First off, if you do not want to hear a story of the foulness that is corrupting our lands, just skip this message and go about your life. To the others, what you are about to read is absolutely true, except for some paraphrased quotes and other nonessential things. The reason I'm telling this story will be told at the end of the message.

I am a Shadowsnake, and damned proud of it, but despite the forboding name, I am not one who preys on the other sentient races for fun or to gain experience, I stick to rats. Since I have never murdered anyone or even attacked anyone in Shallam, I have been allowed to run around lessening the vermin population there. Anyways, yesterday I was sitting in Averroes house with Cronus (Priest), Luna, and Dalamar (both Templars). A short while after I arrived, Cronus began performing a prayer to the elements, which he told me he was doing in order to scare Luna. I used my powers of subterfuge to create the image of the ground cracking, and lightning striking. But to my surprise, Cronus suddenly invoked one of his spells in order to strike fear into the heart of Luna, who ran away. She came back immediately and was then smited by Cronus. Before anything else happened, Cronus said that someone made him think Luna was attacking him. They started talking about it, and assumed it was me. As I was about to profe

Now then, if you have read this rather lengthy message, you could see the plight that accosts Dalamar and I, that despite all reason and rationality, due to the lies of one priest, all we have worked for might be stolen from us. That is my tale, and that is how things happened.

Penned by my hand on the 12th of Phaestian, in the year 208 AF.