Written By Charlaine
March 13, 2017, 8:18 p.m.(2/2/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
The Brother I never had.
Written By Charlaine
March 13, 2017, 6:44 p.m.(2/2/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
My friend and confident, we shared classes together and now that we are grown you have become my rock when the weather storms around me.
Written By Valkieri
Jan. 6, 2017, 3:18 p.m.(8/4/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
Remarkable how people can call someone a power-hungry tyrant after they have abdicated their power and family. I am sure she is reveling in her power now as she rides to her death to protect you, you honorless flec.
Written By Leo
Jan. 6, 2017, 3:13 p.m.(8/4/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
You are a meek fool, brave only as the last to throw a stone. You are a blight on the honor of Valardin. Rescind your words, draw steel or select your champion.
Written By Cara
Jan. 6, 2017, 3:12 p.m.(8/4/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
It is excellent to know clearly and cleanly when someone is an unmitigated ass.
Written By Tobias
Dec. 25, 2016, 5:56 p.m.(6/24/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
I like this man
Written By Ansel
Nov. 20, 2016, 10:54 p.m.(3/4/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
He's living the life Ansel wanted. A trained scholar, well-respected, and left to pursue his heart's desires, without the oppressive, overbearing father figure.
Written By Natalia
Oct. 29, 2016, 4:44 p.m.(12/22/1004 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
A scholar. I confess the only thing we have in common is learning about people. However, I find the man to be a wealth of information. He has promised to show me the wonderful knowledge the city has. I cannot wait for such things to come to pass.
Written By Isabeau
Oct. 16, 2016, 10:18 p.m.(11/11/1004 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
My cousin Aurelian was once as exuberant and excited as Beaumont when he was a boy. The tragedy that befell him long before the massacre of our kin in Sanctum changed him though. That excitement and exuberance was tempered into a quiet wisdom and curiosity. I will always be there for him, but I believe in the coming days and years it will be the knowledge he reclaims for our family that we will come to rely on. Knowledge is power.
Written By Alarissa
Aug. 15, 2016, 2:38 a.m.(4/20/1004 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
Prince Aurelian Valardin is a fine scholar. His passion for books is the strongest I have ever seen. Sometimes I wonder if he read more than half of books in our Archives?.. The one who read so many books, and the one who travelled as much as Prince Aurelian, definitely has many fun stories to tell. One could listen for such an intelligent man for days.
Written By Malorie
Aug. 12, 2016, 10:55 p.m.(4/13/1004 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
Commoners don't look into mirrors, their uneasiness stemming from the reflection within rather than the medium itself. What is a reflection though, but the truest echo of self? There are some that claim it is in fact the opposite of our truest self, the antithesis of our most fervent hopes, and most chivalric notions. But doesn't that also make it the opposite of our darkest secrets and deepest fears, our worst truths and hardest edges? Surely if it is the opposite of all of our goodness, then it would stand to reason it is also the opposite of all of our darkness as well. Whatever the answer may be, I fear I need not a mirror to see my reflection, for when I set eyes on my brother, I knew immediately that there lay my truest reflection, for in him I see my own past, my own sorrow, my own loss, my own love. What I did not see was recognition in his eyes, and I am not strong enough to look on that overlong yet.
Written By Edain
Aug. 7, 2016, 8:42 p.m.(3/26/1004 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
Poor Aurelian, he was kidnapped as a young child, and it still haunts him even now, close to twenty years later. He's chosen the quill rather than the sword, and he is quite smart and I rely on him a great deal especially when it comes to finding knowledge of our past that we have lost. I just wish he believed me when I tell him, that I consider his contributions to the family as important as those who serve House Valardin with blade in hand.
Written By Acacia
Aug. 3, 2016, 8:39 p.m.(3/14/1004 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
Prince Aurelian and I chanced upon one another during Admiral Alrec's VIP cruise some time ago. It was his dry joke regarding what would _really_ happen if one sought to save someone by bundling them in a tub full of fuzzy bunnies which stole my attention-- it was a welcome change from his typical reserved demeanor. From time to time, we end up in each other's company, as unlikely acquaintances that edge towards understanding, and he never fails to be chivalrous and considerate. He can be neutral and general when in the presence of others, interjecting in a wide-reaching perspective that's sometimes harder to relate to, but occasionally when he opens up a little, there's a greater and more individualized depth.
Written By Hadrian
July 1, 2016, 9:57 p.m.(11/28/1003 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
Day Five of observation. The gray-skinned creature appeared less inclined to tolerate my presence today. To test whether its reactions were truly those of hostility and defense, I touched one of the wooden staves ringing its enclosure.
It is certainly defensive, and it certainly believes I am encroaching on its territory, even when not touching the edge. He must conceive himself as dominant even in areas he cannot physically reach. He is like a young-blooded heir apparent, who thinks the lines on maps dividing the land mark what he may someday control.
It's adorable.
Oh, I also discovered a Scholar of Vellichor. Prince Aurelian Valardin is rather bookish - people eventually do resemble their pets. But who cares about his bedside manner? The audacity he displays in choosing the goal he has for his life's work is admirable.
I doubt he can recover much predating the Great Fire here in the city, but I cannot claim to know its sewers, catacombs, and cellars. He might have more luck elsewhere - if the shavs haven't already desecrated what ruins there are.
I wish him well. The world would be a better place if more people attempted the impossible. He may never reach the top of his mountain, but he will climb higher than those who don't dare to look up.
If the shavs don't get him. I must remind him of the need for additional guards, if he leaves the city.
Common sense? Yes. But sometimes the Scholars are so busy learning about the past that they forget the present.
It is certainly defensive, and it certainly believes I am encroaching on its territory, even when not touching the edge. He must conceive himself as dominant even in areas he cannot physically reach. He is like a young-blooded heir apparent, who thinks the lines on maps dividing the land mark what he may someday control.
It's adorable.
Oh, I also discovered a Scholar of Vellichor. Prince Aurelian Valardin is rather bookish - people eventually do resemble their pets. But who cares about his bedside manner? The audacity he displays in choosing the goal he has for his life's work is admirable.
I doubt he can recover much predating the Great Fire here in the city, but I cannot claim to know its sewers, catacombs, and cellars. He might have more luck elsewhere - if the shavs haven't already desecrated what ruins there are.
I wish him well. The world would be a better place if more people attempted the impossible. He may never reach the top of his mountain, but he will climb higher than those who don't dare to look up.
If the shavs don't get him. I must remind him of the need for additional guards, if he leaves the city.
Common sense? Yes. But sometimes the Scholars are so busy learning about the past that they forget the present.
Written By Alis
June 19, 2016, 1:47 p.m.(10/20/1003 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
A fist cousin, who has always been supportive of my efforts to pursue Knighthood so matter how difficult the challenge may be.
Written By Marian
June 18, 2016, 7:22 p.m.(10/17/1003 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
One of Valen's family members, a cousin to the Valardin main line. Very pleasant, easy company. He's a fair example of the way I used to think of soft Compact nobles, once upon a time. A scholar, he'd rather than have his nose in a book or be examining some ruin than doing much of anything else. I no longer think of, or view that as an insult or weakness of character, but it does make me worry. Worry for him, and for other members of the Family who aren't trained for war. There's a storm coming. It's here, already, and very obviously so, between the attack that killed Valen and so much of our family, and now the tragedy with the King, Valen's uncle Dayne, and everyone who was with them. I will give everything I have to protect the Valardin family, but there is only one of me, and I can only be in one place. Will have to ensure Edain sends plenty of guards with Aurelian should he decide to go out on another scholarly excursion.
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