[Kalinda]

Brightening 5 of the Second Cycle of Kalendryas, Winter, Era XIV Post Fractum

A messenger arrived at the D’Rinishad Academy of Arcana, a male vysstichi wearing a black leather armor. There was little about the man that could have given people a clue as to where he came from, whether he was a member of one of the noble houses or just a commoner who had important business here. He carried a letter and would insist that it was meant for Lord Faust D’Rinishad and Lord Faust D’Rinishad alone, and he wouldn’t give it to anybody else, but wait until aforementioned Lord D’Rinishad arrived, even if it meant waiting for candlemarks.

The letter said,

Cousin,

Without a doubt you have read the Herald and know about the vysstichi attack on Portshire. I don’t have to tell you that this is bad news. They blame the three Houses of Har’oloth, they blame us for the attack. Whoever the attackers were, they were seen wearing our tabards. I assure you, I do not have anything to do with it, and despite all their flaws neither Eilantha nor Varelinen are capable of such folly. We agree on one thing, that we have to be careful in our dealings with the surface world after what happened in Silrosia.

I have no idea who could be behind this. Maybe we have enemies in other cities that we do not know of, maybe Silrosia itself is behind the attack and wants to kill us, wants all those so called tolerant people to agree that it would be a good idea to kill vysstichi.

I have received a letter from an anonymous source who claimed to have some inside information and wanted to meet me. He mentioned the Thane of Portshire’s hatred for all vysstichi and that this lightborn elf will do anything to kill us all. I also received a message from Amber Brightwing, the Thane of Vortex. She had apparently been contacted by aforementioned Thane, a man by the name of Riconus Xind’ell. She mentioned that you were his friend. I think you should choose your friends more wisely, but since you seem to know him, I ask you to talk to him – and also meet Amber Brightwing.

We have to find a solution, we have to find out who really attacked Portshire, otherwise we’ll have another war at our hands, and even though I’m confident that we would win, there would be many lives lost in the process, and we would have to spend the remainder of our existence fighting the Empire for they would never leave us alone again after this.

Please reply soon!

Rilvin