Written By Deva
April 25, 2021, 7:25 p.m.(5/11/1015 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
I miss you all the time, but your loss is sharply felt as of late. I know I could use your wisdom and wit right about now. I'll just have to climb a tree and drink in your honor.
Written By Ainsley
April 23, 2018, 8:09 a.m.(8/9/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
I can't send you a messenger. So I can only hope someday you return and catch up on a giant backlog of white journals and find this:
Happy Gift Day, my friend.
I left you a figurine in the atrium of Ashford House.
Happy Gift Day, my friend.
I left you a figurine in the atrium of Ashford House.
Written By Ainsley
Feb. 27, 2018, 12:37 a.m.(4/8/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
My Friend,
Tikva and I have had a son. We've named him Asharion in your honor. When he's old enough I will take him out in the forest on walks. On those walks I will tell him of the most clear-eyed, brave, and wise woman that he is named after. I will tell him of your adventures. I will tell him tales of the world outside of Arvum. I will just walk with him.
I will spend time just /being/ with him. We will not talk about all the doom the world has or will face.
I will teach him how to climb trees. I will tell him tales of the great treehouses of Ashford Forest-- and take him there one day.
I will teach him how to start a fire. How to find edible berries and mushrooms. I will teach him how to find shelter under the leaves.
I hope he will have a mind as curious and as hungry for knowledge of the world as you. And if he does... I will support it in every way I can.
I wish I had walked with you more, Aislin.
I will remember you fondly, always.
And I will raise my son to look forward to the future, but to learn from the past.
Yours,
Ainsley.
Tikva and I have had a son. We've named him Asharion in your honor. When he's old enough I will take him out in the forest on walks. On those walks I will tell him of the most clear-eyed, brave, and wise woman that he is named after. I will tell him of your adventures. I will tell him tales of the world outside of Arvum. I will just walk with him.
I will spend time just /being/ with him. We will not talk about all the doom the world has or will face.
I will teach him how to climb trees. I will tell him tales of the great treehouses of Ashford Forest-- and take him there one day.
I will teach him how to start a fire. How to find edible berries and mushrooms. I will teach him how to find shelter under the leaves.
I hope he will have a mind as curious and as hungry for knowledge of the world as you. And if he does... I will support it in every way I can.
I wish I had walked with you more, Aislin.
I will remember you fondly, always.
And I will raise my son to look forward to the future, but to learn from the past.
Yours,
Ainsley.
Written By Aiden
Feb. 3, 2018, 12:11 p.m.(2/11/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
I will do you proud. Rest well, where ever you are.
Written By Fairen
Jan. 7, 2018, 4:43 p.m.(12/4/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
My heart weeps.
The Gods wish for me to share publicly the memories of my life, and yours is one that I feel is a significant enough one to bear weight to express to the world.
I have spent many years of my life learning, and growing. Delving into the mysteries of the world, of Arx and of our past. I learn and preserve the knowledge I gain to the best of my ability. So much so that I have the confidence in my wisdoms to dare say I know a great deal. At the very least, I always know how to learn more. Until you. We looked everywhere in that cabin, on that ship, and anywhere else we knew to look. I preformed a great deal of experiments, utilizing my knowledge of the occult and the darker things in this world to explore and study every inch of that boat.
Nothing. With everything I have done, I have nothing to show for it. With everything I know, I know nothing of the mystery of your disappearance. My heart weeps. The promise I have made to House Ashford is one I find I am unable to keep. The failure is mine, and for this moment alone, my resolve is broken.
This, I share with the Gods. To House Ashford, I am sorry. Deeply.
The Gods wish for me to share publicly the memories of my life, and yours is one that I feel is a significant enough one to bear weight to express to the world.
I have spent many years of my life learning, and growing. Delving into the mysteries of the world, of Arx and of our past. I learn and preserve the knowledge I gain to the best of my ability. So much so that I have the confidence in my wisdoms to dare say I know a great deal. At the very least, I always know how to learn more. Until you. We looked everywhere in that cabin, on that ship, and anywhere else we knew to look. I preformed a great deal of experiments, utilizing my knowledge of the occult and the darker things in this world to explore and study every inch of that boat.
Nothing. With everything I have done, I have nothing to show for it. With everything I know, I know nothing of the mystery of your disappearance. My heart weeps. The promise I have made to House Ashford is one I find I am unable to keep. The failure is mine, and for this moment alone, my resolve is broken.
This, I share with the Gods. To House Ashford, I am sorry. Deeply.
