[!] A letter would be found pinned to trees and posts in Elvenesse. Some would also be delieved to others outside the nation by an older barn owl.
Aboard Malinic Ship GOLDEN WIND, in North Harbor, Amaethea
To all to whom this may come, greetings:
Desiring a clear account be made of the objections against the right honorable Lord Exarch Evar'tir Oranor, Adjudicator of Malchediael, etc., which lead to the withdrawal of his nomination for High Prince of the Crown of Elvenesse, I have set them here.
The said honorable Lord Exarch and his colleagues, being anxious to assure the Ithelanen Seed of their esteem despite that family's well-known enmity towards the Crown, subjected Laetranis ap Tahorran, Coyote Druid, my father and predecessor in the captaincy of my Seed, to three punishments of increasing damage and indignity for the same supposed offense against the Ithelanen: first flogged on the orders of the honorable Lord Exarch; then surrendered to the Ithelanen that they might strike off a hand and an ear, put out his eyes, and draw his teeth; and finally banished from the lands of the Crown. Before and during the intervals between each of these acts, the honorable Lord Exarch and his colleagues provided us with assurances that Laetranis would not suffer, or would not suffer further; these were of little value in the fact.
While these indignities were under contemplation and with Orkish or Ithelanen action an immediate threat, I desired the Council provide some guarantees of the safety of my seed, as is the customary duty of overlords, and received no reply to my very modest proposals to that end.
The failure of the policy of the honorable Lord Exarch and his colleagues as it concerns my seed undoubtedly contributed to the death of one of my relatives, of which we had news only when his skin was discovered to have been worn as a coat by an Orc.
Considering these actions, and the manner in which they were carried out, I am obliged to perceive a cavalier attitude among the honorable Lord Exarch and his colleagues towards my relatives and accordingly I, when given the chance, did not support the nomination of either sitting Councilor for High Prince.
I desire this letter be considered but an elaboration of my statement in the recent court of the Council, and to reassure my readers, particularly those who may sit upon the Council, of my sustained loyalty to the Crown of Elvenesse and that of my relatives; the manner with which we are habitually treated has only deepened my belief in the necessity for unity among all our people. I have only the best hopes for the amicable elevation of a worthy successor to his Grace the High Prince and I will work united with my brother- and sister-chiefs to this end and for the maintenance of our city in service of our people.
Rylleah ap Tahorran
LEADER OF THE PEOPLE OF NEMGLAN