Talia, The Queen's Own (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
thequeensown) wrote2011-05-25 12:53 pm
thequeensown) wrote2011-05-25 12:53 pm
2nd Sending [Audio/Commentlog]
[Much has been happening in the past week or so, and a good portion was not good. Some creature ransacked the Keep during the night and attacked several people that she knows and one that she shares her life with. After assuring that Kevas was bandaged and on his feet (protests be damned), she had taken to heart the matter of a certain missing raptor.
Shaka was nowhere to be found and Talia was beginning to think that the creature would not be seen again.
And then there was the matter of Sollux and poor Isabella, also victims of the recent attacks .. Talia was concerned about the young bard and troll (whether he wanted that concern or not).
Having not see Coen in a few days, Talia goes with the way she knows best to find him and the others.]
Coen .. if I might have a moment of your time when you are able?
[Yes, Coen. Accept it now, sweet cakes, cause it ain't gonna change anytime soon. :D]
Kevas, I've seen nothing of Shaka these past few days, whether inside or outside of the stables. I will inform you if this changes, or I learn anything ..
Sollux and Isabella ..
[Here there is a brief pause, her concern evident in her tone.]
I pray that you are both feeling better .. 'Bella .. when you feel up to it, and in your own good time, I have located the Bower and a most suitable harp .. I would love to play for you if you are still interested.
Shaka was nowhere to be found and Talia was beginning to think that the creature would not be seen again.
And then there was the matter of Sollux and poor Isabella, also victims of the recent attacks .. Talia was concerned about the young bard and troll (whether he wanted that concern or not).
Having not see Coen in a few days, Talia goes with the way she knows best to find him and the others.]
Coen .. if I might have a moment of your time when you are able?
[Yes, Coen. Accept it now, sweet cakes, cause it ain't gonna change anytime soon. :D]
Kevas, I've seen nothing of Shaka these past few days, whether inside or outside of the stables. I will inform you if this changes, or I learn anything ..
Sollux and Isabella ..
[Here there is a brief pause, her concern evident in her tone.]
I pray that you are both feeling better .. 'Bella .. when you feel up to it, and in your own good time, I have located the Bower and a most suitable harp .. I would love to play for you if you are still interested.
[commentlog] ANGST IS GO! :D 1/2
Her explaining empathy to Isabella was both a warning and not. Talia had no intentions of using her Gift for ill, or for harming anyone with it (cause she can do that too, you know!), but she felt that those she would call friend deserved to know. There had been too many instances of lies being spread through the Collegium for her to not be wary of such happening again.
She had lost control of her abilities once, those many years ago, and though she did not plan on such being a repeat offense, it was best that people were prepared for what she was capable of .. wasn't it?
At Isabella's question she falls silent, her gaze growing distant. There it was .. a question she both dreaded and hoped for. To speak of this meant she had to speak of Rolan, and that was a wound that would never fully heal.
When she speaks, her voice is initially soft and a bit strained, but she continues and it clears. She goes almost into a state of Recall, a trance that allows a Herald to parrot back information with perfect recollection. However, she's only halfway into the trance, her own emotions distracting her.]
To understand what it means to be Chosen is to first understand Companions.. Companions are highly intelligent magical creatures who look like, but are not, white horses with silver hooves and sapphire eyes. The Companions first appeared from a grove near the palace in Haven, in response to King Valdemar's prayer. Though the first Companions were all Grove-Born, later generations were born in the manner of normal horses.
They are both the returned spirits of departed Heralds and Companions, as well as divine agents or "avatars" of our gods. Companions take great pains to reveal that they are both fallible and mortal. When a Companion or Herald dies, he or she is sent to a "resting place" where they can recover from their recent life. After a time they are given the choice of returning as a Companion, with all memory of their past life intact, or to lose all of their old memories and become a human baby destined to become a Herald. Not all Heralds are returned from previous lifetimes, many are "new souls" who are then judged/weighed by the Companions to join the ranks of the Heralds.
These spirits are not allowed to return as Companions within the lifetime of the people they knew to avoid emotional entanglements such as Choosing their own child, or revealing themselves to their former lover.