Written By Esoka
June 22, 2018, 11:41 a.m.(1/22/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
I did not know Prince Aurelian Valardin, either as the boy who was lost to his family or as the man who wore that name for decades after that boy’s tragic death. I also did not know well those murdered by his actions, or hurt by the other black acts done by him. My part in discovering the truth of what he was seemed a small thing at the time, but was a piece added to a larger puzzle by many others. Even if the picture was grim in the end, at least he can hurt no one else. I pray for those who were harmed by him, and the souls of those who’ve gone to the Queen of Endings because of him. As for him who called himself Aurelian Valardin, I pray to the Sentinel that justice has been done.
Written By Samantha
June 18, 2018, 12:41 a.m.(1/13/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
There but for the grace of the Gods (and Gabriel Bisland) I might have gone.
Written By Laric
June 16, 2018, 4:29 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
The case of Aurelian Valardin's impersonation is deeply complicated. It is not one I mean to discuss in this journal; while a villain has been brought to justice, there are broader implications that warrant further investigation and consideration. It would be irresponsible to release any related evidence while the matter is ongoing. I rest comfortably knowing that all the individuals involved and affected thus far understand this.
I am very proud of the men and women whose hard work and contributions led to this revelation. The Inquisition applauds House Valardin's humility and wisdom in requesting our aid and guidance, and we applaud their conviction in facing such an unpleasant truth as their ancestors would. Honor holds.
As a completely unrelated aside, citizens, do keep in mind the loud braying of an ass is most often driven by a guilty conscience. A donkey is a donkey and does not care to hear reason. They may come around in their own time.
I am very proud of the men and women whose hard work and contributions led to this revelation. The Inquisition applauds House Valardin's humility and wisdom in requesting our aid and guidance, and we applaud their conviction in facing such an unpleasant truth as their ancestors would. Honor holds.
As a completely unrelated aside, citizens, do keep in mind the loud braying of an ass is most often driven by a guilty conscience. A donkey is a donkey and does not care to hear reason. They may come around in their own time.
Written By Sasha
June 16, 2018, 3:45 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
I feel so betrayed by him. I grew up with him. He would give me piggy back rides and play with my brothers. And now come to discover he is the one who murdered my brother Jacque. I do not think words and truly express my sadness and devastation to these details coming to light.
Written By Edain
June 16, 2018, 2:33 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
Justice is a virtue we must always aspire to. But it is not a virtue that can always bring us joy. When Prince Aurelian was kidnapped I was just a boy. I was really upset that a younger cousin that I played with often was taken and so I kept trying to steal a sword and sneak out to go look for him. It got to a point where my brother's had to tackle me and stuff me in a wardrobe to keep from continuing to try.
After he returned, we always had trouble relating to each other. He was so closed off, and this will surprise some of you, but I have been catergorized by some as 'ignorantly optimistic' so I sometimes did not understand why as time passed he just didn't put it behind him. I was a dumb kid at times. But I always loved him. I remember his rare smiles, like when he commissioned an unwieldy great sword named 'Furniturebane' for Princess Alis. It was rare, but we share our share of laughs and good memories, just as did arguments and disagreements about things.
I could say that man was not my cousin which is true. But while he was never my blood, he was my family, for almost 20 years since the real Prince Aurelian was taken and killed. I ordered his execution because he committed treason, because after weighing all facts, his death served justice and to protect my family and to protect the Oathlands from the danger he represented. But there is something we should never forget.
My cousin Prince Aurelian died when he was six. The victim of some sect that posed as bandits with a dangerous purpose. But my innocent cousin was not their only victim. They also took another six year old child and twisted and broke him and remolded him until he was their. Until he was their weapon. I wept when I knew that I had to deliver justice to the man that stole my cousins identity. When we find the monsters that killed my cousin, and turned another child into a broken shell to be their spy, when we bring them to justice, I will have no tears for them.
