Written By Killian
Feb. 22, 2017, 11:37 p.m.(12/21/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Reese
When I first returned to Arx, Princess Reese and I sparred at the training center, as much to help me settle after the journey as any real training. I bested her easily, and at the time I thought she perhaps not seriously devoted to the study of the sword.. To see the progress that she has made, from then until tonight when she drew first blood with a worthy blow against the Sword of Velenosa. It is astounding to behold the improvement that her dedication and efforts have produced, especially in such short time. Her skill is not merely formidable, it is awe inspiring, and I fear that now I would barely provide a workout for her should we spar once again.
Written By Killian
Feb. 19, 2017, 5:51 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
So many losses, but none as profoundly hurtful to those i care about as the loss of the Igniseri twins. Pietro and Vincere were good men, good allies, and most of all beloved by those who knew them. My heart breaks every time I behold Cara and Ainsley, to see how they suffer for their loneliness and the pain of being torn away from the one that they loved. I pray the gods will grant them comfort from their pain, and justice against the ones who harmed them.
Written By Killian
Feb. 5, 2017, 8:48 p.m.(11/10/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
So Ainsley happened upon a couple of little foxes in the woods on a patrol, the best he could guess was that their mother must have died to the Bringers or some other something..but they were alone and starving. He brought them to me and we've nursed them back to health, so one of them is Aislin's birthday present. I hope she likes it.
Written By Killian
Feb. 5, 2017, 8:36 p.m.(11/10/1005 AR)
This matter with the Dominus has gone on too long, the church needs to settle the topic. Remove the Dominus, overturn the excommunication, and set a reasonable penance in tithe or tribute or otherwise upon the high lords and voices if they feel that something is necessary to keep from looking weak for backing down on the matter.
Written By Killian
Jan. 29, 2017, 11:25 p.m.(10/18/1005 AR)
It's odd..I never knew I had a sister until recently. Then once i found out, I was desperate to meet her..to learn about her. I had no idea that I was already seeking her on another matter, in her official capacity..and then I actually do meet her, and it is nothing like unto what I expected it to be. Aislin warned me that she had turned her back on the family, but it's more than that, it's as though she has become a mobile statue..devoid of emotion or care. Whatever the case, it is clear that she has no desire for reunion, though I can hardly see why she would hold a boy who wasn't even ten when she left to blame for whatever happened. Either way, it is clear that my sister Avary is as lost to me as when I did not know she existed.
And yet it has caused me to think and consider, and realize that while I have neither brothers nor sisters of my blood..I have gained a sister whom I cherish and would do anything for, and who I know cares as deeply for me as if I were truly her younger brother. Aislin is the only of my family I had any real contact with during my travels, since she was so often outside the city..but beyond that, since my return she has made me welcome. She has guided me and cared for me, comforted me and defended me. She is all at once all of the things that neither Addison nor Avary ever were, and I treasure her for that. I am uncertain of many things in these dark times, but I know at least that I have a place where I belong and am loved, with her.
And yet it has caused me to think and consider, and realize that while I have neither brothers nor sisters of my blood..I have gained a sister whom I cherish and would do anything for, and who I know cares as deeply for me as if I were truly her younger brother. Aislin is the only of my family I had any real contact with during my travels, since she was so often outside the city..but beyond that, since my return she has made me welcome. She has guided me and cared for me, comforted me and defended me. She is all at once all of the things that neither Addison nor Avary ever were, and I treasure her for that. I am uncertain of many things in these dark times, but I know at least that I have a place where I belong and am loved, with her.
Written By Killian
Jan. 22, 2017, 10:12 p.m.(9/25/1005 AR)
So. Ainsley and Pietro. That took me by surprise..to say the least. I mean..one minute I'm knocking Ainsley around the training field because he's acting all upset about something, and the next Pietro is planting a sloppy kiss on him and they're laughing and clingy.
That's going to take some getting used to.
