To Legate Vellyn Lhyrian

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Delivered by Scribe to the Office of Legate Vellyn Lhyrian, from the Office of the Second Seat, currently held by Interim Legate Edmund Lothere.

Dear Vellyn,

I know we have not always seen eye to eye, and I have met your ire with more ire, and our relationship ever since your election has been one of lapse after lapse in judgement and cross wording, we no longer have the courtesy nor the time to waste upon each other in squabbling.

Now that I need not Alexandria's approval - Twins rest her soul - we may have more heart to heart discussions. For at the very least we agree on one thing; the prosperity of Ephia's Well. I once stubbornly told you there was little we could do, but there is always something we can try.

That is what this all is, isn't it? A trial? An experiment? This nascent thing that is democracy. So let us try it, and work together. As said in my bellows, you will find yourself unopposed for so long as I am an unelected Legate serving the end of a Seat's term.

In the time that we have, these are my pursuits;

1. Inanna's Law is raised upon the Stele and given my approval in writ. It would be an amendment to the law of Trespassing, and Trespassing would be renamed to Inanna's Law if wished in her honor.

2. The Voice is lowered to 2,000 dinari from 4,000 dinari. A few amendments to the law alongside this may include Fraud, Contracted Debt and Election Tampering. The vision here should be to give meaning to a Voice, but ensure every Ephian has the opportunity to work towards it. Furthermore, we should work towards less intervention by foreign gold, contractors and wealthy patrons in the city for the purpose of binding a person to vote a particular way via purchasing their Voice.

3. An official title is made for lawyers employed by the state, those we may call upon to ensure dutiful Jurisprudence in court. They would be assigned cases to represent as defendants with unbiased prudence. This title would have a wage of 4 dinari.

4. An official title is made for those under the Deputy Chief Scribe; Junior Scribe and Senior Scribe. Give the Scribes more to work towards, and they shall work harder for it. Raise all three of their wages.

That is all for now, though we should meet soon to discuss an Assembly and an Allotment to ensure the Accord is well funded and rewarded for their efforts in the war. We should also be in touch with Gohari Heavy Machinery and receive an ultimatum on when construction shall begin on the new district.

Whether my term ends in victory or defeat come the cusp of election, I will aspire to work towards if not correcting the entire system, making small changes as is your philosophy, that make this vision closer to a reality than naught.

I eagerly await what you ask for in return, and any amendments, suggestions or proposals you have.

Yours truly, with earnest apologies for past and brazen words,

Edmund