This letter was originally written by a soldier in the army of Yzel to his wife after the end of the Third Great War. The letter was intercepted by spies of Eoion and edited then circulated through both countries.

Purpose

To inform a wife about the outcome of the third great war.

Document Structure

Publication Status

The letter was intercepted by spies from Eoion and circulated through both the empire and Yzel. It was shown to the empire in order to detail to the populace how thoroughly the enemy army had been beaten and to the defeated in order to demoralize the populace.

Historical Details

Background

The Third Great War was the first time flying Ilyannoi had been used in military combat. They were extremely destructive and, while the Yzelian army had fought against Ilyannoi before, they had never seen anything like those creatures.
After the letter was intercepted, the Eoin goverment edited it slightly before it was circulated through the country, removing references to the madness of their ruling family line. These notes were left in the version that was passed through Yzel as an intimidation tactic.

Public Reaction

Eoins were proud of the victory of their country and reassured that the creatures controlled by the royals were defenders of the country.
Yzelians were demoralized by the loss and those in the southern area of the country were reminded of the threat that the Ilyannoi pose.

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Letter of a Soldier

The original version of the letter is as follows:
Edda, I'm sorry for the shaking of my writing and for waiting so long to write you. Now, I am coming home. My leg is gone. It's sitting on the battlefield somewhere under a pile of wood.

You might have heard by now that the war is over. Bredan told me we got part of the land back, but most of it is still with them. It doesn't matter. We can't fight them, not anymore.

I don't know what those things were. Fighting their creatures on the ground, we were trained for that. They're strong and fast, but we can kill them if there are enough of us.

Whatever those things were in the sky, they came down like boulders and destroyed everything. I was next to a catapult when one of them crashed into it. The thing, it was like a giant bird, but its teeth- The thought brings terror into my body and I will never know why it chose not to eat me. Its whole body was covered in feathers and spikes and it flew away again once the catapult had pinned me under the destroyed timbers. The Shiroko are as crazy as they say if they've made those!

I'm sorry for failing Yzel. -Rekan
The version that was shown to the people of Eoion is as follows:
Edda, I'm sorry for the shaking of my writing and for waiting so long to write you. Now, I am coming home. My leg is gone. It's sitting on the battlefield somewhere under a pile of wood.

You might have heard by now that the war is over. The land is still with them. It doesn't matter. We can't fight them, not anymore.

I don't know what those things were. They're strong and fast.

Whatever those things were in the sky, they came down like boulders and destroyed everything. I was next to a catapult when one of them crashed into it. The thing, it was like a giant bird, but its teeth- The thought brings terror into my body and I will never know why it chose not to eat me. Its whole body was covered in feathers and spikes and it flew away again once the catapult had pinned me under the destroyed timbers.

I'm sorry for failing Yzel. -Rekan
The version passed around Yzel is as follows:
Edda, I'm sorry for the shaking of my writing and for waiting so long to write you. My leg is gone. It's sitting on the battlefield somewhere.

You might have heard by now that the war is over. We can't fight them, not anymore.

I don't know what those things were. Fighting their creatures on the ground, we were trained for that. They're strong and fast.

Whatever those things were in the sky, they came down like boulders and destroyed everything. I was next to a catapult when one of them crashed into it. The thing, it was like a giant bird, but its teeth- The thought brings terror into my body and I will never know why it chose not to eat me. Its whole body was covered in feathers and spikes and it flew away again once the catapult had pinned me under the destroyed timbers. The Shiroko are as crazy as they say if they've made those!

I'm sorry for failing Yzel. -Rekan

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Type

Record, Historical

Medium

Paper

Authoring Date

573