Written By Niccolo
Feb. 20, 2017, 4:33 p.m.(12/16/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Lark
Princess Lark and I have not had chance to interact as much as we should. Truth be told, most of the times we have me has been due to sets of unfortunate circumstances. Yet, every time I've been impressed by her grace and her pragmatism in what most likely would have shaken most others. Most others, but not her. I don't think I've seen this woman ever shaken and perhaps the closest moment was one of compassion for a friend, that I happened to witness from the outside in. I suspect this pragmatism of hers will serve her very well in the difficult times that await all of us.
Written By Niccolo
Feb. 19, 2017, 11:18 p.m.(12/15/1005 AR)
I made a discovery today.
Some southern pepper sauces can separate the men, from the other men with a little less tolerance for them. I don't think my throat will ever be the same, after drinking that sauce straight as I did.
Luca, I'm truly sorry about this. However, you did the Champions proud.
Some southern pepper sauces can separate the men, from the other men with a little less tolerance for them. I don't think my throat will ever be the same, after drinking that sauce straight as I did.
Luca, I'm truly sorry about this. However, you did the Champions proud.
Written By Niccolo
Feb. 19, 2017, 11:11 p.m.(12/15/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Nadia
I've sat here trying to figure what to write down. Not because Nadia didn't mean anything to me. Not because I don't know what I'm feeling. I'm quite aware of what I am feeling. But, I'm not as sure of how I put this into words? Or how I keep writing about these things.
I've lost much since all this started. My wife, one of my daughters and now, a friend. Nadia called me her friend and to be honest, I wasn't always the best of friends. I wasn't always available to speak to her when she wanted, or see her when she asked. I was busy, the world seemed to be ending and time felt so very short.
Time is, so very short.
I am sorry, my friend that I wasn't a better friend to you. I'm sorry that I didn't, see you more often, that time would keep working against us. I will always be grateful of the moments we did share, the times we listened to each other and I will forever miss you. And when I finally get a chance to visit the mountains of Stonedeep, I will sing a song for you.
I've lost much since all this started. My wife, one of my daughters and now, a friend. Nadia called me her friend and to be honest, I wasn't always the best of friends. I wasn't always available to speak to her when she wanted, or see her when she asked. I was busy, the world seemed to be ending and time felt so very short.
Time is, so very short.
I am sorry, my friend that I wasn't a better friend to you. I'm sorry that I didn't, see you more often, that time would keep working against us. I will always be grateful of the moments we did share, the times we listened to each other and I will forever miss you. And when I finally get a chance to visit the mountains of Stonedeep, I will sing a song for you.
Written By Niccolo
Feb. 12, 2017, 11:28 p.m.(12/1/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Acacia
You're back. Like you said you would be.
There is so much for us to do.
There is so much for us to do.
Written By Niccolo
Feb. 5, 2017, 5:31 p.m.(11/10/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Esera
Carlotta Velenosa, the Grand Duchess of the Lyceum. She was far from that when I first met her, she was a princess then, and I was a young lord. Much has been written about us, about the love that drove me to abandon my claim to my dear Setarco, the many journals my father filled calling me foolish for wishing a marriage that brought neither House an advantage. What a stubborn young man I was, driven yes, but stubborn.
So I challenged fate itself in order to marry this woman, because of a love that I never thought would find a rival. A love that I fully dedicated myself to. She was my everything, she was everything. Gods I still miss her presence, I still miss the way she looked at me when we saw each other after months of being apart and I thought, I thought I'd never feel a love so deep. I thought that was it.
But then my children were born. Of all the gifts Carlotta ever gave me, that is perhaps the sweetest. Yet again in my life, I was blessed enough by the Gods to experience a love like no other. The Gods might have taken my son from me, but they still left me with two daughters. Two beautiful parts of my now departed wife that I loved the moment they entered this life.
I find it hard to describe the love I felt for my wife sometimes. This is even harder. It is something that just doesn't feel like it can fit in my chest. To love someone so much, even before you get to know them. That is what I felt for Esera, for Isolde when I first met them, when they were born. It was of course a different kind of love, but no less potent, no less powerful and overwhelming.
