Silent Passing of a Duchess

[Chronics 482]

 

 QUETI TEMPUS ✦ NO TIME TO REST

 

 

ISSUED BY THE

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IT IS WITH HEAVY HEARTS that House d’Arkent must post this missive, but necessary. Our beloved Duchess-Consort and House Matriarch, LAURELIE OF AQUILAE, has gone missing. Her Grace had set out on a pilgrimage some years ago to strengthen her relationship with the Lord, but years after her faithful departure, we have heard no word from her. Given the lack of knowledge of her whereabouts and the time since her last appearance, the House d’Arkent must bring closure not only to ourselves, but also to the Duchess’s maiden House of Vuiller, and presume her to be deceased.

LAURELIE WAS A GOOD WOMAN who was both dutiful to her people and loving to her family and friends. Not only did she serve as Sunholdt’s Duchess for nine years, but she also skillfully served as the former Kingdom of Balian’s court Arch-Magus and head clinician.

WE PRAY FOR THE SOUL of Laurelie, whether it has been returned to GOD’S embrace in the Skies, or is still upon the earth waiting to return to us. May her legacy be cherished by her surviving loved ones.

 

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His Grace, ACHILLIUS ARTEMISIO D’ARKENT, 

Duke of Sunholdt, Count of Salia, Baron of Selm, Lord of El Palau del Sol, Patriarch of House d’Arkent

 

Her Royal Excellency, ESFIR ARTEMISIA  D’ARKENT, 

Emeritus Duchess of Sunholdt, Elder of House d’Arkent, 

Amiratus of Lotharia, Lady Seneschal of the Crown, and High Councilor of Vilahn

 

His Lordship, PETER MARIUS D’ARKENT, 

Heir to the Duchy of Sunholdt
Her Ladyship, BERYL AUGUSTINA D'ARKENT
Lady of the Lake
 

 

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[OOC]
Given that Lucy has been off of LoTC for some time and has been unreachable to us OOCly, we wanted to be able to give her character closure in case she doesn’t come back. However, if she does return we want to give her that in and hope that being missing instead of confirmed deceased will allow her that <3

 

We also want to thank Lucy for all the work into d’Arkent, Vuiller, and Balian. It did not go unnoticed and she was a joy to have in our community

Shoutout to @Cheese for helping with the post!

 

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Johanna Vuiller quietly reads over the missive and ponders the last time she had even saw her sister... was it during the war? Was it really that long ago? She folded the missive away to later show her family members, then quietly sat on the balcony looking over the sea.

[Cheese 8899]

That night, Esfir lit a candle in her room for the late Duchess-- her own daughter-in-law and successor. So many had passed in recent times, and the Emeritus felt a deep ache in her heart for the children she had lost. With a deep inhale, and a following exhale that steeled her, Esfir stepped out of her room. There was much to be done to keep her family together, especially for her grandchildren who had just lost their own mother.

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Estevot sighed wheezily from his bed. He would be joining her and so many others that he used to know soon.