Written By Ida
Jan. 2, 2022, 7:44 a.m.(11/10/1016 AR)
I have been working on two inspiring commissions, despite not really taking commissions much anymore. There is always that sense of hope and excitement to try to bring someone's idea to life in the form of a weapon. While still mostly at the sketching phase for both, one seems nearly ready to be put to fire when the time comes. The other is still mostly vague outlines, but I'm looking forward to trying to solidify its story.
Written By Udell
Jan. 1, 2022, 10:03 p.m.(11/9/1016 AR)
I do so enjoy spending time healing the wounded and tending to the sick. There is something almost reverent about it, taking what the Queen has given and making it as whole as possible once again.
Written By Tanith
Jan. 1, 2022, 6:18 p.m.(11/9/1016 AR)
It's a strange feeling. So many years to keep certain things to myself, first out of habit and then out of necessity. Thanks to Cufre, I feel brave and I see my place among the others. It's the nature of many I surround myself with to keep secrets; I understand it. But this? It's necessary, even if my mother expresses fear and my father suggests I charge coin for my ... services. He'll come around.
My brothers laugh at me, but then what would I expect from the log of them? Emara's my ally. She knows better. She's always known better.
My brothers laugh at me, but then what would I expect from the log of them? Emara's my ally. She knows better. She's always known better.
Written By Brady
Jan. 1, 2022, 2:30 p.m.(11/8/1016 AR)
It was noted that the Grayhope family is a creative one. There's Magpie (I visited the art on display that he made). Tanith, who's not just a baker but an accomplished writer. Furtunato, the artist. Are Mayir and I just late bloomers, or is Mayir hiding a secret I don't know about?
Written By Aella
Jan. 1, 2022, 11:35 a.m.(11/8/1016 AR)
Relationship Note on Medeia
I wish I could've stayed longer but just as you and everyone knows when duty calls..... it ain't gonna wait! The Gala was beautiful and I do hope there is a another furry fluff ball left. I wish to train it to attack people I don't like... Just kidding.. Or am I! Any who, we really need to catch up!
Written By Zakhar
Dec. 31, 2021, 9:29 p.m.(11/7/1016 AR)
Scholar Clive.
Nearly two years since my return to the city. This project has taken up at least all of that and then some. It started as a want to make something that showed what the city could be, then turned into something of amusement and seeking how many gears and puzzles could be layered upon each other to set for one set of locks that would eventually allow someone to get at their valuables within the wardrobe.
It can also be simply opened with a key. Though the point of the puzzles was to give one that might have misplaced their key, or have a party of peers have a go at showing off their talents to opening several puzzles set upon a timer. Each one getting harder, or to be distracted by something of beauty, then to have to suddenly duck and roll away from the possibilities that lay in waiting to give those without the key a headache or worse.
Featuring a little of the city as a whole, and even places that many might not have had a chance to fully venture to as of yet. They might find themselves studying the puzzle, then going to the actual locations to see where insight of such an idea came from. From painted carvings, engravings covering the full height of the nine foot cabinet, to the crumbled shells, stones, glass, and gems, along with silks and metals then layered into each set of doors. There's three sets of doors for those counting, each will open only when the previous set of puzzles have been completed.
Probably one of my most crowning achievements. And only a handful will ever see it...
No scholar, I don't know if it will be for sale. Or if it is ever to have a price put upon it, if it would be affordable.
This might discourage one of my most loyal customers for all of my puzzles. And perhaps he will have a suggestion of what to price it at.
Though for the right incentive, I could be convinced to donate it as well... We'll just have to see what the outcome of who sees it, and what they suggest.
What was that? ... Yes. You'll be untied soon enough. Just eat your soup for the time being.
SCHOLARS NOTE: No scholars were tied up or harmed during the writing of this entry, the Templars wouldn't allow something like that to happen. Gods, I can only imagine the mess that would result in.