Still, lease they care about each other, an everyone needs someone in these dark days.
That's going to take some getting used to.
Still, lease they care about each other, an everyone needs someone in these dark days.
Written By Killian
Jan. 15, 2017, 10:53 p.m.(9/4/1005 AR)
What a few weeks it's been..seriously, I can't even figure out where to start with all of this. Dawn's alive. That much at least is great, and as I write this there is news that the armies have overrun the Iron Guard traitors and ground them up for dogmeat. But at the same time, mysterious deaths in the city, and so little organization is happening. I'm due to set out on tour of Ashford, collecting the troops and getting them organized, establishing a command structure. I don't want to strip away the forests protection though..I'll have to consider how to go about this.
The city is awash in information, but everyone hoards and collects it, when we must begin to share it and put the pieces together soon or we will all be lost to the darkness. I cannot even think of how to best express this, how to try and bring it about. All I know for certain is that if we do not come together more effectively, then we are certainly doomed.
The city is awash in information, but everyone hoards and collects it, when we must begin to share it and put the pieces together soon or we will all be lost to the darkness. I cannot even think of how to best express this, how to try and bring it about. All I know for certain is that if we do not come together more effectively, then we are certainly doomed.
Written By Killian
Jan. 8, 2017, 4:50 a.m.(8/9/1005 AR)
The events of the past week or two have seemed to move so quickly, and yet at the same time they move so slowly in other ways. I find that it is difficult for me to reconcile all of what has transpired in my mind. The Assembly of Peers..the chaos that it has created. Worrying about Dawn. About the city. Cara and Aislin are in pain and I can see it, so very clearly, in all the things that they do. Of a certainty it was easier before I had others I had to worry so deeply about, had to care so much for. Now though, I find my life entangled with others. Family..some few friends who I have come to trust. It is strange to see how much has changed in so little an amount of time.
Written By Killian
Jan. 4, 2017, 10:01 a.m.(7/25/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Gabriel
My teacher and mentor in a difficult time of my life.
Written By Killian
Jan. 1, 2017, 10:14 p.m.(7/18/1005 AR)
It's..unusual to say the least. The world has turned entirely upside down in so short a time, and now I find myself back in Arx. Moreover I am once more amongst family, and for the first in a long time I feel a meaning in that word. Harlan and Aislin, Olivia..most especially Cara. They are all so warm, so inclusive..well, okay, Harlan might not always be, but he bears a heavy burden. They all do for that matter, Aislin with the society, Cara as voice, Harlan in maintaining the Ashfords. I wonder how I can be of help, how I can serve and be a support rather than another burden unto them. I worry that years without one has left me unable to be part of a family. Lady Dawn asked how I was doing, and I had to confess my fear, that I worry constantly that I shall bring shame and embarrassment to these who have been so kind to me.
Written By Killian
Dec. 30, 2016, 1:55 a.m.(7/9/1005 AR)
Admittedly, I was skeptical when Prince Tristram first spoke of the need to practice and train in small and mixed unit tactics, but I have to say that after attending the Princes event it was most enlightening. The Prince and Sir Lyonesse squared off against Lord Pietro and myself..and Pietro's faithful hound, which thankfully seems to have suffered no long lasting damages.. With Lord Pietro focused upon attack, and my focus entirely upon defending the two of us, it was quite the successful strategy. Admittedly, Prince Tristram's arrows were most deadly indeed, and I was thankful for the blunted tips..but the fight was going wholly in our direction for most of the matching. I fear I nearly cost us, and indeed would have been most sorrowful of the actions if I had taken them in the field rather than training, when I used my shield as a weapon against Sir Rymarr attempting to knock him off balance.
The gambit paid off, this time, in that it opened a weakness for Lord Pietro to devastatingly exploid, but I fear that my defense of my ally crumbled in that moment as I was overwhelmed in my recklessness. Thankfully, it was enough to knock Sir Rymarr to his knees even as Prince Tristram's arrow finished my ability to continue..and nearly knocked me senseless. Lord Pietro was able however to press the attack against the now defenderless archer and finish the bout victorious.
