It seems as if the entire realm has come to a standstill, even as the merchants still do business and the palace still runs in top form. Perhaps its not the land that has paused, but merely my steps in the greater game of it.
Lets see, I allowed Vladamir to marry me - a foolish but sometimes rather enjoyable mistake. His financial investment within my realm has been extremely heathy, and finally we are able to rebuild what we had lost from the wars.
Yet, of course, there is always the unspoken dilemas. Jaric and his troops remain rather threateningly on our boarders. There's a silent tension which I have no idea is a good or a bad thing. It seems piece by piece Jaric has somehow managed to get his iron fist into my realm, and its starting to get harder to unfurl it.
What, if any motivations that he has, I'll soon find out for myself. In the meantime I must also watch the sharks at home, my darling husband and his new little sidekick, Rensain. Too many contracts have passed by my desk and gone straight to Vladamirs of late, and he better not think I've not noticed. Surely I shouldn't complain that he has taken over most duties, but I don't trust the son of a bitch as far as I can throw him...so stop reading this, Vlad, and no, its not funny.
Since when was I so rudely shoved aside and pushed out of the dear game of thrones? Time for a change.
Ava Bathory
QUEEN of Aegis.