Written By Aurora
June 25, 2017, 8:49 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Rook
It is odd how relationships evolve over time. I have know Rook for a life time. I trust him with my secrets. Now I trust him with even more as I've decided to let him be my patron. He didn't ask, but I knew he would never have turned down the chance to work together for mutual greatness.
Written By Aurora
June 25, 2017, 8:46 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
I had the pleasure of creating Princess Katarina's wedding attire and offering my shop for..hah..Prince Rook to use for his designs. They both were beautiful living works of art, and I will forever be honored by their faith in my abilities.
Written By Octavia
June 25, 2017, 8:39 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
Mission accomplished! The wall has begun, and the Crown is paying for it, as is right. The other four great houses chipping in is a pleasant, but welcome surprise.
To the people who grumble that Thrax should pay: We did, in blood, in numbers I still find difficult to comprehend. This is Arx's wall, not Thrax's wall. Unless you really want a gaping hole in the city, perhaps whine a bit less.
To the people who grumble that Thrax should pay: We did, in blood, in numbers I still find difficult to comprehend. This is Arx's wall, not Thrax's wall. Unless you really want a gaping hole in the city, perhaps whine a bit less.
Written By Cicero
June 25, 2017, 8:34 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
Lost for a short time,
Distant but never forgot.
A joyous return.
Distant but never forgot.
A joyous return.
Written By Jhond
June 25, 2017, 8:30 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
Good food and good drink. Glasses held high for a friend gone too soon. Sounds like a wonderful way to spend a day.
Written By Jhond
June 25, 2017, 8:29 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
Well.. that was awkward. Might have gained a good drinking partner though.
Written By Skye
June 25, 2017, 8:28 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
Baron Cornelius Blackshore,
I hope this letter makes her hands and you are alive and well. Please know that I've settled into Navegant's manor. Count Turo Navegant was kind enough to accept me into his household. I am settling in and getting acquainted with my cousins.
-Lady Skye Blackshore
I hope this letter makes her hands and you are alive and well. Please know that I've settled into Navegant's manor. Count Turo Navegant was kind enough to accept me into his household. I am settling in and getting acquainted with my cousins.
-Lady Skye Blackshore
Written By Gawain
June 25, 2017, 8:25 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
Back in Arx after an extended stay in Chevalle. What a whirlwind of a week it has been! I've met some -very- interesting people, and been about the Count's business. I also managed to conquer the Telmar Gauntlet! All in all, a great start to what will hopefully be a longer stay!
Written By Larissa
June 25, 2017, 8:23 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Eirene
Wicked fun no matter what the occaision - be it stitching up a wound, giving someone a sound talking to or throwing back a glass or two of whisky. I think I want to be like her when I grow up, I want to be able to take the world with that grain of salt and see the truth of it - then demand that it sort itself out and stop being a baby about it. While she'd never admit to it, she has so much grace to her and her very own brand of elegance. I am ever honored to know her and always enjoy a drink in her company.
Written By Larissa
June 25, 2017, 8:18 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Anze
One of my favorite drinking partners - along with Lady Eirene of course, and when it's the two of them together... well. That's a party right there and that's exactly what I had the pleasure of enjoying the other evening. Having been kept so busy of late, I've forgotten how nice it is to just talk without any underlying messages, or ulterior motives other than to simply have fun. - Too there is now the promise that Anze will find me a burly and beastly northerner to spend the winter with in an attempt to convince me that northern winters are not in fact the frozen hell that I imagine them to be.
Written By Barric
June 25, 2017, 8:18 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Valencia
A stable thought, a pillar to come back to, the hostess of the Golden Hart I know will always be what she is and none shall ever change her. To a gracious host and a fond welcome home may I enjoy the atmosphere that she brings to the Hart and to all the hearts of Arx that have come to enjoy her company.
Written By Barric
June 25, 2017, 8:15 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
It was good to see the Bastion again. To help return back what it has so graciously given me in the past in name and a home. There are few things that compare to it in this world, but Arx is now where I live and after months of restoring the Bastion and being a beacon of morale and support I return to wha tI now consider my home away from the place I grew up in. So many battles, so many nights of drinking and song... Always the Sword of Bastion, but to Arx I am one of many and all that comes with it.
Written By Belladonna
June 25, 2017, 8:14 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
When asking for something you want, dear reader, it is wisest to remember to include the points in favor, if you must include the points against. Otherwise the person you are asking does not know that you desire it.
Written By Joslyn
June 25, 2017, 8:14 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
So, today, I'm going to write a few of my thoughts on love. It's a bit of a trite and tired subject that so many have written on as if they already know all the ins and outs, or about the significance of that one person in their lives that only months later they'll have forgotten all about while chasing that new person, and while I can't guarantee that I'll know any better than any of those people, what I will promise is that I am going to try to have something different to say than the normal rank and file of the rest of the world.
I have a rather unique perspective on what love is and what love really means. I am not alone in this view, but it remains rather unconventional. It was something that was learned through all of my experiences with my first love. Lady Juliet Fidante. She taught me to love unconditionally, and to love many. I have been fortunate to have had many loves in my life, and with many more hopeful years before me, I look forward to having many more. I have dealt with a terrible loss at her death, and so one would be forgiven for expecting that I've not taken any new loves since that dreadful day, and I would forgive them for being so mistaken.
There have been many that have successfully managed to wrangle a place of affection in my heart, and a handful that I have fallen quite hard in love for. This entry is... while I won't be giving any names out (at least not yet, it may soon become obvious who I'm talking about to any that know me), specifically about how unexpected certain things in my life can be. There can come a person that comes into your life in the most unexpected of ways. You meet them and, they manage to touch something deep within you, and you find yourself resistant to what those feelings draw forth.
