Dearest Kalin,

The very fact that you are forced to beg and scrape for such paltry
amounts of gold is a laughable farce. While it is impossible to fully
convey my emotions with simple text, I assure you that even though I
believe Celest to be a crumbling foundation of a bygone age of idiocy
and rampant inbreeding, they are at least worthy opponents for the Glory
that is Magnagora.

Sadly, you 'new found'... Cities? Groups? Tribes? I fail to find an
appropriate word to adequately describe how insignificant perhaps you
all are, really are falling behind. The very fact that you have to make
a ransom demand before attacking in return is pathetic. Perhaps, I
believe, you require a lesson in adequate management of your politics.
As such, I offer this brief lesson.

Firstly, one should never make a ransom demand without doing something
in action first. It's as good as scribbling a note saying 'I will get
you back' to the bully who just punched you on the arm. You have been
'raided', I believe the more modern term is, and instead of taking
deliberate and vital action against this act that has been done against
you, somehow you have seen fit to haggle and scrape for a paltry amount
of money and threats of revenge.

Pathetic!

Do yourselves a favour, perhaps, and instead bring about a moderate
amount of force in return, stating the fact that because it was done
unto yourselves, you see it only fit to do it once in return. Then you
demand a meager amount of money to satisfy the poor beggars that must
infest your little grouping. Only then could you actually begin to
prosper.

Oh, and Ixchilgal? I'm disappointed. If you are going to align yourself
to one of these minor little tribes, why do you not do yourself the
favour of ruling them with an iron fist? Obviously they seem to need it.

Oh, and bravo, Malicia. Bravo.

The Taint Blesses,
Prophet Morvior, Viscount of Magnagora.
P.S. No charge.


Penned by my hand on the 14th of Juliary, in the year 273 CE.