-- A letter is printed en masse, posted throughout Vailor upon pamphlets. --
-- Many are around the Cloud Temple Docks, --
-- though others are put up in areas Vigil members have recently been spotted. --
-- The letters are written with elegant handwriting, penned in silver ink. --
To Members of the Vigil,
Many of you have likely heard of me, though I suspect very few have actually met with me outside of a negotiating table wrought with nothing but violent threats. Today I write to you in hopes of changing this. I do not want war, violence nor ire between those of Celein and Haelun’or. Perhaps to your own disbelief, I merely wish to live unaccosted so I might pursue my goals irrelevant to the Silver State.
Though I sought merely to avoid war and allow the Vigil and Celein to coexist, recently a choice was pressed upon me that led me to question the possibility of such an option. Only a few short days ago, members of the Vigil kidnapped two of my children, Crumena and Elleyun Izalith, an act so abhorrent that I still cannot fathom such an occurrence.
I was promptly informed, and had my agents give me updates regarding their condition. They were taken to the Citadel and questioned extensively, seeking to press them to turn upon their home. Following this, they sought to convince my son to murder me in cold blood. Yet these two failures are not what makes the actions presented today so despicable. No, what made today’s events truly unforgivable was their next desire. To execute one of my children in my stead.
I was informed promptly via carrier pigeon that Arche Raell wished to kill one of my children. It was only after my children were returned that I learned Tahorran Raell was also among those with such murderous inclinations. Were it not for the steadfast and honorable temperance of the Sohaer, I fear that the Vigil would be guilty of the most heinous of crimes.
To murder an elven child!
To bring children in the middle of politics is unacceptable on its own, yet this is beyond forgiveness. No upright elf would ever consider such a detestable act to be one of an order to protect all of elvenkind, for children are to be most prized above all others. If “a Vigil must be stalwart in their preservation of the ways of elvenkind,” then a Vigil must reject these acts, and isolate themselves from those who would condone them. Elviran, I ask you now with this knowledge, look upon your order and tell me what you see. I fear it will be quite different from what you were promised.
-- A portrait of a Vigil is drawn below, restyled to reflect a different perspective. --
If you believe the murder of elven children to be just, then remain with the Vigil; they are an order suited for your ilk. Yet if you joined Elviran to protect your fellow mali, I implore you to cast aside your sword and green tabard. There is no shame in admitting you have been led astray, only in the passive acceptance of crimes against all elvenkind.
Will you stand by the words which the Vigil are meant to dedicate themselves to, or follow in the footsteps of would be child-killers?
There are two sides, yet only one stands for all elves.
The Nearly Mourning Father,
Laethis Izalith
-- At the bottom there is another portrait of a battle between a dark and light Vigil. --
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Penned by Laethis Izalith, edited by the Hierarch’s Scribe, Desi, Ward of the Izalith Bloodline.
The 3rd of Malin's Welcome, 1562