Written By Coraline
July 1, 2018, 10:47 p.m.(2/13/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Harper
It was a true honor to fight with you, you are an amazing warrior! I look forward to being able to fight by your side once more.
Those lights were amazing, I swear it felt like I was being bathed in light there for a second. His Grace did an amazing job with all of it, I am still floating on a cloud of happiness.
Those lights were amazing, I swear it felt like I was being bathed in light there for a second. His Grace did an amazing job with all of it, I am still floating on a cloud of happiness.
Written By Coraline
July 1, 2018, 10:42 p.m.(2/13/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Derovai
I don't recall saying anything without meaning when we met. Every word spoken had purpose.
I look forward to your list, I expect it to be properly formatted and organized with proper consideration given to each of those to be motivated by motivation type and probability of success. When do you anticipate that I shall receive this list?
I look forward to your list, I expect it to be properly formatted and organized with proper consideration given to each of those to be motivated by motivation type and probability of success. When do you anticipate that I shall receive this list?
Written By Coraline
July 1, 2018, 9:07 p.m.(2/12/1009 AR)
My apologies it was a library! Not a book shop! I should correct this right now!!!
Written By Coraline
July 1, 2018, 9:04 p.m.(2/12/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Derovai
I remember yes. And please do add this to your motivational list, I look forward to see whom you intend to motivate.
I am curious as to what you consider too much by way of conversation, by what metric do you measure?
I am curious as to what you consider too much by way of conversation, by what metric do you measure?
Written By Coraline
July 1, 2018, 9:02 p.m.(2/12/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Barric
Beloved,
That moment in the bookshop my world changed. Our lives were irrevocably altered and began to forge from two paths, one. On the way you have supported and loved me, even when I didn't understand why, you have taught and guided, and you have trusted and shared. You have helped make me who I wish to be, helped show me the path that led to this first step on a journey I intend to be a long one. One I wish to take together. They say love is unlikely between royals, I think we beat the odds. We are a team, a partnership, and together we will do amazing things.
That moment in the bookshop my world changed. Our lives were irrevocably altered and began to forge from two paths, one. On the way you have supported and loved me, even when I didn't understand why, you have taught and guided, and you have trusted and shared. You have helped make me who I wish to be, helped show me the path that led to this first step on a journey I intend to be a long one. One I wish to take together. They say love is unlikely between royals, I think we beat the odds. We are a team, a partnership, and together we will do amazing things.
Written By Coraline
July 1, 2018, 8:58 p.m.(2/12/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Sorrel
You are a source of inspiration and someone I look up to immensely. I have felt nothing but familial love since we met and it has only grown since. I cannot wait to see what adventures we will find together as we both serve Thrax and the Compact from all that would harm them.
Also your armor is amazing, I admit that I was admiring it rather a lot during the ceremony.
Also your armor is amazing, I admit that I was admiring it rather a lot during the ceremony.
Written By Coraline
July 1, 2018, 7:06 p.m.(2/12/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Dycard
Secretly I still think you have some knight buried in there somewhere yourself Dycard. Thank you for your words, knowing you to be one who knows, it means a lot to me. And while Sir Coraline would certainly be fun I think I can only push convention so far before they decide to dump me in the ocean and leave me there. Baby steps, little baby steps of change. I think Dame Coraline will suffice just fine.
Written By Coraline
July 1, 2018, 7:03 p.m.(2/12/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Esoka
Your wisdom, your experience, and your friendship gave me strength to achieve what I have, it will be an honor to serve by your side should we be called to do so.
Written By Coraline
July 1, 2018, 7 p.m.(2/12/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Elgana
DUBRS
I am so glad you were there to witness that event, your presence made the whole thing even better and I didn't know such a thing was possible, but you definitely proved it was.
I can't wait to continue to do everything in my power to serve Thrax and the Compact with everything I am. And never fear, you will get plenty of stories of all the adventures I get on to do just that.
I am so glad you were there to witness that event, your presence made the whole thing even better and I didn't know such a thing was possible, but you definitely proved it was.
I can't wait to continue to do everything in my power to serve Thrax and the Compact with everything I am. And never fear, you will get plenty of stories of all the adventures I get on to do just that.
