Hingar,
Since you been so forthcoming, while claiming many others have not been
so in return, I offer you this.
It is no secret that your empire is now part of our world. Your people
have begun moving into our world and have land in which many of them now
call home. Violence on the front lines of the War between your people
and those formerly abiding in Sapience prior to your arrival has
obscured the possibility of benefit for all through our interactions.
This trend has been unfolding moreso each day with accusations flying in
all directions of who is truly responsible for the pains and sufferings
in our lives. When it comes to pain and suffering, the river of denial
runs on and on.
Your people and ours if we are to ever benefit and co-exist in peace as
you claim you so wish must set aside our tempers.
You have claim your people desire to co-exist in peace. If we are to
ever benefit and co-exist in peace we must all reign in our tempers and
tendency towards conflict during our face-to-face interactions with one
another. We cannot afford another "mistake" such as the one in Thera.
You Vertani cannot afford another "mistake" such as the one in Thera.
While you may have the physical force to press this world into
submission, if that had been your desire you would have likely brought
it about whether we liked it or not. The time for playing games has long
since passed and I am sure you are as serious about the Vertani Empire
as we are about our own personal belongings and land.
Knowing these things, it is clear that we have reached an impasse. It is
nobodys right to forgive you for what happened in Thera. It is only our
right to decide how we choose to interact with you in the future based
on the actions you have shown us in the past.
It is clear that we have reached an impasse. It is nobodys right to
forgive you for what happened in Thera. It is only our right to decide
how we choose to interact with you in the future based your actions and
your right to choose how to interact with us based on ours. Unfortunate
or fortunate for all of us, we are individuals, and the actions of a few
reflect on the many. You have seen our world as one filled with
barbarians and hotheads, those who only seek violence and conflict with
your people; you wish to civilize us as a result. One thousand
impermanent deaths would not bend the will of the combined force of our
world. In the face of death, pain and suffering, never will all people
of Achaea allow themselves to be assimilated into that in which they are
not.
However, appearances can be deceiving. You, as a Vertani propagandist
and messenger should know that as long as the conversation remains
ongoing, change can occur. What is War today is peace tomorrow, what is
destruction today is rebuilding tomorrow.
It is with this message that I hope you consider that there are
alternatives to violence and disharmony for all of us.
I started this message with a theme of give and take and I wish to end
it rightly so. You have said that you wish for peaceful talks and
interactions with us, to learn from us and live along side of us in your
newly forged territories. In this world, we give and take, and
redemption is done along those lines. If you wish to redeem yourself in
the eyes of many, you and your people will have to devise a non-violent
way of doing so. If you wish for a future of peaceful cooperation, those
interested as well will need to be willing to both give and take.
Das Rousseau

Penned by my hand on the 17th of Daedalan, in the year 386 AF.