Written By Eirene
June 21, 2017, 8 p.m.(9/11/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Niamh
I've been buried under paperwork and my own personal drama - draaaaaama. Be sure you draw that out, scribe...
Apparently Niamh died? How the fuck did that happen? How the fuck did I miss that?
We weren't close but we worked well together on those occasions fate threw us side by side. My condolences to the family that misses a sister, daughter, cousin... those who miss a friend and partner, and those who miss a sister-in-arms. May Gloria smile on her deeds, Lagoma renew her soul, and the Queen of Endings restore her when the time is proper.
Apparently Niamh died? How the fuck did that happen? How the fuck did I miss that?
We weren't close but we worked well together on those occasions fate threw us side by side. My condolences to the family that misses a sister, daughter, cousin... those who miss a friend and partner, and those who miss a sister-in-arms. May Gloria smile on her deeds, Lagoma renew her soul, and the Queen of Endings restore her when the time is proper.
Written By Lydia
June 21, 2017, 6:36 p.m.(9/11/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Katarina
I preened the requisite amount for that lovely compliment. THANK YOU, Princess. Yes, we certainly must. Although, goodness, I'll need to be brought up to current day on the Compact gossp!
Written By Katarina
June 21, 2017, 6:06 p.m.(9/11/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Lydia
Come now, Duchess Lydia. There is none more fairer and resplendent than you, dearest rose golden lady of the North. I wasn't aware that you'd returned from the North! But now that I know you're safely tucked away in the walls of Arx once again, I'll be coming to collect on that promise of a shared gossip over glass of whisky.
Written By Lydia
June 21, 2017, 5:44 p.m.(9/11/1006 AR)
WAIT.
Wait a moment, Scholar -- and, goodness, I do apologize for that very grotesque noise of displeasure I made. At least I didn't kick your shin. At least there's that. Oh, I will need to be making a charitable donation to the Vellichorian Shrine for that. Perhaps the scholars. Yes, I plan on it.
WELL. There are all these hushed little mentions of a party at the Pravus Manor? And there was no invitation extended toward me? For shame. Have I slipped so far down the social ranks that I'm not desired company at a social gathering? Honestly, I MUST correct that as soon as I can. My ego is as delicate as my constitution. Like tissue paper, alas, torn at the slightest provocation.
Terrible showing, Lydia, you need to get OUT there.
I will, oh yes. I will.
Wait a moment, Scholar -- and, goodness, I do apologize for that very grotesque noise of displeasure I made. At least I didn't kick your shin. At least there's that. Oh, I will need to be making a charitable donation to the Vellichorian Shrine for that. Perhaps the scholars. Yes, I plan on it.
WELL. There are all these hushed little mentions of a party at the Pravus Manor? And there was no invitation extended toward me? For shame. Have I slipped so far down the social ranks that I'm not desired company at a social gathering? Honestly, I MUST correct that as soon as I can. My ego is as delicate as my constitution. Like tissue paper, alas, torn at the slightest provocation.
Terrible showing, Lydia, you need to get OUT there.
I will, oh yes. I will.
Written By Caelis
June 21, 2017, 4:40 p.m.(9/11/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Calypso
She's closer to Lord Artorius in age, but more and more I find it easier to speak to Lady Calypso than my cousins closer in age. She works so very hard for the Compact and gives so much of herself for others. I hope I manage to lead as an admiral with the grace and intelligence she's shown as a general in battles past.
Written By Caelis
June 21, 2017, 4:34 p.m.(9/11/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Artorius
We lost our parents when I was still so young and I lost him to his wandering and his family once he settled down. Still, so often my dear brother has had to wear the role of father as well for me and I am forever grateful that he is here to nag about my footwork and give me a shoulder when I should need it.
Written By Caelis
June 21, 2017, 4:32 p.m.(9/11/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Katarina
Such a warm spirit to her. Every time I've seen her she has always been so full of life and joy. Princess Katarina is truly a gift to Arvum. Needless to say, I deeply enjoyed the party she gave, and getting to see so many ladies and princesses enjoying themselves and laughing in that infectiously joyful energy.
