Armand's First Letter. Amelia's First Letter. 17 August 1020, L'École du Sorciers My dearest cousin Armand, His Royal Majesty Charles IX, Le Roi de Provençe, has taken to harassing me and mine like a pettish schoolboy. I am once more confined to L'École (though not quite yet in my confinement) and so can only be … Continue reading Harassment
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A Message from Le Roi
Armand's First Letter. Amelia's First Letter. 31 July 1020, L'École du Sorciers My dearest cousin Armand, Sa Majesté Royale le Roi de Provence has begun to make a nuisance of himself again. I have not written about him much, save that when I returned to L'École last March Dr. Laguerre warned me that His Provençese … Continue reading A Message from Le Roi
Utility
Armand's First Letter. Amelia's First Letter. 15 July 1020, L'École du Sorciers My dearest cousin Armand, I have found myself, time and again and again, pondering the question with which you closed your last letter: "What is your kind of wizardry good for?" Forming, or the Stream of Belazel, as Jérôme would say, is quite … Continue reading Utility
A Fragile Peace
Armand's First Letter. Amelia's First Letter. 24 June 1020, L'École du Sorciers My dearest cousin Armand, It has been my plan to write to you monthly; but as I am sure the latter engendered in you a high degree of consternation I have chosen to write sooner to lend you the peace I am doing … Continue reading A Fragile Peace
Rage
Armand's First Letter. Amelia's First Letter. 19 June 1020, L'École du Sorciers My dearest cousin Armand, There is a new burned patch in the main quadrangle at L'École. It is perhaps four yards in width and five yards in length, with a thin ring of withered and blackened grass around the edge and baked black … Continue reading Rage
Pencils
Armand's First Letter. Amelia's First Letter. 12 June 1020, L'École du Sorciers My dearest cousin Armand, It is fortunate that the grounds of L'École boast of nothing resembling a duck pond, for, as the Divine is my witness, if such a body of water existed here I make oath that I should have introduced any … Continue reading Pencils
Aggravations
Armand's First Letter. Amelia's First Letter. 14 May 1020, L'École du Sorciers My dearest cousin Armand, Using Johannine wizardry to burn my signature into a plaque of wood is far more difficult than I had anticipated. I cannot seem to do it without scorching the wood, and too often the plaque bursts into flames and … Continue reading Aggravations
Ashes
Armand's First Letter. Amelia's First Letter. 16 April 1020, L'École du Sorciers My dearest cousin Armand, Maximilian and I have settled into a rhythm here at L'École; a rhythm, I will call it, for that sounds more cheerful than a rut. We rise at dawn, and break our fast in L'École's refectory. Our lodgings have … Continue reading Ashes
Boundaries
Armand's First Letter. Amelia's First Letter. 15 March 1020, L'École du Sorciers My dearest cousin Armand, Maximilian and I have now been back in Toulouse for nearly a week, and nothing is as I expected it to be. Somehow I had had it in my head that we would be returning to our rooms at … Continue reading Boundaries
Summons
Armand's First Letter. Amelia's First Letter. 8 March 1020, 3 Madrigal Court My dearest cousin Armand, As I think on the news I have for you I veer from curiosity to fury and back again; indeed, I have done so several times merely while penning these words. Let me set my news in context. All … Continue reading Summons
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