Well now, it's been quite a while since I've done this.
I'll make this short and to the point, not my style I know, but
some things are best said plainly. Gaia is gone. Her order is
disbanded. Nature weeps. We endure. As one of the original
founders of Oakstone, the second Hierophant after Mysti, chosen
by Gaia herself, I think I have at least some right in saying
that Gaia's absence will not cause us to lose one nuance of our
resolve in the defence of Nature. In my years we have gone many
stretches in Gaia's absence and we endured then, we shall continue
to endure. Oakstone remains, those of Gaia's order still remain.
Nature remains. So if any of you get any ideas of "when the cats
away..." think of what it would be like to have a score of ticked
off, mourning Gaians just looking for an excuse to...well, you
get the point. Enough said.

The Rahl

Penned by my hand on the 19th of Glacian, in the year 305 AF.