Written By Dio
July 8, 2020, 9:21 p.m.(8/14/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors, nor idleness and luxury a strong body. A great leader and trainer can push one to shatter their limits, and so it is with the Warchief of House Redrain.
Written By Monique
Dec. 31, 2019, 12:58 p.m.(6/22/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
I cannot wait to see my incredible sister rolling around in mud at the upcoming event! The gods and spirits don't even KNOW how thrilled this makes me. And it's not even my birthday! I pledge an extra thousand silver to whosoever gets Marian the muddiest.
Written By Edward
Oct. 27, 2019, 5:48 p.m.(2/5/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
A very enjoyable piece of prose, Princess. Very eloquent.
Written By Saoirse
Oct. 17, 2019, 11:45 a.m.(1/12/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
How in the -world- is not liking snow an -insult to all Northerners-? That's ridiculous.
Written By Belladonna
Oct. 17, 2019, 11:18 a.m.(1/12/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
I stand before my Peers to apologize for my scorching, hurtful remarks on snow and winter. I was insensitive and careless, unable to comprehend the enduring values represented by such elements that, somehow, seem to represent all Northerners in Princess Marian Redrain's eyes.
In the future I will be more considerate in making colorful jokes about the worst season of the year and in this moment of great personal shame, I can only hope that one day I may yet see the saddest of seasons as something more than an excuse to have Clearlake marmots slain to make beautiful cloaks.
I will do better.
In the future I will be more considerate in making colorful jokes about the worst season of the year and in this moment of great personal shame, I can only hope that one day I may yet see the saddest of seasons as something more than an excuse to have Clearlake marmots slain to make beautiful cloaks.
I will do better.
Written By Monique
Sept. 22, 2019, 11:48 p.m.(11/19/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
Do you know what my sister got me for my birthday? Alaricite. Very clearly, she's winning in the battle against Marius for my eternal love and the title of Favorite Sibling.
Written By Thesarin
Sept. 22, 2019, 9:51 p.m.(11/19/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
Way of the world.
A few winters come, you'll struggle remembering how it ever seemed clever to seek out sharp metal set at you in anger.
And with an ever-flowing tide of young folk to remind you how you'd been a time.
A few winters come, you'll struggle remembering how it ever seemed clever to seek out sharp metal set at you in anger.
And with an ever-flowing tide of young folk to remind you how you'd been a time.
Written By Shard
Sept. 6, 2019, 2:56 p.m.(10/14/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
I'm sorry, you misunderstand me. I probably wasn't clear enough. I'm not advocating for him to be killed, and I don't want to kill him. His situation was being compared to being Abandoned, and I was pointing out why that wasn't true. If the excommunicated were actually outside the King's law, I would feel like I missed an opportunity with Abbas.
Written By Monique
June 25, 2019, 11:05 a.m.(5/7/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
If she got caught, clearly she didn't learn it from me. But that just means she's got potential. What wonderful news!
Written By Arcadia
April 6, 2019, 5:07 p.m.(11/16/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
My ribs are black and blue this morn and it hurts to breathe.
Next time I plan to get that final shot.
Next time I plan to get that final shot.
Written By Monique
March 24, 2019, 3 p.m.(10/18/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
I formally support my sister, Princess Marian Redrain, born Greenmarch, in her claim, through right of blood, to challenge the Count Fournier for his slander of our family.
Written By Vercyn
March 20, 2019, 12:14 a.m.(10/9/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
I have led men into battle before many of you were born. I have killed before most of your parents even look at each other. I have pacified the wild north so that even the most war like tribes will seek peace lest they face the steel boot of Redrain. My head is the greatest prize sought out by Shav'arani and none have come close to claiming it. I am the greatest War Chief that Redrain has ever seen.
Until now. For all of my achievements, and the things that I have done pale in comparison to the Princess Marian, whom I will cheerfully follow into battle.
Until now. For all of my achievements, and the things that I have done pale in comparison to the Princess Marian, whom I will cheerfully follow into battle.
Written By Archeron
March 14, 2019, 7:14 a.m.(9/25/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
These men and women, those who committed the most serious acts, were already weighed and judged by our systems. Perhaps there are alternatives, perhaps there are options that allow still for restitution, for the paying of a Thrallprice to the victims in place of or to soften punishment. But that might simply allow the wealthy to escape consequences, even if the intent is to help the victims.
There is much to consider, but Tyde knows death very well and never takes it lightly. There are 6 adults who were born to the name Tyde left on Arvum. And one of them is lost to us.
There is much to consider, but Tyde knows death very well and never takes it lightly. There are 6 adults who were born to the name Tyde left on Arvum. And one of them is lost to us.
Written By Willow
Feb. 13, 2019, 2:39 a.m.(7/23/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
My Princess, if I know a love half as deep as the one your mourn, I will count myself fortunate, even if it only lasts a fortnight. It must be cold comfort if indeed you read this to hear that, but hopefully it is some small balm to the raw edges of your sundered heart. If ever you wish to call upon me, I will be there in a breath.
