Not as big a part as you may be imagining. It truly is inconsequential.
( Hilda just attracts all the hidden royalty. But for Jill she stopped being a princess of the North when she was six, when she became a political hostage to Rosaria. And, with the years that have passed since then and all that has happened to her, it feels wrong to claim such a title when she is so far removed from the North as one could be.
Not that there is anything of it left. There is just her, and Gav, and whoever might have successfully fled south and survived. )
[ Gotta collect all the Abraxas Royals like a trading card game I guess.
Maybe it's because she isn't royalty so she can't understand it fully - but with everything she's found out recently about Claude and his past she can't help but think that she has her own reservations about how someone's upbringing affects their decisions in life. ]
( It might be easier for her to handle people knowing she's royalty if it didn't risk people looking at her differently, expecting her to be one way when she is just now finding the path she wants to walk. In the Hideaway Jill loathed bringing any unnecessary attention to herself, or risk have people treat her differently than the others. She might have been Clive's second-in-command, but when resources are thin, having people trying to give her special privilege because of a rank she hasn't had since she was six would weigh uncomfortably heavy on her shoulders.
She is a dominant, a princess, a monster, but she never asked to be any of those things, and the one she became because she was not strong enough eats at her even now, after Imreann lay run through with her sword. It's more important to be those things she can choose -- an outlaw, Clive's wife, Jill Warrick.
So there is a palpable relief that comes with Hilda's word to forget about it. )
Thank you.
We would love for all those we've come to know to be able to attend, so keeping the festivities to Thorne isn't particularly an option we wish to consider.
[ There's some benefit to Hilda being in Abraxas for as long as she's had. And perhaps, for not knowing that Claude was royalty himself over the course of their relationship. He didn't act anything like a prince, nevermind a Duke. Decorum is something she's been taught but had all but thrown out the window to some degree, at least when it came to being around the Deer at home and now here. But she'd understand Jill's intent and drive to strive to pave her own way. She'd admire it too and cheer her on in whatever way she needed.
Including forgetting that she knows Jill is a princess. ]
I had thought of Nocwich, but I believe it would be... difficult to hold it there, all things considered. I am not nearly as well established here in Abraxas as others might be, and nor do I have the influence to sway any resistance.
My domain within the Horizon should fit perfectly, with a few adjustments.
There is truly no need to pressure our friends to use their influence for something as minor as a wedding. Not with the Horizon being perfectly suited for the event.
Thank you -- I will be certain to come to you with any questions. All I know is that while it need not be a small wedding, both Clive and I would want something simple.
It fits wonderfully. You did a beautiful job with it, Hilda, thank you.
If he didn't tell you himself, he's a terrible liar -- I can see why he'd leap at the chance to have someone else ask for it. There's no harm done, and the surprise was worth any confusion.
You needn't trouble yourself, Hilda. You've already done so much for me.
He loved acting when we were younger, recreating scenes from his favorite novels with his uncle and myself for the enjoyment of his younger brother. It's only a shame he never got... better at it, with time. I think he would have enjoyed an actor's life. But for the sake of both of us, thank you for your ability to pull it off.
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[ Also what is it with everyone in her life climbing out the woodwork with royal blood in them? ]
𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴.
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( Hilda just attracts all the hidden royalty. But for Jill she stopped being a princess of the North when she was six, when she became a political hostage to Rosaria. And, with the years that have passed since then and all that has happened to her, it feels wrong to claim such a title when she is so far removed from the North as one could be.
Not that there is anything of it left. There is just her, and Gav, and whoever might have successfully fled south and survived. )
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Maybe it's because she isn't royalty so she can't understand it fully - but with everything she's found out recently about Claude and his past she can't help but think that she has her own reservations about how someone's upbringing affects their decisions in life. ]
𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩! 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘑𝘪𝘭𝘭, 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥.
𝘕𝘰𝘸...𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶.
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She is a dominant, a princess, a monster, but she never asked to be any of those things, and the one she became because she was not strong enough eats at her even now, after Imreann lay run through with her sword. It's more important to be those things she can choose -- an outlaw, Clive's wife, Jill Warrick.
So there is a palpable relief that comes with Hilda's word to forget about it. )
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Including forgetting that she knows Jill is a princess. ]
𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘕𝘰𝘤𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘯!
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥! 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴?
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[ Jaskier immediately comes to mind. ]
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 - 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵.
𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺? 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴?
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[ "We" is pretty presumptuous but the offer to help is already out there on the table so - ]
𝘖𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐'𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦'𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 - 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴.
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𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺! 𝘈 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥.
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[ In other words, the bar has been set low. ]
𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯! 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭?