Considering that you criticize Oakstone and you lump all members of
Oakstone under your umbrella in your hatred of Oakstone, isn't it a bit
disingenuous of you to claim that Oakstone lumps all Mhaldorians
together? These arguments are just fictions. Fictions created to bolster
your own justifications for wreaking havoc on the forests. The fact is
that Oakstone is an organization not dedicated to hatred, or war or
propaganda. Oakstone is dedicated solely to the preservation and defense
of Nature. There are 3 classes that can cause harm to the forests
through destructive means -- druids and sentinels with the useless
inferno skill, and necromancers with the extermination skill. Oakstone
is just as fervent in seeking and punishing those who use inferno, as it
is in seeking those who exterminate. You can ask Chrono or Caelan about
that.

There is no greater crime against Nature than its destruction, Lodi. And
your statement that extermination inflicts *minor* damage is not only
false, but indicative of your lack of knowledge and understanding of
Nature and the dedication of the forestal community. When someone like
Jinxsta slays a single city guard of Mhaldor, is that minor damage? But
Mhaldor enemies those who slay a single city guard. The same as Oakstone
enemies those who exterminate a single forest or garden location. But
you don't let it sit at a single location..your hatred goes beyond and
you insist on killing more and more forested areas and all the plants
and trees therein. And yet, you scream when someone refuses to sell
those same plants to you! I am sure you are aware that Mhaldor's
extermination law was lifted AFTER the exterminations had already begun.
This was not a conflict created by Oakstone no matter what you and your
propaganda might insist.

Oakstone has always reacted to situations created by outside forces.
Unfortunately, it seems that necromancers are generally the group
throughout history that has been creating the situations that threaten
Oakstone's ward. Oakstone will continue to do as Oakstone is oathbound
to do --- protect the forests from harm. You and your hatred will,
indeed, continue bringing your destructive forces to the forests and we
will clash. There is nothing new and unusual here. Is Oakstone happy
that you folks exterminate? Hardly so, but we will not shrink from the
responsibility or the risk it involves. Quite honestly, there are few or
no other groups as dedicated to their cause as Oakstone is. So you can
beat your chest, and burn a garden or a forest, and we will save it, and
we will fight you back as best we can. But don't pretend that you have
political concerns..you stated very clearly that you *enjoy*
exterminating. How many herbs like moss, and elixirs made with the herbs
granted by Nature do exterminators consume as they sit and kill those
plants? Of course, you attack gardens, which do not have the ability to
scream out and defend itself as it is being killed. You do it because
you can, and you can generate the hatred that you like to wear like a
badge of honour. To moan about how Oakstone instigates anti-Mhaldor
views when your leaders condone and often encourage the destruction of
the forests. Your city refuses to take a stand against those who harm
the forests and your leaders have actually condoned and encouraged
destruction of the forests. I wonder why many in and out of Oakstone do
not feel kindly towards Mhaldor.... A question to consider.

Conor
Proud Member of Oakstone

Penned by my hand on the 13th of Sarapin, in the year 349 AF.