where you know there's no coming back.
Hell of a business, all told.
Written By Emily
March 18, 2018, 9:25 p.m.(5/20/1008 AR)
Victory comes at a cost and sometimes upon reflection it can be too much.
With these thoughts we look to the South and know that not all of the foe were downed in the North. We still live in uncertainty despite turning them aside. They still exist and where do they look to next?
Let those in Setarco not bear the brunt of those we could not fell. Let them rise to the challenge of their own foes and return to strengthen the Compact so we might all face those that yet remain.
Gloria bless our allies, our family and our friends. May your victory be a sweet song on the battlefield!
With these thoughts we look to the South and know that not all of the foe were downed in the North. We still live in uncertainty despite turning them aside. They still exist and where do they look to next?
Let those in Setarco not bear the brunt of those we could not fell. Let them rise to the challenge of their own foes and return to strengthen the Compact so we might all face those that yet remain.
Gloria bless our allies, our family and our friends. May your victory be a sweet song on the battlefield!
Written By Luis
March 18, 2018, 9:25 p.m.(5/20/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Ariella
My next present to you, my dear sister, shall be a shield. Not only shall I give you a shield, but I will chain it to your arm so that you may not remove it and instead carry it with you wherever you go. Hearing of your wounds, and then seeing you in such a state does remind me of the mortality of those whom are close to us and the fears at which losing them brings.
Rest and heal dear sister, we shall continue this fight in the spirit of courageousness as you have already done.
Rest and heal dear sister, we shall continue this fight in the spirit of courageousness as you have already done.
Written By Luis
March 18, 2018, 9:22 p.m.(5/20/1008 AR)
The war continues, and while there are rumors of victory in some places, there is foreboding in others, a suggestion that things are not quite as they seem, nor are they anywhere near being over.
Written By Talen
March 18, 2018, 9:22 p.m.(5/20/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
We are ready ashore, as you will be at sea. That's all I need to know. Every ship that goes down, every enemy that falls for good, it is less power to our opponent for the years to come. We are prepared, and we now have a chance to accomplish this in droves. It is a sacrifice we make willingly.
Recognising a moment of brashness is the path to improvement. I have been far too prone to this my entire life. My father taught me as best he could and still I faltered.
For a man who has waged naval battles as efficiently and conclusively victorious as you have so far, I will not allow a moment of expression to result in a punishment, so help me god.
Recognising a moment of brashness is the path to improvement. I have been far too prone to this my entire life. My father taught me as best he could and still I faltered.
For a man who has waged naval battles as efficiently and conclusively victorious as you have so far, I will not allow a moment of expression to result in a punishment, so help me god.
Written By Duarte
March 18, 2018, 9:17 p.m.(5/20/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
I noticed your punctuation is improving.
Written By Emily
March 18, 2018, 9:15 p.m.(5/20/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Rymarr
I did only what every other brave soul in Stormwall has done but I thank you for your belief in me. What shall be telling is when we know the names of those loyal to Deepwood who fell in their duty.
I could not bring them all back, my lord. Though Gloria knows I tried.
Lady Emily Deepwood
I could not bring them all back, my lord. Though Gloria knows I tried.
Lady Emily Deepwood
Written By Mydas
March 18, 2018, 8:56 p.m.(5/20/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Khanne
As we have both survived, allow me to make my congratulations on your upcoming nuptials official. I wish you the highest and everlasting happiness. You deserved nothing less, my friend.
Written By Terese
March 18, 2018, 8:53 p.m.(5/20/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Jeffeth
I had the honor and opportunity to do a little bit of training today with sir Jeffeth, the Solace knight. You might have seen him? The one that makes the rest of us look short?
He hits hard, his skills with the sword are delightful to watch even if they leave huge bruises afterwards. Bruises are just the body's way of telling you to pay attention to training, right?
Right!
He hits hard, his skills with the sword are delightful to watch even if they leave huge bruises afterwards. Bruises are just the body's way of telling you to pay attention to training, right?
Right!
Written By Aaron
March 18, 2018, 8:53 p.m.(5/20/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
I have remained silent up until now. I'm just a tailor. But I've been watching from my Lighthouse and feel compelled to say something to be recorded for the ages.
Apologies are meaningless unless they prompt new action.
Abbas Crownsworn (once Thrax) was exiled for his foolish actions, though what he did was in misguided defense of the Compact.
High Lord Victus Thrax has done something ELSE (again!) very foolish without a thought to the safety of the Compact and the consequences we all now face.
What will his consequence be? An apology in a white journal? It's not enough. Is exile too much? Maybe. But this ought not to be brushed off.
Apologies are meaningless unless they prompt new action.
Abbas Crownsworn (once Thrax) was exiled for his foolish actions, though what he did was in misguided defense of the Compact.
High Lord Victus Thrax has done something ELSE (again!) very foolish without a thought to the safety of the Compact and the consequences we all now face.
What will his consequence be? An apology in a white journal? It's not enough. Is exile too much? Maybe. But this ought not to be brushed off.
Written By Victus
March 18, 2018, 7:01 p.m.(5/19/1008 AR)
I have done a terrible thing and not acted as I should have, as a person and as a leader. Leaders are taught to control their emotions and people are meant to have enough good sense not to do something so heinously stupid. Neither of which were things that I managed to do on the twilight of our victory.
I allowed a place of ego and self-righteousness to take control of my actions when I was entrusted to show responsibility above all else. For that, those who are entrusted to my service are placed in danger. Words carry strength and they should never be used without care to who you harm with them.