Written By Coraline
July 1, 2018, 6:55 p.m.(2/12/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Monique
Your friendship is one of the things I treasure most dear Monique. Those who think ill truly know you not for if they took the time to see what I see, they would find that your generosity of spirit, your fierce joy of living, and your brilliance make you one of the very best. Those who haven't taken that time to get to know the wonderful woman that you are are missing something amazing.
I hope to continue to make you proud, I intend to continue giving it my all to live the vows I gave.
But rum is still the best drink out there. Just saying.
I hope to continue to make you proud, I intend to continue giving it my all to live the vows I gave.
But rum is still the best drink out there. Just saying.
Written By Coraline
July 1, 2018, 6:51 p.m.(2/12/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Carita
I feel we share all of those attributes you gave to me, you are a true and solid friend. Without friends like yourself I know the journey to this point would have been so much harder. Thank you.
Also, I am ever so glad the entire audience didn't see those ankles, or tail, otherwise we would really have a crisis on our hands.
Also, I am ever so glad the entire audience didn't see those ankles, or tail, otherwise we would really have a crisis on our hands.
Written By Coraline
July 1, 2018, 3:47 p.m.(2/12/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Derovai
Hi, we have never spoken so I can only assume intent by what it seems like through writing. I understand that this is subject to interpretation. Perhaps you meant to kindly tease a good friend of your own as she expressed her fondness for another friend of hers. Perhaps your intentions were less friendly.
What I can say is that regardless of your intent it sounds like you were being rude. I would ask that you not be rude to anyone, but in particular someone who was expressing her fondness and pride in a friend.
What I can say is that regardless of your intent it sounds like you were being rude. I would ask that you not be rude to anyone, but in particular someone who was expressing her fondness and pride in a friend.
Written By Coraline
June 30, 2018, 12:17 a.m.(2/9/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Thena
Your words fill me with a gratitude I can't begin to describe. Every possible word I can think of pales in comparison to the scale.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Written By Coraline
June 30, 2018, 12:15 a.m.(2/9/1009 AR)
I wear pants, they have pockets, this has always made me exceedingly happy. But I am thrilled those who wear dresses might soon enjoy the freedom of pockets as well.
Written By Coraline
June 29, 2018, 8:15 p.m.(2/8/1009 AR)
A night of contemplation has become a night of cleaning and contemplation. I couldn't imagine a more proper way to consider the virtues than by doing so serving the gods and their shrines.
Every journey is an adventure, I am excited to see what the next step will bring.
Every journey is an adventure, I am excited to see what the next step will bring.
Written By Coraline
June 29, 2018, 4:52 p.m.(2/8/1009 AR)
It isn't often I have stood on the precipice of a major change in life, knowing how monumentally that life will alter with the simple passage of hours. I am on such a precipice now. But this change feels larger than any I have yet experienced and it feels important for me to contemplate the aspects of what it is comprised of.
I have spoken to many on the meaning of Knighthood, on what it is to not just wear the title but live it's meaning. The answers differed in many ways, but some core things remained the same. Service, Honor, Duty, Faith, Hope, Courage, Strength, Mercy, Justice, and Fidelity. One, but often more, were mentioned in each conversation. To dedicate one's life to living these virtues is a big step, vows should never be given lightly, not ever. For we are our word, and words given in the form of vows are like giving a piece of ourselves to a purpose, a cause greater than ourselves. I truly believe any vow should be to something greater than oneself, anything less and it lessens both the the one giving the vow and the one receiving it.
Then I turn to contemplating service, humility, and generosity. These are all things that feel as though they should be obvious. Kindness and compassion in any situation and with any person, regardless of who they are or where they come from. This also feels as though it should be obvious. And yet the true test comes in little ways, in little things. An ill chosen word or action, a thoughtless thing said in haste or raised emotion. All small tests, yet all so very important for we should never stop testing ourselves, as life tests us. To do otherwise feels like we aren't really living, merely stepping moment to moment, surprised that so much has changed when we weren't looking and wondering why we ourselves have not.
It also seems important to see outside of ourselves to the needs of our fellows. I don't just mean charity, which is very important and necessary and should be given to as a matter of course. I mean more than that. The stranger you see upset, they might not tell you what is wrong, but offering to buy them a drink and give a bit of cheerful or quiet companionship. Or the friend who you might have had cross words with but who is now hurting, to set aside one's own upset to help them for no other reason than they hurt. Service need not be grand gestures, sometimes the little ones make the most difference.
