Written By Jaenelle
Sept. 30, 2018, 11:11 p.m.(9/13/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Barric
I have been feeling emotional lately, reminiscing of days long gone, when things seemed simpler. So for my first memory, I will write down one of Barric Grayson.
I can not remember the event, a ball of some sort held inside the Velenosa estate. There were so many people there, and I was new to the city and I believe that Calista introduced us. We danced, as is proper, but it certainly was not the dance that was memorable. The three of us sat in an alcove and spoke throughout the evening. We laughed and drank so much that we had not even noticed the rest of the people around us had left. We then had the greatest of ideas, we were going to sneak into the Palace for no reason other than to see if we could. It might not have been the greatest ideas considering, but the three of us were feeling quite brave at this point and we could find no fault in our decision. We tried, and failed among the giggles, to sneak through the city. We made it all the way to the gates of the Palace and then... We turned around and went our separate ways home.
It seems like a lifetime ago, doesnt it? We never did break in.
I can not remember the event, a ball of some sort held inside the Velenosa estate. There were so many people there, and I was new to the city and I believe that Calista introduced us. We danced, as is proper, but it certainly was not the dance that was memorable. The three of us sat in an alcove and spoke throughout the evening. We laughed and drank so much that we had not even noticed the rest of the people around us had left. We then had the greatest of ideas, we were going to sneak into the Palace for no reason other than to see if we could. It might not have been the greatest ideas considering, but the three of us were feeling quite brave at this point and we could find no fault in our decision. We tried, and failed among the giggles, to sneak through the city. We made it all the way to the gates of the Palace and then... We turned around and went our separate ways home.
It seems like a lifetime ago, doesnt it? We never did break in.
Written By Sorrel
Aug. 27, 2018, 1:40 p.m.(6/21/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Barric
I had a good time in the tournament to remember Prince Barric, even though I am a mediocre jouster despite winning a tournament or two. High Lord Edain would scold my riding skills, but I think Prince Barric would have had a good laugh about it. He was a really upright guy, a true knight, and he still owes me a spar -- which I'd probably lose, since he was an excellent swordsman, as one might expect. (Why did we never spar? It mostly came up while I was heavily pregnant, and I didn't expect to lose him so soon. Who did?) I considered him a friend and I'm still shocked to have lost him.
Written By Corban
Aug. 27, 2018, 7:56 a.m.(6/21/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Barric
I was delighted to joust in memory of Prince Barric Grayson last evening, and even more humbled to ride away with the overall victory in the event. Most credit is due to Rosie, my fine roan warhorse, who truly put in an impressive performance on the second round that propelled us to victory.
I did not know Prince Barric and I will not attempt to record a memory here that would suggest otherwise. But I can hope he would smile upon the games and feats of arms and honor held in his memory.
I did not know Prince Barric and I will not attempt to record a memory here that would suggest otherwise. But I can hope he would smile upon the games and feats of arms and honor held in his memory.
Written By Fecundo
Aug. 26, 2018, 10:16 p.m.(6/20/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Barric
Really, I had only met Sir Barric Grayson once, early at my arrival to Arx. We did not speak much, but I thought it fitting to honor the man with my first jousting effort. I did not win, but I did not fall either. I think the latter is more honoring than the former. I would hope that someone remembers me in a similar fashion someday...that I might have half the impact.
Written By Calista
Aug. 22, 2018, 9:15 p.m.(6/11/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Barric
Regret. I do not have many, but once upon a time, when we knew one another better, I regret saying we were too young, we had more time.
When my life changed, it drove a great divide between us and again I regret not maintaining our friendship. How hurt you were when I announced my engagement and regret washed over me again.
It has been a few years since then and you found love in Princess Coraline. The announcement of your engagement brought me joy. But instead I heard news of your passing. Again, I am filled with regret.
I pray you are resting easy.
When my life changed, it drove a great divide between us and again I regret not maintaining our friendship. How hurt you were when I announced my engagement and regret washed over me again.
It has been a few years since then and you found love in Princess Coraline. The announcement of your engagement brought me joy. But instead I heard news of your passing. Again, I am filled with regret.
I pray you are resting easy.
Written By Alexis
Aug. 22, 2018, 5:31 a.m.(6/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Barric
People are writing their memorials of Lord Valerio and Prince Barric.
I never had the pleasure of knowing Lord Valerio. From what is written in the whites, I think I would have liked him.
