Written By Denica
Jan. 27, 2024, 12:28 a.m.(8/17/1021 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
I will not hold back. All in.
Written By Denica
Jan. 19, 2024, 3:10 a.m.(8/1/1021 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
You never asked me to be anyone but myself. You gave me freedom.
Written By Cambria
Aug. 7, 2022, 1:23 p.m.(2/27/1018 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
There are indeed times I miss the people we used to be.
Written By Jaenelle
Aug. 7, 2022, 11:03 a.m.(2/26/1018 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
I think about them often. I hope they would be proud of us.
Written By Alarissa
Jan. 28, 2022, 6:41 p.m.(1/7/1017 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
It's snowing.
He's going to be unbearable now.
The courtyard will be littered with his footprints and Astrids.
Beware the flying balls of snow.
He's going to be unbearable now.
The courtyard will be littered with his footprints and Astrids.
Beware the flying balls of snow.
Written By Lore
Nov. 30, 2021, 12:12 p.m.(8/28/1016 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
She's grown bored of the easy prey the spiders present and has moved on to larger, more aggressive options.
You may need a lesser cat to fill in the gaps.
You may need a lesser cat to fill in the gaps.
Written By Iseulet
Nov. 27, 2021, 1:10 a.m.(8/21/1016 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
Honestly if you added "sat on Iseulet's couch and called her bae" you would just be describing 2/3rds of my exflames at this point.
Written By Denica
July 5, 2021, 9:15 p.m.(10/13/1015 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
I fully support Astrid on this. We need a moat.
Written By Natasha
May 21, 2021, 2:38 p.m.(7/7/1015 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
Years of uncertain estrangement, born from the same libertine father, raised separately by the machinations of a bloodthirsty tyrant, and yet here we are, somehow.
People will claim differently, but from my perspective, you have always been the very core and foundation of my story - the bedrock upon which my hopes for our world are founded.
You are the most astounding person I have ever known, and I trust that you will keep surprising me until the day we are dust.
People will claim differently, but from my perspective, you have always been the very core and foundation of my story - the bedrock upon which my hopes for our world are founded.
You are the most astounding person I have ever known, and I trust that you will keep surprising me until the day we are dust.
Written By Alarissa
May 1, 2021, 3:40 p.m.(5/23/1015 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
There is a relief to stand in front of him after runners have brought word of the sight of him coming into the bay. It is one of the few times now that I get on a horse and make my way as fast as possible through the lowers to the docks with few at my back to guard me. I still have a hard time riding a horse after these years of loss. My balance has never been the same and so I avoid them when I can.
I imagine it brings him comfort, to see the whole of his family standing there and waiting for him. Astrid I think, missed him the most. She waved her axe in the air then squabbled with Danse over who would get to hug him first. I was just relieved. No strands of grey or lines on his face that were not there when we saw him last. I didn't realize that I had been holding my breath until the longship came alongside the docks and his feet were heard on the dock. That my heart started beating again. It felt like it had been still until now. Hung between beats until he returned.
Is this love?
I feel his hand in mine, and our children gather at our feet and for a moment we celebrate this victory even though we know that we must soon sit and write. To those of ours who gave of theirs. Who stand at the docks and will not hear the bootsteps. To acknowledge the gift that was given to the compact of their life, and to the Isles.
But for now, for now I will finish writing this and spend the evening as a family and prepare. We have enemies to rout out. We have letters of sorrow to write and of thanks. We have children to draw close and the Gods to thank for the further time we get with them. To thank them for bringing him home to me once more.
I imagine it brings him comfort, to see the whole of his family standing there and waiting for him. Astrid I think, missed him the most. She waved her axe in the air then squabbled with Danse over who would get to hug him first. I was just relieved. No strands of grey or lines on his face that were not there when we saw him last. I didn't realize that I had been holding my breath until the longship came alongside the docks and his feet were heard on the dock. That my heart started beating again. It felt like it had been still until now. Hung between beats until he returned.
Is this love?
I feel his hand in mine, and our children gather at our feet and for a moment we celebrate this victory even though we know that we must soon sit and write. To those of ours who gave of theirs. Who stand at the docks and will not hear the bootsteps. To acknowledge the gift that was given to the compact of their life, and to the Isles.
But for now, for now I will finish writing this and spend the evening as a family and prepare. We have enemies to rout out. We have letters of sorrow to write and of thanks. We have children to draw close and the Gods to thank for the further time we get with them. To thank them for bringing him home to me once more.
Written By Alarissa
April 30, 2021, 8:37 p.m.(5/21/1015 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
I watched him go. I did as we have done twice before when he sails to battle. It was no different this time, than it was the last. To stand at the docks after a kiss, the children standing there as well. We watch till the ship disappears across the horizon and then we return to the estate. To sit. To wait. To pray.
