Timestamp: the First Month of Winter, Era XIV Post Fractum.
A messenger donning a fur-lined deep blue jacket, white poet shirt, and riding trousers arrived atop a chestnut colored thoroughbred. He was a young man, possibly in his late teens but held the air of an aristocrat. Both mount and rider eased their gallop as they approached the address provided for them. And with the ease of a professional messenger, the dark-haired man hopped off his mount and prepared his advance toward the good home before him. From his jacket, he produced a scroll tube from which he placed evenly in the mailbox outside.
It was sealed with an odd symbol pressed into blue wax depicting two spears and a shield. It read:
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Re: Companionship offered
To Lady Elegia Godavia
Portshire, Principality of Prime
Greetings from the House of Nourbeau,
This letter is a response to your notice posted in the Herald earlier this month. I wish to hire your services for my son who is turning seventeen summers this Second Month of Winter.
We await your response. Please include any additional information we may need pertaining your visit.
Sincerely,
Duke Ellington Nourbeau
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