Written By Ann
Oct. 7, 2022, 4:02 a.m.(7/8/1018 AR)
Relationship Note on Artur
It is very nice to have Artur around once again and to be able to converse with him face to face. I wonder if he knows what he's gotten into when he agreed to train my three? There shall be fun to be had I think or great amusement on my part to see how he does in his attempt to round them up so they may actually learn something not from me. I also wonder what Asger would think. I bet he's laughing his head off.
Written By Ann
Oct. 7, 2022, 3:59 a.m.(7/8/1018 AR)
It seems the general mood of the city is frustration. It is hard to figure out how to help with that. All I can be is a listening ear and hope for the best.
Written By Ann
Sept. 25, 2022, 3:25 a.m.(6/12/1018 AR)
Relationship Note on Briseis
I am so excited that Miss Briseis has accepted my request to have her as my protege. I am looking forward to seeing where this goes. She is such a delight and I will enjoy watching her grow!
Written By Ann
Sept. 8, 2022, 2:34 p.m.(5/7/1018 AR)
Dear Silain-
How I wish your father was still alive to watch you grow. You at your young age remind me of him so much. Not just by looks but personality. I know you think you are a grown man and the man of the house but you are not. So please pay attention to your tutors and do what they require of you. I know you'd rather be outside looking for things. Maybe we can make that a science project. I have to admit I wanted to laugh so much when I heard what trouble you got into instead of handing out more chores for you to do. I think your father's spirit is within you and maybe he's watching over all of us. Especially you my dear boy. I'll be rooting for you even if I have to be the mean mother. I hope you do know how much I do love you and your sisters.
How I wish your father was still alive to watch you grow. You at your young age remind me of him so much. Not just by looks but personality. I know you think you are a grown man and the man of the house but you are not. So please pay attention to your tutors and do what they require of you. I know you'd rather be outside looking for things. Maybe we can make that a science project. I have to admit I wanted to laugh so much when I heard what trouble you got into instead of handing out more chores for you to do. I think your father's spirit is within you and maybe he's watching over all of us. Especially you my dear boy. I'll be rooting for you even if I have to be the mean mother. I hope you do know how much I do love you and your sisters.
Written By Ann
Aug. 23, 2022, 2:35 a.m.(4/2/1018 AR)
It is time I have put down my grieving. I have done it for too long. I loved you, Asger. You gave me three beautiful children who remind me so much of you. Especially our boy. Look down at us from time to time. But I know you'd want me to move on. I will always be grateful for the time I did have with you and will always hold special memories in that.
Written By Ann
April 16, 2022, 10:10 a.m.(6/22/1017 AR)
It seems I am having quite a hard time figuring out how to put myself out there. Hopefully that changes tonight. Its been long since Asgers death, and I cannot mourn forever.
Written By Ann
March 26, 2022, 11 a.m.(5/8/1017 AR)
Back in Arx. Its been far to long. Asger's death was quite hard. So i took some time away.Years away but to be back as things start to unfold. How will my time in Arx fair this time, I quite wonder.
Written By Ann
Feb. 28, 2019, 10:52 a.m.(8/26/1010 AR)
On twins.
Silain prepared me for having twins. He was one big baby. So I mean, at least I didn't have to spend the last two months trapped to a bed in wintery Stormwall.
This time it was only one month in summer Stormwall. Which, I would like to add, is a very pleasant experience.
Someone once told me having twins was easier than having two individual children. I'm thinking... they were wrong. Like, dead wrong. I mean sure I didn't have to go through 18 to 20 months of growing, it was only 9 or 10 months and at the end I have two. Sure. But the exit is what counts. Growing them only involves eating and getting foot rubs.
Also it does not get easier the more you have.
I'm just setting the record straight, the business of childbirth is just not fun.
What's fun afterward is the actual children itself. Right now, the girls have my dark hair and Asger's eyes. Their toes are like jellybeans and they smell great.