As for Prince Barric....
The Prince Barric I knew was complicated. We sparred some - he was seeking to master every weapon, I needed to focus on other things, and he was willing and able to help. He handled himself with the certainty of a man who does not doubt who he is. A core of... Integrity. He had his honour. And he had his goals. And that was enough. He could be brusque, but not, I think, mean-spirited in intent. Just very firm on his convictions, whatever they were.
He kept meaning to talk to me about the Gold Order.
We never got to have more than one such conversation, and he had to leave too soon, due to duty.
I suppose that's what happened. He left to soon, due to duty.
Gloria welcome him for his courage. The Queen care for his soul.
Thank you, Prince Barric, for all you were.
I never had the pleasure of knowing Lord Valerio. From what is written in the whites, I think I would have liked him.
As for Prince Barric....
The Prince Barric I knew was complicated. We sparred some - he was seeking to master every weapon, I needed to focus on other things, and he was willing and able to help. He handled himself with the certainty of a man who does not doubt who he is. A core of... Integrity. He had his honour. And he had his goals. And that was enough. He could be brusque, but not, I think, mean-spirited in intent. Just very firm on his convictions, whatever they were.
He kept meaning to talk to me about the Gold Order.
We never got to have more than one such conversation, and he had to leave too soon, due to duty.
I suppose that's what happened. He left to soon, due to duty.
Gloria welcome him for his courage. The Queen care for his soul.
Thank you, Prince Barric, for all you were.
Written By Tikva
Aug. 20, 2018, 9:53 p.m.(6/7/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Barric
Many will mourn for the man Prince Barric was. It hurts the heart to lose a friend, a colleague, a lover, a cousin -- whatever he was to you, I grieve with you and I understand.
Yet for me what I mourn for the most is the man Prince Barric would be. The man he chose, and sought to become. The man he set his heart's hopes upon, and turned his face towards duty to embrace it. A godsworn brother of the Templar Knights.
In his honor House Grayson has donated a substantial sum to the Templars of Gloria, and for myself, I plan a vigil at her Shrine.
Yet he died in glory, a true knight, and I'll weep for the chivalry he never got to do, but I shall not be bitter for an ending that will be worth a song.
None greater, Barric Grayson. You upheld it at the end, and we will never forget. I will never forget.
Yet for me what I mourn for the most is the man Prince Barric would be. The man he chose, and sought to become. The man he set his heart's hopes upon, and turned his face towards duty to embrace it. A godsworn brother of the Templar Knights.
In his honor House Grayson has donated a substantial sum to the Templars of Gloria, and for myself, I plan a vigil at her Shrine.
Yet he died in glory, a true knight, and I'll weep for the chivalry he never got to do, but I shall not be bitter for an ending that will be worth a song.
None greater, Barric Grayson. You upheld it at the end, and we will never forget. I will never forget.
Written By Mae
Aug. 20, 2018, 8:56 p.m.(6/7/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Barric
I just remembered that one time I saved your life, just as the Bringers were knocked down Arx's gate.
Sorry I wasn't there this time.
Sorry I wasn't there this time.
Written By Reese
Aug. 20, 2018, 4:27 p.m.(6/7/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Barric
I remember Barric as the once the stern and proud older cousin who could always beat me in any spar. I remember comparing his green sword to my steel one and thinking of him as an unreachable and untouchable god. I remember working so very hard to get my own sword. Pink with Griffins and just as good. I remember him from before I knew how to lead in battle and when he could not lead in battle, deciding to team up before the Siege of Silence. We fought side and by side and back to back with our alaricite swords then and many times after. When I started to lead, he stayed at my side, fighting with me at Sea Watch Gate and being rescued by Mae. I was so grateful to her and still am, for she gave me more time with him.
He got matching hounds for us. Brother and sister from the same litter and they looked almost alike to symbolize our relationship and our partnership. Stormy is still at my side. He wasn’t always favored by the Graysons. Barric at times didn’t want to marry. At times he wanted to marry the wrong person. At times he was a pain in the ass. He always had heart, passion and bravery. He was flawed. I am at least as flawed.
