The gate ascends and descends, and strolling through comes a known figure. Clad white-purple, wielding a serpent-headed staff, sporting a glorious platinum goatee, accompanied by that stern, ancient yet trusted look of the old elf. Silvos Sythaerin enters the city smirking, for he is home once more. The wounds on his face and torso have healed, and he looks healthier than ever. Yet his gleeful smirk soon disappears, as he strolls through the city to inspect how things are going. Returning to the main square after a quick bath, he gathers a crowd and starts to speak. Citizens of Haelun’or! First of all, let me say that I am glad to return, for I have missed you all dearly over the last two years. I apologize, for leaving without notice, but my departure was urgent and I was unable to leave behind a message. I was injured, nigh-death, as I left. A voidal horror attacked me in what was once maehr’sae industries. Your great tilruir’mali Riondil Seni was able to save me, together with Lorien, yet the event left me at the brink of death. And so I was brought to the monks, where I have spent my time healing, resting and recovering. And now, I return… To find this city in shambles. Forgive me, dear citizens, when I say this citadel is no longer a true home of high elves, but rather a disgrace to the maehr’sae hiylun’ehya. The library, still empty since miss Lazul’s departure. The halls, empty, dusty. The baths, grimey, unclean yet hardly used. And lastly the laboratories, neglected and absolutely awful. When I went in there, nearly two years ago, I left a message on one of the boards I was ashamed no one had sent me a message about the acid someone must’ve stolen from my deposit, only to leave the place a ruin. I was insulted to see someone simply reorganized the hallways to move around it, rather than attempting to resolve the issue. I felt excluded, being locked out of my own office, as I no longer held my position due to it simply being removed from the system entirely. And when I went back to check just a few moments ago, said message was still there. Unchanged, unnoticed. Unbelievable. When I was okarir’tayna merely a few years ago, we had a council meeting. We discussed whether the position of tayna was worthy of being an okarir, or whether it should simply be a tilruir under oversight of the okarir’indor. It was decided upon the okarir’tayna position should stay, as it did in Lin’evaral, because both indor and tayna were too big a responsibility to place them in one cubicle. And yet, that is what this council has done. Not even making the tayna position a servant beneath indor, but making indor do both. However, I’ve returned, to see both positions neglected. Barely any books, the laboratories still chaotic, it is a thorn in my eye. This is why I’ve decided, miss Seregon, to challenge you for the position of tilruir’indor. Once I have properly moved back in, I shall prepare a solution to disarm the acid in the laboratories, so they may be returned to their former glory. I have contacts in the Caliphate, the city of Riga, and the lands of Salvus who are ready to provide me with tomes and books to refill our library. I shall strive to return the hunger for progress and health in the citizens, for us to truly follow the maehr’sae hiylun’ehya. The world around us is ever changing, and we must stay two steps ahead as we have done in the past. It is for this reason I shall also be taking up miss Lazul’s work to finally birth the College of Haelun’or. I shall be setting up an application for citizens and councilmembers to offer classes, and hosting a few classes myself. We must educate one another, so we may help eachother understand this world even more. Maehr’sae hiylun’ehya, citizens of Haelun’or.