Written By Duarte
June 21, 2018, 4:48 p.m.(1/20/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
Lest you get us confused, I am not short.
Written By Luca
June 21, 2018, 4:42 p.m.(1/20/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
I have it on good authority that Sir Jeffeth is a very short man with a moustache. Perhaps that will refresh your memory of meeting him.
Written By Victus
June 8, 2018, 10:17 p.m.(12/14/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
Do you people just assume that we're NOT living in a world where animals wear clothes, talk like people, and have their own fucking criminal organizations in a raft down by the river?
FUCK'S SAKE you're all making me look like some kinda fucking lunatic over here.
FUCK'S SAKE you're all making me look like some kinda fucking lunatic over here.
Written By Preston
May 28, 2018, 2:17 p.m.(11/12/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
I can understand that view, but it is not one I can share. You are unsure if the messages on the virtues the Gods call us to are indeed their summons, yet to me these are the words of the Faith, the words of the Gods, and that is the world I know. As surely as you know your left hand and your right, I know that the Faith guides us with the best that we know. And I accept that and I trust that, because it has endured us for over 1000 years. Even when the Crown has fallen, the Faith has righted us. But. I am a Godsworn as much as I am a Knight, so I bound to that. The Faith is the cause of my life. It has been my father and my mother, my sisters and brothers. It will be all I ever know, from my earliest memory to my death.
I am also a Knight - so I am in that sense simple. I see direct solutions. Straight paths. And there, the doubts you think are essential in the polite world - the world of Arx, the world of politics, the world of society - they are death on the field. One man falters, and so the wall is broken, the line is lost. One man decides the command of Gloria to be brave, to be honourable, to hold until you can hold no more, to think of your fellow soldiers and care for them, one man who decides all that is nothing and he seeks to save his life by running without need? So the rout begins. Perhaps this is why the Orthodoxy holds such strength in the Faith Militant. We live in a world that touches the polite realm of Arx as through a hazy curtain, parallel but not the same.
Still, I would not think me or my people slaves because of our choice of belief. Nor am I one who would say you are heretic or even misguided in your worship and beliefs. I would say that within the boundaries of the faith there are many voices. A choir that sings only one note is dull indeed, after all. We all share a purpose, and in 99 out of every hundred things we all agree. It is the balance in those voices that is important. So it is important the Orthodoxy is heard, and its view considered. Even as the Orthodoxy itself has considered and mellowed in its majority over the issues of public worship of the Thirteenth in the manner of the Lycene.
I am also a Knight - so I am in that sense simple. I see direct solutions. Straight paths. And there, the doubts you think are essential in the polite world - the world of Arx, the world of politics, the world of society - they are death on the field. One man falters, and so the wall is broken, the line is lost. One man decides the command of Gloria to be brave, to be honourable, to hold until you can hold no more, to think of your fellow soldiers and care for them, one man who decides all that is nothing and he seeks to save his life by running without need? So the rout begins. Perhaps this is why the Orthodoxy holds such strength in the Faith Militant. We live in a world that touches the polite realm of Arx as through a hazy curtain, parallel but not the same.
Still, I would not think me or my people slaves because of our choice of belief. Nor am I one who would say you are heretic or even misguided in your worship and beliefs. I would say that within the boundaries of the faith there are many voices. A choir that sings only one note is dull indeed, after all. We all share a purpose, and in 99 out of every hundred things we all agree. It is the balance in those voices that is important. So it is important the Orthodoxy is heard, and its view considered. Even as the Orthodoxy itself has considered and mellowed in its majority over the issues of public worship of the Thirteenth in the manner of the Lycene.
Written By Mydas
May 28, 2018, 1:54 p.m.(11/12/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
Quite. Only a slave robbed of self blindly follows.
Written By Vanora
May 16, 2018, 2:24 a.m.(10/2/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
A casual suggestion resulted the other day in one of the most thrilling conversations I can remember.
There are moments like that, where you meet someone and could swear you've known them before. Perhaps on some other turn of the wheel, perhaps bits of us still 'stick' so that we know our people when we see them.
Archduchess Eleyna Velenosa is one of those people. She inspires me in ways difficult to convey.
I am proud to know her. As the Lyceum should be proud to have her as their High Lady.
