Thread:EmpressBluefeather31/@comment-202.153.223.226-20141026224043

lady venables,

my name is nickolai sharkhayes, if you know anything of me, i was a sergeant in the 74th with your late husband the good sir richard and a friend of his in real life, i retired from rp some time ago but he asked me personally to give you this note, said he wasn't up to returning himself as he feared he wouldn't be able to leave! anyway heres the note (copy and pasted from an email)

Dearest Hannah, 

''I want you to know something extremely important, something that i meant to tell you before I left, As you know I have served Britain and the EITC faithfully for six years of real life, and thirty-six in roleplay! Through out that time i have made many wonderful and delightful friends, shared many amazing memories with them and rose to greatness with them, though regretably many did not make it to this final place. I was losing hope in the EITC and Britain and Roleplay in general! But you Hannah Bluefeather changed all that! you gave an old roleplayer hope and friendship he hadn't had since his first wife Lisa. If not for you Richard Venables would never have continued after the end of potco, the only reason he did last so long was because of your loyalty and faithfulness, you are an amazing person Hannah with so much potential and talent. I regret i couldn't stay but like Ser Jorah Mormont in GoT my time was up and I had to think about the future. I thought for so long that the EITC and RP were doomed even if POR came out, now i have faith that as long as good people like you and Mathieu are around to hold up the ol' empire, then it will remain strong for another generation of RP kids. But Hannah, thank you for being so faithful, you are a good, kind woman who deserves to hold the name Venables, but don't limit yourself, find yourself a good man and settle down, give our children the father they didn't have with me. Finlaystone Estate and all my holdings in Argyll are yours, to give to Giovanni when he comes of age, let Mathieu take all the holdings of Edrington and Yorkshire, and manage the family estate and finances. But make our legacy great, and please Hannah, never let me be forgotten, let me be remembered as the man who kept the EITC alive during it's darkest hour. Let my name be remembered like that of Harrington or MacMorgan. I love you and all my family, and i will miss you all dearly, but JRR Tolkien once said in his book: "The road goes ever on..." and so it does for me, one day though Richard Venables will ride again, when i finally publish my books. Until that day, may the Lord bless you, the Venables and all roleplayers and may you all be guided to what it best for the EITC and yourselves.''

With Much Love and Affection,

~Richard~

well there it is lady venables, i've done my duty and delivered the letter, but i should tell you that he was quite emotional when he asked me to do this at school. reckoned you guys were better friends then some of his real life friends even, he even called you guys family! anyway thats all from me.

regards,

-Sergeant Sharkhayes 