Dear Tesha Haters Club,

On Miraman I promised I would have the ransom for Young Tesha ready by the next Serenade. I did, and have had the ransom ready since. It is now Valnuary, and I have not received word from you regarding when or where to meet you. The citrus globes you requested are currently being kept fresh through my elemental prowess, but even that will not be able to preserve them indefinitely.

If you intend to alter your demands or insist on changing them due to your own delays, know that I have contracted the Heartless Butcher of Baelgrim, Viceroy Tabethys Aristata to handle further negotiations based on her good taste in fashion and also for her reputation of efficiency or something. She is also pretty scary.

I heard that the world used to be flat, but she thought it was spherical and it complied rather than risk correcting her. Did you know she one day grew jealous of Cyrenian snowmen, and made a snowman out of the red sea surrounding Mhaldor? I heard when she gets hungry she eats a few of Aegoth's holocausts for better nutrition. She was once told nothing could kill her, so she found Nothing and killed them first.

Did you know why Balam sought the Skylord? He learned Tabethys served Lord Sartan and decided the sky would be easier to reach than her standards. I heard Hashan went to take Mhaldor's territory with a force of 20 when she was alone, and they retreated and complained about being outnumbered. Did you know she was the first to manage to vivisect someone as a Magi?

Anyway, I hope to hear from you soon, so you don't end up having to hear from her.

Love,
Tesha Young


Penned by my hand on the 2nd of Valnuary, in the year 977 AF.