The peace that formerly reigned in Terra Nova has eroded, now little more than a memory. War ravages the continent. Disputes divide kingdoms; ideals divide families. The quest for power consumes absolutely and indiscriminately. None are immune to its allure.
Who will rise and who will fall? Only time—and ambition—will tell.
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05.26.2023
2 month character creation hold for all existing members begins 6/5/2023. Ended 8/5/2023.
10.29.2023
Change in how times flows. Was 4 IC seasons, now only 2 IC seasons per 1 OOC year.
5 whole years of Heir Apparent goodness! When I started the site, I knew I was hunkering down for the long haul, but I never could have predicted the numerous twists and turns this roleplay site has seen. Hundreds of plots, characters, and members have come and gone, all leaving marks on the site. I am so very thankful for those who have invested. Because you keep coming back, keep getting on, and keep writing, Heir Apparent has the legacy it does today. Three cheers to us!
I still think of you often. Letting go of ones first love is harder than I could have imagined because that it what you were to me, Milly. You are, and will always be, the first woman I every truly loved. You showed me that it was something I was even capable of. I have made many mistakes since then. Many. But loving you was not one of them and my biggest regret was not finding a way to make us work.
But if I had then you wouldn't have found Simon, and I can see how happy the two of you are together, in spite of the nature of arrangement in the beginning. I couldn't be happier for you that you found a man so worthy of you. It makes it easier to let go.
Please know that it was never my intention to hurt you or to make you feel like I took advantage of you. Every word I spoke to you was the truth. I hope you know that. I wish you all the best, I really do.
I usually find myself to be an eloquent man in writing but I find myself struggling to put quill to parchment in this letter. A year ago I wouldn't have been able to see myself writing this at all but so much has changed in this last year. I don't know if I believe in destiny or fate but somehow you were always there when I needed you. I know I'm a mess. I know I'm far from being perfect and not worthy of a friendship like yours, but I wanted you to know how grateful I am for all you've done for me. You have been the one sure thing I could count on.
I never really partook in this holiday growing up, except maybe a few letters between myself and my family. I don't have much that I can share, with the nature of my job and who I am. But as my future wife, I felt that I should write you. I know we are not as familiar with one another as we should be, especially with our wedding rapidly approaching. That blame is on me, I had abandoned you all these years and I know that a simple apology won't make up for that. Though I hope you will come to understand that I am sorry for it.
You have grown into a beautiful woman, and it's made you all the more intimidating to me. And I am not one easily intimidated. I never understood why I was the DeCarlo selected for you. Or why you were even in my realm of possibilities, but I find myself wanting to be. I hope you can forgive a lowly Count as myself for not coming to you sooner. I can never get back the years lost to get to know you, but I can certainly try to make it better going forward.
All I ask of you, is that you ask me everything you want to know or that you may question. My promise to you, as your betrothed, is that I will always give you the honest answer.
Let me try this again. My last letter did not even scratch the surface in what I actually want to say to you. The truth is that I can't stop thinking about you. You know more about me than almost anyone else and you have accepted each and every part of me. The fear I felt when I thought something might have happened to you at the trial was beyond anything I've ever felt before.
I think you were right after all. I don't think the different parts of myself are as separate as I formally believed. In the end...it's just me, and my feelings for you are the same regardless of the face you currently see.
Victor, I think I love you.
Yours,
Hugh
Last Edit: Dec 11, 2021 11:41:21 GMT -5 by Deleted
I have seen you at the House of the Blessed. Will you ever choose to work as one of the Treasures? You're pretty behind the bar but I'd be ever so eager to see how you look in my bed. I'd pay you handsomely.
I think I hit one of your dogs with my carriage last month but I was too scared to say anything at the time. You're a very intimidating, and beautiful, man. Please forgive me. I hope the animal was okay.
I wish you were here. I could use a friend and I liked to think that you were mine. I hope you are well in the countryside with your new husband. Though I suppose he isn't so new anymore. It's been a long time.
Oh, I have learned how to read... and clearly write. Though it takes me a while, I can get through just about any book with only a handful of hiccups.
Things haven't gotten any easier since we last spoke with the two. If anything, its more complicated than ever.
But you will be gaining two more family member's comes Vers. Yes, two! I still can't believe there are two of them. I hope they have Logan's dimples.
I hope you will be able to meet them one day.
Your friend, Alys
This would not be delivered, and she would burn it on her own.
I am so sorry I have put us in the situation we constantly find ourself in. I am sorry I didn't go back to Nevermere with you. I am sorry I've hurt you. I am sorry I disappoint you again and again, though I know you'd say you would never see it that way. I am so very sorry I didn't just tell you to marry me anyway when we first heard of you going to Lorendale.
But I am not sorry for loving you. Nor am I sorry for the times we've spent together. I am not sorry for the life lives we have created. I hope they have your dimples and eyes. I am going to do everything I can to make sure you are there when I bring them into this world. I want you to be there and with them... us every day. I know you worry about being a father, but I know you will be the best one to our children. They are both already so loved, even though we are kingdoms apart, I can feel it.
I hope you find it in your heart to forgive me. And possibly to continue loving me, flaws and all. Even if its selfish of me to ask. Even if I know you deserve more and to move on.
I love you. It'll always be a statement. Because I always will.
Your Alys
This would not be delivered, and she would burn it on her own.
Never had I thought you would ever see me beyond a face amongst your soldiers. Even after you turned to me randomly that day, asked about love and a woman. I thought it’d stop there. Then you kissed me in the gardens amongst the first blooms and that’s where our lives twisted.
When you danced with me upon the ship, when I was to blend amongst the nobles and asked be about what I’d do as a queen, I realized I wanted that. Not because of the people or crown. But I wanted you as we danced together. You told me then you’d never take a commoner, and I have never forgotten. Yet it seems neither of us can escape one another.
I want your happiness. And at times I have been more heartbreak to you than a source of what I want for you. I am sorry. I fell in love with another and kept you at an arms distance because I knew you did the same for me. Yet we can’t get rid of one another. .
It doesn’t mean much now I’m sure. But I do want your happiness as I said. And when you find a queen, I hope she is able to know the Cassian I know. And can love you just as much as I do. I hope she will support you as I always do. Even when it hurts me.
Your witch, Alys
This would not be delivered, and she would burn it on her own.
What you have gone through was enough to turn anyone ugly. But you have remained as sweet as ever, and I admire that about you. I hope that you are able to find a happiness within yourself and your new husband. Even if he’s not as handsome as I. You do deserve a good life, don’t ever forget that. If you ever need another puppy play date, I am sure the latest litter of pups will be happy to help.
Always rooting for you,
Duke Victor Rainecourt-Blackwater
Last Edit: Dec 11, 2021 18:12:18 GMT -5 by Deleted
I hope you can read this, writing with a bad hand has made me rather slippy.
We might not have spent much time together, but I can say with all honesty that I have become attached to you. Call me a hopeless romantic, and perhaps I am, but no matter what, there will be a place in my heart for you.