Greedy, Lazy and Complacent.
16th of The Amber Cold, 1734
Early in the morning, a stoic ‘ame would emerge from a barren stall with naught but the clothes on his back, his sword, quiver, and bow. Quickly perusing the few faces in the square he would offer each an amiable smile and a nod before adjusting his cloak, a hint of melancholy noticeable from the crease between his brow. As he wandered away from the stall, he would run his palm over the smooth wood, a small smile tugging at the corner of his lips. “You’ve gotten greedy,” he gripes to no one in particular as he withdrew a small stack of papers from the inside of his cloak, neatly placing them on the stall counter before securing them with an iron ingot for a paperweight. Drawing a heavy breath the ‘ame would turn his face to the cold breeze blowing in through the Irrinor gate and leave.
To my fellow ‘ame
I am not an eloquent ‘ame as most of you know, but I will try to explain the reasoning behind my departure nonetheless. I have grown greedy, lazy, complacent and frankly too valahan in nature. I yearn for purpose, old struggles, and achievements; I won’t find that here. I am too distant from The Aspects now and I yearn to be one with nature and The Balance again as I was many moons ago. I will remember you all and Aspects willing return free of my fault and wrongdoings.
~ Therren Caerme’onn
To Artimec
I am proud to be your mal’onn and I am proud to bear the crimson antlers. You are the strongest ‘ame I know, a steadfast leader and a constant inspiration to our people. I know you will continue to advance our culture and faith and I hope one day I can call myself your equal. Pray for me.
~ Your mal’onn, Therren.
To Layla and Miklaeil
I figured I might as well address you in this letter as you share everything.
Layla, in many ways you are my lari’onn. I love you deeply and I hope you will forgive me for doing this to you once again. You are my heart and I regret putting duty before you more than you can know. It seems like only yesterday we were fishing in Linandria and talking about what our futures may hold. You have grown into a strong, capable leader and I am overjoyed you have found yourself a partner who would give their life for you as I would. I will carry the feather you gave me many, many moons ago, wherever I go. I will miss you and I will see you again. I promise.
Miklaeil, we may not speak often, but know I deeply respect you. I respect your loyalty, your resolution and I respect your devotion to Layla. I could not have hoped for a better partner to my lari’onn. Perhaps next I see you, you will have used some of your gumption to improve your martial abilities.
~ Therren.
To Avius
Avius, you are a capable fighter and I have nothing more to teach you. Be careful not to go down the same road I did. Stay humble, stay courageous and use not the sword for glory or fame, but to protect your fellow ‘ame.
~ Therren.