On Venison Stew and Kindness

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[!] A public letter is published by way of the Augustine Palace within Providence, delivered primarily to the Nikirala Palace in Karosgrad by a squire bedecked in imperial livery. It bore the wax-seal of the House of Novellen.

@Xarkly @livrose

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To King Sigismund & Queen Emma,

 

I sit here within my apartments, thinking upon the pleasant evening my daughters and I shared with you a few saint's days previous. It is very rare that I am allowed the opportunity to be hosted within a foreign court, much less for a private dinner. Such an impression was made, I am already pondering how I might return the favor and host either of you, along with your family, at our own palatial residence before the conclusion of this saint's year. However, I shall save you the tiresome task of reading of all the various ideas that seem to busy themselves within my mind.

 

As always, your cuisine was something I can say I am only able to enjoy within your own city walls. My first visit, shortly after my remarriage to the Duke of Adria, was met with both my first glass of Carrion Black and the most interesting stuffed spline I had ever consumed. Though our recent dinner could not top that first meal, I particularly found your Venison Stew quite enticing. I hope in time I might send my secretary along to gather up a recipe from you, so that I might share it with my husband and grandchildren as well.

 

Your warm relationship with my daughter, the Baroness Woldzmir, can do nothing but fill a mother's heart with pride. Though she was raised away from her true family for half of her life, I have always seen a nobility within her that I fear others often grow quite jealous of. Despite the twists and turns life has provided her, she has garnered the friendship of a King, and by extension, his family. For your kindness towards her, I will be forever grateful to you. I would also acknowledge the forthcoming interest you had in the projects of my younger daughter, Lady Josephine. As it is her intention to delve into the exploration of our continent, I pray in future you might indulge her interests, especially knowing the accumulated knowledge you hold within your revered NGS Museum that she speaks so fondly of.

 

And to speak upon kindness, I will save this part of my letter for the Queen herself, whom I spoke with privately after our dinner concluded. Queen Emma, in you I found such a want for change within the world, it reminded me much of myself when I was your age. Your youth inspires me to once again don those whims and ambitions I had as a young woman, so that I might ascend to my future role with the goal of bettering my people. It was your particular intention on promoting kindness which struck me the most, because it is a trait across humanity that I feel has been lost to things like greed and jealousy and violence. I hope this mutual understanding we found together will perhaps aid in that spreading of gentility and chivalry, to the benefit of our two countries, and the greater Almaris.

 

P.S. I believe my granddaughter, Julia, would be keen to meet your daughter, Princess Klara. Perhaps we can arrange, as they call it, a playdate?

 

Most Sincerely,
Her Imperial Highness, the Duchess of Adria and Countess of Renzfeld, Charlotte Augusta

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Just a flavor letter to note a nice evening of roleplay I enjoyed the other night! Hope we can do it again soon!