A Letter From Lennox

It is a cold in wintry day at LunaMara palace outside, but tranquil and warm inside.

Snow is softly and noiselessly falling to cover the garden grounds, I can see from the window, and is lining the trees with an unblemished white.

It is as if it quiets your very soul with it's peace and vanishes any reminder of bitter memories and cares.

It makes you feel isolated from the world as if nothing else did exist but this moment.

Makes you cease your striving and pause to admire this beautiful and simplistic thing that captures your attention so much.

At least, it has always done so for me, and I think that is one of the reasons I like it.

Other than this activity all is silent and still inside the palace.

It is as if the weather has cast an enchantment upon them; the servants all work in hushed whispers and muted movements, and there has not been anyone that requests an audience with me or brings a petition.

The bitter cold and snow has seemingly barricaded them indoors.

But I am grateful for the opportunity to be left in isolation and take this moment of seclusion to write to you what you must be eager to know.

Just as I foretold a letter arrived three days ago from my brother, explaining the full reasons for his departure last month on the eve of the New Year and the results that followed.

Once Lennox arrived at the Summit Isles and spoke with the League he discovered that it was Palkkan that was the root cause of this, just as he suspected.

The kingdoms became frantic at the sight of Palkkan's continuously growing army and feared that he would attack and besiege their cities, therefore they had come to the decision to surrender to him.

Lennox was enraged at this news and at their foolishness and declared that this decision was unacceptable and that they should not go through with it.

He then proposed his plan of action, he did not go into detail in his letter about it but the League yielded and agreed to it.

The only problem was that envoys of the Erelli-Lion kingdom had already embarked to surrender to Palkkan.

It was already too late.

But not in Lennox's opinion.

He departed immediately and set sail on The Ruler with the intention of overtaking them.

The Ruler is a lithe vessel with very few to compare with her agility and celerity, it was not long before they intercepted the Errelli-Lion's ship and explained the situation.

Now he writes that he is engaged in transporting his troops to the southern tip of Errelli-Lion, to counteract any anticipated move of Palkkan, and thwart his opportunity of attack.

He will explain his strategy more fully to me later, he says, but for now he wants my assistance.

For Agmar, their greatest power is in their troops, but Krespania's strength has always been in the sea.

The Krespanian armada is the largest of all kingdoms, possessing a total of three hundred vessels, and all built for war.

One would be foolish to attempt an attack on Krespania from the sea with this knowledge.

He bids me to have them ready to set sail at a moment's notice to Erelli-Lion when he gives the word.

It is evidently all part of his strategy to outwit Palkkan.

Although, I wish he would not assume that I will lend him my armada at any time, he does not rule Krespania after all, even if he acts like it.

But then, he is always like that, and I suppose I might do just the same, so I cannot really complain.

-Emerald de Gavrillac

Queen of Krespania