Letter to Ferik Ishak, Arslan

[MAGIC]

To the Honorable Ishak, Ferik of the Tutorial Guard,

Written on this, the 24th day of the Month of Tammuz, in the reign of the Mighty Osman VI, may Life, Prosperity and Health be upon him.

From the hand of Zelpha Nesendya al-Faltarnis, Scribe of the Sublime Garden, Apprentice Cartographer of the Lands and Skies, on behalf of Faith Kruehtzer, Absolver of Guilt.

Peaceful Greetings.

A matter of gravity and sacred import compels this writing.

Let it be known that Ephia's Well seeks the earthly remains of three individuals, once held in honorable service, now passed beyond the Four Reeds into the realm of the dead. Their names are written upon the scrolls of the Maqbara and spoken in hushed tones by the Preperators at the House of the Dead, but their earthly bodies have become lost to us and their loved ones cry out for their return.

It is believed - by the will of Kalim, that their bodies may lie within Arslan, their mortal lives lost during the liberation of Arslan from the clutches of jackals. If they may lie there upon your grounds then we implore you - search your resting places and speak with the preparers of the dead. If these honored dead are found, then let them be treated according to the sacred rites and returned with reverence to the Maqbara in Ephia's Well, beneath the gaze of the Palatial Pyramid.

If this is done then our gratitude shall flow like the Mother's tears.


They are as follows:


Dralnu, Recluta of the Banda Rossa - Human, Male. Masculine. Agasian Battle-Chaplain, who did holy worship with his hands. Dressed in heavy armor, black, dark gray and red. Of youthful face, hair of reddish-brown, short.

Qen - Elf, Male. Dressed in green and Sand leather, typical of followers of Kula.

Mansur Amun-Rezhir - Human, Male. Dressed in heavy armor of gray, brown and dusky red. May have had a whip.


Thus, do we sign and mark with our seal,
Zelpha Nesendya al-Faltarnis,
Scribe of the Sublime Garden,
Apprentice Cartographer of the Lands and Skies,
In loyal service to Ephia's Well

[Halfbrood]

Honoured Scribe,

Much is the work in Arslan, following the defeat of the Jackal; yet, I found myself compelled to answer.

The Tutors kept excellent records, following the battle, and the dead were catalogued.

None of those you described were among them.

There was perhaps one that matched this Qen similarly; but he was not an elf. A human, dark of skin and of similar trappings as described. He was not of the Tutorial Guard, nor in any other records. I would therefore assume he was your own.

These others, they were not amongst the dead here. I made some enquiries of the Tutorial Guards, and some say they saw them being carried from the battle by one of your own. An old man, bearded, perhaps a priest; the symbol of Uraziir on his back.

What came of them beyond that, I do not know.

In faith and knowledge,
ISHAK