If I can learn to become half as effective as she is in navigating the waters of politics and secrets unearthed...I will consider myself a grand success.
There are moments like that, where you meet someone and could swear you've known them before. Perhaps on some other turn of the wheel, perhaps bits of us still 'stick' so that we know our people when we see them.
Archduchess Eleyna Velenosa is one of those people. She inspires me in ways difficult to convey.
I am proud to know her. As the Lyceum should be proud to have her as their High Lady.
If I can learn to become half as effective as she is in navigating the waters of politics and secrets unearthed...I will consider myself a grand success.
Written By Theron
May 8, 2018, 12:51 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
Good leaders know that entertainment is almost as essential for business as straightforwardness and objectivity. That you embody both of those things in moments where the context fits goes without saying, and I hold you as being a very good example of such, Your Grace.
Written By Eirene
April 3, 2018, 4:14 p.m.(6/25/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
Your house words aside, Archduchess, all I have left for me right now is Duty and Vengeance so I know your ache better than most. I just wish our friendship had better cement than grief and pain.
Written By Cadenza
March 21, 2018, 9:33 p.m.(5/26/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
You are NOT poison. You are one of the strongest women I know.
I look up to you. You inspire me. Never say such at thing. I can't imagine what it's like to lose a sibling...but there are people that love you. You are the Archduchess of the Lyceum and so honored to be your cousin.
I look up to you. You inspire me. Never say such at thing. I can't imagine what it's like to lose a sibling...but there are people that love you. You are the Archduchess of the Lyceum and so honored to be your cousin.
Written By Isolde
March 21, 2018, 9:02 p.m.(5/26/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
You are not poison. You never were poison.
I am honored to call you my sister-in-law. My Archduchess.
You do House Velenosa proud. You do all of the Lycuem proud.
I am honored to call you my sister-in-law. My Archduchess.
You do House Velenosa proud. You do all of the Lycuem proud.
Written By Theron
March 21, 2018, 2:15 p.m.(5/25/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
You are no poison, Your Grace. You are a woman of many talents, some understated, some evident to even the most blind of individuals. You brought the Lyceum together against a fierce and ruthless enemy and we prevailed.
You made a promise to the Compact, that we would stand. And you fulfilled it.
Those of us who went out to fight that day never forgot those words, and as we carried the banners of the Hundred Cities with us, we knew in our hearts to be doing the right thing.
We will never forget the sacrifices that your family made to ensure our safety.
You made a promise to the Compact, that we would stand. And you fulfilled it.
Those of us who went out to fight that day never forgot those words, and as we carried the banners of the Hundred Cities with us, we knew in our hearts to be doing the right thing.
We will never forget the sacrifices that your family made to ensure our safety.
Written By Orazio
March 21, 2018, 12:16 p.m.(5/25/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
The Archduchess claims in her journals to have been a poison to everyone who has loved her.
This is manifestly untrue, and it behooves me as a priest who has a great love for the Sentinel to dispute it. Grieve, your highness, for the lost are worthy of grief as a remembrance of all the love and light they brought to the lives of those who knew them. But despite your great power as Archduchess of the Lyceum, there are some things which are out of your control, and that includes the time in which loved ones pass. Princess Serafine's life was better for having you in it, and those of your people who have died did so under the rule of a worthy woman, defending the things and the people that they loved.
These are sacrifices that we all choose to make, though it may shatter the hearts of our loved ones when the price comes due. Take every moment with those who still live; take these losses as the memorial to remind us that everything changes, and winter comes to every person's life eventually - that is not the fault of we who love, or we who are loved. It is simply the way things are. It is never by loving that we poison those around us - only by refusing to love so that we do not open ourselves to hurt.
You are a balm in the world, and I know that Princess Serafine would agree - whether she would ever say so or not.
This is manifestly untrue, and it behooves me as a priest who has a great love for the Sentinel to dispute it. Grieve, your highness, for the lost are worthy of grief as a remembrance of all the love and light they brought to the lives of those who knew them. But despite your great power as Archduchess of the Lyceum, there are some things which are out of your control, and that includes the time in which loved ones pass. Princess Serafine's life was better for having you in it, and those of your people who have died did so under the rule of a worthy woman, defending the things and the people that they loved.
