Written By Sydney
Jan. 11, 2021, 6 p.m.(9/25/1014 AR)
At least one of them is the neighborhood cat, if only so it yowls in some other Ward.
Written By Yuri
Jan. 11, 2021, 5:31 p.m.(9/24/1014 AR)
At first, I felt myself sick. But, now I have the knowledge I had so desperately tried to seek out. Borne in the most unassuming of methods.
No one ever told me that grief felt so much like fear.
Written By Gwenna
Jan. 11, 2021, 4:23 p.m.(9/24/1014 AR)
Written By Deva
Jan. 11, 2021, 11:39 a.m.(9/24/1014 AR)
Written By Svana
Jan. 11, 2021, 8:21 a.m.(9/24/1014 AR)
War is rising on looming on the horizon and we must have all better things to dither about.
Written By Raziel
Jan. 10, 2021, 11:09 p.m.(9/23/1014 AR)
Relationship Note on Aureth
Written By Cristoph
Jan. 10, 2021, 10:02 p.m.(9/23/1014 AR)
Written By Graziella
Jan. 10, 2021, 10 p.m.(9/23/1014 AR)
My cousin Prince Sebastian has agreed to help me learn and I am grateful, I have years of study before I am ever as talented as him... he's painted so many things...
Written By Kastelon
Jan. 10, 2021, 9:53 p.m.(9/23/1014 AR)
Not that anyone receiving training from me had doubts about my ability, but perhaps this raise confidence in such when Keaton's archers are in the field in the coming weeks.
Written By Patrizio
Jan. 10, 2021, 9:45 p.m.(9/23/1014 AR)
I hate waiting.
Written By Ezmeralda
Jan. 10, 2021, 9:35 p.m.(9/23/1014 AR)
Relationship Note on Orland
Thankfully that was not the case! Not only was Lord Orland such a good sport about it all, he served our House well in his capacity as scout adjunct and he was very generous about the whole affair when he could've griped or moaned about it and made me feel just awful about it. Since then he has been a regular around the manor and always so pleasant and charming. Having him around is a genuine joy and it makes me even happier knowing that him and Savio have an affinity for one another.
Tonight I met the Count Amadeo and was doubly delighted by the gentleman he was. Seeing the depths of his devotion and love for his boy was...touching. I respect that a great deal in someone who is responsible for the lives of others, parent or not. Lord Orland has become a fixture in our lives and I do so look forward to what misadventure he will get up to with my family.
Written By Khanne
Jan. 10, 2021, 9:32 p.m.(9/23/1014 AR)
Written By Duarte
Jan. 10, 2021, 9:30 p.m.(9/23/1014 AR)
To say Belinha took me in is yet another inaccuracy. Much akin to my usual claims that I trained with courtesans, it merely saves time.
After our initial conversation on that rainy day I made it a point to run into her when I could: at the market, the bank or on the street. I am sure she found me a harmless cute lad but I thought the world of her. She was incredibly kind, but more than this, she could wield that kindness more masterfully than any adept swordsman handles their weapon.
For the better part of a year, perhaps once or twice a week, I would catch her and we would speak about such things as the weather or current happenings. I soon came to find out she liked to gossip. And she would then gossip at me about a great many number of people of whom I had never heard. I, being just a boy - and an orphan living alone at that - had nothing to contribute. So I would listen.
I should perhaps here enter that I am an avid reader - well, I used to be. Whereas now I read largely accounts, and Accounts, then I would read fantasy stories of intrigue, pirates, adventure, all sorts of things. And, being a boy who liked to read - still young - it was an oft thing to desire to be the characters I read about. How brave! How cunning! How dauntless!
Eventually (thanks to those books) I had gotten up the courage to ask Belinha to take me on as a student and admit me to the House of Silken Sighs. She thought it was very cute, laughed it off, and said no it would be impossible. And besides, a kid off the street with no discernible talent would reflect poorly on her.
I am not quite sure what gripped me in that moment save perhaps the pique of youth that Orland so often portrays. I said, "Well then maybe I'll tell Sorino what you said about him and Lady Rita."
To this day I do not know who Sorino or Lady Rita were, but I had never seen someone suddenly turn so white.
Written By Valencia
Jan. 10, 2021, 9:28 p.m.(9/23/1014 AR)
I am relieved this was so. I do not have time for such things and I would hate to have to become sharp unnecessarily.
I am grateful that sometimes even I take my own advice. It is nice to know when one might be right.
Better to listen and find mutual understanding than to unnecessarily start a fight.
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Written By Ezmeralda
Jan. 10, 2021, 9:26 p.m.(9/23/1014 AR)
The Peerage helped lead the way by showing me, and the Arakkoan nobility, what is considered normal here and I have to say it was my first instinct but the Dominus seemed very upset or perhaps disappointed(?) about the whole affair. Which brought me no small amount of confusion. That he would, socially, stick his neck out for something so small and potentially get it lopped off by what supporters he does have in the midst of a schism in the Faith does not seem particularly wise. Surely there is an entire layer of interaction here I am missing because I can only see this as alienating the very people you want to remain by your side.
This reminds me of the incident a few weeks ago with the Thraxian Princess Sorrel and her misstep -- that they both pertain to Faith and seemingly cast aspersion on the leadership of the Church is not good. Anti-Dominus Waldo surely appreciates the work they are doing on his behalf.
One would hope to find some measure of harmony within the very institution the Arvani people look to for religious guidance and moral righteousness but that is seeming less and less likely. The amount of discord among the Compact is daunting to those who have recently joined their fates to the six kingdom's alliance but alas, we are in a time of turmoil. We can only hope the Crown is better able to maintain cohesion and unity within the Compact than some of the royals and the country's spiritual leaders, at least from what I have seen.
Written By Raven
Jan. 10, 2021, 9:17 p.m.(9/23/1014 AR)
Written By Apollo
Jan. 10, 2021, 8:43 p.m.(9/23/1014 AR)
There's room enough for both, isn't there.
Written By Lisebet
Jan. 10, 2021, 8:42 p.m.(9/23/1014 AR)
Another win.
I am enjoying this idea to pick a random tea that I've never tried before from a different tea shop. I sent Bigsby out to get a variety, and now we enjoy the fruits of that research.
Written By Rosalind
Jan. 10, 2021, 8:12 p.m.(9/23/1014 AR)
Relationship Note on Triton
Written By Amari
Jan. 10, 2021, 8:10 p.m.(9/23/1014 AR)
The moral, wise general, is you should probably not murder braggarts in cold blood because they made fun of your friend and then boast about it afterwards. No wait, it's something about not seeing the forest for all the trees. Yes, that's the lesson. I think.
Also, related to that expedition; when swarmed by bees do I pretend to be a flower, or not? I'm still unsure, but also fairly confident that I will be swarmed by bees again. It seems inevitable somehow. Still, swarm aside, that was an enjoyable outing, especially since no one in the party was killed during or after. It's a fine day when there's no unnecessary and pointless deaths. I was quite glad for the company and enjoyable activity.
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