Written By Valdemar
Oct. 20, 2019, 8:38 p.m.(1/19/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
My father prized your loyalty, and since becoming Duke myself, you have shown why over and over again. Grimhall is proud to have you at our side.
Written By Alecstazi
Aug. 26, 2019, 2:56 p.m.(9/20/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
So, I have heard on good authority, that apparently Baron Edward Stormbreak chose to withhold even a meager stipend from his former wife, leaving her penniless and dependent on the charity of others. While it is within the purview of a lord to dictate how things are to be within his lands, that goes hand in hand with following unspoken rules, both in common decency and sense. To deny anyone of your noble House access to funds for basic things is deplorable. Such a thing might be reserved as punishment in extreme circumstances, but given a well defined period of time that is just.
That being said I am still against the concept of divorce in general, though I recognize that is my opinion. I can think of a few other options for dealing with a spouse that is so maliciously negligent. Call for Champions, tell the world of his deeds. Shame can be a compelling force. Likewise, bring his perfidy to the attention of the Peerage, either via the Assembly, calling for a review of his fitness for Lordship or by bringing charges of negligence up to the Court to be ruled on by the magistrate.
Should this information be accurate and IF the Baron of Stormbreak did act in this wretched manner, he should be shamed for it. Now I must ask: Does he deny that he acted this way?
That being said I am still against the concept of divorce in general, though I recognize that is my opinion. I can think of a few other options for dealing with a spouse that is so maliciously negligent. Call for Champions, tell the world of his deeds. Shame can be a compelling force. Likewise, bring his perfidy to the attention of the Peerage, either via the Assembly, calling for a review of his fitness for Lordship or by bringing charges of negligence up to the Court to be ruled on by the magistrate.
Should this information be accurate and IF the Baron of Stormbreak did act in this wretched manner, he should be shamed for it. Now I must ask: Does he deny that he acted this way?
Written By Elloise
Aug. 19, 2019, 1:42 a.m.(9/5/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
Some journal entries probably shouldn't be committed to paper, but I guess that's what you're spending your time doing instead of handling administrative matters.
Written By Valdemar
June 23, 2019, 6:56 p.m.(5/4/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
No apologies are necessary, Baron. Your choice has put you and your holdings in a good position for our new reality. Though your clarification does make me wonder even further why all this lecturing people are doing about thralldom is necessary. One would think they'd be happy with the fact that the practice is coming to an end in the foreseeable future.
Written By Arcadia
June 14, 2019, 1:46 a.m.(4/13/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
Did the rabbit have a scowl and seem the most errant rabbit in all of Arx?
If so, you have caught my pet and eaten him!
If so, you have caught my pet and eaten him!
Written By Elloise
June 10, 2019, 1:36 a.m.(4/5/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
My husband has written that be believes money can buy happiness. This is logically flawed; happiness and money are two empirically different measurements and may not be compared. To wit: are there no happy poor people? Poor people, do you know no happiness? Are there no miserable rich people?
Far be it from me to say my husband is dumb, but:
Husband. That was dumb.
Far be it from me to say my husband is dumb, but:
Husband. That was dumb.
Written By Ajax
Jan. 27, 2019, 8:22 p.m.(6/18/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
I find a lot of work. Perhaps, we'll work together soon.
Written By Valdemar
Jan. 17, 2019, 10:58 a.m.(5/18/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
On this day, May 18, 1010, I and my wife, Duchess Vanora Grimhall, are pleased to name Baron Edward Stormbreak of Whitefrost as Salt Father to our son, Lord Harald Grimhall II.
Written By Ajax
Jan. 11, 2019, 4:46 p.m.(5/5/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
A friend made between swigs of rum and hearty laughter. It'll be interesting to see how things develop my friend.
Written By Elloise
Sept. 7, 2018, 10:13 p.m.(7/20/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
What do you think of Eagle? Hawk? Kestrel? What about VULTURE?
Written By Elloise
Sept. 2, 2018, 8:43 p.m.(7/6/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
* Honeybees,
* A raven,
* One very large spider,
* And a baby.
* Or two.
* A raven,
* One very large spider,
* And a baby.
* Or two.
Written By Elloise
Aug. 31, 2018, 12:42 p.m.(7/1/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
I misplaced Madame Death Cupcake. She escaped her enclosure. Please, walk very gently around our home, Myed.