These are sacrifices that we all choose to make, though it may shatter the hearts of our loved ones when the price comes due. Take every moment with those who still live; take these losses as the memorial to remind us that everything changes, and winter comes to every person's life eventually - that is not the fault of we who love, or we who are loved. It is simply the way things are. It is never by loving that we poison those around us - only by refusing to love so that we do not open ourselves to hurt.
You are a balm in the world, and I know that Princess Serafine would agree - whether she would ever say so or not.
Written By Duarte
March 5, 2018, 10:19 p.m.(4/22/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
Mmm... Yes... in hindsight I can see how the specific turn of phrase might easily be misconstrued. I meant it purely in the figurative sense and used my house name rather than "Bravura" for that purpose.
The man himself did not take it that way - as an invitation to the realm - I assure you. And I have proof of it.
Be that as it may, my apologies for the appearance of insubordination, and for what certainly seemed to be an exciting day.
The man himself did not take it that way - as an invitation to the realm - I assure you. And I have proof of it.
Be that as it may, my apologies for the appearance of insubordination, and for what certainly seemed to be an exciting day.
Written By Alarissa
March 4, 2018, 8:29 p.m.(4/20/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
The hospitality of Velenosa is beyond compare. My time visiting the Archduchess was a relaxing one and she and Archduke Talen made Astrid and myself feel as if we were at home. Your tepidarium leaves me envious and I shall have to see to stealing the pillows. Divine. I shall have to extend to you both the same courtesy in the future. Thank you dear friend for your kindness.
Written By Saoirse
Feb. 21, 2018, 12:43 p.m.(3/25/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
Yes - that was my rationale exactly.
Written By Aleksei
Feb. 14, 2018, 11:55 a.m.(3/5/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
Skald does indeed hate puns!
Written By Joscelin
Feb. 10, 2018, 2:32 p.m.(2/25/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
I have long suspected that you sent your monthly bribe to me via Jiacomo knowing I find him to be a dashing, handsome example of male dignity. Now that he is no longer in your employ, I feel a smallsense of relieve that you can no longer use my devastating crush against me.
Written By Talen
Feb. 10, 2018, 12:21 p.m.(2/25/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
Did you just infer...
Written By Itzal
Feb. 8, 2018, 10:27 p.m.(2/21/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
Generosity in such times deserve special consideration, but so does those following the precepts of Limerance and the Sentinel, and see agreements held no matter what. Her Grace showed these special traits, while her husband displayed his generosity.
I look forward to writing a fine song to showcase their qualities.
I look forward to writing a fine song to showcase their qualities.
Written By Joscelin
Feb. 3, 2018, 7:37 p.m.(2/11/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
So, today is rather auspicious. Not only is it my birthday, it's that day of the Month that Archduchess Eleyna Velenosa offers me a gift to persuade me into her patronage.
She has outdone herself.
In a box of fine wood, I was presented with a bottle the hues of a sunset. Within it, the Archduchess has crafted with her own hands a scented oil so perfect, I can barely describe it. It in the note she sent with it, she describes the use of plumeria, vanilla, and ginger.
I can't single them out, all I experience upon inhalation is an image of the Chains, my mother, a garden hidden away to the south, a cool breeze off the sands....
I've been told by others that the Archduchess hardly ever bothers to give out such things, that she uses her skills for her own personal needs. I can write but speaking on it... I lose my ability. That I am one of the favored, blessed few... I am honored, stunned, awed, and so very humbled by this gift, which I am accepting as a -birthday present- and nothing else, my dear Lady.
She has outdone herself.
In a box of fine wood, I was presented with a bottle the hues of a sunset. Within it, the Archduchess has crafted with her own hands a scented oil so perfect, I can barely describe it. It in the note she sent with it, she describes the use of plumeria, vanilla, and ginger.
I can't single them out, all I experience upon inhalation is an image of the Chains, my mother, a garden hidden away to the south, a cool breeze off the sands....
I've been told by others that the Archduchess hardly ever bothers to give out such things, that she uses her skills for her own personal needs. I can write but speaking on it... I lose my ability. That I am one of the favored, blessed few... I am honored, stunned, awed, and so very humbled by this gift, which I am accepting as a -birthday present- and nothing else, my dear Lady.
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