Shallam,

Your recent struggles with the Crystalline icon have brought to my
attention the weakness and decay that permeates the City. You used to
truly be the Jewel of the East. You used to truly fight for that which
you stood for. Now, it takes a quarter of a day to muster a paltry five
or ten fighters with which to assault with, after all defenders have
been eliminated.

The only way you may return to your former glory is through a grand
purge of the weak from your city. Remove your leaders which mewl in the
shadows every time evil rears it's head. Replace them with strong
leaders, who will stride bravely into battle, bringing light to the
darkness, law to the chaos. Do not make the mistake of trying to
democratically vote your weakness out. Purge it! Eject them from the
city. They bring nothing but grief.

Good does not mean one should be peaceful. Good does not mean that one
should be weak. Good means that there is freedom to simply be. Good
means that those that ARE weak may grow strong. Good needs to drive back
that which seeks to destroy it. It cannot survive simply by trying to
make deals and paying off enemies.

Do not make the mistake of believing that you must be nice, you must be
meek, you must be passive, simply because the opposite is the ideal of
Mhaldor. Good in it's true form is strong. It is as a hive of bees. The
good of one matters to all, and the good of all matters to the one. This
is what seperates Good from Evil. Evil is, to quote the first truth of
it's dark creed, "simply the drive for advancement, for greatness." This
is a selfish advancement. An Evil person does not look out for others,
rather, only looks out for itself.

I was a citizen of Shallam, once. Do not make the mistake of saying that
I do not know what I am talking about. Evil, do not make the same
mistake either. I have studied the ways of both.

In service to mortalkind,
Celania

Penned by my hand on the 9th of Ero, in the year 419 AF.