Nearly two years since my return to the city. This project has taken up at least all of that and then some. It started as a want to make something that showed what the city could be, then turned into something of amusement and seeking how many gears and puzzles could be layered upon each other to set for one set of locks that would eventually allow someone to get at their valuables within the wardrobe.
It can also be simply opened with a key. Though the point of the puzzles was to give one that might have misplaced their key, or have a party of peers have a go at showing off their talents to opening several puzzles set upon a timer. Each one getting harder, or to be distracted by something of beauty, then to have to suddenly duck and roll away from the possibilities that lay in waiting to give those without the key a headache or worse.
Featuring a little of the city as a whole, and even places that many might not have had a chance to fully venture to as of yet. They might find themselves studying the puzzle, then going to the actual locations to see where insight of such an idea came from. From painted carvings, engravings covering the full height of the nine foot cabinet, to the crumbled shells, stones, glass, and gems, along with silks and metals then layered into each set of doors. There's three sets of doors for those counting, each will open only when the previous set of puzzles have been completed.
Probably one of my most crowning achievements. And only a handful will ever see it...
No scholar, I don't know if it will be for sale. Or if it is ever to have a price put upon it, if it would be affordable.
This might discourage one of my most loyal customers for all of my puzzles. And perhaps he will have a suggestion of what to price it at.
Though for the right incentive, I could be convinced to donate it as well... We'll just have to see what the outcome of who sees it, and what they suggest.
What was that? ... Yes. You'll be untied soon enough. Just eat your soup for the time being.
SCHOLARS NOTE: No scholars were tied up or harmed during the writing of this entry, the Templars wouldn't allow something like that to happen. Gods, I can only imagine the mess that would result in.
Written By Gianna
Dec. 31, 2021, 7:54 p.m.(11/7/1016 AR)
I've had the most daft idea. One I'd need help for, though. If Shard is out there anywhere... well, she'd probably glare at me at the very least. Possibly spit? Or maybe it would even get a laugh. A very sad laugh.
Written By Viviana
Dec. 31, 2021, 5:20 p.m.(11/7/1016 AR)
Scholar.
Try this one for size,
To rhyme, never apologize,
as a pithy way to express
the stress
of impatience.
To three that be --
listen, I am begging for your
sym-path-y
it started off so easily,
and now I
am growing
bored.
That's enough of that, I agree.
Try this one for size,
To rhyme, never apologize,
as a pithy way to express
the stress
of impatience.
To three that be --
listen, I am begging for your
sym-path-y
it started off so easily,
and now I
am growing
bored.
That's enough of that, I agree.
Written By Lydia
Dec. 31, 2021, 2:50 p.m.(11/6/1016 AR)
If you want out of the hole, first you must put down the shovel.
What a journey it has been since I first arrived at Arx. I have recently taken an extended absence to reflect back upon the past and for a long time I simply wrestled with my shovel. I think I have put it down. I hope I have put it down and I look up.
When I look at myself, I see my sister more than ever.
Not a day goes by that I do not think about my lost siblings and my father. I have lost them all and life has become quiet without them. I still dream of Nadia.
I want so much to make them proud. It's a journey I want to undertake. I am excited to take... And this new journey begins today.
What a journey it has been since I first arrived at Arx. I have recently taken an extended absence to reflect back upon the past and for a long time I simply wrestled with my shovel. I think I have put it down. I hope I have put it down and I look up.
When I look at myself, I see my sister more than ever.
Not a day goes by that I do not think about my lost siblings and my father. I have lost them all and life has become quiet without them. I still dream of Nadia.
I want so much to make them proud. It's a journey I want to undertake. I am excited to take... And this new journey begins today.
Written By Udell
Dec. 31, 2021, 2:42 p.m.(11/6/1016 AR)
I really should commission another outfit. I don't mind the one that I have, but there is a masquerade ball and other events coming up, and at each one I attend, I have the distinct feeling that my humility causes me to appear as the worst dressed at all of them.
