IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 577 E.S.   ༻⊰───────────────────⊱༺  ⚒⠀༻⊰───────────────────⊱༺    LET IT BE KNOWN.   I WILL NOT LEAVE THE WALLS OF MORTESKVAN. I will not bend the knee, nor shall I run and hide. For I was born in this castle and I shall die in this castle even if the worst should prevail. The people of Hanseti-Ruska have fallen under weak leadership, they now tuck tail and whimper, bending the knee to foreign heretical powers. Rather than defending the l