Written By Katarina
June 21, 2017, 12:37 p.m.(9/10/1006 AR)
The party in the walled gardens of the Pravus Mansion was a brilliant success. It went far better than I could've ever dreamed of. I just hope all my guests enjoyed themselves as much as I did.
Even falling headfirst into a trunk was fun.
Even falling headfirst into a trunk was fun.
Written By Charlaine
June 21, 2017, 11:57 a.m.(9/10/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Gawain
Met with my cousin once again, hopefully the pair of us can make blanchard better.
Written By Aiden
June 21, 2017, 11:41 a.m.(9/10/1006 AR)
Another exciting day at the Menagerie. One more little place of sanctuary made within. A nice place to sit in the butterfly gardens. I would say thank you to the person who donated, but seeing as this person donated for someone else, I wouldn't wish to ruin the surprise. You know who you are. Thank you for your contributions and such a little place will be well tended for many years to come.
I have had a few other offers as well to take on small projects.
My hope is to have a soft opening soon. I worry that some of the designers have the architects pushing back the date of the opening. I would like to see it open before winter hits...
Days go by so quickly.
I have had a few other offers as well to take on small projects.
My hope is to have a soft opening soon. I worry that some of the designers have the architects pushing back the date of the opening. I would like to see it open before winter hits...
Days go by so quickly.
Written By Merek
June 21, 2017, 8:22 a.m.(9/10/1006 AR)
Continuing the project for trade with the Crafters Guild. It seems the economy is recovering once more, but things have still been crazy around the city.
Written By Edain
June 21, 2017, 8:17 a.m.(9/10/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Fergus
Well he still stays firmly in his place on the list of people I have never bested in a fight. I am proud to know I made him work for it this time though. That is not something I could always claim.
He makes Marian smile too. And I am not talking her 'bless your heart, Edain, at least you are trying' smile. I am talking the genuine bright, vibrant smile that I've only seen one other person able to bring out of her.
Sometimes a foul mouth and trying your hardest to push everyone and everything away cannot hide a good heart.
He makes Marian smile too. And I am not talking her 'bless your heart, Edain, at least you are trying' smile. I am talking the genuine bright, vibrant smile that I've only seen one other person able to bring out of her.
Sometimes a foul mouth and trying your hardest to push everyone and everything away cannot hide a good heart.
Written By Fergus
June 20, 2017, 11:22 p.m.(9/9/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Edain
Man is built like a shit brick house. Made me fucking work for that fight. Good fight.
For good reason, too. Feel like he wanted to take the measure of me if I'm going to marry his sister.
Yeah, you heard that right.
Now it's on Darren. Have fun with those negotiations.
For good reason, too. Feel like he wanted to take the measure of me if I'm going to marry his sister.
Yeah, you heard that right.
Now it's on Darren. Have fun with those negotiations.
Written By Arthur
June 20, 2017, 9:47 p.m.(9/9/1006 AR)
Today was a good and busy day.
Since morning I have had people in and out of the shop, either asking about different things I seel, or ordering things. I had an order for a full suit of leather armor, and another person bought a belt. This shows the two extremes of the day!
Like always, I took ten percent of the earnings of each sale and set it aside to donate to Jayus at the end of the month. I would have nothing without my skills.
Since morning I have had people in and out of the shop, either asking about different things I seel, or ordering things. I had an order for a full suit of leather armor, and another person bought a belt. This shows the two extremes of the day!
Like always, I took ten percent of the earnings of each sale and set it aside to donate to Jayus at the end of the month. I would have nothing without my skills.
Written By Lydia
June 20, 2017, 9:36 p.m.(9/9/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Niamh
My thoughts've been stewing, and I've been thinking very hard about what to write about you that doesn't come across as disingenuous in the playful way that I wish to remember you.
Because , you were very much a person that was genuine. Always. So, I'll be genuine in my shared memory to honor the Lady Nimah Greenmarch that I knew that would sit on the benches with me when I was still a Lady - and together we'd watch the other duelists in the Champions Guild practice. Sometimes, we'd drink a little. We always watched the pretty ones with, you know, that kind of appreciation that made me grin from ear-to-ear.