Written By Monique
Jan. 7, 2018, 4:16 p.m.(12/4/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
Lady Aislin will come back riding a gryphon, triumphant, and with incredible stories. You just see if she doesn't.
Written By Ainsley
Jan. 7, 2018, 12:21 a.m.(12/2/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
*This journal is two pieces of paper carefully affixed together.*
In a moment of desperate melancholy I went into Aislin's treehouse. I found it mostly empty ... save for a piece of paper torn from what must have been her journals. One of Nyx's feathers rested upon that paper, and a rock held it down. I found this paper there...
*The next piece of paper appears to be in Aislin's handwriting, rather than Ainsley's.*
"We should remember fondly those who are lost, but move on; after all, there are bigger things to worry about."
In a moment of desperate melancholy I went into Aislin's treehouse. I found it mostly empty ... save for a piece of paper torn from what must have been her journals. One of Nyx's feathers rested upon that paper, and a rock held it down. I found this paper there...
*The next piece of paper appears to be in Aislin's handwriting, rather than Ainsley's.*
"We should remember fondly those who are lost, but move on; after all, there are bigger things to worry about."
Written By Reese
Jan. 6, 2018, 7:59 a.m.(12/1/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
I feel as if a quiet has settled over Ward Grayson. It is not a good kind of quiet. It the quiet that used to be filled with the voices of those who are missing.
I haven't wrote on Aislin Ashford yet, partly because I hold out hope that she is out there on another adventure and might return to us soon. Without knowing the truth, I try not to assume anything. I don't where she is, what has happened and if she will return to us.
She was quite woman, meaning she didn't often raise her voice and she didn't often try to draw the focus to herself and yet as many know she had a great many things to say. When Aislin talks it is always worth listening to her. We hope to hear her voice again.
And right now it is quiet, too quiet. I know I am not alone in missing her. Her presence was a rock.
I haven't wrote on Aislin Ashford yet, partly because I hold out hope that she is out there on another adventure and might return to us soon. Without knowing the truth, I try not to assume anything. I don't where she is, what has happened and if she will return to us.
She was quite woman, meaning she didn't often raise her voice and she didn't often try to draw the focus to herself and yet as many know she had a great many things to say. When Aislin talks it is always worth listening to her. We hope to hear her voice again.
And right now it is quiet, too quiet. I know I am not alone in missing her. Her presence was a rock.
Written By Harlan
Jan. 5, 2018, 12:58 p.m.(11/27/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
Aislin...there's a reason that Ashfords don't go on boats when we can avoid it.
I refuse to believe that you were simply washed overboard. You vanished, and I'm certain you were taken. We will find you, and we will have justice and vengeance upon whoever has done this. If you are gone........I cannot think of that now. I will not.
We will find you.
I refuse to believe that you were simply washed overboard. You vanished, and I'm certain you were taken. We will find you, and we will have justice and vengeance upon whoever has done this. If you are gone........I cannot think of that now. I will not.
We will find you.
Written By Leona
Jan. 3, 2018, 10:05 a.m.(11/23/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
Our paths didn't cross until recently. She was busy adventuring, I was busy with the Hundred. But when we did meet, and when we first got a good look at each other it was - she was - well. She was my friend. My confidante. Someone I could laugh with, someone I could be myself around. She knew me, knew my struggles, and had good advice for them more often than not. The last time I saw her she came to grieve for Killian. We shared drinks and memories. We talked. We planned - an adventure and some evenings together, quietly talking under the stars.
I hope she is not dead. I hope she is on another adventure. I hope to see her again - ideally on this side of the Wheel.
I miss her already.
I hope she is not dead. I hope she is on another adventure. I hope to see her again - ideally on this side of the Wheel.
I miss her already.
Written By Alexis
Dec. 31, 2017, 5:46 p.m.(11/16/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
We met a few times, and we spoke of Lady Niamh most, when we did met.
Lady Aislin Ashford was as kind and generous a soul as you could ever hope for, and I pray to the gods that her journey this time is not yet at an end. That the Queen is not yet taking her to the Wheel. That she'll return to us with ever more amazing tales.
Be safe, Lady Aislin. Whereever you may be.
Lady Aislin Ashford was as kind and generous a soul as you could ever hope for, and I pray to the gods that her journey this time is not yet at an end. That the Queen is not yet taking her to the Wheel. That she'll return to us with ever more amazing tales.
Be safe, Lady Aislin. Whereever you may be.