Barric was at my side on dangerous mission after dangerous mission. The time I truly almost died, he was there, fighting along with me, making sure I made it home. He followed me time and again. He attended my many meetings, he went into the forest over and over again with me. He was the brother I didn’t have. He was my family when I was on the top. When I was beloved. He was my family was when I was at the bottom. He was my family when he was the idol, I could not touch and he was my family when I bested him in a spar. That he agreed to go on a deadly mission does not surprised me at all, but I wish he didn’t go. on this one.
Barric and Coraline were a beautiful couple. While I was my lowest Barric was there for me, night after night in my tower, talking to me, visiting with me, cheering me up, encouraging me to go on. Coraline was often there with him, doing the same. Barric was flawed, but I had no greater friend when I was injured. Should I have needed that, no, of course not. But I am flawed and he was my family who loved me even when I was broken. He was a man with the strength to continue even after her was broken. Not everyone would have survived, would chosen the path to become a templar. He was strong enough to loose the greatest sword of all and still continue. He had been injured, but he would not break.
I saw Barric the night before the mission. He told me that we would never loose contact despite him being a templar, that things wouldn’t really change, I told him i would visit him often and he left the training the center.
He got matching hounds for us. Brother and sister from the same litter and they looked almost alike to symbolize our relationship and our partnership. Stormy is still at my side. He wasn’t always favored by the Graysons. Barric at times didn’t want to marry. At times he wanted to marry the wrong person. At times he was a pain in the ass. He always had heart, passion and bravery. He was flawed. I am at least as flawed.
Barric was at my side on dangerous mission after dangerous mission. The time I truly almost died, he was there, fighting along with me, making sure I made it home. He followed me time and again. He attended my many meetings, he went into the forest over and over again with me. He was the brother I didn’t have. He was my family when I was on the top. When I was beloved. He was my family was when I was at the bottom. He was my family when he was the idol, I could not touch and he was my family when I bested him in a spar. That he agreed to go on a deadly mission does not surprised me at all, but I wish he didn’t go. on this one.
Barric and Coraline were a beautiful couple. While I was my lowest Barric was there for me, night after night in my tower, talking to me, visiting with me, cheering me up, encouraging me to go on. Coraline was often there with him, doing the same. Barric was flawed, but I had no greater friend when I was injured. Should I have needed that, no, of course not. But I am flawed and he was my family who loved me even when I was broken. He was a man with the strength to continue even after her was broken. Not everyone would have survived, would chosen the path to become a templar. He was strong enough to loose the greatest sword of all and still continue. He had been injured, but he would not break.
I saw Barric the night before the mission. He told me that we would never loose contact despite him being a templar, that things wouldn’t really change, I told him i would visit him often and he left the training the center.
Written By Lumen
Aug. 20, 2018, 11:08 a.m.(6/7/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Barric
Like my cousin Samantha, Sir Barric, then Prince Barric, was one of my very first flirtations. Can I be blamed? He was terribly dashing almost all the time. I imagine that was the case for a lot of girls, at Bastian and Pridehall. He was not without his imperfections, but who among us is? Errors have a way of piling up while accomplishments diminish. I was deeply moved by news of Sir Barric's pilgrimage and what came of it, and am comforted by the knowledge that his passing came whilst in a state of self-improvement, and honor. My heart and deepest condolences go out to his kin and his brethren in the Faith.
Written By Carita
Aug. 20, 2018, 9:46 a.m.(6/6/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Barric
I didn't know you as well as some, but what I did know of you was that you loved Princess Coraline more than you could ever express -- though you tried, sometimes poorly. Even though we didn't have a long period of friendship it took very, very little to see that love you had for my dear friend.
While I didn't always understand your actions, your core seemed to me to be solidly good, but there was an inner turmoil that seemed to keep you unsettled and then you were gone without a word on your own personal journey. I'm sorry we never got to reconnect when you returned, I would have liked that. In the end, you served as you talked about, for the Crown and Compact.
While I didn't always understand your actions, your core seemed to me to be solidly good, but there was an inner turmoil that seemed to keep you unsettled and then you were gone without a word on your own personal journey. I'm sorry we never got to reconnect when you returned, I would have liked that. In the end, you served as you talked about, for the Crown and Compact.
Written By Harlex
Aug. 20, 2018, 8:22 a.m.(6/6/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Barric
You didn't waste my time in the ring. And your words will linger with me for the rest of my own days. I wish only that I could measure my skills against yours one more time. That is selfish, I suppose.
I hope, however, that you found what you were looking for there at the end. What did it look like, I wonder.
