My Dear Ankiseth,

I must confess, I am most bemused by your allegation. Me, a thief?

Unless...

... I am patron of numerous charitable organisations: The Ashtani Orphan
Rehoming Project, The Mountain Drake Charitable Hospice, The Ulangi Fund
for retired Grooks, to name but a few. I can only conclude that whoever
you represent must have donated their 180 gold to one of my charities...
and then perhaps... as they walked away, glowing with philanthropic
happiness, they were bitten by a small rock scorpion which induced in
them a state of amnesia (I know this sounds far-fetched, but I have
heard many instances of this sort of event).

The suggestion that I might have stolen such a pitiful amount is just
laughable. I am a Grook of unimpeached reputation: I am a holder of the
Church's Red Cord of Honour, for my services to Shallam's orphans, and
my donations to the beautification of the Shallemese gardens. I am an
honoury Knight of the Runewarden Guild, after I single-handedly saved a
group of terrified novices from an awful death at the hands of a
ferocious bear. I am known throughout Sapience as a Philanthropist,
and... I might add, I am disgracefully rich. What on EARTH would I do
with 180 gold? I can hardly bear to touch the common coinage... lumps of
ill-forged gold handled and dirtied by the common people of Sapience. My
retinue hold my money for me - and I would MOST CERTAINLY not have
wished to touch one of your grubby citizens - and not for a quantity of
cash so trivial.

My reputation remains unbesmirched, despite your malicious, dirty
rumours. I am a Grook of Honour and Good Breeding. And.. may I add. Had
*I* a spare 1000 gold, I would not have wasted it on such a ridiculous
message, but I would have preferred to donate it to charity (perhaps my
fund for the repaving of the Pixie Village in Minia - a task which
urgently needs addressing).

Rhadamanthys Coldraven

Honourary Knight of Cyrene
Holder of the Red Cord of Honour
Three times winner of the Medal of Valour in Hashan
Voted most beautiful male in Ashtan
Friend of the Forests
Philanthropist of Sapience


Penned by my hand on the 8th of Daedalan, in the year 394 AF.