The Don't Letter

The "Don't" Letter is a historical missive that was sent by the Overseer of Meshen to his Commanding General in or around the year 57 GM. The letter was a message instructing the general not to attack the halfling settlement of Jhelon . The message arrived 5 minutes too late, and the attack commenced. The halflings had secretly received word of the impending attack and prepared an ambush. The General and 1,000 of his troops were massacred in the worst recorded single-day death toll of any military attack on the Isle of Melas to that date.

Purpose

The letter was written by the Overlord as a last minute instruction for his general to call off his attack. The plague that took the lives of many citizens of Meshen and Kimle originated in the halfling community of Jhelon. The Overseer had ordered the General to destroy the population of Jhelon, but at the last minute discovered that the plague was created by clerics of the Patriarchal Triad to destabilize the region and take control, and that they had warned the halflings an attack was coming. He dispatched the one-word order by high-speed messenger, but the attack had commenced only five minutes before. The General and his troops were ambushed and slaughtered.

Document Structure

Clauses

The document contains only one word:
"DON'T"

Historical Details

Legacy

The messenger from Meshen could only watch as the General and his men proceeded into the coming massacre, having arrived 5 minutes too late. After the battle, he returned to Meshen, intending to return the message to the Overseer, but in his absence the city leader had been assassinated and the Patriarchal Triad was in control. Fearing for his own life, the messenger made his way south into the Wildlands. Eventually the letter itself made its way to Aerost and ended up in the collection at The Great Pantheon Library

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The Don't Letter

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Type

Record, Historical

Medium

Paper

Authoring Date

57 GM

Location

Meshen