A Chapter End, and a New Journey --

Dear friends,
 
I have asked Herius to deliver this message and by now I am already well on my way to try to fulfill the quest that brought me to these strange lands. I feel in my heart the source of the scourge lies further inland, further into Orc territory. Andacarus has provided me with the connections I need in our secret order, and I feel confident in my decision to pursue this journey and to work more closely with the Druid circle.
 
It has been an adventure and a half with you all, and I genuinely have been blessed to fight alongside each of you. But these fights are human fights, and I cannot let myself get entangled in local politics while I have a mission entrusted to me.
 
This has been weighing on me, and I regret the terms under which I am now leaving. As evidenced by the drama that I created, I am willing to put my mission above my party. While the summoning was instinctive, it still sent a signal that if the issue was not resolved peacefully, I was willing to solve it by any means. That's a hard truth, and I recognize that my zealotry on this issue is not something that you all have to own, nor, clearly, is it something that you all understand. But the time may come again that I am faced with a choice of working with the party or following my quest, and upon reflection, I am too committed to my quest to find room to compromise on this subject.
 
I regret most that I broke the friendship with Griswold, who was the first human to befriend me. We both felt passionately about this issue, both felt this was something that pulled at the very essence of who we are -- and, unfortunately, it pulled us in opposite directions. I hope my leaving will make it easier for him to come back into the fold of the party.
 
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