Written By Monique
Jan. 20, 2019, 3:41 p.m.(6/4/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
You'll never be able to stay angry with me. It's part of the many reasons I love you. Family first. Always.
Written By Gwenna
Nov. 24, 2018, 8:11 a.m.(1/19/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
I am often inspired by Princess Marian. Of course we heard the storied tales of her in Farhaven, and I was very excited to come to Arx and meet her in person. Since then, she has become like a sister to me; a confidant whose words are never disingenuous. If I struggle with a matter, she will give me her exact thoughts with a candor that I sometimes wish I could manage half as well. She is an exceptional War Chief, selfless in her duty and dedication to Redrain and her military, which I am thankful for every day. I feel quite lucky to call her both family as well as friend, which I surely do not tell her enough.
Written By Delilah
Nov. 23, 2018, 11:10 p.m.(1/18/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
Few can tell a tale so evocative as yours, and still come away with a powerful lesson out of it. Thank you for sharing this, as a testimony for your experiences.
Bending the knee to the Compact, and how the Abandoned come to their decisions, is a uniquely personal decision and we would be mistaken to assume all motivations are the same.
Bending the knee to the Compact, and how the Abandoned come to their decisions, is a uniquely personal decision and we would be mistaken to assume all motivations are the same.
Written By Shard
Nov. 23, 2018, 12:26 a.m.(1/16/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
But by your own words, your actions against Valardin would have been grounds for your and your tribe's execution, 'without remorse'.
If you encountered my tribe now, they could move camp and change hunting trails. It would be cold, and hard, but they've done it many, many times before to escape danger or to try to find better routes. My tribe doesn't claim land. What about the tribes that live more like the Compact do? You can't pick up and carry a village. You can't take a planted field with you, or the graves of your ancestors, or the house your grandparents' grandparents first built, or the tribal shaman or priest's sacred places. So it becomes join the Compact or take your people into further exile and potential starvation and likely illness, or simply die while defending your home. And, if you don't join, and don't die? If you find somewhere else to settle that doesn't belong to another tribe? You have a few generations at most before the Compact is again taking the land out from under you. There is nowhere to go to be free of that.
I understand, it's not your responsibility. You have your own people to care about. But it is not a small thing to force a people to do, and it is never safe for them.
If you encountered my tribe now, they could move camp and change hunting trails. It would be cold, and hard, but they've done it many, many times before to escape danger or to try to find better routes. My tribe doesn't claim land. What about the tribes that live more like the Compact do? You can't pick up and carry a village. You can't take a planted field with you, or the graves of your ancestors, or the house your grandparents' grandparents first built, or the tribal shaman or priest's sacred places. So it becomes join the Compact or take your people into further exile and potential starvation and likely illness, or simply die while defending your home. And, if you don't join, and don't die? If you find somewhere else to settle that doesn't belong to another tribe? You have a few generations at most before the Compact is again taking the land out from under you. There is nowhere to go to be free of that.
I understand, it's not your responsibility. You have your own people to care about. But it is not a small thing to force a people to do, and it is never safe for them.
Written By Shard
Nov. 21, 2018, 4:08 p.m.(1/14/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
Here's the problem. The Compact claims all of Arvum. Your actual borders are the entire continent. Every time you expand, and you expand often, you'll be pushing them further and further into lands that are harder and harder to live in. Eventually you will push them straight into the sea, because there will be no more land left.
And I would ask people to consider this: if an invading army came to your holdings, demanded you join them or leave lands you have guarded and lived on for generations, possibly so long your people can't remember any time they did not live as they do, where they do...if this happened to you, would you join the invaders? Would you help them drive other peoples off their lands? Would you simply leave your homes, your villages, your holdings, be exiled from everything you've known, and take all of your people into unknown territory where there is no shelter, where there are hostile people or simply people who have their own spot of land they've lived on and who won't be happy with your trespassing, with only as much as you could carry with you?
Or would you stand and fight to defend yourself and your people and the place that you consider to be yours by right?
And I would ask people to consider this: if an invading army came to your holdings, demanded you join them or leave lands you have guarded and lived on for generations, possibly so long your people can't remember any time they did not live as they do, where they do...if this happened to you, would you join the invaders? Would you help them drive other peoples off their lands? Would you simply leave your homes, your villages, your holdings, be exiled from everything you've known, and take all of your people into unknown territory where there is no shelter, where there are hostile people or simply people who have their own spot of land they've lived on and who won't be happy with your trespassing, with only as much as you could carry with you?
Or would you stand and fight to defend yourself and your people and the place that you consider to be yours by right?
Written By Cullen
Nov. 10, 2018, 1:03 p.m.(12/19/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
Thank the Gods, and may you always repeat that phrase well into your old age, cousin.
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