Written By Ida
Oct. 8, 2017, 5:44 p.m.(5/12/1007 AR)
While unnerving, I don't mind the darkness that much. So often we sleep or work through it and perhaps it doesn't get appreciated as much as it could. Noting, of course, that I often feel like someone on the outside of things, so this may just be another example of as much. Or naivety, maybe? Whatever.
Written By Torian
Oct. 8, 2017, 5:39 p.m.(5/12/1007 AR)
As if it aint dreery enough down here in the muck and the mire... now the gods give us two nights a day?
Written By Aiden
Oct. 8, 2017, 5:31 p.m.(5/12/1007 AR)
The sanctuary is coming along... but the animal hospital has had some hiccups... Designing something that hasn't been built before has been a challenging process.
Written By Malesh
Oct. 8, 2017, 5:30 p.m.(5/12/1007 AR)
This has turned out to be a surprisingly disappointing few days. Perhaps an improvement in the weather and the birth of my first born will brighten my mood? One must hope it be so.
Written By Preston
Oct. 8, 2017, 5:13 p.m.(5/12/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Leona
The Lord Commander arranged a rite of Gloria - and put me, quite fairly, out after a few blows. I was quite proud to score a hit on her though, even if I didn't manage to draw first blood. She is remarkably skilled, and devout. Of all of those I've worked with from the secular side, she is perhaps one of the most reliable.
Written By Aislin
Oct. 8, 2017, 5:12 p.m.(5/12/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Killian
My cousin has long talked about wanting to help with administering Ashford; with my brother's long absence, I've appointed Killian a Voice of Ashford. I hope he finds the duties empowering rather than oppressive, though I worry that it might be a combination of both. That seems to be the most common for people; duty should be honored, but duty should also be heavy. If you take your duties lightly, gods know, you might spend your vassal's lives cheaply.
At least he'll have the authority to do whatever he needs to guards and the Ashford military, regardless of how he finds the political half.
At least he'll have the authority to do whatever he needs to guards and the Ashford military, regardless of how he finds the political half.
Written By Archeron
Oct. 8, 2017, 5:09 p.m.(5/12/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Lethe
She is settling in well to the city - and off with Margot on a mission. I worry a little, I would rather keep Lethe and Margot both safe, but then what would I be saving them from? Life? It is my job as her brother, as Margot's cousin, to keep them safe - but not my job to try and change them or stunt their lives. it is a hard balance. But I trust Margot to keep Lethe safe. And I trust Lethe to come home.
Written By Archeron
Oct. 8, 2017, 5:07 p.m.(5/12/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Margot
My cousin gave me a new bow - an old artifact - to use and look after. It is easy to forget that it was not long ago that family had a very different meaning for all of us. Still. I am glad to help Margot out however I can. While Lethe and I had each other, and our mother, Margot was alone for a long time.
Written By Mia
Oct. 8, 2017, 4:54 p.m.(5/12/1007 AR)
Winter is long over. Spring marches steadily towards summer. The ice has melted and the annual flooding in the riverlands begins to subside. I am grateful for it, for two reasons:
First, I am to travel north -- and soon. I recall all too well my winter excursions into the Gray Forest and the cost that cold and frost brought me, despite how well-outfitted I was in all of my wools. It is not an experience that I would care to repeat any time soon -- or preferably, at all. Dying in service to House and Compact is one matter; dying due to 'unpleasant weather' is an indignity I refuse to suffer.
Second, it means that the Mother is fully passable again, her currents smoother and gentler than they were but a few weeks ago. It is trading season, and Riven will be in need of doing a good bit of it, with thousands more to feed, clothe, and put to proper labor. So, to all the Houses of Arx, I say this. Send me your diplomats, your stewards, your merchants. Let bargain be struck, for passage and for foodstuffs and for goods alike. Let us all prosper, together.
First, I am to travel north -- and soon. I recall all too well my winter excursions into the Gray Forest and the cost that cold and frost brought me, despite how well-outfitted I was in all of my wools. It is not an experience that I would care to repeat any time soon -- or preferably, at all. Dying in service to House and Compact is one matter; dying due to 'unpleasant weather' is an indignity I refuse to suffer.
Second, it means that the Mother is fully passable again, her currents smoother and gentler than they were but a few weeks ago. It is trading season, and Riven will be in need of doing a good bit of it, with thousands more to feed, clothe, and put to proper labor. So, to all the Houses of Arx, I say this. Send me your diplomats, your stewards, your merchants. Let bargain be struck, for passage and for foodstuffs and for goods alike. Let us all prosper, together.
Written By Calypso
Oct. 8, 2017, 4:53 p.m.(5/12/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Calista
When training starts to feel like punishment, you know you’re doing it right! If it were easy, it wouldn’t be worth it.
I am proud of you for sticking through it.
I am proud of you for sticking through it.
Written By Sameera
Oct. 8, 2017, 4:52 p.m.(5/12/1007 AR)
I follow the spirits more than the Gods. I am a person with little desire for anything in me. I am a person who does not like people. I have come to realize, it is time to change. I don't know how to do that or anything butt the winds of change do blow around me. The important part is to figure out how to find people less irritating and idiotic. That is very difficult.
