Greetings,

I do not know nor do I care where you came upon your "facts" concerning
the extermination of the Darkenwood, but the place was never
exterminated. An experiment was being conducted in Vinia, the Black's
garden and she permitted the parties involved to use her garden for
scientific research. The three people who were "caught" conducting this
experiments should be cleared of all charges if it has not already been
done.

In fact, I would even go so far as to say that all three should be
rewarded for their work. They were attempting to find out the full
extent of exterminate's power. Vinia's garden was FULL of fruits,
vegetables and all manner of plant life. The basic premise of the
experiment was to find out if Necromancer's gained a net benefit when
exterminating or if they gained a net loss. The experiment was conducted
during the time when it _appeared_ that Necromancers were not being
affected by forest defenses, and the experimenters wished to find out
the details. The result of the experiments determined that Necromancers
gained a net benefit if the amount of life energy gathered from the
plants in an area out weighed the essence cost of using the power of
extermination.

At any rate, this is the fact concerning the extermination: It was done
in Vinia's garden, which is not a part of the Darkenwood. The Garden is
Vinia's sole source of food in that wilderness. Since Vinia gave the
experimenters permission to conduct their research, no law of any
organization was broken. That is unless you are now claiming people's
gardens to now fall under the purview of Oakstone. If that is the case,
I will tell you categorically that you have no authority over the Shadow
Realm. The Shadow Realm is full of gardens, forests, groves and other
"natural" environments. If you care to dispute My claim over the Shadow
Realm, try your hand at claiming that Holy Place... I can assure you,
that I will have much fun if you undertake such an endevour. I cannot
promise that you will have fun, though. That is, unless you are a
masochist.

Now then, here is another fact for your consumption. All this drama
would have never happened, if a certain god had not been spying upon Me.
Before he had the gall to alert druids, sentinels, and members of
Oakstone about Our experiments, he perhaps should have come to Me and
asked what was transpiring. If he had done so, he would have found that
We were not in a forest, but instead We were in a garden and all this
would have never happened. But then, this is only common sense is it
not? I suppose common sense is beyond his ken.

Lastly, I shall say nothing about the various "claims" to the Darkenwood
itself. Why do you ask? Simply because I wish to finish what this "spy"
has started... Next time, that god ought to use his common sense, don't
you think?

Darkest Regards,
Lord Twilight Trismegistus

Penned by my hand on the 24th of Scarlatan, in the year 308 AF.