Written By Marian
July 25, 2017, 10:12 a.m.(11/24/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Edain
My brother is a wise man, and offers sage advice.
Written By Marian
July 25, 2017, 9:24 a.m.(11/24/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Fergus
There are no conspiracies my love. Just sweat and hard work. I won that race fairly. It was just so close that there was confusion on which one of us crossed the finish line first.
Written By Marian
July 23, 2017, 4:06 p.m.(11/21/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Alaric
A pleasant surprise. Thoughtful in words, friendly in action. Much different from the young man I remembered.
Written By Marian
July 23, 2017, 4:03 p.m.(11/21/1006 AR)
Preparing for the Iron Pentathlon, and this year it shall be under the mantle of House Redrain. Prince Fergus and I shall be competing side by side on the foot race, swimming and duel. We may even have a chance again to match sword by sword to see how shall come out the victor. I do hope other members of the house come out for the event. I think support sporting events like Iron Pentathlon and Tournament of the Roses is important to build connections among the other houses.
Written By Marian
July 16, 2017, 11:13 p.m.(11/7/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Fergus
I am blessed in many ways. I thank the Gods for sending me happiness.
Written By Marian
July 16, 2017, 11:11 p.m.(11/7/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Victus
High Lord Victus made a good showing against Princess Reese. Every time I see him fight, he gets stronger.
Written By Marian
July 14, 2017, 2:24 a.m.(11/2/1006 AR)
What are my favorite scents?
Rain scent after a recent downpour
Deep forest glen
Freshly tanned hide
Bread baking
Bacon on the grill
Coffee freshly brewed
My husband after a sparring match
Rain scent after a recent downpour
Deep forest glen
Freshly tanned hide
Bread baking
Bacon on the grill
Coffee freshly brewed
My husband after a sparring match
Written By Marian
July 8, 2017, 6:02 p.m.(10/19/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Darren
Thank you for the speech welcoming me into your family. I look forward to serving Redrain. You have my oath of fealty and my love as a cousin-in-law. I look forward to discovering everything this new chapter of my life brings.
Written By Marian
July 8, 2017, 5:56 p.m.(10/19/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Fergus
I am Princess Marian Redrain now!
Much love for my family in Greenmarch and Valardin. I am now the happy wife of Prince Fergus Redrain.
Much love for my family in Greenmarch and Valardin. I am now the happy wife of Prince Fergus Redrain.
Written By Marian
July 8, 2017, 1:01 p.m.(10/19/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Edain
I've served by your side these last few years, and I don't think that you have anything to apologize for. It's fine with hindsight to say that you would have made a different decision, but rarely do we get the complete view. I find that your decisions are steeped in what is good for House Valardin so I can not censor that.
I don't care if you feel you've made mistakes, I still celebrate the man you've become since the Tragedy at Sanctum. While I prepare for my marriage into Redrain, I can say that I do not have regrets in serving as your Sword. There are times that the mantle was heavy on my shoulders, but I wore Oathbinder with great pride knowing that I served a High Lord that I am proud of.
I don't care if you feel you've made mistakes, I still celebrate the man you've become since the Tragedy at Sanctum. While I prepare for my marriage into Redrain, I can say that I do not have regrets in serving as your Sword. There are times that the mantle was heavy on my shoulders, but I wore Oathbinder with great pride knowing that I served a High Lord that I am proud of.
Written By Marian
July 2, 2017, 11:41 p.m.(10/7/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Edain
It feels odd not to have Oathbinder by my side. I reach and it is no longer there. The Sword has a new master, but my family ties to House Valardin will remain forever in my heart.
Written By Marian
July 2, 2017, 11:35 p.m.(10/7/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Roland
I am so proud of you. It was a fine showing of your strength and skill. You will make a fine Sword.
Written By Marian
July 1, 2017, 6:09 p.m.(10/5/1006 AR)
A scribe recorded this outlandish tale from a storytelling game played in Greenmarch Lodge after the Rivenshari Oath Ceremony. Count Rivenshari introduced a game where people would tell a line of a story and then pass it on:
Athaur: There once was a man who lived on a boat who lost his sail at sea, but fortune's grace did ever see that he'd instead...
Monique: ...come across a mermaid in the briny blue. But a sailor's luck can never hold, and his fishmaid turned out to be instead...
