State of Esshar

[Nep]

1735AC.

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No additional commentary or attached imagery. Much more polite, short and official this time. Apologies are issued for how plain the missive is.

-Firstly, foremost, a near-180 on previously understood circumstances, it seems? Theria has officially outlawed occultism and witchcraft under the growing pressure of external influence and the threat of war, the looming dangers made aware of beneath Ilburg that could threaten the world. The Dragonlord herself was wounded in attempt to apprehend Duana Kurokaiyo for known witchcraft and occultism. She is assumed to have fled out of the city since then. The effort will be ongoing in similar veins with other known offenders refusing to expedite themselves before confrontation. The knowledge is already public of affair and result both within and beyond the city.

-None of the preliminary defensive structures across the mountain's winding paths have been removed, nor any military patrols around claimed territory yet lightened. No reports of new worldscale developments. It appears expected that Osrona and Myllenoris will still attack Theria despite the above.

-The Grand Therian Factory has completed construction, and thus the groundwork for Theria's Crafters' Association laid. So full attention now can finally turn to the deep and heavy excavation process of Garljing's Reliquary. It's expected to take far longer than it's predecessor effort, with no estimated time to completion. This is a grand and complex thing to approach, more than in just in the resources allocated and manpower behind it.

-The Dragonlord makes it clear and obvious that Theria is open to diplomacy. And has always been. Borders aren't closed to you if you are no active participant in the war. Foreign crafters and merchants are not to be accosted for wanting to trade, but are told respectfully not to pilfer the caves and mines along the way up the mountain or they may face confiscations and potential punishment for repeated offense. If war is concluded, these temporary restraints may change.

-Two new claims for warlord arise. Sythaeryn and Yani orn Task. Warlord Yani orn Task's hangs in a curious limbo, while Dragonlord Sythaeryn has been fully endorsed by the residing same-titled.