Silain is hilarious - he's through his punching phase, but now he runs and has Asger's mop of hair and eyes. Thankfully, he doesn't bite or anything. No, no - he's turned from fighter into lover. And nudist. He won't stand for clothing. Maybe it's the summer heat. But either way, if you come to the Crovane home know that this is a struggle we are trying to get through. (We've been advised to not to react positively or negatively - bear with us as we move forward in this phase).
He's going to be a real terror to his sisters in a few years.
So much energy.
Silain prepared me for having twins. He was one big baby. So I mean, at least I didn't have to spend the last two months trapped to a bed in wintery Stormwall.
This time it was only one month in summer Stormwall. Which, I would like to add, is a very pleasant experience.
Someone once told me having twins was easier than having two individual children. I'm thinking... they were wrong. Like, dead wrong. I mean sure I didn't have to go through 18 to 20 months of growing, it was only 9 or 10 months and at the end I have two. Sure. But the exit is what counts. Growing them only involves eating and getting foot rubs.
Also it does not get easier the more you have.
I'm just setting the record straight, the business of childbirth is just not fun.
What's fun afterward is the actual children itself. Right now, the girls have my dark hair and Asger's eyes. Their toes are like jellybeans and they smell great.
Silain is hilarious - he's through his punching phase, but now he runs and has Asger's mop of hair and eyes. Thankfully, he doesn't bite or anything. No, no - he's turned from fighter into lover. And nudist. He won't stand for clothing. Maybe it's the summer heat. But either way, if you come to the Crovane home know that this is a struggle we are trying to get through. (We've been advised to not to react positively or negatively - bear with us as we move forward in this phase).
He's going to be a real terror to his sisters in a few years.
So much energy.
Written By Ann
Aug. 28, 2018, 3:09 p.m.(6/24/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Sorrel
Dear Princess Sorrel, Beloved Niece:
One of my assistants brought me the white journal you wrote to my cousin Marian.
I think you've gravely misunderstood the situation - along with maybe a few others.
I don't mean to call you out of singularly point fingers here but since this is the first time I've seen mention of it in the whites directly rather than whispers - I would like to address this for posterity and, well, because you /are/ my niece!
I sincerely don't know where people are reading into that one of his "haha you should definitely burn down Farhaven" jokes translates into some kind of very strange form of prejudice that doesn't even exist in Arx...
But I'll try to clarify.
My husband isn't unhappy with her genitals or choice of armor over petticoats. It's with the fact she burned Stormwall down.
Whether or not that was a superb choice or a decidedly terrible and unnecessary one is not within my realm of expertise to judge - I am not master tactician. Not here to debate /this/ today. It's beyond my grasp.
But my husband has strong feelings. He is entirely valid in his opinions and you cannot deny him, even if it's 'in the past', because the events that transpired during that fateful night have been impacting him and directly /still/ impact him as a Duke, and as a Crovane, and as a person.
Some may sneer at him and roll their eyes because there is not as much value in architecture as there is in human lives (of which we lost many), but just remember:
This is the city that my husband grew up in.
It's the city his children were meant to be born in.
It's the city that his forefathers conquered and built with their own blood, sweat, tears, and the same stubborn determination that he displays today.
We didn't lose just a city and some buildings.
We lost granaries to feed our people with.
Our people - crafters and merchants - lost their livelihoods when the market burned down. They were not only left without homes, but without a means to provide for themselves.
We lost important religious monuments - the Aerie? Destroyed. The sayings and wisdoms of the spirits etched on its walls? Gone.
We lost archives. We lost books. We lost knowledge.
We lost aqueducts that supplied fresh water to our city, irrigated our fields and in turn helped feed our people.
Then, we spent several months rebuilding from the literal ashes of Stormwall.
If the Compact had turned their backs on us and didn't support the rebuilding of Stormwall (I might add no small part was funded by Marian herself) the Gyre would have doomed an entire generation or two to a really, really shitty life wherever they had been displaced.
So you know what? He's entitled to his prickly opinions. We have had to make some really hard decisions. We have had to see our people go through the Abyss for the past year.
Crovane, and the people of Stormwall made a great sacrifice for the whole of the Compact - and the Compact in turn should /definitely/ grant him the right to his opinions.
