Written By Medeia
Sept. 18, 2020, 2:17 a.m.(1/17/1014 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
I can only say that I am grateful to Lady Halfshav for finding herself in my path, for seeing something in me, for accepting me, for trusting me, and - I hope - for being a friend. She is surprising and lovely and blunt. Exactly the right kind of person I should have around me.
Written By Azova
Sept. 5, 2020, 5:57 p.m.(12/20/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
Does he need some mini-poultices? I can show him how to make mini-poultices, so that the perfectly healthy cat is not overburdened with human sized ones. Practice makes perfect, after all!
Could we also teach him how to poultice that goose's beak shut too, maybe? I'm just thinking of your future family dinners. Consider it difficult patient training.
Could we also teach him how to poultice that goose's beak shut too, maybe? I'm just thinking of your future family dinners. Consider it difficult patient training.
Written By Aine
Sept. 4, 2020, 9:26 p.m.(12/18/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
Oh, so /that/ is what happened to Parsnip. I'm glad that mystery's solved.
Written By Kaia
July 17, 2020, 6:57 p.m.(9/4/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
Don't you just love it when you go about your life, passing places, passing people, not knowing, not even guessing if you are connected. Sure, you've heard of them once or twice. Sure, you've exchanged a polite greeting maybe even a quick glance. But, you simply go about doing your thing. But, then, one day something is said and you look again, you take a closer look, you listen, you wonder, and then you realize 'wow' there's something about this person. I should really talk to them more. And, so, quite often, new friendships find their beginnings...
Written By Khanne
July 12, 2020, 10:04 p.m.(8/22/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
Bri Bri... you are a sly, sly one. Sneaking that surprise on me like that! Congratulations!!!
Written By Lys
June 19, 2020, 12:18 a.m.(7/3/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
Lady Brianna Halfshav continuing to take potshots at me after Champions have been called is a touch disgraceful. But I will endure until after the matter is settled with our Champions.
Written By Gaston
May 10, 2020, 8:53 p.m.(4/8/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
The first, large scale formal event that I have attended since my return to Arx and it was much more extravagant than I had imagined, especially with the number of extinguished guests that were of attendance. I must state for the record, even if it is my own, the Direhorn gift was not my idea, it was my sister's. However, she most likely knows the bride and groom much better than I do and it is a rather unique present.
How the celebrations ended was also outside of anything I would have imagined as well as it involved a lot of snow and a blade sailing through the sky. It was fortunate that Lord Arik was tended to immediately and from the sounds of it, he will be making a full recovery. Anything less would be tragic and unfortunate.
How the celebrations ended was also outside of anything I would have imagined as well as it involved a lot of snow and a blade sailing through the sky. It was fortunate that Lord Arik was tended to immediately and from the sounds of it, he will be making a full recovery. Anything less would be tragic and unfortunate.
Written By Corban
May 10, 2020, 3:20 p.m.(4/8/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
Congratulations, my friend.
I could not be happier for you.
I could not be happier for you.
Written By Teagan
Feb. 27, 2020, 11:58 a.m.(11/1/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
Don't blame the wine for your purchase.
You knew what you were doing.
You knew what you were doing.
Written By Alecstazi
Aug. 21, 2019, 10:07 p.m.(9/11/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
No, Lady Halfshav you will not walk your path alone. For my goose is faithful and devoted. And jealous. Well, I suppose he's *YOUR* goose now. Tell your servants to mind their fingers.
Written By Alban
July 31, 2019, 7:45 p.m.(7/24/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
It seems prudent to write a response to my fellow citizens to clarify the events of the other day at the Trader's Tavern, and address the words of the honorable Lady Brianna.
When I confronted 'Master Ras' as he is being called these days, I did not do so to puff myself up, or make myself feel like a big man, or even to bully a commoner with my rank. Rather, I did it to protect a commoner -- the lady server who 'Master' Ras was abusing with his demands -- and the peace of the establishment that he was disturbing. I did not bully 'Master' Ras, I asked him to apologize. When he failed to do that, I suggested he leave. When he insulted me, I made my request a demand. Perhaps that was too much overstepping my bounds, but it is the course of action I took. It was at that point that the man of at least eighteen years struck me -- unprovoked -- on the chin, and followed that up by battering me about my head. I did not draw my blade (as would be one's right when assaulted in such a manner) to protect myself, but instead attempted to make sure my assailant did not flee the scene before the Iron Guard could arrive to arrest him for his attack on my person.
