Written By Niklas
Sept. 19, 2018, 10:26 a.m.(8/18/1009 AR)
I collect nothing but compliments and, unsurprisingly, my collection is nearly complete!
Written By Niklas
Sept. 18, 2018, 10:46 a.m.(8/16/1009 AR)
It's nice to be useful. I spent most of the struggle against the Gyre sitting around and hoping Wash, Ian, Aethan, Porter and even Vanora were surviving, along with countless others.
Now I'm ... well, far from the front lines, but directly aiding in efforts. It feels better than sitting around. Hopefully no one eats me.
Also, I'm directly helping my taking a pie to the face.
Sure, I could have painted something, but no, Luca said 'Niklas, I want to throw a pie at you, so you are signing up to get pies thrown at you for money'.
Great. Glad to help?
Now I'm ... well, far from the front lines, but directly aiding in efforts. It feels better than sitting around. Hopefully no one eats me.
Also, I'm directly helping my taking a pie to the face.
Sure, I could have painted something, but no, Luca said 'Niklas, I want to throw a pie at you, so you are signing up to get pies thrown at you for money'.
Great. Glad to help?
Written By Niklas
Sept. 13, 2018, 3:40 p.m.(8/4/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Sina
I'm afraid this was my error. He wasn't a scholar after all. He just looked very smart and I was understandably confused. Perhaps scholars should start wearing nice hats so this sort of thing doesn't occur. Obviously the moment I realized he was asleep I should have known he wasn't truly a scholar, but I was only halfway through my story about the time that Renatta dared me to jump down the stairs of Stormwatch Tower while wearing a rubicund chestplate and wanted to finish it. She had bet that I would die and I bet that I wouldn't. I won! Though I did break my collarbone, my arm and three ribs. Still, I got her dessert for a whole month, so things evened out.
Once again, I do apologize for suggesting a scholar would ever fall asleep on the job. The scholars I have known have all been stand-up individuals who take their jobs very seriously.
Once again, I do apologize for suggesting a scholar would ever fall asleep on the job. The scholars I have known have all been stand-up individuals who take their jobs very seriously.
Written By Niklas
Sept. 13, 2018, 10:43 a.m.(8/3/1009 AR)
I recited a very long entry about my siblings to a scholar, only to find out that he nodded off pretty quickly and lost my entire entry.
It was very frustrating and I'm honestly a little angry about it.
It's so annoying when scholars lose your entire entry.
And you ask the scholar to go back and you hope that maybe the entry is there on his scroll? But when he looks, no, the entry is gone.
So instead here is a list of my siblings, ranked from my favorite to my loved but due to history have a complicated relationship with.
Renatta/Elara (tied, two of the three people closest to me I have ever known, both departed, each taking a piece of me with them)
Constantine (I will always be his wingman, but any ladies need to know that he is a VERY GOOD BOY and they need to treat him RIGHT and not be careless if they PLUCK HIS FLOWER. Haha. Humiliating my little brother is my life.)
Cecilia (Used to be a social butterfly. Has spent so much time in Stormward she's probably more of a social gargoyle at this point. Had very large ears growing up.)
Ford (We were practically strangers most of our life. I respect him for much of what he has done, revile him for some. I will always defend him if someone decides to take me to task for his deeds, but I will also always be on hand to make fun of him when he needs it.)
Fizzlewyck, the Troll (Fizzlewyck was a troll my parents adopted who ate babies and only knew how to say blasphemies and ALSO had bad personal hygiene)
Octavia (Just another mother. And I didn't like my mother.)
It was very frustrating and I'm honestly a little angry about it.
It's so annoying when scholars lose your entire entry.
And you ask the scholar to go back and you hope that maybe the entry is there on his scroll? But when he looks, no, the entry is gone.
So instead here is a list of my siblings, ranked from my favorite to my loved but due to history have a complicated relationship with.