Edain: Twas a a really stout goodwoman who had gone noodling and gotten her legs swallowed by a very large catfish. Strong as she was though she managed to swim her way to the shore and looked up at the sailor and said......
Fergus: 'I'll give you one of these pearls I found in the fish's stomach.' she said. With an offer like that, how could he refuse. So what he did was..."
Marian: Pull his sword and gutted the catfish so he could save the stout woman inside. She opens her mouth to pull out the pearl but there was more than just riches there..."
Alarissa: There was a very tiny fish with very brilliant scales with the pearl. The catfish had swallowed it whole and when it was exposed to the air with the pearl....
Edain: Ok so when exposed to the air at the same time the small fish and pearl um... turned into a twelve foot tall knight in gleaming silver armor adorn with bright white pearls. He looked down at the sailor and the woman and said, "Thank you for freeing me as I reward I shall....."
Athaur: Officiate your wedding since you seem so well suited for each other...
Fergus: 'On the shore of this very beach, will be the seat of kingdom that will join land and sea together. One a year, and the anniversary of your marriage, drop a pearl into the ocean that will signify...
Athaur: Your eternal devotion to one another. If you don't wish to stay the course, you may drop the pearl in a...
Athaur: Fire and let the pearl burn out to signify this union is not for you. The knight binds the two together in matrimony and then...
Alarissa: The knight looks to the woman, the pearl held aloft in his hand and presented to her, "The years may pass and we will come here again each time but I will never place this pearl in the water."
Athaur: There once was a man who lived on a boat who lost his sail at sea, but fortune's grace did ever see that he'd instead...
Monique: ...come across a mermaid in the briny blue. But a sailor's luck can never hold, and his fishmaid turned out to be instead...
Edain: Twas a a really stout goodwoman who had gone noodling and gotten her legs swallowed by a very large catfish. Strong as she was though she managed to swim her way to the shore and looked up at the sailor and said......
Fergus: 'I'll give you one of these pearls I found in the fish's stomach.' she said. With an offer like that, how could he refuse. So what he did was..."
Marian: Pull his sword and gutted the catfish so he could save the stout woman inside. She opens her mouth to pull out the pearl but there was more than just riches there..."
Alarissa: There was a very tiny fish with very brilliant scales with the pearl. The catfish had swallowed it whole and when it was exposed to the air with the pearl....
Edain: Ok so when exposed to the air at the same time the small fish and pearl um... turned into a twelve foot tall knight in gleaming silver armor adorn with bright white pearls. He looked down at the sailor and the woman and said, "Thank you for freeing me as I reward I shall....."
Athaur: Officiate your wedding since you seem so well suited for each other...
Fergus: 'On the shore of this very beach, will be the seat of kingdom that will join land and sea together. One a year, and the anniversary of your marriage, drop a pearl into the ocean that will signify...
Athaur: Your eternal devotion to one another. If you don't wish to stay the course, you may drop the pearl in a...
Athaur: Fire and let the pearl burn out to signify this union is not for you. The knight binds the two together in matrimony and then...
Alarissa: The knight looks to the woman, the pearl held aloft in his hand and presented to her, "The years may pass and we will come here again each time but I will never place this pearl in the water."
Written By Marian
June 25, 2017, 10:57 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Fergus
Every moment is a picture
Painted in a landscape
That calls me home.
Every moment is a treasure
How could I even measure
The value of his love.
Every moment is a gift
Offered without thrift
To soothe the beast inside.
Every moment is a doorway
Puts the past behind me
The future looks so bright.
Painted in a landscape
That calls me home.
Every moment is a treasure
How could I even measure
The value of his love.
Every moment is a gift
Offered without thrift
To soothe the beast inside.
Every moment is a doorway
Puts the past behind me
The future looks so bright.
Written By Marian
June 25, 2017, 9:51 p.m.(9/21/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Katarina
Mistress of the Sea married the Master of Coin, and it was a glorious celebration. Archlector Ilvin Steadworth of Limerance outdid himself today when he married those two. I hope their union brings them the happiness.
Written By Marian
June 19, 2017, 7:50 p.m.(9/7/1006 AR)
I am still here. Any rumors of me being on Death's door are false. But as any warrior knows, it's best to heed the orders of your healer if you wish to get back on the field sooner. So please forgive my current absence from social activities.