In the aftermath, it came to my attention that 'Master' Ras decided to undertake a Trial by Combat. A worthy choice, one that I -- as a knight of Gloria -- applauded at the time. For my part I have given my opinion that the boy should be conscripted into the military. He would make an excellent soldier: brave, a little reckless, tough, a shrewd fighter. I have even made it clear to certain individuals who have been in direct contact with him that all I seek from 'Master' Ras is for him to show some remorse, some understanding that his behavior will not be tolerated in society, and that he endeavor to reform himself. In part I have continued to press my charge against him in an attempt to get him to reflect on his actions, and how he may come to the light of honor and duty within our community.
Instead of doing even that little bit of personal self improvement, it has come to my attention that 'Master' Ras has spent the past few days begging better men and women than him to take up his burden and shed their blood for him. I know now of two honorable and respectable warriors that he has asked to stand in for him rather than face the trial he has chosen, and there are likely others that I do not know. With Lady Brianna's announcement that she would stand in as champion for 'Master' Ras, he has succeeded in his quest to evade responsibility, and it ought be to her eternal shame that she has allowed this to happen under her watch. Her standing in for 'Master' Ras makes a mockery of the process of Trial by Combat.
I am further saddened that Lady Brianna has not only been duped by this scoundrel, but that she has decided to waste her good name on slandering me in public, as opposed to speaking to me about her concerns. There is little honor in insults, and the baseless goading that Lady Brianna has engaged in to ensure that I step into the arena with her -- seemingly for her own aggrandizement -- only serves to shine a beacon on how unworthy this challenge is in the eyes of Gloria.
This conclusion puts me in a difficult situation. I have been attacked, and insulted. I have been battered. I have seen the justice of the Trial by Combat perverted. And yet, I know that a duel with Lady Brianna would be unworthy of me, unworthy of the bounds of honor, and to take up a blade in this instance would be an insult to the Goddess that I serve. Thus, I hear-by declare I will drop my charge of Assault of a Peer against 'Master' Ras forthwith.
I will end with a warning for the citizens of Arx: 'Master' Ras is a dangerous individual, who has little control of his emotions and no respect for the social order. By providing him with this out, he will undoubtedly feel emboldened to dip his toes deeper into lawlessness, and I only pray that the next time he cannot control himself, other people are not hurt by his reckless actions. If any are injured the blame ought to lay with Lady Brianna and those who feel a young man attacking those he pleases can be excused without penalty.
When I confronted 'Master Ras' as he is being called these days, I did not do so to puff myself up, or make myself feel like a big man, or even to bully a commoner with my rank. Rather, I did it to protect a commoner -- the lady server who 'Master' Ras was abusing with his demands -- and the peace of the establishment that he was disturbing. I did not bully 'Master' Ras, I asked him to apologize. When he failed to do that, I suggested he leave. When he insulted me, I made my request a demand. Perhaps that was too much overstepping my bounds, but it is the course of action I took. It was at that point that the man of at least eighteen years struck me -- unprovoked -- on the chin, and followed that up by battering me about my head. I did not draw my blade (as would be one's right when assaulted in such a manner) to protect myself, but instead attempted to make sure my assailant did not flee the scene before the Iron Guard could arrive to arrest him for his attack on my person.
In the aftermath, it came to my attention that 'Master' Ras decided to undertake a Trial by Combat. A worthy choice, one that I -- as a knight of Gloria -- applauded at the time. For my part I have given my opinion that the boy should be conscripted into the military. He would make an excellent soldier: brave, a little reckless, tough, a shrewd fighter. I have even made it clear to certain individuals who have been in direct contact with him that all I seek from 'Master' Ras is for him to show some remorse, some understanding that his behavior will not be tolerated in society, and that he endeavor to reform himself. In part I have continued to press my charge against him in an attempt to get him to reflect on his actions, and how he may come to the light of honor and duty within our community.