Renatta/Elara (tied, two of the three people closest to me I have ever known, both departed, each taking a piece of me with them)
Constantine (I will always be his wingman, but any ladies need to know that he is a VERY GOOD BOY and they need to treat him RIGHT and not be careless if they PLUCK HIS FLOWER. Haha. Humiliating my little brother is my life.)
Cecilia (Used to be a social butterfly. Has spent so much time in Stormward she's probably more of a social gargoyle at this point. Had very large ears growing up.)
Ford (We were practically strangers most of our life. I respect him for much of what he has done, revile him for some. I will always defend him if someone decides to take me to task for his deeds, but I will also always be on hand to make fun of him when he needs it.)
Fizzlewyck, the Troll (Fizzlewyck was a troll my parents adopted who ate babies and only knew how to say blasphemies and ALSO had bad personal hygiene)
Octavia (Just another mother. And I didn't like my mother.)
Written By Niklas
Sept. 12, 2018, 9:20 a.m.(8/1/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Wash
Wait, Wash was in town?!
Written By Niklas
Sept. 11, 2018, 4:03 p.m.(7/28/1009 AR)
My thoughts on heroes aside, I'll always enjoy visiting the Hall of Heroes and seeing that the Isles host a hero who is notable for killing Northerners, the North hosts a hero who is notable for killing Oathlanders, the Oathlands host a hero who is famous for killing Lycenes and the Lyceum... well, mostly hosts heroes who are famous for killing other Lycenes.
Written By Niklas
Sept. 11, 2018, 1:19 p.m.(7/28/1009 AR)
GMGGO is almost here and I've already given away almost all of my gifts!
I have three more things to have made, and then I'm done.
I am not good at patience.
I have three more things to have made, and then I'm done.
I am not good at patience.
Written By Niklas
Sept. 8, 2018, 2:49 p.m.(7/22/1009 AR)
There's lots of something happening today, isn't there?
Written By Niklas
Sept. 6, 2018, 1:28 p.m.(7/18/1009 AR)
Gave out my first four gifts.
It's early, but I can't wait. I hate waiting. Waiting has always been my worst skill.
Fortunately, I'm much better at gift giving.
It's early, but I can't wait. I hate waiting. Waiting has always been my worst skill.
Fortunately, I'm much better at gift giving.
Written By Niklas
Sept. 6, 2018, 11:56 a.m.(7/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Sabella
Never have I loved you so as I do this moment.
I am so very proud.
I am so very proud.
Written By Niklas
Sept. 5, 2018, 9:09 a.m.(7/15/1009 AR)
Surely by now everyone has heard of my heroic deeds in the market yesterday, so there's really no need to recount them here.
Except to note that they were truly heroic and I was QUITE dashing.
Except to note that they were truly heroic and I was QUITE dashing.
Written By Niklas
Aug. 31, 2018, 9:26 a.m.(7/1/1009 AR)
Grayson Mandated Gift Giving Occasion again?
Well, family, I get the message. No hats this year.
Well, family, I get the message. No hats this year.
Written By Niklas
Aug. 28, 2018, 9:32 a.m.(6/23/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aureth
If only everyone were so willing to admit when something they said that was shitty was shitty.
I will join the Legate on taking this pledge. If I ever say something that is taken poorly and try to play it off as if I was making a joke, do feel free to hit me. In the stomach, though, not the face. I have sensitive bones.
I will join the Legate on taking this pledge. If I ever say something that is taken poorly and try to play it off as if I was making a joke, do feel free to hit me. In the stomach, though, not the face. I have sensitive bones.
Written By Niklas
Aug. 24, 2018, 8:52 a.m.(6/14/1009 AR)
This morning, as with every morning, Isabelle brought in the morning report of the overnight happenings of the four hundred (or so) most interesting people in the city. This morning, however, the folder was far thicker than usual. I asked her if anyone had mentioned me, she said no, so I had her toss them in the fire.
I'm feeling very accomplished!