Written By Lianne
Oct. 8, 2017, 4:47 p.m.(5/12/1007 AR)
The beauty of sorrow is its ability to simultaneously isolate and unite us. While no other might know quite the shape and nature of our own individual grief, we are yet drawn together in sadness, seeking comfort and familiarity, knowing that everyone has suffered loss and heartache and bitter disappointment. We each break in our own ways, but seeing the jagged edges in another draws out our compassion.
Though your despair is your own, you are not alone in its depths.
That is what I saw in the darkness: our commonality, our tenderness, our nature.
Though your despair is your own, you are not alone in its depths.
That is what I saw in the darkness: our commonality, our tenderness, our nature.
Written By Luca
Oct. 8, 2017, 4:34 p.m.(5/12/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Estaban
Ban's apparently nimble as myself these days. I'm proud of him and glad to have had some small hand in it. Looking forward to our next shirtless dance for the ladies.
Written By Leola
Oct. 8, 2017, 4:34 p.m.(5/12/1007 AR)
**Crossed From the Records of the Lodge of Petrichor**
Our hunters are patrolling the Grey Forest. We are aware of the interlopers and are finding those who need refuge, bringing them to the Lodge, which we are fortifying in expectation of assault. To this end, we are assisting Lady Khanne and many others from the city, and have devoted the support and aid of about eight hundred of the city's soldiers, in what time they have to themselves, and a quarter of that again in good word from the Faith and nobility. We have set aside coin to pay for those who are likely to be injured.
May we find hospitality and sanctuary
Our hunters are patrolling the Grey Forest. We are aware of the interlopers and are finding those who need refuge, bringing them to the Lodge, which we are fortifying in expectation of assault. To this end, we are assisting Lady Khanne and many others from the city, and have devoted the support and aid of about eight hundred of the city's soldiers, in what time they have to themselves, and a quarter of that again in good word from the Faith and nobility. We have set aside coin to pay for those who are likely to be injured.
May we find hospitality and sanctuary
Written By Luca
Oct. 8, 2017, 4:33 p.m.(5/12/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Reese
I slept through the rite of Gloria and missed all the fun except the final blow. Bri certainly put on good show of the North and Ribbons always holds herself worthy of her ancestor Alarice. My beautiful alaricite wife, in the truest meaning of the word.
Written By Esoka
Oct. 8, 2017, 3:37 p.m.(5/12/1007 AR)
The little things can lift one's heart the most, even in the darkest hours. My cousin Eshken had us for breakfast at the Whitehawk house, and it was the first time in it feels like an age that I've just sat and talked with my tribesmen. I shall remember his diligence and wit, Emele's dreamy sweetness, and my Count and Chief Thesarin's quiet, unshakeable strength in the days to come. Being surrounded by my blood and my tribe, even for a morning, reminds me what I fight for at my core.
As the 10,000 shav'arvani my Countess and the Deepwoods convinced to bend the knee join the Compact, my hope for them is that they are able to preserve what they most love about their old life, while joining with something greater. I pray I manage such, on my better days.
As the 10,000 shav'arvani my Countess and the Deepwoods convinced to bend the knee join the Compact, my hope for them is that they are able to preserve what they most love about their old life, while joining with something greater. I pray I manage such, on my better days.
Written By Brianna
Oct. 8, 2017, 3:03 p.m.(5/12/1007 AR)
I'm known for many things, in the city. As the King's former companion, sometimes as a flighty Northern lady, to some--well, I am just known for what has happened to me.
But fighting that duel against the Princess Reese and winning, then going on to defeat Lord Corban and remain as the last person standing: that felt satisfying. I worked hard and long for my skills as a warrior, and to be recognized for a moment for what I have achieved even if it is only victory in a Rite, feels good.
But fighting that duel against the Princess Reese and winning, then going on to defeat Lord Corban and remain as the last person standing: that felt satisfying. I worked hard and long for my skills as a warrior, and to be recognized for a moment for what I have achieved even if it is only victory in a Rite, feels good.
Written By Monique
Oct. 8, 2017, 1:49 p.m.(5/12/1007 AR)
The Dragonweep ring for the Spring Soiree is complete! It is a work of art! Many thanks to the esteemed Atelier Joscelin for their exacting work in the creation of this prize!
... am I allowed to bid for it, as co-host?
... am I allowed to bid for it, as co-host?
Written By Carita
Oct. 8, 2017, 1:11 p.m.(5/12/1007 AR)
Paused between tasks, after reviewing records and ledgers, I realize - that the presence of this House, this family has diminished considerably in the year following his --
[ The entry stops here. ]
Pardon, Scholar. I didn't think that finishing the entry in the Journal would be a prudent idea. It's better saved for the Reflections.
[ The entry stops here. ]
Pardon, Scholar. I didn't think that finishing the entry in the Journal would be a prudent idea. It's better saved for the Reflections.
Written By Sameera
Oct. 8, 2017, 12:48 p.m.(5/12/1007 AR)
Perhaps things need to change. I wonder.
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