Instead of doing even that little bit of personal self improvement, it has come to my attention that 'Master' Ras has spent the past few days begging better men and women than him to take up his burden and shed their blood for him. I know now of two honorable and respectable warriors that he has asked to stand in for him rather than face the trial he has chosen, and there are likely others that I do not know. With Lady Brianna's announcement that she would stand in as champion for 'Master' Ras, he has succeeded in his quest to evade responsibility, and it ought be to her eternal shame that she has allowed this to happen under her watch. Her standing in for 'Master' Ras makes a mockery of the process of Trial by Combat.
I am further saddened that Lady Brianna has not only been duped by this scoundrel, but that she has decided to waste her good name on slandering me in public, as opposed to speaking to me about her concerns. There is little honor in insults, and the baseless goading that Lady Brianna has engaged in to ensure that I step into the arena with her -- seemingly for her own aggrandizement -- only serves to shine a beacon on how unworthy this challenge is in the eyes of Gloria.
This conclusion puts me in a difficult situation. I have been attacked, and insulted. I have been battered. I have seen the justice of the Trial by Combat perverted. And yet, I know that a duel with Lady Brianna would be unworthy of me, unworthy of the bounds of honor, and to take up a blade in this instance would be an insult to the Goddess that I serve. Thus, I hear-by declare I will drop my charge of Assault of a Peer against 'Master' Ras forthwith.
I will end with a warning for the citizens of Arx: 'Master' Ras is a dangerous individual, who has little control of his emotions and no respect for the social order. By providing him with this out, he will undoubtedly feel emboldened to dip his toes deeper into lawlessness, and I only pray that the next time he cannot control himself, other people are not hurt by his reckless actions. If any are injured the blame ought to lay with Lady Brianna and those who feel a young man attacking those he pleases can be excused without penalty.
Written By Maja
July 31, 2019, 4:45 a.m.(7/23/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
Lady Brianna.
You are an honorable woman with a compassionate heart. I lift my prayers to the Gods so that they will continue to look over you and guide you forward on your just and worthy path.
You are an honorable woman with a compassionate heart. I lift my prayers to the Gods so that they will continue to look over you and guide you forward on your just and worthy path.
Written By Preston
July 31, 2019, 4:06 a.m.(7/23/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
It is the right of this Ras to assert trial by combat if he wishes, Lady Brianna - if he claims it despite being weak or malnourished as you suggest, then perhaps he is confident in his innocence and the Gods will provide the answer he believes is just in the trial.
As for Lord Alban, I would be wary too much of casting aspersions on his character as a Knight and an honourable man. Lord Alban stood at Stormwall with the Valardin forces. He joined the rearguard charge to defend the shamans, the wounded and the mercies in the mountain pass. When unhorsed in that charge he pressed on to the fight on foot - if the enemy had not been luckily defeated, he would have died there in that frozen pass. Any who stood at Stormwall get more than a little benefit of the doubt in their virtues. All his actions have proven his love of Gloria, and Gloria's love of him.
As for Lord Alban, I would be wary too much of casting aspersions on his character as a Knight and an honourable man. Lord Alban stood at Stormwall with the Valardin forces. He joined the rearguard charge to defend the shamans, the wounded and the mercies in the mountain pass. When unhorsed in that charge he pressed on to the fight on foot - if the enemy had not been luckily defeated, he would have died there in that frozen pass. Any who stood at Stormwall get more than a little benefit of the doubt in their virtues. All his actions have proven his love of Gloria, and Gloria's love of him.
Written By Elisha
July 29, 2019, 7:13 p.m.(7/20/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
In vain, great-hearted patroness, would I attempt to describe caer'bijou, the prison built from the bones of forgotten gods. I could tell you how many steps rise to the top of the highest battlement, and the angle of the ballistae's curves, and the taste of the rust on the lips of the zinc buckets from which the prisoners drink; but all this tells you nothing.
The prison does not consist of this, but of relationships between the measurements of its space and the events of its past: the height of a watchtower and the distance from the ground of a hanged heretic's swaying feet; the depth of the well and the volume of water necessary to cover the loyal cultist, the height of a railing and the leap of Archscholar Py, who climbed over it at dawn.
