Written By Vanora
Nov. 2, 2020, 3:14 a.m.(4/23/1014 AR)
Another Bloodmoon has come and gone, and was as beautiful as any I remember.
I'm so pleased that those who celebrated with us enjoyed themselves.
Nothing quite like the reflection of the sky in the water.
I'm so pleased that those who celebrated with us enjoyed themselves.
Nothing quite like the reflection of the sky in the water.
Written By Vanora
Sept. 20, 2020, 12:47 a.m.(1/21/1014 AR)
I found myself with extra time and spent an hour or so browsing the whites, wondering what topics had been on the minds of my peers lately.
Marriage, apparently, was a hot one for a few days. I'm almost disappointed I missed them, perhaps I would have had a glass or two of bravery and decided to contribute my own thoughts.
Maybe even an essay.
Marriage, apparently, was a hot one for a few days. I'm almost disappointed I missed them, perhaps I would have had a glass or two of bravery and decided to contribute my own thoughts.
Maybe even an essay.
Written By Vanora
Aug. 9, 2020, 8:45 p.m.(10/22/1013 AR)
My children are growing so quickly. I could spend more time with them. I ought to, because the time does slip by fast, because I don't want them to be grown before I have an hour, a day, a week to spare for family alone.
Instead I do what work I think must be done to ensure their future. I hope they feel the love in that as well.
Instead I do what work I think must be done to ensure their future. I hope they feel the love in that as well.
Written By Vanora
Aug. 1, 2020, 8:50 p.m.(10/6/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Philippe
Uncle Philippe,
If you require help planning parties, I could be of service.
I know I'm a disappointment as an equestrienne, but I am decent at party planning.
Promise.
If you require help planning parties, I could be of service.
I know I'm a disappointment as an equestrienne, but I am decent at party planning.
Promise.
Written By Vanora
July 30, 2020, 8:34 p.m.(10/2/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Tyrus
I'm glad you are back. I've missed you.
Written By Vanora
June 20, 2020, 11:12 p.m.(7/7/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Sabine
I came across your writing the other day and wished to praise it. You philosophize like a mirrormask, it is truly noteworthy.
Written By Vanora
June 13, 2020, 5:03 a.m.(6/19/1013 AR)
Praise be to Vellichor, who encourages us to write even the ugliest of our thoughts down for the historical record, even if they are buried in the Blacks and wisely so.
Praise to Him for collecting and treasuring all of it, even that which when reread by the light of day seems foolish, and makes us ashamed of having sunk to our baser emotions.
Praise to Him for collecting and treasuring all of it, even that which when reread by the light of day seems foolish, and makes us ashamed of having sunk to our baser emotions.
Written By Vanora
May 31, 2020, 3:31 a.m.(5/21/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Iseulet
The number of journal entries you've made about cats has begun to concern me.
Do you need anything?
Do you need anything?
Written By Vanora
May 31, 2020, 3:30 a.m.(5/21/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Tyrus
I am no Whisper, and certainly not the Softest.
But I have a decent method of teaching, I have been told. And possibly a few of the skills that you were alluding to.
Just so you can spread the burden out, of course.
But I have a decent method of teaching, I have been told. And possibly a few of the skills that you were alluding to.
Just so you can spread the burden out, of course.
Written By Vanora
May 31, 2020, 12:32 a.m.(5/21/1013 AR)
Lia Eleyna Grimhall,
A girl. How novel, and how precious. I will admit that it pleases me to have a daughter, as I raise a house full of unruly boys.
May you grow into the grace of your namesakes, women who were brave, and strong.
-Your Mother
A girl. How novel, and how precious. I will admit that it pleases me to have a daughter, as I raise a house full of unruly boys.
May you grow into the grace of your namesakes, women who were brave, and strong.
-Your Mother
Written By Vanora
April 12, 2020, 5:05 p.m.(2/8/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Arianna
Oh cousin.
My feelings are complicated, but that is how things ever were with us isn't it. No lesson without the blood and tears to go with it. No love without the same.
I do not know what else to say. Save to echo what others have.
May the embrace of Death be a gentle one. May you be remembered.
My feelings are complicated, but that is how things ever were with us isn't it. No lesson without the blood and tears to go with it. No love without the same.
I do not know what else to say. Save to echo what others have.
May the embrace of Death be a gentle one. May you be remembered.
Written By Vanora
March 24, 2020, 12:58 a.m.(12/24/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Juniper
I had the pleasure of working with Sister Juniper when she was still Juniper Whisper. Even then her warmth was like a beacon, and her skill at helping two noble houses bury their feuding and look towards the future together will always be appreciated and remembered. When I enjoy the company of Margot Tyde, whose friendship and support have been such a source of strength, I will remember Sister Juniper's role in helping make it possible.
It is fitting that there was a greater path for her, and that in walking it she brought so much to so many.
It is fitting that there was a greater path for her, and that in walking it she brought so much to so many.
Written By Vanora
Feb. 24, 2020, 9:55 p.m.(10/24/1012 AR)
It seems impossible that of the five uncles I had when I was a child, only two survive.
It seems even more impossible that they are both Blanchard.
I did not grow up close to my mother's family. I believe I met her brothers only twice before Belladonna summoned me to Arx, where I had cause and opportunity to again.
Yet Uncle Philippe has reached out to me. Extended his hand, and offered what few others in the world could.
He cannot likely appreciate how grateful I am for it.
I still miss Uncle Niccolo every day. I was not as close with Uncle Tomasso, but I think on him too. And Uncle Piero I loved...all the more reason to hate the brother who helped plot his end. Family is nothing if not complicated.
I am grateful that for all the family I have lost, there is family also to be found.