Written By Jasher
Dec. 31, 2021, 1:59 p.m.(11/6/1016 AR)
I've just returned from an extended sojourn to Maelstrom feeling reinvigorated. My ship's hold and great cabin were retrofitted, stocked with with supplies and furnishings, to support a host of physicians and accommodate an influx of wounded marines for the duration of the war. As such, I will be taking up residence in the Thrax Estate while on shore leave.
Between bouts of industry, I was afforded an opportunity to visit with my sister, Vega, her husband, Raimon, and my esteemed young cousins, Danse, Siggy and Delia. The passage of time is never more pronounced than when you greet a child after a year spent apart. They've grown so much. It was a pleasure to share some of the tamer details of my recent adventures with them. My scheduled departure was delayed by the birth of Prince Marius Thrax. As my luck would have it, I was afforded an opportunity to congratulate his proud mother and father in person and toast to his perfect health and peerless prospects.
I am cutting this entry short, as I've a veritable book of personal correspondences to write. I can feel my hand cramping in anticipation.
Between bouts of industry, I was afforded an opportunity to visit with my sister, Vega, her husband, Raimon, and my esteemed young cousins, Danse, Siggy and Delia. The passage of time is never more pronounced than when you greet a child after a year spent apart. They've grown so much. It was a pleasure to share some of the tamer details of my recent adventures with them. My scheduled departure was delayed by the birth of Prince Marius Thrax. As my luck would have it, I was afforded an opportunity to congratulate his proud mother and father in person and toast to his perfect health and peerless prospects.
I am cutting this entry short, as I've a veritable book of personal correspondences to write. I can feel my hand cramping in anticipation.
Written By Ryhalt
Dec. 31, 2021, 1:35 a.m.(11/5/1016 AR)
Coins have always fascinated me. As a child they were a means to get what treat or toy I wanted. Later i came to understand that they could be used to multiply wealth if used strategically so I could get what I wanted and have more coins after. It is one of the best games, heady risk and vast reward both.
Recently, I'm stricken how beautiful they are. Two sides with interlocking stories being told. Time stamps further stories into them from all the hands and surfaces the coins encounter, gathering grim and grooves never intended. Regardless of the stories told, they are exchanged by two parties who don't often agree on other things but are in agreement that they have equal value. That is an understated power.
But, I've been brooding this week on what if one side of a coin has more worth than the other? When they are conjoined, how do you begin to weigh them? Do they become valueless if the other side is discovered? I admit the thrill of that sort of game appeals to me very much.
Recently, I'm stricken how beautiful they are. Two sides with interlocking stories being told. Time stamps further stories into them from all the hands and surfaces the coins encounter, gathering grim and grooves never intended. Regardless of the stories told, they are exchanged by two parties who don't often agree on other things but are in agreement that they have equal value. That is an understated power.
But, I've been brooding this week on what if one side of a coin has more worth than the other? When they are conjoined, how do you begin to weigh them? Do they become valueless if the other side is discovered? I admit the thrill of that sort of game appeals to me very much.
Written By Mathis
Dec. 30, 2021, 11:17 p.m.(11/5/1016 AR)
Busy spring and summer, as always. Found myself pulled all over the Crownlands to help with this and that. It seem that when you become Archlector the asks for help don't stop, exactly, they just sort of level up in line with the job. Bigger, more complex. Things that take more time, demand more of a co-ordinated effort. Not that I was expecting them to stop, mind you, but I don't know if anybody can really be prepared for that kind of step up, either.
Harvest season's upon us and sure to be busy as always. It hurts me to hear what happened in the Mercier vineyards. Always a little voice at the back of the head that says 'maybe I could have changed something,' but I think that's just human nature. Someone awfully wise, who would probably make a face at me for calling him wise, once told me my job's different now and I've got a whole bunch of the Compact's faith and hopes resting on me as a public figure, so I'm not meant to go rushing off into danger as foolishly as maybe I once would. Anyhow, in the city for a bit, so if anyone needs me, you know how to find me.