I'm feeling very accomplished!
Written By Niklas
Aug. 17, 2018, 11:37 a.m.(6/1/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Oswyn
To my good friend who is leaving the city for a time, please stay safe.
My last friend who chose to leave the city for a time did not come back.
My last friend who chose to leave the city for a time did not come back.
Written By Niklas
Aug. 13, 2018, 8:52 a.m.(5/21/1009 AR)
Sometimes your scars are the record of the mistakes others have made for which you paid.
Even if they're minor, even if they're almost invisible, those are the scars that you never forget.
Especially if the person whose mistake causes you pain never acknowledges it.
Even if they're minor, even if they're almost invisible, those are the scars that you never forget.
Especially if the person whose mistake causes you pain never acknowledges it.
Written By Niklas
Aug. 12, 2018, 11:58 a.m.(5/19/1009 AR)
So. The 'her' in my previous post did refer to my wife, not Mistress Josephine. Oops. I was clearly daydreaming a bit too much about my throne at the Gala to pay attention to my pronoun use.
That said, Mistress Josephine WILL be my go to to buy Sabella a tiara.
In other news, the Salon event last night was great. I mean, my question was pretty easy, but watching Lady Kenna, an iron guardsman, and my sister, the chief magistrate, argue in favor of stealing to feed a starving child while some Lord I've never met argued against was a lot of fun. The argument grew so impassioned Octavia ended up pulling rank and demanding he leave. As he was a Redreef this actually worked for once and he stepped away, though from what I saw he and Lady Kenna kept shouting at each other to the door.
So I guess keep an eye out for the courtship notice.
That said, Mistress Josephine WILL be my go to to buy Sabella a tiara.
In other news, the Salon event last night was great. I mean, my question was pretty easy, but watching Lady Kenna, an iron guardsman, and my sister, the chief magistrate, argue in favor of stealing to feed a starving child while some Lord I've never met argued against was a lot of fun. The argument grew so impassioned Octavia ended up pulling rank and demanding he leave. As he was a Redreef this actually worked for once and he stepped away, though from what I saw he and Lady Kenna kept shouting at each other to the door.
So I guess keep an eye out for the courtship notice.
Written By Niklas
Aug. 12, 2018, 12:42 a.m.(5/18/1009 AR)
Leapt on Mistress Josephine this morning and got myself my legendary medallion for singing a song about Pena. Not sure it was my best work, but she seemed to like it!
Now to place an order for a tiara for her post-partum present.
Now to place an order for a tiara for her post-partum present.
Written By Niklas
Aug. 10, 2018, 9:42 a.m.(5/15/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Edain
We didn't have many peacocks in Stormward, but a rarely told story about my father, the late Marquis Denholm Kennex, has him going out to shoo some geese from his back patio when he was a boy. He had been eating breakfast and when he dropped his bread he was then swarmed by the geese who buffeted him with their wings, knocking him over, then tore at his skin with their serrated beaks. To his dying day he bore goose scars on his legs and arms.
As children Renny and I would beg him to tell that story because it was so funny.
He never laughed, though. Just got this look in his eyes.
Never saw a goose he didn't go out of his way to kill.
As children Renny and I would beg him to tell that story because it was so funny.
He never laughed, though. Just got this look in his eyes.
Never saw a goose he didn't go out of his way to kill.
Written By Niklas
Aug. 10, 2018, 7:58 a.m.(5/15/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Turo
I have said this before.
Have an assistant who brings you the journals of the 400 or so most interesting people in the city.
It doesn't take up more than fifteen to twenty minutes of my time every day, really. And if I check on their updates once every couple of hours I barely even notice the time spent.
Have an assistant who brings you the journals of the 400 or so most interesting people in the city.
It doesn't take up more than fifteen to twenty minutes of my time every day, really. And if I check on their updates once every couple of hours I barely even notice the time spent.
Please note that the scholars may take some time preparing your journal for others to read.