It seems even more impossible that they are both Blanchard.
I did not grow up close to my mother's family. I believe I met her brothers only twice before Belladonna summoned me to Arx, where I had cause and opportunity to again.
Yet Uncle Philippe has reached out to me. Extended his hand, and offered what few others in the world could.
He cannot likely appreciate how grateful I am for it.
I still miss Uncle Niccolo every day. I was not as close with Uncle Tomasso, but I think on him too. And Uncle Piero I loved...all the more reason to hate the brother who helped plot his end. Family is nothing if not complicated.
I am grateful that for all the family I have lost, there is family also to be found.
Written By Vanora
Feb. 21, 2020, 9:16 p.m.(10/18/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Calista
It is an absolute joy to reconnect with the Duchess Fidante, whom I always admired as a girl in the Lyceum. With everything upon the shoulders of the nobility at present, I have a feeling that she and I could do some wonderful things together.
Written By Vanora
Feb. 9, 2020, 8:52 p.m.(9.67115162037037/24.58449074074074/1012.7225959683642 AR)
The celebration of the Under the Sea Ball was a good time in my opinion. A practice run as we work on educating the compact regarding Isles traditions that have little too nothing to do with the practice of Thralldom.
I do not expect to slide through these waters without scandal, but scandal is a way of life for me, a way to grow and change and become something more than I already am.
I'll listen to the criticism, and I will do so with open ears, ever seeking out new knowledge, new information.
A Duchess, a Mirrormask, and so many other things. Yet first and foremost a citizen of the Compact.
I do not expect to slide through these waters without scandal, but scandal is a way of life for me, a way to grow and change and become something more than I already am.
I'll listen to the criticism, and I will do so with open ears, ever seeking out new knowledge, new information.
A Duchess, a Mirrormask, and so many other things. Yet first and foremost a citizen of the Compact.
Written By Vanora
Jan. 27, 2020, 9:50 p.m.(8.746005704365079/28.776319444444447/1012.6455004753637 AR)
I wish I didn't have to wonder sometimes.
Whether what I expect, who I expect people to be, who I know they can be...is who they will be.
Whether what I expect, who I expect people to be, who I know they can be...is who they will be.
Written By Vanora
Jan. 27, 2020, 2:56 p.m.(8.725724206349206/27.640555555555554/1012.6438103505291 AR)
I must say that participating in the Bard's College legendary event about legendary people was incredibly exciting, and a good deal of fun as well. Evaristo is an absolutely magnificent organizer and director, and worked so hard to help everyone prepare their parts in rehearsal as well as to keep the concert moving once it began. I am honored that I was given such a challenging part with such a beautiful song written to accompany, it surely challenged my range as a singer and actress as well, apologies for the pun, scholar.
While this is not my first time on the stage, it /is/ my first time performing for the city of Arx, rather than elsewhere in Arvum. Though I know the acoustics in Anekke's Ampitheatre are without peer anywhere in the Compact, I expect that the concert hall this event was staged in is quite close.
It was particularly thrilling to perform before the Queen of the Compact herself, among countless others both noble and common born alike.
I hope that the future presents us with many more chances to share the arts with the city.
While this is not my first time on the stage, it /is/ my first time performing for the city of Arx, rather than elsewhere in Arvum. Though I know the acoustics in Anekke's Ampitheatre are without peer anywhere in the Compact, I expect that the concert hall this event was staged in is quite close.
It was particularly thrilling to perform before the Queen of the Compact herself, among countless others both noble and common born alike.
I hope that the future presents us with many more chances to share the arts with the city.
Written By Vanora
Jan. 23, 2020, 1:43 a.m.(8.400757688492064/16.442430555555557/1012.6167298073743 AR)
After all this time I find a space of quiet where I can make choices. What to focus on next, what to look for, what to learn.
I expect that this won't be a luxury I have for long, that soon again events will dictate where I must focus my attention, that I will be overwhelmed with what I must do and not quietly delighted by what I can do.
But for now, I will choose. And all of the options sound like sweet music.
I expect that this won't be a luxury I have for long, that soon again events will dictate where I must focus my attention, that I will be overwhelmed with what I must do and not quietly delighted by what I can do.
But for now, I will choose. And all of the options sound like sweet music.
Written By Vanora
Jan. 21, 2020, 3:01 p.m.(8.297521908068784/10.661226851851854/1012.6081268256723 AR)
Relationship Note on Jaenelle
I miss him too. I miss them all. I yearn for just another moment of what was, but the ache turns to something else burning in my blood. Like purpose.
You need not take off your ring ever if you do not wish to.
There will always be grief, sorrow, and loss. They have become a part of you, as they have a part of me.
But we find the light in our despair, and joy is still possible.
You need not take off your ring ever if you do not wish to.
There will always be grief, sorrow, and loss. They have become a part of you, as they have a part of me.
But we find the light in our despair, and joy is still possible.
Written By Vanora
Dec. 27, 2019, 9:15 p.m.(6/15/1012 AR)
I think I shall take a page out of Archduchess Jaenelle's book, though not quite that since I'm writing it here.
I too would adore pen-pals. I absolutely /love/ writing letters, just ask Legate Aureth and he will tell you. Others could as well, but he in particular knows my zeal for parchment and sealing wax.
Long, rambling ones are my favorite, and I'll gladly write back and forth with anyone who takes me up on the offer.
I too would adore pen-pals. I absolutely /love/ writing letters, just ask Legate Aureth and he will tell you. Others could as well, but he in particular knows my zeal for parchment and sealing wax.
Long, rambling ones are my favorite, and I'll gladly write back and forth with anyone who takes me up on the offer.
Please note that the scholars may take some time preparing your journal for others to read.