To Lord Theodoric Severne, sent 7/12

[Roger Tyrell]

Pennded 6/20, sent 7/12, forwarded as needed.

Lord Severne,

The People of Blasa are prepared to fight you and your banners, but we would prefer peace and unity to bloodshed. War in our provinces harms our people and weakens our futures. Better that we stand united than in conflict. We have recaptured Psyna and now have taken Novra, and it is time we turn to diplomacy over battle We hope you wish to call for peace as well.

I will remind you that Queen Elissa Lorterra is the Kings mother, and he views House Severne as cousins in blood. King Lorterra is prepared to offer Severne house and their banners, including Fallon Severne and her unborn child, asylum. We're prepared to help you get smuggle her out of Solbra and back to Alska, where she will be safe with you. We'll also return Novra to you.

We only require that you bend the knee and recognize King Lorterra as the true king of Forsilvra and pledge support to his cause of uniting Forsilvra under House Lorterra. We'll also require wards, A boy and a girl from Severne and a few from your banner houses as a sign of loyalty and trust to the court in Kyla.

My thanks if you accept this generous offer and we can march together as allies.

Lord Roger Tyrell of House Tyrell, Authority of Diplomacy for King Leonard Althalos Lorterra.

King Leonard Althalos Lorterra
Of the True Line of House Lorterra, Lord of Kyla, the crown city of Blasa.
King of Forsilvra. By Blood

[Theodoric Severne]

Sent on 7/12 from Nemea to Novra, arriving the next day.

Lord Roger Tyrell and Lord Althalos,

Thank you for all of that. Had you not reminded me of our relations, I might have well forgotten my own history. I will be quite plain so as not to be misunderstood. When next you appeal to another the terms of a cease fire, you should perhaps not treat it as an unconditional surrender. You make it seem as though I am powerless to defend my province against you. I assure you that this is not the case. As such, if I am to keep my troops from your own on the field of battle, I will require reciprocity, equal terms and conditions. I also will require that my province remain sovereign. I have no interest in bowing to Blasan kings regardless of the purported blood that flows through their veins. Furthermore, to expect me to ally with you against my own sister is laughable at best and disgusting at least. For despite your ill-chosen words to the contrary, she is the wife of the late king Alrik Sterlyn, queen mother to the potential heir that grows within her. To ally with you against Sterlyn is to go against my nephew and the crown that he deserves. Severne has sworn to the Sterlyns for the last thirty years, and it was they who Forsilvra called king. Calling oneself a king does not make it so, and claiming a crown does not make it yours.

Now, here’s my offer. I will neither bend my knee or offer you wards nor shall I ask you to do the same in return. If you retreat from my borders back into your quiet lands, I will not take my men to move against you nor will I order any to engage your men in battle. I will ask nothing of you other than peace and that you keep your ideas of grandeur and kingship out of Atra. Accept a true cease fire and it shall be given. Demand my surrender and fealty, and it will not be given.

The choice is now in your hands.

Signed Theodoric Severne,
Lord of Alska, Province Lord of Atra