You know, I'm not sure why I fought those feelings at first. I suppose I worried that she would be bad for me, that I would not want what she had to offer. Was it because the wounds from my loss were so fresh? I suspect that may have had something to do with it. I had lost so much in these last few weeks, women that I loved even aside from my beloved Juliet. I was afraid to let this new person into my fold... and yet I found myself with her. She offered not only tenderness, but resolve and strength. In time, I found that I looked forward to receiving her missives, that hardly a day went by that I didn't hope to hear from her in some way, and all this time I still worried that I was not worthy, and yet... here we are.
There are others, and... I loved them unabashedly, shamelessly and fully. The loves I have in my life today... I will not compare them to the loves that came before, because it is unfair to them all. It sells them all short and quite frankly, there is no such thing as a love that is greater or less than any others. They are all worthy and all that I would spend my life with if I could. They are each and every one of them, my greatest loves. It is how I learned to express myself, and I just find myself hoping that... if Juliet could see me now, that she would be happy that even in light of all the pain that I have felt and still feel, that I've found this measure of happiness. That I've found people that I can confide and embrace, share a love and in those moments in the dead of night, find a joy and comfort in their arms.
Loss is a terrible thing, and it's not something that I would wish upon anybody, but for all those that have lost those that they love and care for, I'm certain that your loves would wish for you to find that happiness, to find that measure of satisfaction in a life that goes on without them. I urge you to find it. Whether that be in the arms of another, or some other measure of happiness, try to find it, please. For your own sake, because wallowing in sorrow did nothing for me, and breathing and finding my own happiness and life once more was like seeing color brought back to the world, and sometimes you'll find what brings that back to you where you least expect it.
Thank you, my love, for being the perfect compliment to my everything. I pray we have a long and prosperous future together.
I have a rather unique perspective on what love is and what love really means. I am not alone in this view, but it remains rather unconventional. It was something that was learned through all of my experiences with my first love. Lady Juliet Fidante. She taught me to love unconditionally, and to love many. I have been fortunate to have had many loves in my life, and with many more hopeful years before me, I look forward to having many more. I have dealt with a terrible loss at her death, and so one would be forgiven for expecting that I've not taken any new loves since that dreadful day, and I would forgive them for being so mistaken.
There have been many that have successfully managed to wrangle a place of affection in my heart, and a handful that I have fallen quite hard in love for. This entry is... while I won't be giving any names out (at least not yet, it may soon become obvious who I'm talking about to any that know me), specifically about how unexpected certain things in my life can be. There can come a person that comes into your life in the most unexpected of ways. You meet them and, they manage to touch something deep within you, and you find yourself resistant to what those feelings draw forth.
You know, I'm not sure why I fought those feelings at first. I suppose I worried that she would be bad for me, that I would not want what she had to offer. Was it because the wounds from my loss were so fresh? I suspect that may have had something to do with it. I had lost so much in these last few weeks, women that I loved even aside from my beloved Juliet. I was afraid to let this new person into my fold... and yet I found myself with her. She offered not only tenderness, but resolve and strength. In time, I found that I looked forward to receiving her missives, that hardly a day went by that I didn't hope to hear from her in some way, and all this time I still worried that I was not worthy, and yet... here we are.
There are others, and... I loved them unabashedly, shamelessly and fully. The loves I have in my life today... I will not compare them to the loves that came before, because it is unfair to them all. It sells them all short and quite frankly, there is no such thing as a love that is greater or less than any others. They are all worthy and all that I would spend my life with if I could. They are each and every one of them, my greatest loves. It is how I learned to express myself, and I just find myself hoping that... if Juliet could see me now, that she would be happy that even in light of all the pain that I have felt and still feel, that I've found this measure of happiness. That I've found people that I can confide and embrace, share a love and in those moments in the dead of night, find a joy and comfort in their arms.
Loss is a terrible thing, and it's not something that I would wish upon anybody, but for all those that have lost those that they love and care for, I'm certain that your loves would wish for you to find that happiness, to find that measure of satisfaction in a life that goes on without them. I urge you to find it. Whether that be in the arms of another, or some other measure of happiness, try to find it, please. For your own sake, because wallowing in sorrow did nothing for me, and breathing and finding my own happiness and life once more was like seeing color brought back to the world, and sometimes you'll find what brings that back to you where you least expect it.
Thank you, my love, for being the perfect compliment to my everything. I pray we have a long and prosperous future together.
Written By Antonio
June 25, 2017, 8:10 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Valencia
Some happy news at least. My beloved, darling little sister has come home from the frozen north! She's a Velenosa again, and while she never stopped being my sister, I am so happy that she's home.
Written By Skye
June 25, 2017, 8:08 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Halsim
Arx is fortunate to have such a dedicated soul looking after the welfare of Crown and Compact.
Written By Antonio
June 25, 2017, 8:06 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
Setback, but not defeated. Ran aground, but not sunk. I will find the wind again.
Written By Nicia
June 25, 2017, 7:53 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Katarina
The Princess' wedding was spectacular. I do not think that I have ever seen a more beautiful bride, and I'm doubly-honored and humbled that even on her wedding day she still has far too many kind words for others.
Written By Rook
June 25, 2017, 7:39 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Edain
Shortly after the ceremony, I took my pledge to House Valardin and my liege lord; High Lord Edain Valardin, Prince of Sanctum. May I serve well in the years to come.
Written By Rook
June 25, 2017, 7:38 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Katarina
Katarina Valardin-nee-Al'Muraq-Sabbat, now my wife. It is a strange day, yet one that will make a good alliance.
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