Written By Nicia
Aug. 14, 2017, 2:43 p.m.(1/9/1007 AR)
There were some very spectacular moments, but there was one that filled me with a sense of dread and anxiety, and I am not ashamed to admit my ill-suitedness for that activity in the future. Lessons learned, yes?
Written By Valery
Aug. 14, 2017, 2:34 p.m.(1/9/1007 AR)
Maybe I should get him a tiny armor made, and ask for the plushies to have it too.
It'd be funny...
Written By Edain
Aug. 14, 2017, 1:12 p.m.(1/9/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Aureth
There is also no dishonor in choosing to fight with your utmost to the very last, regardless of being outmatched, if that is how you feel you best honor your Faith, your family, those you carry the favor of, or even yourself.
There is no one that can speak the will of the Queen of Endings and Beginnings with more authority than you. But that does not mean none of the gods would find their hearts moved by such perseverance.
There is no reason to shame those that chose to fight to their last in the Tournament of Roses with you your tongue firmly in your cheek. Just as there is no cause for any of them to say they are braver than those that showed the respect to yield. All competitors were brilliant and and honored themselves, the King, and Limerance in my eyes, for whatever that might be worth.
Written By Denica
Aug. 14, 2017, 12:47 p.m.(1/9/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Christine
( Books like butterflies fly across the entry, pages ruffled. )
Written By Denica
Aug. 14, 2017, 12:44 p.m.(1/9/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Antonio
( The drowsing little graphite fox at the lower part of the page has woken and is sitting up, ears perked. )
Written By Denica
Aug. 14, 2017, 11:40 a.m.(1/9/1007 AR)
(It's a storm of competing images, and if it were heard it would be a cacophony. Various combatants are rendered in harsh and overly shaded charcoal, fighting against one another. No, it's not the tournament. It's a battlefield. They wield shards of broken glass - or mirror - as weapons. Everyone has empty eyes, except for the Mercies that are healing the fallen.)
Written By Blacktongue
Aug. 14, 2017, 11:39 a.m.(1/9/1007 AR)
They managed to go unscathed so long, nary a jab nor stab.
But when they found their choice was the same as all on the field,
They complained when the sword was turned, and only whining could they yield.
A fine array and a daring display,
while the steel of so many did sing.
And while some are keen to play the prey,
Others have naught a hand to wring.
Written By Denica
Aug. 14, 2017, 11:29 a.m.(1/9/1007 AR)
( The page is filled with a dreamy assortment of masks in watercolor. A colorful candle flicker of a flaming mask. A chilled and sparkling mask of frost that drips icicles. A mask of stars and galaxies. A grinning skull with a smiling raven. A mask of pale flowers with a scatter of windblown white petals kissed with spring green that hits the edge of the journal page and continues on to decorate the borders of the next. )
Written By Calarian
Aug. 14, 2017, 11:28 a.m.(1/9/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Reese
Written By Aureth
Aug. 14, 2017, 11:28 a.m.(1/9/1007 AR)
It does seem like the kind of fad that is self-limiting, but just in case the fashion spreads, here is a reminder from me to you:
Death is not something to be taken lightly and it does no honor to any god to do so.
Written By Esoka
Aug. 14, 2017, 11:23 a.m.(1/9/1007 AR)
I would also record my respect for the swords who finally pressed me into quitting the field. In truth I'm not sure if it was Dame Leta, Baron Silas, or the champion Prince Talen himself who struck the blow that made me yield. It was quite a scrum! There is no shame in bowing to an honorable and skilled opponent in a fair fight.
I look forward to taking the field with all of Arx's fine warriors again next year. All thanks to Prince Edain for doing the hero's work of seeing it to completion.
Written By Calarian
Aug. 14, 2017, 11:15 a.m.(1/9/1007 AR)
Written By Sameera
Aug. 14, 2017, 11:07 a.m.(1/9/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
Written By Aleksei
Aug. 14, 2017, 11 a.m.(1/9/1007 AR)
Neither Gloria nor Limerance calls for us to risk our lives in the pursuit of a friendly and honorable competition of arms. We honor the Goddess of Chivalry by knowing when we are beaten and graciously accepting it. We honor her by not putting our friends and compatriots at risk of inadvertently cutting us down on a field of competition because we refused to take the honorable course.
You'd think that we were on a field of true battle, how events played out. There is a place for unyielding heroism in this world -- a time when it truly honors Goria -- but that's against our enemies, not our friends.
Also, ten people on one isn't particularly honorable, either.
Written By Alexis
Aug. 14, 2017, 10:44 a.m.(1/9/1007 AR)
Ours was a most glorious melee, but it would have been less so if not for the tireless efforts of those who stood at the ready to care for us.
Written By Katarina
Aug. 14, 2017, 10:20 a.m.(1/8/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Kael
I would be honored to sample pies with you. You only need to forewarn me when we intend to be taste testers for your wife. I will not eat anything that day, lest I have to be rolled down the street back to my rooms.
Written By Reese
Aug. 14, 2017, 10:03 a.m.(1/8/1007 AR)
Also, thanks Baron Silas and Dame Alexis!
Reese
Written By Reese
Aug. 14, 2017, 8:40 a.m.(1/8/1007 AR)
I am very grateful for the healers. I was tended to by Princess Sophie, Lady Eirene, Softest Whispers Saedrus, Mistress Thena and Lady Reigna.
Thank you, I would have a short and very painful life without you. I don't think I can't count the number of times that Lady Eirene and Princess Sophia have tended to my wounds.
I am still hurting, but I am doing much better. I realize that I was foolish to stay in the battle so long. The rush of the fight and my Grayson pride, kept me going until I fell.
I must congrats Prince Talen on winning, he is a very talented fighter, but also a very clever one.
And I must congrats High Lord Victus, who also is an amazing fighter, but even more impressively he had the admiration of the people.
Reese
Written By Serafine
Aug. 14, 2017, 1:46 a.m.(1/8/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Silas
Written By Alaric
Aug. 14, 2017, 12:08 a.m.(1/8/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Monique
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