Jan. 12, 2018, 3:21 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
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Calaudrin
Practically the family mascot at this point.
Jan. 12, 2018, 3:18 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
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Nierzen
Out of sick curiosity, I checked his journal. He wrote about me. My gods. A Grayhope, I should have expected. There's no escape from them.
Jan. 12, 2018, 3:18 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
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Nierzen
And here I thought the other fellow was asking for opinions. I would be more than happy to give mine too, were it appropriate for the circumstances. However, having been not-so-reliably informed I am an idiot by both Bastien and your kind self, I feel I must decline at this juncture and can only point to such a striking similarity to prove my case unheard.
Jan. 12, 2018, 3:09 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
Who the fuck is Nierzen and why is every journal I check out in the archives writing about him?
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Shard
Jan. 12, 2018, 2:57 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
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Nierzen
Weren't you complaining that the Compact hadn't outright conquered more Abandoned a few weeks back, instead of convincing them to bend the knee? If that's how you assume the Nox'alfar view the Compact, I think that says more about you than it does the elves. You'd think if they were interested in conquering they might have got around to it sometime in the past few centuries. Maybe thought about it back when one of them was actually the king. You know, just maybe. I hear they get bored, you'd think it would have come up.
But I mean, you said the most devoted worshipers of Death were allies with Oblivion's Herald and then made the exact same mistake in saying the Marin'alfar, a bunch of Mangata followers, are working with the Gyre, so it's possible you don't have the slightest fucking clue what you're talking about.
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Leona
Jan. 12, 2018, 2:39 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
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Edain
No one is perfect. And it is not the Lord Commander's forgiveness you should seek. Look to your own honor and guard it well. Accepting our mistakes, rectifying them, and trying not to repeat them again and again is the course of valor and the work of a lifetime.
Jan. 12, 2018, 2:32 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
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Edain
To His Grace, Prince Edain (marked by a small tab, if you please, for the Scholar who accepts this journal - please do not remove, even if it does ruin the uniformity):
I accept your words, and admire you for committing them to writing. There is nothing harder in this world than accepting criticism (and I am well aware that I am not always kind about mine), and nothing more praiseworthy than attempting to do something constructive with it as you walk forward into the future.
Jan. 12, 2018, 2:27 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
I see the Nox'Alfar are in the journals again and on the tongues of everyone. I must say there is some degree of perverse joy to sit at a table with ones great grandfather many times over. Not too many can I suppose. I wonder if he looks as handsome as he did the day he married Queen Alarice.
Jan. 12, 2018, 2:23 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
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Edward
I'll wait for the proof of the Nox'alfar negotiating in bad faith after we broke our own treaty. Don't worry, I've got a whole bottle of whiskey with me. It'll last a while.
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Edain
Jan. 12, 2018, 2:22 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
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Orazio
You are right Legate. I resolved that I would own my failings during the first round of renewing the treaty, I am am letting my distrust waver that resolved. I will be better.
Jan. 12, 2018, 2:21 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
Igniseri for the wine.
Mistress Petal for the Pyreweave.
Guildmaster Joscelin for the rings.
Blessed Spirits, I'm getting excited!
Written By
Leta
Jan. 12, 2018, 2:19 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
(A series of sketches or rough doodles of cats. The artist has no real eye for proportion, or composition, or shading, or much of anything as far as art goes. But at least you can mostly tell these are cats. There are cats with spots, and cats with stripes, and black cats. Some of the cats are just doing cat things, like running around or eating small creatures, but a few of the cats have crowns or helmets or are armed with spears and bows. There's even a little cat castle with cats in the battlements.)
This is just a picture I drew from my head, it's not something that exists, for any Scholars that read this a hundred years from now. But a whole kingdom of cats would be a sight to see, that's for sure.
Jan. 12, 2018, 2:06 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
I find it amusing that anyone thinks the Nox negotiated in good faith at any level.
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Merek
Jan. 12, 2018, 2 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
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Silas
Still the Commander, and he is still doing well for the Iron Guard. It is nice to know he has been keeping on track with everything within the Compact. Also wanted to thank him for his guidance since I joined with the Guard. Something I didn't ever think I would be doing, but he makes it worth it with our ventures!
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Merek
Jan. 12, 2018, 1:58 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
So much going on with people at the moment, and I can't seem to figure out what to do besides my investigations. Anyways I'm hopeful to be of some use to people in any case, but recently I've been busier than I would like. I should work on that.
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Edain
Jan. 12, 2018, 1:45 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
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Leona
All I can say is that I am not perfect. And that distrust can sometimes run deep. I would never wish to say anything that dishonored Lord Commander Dayne's sacrifice. I will pray at the cathedral tonight that he will forgive my words.
Jan. 12, 2018, 1:43 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
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Edain
Let us not forget who it was who hosted the Nox'Alfar when they came to the city, and allowed their guests to be insulted and threatened, blocked their guests from seeking honorable redress for these grievances, and then spent months claiming in public that the Nox'Alfar never intended to negotiate honestly or sincerely, despite the fact that they have never broken any formal commitment they have ever made to the Compact, and in fact gifted several king's ransoms worth of expensive items even when no treaty obligated it.
As odd and often violent and unpredictable as they are, when it comes to "needing to earn trust", there are other names which, based on their behavior, I would put far higher on the list.
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Leta
Jan. 12, 2018, 1:28 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
I like cats. I don't know what's going on in their heads, and to tell the truth they're (the word assholes has been struck out) not terribly nice for the most part, but they are pretty and they're fun to watch. Also they catch mice and such and they guard the house at night from some other sorts of unnatural creatures, as I see it, though sometimes they make a bloody mess of bird guts and such all over. Now, you never know when they'll rub up against you or give you a scratch for your troubles, but that's just in their nature. I don't suppose you can hold it against them. I've a cat myself, Meowlarice, and she's good company. I'm not sure I'd feel the same if she could talk, and I don't reckon I trust her, but she is what she is.
Anyhow, I just thought I'd write something more about cats, for future Scholars, in case cats vanish or folk forget about cats in years to come.
Jan. 12, 2018, 1:16 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
Nierzan's a professional contrarian. He's wrong about elves and Heralds, but I think his primary intention was to get precisely the reaction he got.
That said, while we're quite cognizant that every Grayhope has not been a shining beacon, I'm a bit concerned about the implication that your average noble family has a better balance of good or evil. I'm not qualified to weigh that! But I'd be happy to have a conversation about it.
Jan. 12, 2018, 1:11 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
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Nierzen
You, laddy buck, are -dreadfully- misinformed.