Written By Deva
March 21, 2021, 10:18 a.m.(2/25/1015 AR)
Whisper Apollo is a clever force to be reckoned with! He emerged victorious from our Redrain guessing games evening, nearly matched by Marquessa Lianne. I hope we all had a good, needed laugh that night. My thanks to everyone who participated.
Written By Nina
March 21, 2021, 5:14 a.m.(2/24/1015 AR)
I'm so grateful to be given some additional responsibility with the Bard's College and hope that I live up to my duties there! It did feel like this last week was simply a blur. So much to do with lessons and teaching and practice and planning.
Written By Piccola
March 21, 2021, 2:17 a.m.(2/24/1015 AR)
Wise general, why should you not seek a throne to sit on?
The best of nobles have never been by preference rulers of the rich. When a noble undertakes to be the protector of the poor, their throne becomes a refuge for suffering. Yet the same become the homes for thriving merchants and commoners, an earnest endeavor that improves the condition of the people. To have refused access to the throne to the complaints of these would not have been the right course to pursue. A true noble does not decline the invitation of a thrall to dine on water and bread.
So it is that you too should never refuse the pleas of the most novice of soldiers to dine.
The best of nobles have never been by preference rulers of the rich. When a noble undertakes to be the protector of the poor, their throne becomes a refuge for suffering. Yet the same become the homes for thriving merchants and commoners, an earnest endeavor that improves the condition of the people. To have refused access to the throne to the complaints of these would not have been the right course to pursue. A true noble does not decline the invitation of a thrall to dine on water and bread.
So it is that you too should never refuse the pleas of the most novice of soldiers to dine.
Written By Lailah
March 21, 2021, 1:24 a.m.(2/24/1015 AR)
Relationship Note on Keely
My new patron, Princess Keely Grayson. I look forward to all she can teach me and our many conversations to come.
Written By Lailah
March 21, 2021, 1:15 a.m.(2/24/1015 AR)
Relationship Note on Lyra
I thought the scones we shared with the fruit and the tea were pretty good too. And without the weird taste of cider.
Written By Cambria
March 20, 2021, 11:39 p.m.(2/24/1015 AR)
Nothing is so capable of overturning a good intention as to show distrust of it; to be suspected for an enemy is often sufficient to make a person become one.
Written By Raja
March 20, 2021, 10:37 p.m.(2/24/1015 AR)
You know what gets really annoying? It's the fact everything has to be one big damned puzzle. I want to learn about something and all I get is a nibble. A small piece of a puzzle with hundreds of other pieces to discover. However, when your puzzle starts to come together and you are beginning to see a bigger picture, then you get a sense of accomplishment. I do enjoy this feeling. It is just very frustrating to get there.
Written By Raja
March 20, 2021, 10:35 p.m.(2/24/1015 AR)
It is always good to have family return home.
Written By Lucita
March 20, 2021, 8:10 p.m.(2/23/1015 AR)
Relationship Note on Medeia
I just got the loveliest letter from Medeia. Such insight and compassion showed. She makes me proud of her and I know her brother Estaban would be beaming ear to ear about her.
Written By Klaus
March 20, 2021, 8:05 p.m.(2/23/1015 AR)
The conversation with others has made me realize since I am back in the city for a good bit, perhaps it is time to start military socials once more so we can all understand the strengths and weaknesses of our unique units, and tactics. When we can move about the city and not need to swim through snow. I cannot even get out of Thrax estate.
Written By Klaus
March 20, 2021, 8:03 p.m.(2/23/1015 AR)
Relationship Note on Haakon
I think Lord Haakon and I will become good friends. He understands about bread walls, cheese pikes, and heavy fruit infantry. Of course this means if our wives let us live along.
Written By Klaus
March 20, 2021, 8:01 p.m.(2/23/1015 AR)
Relationship Note on Coraline
I do love my wife. I am thinking about sculpting two hundred roses from snow and put them in her office in East Light. It would be an act of devotion, yes?
Written By Eirene
March 20, 2021, 6:47 p.m.(2/23/1015 AR)
I'm always a busy woman. Mother. Wife. Doctor. Soldier. Scholar. But I'm very proud of my work coordinating relief and humanitarian efforts for those in need; whether it's those seeking a new life in the Compact from foreign lands or our own people who need the full strength and support of their neighbors in a difficult fucking time.
My endless thanks to everyone who helped the Mercies and Physicians make the relief aide a reality.
This is a long damn list and by no means comprehensive - as there was much private fundraising done outside of our own efforts which was also contributed to the tidal-wave relief of Astarrea.
Highlord Thrax and Duchess Tyde for the use of Thraxian lands for staging and security.
Sophie- Mother Mercy & Azova Darkwater -The assist of the Mercies, supplies, and communication
Houses Eswynd & Amadeo for their longships to scout the shoreline and get maps.
Houses Ignisari Kennex Redreef Darkwater & Thrax for ships to transport supplies.
House Kennex for the Corsairs to provide protection.
Houses Valardin, Grayson, Tessere, Blackram, Redreef, Charon, Malvici & Riven for supplies and silver.
House Bisland for their very generous donation of silver.
The Crafter's Guild for their generous donation of supplies.
Sister Giada Morello - arranging the coordination of deliveries.
If I have left your house's name unmentioned please yell at me privately and I will amend my journals to accredit you for being essential to this task. This was a lot of people to wrangle through.
My endless thanks to everyone who helped the Mercies and Physicians make the relief aide a reality.