Either way, soldier--Let it turn. See you.
I hope, however, that you found what you were looking for there at the end. What did it look like, I wonder.
Either way, soldier--Let it turn. See you.
Written By Marian
Aug. 20, 2018, 6:46 a.m.(6/6/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Barric
Prince Barric and I met more than a decade ago when Princess Alarissa married Prince Vance, and became my sister. He was just a boy on the edge of becoming a man. There was so much hope and promise. His earnest want to serve Gloria was never in question. He knew even then what he wanted to be. "None greater than Grayson" were words that he lived by. He strived to be the best in everything. To be that model knight.
Ideals are wonderful on paper but difficult to live by. I won't speak of more recent events, since they have been hashed out on the whites in great length. However, I can tell you that his drive was both a blessing and curse. His failures would weigh deeply. His successes were not celebrated enough by him. I had hoped he would find a measure of peace with Princess Coraline. And then with the Templars who he was preparing to swear into. I only wished him glory and honor in service to Gloria.
In the end, he served the Crown and Compact well. He lived up to the ideals that he so aspired to. He served Gloria well. I was there, I saw his sacrifice. I am humbled by his selflessness.
Ideals are wonderful on paper but difficult to live by. I won't speak of more recent events, since they have been hashed out on the whites in great length. However, I can tell you that his drive was both a blessing and curse. His failures would weigh deeply. His successes were not celebrated enough by him. I had hoped he would find a measure of peace with Princess Coraline. And then with the Templars who he was preparing to swear into. I only wished him glory and honor in service to Gloria.
In the end, he served the Crown and Compact well. He lived up to the ideals that he so aspired to. He served Gloria well. I was there, I saw his sacrifice. I am humbled by his selflessness.
Written By Coraline
Aug. 20, 2018, 2:08 a.m.(6/6/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Barric
It was a sunny day in the Gilded Page, and Agatha and I were moving boxes of books. You came sweeping in with a bottle of whiskey all good cheer and charm. Between one breath and the next you were inviting me to get to know you better and I, feeling brave, took you up on your offer. We went to the beach where there was a Thraxian party, one you claimed you didn't know was happening, you just thought I would like the beach. You were right, I love the beach.
As time went on and I got to know you better I saw parts of you that few others ever had the chance to, or perhaps desired to. I saw a man who strove to be everything a Sword should. I got to see a man who loved so intently, so completely, that it broke him before I had ever met him. I knew a man who loved me. And I loved him wholly. I had never felt such love before, nor I imagine shall I feel it again.
Our time together was all too brief, we didn't always see eye to eye, we fought, we argued, but there was always love at it's core. And then, then you left on a journey I couldn't follow. Your return heralded the end of us and the beginning of a new you. I accepted this, you seemed more focused then I recalled, more driven. Perhaps Gloria did send you guidance, perhaps this was inevitable. And now...now you are gone. Perhaps one day the scar of your loss will heal, perhaps one day I can look back and feel only fondness for the memories.
Goodbye beloved, your honor is untarnished, your bravery unquestioned, your strength unbroken.
As time went on and I got to know you better I saw parts of you that few others ever had the chance to, or perhaps desired to. I saw a man who strove to be everything a Sword should. I got to see a man who loved so intently, so completely, that it broke him before I had ever met him. I knew a man who loved me. And I loved him wholly. I had never felt such love before, nor I imagine shall I feel it again.
Our time together was all too brief, we didn't always see eye to eye, we fought, we argued, but there was always love at it's core. And then, then you left on a journey I couldn't follow. Your return heralded the end of us and the beginning of a new you. I accepted this, you seemed more focused then I recalled, more driven. Perhaps Gloria did send you guidance, perhaps this was inevitable. And now...now you are gone. Perhaps one day the scar of your loss will heal, perhaps one day I can look back and feel only fondness for the memories.
Goodbye beloved, your honor is untarnished, your bravery unquestioned, your strength unbroken.
Written By Bliss
Aug. 20, 2018, 1:39 a.m.(6/6/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Barric
We never did bury the hatchet. You're not the first, I doubt you'll be the last.
Thank you for living up to who you claimed you were in the end. Any wrongs are forgiven. I apologize for those which I might have inflicted upon you. May your next turn on the Wheel be a delightful one, and I am certain the Queen is enjoying your stories now.
None Greater, indeed.