Another thing that occurs to me is courage. Battle can be exhilarating, terrifying, and heart rending. But battle, war itself, for all the fear of dying you might face, for all the loss you experience, it is not the only form of courage necessary. For courage is facing what you fear not the absence of fear. I fear many things, and I am honest enough to say it. But I have come to realize that I must face them, no matter how silly they might seem to myself or others, no matter how small. They must be faced, because to do otherwise does a disservice to myself as well as a disservice to those I serve. Random thought perhaps but it felt important to say today of all days.
I suppose this journal, most especially because it is public, is a form of testing myself. So tonight, as I go from shrine to shrine to pray and contemplate a virtue in each, spending the night discovering the knight who will be made on the morrow, I will strip away everything else.
I have spoken to many on the meaning of Knighthood, on what it is to not just wear the title but live it's meaning. The answers differed in many ways, but some core things remained the same. Service, Honor, Duty, Faith, Hope, Courage, Strength, Mercy, Justice, and Fidelity. One, but often more, were mentioned in each conversation. To dedicate one's life to living these virtues is a big step, vows should never be given lightly, not ever. For we are our word, and words given in the form of vows are like giving a piece of ourselves to a purpose, a cause greater than ourselves. I truly believe any vow should be to something greater than oneself, anything less and it lessens both the the one giving the vow and the one receiving it.
Then I turn to contemplating service, humility, and generosity. These are all things that feel as though they should be obvious. Kindness and compassion in any situation and with any person, regardless of who they are or where they come from. This also feels as though it should be obvious. And yet the true test comes in little ways, in little things. An ill chosen word or action, a thoughtless thing said in haste or raised emotion. All small tests, yet all so very important for we should never stop testing ourselves, as life tests us. To do otherwise feels like we aren't really living, merely stepping moment to moment, surprised that so much has changed when we weren't looking and wondering why we ourselves have not.
It also seems important to see outside of ourselves to the needs of our fellows. I don't just mean charity, which is very important and necessary and should be given to as a matter of course. I mean more than that. The stranger you see upset, they might not tell you what is wrong, but offering to buy them a drink and give a bit of cheerful or quiet companionship. Or the friend who you might have had cross words with but who is now hurting, to set aside one's own upset to help them for no other reason than they hurt. Service need not be grand gestures, sometimes the little ones make the most difference.
Another thing that occurs to me is courage. Battle can be exhilarating, terrifying, and heart rending. But battle, war itself, for all the fear of dying you might face, for all the loss you experience, it is not the only form of courage necessary. For courage is facing what you fear not the absence of fear. I fear many things, and I am honest enough to say it. But I have come to realize that I must face them, no matter how silly they might seem to myself or others, no matter how small. They must be faced, because to do otherwise does a disservice to myself as well as a disservice to those I serve. Random thought perhaps but it felt important to say today of all days.
I suppose this journal, most especially because it is public, is a form of testing myself. So tonight, as I go from shrine to shrine to pray and contemplate a virtue in each, spending the night discovering the knight who will be made on the morrow, I will strip away everything else.
Written By Coraline
June 21, 2018, 6:31 p.m.(1/20/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Jeffeth
A very happy birthday to you Sir Jeffeth!
Written By Coraline
June 20, 2018, 3:59 p.m.(1/18/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
One of the most amazing matches I have ever fought, it was an honor and a pleasure to be part of. Not only did she fight like the bear of her House but she was kind enough to instruct as she did so. I have nothing but praise and gratitude for her and she will be in my own prayers as well.
Written By Coraline
June 19, 2018, 9:27 p.m.(1/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Fairen
I should hope that one never need find out if I were wearing undergarments or not, but certainly with such danger of Arx wide exposure, were I in fact brave enough to wear such a fashionable garment, I would hope I would have equally fashionable underclothes.
Written By Coraline
June 19, 2018, 9:22 p.m.(1/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Reigna
An excellent suggestion Countess! Indeed it would keep the sheet firmly settled against the body however, unless it is a particularly large sheet draped with far more skill that I believe I possess, and true there might be one truly skilled in bedsheet draping whom I have not yet met, or have met and simply are unaware of this previously undeclared but significant skill, it would show far more of my person than I think the rest of Arx could take.
I fear I will never wear a sheet with as much skill as Prince Luca managed to display.
I fear I will never wear a sheet with as much skill as Prince Luca managed to display.
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