This is a long damn list and by no means comprehensive - as there was much private fundraising done outside of our own efforts which was also contributed to the tidal-wave relief of Astarrea.
Highlord Thrax and Duchess Tyde for the use of Thraxian lands for staging and security.
Sophie- Mother Mercy & Azova Darkwater -The assist of the Mercies, supplies, and communication
Houses Eswynd & Amadeo for their longships to scout the shoreline and get maps.
Houses Ignisari Kennex Redreef Darkwater & Thrax for ships to transport supplies.
House Kennex for the Corsairs to provide protection.
Houses Valardin, Grayson, Tessere, Blackram, Redreef, Charon, Malvici & Riven for supplies and silver.
House Bisland for their very generous donation of silver.
The Crafter's Guild for their generous donation of supplies.
Sister Giada Morello - arranging the coordination of deliveries.
If I have left your house's name unmentioned please yell at me privately and I will amend my journals to accredit you for being essential to this task. This was a lot of people to wrangle through.
Written By Lark
March 20, 2021, 5:38 p.m.(2/23/1015 AR)
Relationship Note on Sorrel
Nothing a chunky signature necklace can't fix.
Written By Haakon
March 20, 2021, 5:38 p.m.(2/23/1015 AR)
Relationship Note on Kenjay
Good fucking match with this one.
Bloody fine way to pass an afternoon, before heading back to sea for battle.
Highly recommended.
Bloody fine way to pass an afternoon, before heading back to sea for battle.
Highly recommended.
Written By Sydney
March 20, 2021, 5:03 p.m.(2/23/1015 AR)
Paths diverge when you least expect them to. Everything that I once held to be self-evident is in question - if this is the proper way to live, then why has it failed me over, and over, and over again?
I'm thankful for the sand and the snow, for granting me even the most temporary of reprieves from having to examine it too closely, knowing I won't enjoy the experience.
I cannot change myself without losing something. I cannot remain myself without losing something.
I'm thankful for the sand and the snow, for granting me even the most temporary of reprieves from having to examine it too closely, knowing I won't enjoy the experience.
I cannot change myself without losing something. I cannot remain myself without losing something.
Written By Cambria
March 20, 2021, 2:15 p.m.(2/23/1015 AR)
The key to wisdom is, naturally, to ask questions frequently and assiduously.
Written By Quenia
March 20, 2021, 7:17 a.m.(2/22/1015 AR)
Relationship Note on Giulio
Of late, I find myself looking through my notes, of the journeys and accomplishments the Mirrorguard has made. During this time, some two years ago, the Mirrorguard were ranging all over the Lyceum, looking into the threat of House Thornweave after the holding of the Volkov's was destroyed.
The things and people they faced were incredibly dangerous, and I can only commend them for their bravery and their willingness to step in where others might not. They faced the impossible and made difficult decisions.
Among them was Count Giulio Corvini. He and his group, which included my cousin Lady Yelana Igniseri, Lady Esme Fidante, Lady Mabelle Laurent, Ras Al-Katibi, and Lord Vicente Fidante, were able to rescue a young girl and her brother from a village that had been decimated by attackers.
Were it not for their actions, that family may have never been reunited. Worse, the boy they found, a young lad of 18, may have perished where he had been hiding during the assault on his down. It was through their efforts that they were able to discover him trapped in a cellar. They were the only survivors, that they could discover, of that particular assault.
The world is a lesser place without Count Giulio and his influence in it.
The things and people they faced were incredibly dangerous, and I can only commend them for their bravery and their willingness to step in where others might not. They faced the impossible and made difficult decisions.
Among them was Count Giulio Corvini. He and his group, which included my cousin Lady Yelana Igniseri, Lady Esme Fidante, Lady Mabelle Laurent, Ras Al-Katibi, and Lord Vicente Fidante, were able to rescue a young girl and her brother from a village that had been decimated by attackers.
Were it not for their actions, that family may have never been reunited. Worse, the boy they found, a young lad of 18, may have perished where he had been hiding during the assault on his down. It was through their efforts that they were able to discover him trapped in a cellar. They were the only survivors, that they could discover, of that particular assault.
The world is a lesser place without Count Giulio and his influence in it.
Written By Aonghus
March 20, 2021, 6:30 a.m.(2/22/1015 AR)
No matter how good the armor... There is a weapon that shall pierce it.,
No matter how strong the heart... There is a person that shall fill it,
No matter how we find our path... There is a bridge that we must cross.
The path will find its heart and then its true armor,
Pierced through by someone found across the bridge,
To pace, to love, and to protect all that we hold precious.
No matter how strong the heart... There is a person that shall fill it,
No matter how we find our path... There is a bridge that we must cross.
The path will find its heart and then its true armor,
Pierced through by someone found across the bridge,
To pace, to love, and to protect all that we hold precious.
Written By Aonghus
March 20, 2021, 6:16 a.m.(2/22/1015 AR)
Relationship Note on Bridget
Whimsical blade,
There is a light of life in this one that has one seeing that the moment is far more important than seeing the doom of the future or the pains of the past. A simple game and all of it was forgotten in the beauty of her smile and her laugh. It made for a far more interesting evening than I could have ever planned myself. Where the future filled with such conversation and joyful moments such as this and not the looming threat of war.
There is a light of life in this one that has one seeing that the moment is far more important than seeing the doom of the future or the pains of the past. A simple game and all of it was forgotten in the beauty of her smile and her laugh. It made for a far more interesting evening than I could have ever planned myself. Where the future filled with such conversation and joyful moments such as this and not the looming threat of war.
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