Now. As you see, none of the reasons above have taken any bearing from her sex. Unless she spewed the flames that took down Stormwall from her whisker biscuit. Then, I'm not sure my husband would have said much of anything, he'd probably have been impressed and awestruck and may have married her instead of me for surely that /is/ a talent to rival many others.
Horrific, but a talent none the less.
Imagine being able to take down a city with that! Har!
Anyway. I won't be speaking out on this any more. I do invite you and Galen over for dinner sometime, however. Been a while since I've seen the both of you.
Auntie Ann
One of my assistants brought me the white journal you wrote to my cousin Marian.
I think you've gravely misunderstood the situation - along with maybe a few others.
I don't mean to call you out of singularly point fingers here but since this is the first time I've seen mention of it in the whites directly rather than whispers - I would like to address this for posterity and, well, because you /are/ my niece!
I sincerely don't know where people are reading into that one of his "haha you should definitely burn down Farhaven" jokes translates into some kind of very strange form of prejudice that doesn't even exist in Arx...
But I'll try to clarify.
My husband isn't unhappy with her genitals or choice of armor over petticoats. It's with the fact she burned Stormwall down.
Whether or not that was a superb choice or a decidedly terrible and unnecessary one is not within my realm of expertise to judge - I am not master tactician. Not here to debate /this/ today. It's beyond my grasp.
But my husband has strong feelings. He is entirely valid in his opinions and you cannot deny him, even if it's 'in the past', because the events that transpired during that fateful night have been impacting him and directly /still/ impact him as a Duke, and as a Crovane, and as a person.
Some may sneer at him and roll their eyes because there is not as much value in architecture as there is in human lives (of which we lost many), but just remember:
This is the city that my husband grew up in.
It's the city his children were meant to be born in.
It's the city that his forefathers conquered and built with their own blood, sweat, tears, and the same stubborn determination that he displays today.
We didn't lose just a city and some buildings.
We lost granaries to feed our people with.
Our people - crafters and merchants - lost their livelihoods when the market burned down. They were not only left without homes, but without a means to provide for themselves.
We lost important religious monuments - the Aerie? Destroyed. The sayings and wisdoms of the spirits etched on its walls? Gone.
We lost archives. We lost books. We lost knowledge.
We lost aqueducts that supplied fresh water to our city, irrigated our fields and in turn helped feed our people.
Then, we spent several months rebuilding from the literal ashes of Stormwall.
If the Compact had turned their backs on us and didn't support the rebuilding of Stormwall (I might add no small part was funded by Marian herself) the Gyre would have doomed an entire generation or two to a really, really shitty life wherever they had been displaced.
So you know what? He's entitled to his prickly opinions. We have had to make some really hard decisions. We have had to see our people go through the Abyss for the past year.
Crovane, and the people of Stormwall made a great sacrifice for the whole of the Compact - and the Compact in turn should /definitely/ grant him the right to his opinions.
Now. As you see, none of the reasons above have taken any bearing from her sex. Unless she spewed the flames that took down Stormwall from her whisker biscuit. Then, I'm not sure my husband would have said much of anything, he'd probably have been impressed and awestruck and may have married her instead of me for surely that /is/ a talent to rival many others.
Horrific, but a talent none the less.
Imagine being able to take down a city with that! Har!
Anyway. I won't be speaking out on this any more. I do invite you and Galen over for dinner sometime, however. Been a while since I've seen the both of you.
Auntie Ann
Written By Ann
Aug. 27, 2018, 1:53 p.m.(6/21/1009 AR)
Look, my husband never mocked the Faith or... whatever he has been accused of.
Here's a detailed transcript of what transpired to get Marian's feathers ruffled:
Asger: Suggested sarcastically to draw opposing army to the middle of the city, lock the gates, and burn the city down.
Darren: "We will keep our options open."
Asger: "No you shouldn't. That's a terrible idea and if it came to that you couldn't claim it to be a victory could you?" Then he suggested other tactics that would be superior to you know, burning a whole city down which was more than what anyone else had offered, as His Grace Darren pointed out.