Sitting beneath well-seasoned sausages dangling in the kitchen, the architect designs cells for three Fractals who forever pursued death and who were forever disappointed, falling instead into the embrace of mere oblivion. Sapphire, the shapeshifter, is trapped in a cell open to the sky, her power to remake herself torn away. Ruby, the courtier, is secreted in a silent hall with no company save herself. And the scholar is condemned to unchanging, unrelenting darkness in the mausoleum in the graveyard of Arx that bears his name: Onyx.
On the dock
jutting from the breakwater
beyond caer'bijou's walls,
three old women tell each other the story
of the heretic,
who loved the cultist
whom the archscholar still visits
in the warm shade
of the highest battlement.
The prison does not consist of this, but of relationships between the measurements of its space and the events of its past: the height of a watchtower and the distance from the ground of a hanged heretic's swaying feet; the depth of the well and the volume of water necessary to cover the loyal cultist, the height of a railing and the leap of Archscholar Py, who climbed over it at dawn.
Sitting beneath well-seasoned sausages dangling in the kitchen, the architect designs cells for three Fractals who forever pursued death and who were forever disappointed, falling instead into the embrace of mere oblivion. Sapphire, the shapeshifter, is trapped in a cell open to the sky, her power to remake herself torn away. Ruby, the courtier, is secreted in a silent hall with no company save herself. And the scholar is condemned to unchanging, unrelenting darkness in the mausoleum in the graveyard of Arx that bears his name: Onyx.
On the dock
jutting from the breakwater
beyond caer'bijou's walls,
three old women tell each other the story
of the heretic,
who loved the cultist
whom the archscholar still visits
in the warm shade
of the highest battlement.
Written By Preston
July 27, 2019, 3:44 a.m.(7/15/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
The question of questions - an enjoyable phrase to say to a Scholar - is complicated. And it will vary, a Liberal will say everything is free, nothing is forbidden. pragmatist will likely not want to have the debate at all as it only will cause division between the Liberal and the Orthodox, and the Orthodox will say that only questions that seek to improve yourself are useful, questions that challenge the order of our world are dangerous. But, those are matters of paths and views, not of absolutes.
Where it becomes a matter of absolutes are questions that may suggest paths that go to heresy. If one answer continues us on our path to serve the Gods and the other answer separates us from them, then the question can only do harm. This can happen even if the asker is simply musing, but also when the one asking seeks to provoke that separation. So. It is why there is a line at a point, in how far one may tread that path. And why the mirrormasks are so well trained under Blessed Vayne. I do not share his style of worship, but I can recognise the skill involved in his art.
Where it becomes a matter of absolutes are questions that may suggest paths that go to heresy. If one answer continues us on our path to serve the Gods and the other answer separates us from them, then the question can only do harm. This can happen even if the asker is simply musing, but also when the one asking seeks to provoke that separation. So. It is why there is a line at a point, in how far one may tread that path. And why the mirrormasks are so well trained under Blessed Vayne. I do not share his style of worship, but I can recognise the skill involved in his art.
Written By Alecstazi
July 21, 2019, 2:55 p.m.(7/4/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
How is it that you can make me smile even while you smash me intro the dirt? Something is deeply strange here.
Written By Jasher
June 17, 2019, 12:38 p.m.(4/20/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
Knowledge is sacred, yet I find myself questioning that concept as I hold this collection of abhorrent facts that you have brought.
Good work.
Good work.
Written By Vincenzo
June 14, 2019, 5:28 p.m.(4/14/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
I think everyone should have a copy of Lady Brianna's "Everyone Is Your Friend" be given to them on the day they become an adult.
It's a cheatsheet to win at things you can't win.
It's a cheatsheet to win at things you can't win.
Written By Mirella
June 6, 2019, 12:25 a.m.(3/25/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
In fairness, this might apply to some of the noblemen as well. By that token, that is.
Written By Morgan
May 27, 2019, 5:09 p.m.(3/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Brianna
Author of the most terrifying book I've ever read, and a great friend. Fierce warrior of the north, happy birthday to you!
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