That's it. That's how I'll remember you.
I hope it's enough.
Because , you were very much a person that was genuine. Always. So, I'll be genuine in my shared memory to honor the Lady Nimah Greenmarch that I knew that would sit on the benches with me when I was still a Lady - and together we'd watch the other duelists in the Champions Guild practice. Sometimes, we'd drink a little. We always watched the pretty ones with, you know, that kind of appreciation that made me grin from ear-to-ear.
That's it. That's how I'll remember you.
I hope it's enough.
Written By Regla
June 20, 2017, 8:34 p.m.(9/9/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Quirin
Dear Father,
I guess there are a million things that got said between us, and a million more that never got said. I'm sorry for all the things that went unsaid, and some of the ones that were said. I still feel that the right choice was made, and that you were wrong. But despite our differences, I'll always love you.
Love,
Regi
I guess there are a million things that got said between us, and a million more that never got said. I'm sorry for all the things that went unsaid, and some of the ones that were said. I still feel that the right choice was made, and that you were wrong. But despite our differences, I'll always love you.
Love,
Regi
Written By Regla
June 20, 2017, 8:32 p.m.(9/9/1006 AR)
I really like this city. REALLY like it.
Written By Turo
June 20, 2017, 2:42 p.m.(9/9/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Quirin
I take my patience from you and my world view from my mother. I had never agreed upon everything you did, but I know why you did it. And it was that understanding that allowed me to understand who you were as a man. Whatever else I might've thought, our politics, our views on many things, as much as they might've differed, I always respected what you thought and why you thought it. I only hoped that you had thought the same of me.
You never quite the same after Valors died. It wasn't hard to tell that you had poured everything that you were into him. It wasn't that I felt like you loved Estil, myself, or Regla any less than him, I simply felt that you knew that if Navegant was going to survive, be more than what it already was, you needed a protege. Just as pleased as you were with Valors, I knew that you were proud of me when I became Admiral of the Fleet. It was never a competition, at least, I never felt that way. It was if you had known exactly what would happen when it did. As if you had some kind of foresight the rest of lacked. I don't know whether Mangata had given you a gift, a curse, or it was something you had gained from a lifetime of experience. Experience that I could sorely use right now.
I wish I had known. When I came to Arx, I had simply thought that everything you hadn't done, or didn't wish to do, was done more out of laziness or inactivity. Which jarred me, knowing that was not the man that I knew when you had left Escuma. I could not see you, or perhaps you didn't wish for me to see you as you were. I had hoped, prayed even, that you talk to me at least once when I had arrived. All I received in return was silence. I won't deny that I was angry at you for it, that I believed you had brought me here solely to marry me to some one that would bring a good alliance to Navegant. That I was little more than breeding stock or an item to be paraded about like a prize cow. I was angry at you for that, but maybe, now that you're gone that wasn't the case.
That you had brought me here because you knew the end was coming, that someone had to be here. That with Valors gone, the task fell to me, and you knew it wasn't a task that I had ever wanted or sought out. I was never trained for it, never prepared. I can arrange the fleet, I can I steer a ship with the best of them, I can fight tooth and nail with every fiber of my being for this house and this family. But running it? I doubt myself more than I care to admit. So I wish, when you brought me here, you had told me. Told me you were ill. Told me something, anything. But there was only silence. Perhaps that was your way, you let your children sink or swim, because those would be the strongest memories they would remember. Or maybe you simply had no desire for your children to see you in such a state. You should know that your children would not care, even if you did. Your children will always love you, despite the ass you had a tendency of being.
So, father, I will do what I can, as I have no other alternative in the matter. I will lead Navegant, eventually I will marry once I find a woman that's willing to put with me. But I won't let this house fall to the wayside. You wanted greater things for us, because what father doesn't want to leave the place better than what he had left it. This is not the end of Navegant. Navegant may change, but that may be in part of my thinking and partially by the times and events we currently live in. I know I may never do as good a job as you, or that you might never approve of the decisions that I make, but I can only hope that you'll understand why I did them and for the reasons that I believe were right ones.
