Dear Haiadion,

I read your post, as ever, with interest. However I feel I should explain a few things.

Since you have been away, Charnley has struggled with a guild that is totally apathetic when it comes to sorting out their problems. I tried to arrange a council and had no more interest than a few sniffs and a few nods.

These two were not condusive to harmony at all, and the decisiont o outguild them was not on Charnley's whim. It was something that I believe most regular druids actually wanted. Dashel's words are correct, he has seen a lot in his 'handful of years'. He works to protect other druids and tries to promote harmony all the time. You say that Portis was a fine druid, how many druids steal from each other's groves I wonder? On that subject I shall say no more, as I am expecting a torrent of Portisarian abuse over that one. Last night, I was attacked and killed simply because our guild did not want to tolerate those members any longer. I think you will find that the remaining members of the guild, and there are many of us, actually agree about all of this.

One last thing Haidion, I wish you had been here recently to see the ridiculous converstaions that went on, it would make more sense then. I tried to talk to Portis and she accused me of thinking everyone else below me, that I was unwilling to listen to others and that I considered my own life above everything else.

I write this out of total respect for you, as ever. One last point I would make to all is perhaps we can now move away from this board, I'm sure not everybody wants to read all this.

With kind regards,

Zandramas
Herald of Nature.

Penned by my hand on the 8th of Daedalan, in the year 225 AF.