Dear Shallam,

Most threats are made from a position of strength, a commodity of which
the Jewel is severely lacking.

I'm certain you've got our citizens quivering in fear and shaking in
their boots...
Boots you should be familiar with, since the thread of our soles are
still firmly imprinted on Shallam's collective backside.

Our soldiers have been growing ever more restive for something to lay
waste to, and I'm certain would be more than happy to come raze your
city to the ground....AGAIN...

Be our guest, let's dispense with the posturing and half-threats. Show
us your true conviction.

Minister Jaizsur and our troops are always up for a fight, even
one-sided ones as this one is sure to become.

I'm amused, Shallam, that you would install a War Minister who has not
learned from his predecessors' catastrophic mistakes in making an enemy
of the Bastion.

- Arkantos

Penned by my hand on the 8th of Chronos, in the year 476 AF.