Harvest season's upon us and sure to be busy as always. It hurts me to hear what happened in the Mercier vineyards. Always a little voice at the back of the head that says 'maybe I could have changed something,' but I think that's just human nature. Someone awfully wise, who would probably make a face at me for calling him wise, once told me my job's different now and I've got a whole bunch of the Compact's faith and hopes resting on me as a public figure, so I'm not meant to go rushing off into danger as foolishly as maybe I once would. Anyhow, in the city for a bit, so if anyone needs me, you know how to find me.
Written By Zakhar
Dec. 30, 2021, 10:37 p.m.(11/5/1016 AR)
Been watching several boats leave the docks lately. Also been horribly boring around the barracks. I stopped in a few days ago and went through an inspection of the troops. Just messy barracks, the kitchen was a dismay.
Will need to swing by more often, they need better discipline when not being hired out. Doesn't do a troop any good to sit idle for too long.
Will need to swing by more often, they need better discipline when not being hired out. Doesn't do a troop any good to sit idle for too long.
Written By Esme
Dec. 30, 2021, 10:27 p.m.(11/5/1016 AR)
Most darlings of the lands,
I know that there is so much unrest around us. I know that right now there is a pause upon the air, but don't forget the Gods are here. You are so loved and what will be will be. We are able to make so many decisions, please allow those decisions to be kindness and love. In a world that seems filled with turmoil, I charge each of you to be the joy. Find the moment. Find the pause in the space. That one second that the smell of perfume lingers just long enough. Or that a moment of laughter passes between friends. These are our focus. Remember the concepts we are charged to be. Remember the oaths, the duty, the honor, and the love. Never forget the love. For it is everywhere around. It dances upon the winds. It soothes the soul that is anguished.
You are enough. We are enough. We will overcome.
I know that there is so much unrest around us. I know that right now there is a pause upon the air, but don't forget the Gods are here. You are so loved and what will be will be. We are able to make so many decisions, please allow those decisions to be kindness and love. In a world that seems filled with turmoil, I charge each of you to be the joy. Find the moment. Find the pause in the space. That one second that the smell of perfume lingers just long enough. Or that a moment of laughter passes between friends. These are our focus. Remember the concepts we are charged to be. Remember the oaths, the duty, the honor, and the love. Never forget the love. For it is everywhere around. It dances upon the winds. It soothes the soul that is anguished.
You are enough. We are enough. We will overcome.
Written By Mayir
Dec. 30, 2021, 5:35 p.m.(11/5/1016 AR)
Relationship Note on Asher
I talked to the witnesses. Followed the clues. Called in two caravels worth of favors.
But you are avenged, cousin. Velenosa and Grayhope alike: No one may harm us unpunished. For as long as I lead this family, I will put family first.
But you are avenged, cousin. Velenosa and Grayhope alike: No one may harm us unpunished. For as long as I lead this family, I will put family first.
Written By Eirene
Dec. 30, 2021, 10:24 a.m.(11/4/1016 AR)
Plotting revenge is good. I just have so many targets it's hard to focus sometimes. Executing it, (or executing them) that's the tricky part.
Written By Brady
Dec. 30, 2021, 8:40 a.m.(11/4/1016 AR)
Relationship Note on Denica
Princess of mighty art! Colorful. Complicated. She called me a thief and I noted she had misplaced a pair of her hairpins. A fanciful coincidence. But more critical, I am starting to understand her art.
Written By Ravana
Dec. 30, 2021, 8:10 a.m.(11/4/1016 AR)
Strange to think of Arx as home now, rather than a port of call. As I get my bearings and contemplate debts old and new, the scent of change is on the wind and it smells like opportunity.
Written By Mailys
Dec. 29, 2021, 7:46 p.m.(11/3/1016 AR)
It took everything I had not to turn the painting right-side up again. Why would they leave it upside down? Do they know it's upside down?
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