The Consequences of My Dearest Beliefs

[Titania]

In the dark of night, as shadows wax and the sun fades, a message finds itself posted upon the front of Ymirholl. It is written in flowing script, vibrantly and carefully drawn together by one who has likely spent a fair bit of time of their skills in calligraphy. It is planted on the door with a single nail, and upon it, reads thus:

Old friend. Old enemy. Bartholomew Wilkins. Inheritor of Jokul. True Giant. Lord of the Sundered Enclave.

I, Ysayl dul Vique, lastborne of my line, Knight Umbra of Aphros, challenge you. Once before, we dueled, when you questioned my competence long ago, when both of us were but nascent magi. Such a distant memory, and yet so much has happened since, hasn't it?

Now comes something far better to test ourselves upon. Something far more worthy than a mere personal insult. We will battle for our ideals.

You would bring peace, to Meranthe, at the cost of war. I ask you now, to raise your steel and harden your heart, and fight to prove you have the strength to do so. Prove to me that your will is great enough, that your cause is righteous enough, that your soul is strong enough. Show me the conviction of the Heir of Jokul, the one who would uphold the will of Amier and unite the worshippers of the Pantheon.

As for me? I fight for what I stand for. My own beliefs. That of loyalty, for I am sworn to serve Aphros and the Oracle unto my dying breath, and I shan't ever dare break such a vow, even now. What good is ones' oath, if it breaks under the first true test of it? My honor and my dignity both would never allow me to turn my back to my home, when once before, when the Fel came to burn it, I was not yet strong enough, not enough a magi to even stand in its' defense.

You who holds the flame of light, I would match with my own, borne of shadow. Let us see whose burns hotter.

I challenge you, Bartholomew Wilkins, to an honor duel. We will meet at a neutral location, and we will fight until we can no longer.

Do not keep me waiting.

Ysayl dul Vique challenges Bartholomew Wilkins to a Deadly 3 duel.