Written By Fortunato
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.
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.
Written By Serafine
Jan. 12, 2018, 1:11 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Nierzen
You, laddy buck, are -dreadfully- misinformed.
Written By Margerie
Jan. 12, 2018, 12:09 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Derovai
My reaction was perfectly reasonable. My diction perhaps less so.
Let this be a lesson to the youngsters. Do not pick up writing implements when you are in your cups.
But my sober reflection remains in league with my less sober response. Please donate to our hostess' charity of choice what you find reasonable, or preferably outlandish, for what amusement my antics provided and for the very minor damages done to me.
We face challenges ahead - may our human failings guide us to better actions to help one another to survive and flourish, before, during, and after any possible hostilities.
Let this be a lesson to the youngsters. Do not pick up writing implements when you are in your cups.
But my sober reflection remains in league with my less sober response. Please donate to our hostess' charity of choice what you find reasonable, or preferably outlandish, for what amusement my antics provided and for the very minor damages done to me.
We face challenges ahead - may our human failings guide us to better actions to help one another to survive and flourish, before, during, and after any possible hostilities.
Written By Samantha
Jan. 12, 2018, 12:06 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Mae
And it was explicitly pointed out it in the very first words written that I do not judge the entire family by the actions of one man. I just found it interesting that the kinsman of one who chose to align with enemies far more dangerous to the Compact was choosing to point a finger in the direction of those who've far more in balance of what we deem good or evil.
Written By Aleksei
Jan. 12, 2018, 12:01 p.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
The latest Nox'alfar marriage was one of a long line of them over several centuries. So, I mean, the idea that they tried to destroy the Compact and then set up a marriage instead is just...what? Listen, the Nox can be crazy and make people super uncomfortable, but the idea that they're infiltrating our society instead of just renewing a practice that already existed for five hundred years is...odd. They haven't been trying to destroy the Compact??
We broke our treaty with them. Because we were misled, yes, and it was a horrific tragedy, but we're not in much position to demand they try to earn our trust back. We interrupted their most sacred ritual and made them vulnerable to total annihilation by doing so. Like, we threatened the survival of their entire race. And yet they gave us multiple chances to reopen negotiations with them. The first time, it didn't go well, and they left insulted. The second, the new treaty was made.
The idea that the Nox'alfar were in liege with Brand or the Silence is super ridiculously false, because they're actually the mortal enemy of the agents of the Silence and Oblivion. The destruction of the Nox'alfar was the _literal purpose_ of agents manipulating the Compact into breaking our treaty.
So, like, if you want to be uncomfortable, just be accurate about it.
We broke our treaty with them. Because we were misled, yes, and it was a horrific tragedy, but we're not in much position to demand they try to earn our trust back. We interrupted their most sacred ritual and made them vulnerable to total annihilation by doing so. Like, we threatened the survival of their entire race. And yet they gave us multiple chances to reopen negotiations with them. The first time, it didn't go well, and they left insulted. The second, the new treaty was made.
The idea that the Nox'alfar were in liege with Brand or the Silence is super ridiculously false, because they're actually the mortal enemy of the agents of the Silence and Oblivion. The destruction of the Nox'alfar was the _literal purpose_ of agents manipulating the Compact into breaking our treaty.
So, like, if you want to be uncomfortable, just be accurate about it.
Written By Mae
Jan. 12, 2018, 11:59 a.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Samantha
We all have sins in our past, whether they are our own, or whether they are those of our family and ancestors. Some are large, some are great. Some of us benefited for the struggles of the Compact. Some of our families gained piles of silver from misfortune. Some of us were granted great power by the workings of our enemies. I do not believe these actions define who we are - especially when they are wholly the doing of other people. That is not what the Queen of Endings and Mother of Beginnings shows us. That is not the change Lagoma brings. To question the commitment of the Grayhope family to the Compact because one of its members takes issue with the history of the Nox'alfar - a history marked by blood and violation of the Laws of Limerance was we understand them - seems unfair, unkind, and against the virtues of the Gods. Even if one member of the family was not faithful to the Compact. After all, many of this family's members dutifully serve the Gods and the Compact.
It would be on par with questioning the commitment of a noblewoman whenever she disagreed with the majority, simply because she was first made a Marquessa by the Rex'alfar.
It would be on par with questioning the commitment of a noblewoman whenever she disagreed with the majority, simply because she was first made a Marquessa by the Rex'alfar.
Written By Leona
Jan. 12, 2018, 11:47 a.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Edain
When Lord Commander Dayne Valardin gave his life in an honor duel to acknowledge the guilt of the Compact when we broke the treaty with the Nox'alfar, through strength and honor and determination he gave us the chance to start diplomatic relations with them without the sins of the past coming forward to haunt us. He leveled the playing field by acknowledging our guilt and paying for it as honor demands.
When the Nox'alfar came to us in good faith to re-negotiate the treaty and we treated them abysmally and insulted them until they left the city, that too was our own fault. And yes, many good men and women died. I know this better than most. But again, the Nox'alfar showed their willingness to ignore our fumbling attempts at diplomacy and returned to the negotiating table in good faith.
And so I understand that many will be uncomfortable with our allies. They are not always a comfortable people. But to expect them to constantly be looking to earn our trust ignores the fact that they have carried themselves with honor while we have not - twice now in living memory. Instead of worrying about what they are doing for us, perhaps we should be asking how we can work together to build our future in similar directions, and to avoid dishonoring ourselves a third time in three years.
When the Nox'alfar came to us in good faith to re-negotiate the treaty and we treated them abysmally and insulted them until they left the city, that too was our own fault. And yes, many good men and women died. I know this better than most. But again, the Nox'alfar showed their willingness to ignore our fumbling attempts at diplomacy and returned to the negotiating table in good faith.
