Family is Everything

[Dreamspeaker]

The silence stirs.

Violence erupts, and while the warriors of Alabastre find themselves fighting the war both within and outside the battlefield, the Rhoynish King sends a very concise, brief message.

"Denizens of Dreadwoods."

"It has come to my attention you hold my most loyal soldier, Dax, and my nephew Cassius as your prisoners."

"I know who you are, and I possess a particular set of skills. A set of skills that make me a nightmare to people like you - and you could ask your Supreme Witch about it."

"Now, release my family, and that will be the end of this. But if you don't..."

"I will look for you all. I will find you, one by one, and I will kill you."

"You have until the end of this year to make this decision."

"Pray it does not become your last."

[Jumpy]

Following Basil's declaration a message soon follows. Numerous letters lay around and before the Dreadwoods, all holding the exact same message.

Greetings.
Let us keep it simple: Make a choice.

You can either have your home left intact or you can keep my son while I remind the world to heed my warnings.

Theria has forsaken you and lays no claim upon the imprisonment. Credible sources have informed me that Dun Task intends on backstabbing you. Do you believe Osrona would put itself at risk for monsters and a few rotten individuals?

Sincerely, Kofe

[Hoovyking]

Lesser demons of all shapes and sizes move at once, planting letters on the outskirts of Alabaster. 

I have no prisoner by that name, only the Rhoynish Warrior who was given to me.

But do not claim such violence to be morally just, when one of my own kindred was slaughtered for parts.

War is a field of Death, and it judges impartially as it did at Starfall.

If there is one thing that I truly detest, it is slavery. Endless toil without worth, ending in a dishonorable death.

Dax is to be let loose upon the world, for he has no worth to me any longer. 

Should you wish to see him personally? Then come.

A hero's welcome home, isn't that fair?

Elder Kaor Blaidd