After he returned, we always had trouble relating to each other. He was so closed off, and this will surprise some of you, but I have been catergorized by some as 'ignorantly optimistic' so I sometimes did not understand why as time passed he just didn't put it behind him. I was a dumb kid at times. But I always loved him. I remember his rare smiles, like when he commissioned an unwieldy great sword named 'Furniturebane' for Princess Alis. It was rare, but we share our share of laughs and good memories, just as did arguments and disagreements about things.
I could say that man was not my cousin which is true. But while he was never my blood, he was my family, for almost 20 years since the real Prince Aurelian was taken and killed. I ordered his execution because he committed treason, because after weighing all facts, his death served justice and to protect my family and to protect the Oathlands from the danger he represented. But there is something we should never forget.
My cousin Prince Aurelian died when he was six. The victim of some sect that posed as bandits with a dangerous purpose. But my innocent cousin was not their only victim. They also took another six year old child and twisted and broke him and remolded him until he was their. Until he was their weapon. I wept when I knew that I had to deliver justice to the man that stole my cousins identity. When we find the monsters that killed my cousin, and turned another child into a broken shell to be their spy, when we bring them to justice, I will have no tears for them.
Written By Orathy
June 16, 2018, 2:14 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
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Ain't knowin if ye be a gutter rat or not, befer you became a Prince eh. Orphan supposing so, t'would make sense. Aye, whatever boy ya were before ya became a prince, least wise you got to live well instead of dyin cold 'n hungry, eh? I be knowin the choices that poverty leaves ya with, what sort of rewards comes with promises of rising above the life ya born into. Reckon it were nothing ya could turn away from, to be told ya could have everythin ya couldn't have if ya remained as you are. Would have been hard to say no.
Reckon I feel pity for ya. 'N that is all I got left to say bout ya.
Reckon I feel pity for ya. 'N that is all I got left to say bout ya.
Written By Echo
June 16, 2018, 12:13 p.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
This is a difficult entry to write, but I feel that I owe it to the world to do so while my feelings are still raw.
When a sweet and loving man turned out to be anything but, my heart split in two. It still doesn't seem real, like all of this is one horribly distasteful joke. I'm still having trouble believing it. Is our Aurelian capable of doing such a thing?
How?
Yet the proof is irrefutable and your name, the one that you stole, is so difficult to speak. My gratitude goes to those who have protected Quenia and the rest of my Igniseri family. Thank you so so much. My broken heart goes out to you, Quenia, as well as the all the others who were close to him.
And to the Aurelian that I knew, I'm sorry that it ended this way. I have a million things I wish to say but not a single word is easy to mark down.
When a sweet and loving man turned out to be anything but, my heart split in two. It still doesn't seem real, like all of this is one horribly distasteful joke. I'm still having trouble believing it. Is our Aurelian capable of doing such a thing?
How?
Yet the proof is irrefutable and your name, the one that you stole, is so difficult to speak. My gratitude goes to those who have protected Quenia and the rest of my Igniseri family. Thank you so so much. My broken heart goes out to you, Quenia, as well as the all the others who were close to him.
And to the Aurelian that I knew, I'm sorry that it ended this way. I have a million things I wish to say but not a single word is easy to mark down.
Written By Isabeau
June 16, 2018, 10:15 a.m.(1/10/1009 AR)
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I am sick with such sorrow that I cannot put into words.
Written By Quenia
June 16, 2018, 8:15 a.m.(1/9/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
I poured my heart and soul out to you over the period of our courtship. Told you that I'd been betrayed in the past by those I was seeking to potentially marry. Gave you my innermost secrets as a matter of trust that you would one day support me as my husband, and welcomed you into my family with open arms. I would have been happy to have you as my husband. But, then you committed the one sin that I told you I was afraid of most. Being betrayed.
I did not believe it, when they came to tell me that you were suspected as a traitor, and suggested that I should postpone the wedding. I railed against them. Told them that they had to be wrong. Wondered at why they waited so long to ask me to wait, until two weeks before our wedding. I was furious, to say the least. They asked for time, and I gave it to them. They kept me informed, and each time they came back to me, it was with more and more irrefutable evidence. It broke me, but I could not appear broken for the world. To look weak. I could not tip you off, in case it proved to be true. Oh, how I hoped that it wasn't. But, in the end -- it was.
