Greetings Lord Hermes,

I understand Your wish to defend Your sister in the Garden, and I
respect that. Regrettably, I fear You may not be fully aware of all the
facts surrounding recent events.

Lady Ourania removed Herself as Matron of the city, after refusing to
respond to any of my attempts to reach Her for a period of over a year.
She merely arrived, took a disliking to my decision and called for my
removal. I, again, attempted to broker a meeting with Her only to be
ignored once again.

It is a matter of deep personal sorrow to me that Lady Ourania appears
to have lost self-control and absented Herself from the city that has
always loved Her.

I imagine even now She is spreading poison and lies in the Garden to
follow through on Her threat that "no member of the Garden will Patron
Hashan again.". That also is a cause of sorrow to me, that She would
turn to such pettiness.

The mention of Mhaldor similarly confuses me, my Lord. Lady Ourania has
accused me of plotting on behalf of the Lords Twilight and the Lord
Neraeos, if She wishes again to broaden Her claims of my duplicity to
include the Twin Lords of Evil, I fear things may be moving from the sad
to the ridiculous.

Yours,
Saltaern Sioraiocht, Seneschal.

Penned by my hand on the 19th of Sarapin, in the year 479 AF.