I do take some small pride in that Lord Pietro was practically untouched, and entirely untouched before I fell..but I shall not so recklessly risk myself and thus my ally again. A lesson learned indeed, and one I must be thankful to Prince Tristram for the opportunity to gain in training rather than when lives were at stake.
The gambit paid off, this time, in that it opened a weakness for Lord Pietro to devastatingly exploid, but I fear that my defense of my ally crumbled in that moment as I was overwhelmed in my recklessness. Thankfully, it was enough to knock Sir Rymarr to his knees even as Prince Tristram's arrow finished my ability to continue..and nearly knocked me senseless. Lord Pietro was able however to press the attack against the now defenderless archer and finish the bout victorious.
I do take some small pride in that Lord Pietro was practically untouched, and entirely untouched before I fell..but I shall not so recklessly risk myself and thus my ally again. A lesson learned indeed, and one I must be thankful to Prince Tristram for the opportunity to gain in training rather than when lives were at stake.
Written By Killian
Dec. 29, 2016, 1:37 p.m.(7/8/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Ainsley
Gabriel's Nephew, was in training with Killian as Squires.
Written By Killian
Dec. 18, 2016, 8:46 p.m.(6/4/1005 AR)
Well..that was certainly interesting. Aislin drug me to the bonfire and hunt, and for reasons I will never understand I joined in on the hunt. I think I may have offended her cousin, whom I assured I would most likely come in last place when instead I drug back a ridiculously large buck. I tried to explain it was entirely a matter of pure blind luck, the woman who took down the two does spooked the buck, and it charged me...when I dove out of the way, it hit the tree and snapped its neck. I drug it back, but it's a matter of pure luck and nothing more. Still, all in all the event was certainly fun. To say that Whisper was a hit would be an understatement, she didn't seem to mind being the center of some attention.
Written By Killian
Dec. 18, 2016, 8:25 p.m.(6/4/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Joscelin
She's a rather skilled huntress, by all appearances. Of course, by appearances, so am I..so that remains to be seen if it's true. It was so very gracious of her to insist I keep the prize of the buck, despite clearly having only scored it by accident.
Written By Killian
Dec. 15, 2016, 1:02 a.m.(5/20/1005 AR)
Home..it is a strange sort of concept I suppose. Though to call Arx home is I suppose an oversimplification..either way, it is unusual to be back. The city looks different somehow. I know the truth of the change...Addison is dead. I feel like I should feel something. Sorrow for the death of my brother. Relief he is gone. Hope. Worry. Who knows... Every time I have returned in the past years, I have been immediately sent upon another task. Another expedition. Another journey..ever farther away. More dangerous.
Not that it wasn't amazing..to have seen over the next hill. To have climbed to the top of mountains and seen the world laid out below. But ever knowing that I was not free to return and dwell if I desired.
I think I'll do that. Stay a while. There are so many places here in the city I have yet to explore, it's rather strange to think that my usual is the wilderness frontiers, and my new frontier the city itself.
Not that it wasn't amazing..to have seen over the next hill. To have climbed to the top of mountains and seen the world laid out below. But ever knowing that I was not free to return and dwell if I desired.
I think I'll do that. Stay a while. There are so many places here in the city I have yet to explore, it's rather strange to think that my usual is the wilderness frontiers, and my new frontier the city itself.
Written By Killian
Dec. 15, 2016, 12:44 a.m.(5/20/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Pharamond
Uncle
Written By Killian
Dec. 15, 2016, 12:44 a.m.(5/20/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Harlan
Cousin
Written By Killian
Dec. 15, 2016, 12:44 a.m.(5/20/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Aislin
Cousin
Written By Killian
Dec. 15, 2016, 12:39 a.m.(5/20/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Cara
Brother's Widow
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