It hurts more than you can ever imagine, when you said that you would never do anything to hurt me.
I did not believe it, when they came to tell me that you were suspected as a traitor, and suggested that I should postpone the wedding. I railed against them. Told them that they had to be wrong. Wondered at why they waited so long to ask me to wait, until two weeks before our wedding. I was furious, to say the least. They asked for time, and I gave it to them. They kept me informed, and each time they came back to me, it was with more and more irrefutable evidence. It broke me, but I could not appear broken for the world. To look weak. I could not tip you off, in case it proved to be true. Oh, how I hoped that it wasn't. But, in the end -- it was.
It hurts more than you can ever imagine, when you said that you would never do anything to hurt me.
Written By Sina
June 16, 2018, 4:48 a.m.(1/9/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
I almost wanted to get to know him. But I never did. Maybe it was instinct. Reminder to self: Be careful who you trust.
Written By Bliss
June 16, 2018, 4:20 a.m.(1/9/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
I never knew this man.
But people wrote similar things to what they are writing now about Everard Telmar when his betrayal was revealed.
Did both of these men have good qualities about them? Oh, yes. Almost certainly. But that is what is so insidious about treason and betrayals in particular. When a violent person commits a violent act in anger, it is nearly unremarkable. When someone acting shady ends up picking your pocket - are you really surprised? A powerful yet cruel head of house turning tyrant?
Treason is all the more cruel because it comes from those you thought were good, because every positive emotion you had, every experience you had, becomes twisted by its lens. No one in the Compact will ever see this man the same way again. Once you know what is under the mask, it's all there, out in the open.
Harden your hearts. He was not the first. He will not be the last. And even now, someone is suffering because of one of them, I can nearly guarantee it.
If that someone is you, dear reader: you have the truest, deepest sympathy I have to offer. If there is anything a simple Devotion can do to help, please reach out.
But people wrote similar things to what they are writing now about Everard Telmar when his betrayal was revealed.
Did both of these men have good qualities about them? Oh, yes. Almost certainly. But that is what is so insidious about treason and betrayals in particular. When a violent person commits a violent act in anger, it is nearly unremarkable. When someone acting shady ends up picking your pocket - are you really surprised? A powerful yet cruel head of house turning tyrant?
Treason is all the more cruel because it comes from those you thought were good, because every positive emotion you had, every experience you had, becomes twisted by its lens. No one in the Compact will ever see this man the same way again. Once you know what is under the mask, it's all there, out in the open.
Harden your hearts. He was not the first. He will not be the last. And even now, someone is suffering because of one of them, I can nearly guarantee it.
If that someone is you, dear reader: you have the truest, deepest sympathy I have to offer. If there is anything a simple Devotion can do to help, please reach out.
Written By Astraea
June 16, 2018, 3:54 a.m.(1/9/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
So many people have already said the things I want to say but...the truth is. When you came to that family dinner, I loved you then. I opened my heart and my arms to you and embraced you as one of us. Even though the circumstances have proven you were duplicitous I can't believe that you were always so. Somewhere, deep inside I think you cared for us and enjoyed spending the time that you did.
Maybe you regretted your decisions, maybe you didn't but...people can't just be traitors or heroes. If anything you've taught me that people make decisions, and good intentions don't equal righteousness. May you find peace on the other side and a new chance to make better choices next time.
Maybe you regretted your decisions, maybe you didn't but...people can't just be traitors or heroes. If anything you've taught me that people make decisions, and good intentions don't equal righteousness. May you find peace on the other side and a new chance to make better choices next time.
Written By Marian
June 16, 2018, 3:28 a.m.(1/9/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
I never met the boy, the true Prince Aurelian, that would never become the man. Prince Aurelian that I knew was the man that has been recently executed as a traitor. A thoughtful man who held darkness that I never saw in the many years that I call him friend.
