Ashtan,

Three of your Icons lie in ruin. Where once stood the Wheel of Chaos,
the Crucible of Flames, and the Heart of Shadows, all that remain are
dispersing clouds of dust.

It has been a long time coming, Ashtan, but the dawn is finally
breaking. The stranglehold of Chaos on this realm is being released, and
the enemies of Light and of Creation once more flee before our righteous
fury.

The Dragon's Eye will follow soon, you can be assured of that, but for
you all, misguided though you may be, there is still time to renounce
your ways - renounce Chaos, renounce Evil, renounce the ways of Sin,
Vengeance, Strife and Darkness, and you may yet find a home in the
Light.

These victories are only the beginning of the resurgence of the forces
of Light. The Crystal Mirror stands proudly, as does the Stag Crown of
the Sentinels of Nature. To the rest of our friends and allies, in
Eleusis and Cyrene, I implore you to take hold of this opportunity, and
to reraise your own Icons. The new day is here, and it is time once more
to revel in the glories of the Light and the wonder of Creation.

Shallam will stand alongside any of our allies who face attack from the
enemies of Light, but to those who might not be clear on who those
enemies are, a note: any who stand alongside the forces of Evil, Chaos,
Darkness, Sin, Vengeance and Strife, you will feel our wrath.

To Hashan in particular: you have enjoyed some brief respite from the
Jewel, but your assistance to our enemies on Nishnatoba has not gone
unnoticed. We have stood aside, as a city, from those who sought to
destroy you for your crimes before this, but Justice will be enacted
swiftly and soon, should you continue along this path you are setting
yourselves on.

The Light is many things, Sapience. It is nurturer, protector, shepherd
and teacher; but its blinding radiance will be brought to bear against
all those who stand against it. You have all seen that in these last few
months, as you will see it if you walk around Sapience and see the piles
of splinters where once stood shrines to her enemies.

As we herald in this new dawn, and as we savour these victories over
these enemies of Creation, may we all take a moment to reflect on this
truth, and may we all remember it in the decisions we will make in the
future.

Hail the dawn! Hail the new day!


For the Light,
Dannyl Maynard
Minsiter of War


Penned by my hand on the 2nd of Ero, in the year 540 AF.