Thank you for living up to who you claimed you were in the end. Any wrongs are forgiven. I apologize for those which I might have inflicted upon you. May your next turn on the Wheel be a delightful one, and I am certain the Queen is enjoying your stories now.
None Greater, indeed.
Written By Samantha
Aug. 20, 2018, 1:27 a.m.(6/6/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Barric
Prince Barric Grayson was my first love.
It was a child's love, from the time when Grayson's young scions were brought to Pridehall to learn the arts of war and strategy, and to be educated in leadership. I knew him when he was gangly and growing, when he first put his hands on a sword, and when his voice first cracked.
I left Pridehall for Deepwood about halfway to my sixteenth birthday, and put all thought of such fanciful notions behind. And even when I came to Arx to spend time at court, I seldom saw him, as he was mainly at Pridehall. When we did finally meet again, we were very different people. But I only saw him with the eyes of the fourteen year old girl who had loved him, and when I made a fool of myself, he forgave me, explained himself, and we stayed good friends.
I was blessed to find a stronger and more lasting love than what I felt as a girl, as a woman to a man who loves me. It never seemed to me that Barric was so lucky, and we grew apart over the years in Arx. And then, this past year...I don't know. Perhaps something troubled him.
I mourn the boy. The first love. The young man. The friend. That is how I choose to remember him, and I hope by the grace of the Queen of Endings that his next turn on the Wheel carries him to a life less strangled and difficult than it seemed his life had become in these last few months.
It was a child's love, from the time when Grayson's young scions were brought to Pridehall to learn the arts of war and strategy, and to be educated in leadership. I knew him when he was gangly and growing, when he first put his hands on a sword, and when his voice first cracked.
I left Pridehall for Deepwood about halfway to my sixteenth birthday, and put all thought of such fanciful notions behind. And even when I came to Arx to spend time at court, I seldom saw him, as he was mainly at Pridehall. When we did finally meet again, we were very different people. But I only saw him with the eyes of the fourteen year old girl who had loved him, and when I made a fool of myself, he forgave me, explained himself, and we stayed good friends.
I was blessed to find a stronger and more lasting love than what I felt as a girl, as a woman to a man who loves me. It never seemed to me that Barric was so lucky, and we grew apart over the years in Arx. And then, this past year...I don't know. Perhaps something troubled him.
I mourn the boy. The first love. The young man. The friend. That is how I choose to remember him, and I hope by the grace of the Queen of Endings that his next turn on the Wheel carries him to a life less strangled and difficult than it seemed his life had become in these last few months.
Written By Tikva
July 11, 2018, 4:07 p.m.(3/5/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Barric
I am certain that anyone who has read in Prince Barric's White Journal an accusation that a Whisper of Whisper House has publicly lied about his behavior in exchange for pay is simply misunderstanding the inks put upon the page to say something that he cannot _possibly_ have meant. Naturally the most prestigious organization of courtiers in the Compact would never be so tawdry as to accept pay to spread slander about a Peer of the Realm and I'm sure that no one shall be quicker than House Grayson to correct this mistake.
It is a pity when a failure of communication results in such an awful misunderstanding and breach of etiquette. It's so unfortunate I really have nothing else I can possibly say about it.
It is a pity when a failure of communication results in such an awful misunderstanding and breach of etiquette. It's so unfortunate I really have nothing else I can possibly say about it.
Written By Natalia
July 11, 2018, 3:59 p.m.(3/5/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Barric
I do not believe that the Softest Whisper Bliss is smearing you; I am fairly certain that using the word 'smearing' implies that what she said isn't true, and it most certainly is.
Written By Bliss
July 11, 2018, 11:42 a.m.(3/4/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Barric
Let it be known that, by refusing the Marquis Leary's challenge this day, the Sword of Bastion has admitted to slander and proven his unwillingness to defend his honor before Gloria.
What a shame.
What a shame.
Written By Eirene
July 11, 2018, 10:17 a.m.(3/4/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Barric
Fought with the Sword-Prince the other day at knives. Even with my skill, which is to say I know which end to hold and how to actually cut a bitch, he still managed to keep out of my reach and we fought to a draw. He got a few good cuts in.
I have to admire a man who can manage to fight with a weapon he doesn't know based on his raw ability and training in other disciplines.
I have to admire a man who can manage to fight with a weapon he doesn't know based on his raw ability and training in other disciplines.
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