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Written By Xia

June 7, 2022, 6:24 a.m.(10/14/1017 AR)

Relationship Note on Denica

I am pleased to announce - or record as the case may be - that I am officially Princess Denica's protege. I pray to the gods that I live up to her expectations and that we can show each other more about our respective lands.

Written By Xia

June 7, 2022, 6:23 a.m.(10/14/1017 AR)

Relationship Note on Elora

Lady Elora has finished training the bird I requested. A most delightful violet and teal swallow, one she says is larger than most, has been delivered to me. It's a beautiful creature and seems well trained if a little feisty. I've been listening to its song all day and it has not grown old.

Written By Xia

May 7, 2022, 11:26 a.m.(8/8/1017 AR)

Using some of the plums I received from Marquis Fairen Leary, and some of the chilis I was able to procure at the Market (the Lyceum's peppers seem closest to those from home), I have done my best to recreate the recipe for pickled plums. I'll let them soak in the crocks for a bit to do their thing then send one of the crocks back to the Marquis to try.

Written By Xia

April 23, 2022, 11:34 a.m.(7/8/1017 AR)

Relationship Note on Denica

This week I have had the pleasure of the company of many. I have experienced coffee for the first time - something I find quite intriguing and will be buying for the Mission. I have talked of dancing, of politics, of poetry and war. Yet the one meeting that comes to mind over and over was my meeting with Princess Denica of House Thrax.

Princess Denica had requested that I describe to her a place that no one else had been, at least no other Arvani. I did so on her barge, a particularly interesting place, and watched as she took my words and made them into a painting. The Princess could not capture my memory in full, but that is an inadequacy on my part in describing it and not in hers for painting. But she did share with me what she has accomplished and I am not ashamed to say I shed a few years.

Hanging now in the vestibule of the Mission is the painting that Princess Denica painted. It is a memory of home made manifest. And while it was my memory I could not keep it to myself, but rather had to share it with all who come to visit or call the Mission home.

Written By Xia

April 14, 2022, 8:01 a.m.(6/18/1017 AR)

The Gifts of the Empire session went well; even better than I had hoped for. Some gifts are still outstanding as I have to have items crafted to fulfill the requirements, or must hold meetings with the recipients. But these will happen in time and I think all involved have at least a modicum of patience for what's coming.

Of the requests, I find these things interesting:
* Most Requested: Jade
* Most Unique: Language Lessons/Sea Charts (Tied)
* Most Interesting: Touring the Lowers

Written By Xia

Sept. 26, 2021, 1:56 p.m.(4/10/1016 AR)

I wanted to see more than just Arx. I had to lay eyes on the rest of the continent, to see these places that so many plead for me to get my government involved with. It was a breathtaking spectacle, from the snows of the north to the beaches of the south. And now, seasons gone from Arx, I retrun to see what has taken place in my absence.

There's a dread and a joy both to be had in coming back to one's duty station.

Xia
Functionary of the Undying Empire.

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