As a leader, I have failed you in allowing a moment of weakness and selfishness dictate the lives of others. As a person I have failed myself in allowing myself to fall so far in such a small time.
Remember my words that day. Remember my mistake and bear to never repeat it again. Take what happened as a folly of Victus Thrax, the man who should have known better and didn't. Every precious second you spend in dark places could well be your last. Never think yourself so invulnerable that you would curse the powers that be, for you will have more than just your own life to think about when all is said and done.
I seek forgiveness, but I will not ask for it until I am a better person. I am sorry.
I allowed a place of ego and self-righteousness to take control of my actions when I was entrusted to show responsibility above all else. For that, those who are entrusted to my service are placed in danger. Words carry strength and they should never be used without care to who you harm with them.
As a leader, I have failed you in allowing a moment of weakness and selfishness dictate the lives of others. As a person I have failed myself in allowing myself to fall so far in such a small time.
Remember my words that day. Remember my mistake and bear to never repeat it again. Take what happened as a folly of Victus Thrax, the man who should have known better and didn't. Every precious second you spend in dark places could well be your last. Never think yourself so invulnerable that you would curse the powers that be, for you will have more than just your own life to think about when all is said and done.
I seek forgiveness, but I will not ask for it until I am a better person. I am sorry.
Written By Brigida
March 18, 2018, 6:50 p.m.(5/19/1008 AR)
What a cruel joke it is that at the twilight of my life when I feel I am at my most disposable, these bones barely allow me to rise up from my bedding let alone travel vast distances to rise up in defense of all that is good. The price of war weighs so heavily on us all but so much more so on the young.
This hard aged heart is with you, whatever your job may be.
This hard aged heart is with you, whatever your job may be.
Written By Alexis
March 18, 2018, 6:33 p.m.(5/19/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Viviana
You know, when I said I would like to visit your hometown, this wasn't quite what I had in mind.
Written By Alexis
March 18, 2018, 6:32 p.m.(5/19/1008 AR)
Orders filling up even as we prepare for further battles. It makes sense, but means rest will be long coming.
Not that I'm complaining. I'm going to need the silver.
Not that I'm complaining. I'm going to need the silver.
Written By Alexis
March 18, 2018, 6:31 p.m.(5/19/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eirlys
I can't claim to have know Lady Eirlys as well as I knew the Lady Niamh or Lady Neve. But we had met. And I respected her. And from what I've been told, she was responsible for grave losses among the enemy, even as, in her death, the enemy was responsible for a grave loss of our own.
Sounds like the Greenmarch way, to grasp victory even in death and defeat.
May the Queen of Endings accept her like the hero she was, and the Mother send her off to a new beginning.
Sounds like the Greenmarch way, to grasp victory even in death and defeat.
May the Queen of Endings accept her like the hero she was, and the Mother send her off to a new beginning.
Written By Brogan
March 18, 2018, 6:25 p.m.(5/19/1008 AR)
Damn Lazy Scholars and lettin' me only pick one person to call out. Spirits curse it, I'll name them myself
Khanne, Sigurd, Marian, Violet, Mydas, MOrrighan, Gwenna, Agatha, Ann, Asger, Felicia, Eilonwy, Tovell, Jeffeth, and the rest of you bloody lot I asked about coming North or to actually travel North.
Some of you hadn't been through it before, and some of you it was old hat. For the ones getting to see 'the glory of War', now you know why some of us scoff when the bards talk about it. There's no glory in holding in the guts of your friends and family. There's no glory when you're watchin' your City burn to the ground. There's sadness, survival, relief, and loss. Still, we keep pushing, because giving up means the enemy wins and we'll never let that happen. We'll keep fighting. Keep pushing, and keep protecting everything and everyone we love.
Spirits know I'm happy to see your faces (some smiling, some otherwise), and we'll have us a round to remember those lost. Sounds like there's still some fighting happening in the South. To my friends and loved ones down there, don't give in, don't give up, and if you need us we'll be there. Take care, and come back to see us.
Spirits blessings on you all.
Khanne, Sigurd, Marian, Violet, Mydas, MOrrighan, Gwenna, Agatha, Ann, Asger, Felicia, Eilonwy, Tovell, Jeffeth, and the rest of you bloody lot I asked about coming North or to actually travel North.
Some of you hadn't been through it before, and some of you it was old hat. For the ones getting to see 'the glory of War', now you know why some of us scoff when the bards talk about it. There's no glory in holding in the guts of your friends and family. There's no glory when you're watchin' your City burn to the ground. There's sadness, survival, relief, and loss. Still, we keep pushing, because giving up means the enemy wins and we'll never let that happen. We'll keep fighting. Keep pushing, and keep protecting everything and everyone we love.
Spirits know I'm happy to see your faces (some smiling, some otherwise), and we'll have us a round to remember those lost. Sounds like there's still some fighting happening in the South. To my friends and loved ones down there, don't give in, don't give up, and if you need us we'll be there. Take care, and come back to see us.
Spirits blessings on you all.
Written By Saoirse
March 18, 2018, 5:53 p.m.(5/19/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Cadenza
While I still look forward to bringing the 'cape dress' as a fashion statement to Arx, thank you for supplying me with something less absurd in a war zone.
Written By Hadrian
March 18, 2018, 5:47 p.m.(5/19/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Terese
We often happily give gifts to those who befriend members of our family. The Hydra is thrilled to know that our gift was well received. It's only the polite and decent thing to do, when meeting a new friend. I think an Oathlander told me that once.
You should also visit for tea sometime soon!
You should also visit for tea sometime soon!
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