Normally, I would gladly accept an offer to smother your worthless hide
into the dirt.However, I know full-well your notion of "honourable"
combat.

Take for example the last time you and I duelled. I seem to remember you
calling out two fellow citizens to help you as we both stood toe to toe
for some time. There was no running on my part, of that I assure you.
However, I cannot say the same for you. I can refresh your memory
simply. It involved blackwinding, followed by a 3 on 1 where I realized
the true honour of the Maldaathi/Infernal Knight in the current climate.
That was, also, not more than a year ago in case you try and claim that
"things change"


The time before that, you could not seem to find the strength to do
anything more than lunge and engage, still not killing me as I was out
of health vials. I believe you gared away from me on that one.
Previously, the one fight you stuck around for, was in Thera and you
passed to Maya's halls rather quickly.


My point? Had this been almost any other knight in the
Maldaathi/Infernal organizations, I might take it seriously. Your word
however, followed closely by the coward known as Icaru, is worth less
than the parchment I write to.

Likewise Malifuus.. someone I once actually respected as a fighter
(which is more than I can ever say about Vadimuses or Icaru). The last
time we duelled, you left the arena of combat more times than I can
remember. The area, the room, etc. You even took a nice 4 hour break
from the combat only to return and beseech a draw which I granted.

Normally this wouldn't be worth contesting your word, however, once you
realized you could not best me in a fair combat situation, even as the
form of a Horkval, you hightailed it to your city, grabbed 2 of your
fellow citizens and assaulted me on the clouds.


I have made the offer numerous times to the cowards of Mhaldor. Those
who give only lip-service to their faith. At all times I was refused a
fair duel, a duel, a skirmish, etc. I even was turned down for a fight
where I would allow two fighters to take me on (due to their size). I
have screamed my lungs out at you all for the last decade, at the least,
in offers of duels and had excuse after excuse thrown at me as to why it
cannot happen. Why now, all of a sudden, do you wish to try and show
Sapience you aren't the cowards you have spent decades being?

Caelan Longshanks

Penned by my hand on the 22nd of Sarapin, in the year 448 AF.