Alstacia's 5th & 6th Commentaries
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kingtycoonA bulletin issued from the Scriptorium of The Smith’s Finger CA YK 1859[1]
Kannylte Silverheaven is in rebellion. Open resistance to The Empire. Secret army. Rinkannyl Tulakkun is compromised. Send help. Expect danger. Final Communication.
Gregor’s Alarm, Grey Season – YK 2037, Raindrinker the Garden of Burkannyl Tabatha[2]
We met the physical article of sedition the Burkannyl Tabatta who is Kannyl Arno’s daughter by an utterdark trulking. She leads a legion of archers & skirmishers comprised entirely of tulkish – half Eyue-half Trulking warriors. Send help. Expect danger. Final communication.
[1] Intermittently the scribes of the Maker’s faith are given bulletins of this sort to transcribe in duplicate, triplicate and so forth – urgent messages that are sent by the dozen via fast runners, dedicated riders, trusty birds and the occasional leaky rowboat. In short, when one must be certain that the message is received it is transcribed a few dozen times and posted with all haste by the nuns. This message hung in the scriptorium as an example of the form – I can’t attest to its provenance, but I imagine something quite like it must have circulated in the years after YK 2037. I’ve not seen any official bulletin, but this template always intrigued me. The names here are redacted to protect reputations.
[2] This text was presented to me alongside a trunk full of damaged materials including several diagrams of a monstrous person I understand to be a trulk as well as some rotten samples of plant material wrapped in oilcloth. The trunk had no stated origin & I never met the one who dropped it at my door. The letter of alarm is signed by someone – but who’s name doesn’t match Kaffiyon’s text (which is to be expected). I cannot gauge the authenticity of the document, however, I do regard it as documentary evidence whether it was an authentic relic of the expedition we presently study or a forgery meant to corroborate same, later events promote its validity.
Compare its contents to the preceding bulletin. This is, by my reckoning, the first of such bulletins in a long chain that has brought us to the present state of war.
