To Claire of the Woods
Letter One
Claire of the Woods,
I've missed you so, but have finally made it to the city. I'm finding it difficult not to leave this new place and come back to you. I think of you every night. The journey wasn't too difficult and I managed to stay safe along the way. I saw a caravan get robbed by some bandits and I even saw an orc! I do hope your corner of the woods stays safe from these low-life opportunists. I have been thinking about you so much and how to free you. I think I may have found a way to do it too. I have work to do. Please be patient and know that every day I am doing whatever I need to do in order to bring us together. You will be free. I promise you. Letter Two
Claire of the Woods,
This place is quite magnificent; I hope that you will like it when you are able to see it. I know the woods is peaceful and quiet, but there is so much opportunity here. I have been hard at work and have been making immense progress. More so than I thought I would have made by now. I can't wait to show you the lights and the festivals, the heights and the beauties this place has to offer us. I hope you haven't begun to forget about me. If you do want to write me, the messenger knows where I am and can bring something back to me if you so desire. I would love to hear from you. I think of you every night as I gaze upon the evening stars. Letter Three
Claire of the Woods,
I do so hope my other letters have found you. I have sent two other messengers, but neither of them have returned with confirmation of delivery. I fear the worse for them, but am determined to get word to you that I my plan to free you of your bondage is on the eve of its culmination. I cannot disclose all the details in this letter should it not make it to you, but do know that the plan is well thought out and I believe, whole heartedly, that it will work. I just know it! Then we can be together at last. I would come to you myself, but just like you, I am trapped myself. Trapped by my duties of my station and because I believe I have made an enemy. I fear that if I leave to come see you I may not be prepared to confront this adversary and all may be lost. I wish upon the stars and moon that I would simply be bound to your little corner of the woods, but alas, I am limited to gazing out my window towards where we first met. It won't be long now. Look to the skies and you'll see the magnificence I will bring to you when we are together at last.
Claire of the Woods,
I've missed you so, but have finally made it to the city. I'm finding it difficult not to leave this new place and come back to you. I think of you every night. The journey wasn't too difficult and I managed to stay safe along the way. I saw a caravan get robbed by some bandits and I even saw an orc! I do hope your corner of the woods stays safe from these low-life opportunists. I have been thinking about you so much and how to free you. I think I may have found a way to do it too. I have work to do. Please be patient and know that every day I am doing whatever I need to do in order to bring us together. You will be free. I promise you. Letter Two
Claire of the Woods,
This place is quite magnificent; I hope that you will like it when you are able to see it. I know the woods is peaceful and quiet, but there is so much opportunity here. I have been hard at work and have been making immense progress. More so than I thought I would have made by now. I can't wait to show you the lights and the festivals, the heights and the beauties this place has to offer us. I hope you haven't begun to forget about me. If you do want to write me, the messenger knows where I am and can bring something back to me if you so desire. I would love to hear from you. I think of you every night as I gaze upon the evening stars. Letter Three
Claire of the Woods,
I do so hope my other letters have found you. I have sent two other messengers, but neither of them have returned with confirmation of delivery. I fear the worse for them, but am determined to get word to you that I my plan to free you of your bondage is on the eve of its culmination. I cannot disclose all the details in this letter should it not make it to you, but do know that the plan is well thought out and I believe, whole heartedly, that it will work. I just know it! Then we can be together at last. I would come to you myself, but just like you, I am trapped myself. Trapped by my duties of my station and because I believe I have made an enemy. I fear that if I leave to come see you I may not be prepared to confront this adversary and all may be lost. I wish upon the stars and moon that I would simply be bound to your little corner of the woods, but alas, I am limited to gazing out my window towards where we first met. It won't be long now. Look to the skies and you'll see the magnificence I will bring to you when we are together at last.
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I thought this was so sweet! I like how night time is repeated in the letters. It makes that time feel significant and important, and hints that something happened. And it makes me want to know what exactly happened that made it so important. Is it where they met? Did she save him? Did he save her? In the second letter, I like that one and think it's sweet. I like the parallels you drew between the city and the woods. If this was in a story or something I'd say that could be expanded upon. (She wants to stay in the woods, he wants to be in the city). I also really enjoy the language used in the third letter, particularly in the last two paragraphs. As some small critiques, I wish there was maybe a little more information about the writer of the letters, like what he's doing, his rank or something like that, since it makes sense if he's so excited to be there he'd want to tell Claire about it. I would ask for more information about Claire, but it makes sense that there's as littler as there is. (I might just want more for curiosity's sake, but I'm not sure, honestly). Maybe like a description of her, but with a lot of metaphors and similes I think would work, if you so chose to add to the letters. For the first letter I think you could make it read smoother if you had him talk about going into the city and is life there, then transfer into how much he misses her instead of bouncing between the two subjects. The second one I think is fine as is, but if you wanted you could always expand on the city vs forest life. And the third letter I think is my favorite, but it definitely gives the most information and makes me interested in Claire, who she is, what she did, etc. And I think is also fine as is, but I think it might make it more interesting and make the narrator seem more desperate and passionate about Claire, if you hinted that he had written more letters in between two and three, but none of them seemed to make it. So, overall very nice. I love the repetition of the night time and what that means to the narrator. I find Claire to be interesting and very mysterious, and I really enjoyed these letters. They were short and interesting, and I can't wait to read more of your world!