Duty often kept my family apart, for often Carlotta would find herself in Arx, and I'd find myself in the lands around Lenosia spilling the blood of our enemies. But it was that knowledge of being reunited with my wife, with my children that made the days easy to tolerate, that made that distance easy to accept. That same distance that sometimes made me not the best of fathers, that kept me from experiencing so many of their lives. Both Esera's and Isolde's.
And now, I still have my Isolde, but my Esera is gone. Just like her mother, she is gone. And just like it's hard for me to describe the love I feel for her, it's hard to describe the pain that seeks to crush my heart with every breath I take. But it is that love that I've felt since the moment she was born that now drives me. It drives me to set my grief aside, for there is so much that must be done. I miss her, but I will honor her by keeping her dreams alive, by doing what must be done.
Esera, I love you. I miss you. I will forever keep you with me, until the day we get a chance to meet again among the stars.
So I challenged fate itself in order to marry this woman, because of a love that I never thought would find a rival. A love that I fully dedicated myself to. She was my everything, she was everything. Gods I still miss her presence, I still miss the way she looked at me when we saw each other after months of being apart and I thought, I thought I'd never feel a love so deep. I thought that was it.
But then my children were born. Of all the gifts Carlotta ever gave me, that is perhaps the sweetest. Yet again in my life, I was blessed enough by the Gods to experience a love like no other. The Gods might have taken my son from me, but they still left me with two daughters. Two beautiful parts of my now departed wife that I loved the moment they entered this life.
I find it hard to describe the love I felt for my wife sometimes. This is even harder. It is something that just doesn't feel like it can fit in my chest. To love someone so much, even before you get to know them. That is what I felt for Esera, for Isolde when I first met them, when they were born. It was of course a different kind of love, but no less potent, no less powerful and overwhelming.
Duty often kept my family apart, for often Carlotta would find herself in Arx, and I'd find myself in the lands around Lenosia spilling the blood of our enemies. But it was that knowledge of being reunited with my wife, with my children that made the days easy to tolerate, that made that distance easy to accept. That same distance that sometimes made me not the best of fathers, that kept me from experiencing so many of their lives. Both Esera's and Isolde's.
And now, I still have my Isolde, but my Esera is gone. Just like her mother, she is gone. And just like it's hard for me to describe the love I feel for her, it's hard to describe the pain that seeks to crush my heart with every breath I take. But it is that love that I've felt since the moment she was born that now drives me. It drives me to set my grief aside, for there is so much that must be done. I miss her, but I will honor her by keeping her dreams alive, by doing what must be done.
Esera, I love you. I miss you. I will forever keep you with me, until the day we get a chance to meet again among the stars.
Written By Niccolo
Jan. 29, 2017, 11:55 p.m.(10/18/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Natalia
Thank you.
Written By Niccolo
Jan. 29, 2017, 11:55 p.m.(10/18/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Deva
The princess is a very good friend of my daughter, and now she's starting to become a very good friend to me. She is young, passionate, even impetuous. But she is smart, determined, loyal and dedicated. She's recently offered me words of support, words that I much needed during a very difficult time, and for that, she will always have my gratitude and my affection.
Written By Niccolo
Jan. 21, 2017, 2:08 a.m.(9/19/1005 AR)
I was younger then. I often wish to be taken back to when I found my heart.
For I broke it, they day you were ripped from this life, and it's now left shattered in pieces. Pieces I can't put together no matter how much I try.
I was younger then.
I wish to be taken to where I can find my heart.
For I broke it, they day you were ripped from this life, and it's now left shattered in pieces. Pieces I can't put together no matter how much I try.
I was younger then.
I wish to be taken to where I can find my heart.
Written By Niccolo
Jan. 8, 2017, 11:21 p.m.(8/11/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Leo
What is there to see of Duke Fidante? He will be joining the family soon, chosen as husband by my daughter. He is, by all accounts a good man. An honorable man.
But I'm still a father, and that is still my daughter he's marrying her.
I hope he does well by her.
But I'm still a father, and that is still my daughter he's marrying her.
I hope he does well by her.
Written By Niccolo
Jan. 8, 2017, 11:17 p.m.(8/11/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Dawn
I sent you a bottle of whiskey. Perhaps we'll get to drink it together again, sometime.