And in the end, thank you. For perhaps not being the father I ever wanted, but for being the one that I needed. I am not you, nor am I Valors, and the shoes of both of you seem so much larger today than they were yesterday. All I can hope for is that Mangata accepts you into her embrace and that one day, you'll ask me how I did. I hope I can reply positively.
Until then, I love you, father. I will miss you. More than you will know. And I'm sorry for thinking so ill of you when I did. This family does not need to grow any smaller.
Forever your son,
Turo
You never quite the same after Valors died. It wasn't hard to tell that you had poured everything that you were into him. It wasn't that I felt like you loved Estil, myself, or Regla any less than him, I simply felt that you knew that if Navegant was going to survive, be more than what it already was, you needed a protege. Just as pleased as you were with Valors, I knew that you were proud of me when I became Admiral of the Fleet. It was never a competition, at least, I never felt that way. It was if you had known exactly what would happen when it did. As if you had some kind of foresight the rest of lacked. I don't know whether Mangata had given you a gift, a curse, or it was something you had gained from a lifetime of experience. Experience that I could sorely use right now.
I wish I had known. When I came to Arx, I had simply thought that everything you hadn't done, or didn't wish to do, was done more out of laziness or inactivity. Which jarred me, knowing that was not the man that I knew when you had left Escuma. I could not see you, or perhaps you didn't wish for me to see you as you were. I had hoped, prayed even, that you talk to me at least once when I had arrived. All I received in return was silence. I won't deny that I was angry at you for it, that I believed you had brought me here solely to marry me to some one that would bring a good alliance to Navegant. That I was little more than breeding stock or an item to be paraded about like a prize cow. I was angry at you for that, but maybe, now that you're gone that wasn't the case.
That you had brought me here because you knew the end was coming, that someone had to be here. That with Valors gone, the task fell to me, and you knew it wasn't a task that I had ever wanted or sought out. I was never trained for it, never prepared. I can arrange the fleet, I can I steer a ship with the best of them, I can fight tooth and nail with every fiber of my being for this house and this family. But running it? I doubt myself more than I care to admit. So I wish, when you brought me here, you had told me. Told me you were ill. Told me something, anything. But there was only silence. Perhaps that was your way, you let your children sink or swim, because those would be the strongest memories they would remember. Or maybe you simply had no desire for your children to see you in such a state. You should know that your children would not care, even if you did. Your children will always love you, despite the ass you had a tendency of being.
So, father, I will do what I can, as I have no other alternative in the matter. I will lead Navegant, eventually I will marry once I find a woman that's willing to put with me. But I won't let this house fall to the wayside. You wanted greater things for us, because what father doesn't want to leave the place better than what he had left it. This is not the end of Navegant. Navegant may change, but that may be in part of my thinking and partially by the times and events we currently live in. I know I may never do as good a job as you, or that you might never approve of the decisions that I make, but I can only hope that you'll understand why I did them and for the reasons that I believe were right ones.
And in the end, thank you. For perhaps not being the father I ever wanted, but for being the one that I needed. I am not you, nor am I Valors, and the shoes of both of you seem so much larger today than they were yesterday. All I can hope for is that Mangata accepts you into her embrace and that one day, you'll ask me how I did. I hope I can reply positively.
Until then, I love you, father. I will miss you. More than you will know. And I'm sorry for thinking so ill of you when I did. This family does not need to grow any smaller.
Forever your son,
Turo
Written By Regla
June 20, 2017, 12:52 p.m.(9/8/1006 AR)
I was told to leave it alone, and I will.
Mostly.
But it's not in me to just forget that my brother, my family, my House, was insulted. Let it be known that we are not nothing. We may be a small House, but that does not make us nothing.
Mark my words...you'll see.
Mostly.
But it's not in me to just forget that my brother, my family, my House, was insulted. Let it be known that we are not nothing. We may be a small House, but that does not make us nothing.
Mark my words...you'll see.
Written By Edward
June 20, 2017, 12:42 p.m.(9/8/1006 AR)
Old wounds ache and new wounds reopen. I feel like I am always healing from something.
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