During this time my cousin Princess Marian decided to not say anything. She didn't tell him to stop, she issued no warnings.
If you reference back to her white journal, you may see that she's calling out Asger because he had not the courage to speak his mind in front of her. I'm afraid we are seeing the exact opposite: He DID and HAS been telling his side of the story - to her face and otherwise.
She has chosen silence.
And now, it's she that has chosen to start another shit fling in the whites and imply we weren't pious because /she/ found the behavior an affront to Gloria, rather than challenge my husband.
Here's a detailed transcript of what transpired to get Marian's feathers ruffled:
Asger: Suggested sarcastically to draw opposing army to the middle of the city, lock the gates, and burn the city down.
Darren: "We will keep our options open."
Asger: "No you shouldn't. That's a terrible idea and if it came to that you couldn't claim it to be a victory could you?" Then he suggested other tactics that would be superior to you know, burning a whole city down which was more than what anyone else had offered, as His Grace Darren pointed out.
During this time my cousin Princess Marian decided to not say anything. She didn't tell him to stop, she issued no warnings.
If you reference back to her white journal, you may see that she's calling out Asger because he had not the courage to speak his mind in front of her. I'm afraid we are seeing the exact opposite: He DID and HAS been telling his side of the story - to her face and otherwise.
She has chosen silence.
And now, it's she that has chosen to start another shit fling in the whites and imply we weren't pious because /she/ found the behavior an affront to Gloria, rather than challenge my husband.
Written By Ann
Aug. 23, 2018, 6:42 p.m.(6/13/1009 AR)
Had a lovely dinner with House Seraceni this evening. I wish I could have enjoyed it but at the cusp of 6 months old the punchiest Crovane decided to give me a shiner.
Took me out for nearly a half an hour.
After dinner, Asger decided to go have a man to man chat with him.
Returned a half an hour later with a matching shiner.
Took me out for nearly a half an hour.
After dinner, Asger decided to go have a man to man chat with him.
Returned a half an hour later with a matching shiner.
Written By Ann
Aug. 13, 2018, 5:19 a.m.(5/20/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Ryhalt
Only to have an endless supply of Westrock Coffee in Stormwall, my Lord.
I'm starting a school and helping Lord Kaldur set up a trade route - coffee will be in great demand, you know.
I'm starting a school and helping Lord Kaldur set up a trade route - coffee will be in great demand, you know.
Written By Ann
July 23, 2018, 3:58 a.m.(4/1/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Arik
You try to poke his eye out too?
Written By Ann
July 4, 2018, 1:28 p.m.(2/18/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Geralt
Uncle G,
Its just baby weight it goes away in a few months I hear.
Its just baby weight it goes away in a few months I hear.
Written By Ann
June 16, 2018, 10:17 p.m.(1/11/1009 AR)
I just want to remind those that believe in both Shamanism and the Pantheon: You do not have to be a member of the Faith of the Pantheon's political machinations to still venerate the gods.
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Also, anyone else also got REALLY CRANKY before they went into labor? Is this a sign?
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Also, anyone else also got REALLY CRANKY before they went into labor? Is this a sign?
Written By Ann
June 16, 2018, 9:59 p.m.(1/11/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aldwin
Well that's a fine fucking how do ya do.
After a long silence, and in an effort to create unity, you drive a wedge.
After a long silence, and in an effort to create unity, you drive a wedge.
Written By Ann
June 16, 2018, 5:17 a.m.(1/9/1009 AR)
[Forwarded from Stormwall]
It is colder than the underside of a penguins ballsack here and this kid still aint here. Just days to go. So close... And let me tell you trveling by elk pulled sleigh dressed in red is an interesting way to go.
I have enjoyed seeing the progress on the city, indeed it is a much different city than before. It is stone now, rather than wood and hardly recognizable from the pile of ash I was married on just months ago.
I love this place. Even under 6 feet of snow.
It is colder than the underside of a penguins ballsack here and this kid still aint here. Just days to go. So close... And let me tell you trveling by elk pulled sleigh dressed in red is an interesting way to go.