Written By Niccolo
Dec. 25, 2016, 9:16 p.m.(6/25/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Donella
She is one of the most earnest persons I've met in Arx. Her worry for her people and the Compact is genuine, and she's forthcoming with information she thinks will help others in a way that is rarely seen these days. I think I rather like hers.
Written By Niccolo
Dec. 24, 2016, 5:36 p.m.(6/21/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Alis
The young Voice of Valardin impressed me with her heart and dedication to her family. She might be young, but experience comes with age. What she has is a keen mind, and a devotion to her House that I feel make her the perfect blade for Prince Edain to have at his side.
Written By Niccolo
Dec. 18, 2016, 10:46 p.m.(6/4/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
You're wise beyond your years. You've always had a way to make me see things in a different way. To look at things from all angles.
I've missed having you with the family. I'm certainly glad you are now.
I've missed having you with the family. I'm certainly glad you are now.
Written By Niccolo
Dec. 14, 2016, 9:27 p.m.(5/20/1005 AR)
The fact that someone thinks my dear Serafine needs to be protected is insulting.
Who do you think taught her how to fight?
The audacity of the young.
Who do you think taught her how to fight?
The audacity of the young.
Written By Niccolo
Dec. 11, 2016, 11:01 p.m.(5/11/1005 AR)
Spring. It used to be my favorite time of the year. At the end of winter, I'd ride from Lenosia to Arx. To see you. To be with you. To hold you in my arms after a long trying winter. I remember your face during our last spring. The way you smiled when you saw me arrive. The way you held me, and I held you. I remember you.
And now I sit here, realizing that there will be no more springs for us. No more letting the wind carry me back to your arms as I ride from Lenosia to Arx. No more brightness waiting after a long winter. I find myself now in this city, your battleground of choice, knowing that I've already spent my last spring with you.
And that I will never see another one as sweet.
Rest well, my love.
And now I sit here, realizing that there will be no more springs for us. No more letting the wind carry me back to your arms as I ride from Lenosia to Arx. No more brightness waiting after a long winter. I find myself now in this city, your battleground of choice, knowing that I've already spent my last spring with you.
And that I will never see another one as sweet.
Rest well, my love.
Written By Niccolo
Dec. 8, 2016, 8:17 p.m.(5/2/1005 AR)
It's come to my attention that some are speaking of marrying members of House Velenosa.
As the Voice of Velenosa I say, by all means. Speak to me about it.
I'm often found reading, sparring, or sharpening my blade. I enjoy wine and whiskey.
As the Voice of Velenosa I say, by all means. Speak to me about it.
I'm often found reading, sparring, or sharpening my blade. I enjoy wine and whiskey.
Written By Niccolo
Dec. 4, 2016, 7:40 p.m.(4/18/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Calypso
Lady Calypso is quickly becoming someone I feel I can depend on. I've tested her arm in a spar myself, and she's quite capable, showing a determination that very few are able to stick to.
It's that indomitable spirit that I feel will carry her, even when things seem the most bleak. I look forward to getting to know her better.
It's that indomitable spirit that I feel will carry her, even when things seem the most bleak. I look forward to getting to know her better.
Written By Niccolo
Nov. 27, 2016, 11:53 p.m.(3/25/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Belladonna
My dear Belladonna. You've been gone for too long, but now you're back. I can't help but smile when I see you, even when you find a way to infuriate me.
You are my family, you are my blood and I will love you, even when we see things differently. That bond will always remain strong.
You are my family, you are my blood and I will love you, even when we see things differently. That bond will always remain strong.
Written By Niccolo
Nov. 20, 2016, 9:32 p.m.(3/4/1005 AR)
There are times that I miss you so.
Today is one of those times.
Today is one of those times.
Written By Niccolo
Nov. 20, 2016, 9:27 p.m.(3/4/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Dawn
Lady Dawn is now the Regent. It pleases me to see her achieve this, for I know how hard she's worked for it. It pleases me and it gives me hope, even in these dark times, to see Lady Dawn leading the Compact gives me hope.
It's not a feeling I thought I'd experience any time soon.
It's not a feeling I thought I'd experience any time soon.
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