As it has been, so it will be in the future.
Come home to me, even if not in one piece. Lead the onslaught, show them the mettle and might of the Isles. We will be waiting for you at home, with the hearths warm and drink at the ready, bandages for your wounds. Send them back or send them to the bottom.
Tears in our wake, never at our wake.
As it has been, so it will be in the future.
Come home to me, even if not in one piece. Lead the onslaught, show them the mettle and might of the Isles. We will be waiting for you at home, with the hearths warm and drink at the ready, bandages for your wounds. Send them back or send them to the bottom.
Tears in our wake, never at our wake.
Written By Neve
Oct. 17, 2020, 8:52 a.m.(3/19/1014 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
As a hobby, you could always try making more children? It's a popular hobby passed from all generations. You can never have too many little ones, can you? Then you can raise them and they can be so fun!
Written By Ember
Oct. 15, 2020, 9:55 a.m.(3/15/1014 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
If the Highlord of House Thrax seeks hobbies, I can think of few more proper and becoming than sport. Fishing is indeed a fine contest, to match one's wits against the water, but there is little more satisfying than directly competing against one's fellow men and women. Weightlifting, swimming, rowing, wrestling, discus, javelin, boxing...
Of course, this assumes that the majority of challengers will not simply allow a Highlord to win. I imagine truly honest competition is more difficult to find, at such a level of political power.
Of course, this assumes that the majority of challengers will not simply allow a Highlord to win. I imagine truly honest competition is more difficult to find, at such a level of political power.
Written By Gwenna
Oct. 14, 2020, 7:31 p.m.(3/14/1014 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
What about fishing, in regard to a hobby? In a lake or something not as vehement as the sea? Calm waters, simple instruments, quiet, and something that can be done fairly easily across most of Arvum. As well, it can be done alone or along with a friend or two - depends on your mood, really. I mean, you could do some official business as well, rather than holing up in a library, but it'll probably be more enjoyable if you don't.
Written By Sabella
Oct. 14, 2020, 1:02 p.m.(3/14/1014 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
Do you really need a hobby? I can help you think of a million things to do! What about dancing? There's always a new dance to learn and a billion and two old ones that you can pick up! And then of course you'll need to get a few pairs of dancing shoes as if you take to it they wear out quite quickly! And some for Alarissa since I'm sure she'll want to be your partner! And then there's the dancing doublet and pants you'll want and depending on the style a cape! Having at least three dancing costumes and perhaps upwards of fifteen would be best actually as there are different aspects of different ones you'll want to wear to enhance the style! Why it's like a hobby in a hobby in a hobby since you need to research the correct clothing and find a tailor and learn the music and the steps and wouldn't that be so fun?!
Written By Valdemar
Oct. 13, 2020, 9:58 p.m.(3/12/1014 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
If you're going to wait until there are no more wars to fight before finding other things to enjoy, ten years is likely a bit of an optimistic estimate, your Grace. I sincerely doubt that there will be any less need for soldiers and generals before the end of our lifetimes, and likely not within those of our children, or even those of their children. Whether anyone likes it or not, war is in humanity's nature. There will always be something that people believe is worth fighting for, and as long as that belief exists, so will the conflict that spawns war.
Written By Haakon
Oct. 13, 2020, 7:13 p.m.(3/12/1014 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
Your mid life crisis were a decade ago.
The likes of us aren't meant to live past fifty.
The likes of us aren't meant to live past fifty.
Written By Ember
Oct. 2, 2020, 7:03 a.m.(2/17/1014 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
There is indeed an almost sexual thrill to the knowledge that a brutal fight lies ahead. I could not have put it into words more finely than Prince Victus's own.
Written By Ailith
Aug. 9, 2020, 5:36 p.m.(10/22/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
Thank you, Highlord and His Majesty, for giving this young Legate a chance to reach new heights as well as seeing and learning a new perspective. The next time, I bet Princess-Consort Alarissa can find the most suitable spot for sea exploration. More fishing?
Written By Ravna
June 24, 2020, 12:36 p.m.(7/14/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
Haaaaaaa!
See, if your beard was down to your knees, yeah? This wouldn't have happened. That impenetrable beard, a bulwark of the gods - I bet you've let ships just crash into that thing once or twice, yeah? Yeeeaaah. How many axes have you broken with that thing?
I bet, the only way you can trim that piece of natural armor is by having the Iron Maiden get her grindstone powered by twelve horses and a prayer.
See, if your beard was down to your knees, yeah? This wouldn't have happened. That impenetrable beard, a bulwark of the gods - I bet you've let ships just crash into that thing once or twice, yeah? Yeeeaaah. How many axes have you broken with that thing?
I bet, the only way you can trim that piece of natural armor is by having the Iron Maiden get her grindstone powered by twelve horses and a prayer.
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