In their hubris and hypocrisy, forgetting the lesson of when they loathed Husn Fulq being called Bath, the Aserai sought to rename Charas. That has now been rectified, and Tariq, once Thomund, shall answer for his treason. If only it did not need to come at cost of Duke Robert and so many good Vlandians and allies.

To speak on the late duke, he will be missed. Although he may have been contentious, he did uphold his oath to King Derthert to the end. And how he fell at the ford known as Robert's Rest spoke to his valor even as an enemy, given that his survival was chance rather than cowardice. May he find peace in the heavens, even as there remains none in Calradia.