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To individuals who were denizens of Ebonwood or who were its allies


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     The streets of Ebonwood are filled with dead leaves.  Between cracks in the pavement, young saplings begin to grow.  Abandoned, the cihi's buildings lie bare.  The possessions of once prosperous Mali had been left behind as the denizens fled, left to be picked up by the vandals and robbers who roamed the streets, breaking into homes and taking all that they could.

 

     Who did this? Many shall lay the blame upon you, accusing you of conspiring to rule over all the Mali nations.  They shall cry, "Ebonwood fell because of her hubris!"  That you, the denizens of Ebonwood, had deemed yourselves the arbiters of truth - and of Malin's will.  Yet, you know this to be false.

Ebonwood existed to bring peace and unity, valuing all Mali cultures while acknowledging their differences and the need to reconcile them.  It was Ebonwood who opened its doors to both Princess Ivarielle and Sohaer Braxus, hosting a diplomatic meeting in an attempt to bring unity and justice to elvendom and to prevent war.  Ebonwood devoted itself not to the outward pursuit of physical strength in order to dominate, but to the inward pursuit of moral virtue.  And the punishment for this blunder was the destruction of Ebonwood at the hands of those who lust for blood and power.

 

     As happens in the East, happens in the West, as there is nothing new that happens under the sun.  Every land its light touches as it journeys through the sky is afflicted by the same curse.  And the pattern repeats, this time the established kingdoms of elvendom target a new settlement, Sulianpoli.

 

     We are small in number, but we shall fight.  Fight for our friends, fight for our honor, and fight for our ideals.  We have baths, blessed by the spirit of the golden pools, where anyone of any heritage may come to seek greater purity.  We hope to bring purity to all, not hedonism, violence, nor lust for power.  We are a light- a light which the greater kingdoms desire to snuff out.

 

Malin’or has demanded that Krugmar betray us as follows:

I. The Horde will cease its efforts to divide and rule Elvenkind, and expel all elven vassals within its confines, refusing to recognise them as land-holders. They shall be offered suitable residency elsewhere.
 

II. The Horde will cease its puppetry of rogue mali who trade blood for ambition, and expel any mali from the ranks of their leaders, refusing to re-introduce them into such positions. They shall be offered suitable residency elsewhere.
 

III. The Horde will henceforth denounce the problematic, deluded and diseased people known as the “Toga Elves”.

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V. The Horde will revert back to an Uruk Commune solely; it may hold mali merchants and visitors but it will not grant them titles or land henceforth. It may hold any other races within its borders without violation of this.
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VII. The Horde and its shamans will cease any spread of spiritualism outside of its own territories, meaning any erecting of shrines to spirits outside of those lands will result in war. All preaching of spiritualism among mali must be approved by that mali people’s respective prince or princess.

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IX. Should any of these terms be broken, it will result in war.

X. Failure to make amends with any of these - will result in war.

 

     Malin’or demands that no elven group has the freedom to decide which nation to put itself under.  It declares that by race all Mali are subject to princes and princesses.  It declares that individual Mali have no right to decide which nation and which military to serve.  It silences Uruk shamanism, effectively stopping all communication and discussion of a religion, preventing its truth from being debated, and preventing individuals from engaging in truth-seeking dialectical practices.  They are silencing the discussion of individual’s beliefs about truth, and thus silencing the rational quest to compare ideas and come to a reasoned conclusion.  Worst of all, if Krugmar acts honorably, defending its Mali denizens, Ivarielle’s bloodlust has compelled her to jealously kill those who stand before her, blocking her path to a dictatorship of all Mali.

 

     Truth is not reserved to one race.  Right is not defined by obeying what your ethnic group has declared you must obey.  It is the responsibility of every individual to think independently, and this war, like the violence against Ebonwood, is an expression of powerful Mali who desire to stifle rational thought and debate.

 

     In memory of Ebonwood, in revenge for what was taken, in goodwill to prevent it from happening again, and in the protection of the pursuit of the greater good, I ask all former denizens of Ebonwood and its allies to come to our aid.

 

Luthriel X., former senator for Ebonwood to the Orenian Imperial Diet, denizen of Sulianpoli

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The once Malin'tir of the Ebonwood Principatus passes his eye over the missive on a haenseti newspaper stand. The rather large man behind the counter had pushed the pile aside, but the word 'Ebonwood' Would not do kindly to escape Hierans gaze.

The Officer strikes his composer in silence for a moment as the flood of what has been returns to him. He leaves the paper where it is, now is not the time to return to the master of his youth, not yet.

"Ah, Ebonwood. The proud ecosystem of mali. Pity minuvas wasnt one for diplomacy with the other elves." He hums with a light chuckle. "Ah Minuvas Brother. Where are you now..."

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Perhaps I can complete my trades with Minuvas?

 

 A Mali'thill mused over a cup of tea, fascination kindled by the missive.

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Beautiful FREE Citizens of Sulianpoli, raise their spikes to the sky! As former Ebonized wooders show up trickling through the gates of the blessed cihi. "Those Mali'ata, the same who had subverted the GREAT CITYSTATE of Ebonwood, now seek to end further, the righteous rights of ALL Mali, be they 'ker 'ame, 'aheral! They seek to have you BEND, great individual, to have you BEND before the likes of those most cursed! Expelled from their motherlands for acts most impure... For Kinslaying, for seeking to overthrow our most ancient governments, and for all their crimes against Elvenkind!" The elf stands tall besides the large ACROPOLIS of Sulianpoli, his shield polished and cruel spike sharpened. "They fear us, the rightful, the purest, the individual HEROS of our time! Because they know we are true, and we are just! They fear the many rights and privileges that we accrue! For they know if they stepped one foot in our blessed pools, they would be immolated!" Beaming towards ALL COMERS he speaks! "May those who raise blessed spikes, for this polis, know truly you will be ensured vast privileges, and many rights! May you take your citizenship by the edge of your blade, and may all who stand before you, bend at the knee and submit."

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Golden eyes peeked upon the sheet before handng the paper it to her close family friend. “If I remember correctly it wasn’t Celianor that led to Ebonwood’s demise, non the orcs burned down the trees first, and left bloodshed on the streets And you pleaded with them to stop, non? So much more happened.. yet they skip over so much”  Golden eyes hardening in sadness , 

 

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"Perhaps she ought to actually speak with Ivarielle than run her mouth on topics she clearly knows nothing about, guessing the reasoning behind certain actions or words, though it is so much easier to make up lies to tear down others, constantly have we in Celia'nor toiled away at building our homeland up, and progress more and more, compared to those degenerate, impotent Republicans." A woman bitterly comments

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A mali'ame surveyed the letter from where it had been sent to her bar, pressing whiskey-wet lips into a thin line. "At least Luthriel's spirit burns bright as e'er."

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