Scrollreader/5PillarsStory

An unopened letter to Ragara Miln, waiting in the Lap, unopened.

Dearest Cousin.

While your devotion to the immaculate order has always been ... zealous, this last is too much to bear. 2 years without a letter? Your superiors in the immaculate order have reported that they too have not had any conact from you, save isolated reports of you wandering the the wilderness, and rebuking spirits, from nowhere. Of coure, there's no /proof/ that you're a heretic, and the official family line is that you are meditating on the Dragon, and focusing your esence. However. You do understand that re-aligning the family manses and redistubiting the stones to those of our family who we can know, and see working for the good of the Family, as well as the Realm, is nothing personal, merely business. When you return to the Imperial Isle, you'll have some explaining to do, if you want back in this family. In the meantime, despite what our elders say, I do hope you're doing well.

PS The Family of that mortal of yours was grateful for the news of his death, bravely fighting heretics and twisted spirits. They remain confident he will exalt in his next lifetime, as his sacrifice for the Dragons brings him to their attention.

PPS Now that the Empress is gone, the family needs you, more than ever. Especially if your mastery of your essence is as great as the stories say. We need good people in the Immaculate order /here/. If the Empire falls, then the threshold will mean nothing. Please, send word soon.

A letter from The immaculate temple of the Lap, to Ragara Talot

Your cousin returned from his expedition against a Siakal Cult bleeding, but unbowed. He feels, I think, some grief for the death of his mortal companion, though their relationship, i thnk, was never more than it ought, they had been friends for a very long time. At his request, we granted him an indefinate furlough. Someone of his talents will be missed, but who are we to question him when he asks us for time to listen more closely to the dragons? In the time since, he has retreated somewhere and though he has not yet returned to us, we hear that his work in the outlying areas continues, and that gods and men have been educated and protected by his hand. Enclosed is his set of Armor, which he indicated should go 'back to the family who has a thousand years of tradition invested, and every bit as much honor' to it. His asceticism is noble, if perhaps msiplaced. We shall pray that the immaculate dragons guide him to wisdom, and miss his presence here.