Written By Eirene
Dec. 31, 2017, 12:49 p.m.(11/15/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
Also - Aislin is missing. Which is a damn shame because I never got to sit down and discuss bullshit with her about everything. Just one more supernatural threat to kill. Or try to kill. I don't think we can kill them, just put them back into bed with a spanking and no dessert for 500 years.
Written By Esoka
Dec. 30, 2017, 11:34 p.m.(11/14/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
When I think on Aislin Ashford, it is of the few times I was privileged to venture into the field with her. She seemed happier there than as a highborn in the city. In mastery of the trails and ruins. She was a woman of sharp wit and a brave heart and, wherever she is, I pray that Gloria guides her blade and shields her spirit. And that I pray to Gild that the road home is laid open before her, when this adventure is at an end.
Written By Tikva
Dec. 30, 2017, 10:21 p.m.(11/14/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
The lamp is lit.
Sister, be safe out there.
Sister, be safe out there.
Written By Clover
Dec. 30, 2017, 10:01 p.m.(11/14/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
I wandered as a child. When my parents went traveling, I wandered away from them. Always. Sometimes my mother threatened to tether me in place, or lock me into whatever room we were staying in, but my father always shook his head. I always wandered off.
One time when I was small, we visited Ashford Keep. Enthralled by the forest I wandered away, and I got lost. Very, very lost. I didn't know where I was or where I was going. I couldn't find my way back. I don't know how long that I wandered-- an entire day, at least, had passed. The sun has sunk low, and I started to become afraid. A forest during the day is a wonderful play-place for a little girl. A forest at night is a different thing.
Just when I was about to give up and give into that fear, a woman with pure white hair came out of the trees. She led me through the forest and back to my parents (and I got quite the tongue lashing from them). And for years afterward we wrote letters back and forth. She always checked up on me. She always thought of me.
As a child I knew one name for her:
Lady Aislin Ashford the Pathfinder.
One time when I was small, we visited Ashford Keep. Enthralled by the forest I wandered away, and I got lost. Very, very lost. I didn't know where I was or where I was going. I couldn't find my way back. I don't know how long that I wandered-- an entire day, at least, had passed. The sun has sunk low, and I started to become afraid. A forest during the day is a wonderful play-place for a little girl. A forest at night is a different thing.
Just when I was about to give up and give into that fear, a woman with pure white hair came out of the trees. She led me through the forest and back to my parents (and I got quite the tongue lashing from them). And for years afterward we wrote letters back and forth. She always checked up on me. She always thought of me.
As a child I knew one name for her:
Lady Aislin Ashford the Pathfinder.
Written By Lou
Dec. 30, 2017, 7:37 p.m.(11/14/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
I know you are out there somewhere. I promised your sister I'll find you. Somehow. By the Gods. I'll find you.
Written By Silas
Dec. 30, 2017, 6:54 p.m.(11/14/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
She’ll be back.
Written By Corban
Dec. 30, 2017, 5:45 p.m.(11/14/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
Lady Aislin Ashford is the finest explorer the Compact has ever known. Lady Aislin Ashford is imbued with the greatest soul I have ever met.
I know she will return to us.
I pray to Gild, beloved of travelers, that it is in the harbor, not on the Wheel.
I know she will return to us.
I pray to Gild, beloved of travelers, that it is in the harbor, not on the Wheel.
Written By Carita
Dec. 30, 2017, 5:06 p.m.(11/14/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
Fair winds and following seas.
Written By Delilah
Dec. 30, 2017, 4:40 p.m.(11/14/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
It seems as if so much of my knowledge falls within Lady Aislin's purview. That's not to say she's omnipotent or anything -- Though I will give credit where it is due. She's amazing.
Scholar, Explorer, Inquisitor.
These are all things that the Pathfinder may be. I am no different.
Naturally, my footsteps occasionally fall where hers have once landed. We may not always be on the same path, but we are very much headed the same direction. She has taught me so much. Beyond that, she has been so kind to me. I feel like I bothered her a bit too much, but... I'll make it up to her.
One day, her foot shall meet a path that I had created for her. See you soon, Lady Aislin.
Scholar, Explorer, Inquisitor.
These are all things that the Pathfinder may be. I am no different.
Naturally, my footsteps occasionally fall where hers have once landed. We may not always be on the same path, but we are very much headed the same direction. She has taught me so much. Beyond that, she has been so kind to me. I feel like I bothered her a bit too much, but... I'll make it up to her.
One day, her foot shall meet a path that I had created for her. See you soon, Lady Aislin.
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