Written By Marian
June 18, 2017, 11:33 a.m.(9/4/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Niamh
Cousins by blood and by blade.
Trained under the same mantle.
Forged by battle to protect.
Tempered by honor to serve.
Swords to our Houses.
I will mourn your passing, because you did not die in battle as was your right.
Trained under the same mantle.
Forged by battle to protect.
Tempered by honor to serve.
Swords to our Houses.
I will mourn your passing, because you did not die in battle as was your right.
Written By Marian
June 18, 2017, 11:33 a.m.(9/4/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Niamh
Cousins by blood and by blade.
Trained under the same mantle.
Forged by battle to protect.
Tempered by honor to serve.
Swords to our Houses.
I will mourn your passing, because you did not die in battle as was your right.
Trained under the same mantle.
Forged by battle to protect.
Tempered by honor to serve.
Swords to our Houses.
I will mourn your passing, because you did not die in battle as was your right.
Written By Marian
June 15, 2017, 3:36 a.m.(8/26/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Narciso
Master of Madness, we missed our tea
Your never got to sit across from me
While I would have enjoyed our banter
Your placecard got taken by another.
I do regret we did not take the time
To fence with words. Oh I do so pine
For another song. For another rhyme.
A wordsmith's lament for a fellow scribe.
You machiavellian scamp, you did place
Your mark upon every faithful scion's face
For your sacrifice, your selfless act
For our beloved Crown and unified Compact.
The Sentinel's justice wears many guises
You understood better than the pompous pious.
Never afraid to play the fool, while laughing
At our strict etiquette, never ever questioning.
What could be lost in pursuit of personal power,
Sacrifices to darkness don't come without razor
Edges that cut so deep and altared intentions
That corrupt absolutely from twisted corruption.
Thank you for standing strong, for making sacrifices when it mattered most. I urge the Scholars to collect his songs, his words and publish a memorial verse of his greatest works, so we never forget that brilliant spark of madness.
Your never got to sit across from me
While I would have enjoyed our banter
Your placecard got taken by another.
I do regret we did not take the time
To fence with words. Oh I do so pine
For another song. For another rhyme.
A wordsmith's lament for a fellow scribe.
You machiavellian scamp, you did place
Your mark upon every faithful scion's face
For your sacrifice, your selfless act
For our beloved Crown and unified Compact.
The Sentinel's justice wears many guises
You understood better than the pompous pious.
Never afraid to play the fool, while laughing
At our strict etiquette, never ever questioning.
What could be lost in pursuit of personal power,
Sacrifices to darkness don't come without razor
Edges that cut so deep and altared intentions
That corrupt absolutely from twisted corruption.
Thank you for standing strong, for making sacrifices when it mattered most. I urge the Scholars to collect his songs, his words and publish a memorial verse of his greatest works, so we never forget that brilliant spark of madness.
Written By Marian
June 4, 2017, 6:56 p.m.(8/4/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Max
Perhaps you slipped away
In the middle of the night.
Ran from the scene of disaster,
Avoiding the scorching death
That took so many men.
Escaped while others failed.
Chosen by luck you'd be
A paragon of subterfuge.
Perchance to fight another day
Time, a chance to spar anew.
A witness to the fireworks.
Indisputable viewer who
None could nay say.
Wishful thinking I suppose.
A prayer for an old friend.
I hope you made it out
That today is not the end.
Forget those petty differences
Or angry woulds unspoken.
Remember who you are.
My darkwater sea captain.
Everyone holds their breath...
Can the great Count Darkwater provide a narrow escape? I hope so. The alternative leaves my heart aching.
In the middle of the night.
Ran from the scene of disaster,
Avoiding the scorching death
That took so many men.
Escaped while others failed.
Chosen by luck you'd be
A paragon of subterfuge.
Perchance to fight another day
Time, a chance to spar anew.
A witness to the fireworks.
Indisputable viewer who
None could nay say.
Wishful thinking I suppose.
A prayer for an old friend.
I hope you made it out
That today is not the end.
Forget those petty differences
Or angry woulds unspoken.
Remember who you are.
My darkwater sea captain.
Everyone holds their breath...
Can the great Count Darkwater provide a narrow escape? I hope so. The alternative leaves my heart aching.
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