And so I understand that many will be uncomfortable with our allies. They are not always a comfortable people. But to expect them to constantly be looking to earn our trust ignores the fact that they have carried themselves with honor while we have not - twice now in living memory. Instead of worrying about what they are doing for us, perhaps we should be asking how we can work together to build our future in similar directions, and to avoid dishonoring ourselves a third time in three years.
Written By Thena
Jan. 12, 2018, 11:31 a.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Samantha
I was going to say it was ironic given that one of his kinsmen is Death’s chosen, but your point is very...pointy.
Written By Derovai
Jan. 12, 2018, 11:23 a.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Harlan
We haven't met, but do you want mine? Two reasons:
1: Dame Thena WILL drink hers sometime. I will ensure it.
2: I only made it through two rounds of the liquor before having the good idea to bow out of the drinking contest. Discretion is, after all, the better part of valor. And as you can see from Lady Keaton's and Magpie's reactions, that was obviously the wisest call. It tasted like a 7-year-old girl's birthday cake, if that 7-year-old secretly hated all the guests at her party.
Find me at the Murder of Crows if you have an interest. I'll be the only one able to form coherent sentences for the next few days.
1: Dame Thena WILL drink hers sometime. I will ensure it.
2: I only made it through two rounds of the liquor before having the good idea to bow out of the drinking contest. Discretion is, after all, the better part of valor. And as you can see from Lady Keaton's and Magpie's reactions, that was obviously the wisest call. It tasted like a 7-year-old girl's birthday cake, if that 7-year-old secretly hated all the guests at her party.
Find me at the Murder of Crows if you have an interest. I'll be the only one able to form coherent sentences for the next few days.
Written By Samantha
Jan. 12, 2018, 11:22 a.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Nierzen
While I don't judge the family by the actions of one man, it amuses me that Master Nierzen has chosen this hill to die upon, considering the fact that one of his kinsmen was (and presumably still is) a Rex'alfar agent devoted to destroying the Compact.
Written By Harlan
Jan. 12, 2018, 10:55 a.m.(12/14/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Thena
I might be persuaded to take that off your hands, unless more bottles of this insanity can be procured elsewhere.
Written By Edain
Jan. 12, 2018, 10:31 a.m.(12/13/1007 AR)
The Nox'alfar murdered and mutilated many good people, two high Lord's amongst them two High Lords. Regardless of whose fault that was I think we need to stop acting offended when people mistrust and want nothing to do with them. Or when the point out the are perhaps, still dangerous.
Being comfortable that this alliance with them was the right decision is something that is going to take years... Maybe even decades or generations before many of us feel it was the right decision. In the end we did renew the treaty, but there is no reason we should not expect the Nox'alfar to actually try to earn our trust now.
Being comfortable that this alliance with them was the right decision is something that is going to take years... Maybe even decades or generations before many of us feel it was the right decision. In the end we did renew the treaty, but there is no reason we should not expect the Nox'alfar to actually try to earn our trust now.
Written By Thena
Jan. 12, 2018, 10 a.m.(12/13/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Magpie
...maybe I’ll jusr keep my bottle of cupcake on the shelf.
Written By Magpie
Jan. 12, 2018, 9:54 a.m.(12/13/1007 AR)
did another darts and drinking contest last night don't feel so great.
Didn't win the drinking contest this time. puked pink everywhere.
I pissed orange this morning
I hear people had good time don't know maybe writing this will remind me next time to sit out drinking contest.
Didn't win the drinking contest this time. puked pink everywhere.
I pissed orange this morning
I hear people had good time don't know maybe writing this will remind me next time to sit out drinking contest.
Written By Aureth
Jan. 12, 2018, 9:49 a.m.(12/13/1007 AR)
If the Nox'Alfar saw us the same way we saw the Abandoned, they would have attempted to force us to swear fealty to them and abide by their laws, as opposed to renewing ties of diplomacy that were centuries old.
Written By Thena
Jan. 12, 2018, 9:23 a.m.(12/13/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Derovai
Is this what having a frenemy is like?
Written By Derovai
Jan. 12, 2018, 9:20 a.m.(12/13/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Thena
Written in bold, block letters, with more flourish than is strictly necessary, is the following attributable quote:
"I apologize that I misinterpreted the situation." - Dame Thena Grayhope.
Underneath it, a jotted note in Derovai's regular hand:
I need to enlist a Scholar of Vellichor to make copies for distribution. Please contact me if you have an interest.
"I apologize that I misinterpreted the situation." - Dame Thena Grayhope.
Underneath it, a jotted note in Derovai's regular hand:
I need to enlist a Scholar of Vellichor to make copies for distribution. Please contact me if you have an interest.
Written By Leena
Jan. 12, 2018, 8:25 a.m.(12/13/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Ariella
A lovely woman, features dark yet vibrant of voice. She defines the very existence of the word boisterous. Equal parts beautiful and lovely, she is also equal parts sailor and troublemaker mixed with those lovely parts. It makes for one interesting - and particularly entertaining family member. I love you, dear cousin. Never change - for you certainly are a jewel the way you are.
Written By Edward
Jan. 12, 2018, 8:24 a.m.(12/13/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Vanora
Mistrust.
Suspicion.
Pride.
Information hoarding.
Stupid battle plans.
Take your pick.
Suspicion.
Pride.
Information hoarding.
Stupid battle plans.
Take your pick.
Written By Leena
Jan. 12, 2018, 8:22 a.m.(12/13/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
It has been fun getting to know the Baron. He is reserved, yet can be bold when he wishes to. He has been a good friend and I certainly recommend him as a confidant. He is strong of body, and of mind. I've enjoyed getting to know him, and he has advice that can cut right to the heart of the matter, yet be just as effective.
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