Written By Calarian
Aug. 27, 2017, 11:47 p.m.(2/8/1007 AR)
Today, House Grayson and the participants of the diplomatic expedition met to discuss specifics. I believe we all have reasons to feel satisfied for it, as all the participants were in agreement as to the general goal of the mission. The help we have been receiving for this one has been quite overwhelming, and I must reinstate my thanks to everyone who took part of it.
Written By Aleksei
Aug. 27, 2017, 11:45 p.m.(2/8/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
I grew a beard to look more respectable for my station and I think it's working out pretty well. I look very mature and responsible with it.
Written By Audric
Aug. 27, 2017, 11:42 p.m.(2/8/1007 AR)
That said, I do appreciate all the congratulations! Except maybe Tikva's, who while I do appreciate it, also pointed out a thing that I hadn't considered at all. Oh no.
Written By Audric
Aug. 27, 2017, 11:41 p.m.(2/8/1007 AR)
To be fair, it's not -entirely- official yet, since it hasn't been formally announced, but it's a decidedly odd feeling to become a Baron while you're asleep. I don't FEEL different. Though, maybe I'll grow a mustache to reflect my new station. Probably not.
Written By Aleksei
Aug. 27, 2017, 11:37 p.m.(2/8/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
Between congratulations and condolences, I sure know which one I immediately sent.
Written By Mira
Aug. 27, 2017, 11:37 p.m.(2/8/1007 AR)
So much feasting. So many parties. This is my first winter in Arx, and I do not understand how people can frolic and play when it is so bitterly cold outside. I think I shall stay inside with my books, thank you very much.
Written By Fortunato
Aug. 27, 2017, 11:35 p.m.(2/8/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
I don't actually know the man, but he does appear to be the wittiest fellow in the compact, and that's certainly worth something. Nobility? Why not.
Written By Tikva
Aug. 27, 2017, 11:28 p.m.(2/8/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
I am glad to welcome the new Baron Audric to the ranks of the peerage, and look forward to the day when some proud noble scion prepares to introduce him as his son-in-law.
Written By Blacktongue
Aug. 27, 2017, 11:24 p.m.(2/8/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Talen
Did you ever once stop to think it was -I- that needed rescuing from the pandering and flirting, and not the other way around? I am not the inflictor, merely the afflicted. Praise the Gods baby Donato seems to take after his mother.
Written By Blacktongue
Aug. 27, 2017, 11:22 p.m.(2/8/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Shard
She has the most charming smile.
Written By Eliana
Aug. 27, 2017, 11:18 p.m.(2/8/1007 AR)
It was nice to go to the Golden Hart for the gathering to raise funds for Thrax after what happened. It was a gesture in good faith, and hoping to result in overall good. I support this with my whole being, we all need more good in our lives to counteract the evil surrounding us.
Written By Fortunato
Aug. 27, 2017, 11:16 p.m.(2/8/1007 AR)
Sketches.
Armor. Pieces of armor, scattered. Broken swords. Broken spear hafts.
A few figures in armor, mostly women, their hair ragged and unbound, or cropped close, or carefully bound. Their postures betray exhaustion in a few standard settings. Shoulders slumped, back curled, legs wobbled, arms gone flopped.
Monsters. Fanged and horned, bearing swords, bearing whips, two-legged, mostly, with fight in their eyes. A lot of frustrated scribbles in the margins. And out of the margins.
Armor. Pieces of armor, scattered. Broken swords. Broken spear hafts.
A few figures in armor, mostly women, their hair ragged and unbound, or cropped close, or carefully bound. Their postures betray exhaustion in a few standard settings. Shoulders slumped, back curled, legs wobbled, arms gone flopped.
Monsters. Fanged and horned, bearing swords, bearing whips, two-legged, mostly, with fight in their eyes. A lot of frustrated scribbles in the margins. And out of the margins.
Written By Eilonwy
Aug. 27, 2017, 11:16 p.m.(2/8/1007 AR)
Life in the city is ever a mystery to me. At least I have met a few more people. It's not life in the forest, things are so much more complex here, and that never ceases to amaze me. I am struck by how intricate the ins and outs of life must be to fit so many people so close together. At least I have found my love in this pile of stone trees. And for that, I will always be thankful.
Written By Eliana
Aug. 27, 2017, 11:16 p.m.(2/8/1007 AR)
Today has been the most traumatic of my short life. There is not enough alcohol to wash away the horror and drown out the sorrow.
Written By Joscelin
Aug. 27, 2017, 11:14 p.m.(2/8/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
She lives in a library. If it were allowed for a Guildmaster of the Crafters to have a patron, I would choose her. As it is, I do enjoy watching her ask me every month. Last month there were chocolates.
Written By Killian
Aug. 27, 2017, 11:09 p.m.(2/8/1007 AR)
It's odd being home, after so long away. The city seems the same, but at the same time, it seems so very different than when I left. The wounds of the siege heal, slowly perhaps, but the devastation is erased a bit more every day. Yet even at the same time, the city once more reels towards trouble and chaos, the latest of tragedies and tribulations to fall upon it.
In the night, I wonder why it must be so. Why we must struggle unceasingly to gain a moment of peace and prosperity amidst all of this chaos and pain, suffering and sorrow. But then I realize that I know the answer, and always have. Without the pain and sorrow, without knowing what it is to struggle to survive and suffer for what you believe, then one can never truly feel the joy of a triumph or the satisfaction of a peaceful day. It is of little comfort, but then, I doubt we are here to be comfortable.
In the night, I wonder why it must be so. Why we must struggle unceasingly to gain a moment of peace and prosperity amidst all of this chaos and pain, suffering and sorrow. But then I realize that I know the answer, and always have. Without the pain and sorrow, without knowing what it is to struggle to survive and suffer for what you believe, then one can never truly feel the joy of a triumph or the satisfaction of a peaceful day. It is of little comfort, but then, I doubt we are here to be comfortable.
Written By Aiden
Aug. 27, 2017, 11 p.m.(2/8/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Donella
You generosity continues to humble me. I will make sure the craftsmanship captures his likeness.
Written By Edain
Aug. 27, 2017, 11 p.m.(2/8/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Audric
He is going to need a bigger feather for that hat of his now.
Written By Caelis
Aug. 27, 2017, 10:57 p.m.(2/8/1007 AR)
More meetings, more planning, I miss the sea. I hope winter's end the seas will calm a little. These storms seem to try even the most seasoned of sailors. Perhaps it is a sign of things to come, I will pray on it more and hope that it changes and the storms fade come spring time.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
May your hopes find safe harbors.
Written By Mia
Aug. 27, 2017, 10:56 p.m.(2/8/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Aleksei
I would say there have been stranger causes for kinship, but I somehow strongly doubt that.
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