Speaker,

It seems at last Shallam has revealed it's true colors, turning on the
forests, a greater community of the very people whom have protected it
in its greatest time of need, merely for the use of a skill. Since 552AF
this has gone on, the power of the priests' Angels waning.

I can only imagine the Shallamite life over the last 10 years as they
silently scoured the far reaches of Sapience, searching for clues to
their lost power. All these years they coped ably, not so much as a
whisper about their Angels. Yet the moment a proposed solution for their
own worries came they embarked on their conquest with reckless abandon.
Not a thought was given towards the consequences this could have on the
forests, their purported allies. Not a single demand for a more thorough
investigation. Not even a word to the forestal community before changing
the nature of an entire wood! They simply attacked. They simply did what
they felt like.

These are not your friends. You have been deceived, used and abused.
Your people have defended Shallam in droves, yet Shallam has done little
to defend Eleusis. Your people have suffered greatly for the greater
good of Shallam, which in similar shoes chose to AGGRESS and warp a wood
without so much as the courtesy of a discussion first. Was there really
a need for such reactive aggression? Ashtan, even in a state of war with
a forestal village, has not even so much as entertained the idea of
attacking any wood.

I request once more that the Eleusian council and it's people seriously
consider Ashtan's offer for peace. Stop your support of Shallam - that
is all that we ask. Our soldiers will turn away from your village and
bring justice to those whom would disregard their closest friends to
fulfill their narrow, perverse perception of what is right.

-Darknight Sioraiocht-Sar'vet
Overseer of Ashtan


Penned by my hand on the 9th of Ero, in the year 565 AF.