1st day of Second Hand of the Month of Camerius (3) in the year 10,158 CA

Well, my journal, seems the city is quiet once again. The hubbub of the tournament brought many wonderful experiences again this en'var. Many guests, known and new to our beautiful shores, some guests destined to stay here. Why just yesterday, I happened upon my Ubar and Lady Kate on the beach talking about a cottage she was inquiring upon. She too had a Villa on the Isle of Ivory N Bone, piqued my interest being that I take my voyages mostly to the area of Cosian waters and being that Cos is undergoing political upheaval, I thought if we owned property on the Isle, we could take the children there instead and they would enjoy spending more than just a few days on a ship docked somewhere else. So last night after the final spars for the night, I took a stroll with the Lady Kate and set my inquiries to her regarding the property and today I am the owner of a beautiful villa on the isle. She showed me sketchings and drawings of the estate and I must say its beautiful and I think my family will be delighted.

Caleb and Caden have done me proud...I hear nothing but praises on how well behaved and obedient they are, that they will make fine crewman...ugh...they're supposed to be tarnsman! I did remind Dracon Blade, cpt of the Steel Wrath, that THEY ARE TARNSMEN and to not get any funny ideas about recruiting them. He chuckled so hard and said it was so much fun to tease me cuz I was so easy to tease. Well, seems my Ubar has the same sentiments, for he was piling sand on my boots while on the beach the same day! He I can tolerate the teasing, others.....get a raging bosk. Not to mention Lady Kate was in on the fun and when I asked her to stop calling me Sir, I told her it was just Bren....she called me "just Bren"! Ugh...! I suppose I should get used to the teasing but then again...their world of amusement would end, wouldnt it? And if Callie calls me an adorable warrior one more time, I will cuff her to the couch and show her just how adorable I can be.

Needless to say, we have been so busy, cuffing her to our couch just might give us much needed time together. Now that the tourney is over, our duties may slack up a bit but Lydius is a terribly busy city so we'll see. I know the tournament has been great for our marketplace and Callie is swamped with work. So when we did get to spend a few ihn together, we discussed the growth of our family and decided it was time to slow it down. We have been blessed with a brood of wonderful children and I told her that we needed to concentrate on them for now. Ok, so I didnt really say that...I just handed her the slave wine. So on that fateful night of the 2nd day of the First Hand of the Month of Camerius (how do you like that, my journal?...Im keeping track), I gave my woman slave wine. I think we did that once a very long time ago and for some reason, it rather saddened me this time around, but we all must know our limits and its not the end of the world. ::chuckles as he writes::: such drama aye? Callie is a wonderful, insightful and talented woman, not to mention a wonderful mother...I consider myself a lucky warrior.

The last leg of the tournament went well and even tho I wished both Kory and Jared would have placed, Kory at least took third. So proud of him. Jared fought well also and as always, a thrill to watch my brothers spar, we are all very skilled warriors, thanks in most part to our leader, Trenton DeShea....even if he doesnt mentor the skilled warrior, he sets the example for us all. Never in my life have I had a true friend in my blood brother, he is THE ony man I hail. While others may hail their cities...my city and my Ubar are synonomous and hailing one, you hail them both. I may not hail all my brothers and Jared my not have placed but in my book, they are all number one. They do not need a placement of a tournament, any tournament in any city or any faire to tell this En'Sword that they are skilled and honorable. HAIL LYDIUS!!

Well my journal, my nose is quite brown.....:::smirks again as he finishes his entry:::: and I hear a chaos of small goreans running down my halls....