Written By Elloise
Aug. 26, 2018, 11:57 p.m.(6/20/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
We don't always see eye-to-eye. I know you're willing to be patient. Soon, I'll find a couple of really thick books to stand on - or a box - and I'll try. I'll really try.
Written By Mikani
Aug. 17, 2018, 9:41 a.m.(6/1/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
He did not steal my cheese. He did not steal my cheese. He did not steal my cheese. He did not steal my cheese ........
Yeah ... he owes me cheese.
Yeah ... he owes me cheese.
Written By Elloise
Aug. 4, 2018, 5:23 p.m.(4/27/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
Today. Today I learned a very important new lesson about relationships. When the raven calls your husband a foul name, you apologize. When the feathery toddler lands on the taxidermy specimen of the sailfish and shits on it - and the bottles of rum beneath it - you take ownership. You also make journal entries about it. And you promise to learn how to train birds. Accidents happens, Cheese.
Written By Elloise
Aug. 2, 2018, 1:05 p.m.(4/22/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
It's not work that's as exceptional are the gold cuff I got you (my first gift, remember - when we were first talking) but it's the first gift I've given you that I've made. My hands, my haphazard forge, my work. So it counts for something. Something important. Doesn't it?
Written By Elloise
July 29, 2018, 4:50 p.m.(4/15/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
Apparently, marriage is supposed to be divine. With blissful days and nights. I think that I may be doing married a little wrong, because it's mostly all the same things that I did before. Only now I do them with a different name. And that there's someone you're still learning about that you're sharing everything with. Maybe that's divine. Learning new things usually is. Oh, also -- I'm sorry for leaving that box in the main room. You know the one with all the grubs and beetles? That one. Yes, it also has a goat skull in it. I got it from the butcher's shop. How ELSE am I supposed to clean it?
Written By Elloise
July 26, 2018, 11:07 p.m.(4/9/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
Small animals, Edward?! No, never! I am still deciding whether I would like a DOG or a BIRD and I would never! Although if you're going to make permanent such pithy one-liners I WILL state for the record:
You STEAL all the covers.
You STEAL all the covers.
Written By Elloise
July 21, 2018, 10:03 p.m.(3/27/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
So, on the twelfth day of being married, I've learned a few new life lessons. The first one is:
* Make your house a home. We're turning the place into a home now, although the excessive maritime-themed decor is so wonderfully strange that I've no urge to move any of it. Including the taxidermy fish specimens behind the bar. They're garishly painted and need new glass eyes. It's more than just a space that the two of us are just passing through. This means that I shouldn't drop my boots in the middle of the path that Edward walks while on the way toward the hearth. I've only done it the twice. Stopped after the second time because I tripped over it and knocked over a fuckton of rum. That also means that I need to consider better fire-safety precautions when I'm working alchemy because the rum ignited off a stray spark from the brazier. (The eyelashes on my right eye are are a little shorter now. It's unfortunate, but now it matches the right side eyebrow.)
* Make your house a home. We're turning the place into a home now, although the excessive maritime-themed decor is so wonderfully strange that I've no urge to move any of it. Including the taxidermy fish specimens behind the bar. They're garishly painted and need new glass eyes. It's more than just a space that the two of us are just passing through. This means that I shouldn't drop my boots in the middle of the path that Edward walks while on the way toward the hearth. I've only done it the twice. Stopped after the second time because I tripped over it and knocked over a fuckton of rum. That also means that I need to consider better fire-safety precautions when I'm working alchemy because the rum ignited off a stray spark from the brazier. (The eyelashes on my right eye are are a little shorter now. It's unfortunate, but now it matches the right side eyebrow.)
Written By Elloise
July 18, 2018, 5:14 p.m.(3/19/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
Today was an interesting day in my third day of being married. Of being married and being a Baroness (I guess.) Of being married, and being a Baroness, and being with someone who I know. Just someone that I don't know WELL. Not yet. We're compatible. However, compatibility is not similarity. Too much sameness would make me YAWN because it would be so boring. It's also about learning how to deal with those differences. So, today, I did that. I needed to stress how important it was for me to be one of Death's Harlequins. So I put a copy of the doctrine on Edward's head when he woke up this morning. And - I left a copy next to the rum. And his boots. He'll keep finding them for _weeks_.
Also - I tied jester's bells to his bells with ribbon.
Jingle, jingle.
Also - I tied jester's bells to his bells with ribbon.
Jingle, jingle.
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