BOLSTERING OF THE BEARS

[Cheese 8899]

 

Issued by the

DUCHY OF VALWYCK

On the 12th day of HOREN’S CALLING of 2068 A.H.

 

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TO THE PEOPLE OF THE MOUNTAINS AND THE LAKES,

 

The Duchy of Valwyck brings joyous news: the Younger Lord Duncan and Lady Constantina have welcomed more children into the growing family of Baruch. Two boys, the elder of golden hair and the younger of auburn, grace the bustling halls of the Castle Barden. The first has been given the name HENRY JOHN BARUCH, and his younger brother DUNCAN WILLIAM BARUCH.

 

However, with great happiness, there also come times of great sadness. In the later hours of the evening, a baby girl was delivered, frailer than her brothers, and was returned to the Skies within days of her birth. In memoriam, she is dubbed MARGRAIT HELAINE BARUCH, and it is made known now that the short light and love she brought into the world will not be forgotten so easily. Due to the strenuous labor, the Lady Constantina remains in ill health. Prayers for her and the babes are welcomed.

 

A depiction of Duncan the Younger with 

Henry ( @Lalosia ) and Duncan the Youngest ( @garentoft )

 

In these times of war and grief, the baptism of Henry and Duncan will be held privately, as well as a funeral for the late Lady Margrait. May GOD bless the lives of the two Lords Baruch, and keep close His departed daughter.

 

 

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ENDURE AND PREVAIL,

 

HIS LORDSHIP, Duncan Garen Baruch

 

HER LADYSHIP, Constantina Regina Baruch

 

[iSmooch 145]

Somewhere in a dark room throughout the Barden keep, a small baby Garen cries, wondering where his parents have gone.

[Lalosia 1001]

 

 

Henry John thrashed about in his tartan swaddle...

 

 

[garentoft 9265]

Duncan William wept, and cried, and screamed throughout the days and the nights. Some say he mourned the loss of his sister, and others spoke of an old legend among the Ayrikiv. Whatever it were, time would tell.