Brynieve,
I am sorry that i have not written you sooner. I have been wanting to so much, though keep finding myself distracted. Your home is beautiful. I saw a zebra the other day and I couldn’t help but think of you and chuckle. Your nephews are absolutely adorable. It is a shame the girls are back home else they could have played. But I did not wish to risk them on the trip.
Your brother is a very intriguing person. I don’t mean this in any sort of ill way, I hope you know, but he is the least Farin Farin I’ve met since I met you. He is very bookish like you. Though we’ve had some good discussions on engineering. It has been an education and I think i can use some of the ideas when I talk with the Vandagan masons who will be working on the fortifications on the border. He is a good man. We ended up sparring. I told him that he was doing well, that it would be fun to see you two paired off. He looked like he had swallowed something Vavardi and just got told what it was when I said that. But then he seemed happy that you were sparring with me regularly.
I am pleased to hear about the resolution tot he case of Lord Saloman de Noguerra. This is a large weight off of my shoulders and this should help make our dealings here easier to handle. And that is heartening news, to know that things seem to be going well between the Reeves and the Order. I was growing concerned by the divide.
Your sister in law is also an interesting woman. She… strongly thinks that you should get married, it would seem. She is quite the match maker. If she weren’t living out here, I would almost say that she and the Grand Magnate and Ariel should all get together and start matchmaking across the countryside. Though it would hardly be practical. Though there was one match brought up that was thought provoking. Amaryllis is going to need a husband and a Farin husband would do a lot to help secure the support of the Farin. Perhaps we should discuss something related to that younger nephew of yours, down the line.
The heat here is quite something, I had almost forgotten being back up north. But yes, I did use to experience this in my armor so it hasn’t been all that bad, comparatively. Thankfully the other day Cellan and I found an Oasis while out on a ride. It was a welcome relief from the heat and a nice place to relax for a time.
It’s been an interesting trip. At times I’ve even managed to forget about what happened before I left. Yet others it comes crashing back in. I miss her Brynieve. Everything else that has happened… whatever else. I do miss her. Cellan has been a huge help for me. I’ve grown a lot closer to her over the course of this trip. She has been such a big help to me, I don’t even know how to thank her for everything she has done.
How have you been back there in the city? Is everything going okay? Are you finally able to take a bit of a break now that the case is done with?
Tomas
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Ariel,
I have tried to ease off on the drinking. For her sake, for my sake and so that I don’t offend the Farin people while we are here. It’s proven difficult, but it is growing easier to deal with as time goes on. I am growing used to it. I don’t think I would be able to handle this, easing off the alcohol without Cellan’s help here. She and I are closer than we’ve ever been before. perhaps it is our mutual loss that is helping us find common ground, I don’t know.
For my mother, I have sent word to her and am inviting her to Lithmore as you suggested. I don’t know if she will find a new husband or anything of that sort, but I think that even if it is for a short trip, it will do her good as you suggested. I will have to find suitable living arrangements for her while she is up there. She may arrive ahead of me. So if you see the most Lithmorran woman you have ever met, who can’t be Cellan because she’s older, that’s likely my mother and she is there to see the girls.
Speaking of the girls, Brynieve’s brother… or more accurately her sister-in-law has been broaching the subjects of betrothals and the like. Mainly she is trying to find Brynieve someone, but the subject of Amaryllis and her younger nephew has been brought up. It isn’t such a bad idea. They are two years apart and Amaryllis is the Baroness of a Farin duchy. Having a Farin husband will help her gain the confidence of the Fariners she is to take care of. It will also be good for a family that is supportive of Lithmore. What do you think of the idea?
I am sorry to hear about the frustrations with the city. I don’t know how you are dealing with it. Frankly Gerolf has been moodier than a woman having her courses at times. He’s gone back and forth between wanting to retire because nobody likes him to acting an arrogant jackass. That’s why i couldn’t keep in my temper at the meeting to discuss the betrothals. For a group that is supposed to pretend they don’t have genitalia, there is an awful large amount of dick measuring coming from the Order of late and it’s getting tiresome.
As for the Royal Historian… that sounds like a good idea. Lets give Micolas a try as it. We need someone and that’ll be a good start. Maybe we can get him sorted with Brynieve’s copy of the last one so he has a broad idea of how we want things to happen?
We will be back soon, Ariel, I promise you that. We’ll do something when I get back. Maybe have a spar or what not?
Tomas