Greetings

Squire Draven,

I will humbly submit myself to your Lords justice. You may find me at your Statehouse in the time it will take me to travel there.

Gladly will I let the truth of it be known to any and all present or who wish to be.

Mister Belfast,

Ye will be in the company of at least TWO members of the Guard when ye go and ye will go unarmed as well for both your safety and that of others.

I have watched ye from afar in a few instances... Due to those instances, I have concerns over ye lack of personal discipline and control when agitated... therefore I am, in my capacity as a Sergeant in the Baronial Guard, requiring this addendium to thy declaration of a public meeting with Mister Erdboren, Squire to Laird Blackthorne.

. If ye wish to complain about this directive where Public Safety is concerned, ye may have one of your Superiors speak with me or one of my own.

Ye weapons will be returned to ye once the meeting is concluded or if we are assaulted on the road to Alisandria- of which I doubt will happen; the good Laird maintains a solid hold on public order in his lands. It is one of the few places I am concerned about such things.

Again, any complaint about this requirement, you can have one of your Superiors discuss it with me.

In Service to Public Order I remain,

Duncan MacKenzie
Sergeant, Baronial Guard

Mr. Belfast, Mr. McKenzie,
I would like to clarify that my request was not for Mr. Belfast to surrender himself into the custody of Alisandria, but as I and others, believe he has broken baronial law, that he turn himself into the barony itself.
As this was at my request, not the request of my Lord, or land, I will without hesitation be on hand if the barony requests it.
In Service to Alisandria

Brother Aldric incorrectly states that the "new" Church of Light" does not include "blind zealotry." I imagine he has not been introduced to either Knight Templar Sabatheous Tellinghast or his cousin, Lord Templar Aradial Tellinghast. Be assured, unreasoned zealotry exists at the highest levels of the reconstituted Church of Light.

I had the permission of a noble to kill all who attacked the town's members, at or near the monastery Friday night. I had no problem in allowing Galladell to sort them out. To use an old adage, I merely expedited their meeting. I will assist Dumourne and support Br. Belfast in their endeavors.

That noble's permission extended to all at that time.

Lucien - If you wish, I will hold your weapons for you. I give you my personal guarantee they will not go missing. If there is to be a hearing, a difficult task as the magistrate is seldom in Travance and has yet to conclude an investigation going back almost a year, it would be my pleasure to act in your defense.

Friends and fellow subjects,

Let it be known that I am offering myself voluntarily to the custody of the Guard to be questioned for any and all actions I may have taken part in, under the absolute defense of a large caravan of new arrivals to Travance. These newcomers were both unseasoned and poorly armed, when they were set upon by the Agaurran cultists, who were heavily armed, and lead by two Templars, one of whom asked of me "Do you follow the Light?" when my answer was "Yes, Valos is my god." he proclaimed a "Holy War" before striking at myself and others by my side.

I throughout the entirety of the battle could be heard demanding the surrender of the cultists who were attacking any and all passersby while I was there. Many dozens of times I offered, at expense to my own safety, the opportunity to yield. I suffered great injury at the hands of their Templar, who attacked me and then challenged me to single combat, where he was defeated by my hand. I made no attempt to desecrate or even loot the body of the fallen as witnesses will also attest.

Upon seeing the fall of their leader, I demanded the surrender of the remaining cultists, to which their reply was again and again "I would rather die". It is my deep regret that those mislead people did not lay down their arms and save their mortal forms. Even despite their unwillingness to surrender, I forcibly took no less than three prisoners by taking great pains to disarm them and bind them, even while the battle raged. To which the roll sheet of admitted prisoners on Friday evening will attest.

Thank you for your offer Edwin Haroldsson. I am sure once the Guard have spoken to me and the evidence is seen that there will not be any charges.

As I have done no crime, I will always share the entirety of my actions publicly, in this case and in all instances henceforth. Remember that the light is in Valos' keeping and in his name I keep it. Let it shine on all things and let information be free to all.

Haroldson, it is the depths of thine fall from Grace speaking now.

The zeal of the old Tellinghasts were a force for good, no doubt, but one that was appropriate for another time and situation than what are faced now. Sir Barak shows that same fire, but measured with the realities of our present world, and I am honored to have fought at his side this month. That thee refuse to see the distinction is why thee ultimately were excommunicated.

If Brother Belfast is to be questioned, I will be present as well. I will always stand by fellow Clergy, despite what differences exist in our faiths or ideologies. That is what the New Church means, Mr. Haroldson.