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    June 2, 2012 /  Logs

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  • Introducing … Lien le Storm

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    May 31, 2012 /  Background

    Finally got the completed commission for Lien, done by the very talented artist on DA: http://zippora.deviantart.com/

    Really reasonable rates, from $13 for a sketch and $46 for a full colour portrait.

  • A Tubori Wedding

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    May 28, 2012 /  DearDiary

    I rode in at a gallop, bare back and with fingers clinging in a vice-like grip to the bridle of this mare that really wasn’t so docile after all. I truly do not know how I survived that trip without breaking my neck.

    I was in time, just.

    A crown of jasmine was tossed my way and I plucked it from the air as I dismounted, bare feet landing on sand still warm from the Tubori sun. I never have been once to do things by halves and my entrance to the wedding was spectacular to say the least. The clapping and cheering at my arrival did my ego good. Here at least I was wanted. Celebrated even. I was a Storm. And there, at the end of the sandy aisle was my weapons trainer and longest and dearest friend.

    I took my place at his side and there was a long look between us. You know the sort, the type where words really have no place. I smiled, letting him know I understood.

    The night was a celebratory blur, somewhere between the food, the fine wine and the cubies and the dancing… Dav, the dancing, Real dancing, I managed to catch up with old friends and Jemi. So grown up now. So big. He was safe, and that was good to see with my own eyes.

  • Letters to/from Ari (In Tubor)

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    May 28, 2012 /  Letters

    Date: Lunisda, June 1 354

    Lien,

    I don’t know. I just don’t know.

    I can’t be your guardian and just… Ignore the things that’ll get you
    into trouble. As it is I’ve ignored more and more of them lately just
    because I don’t have the strength to fight over them again, but if anything
    you’ve chafed more at my comments, seemed to feel I’ve been harsher and
    harsher.

    I’m not trying to punish you for that letter, but I can’t unread it. -Can-
    anything fix this? If I can’t just let go of the desire to see you acting
    as befits your station, are you able to fix the behaviors that bother me?
    I mean, are you at all willing (in public) to wear long skirts and to watch
    your words a little more closely?

    And don’t think I’m not aware how much shorter that list has gotten than it
    might have been a few months ago – I am, and I’m proud of you for it, I
    truly am. But that’s the hell of these things, it’s a baseline that’s
    expected, and failure to meet it can do all sorts of quiet damages to your
    life and happiness… And to your lands.

    It’s not as if you’re the only one who’d have to change. I’m willing to
    negotiate. I hate being the bad guy who lectures at you all the time,
    anyway. I’m sure there are some ways in which I could be looser without
    actually compromising the basic idea of keeping you safe.

    But we have to know if we can do this or not.

    -Ari

    This note is much more hastily written, the scrawl barely legible in
    some places.)

    Ari-

    The Tubori sun. How can you not miss it? Are not the seas bluer? The
    wines sweeter? The salt breeze more enticing? Do you not miss the
    dancing, the freedom, the calmness, the siestas, the feasts and the
    festivals. How can you stand Lithmore after this?

    Lieny

    Date: Lunisda, June 1 354

    Lien,

    Paradise is hell if you’re poor, and hell paradise if you’re rich.

    -Ari

    Ari-

    Help. Sien is back. Warn Jei.

    Lieny

    (The writing has been hastily scratched on the parchment, which is torn and
    stained with sea water)

    Date: Solisda, June 2 354

    Lien,

    What do you mean, ‘Sien is back’? Do you mean in Tubor or in Lithmore? If
    the latter, how do you know? Could you please give me a little more
    information? And why was your letter so short?

    -Ari

    Ari,

    She is in Lithmore. She wrote to me to tell me so. Pretending to be me
    again. She urges me to give up and stop being Lien. Sorry letter was
    short. Wanted to send off word quickly and I was a little.. Hungover.
    Wild night. Wedding. Not thinking clearly. Still not yet. As soon as I
    am able to, I will ride to Ducal Seat and book passage on the next ship
    home.

    Love
    Lieny

    Dear Ari,

    I’m seabound for Sartez now, and have been for a couple of days. I feel
    like I’ve been travelling for months, when in truth it has just been a few
    weeks. I pray to the Lord of Springs that the winds favour us and we
    return swiftly. And after that, if I can find one to rent, I might risk
    travel on horseback if it will see me back faster.

    Know, no matter how much I argue, no matter how much we disagree, or fight,
    no matter how much we butt heads over the most innane things, I still love
    you.

    We will sort this out.

    Love
    Lieny

    Dear Ari,

    I’ve not heard from you in a few days. I do not know what that means,
    if you are unhappy that I am returning? Do you not wish to be family
    anymore? Do I have a home to come home to at this point? Should I of
    stayed in Tubor?

    I’m on the road now, bound for Lithmore. I wasn’t able to get a horse,
    but was able to, for a hefty sum, pay for a carriage taking a direct
    route without pause. It should not be long now. A couple of days at
    most.

    I love you.
    Lieny

  • Protected: Letters to/from Sien (in Tubor)

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    May 28, 2012 /  Letters

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