He recognized, when others did not, that my duty after Prince Valen's death had become a wall to keep my heart protected. He confronted me when I tried to denied my feelings for Prince Fergus. Forced me to finally deal with my grief for losing Prince Valen, and showed me a path to embrace love once again. Regardless of his reasons for encouraging a relationship that would lead me to leave House Valardin, this man did good in this act. His actions led to me marrying my second love. Gave me an opportunity to be a mother to three wonderful children.
I can not condone his actions against the Crown and Compact. I can not condone his actions that led to the death of loyal Valardins. I appreciate the actions the Inquisition took to bring him to justice. I embrace my friends and family that struggle in the aftermath of his execution. Such revelations do cause one to question your sanity when a good friend turns out not to be who you thought they were.
Just remember that people are complicated creatures that come with various degrees of light and dark. We must remember someone in their entirety.
He recognized, when others did not, that my duty after Prince Valen's death had become a wall to keep my heart protected. He confronted me when I tried to denied my feelings for Prince Fergus. Forced me to finally deal with my grief for losing Prince Valen, and showed me a path to embrace love once again. Regardless of his reasons for encouraging a relationship that would lead me to leave House Valardin, this man did good in this act. His actions led to me marrying my second love. Gave me an opportunity to be a mother to three wonderful children.
I can not condone his actions against the Crown and Compact. I can not condone his actions that led to the death of loyal Valardins. I appreciate the actions the Inquisition took to bring him to justice. I embrace my friends and family that struggle in the aftermath of his execution. Such revelations do cause one to question your sanity when a good friend turns out not to be who you thought they were.
Just remember that people are complicated creatures that come with various degrees of light and dark. We must remember someone in their entirety.
Written By Orathy
June 16, 2018, 1:45 a.m.(1/9/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
Ain't knowin ya at all, but too bad ya aint' seein how quickly all yer friends 'n family turn from ya and believe whatever they be told to believe.
Fuckin silks.
Like sheep.
Fuckin silks.
Like sheep.
Written By Silas
June 16, 2018, 1:07 a.m.(1/9/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
So much for being loyal to the realm first, valuing people over personal goals, and lacking all ambition.
Written By Percephon
June 16, 2018, 12:50 a.m.(1/9/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
... The problem with black and white thinking is that it usually does battle in a world that is nuanced and gray. To live within the contours of extremism. To live a life divided. It's simply unrealistic to to sustain. You learned that lesson, didn't you?
Written By Lucita
June 15, 2018, 11:38 p.m.(1/9/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
A traitor?
You're a traitor?
You befriended me and taught me. I waver between disbelief and a hot anger... you bastard, you … you... I feel sick inside.
Thank goodness it was found out before my cousin married you.
You're a traitor?
You befriended me and taught me. I waver between disbelief and a hot anger... you bastard, you … you... I feel sick inside.
Thank goodness it was found out before my cousin married you.
Written By Lucita
Feb. 1, 2018, 10:56 p.m.(2/8/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
If all goes well, my soon-to-be-cousin! Odd how things work out! I hope only happiness for you and Quenia.
Written By Caelis
Jan. 28, 2018, 12:06 a.m.(1/18/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
I like him. Of my Valardin cousins I have so many of now, I think he spends the most time with me. Often over porridge by the kitchens on quiet mornings or the like. Though for his quiet humor, I worry he's quite exasperated with me. This evening I had a wonderful evening time at Baron Estaban's wedding and poor Aurelian was doing his best to attend me before letting his guard down. I gave him the slip like so many guards and hope he is not too cross with my clever antics.
Written By Aiden
Nov. 1, 2017, 12:58 p.m.(7/4/1007 AR)
Relationship Note on Aurelian
I will have to consider what we spoke about in greater detail.
Life changes. Mine might well change again, if the gods will it and if I make the right choices.
Still, I can be thankful for the fact that our meeting kept me away from the incident in the Grayson manor, however unorthodox I may be, there is always a reason for why things turn out the way they do.
Life changes. Mine might well change again, if the gods will it and if I make the right choices.
Still, I can be thankful for the fact that our meeting kept me away from the incident in the Grayson manor, however unorthodox I may be, there is always a reason for why things turn out the way they do.
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