I have enjoyed seeing the progress on the city, indeed it is a much different city than before. It is stone now, rather than wood and hardly recognizable from the pile of ash I was married on just months ago.
I love this place. Even under 6 feet of snow.
Written By Ann
June 8, 2018, 4:41 p.m.(12/9/1008 AR)
Hey. Otters are just water cats.
Written By Ann
May 29, 2018, 3:45 a.m.(11/14/1008 AR)
I will have to time my next pregnancy a little better.
All the complaints in the whites about the cold remind me I am heavily pregnant and making the trek up to Stormwall soon to birth them, as Crovane custom dictates they will be born on their lands.
Its twins I am sure.
Bliss, for fear you might make your tea too strong I might suggest using it the way I have seen the older Crovane men use wet tobacco products. Just lightly dampen it and put it in your cheek. They spit thought. Dont spit. Always swallow.
Then again you may not want to take advice from a heavily pregnant woman on spitting vs. swallowing. I mean- [Scholars Note: Rest moved to blacks as service to the Compact. You Are All Welcome]
All the complaints in the whites about the cold remind me I am heavily pregnant and making the trek up to Stormwall soon to birth them, as Crovane custom dictates they will be born on their lands.
Its twins I am sure.
Bliss, for fear you might make your tea too strong I might suggest using it the way I have seen the older Crovane men use wet tobacco products. Just lightly dampen it and put it in your cheek. They spit thought. Dont spit. Always swallow.
Then again you may not want to take advice from a heavily pregnant woman on spitting vs. swallowing. I mean- [Scholars Note: Rest moved to blacks as service to the Compact. You Are All Welcome]
Written By Ann
May 21, 2018, 9:41 a.m.(10/13/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Cleo
I never accused you of accusing Lord Arik of committing a crime. It was used in an allegorical or figurative way in order to illustrate a point.
I think my point has been made, as well as several I had not intended:
*To spite your insistence that everyone speak Arvani, you yourself do not hold the best grasp of it.
Maybe it's not Skald you should be seeking out, it's Vellichor. Highly recommend, 10/10.
*You insinuate that "we" are trying to FORCE your tribe to bend the knee. Please.
All Lord Arik did was use his free will to speak his own language in a public place while you spouted off how you maintain familial ties to those deemed to be enemies of the Compact, which /is/ illegal - especially a tribe that now, thanks to you, is known for very close ties to the Rex'alfar!
I gave you a friendly reminder you that the Compact has the right to defend itself against perceived outside threats. Do you bite your thumb at Skald by being a hypocrite? Claiming at every turn your freedoms have been impugned when it was your /choice/ to come to the Compact?
*Expounding upon that: Do you not know what your oaths to Limerance, to the Compact, and to Redrain entailed or are you just perverting them to suit your own narrative?
Should you choose to leave, Miss Cleo, please be careful. Don't let Seawatch Gate hit your ass on the way out.
I think my point has been made, as well as several I had not intended:
*To spite your insistence that everyone speak Arvani, you yourself do not hold the best grasp of it.
Maybe it's not Skald you should be seeking out, it's Vellichor. Highly recommend, 10/10.
*You insinuate that "we" are trying to FORCE your tribe to bend the knee. Please.
All Lord Arik did was use his free will to speak his own language in a public place while you spouted off how you maintain familial ties to those deemed to be enemies of the Compact, which /is/ illegal - especially a tribe that now, thanks to you, is known for very close ties to the Rex'alfar!
I gave you a friendly reminder you that the Compact has the right to defend itself against perceived outside threats. Do you bite your thumb at Skald by being a hypocrite? Claiming at every turn your freedoms have been impugned when it was your /choice/ to come to the Compact?
*Expounding upon that: Do you not know what your oaths to Limerance, to the Compact, and to Redrain entailed or are you just perverting them to suit your own narrative?
Should you choose to leave, Miss Cleo, please be careful. Don't let Seawatch Gate hit your ass on the way out.
Please note that the scholars may take some time preparing your journal for others to read.