Now, I don't normally take the time, and spend the gold, to make a
public post, but at this point in time, I feel it is necessary.

In regards to Duiran, it seems for years, and years, and years, you lot
have been the source of nothing but trouble, I have heard nothing but
bad things about Duiran, and granted, I've never been a citizen,
although I have had the privelage of knowing some of the Benedanti's, I
don't know if what I've heard is the truth, or simple heresy, but it
made me wonder about something. All these years, I've heard nothing but
bad from different, un-related sources, so is something really wrong
with Duiran? In my less than well-informed opinion, yes.

Now I know most of you are thinking "But Achavis, we don't care about
what you think!" but really, I'm sure you all know what I'm talking
about. The issue with Spirokai..long...drawn out..grating on everyones
nerves within a few days..ring a bell? Well, before you think "Achavis,
it was his fault, not Duiran's!", yes, I am well aware of this fact, but
honestly, did they deal with the situation properly? In my opinion, no,
they did not. Could I have done a better job at handling it? Probably
not, but still, this is all my opinion, so any of you taking the time to
read this will suffer through it, or quit reading right here and miss
the point of my post.

Another example, the issues with Gilrath, and Ryusa. Now most of you I
know, don't even know who the heck either of them are, but if you read
the post right before this, you'll get a brief background on both of
them. What it sums up to is a question I ask myself every time I see
more "Duiran this..." and "Duiran that..." in the news. Are they
purposely screwing things up and doing this as a joke to make themselves
look bad? Every time I know the answer is no, but a thought came to mind
during one of my "Self question and answer" sessions. Duiran's policy on
issues is quite obviously, shoot first, ask questions later. In regards
to Ryusa, they told her that if she joined the Occultists after quitting
the Druids, she would stay enemied to the forests indefinately. Now,
some of you who think yourselves knowledgable on said topic might
strongly disagree, but...being very good friends with Ryusa, I like to
consider myself an expert on the topic. Shortly after joining the
Occultists, Duiran began whistling a different tune, stating her enemy
status was for two years, and time already "served" would count towards
that two years. Very interesting, very interesting indeed. Just another
small example of Duiran's ever famous "Shoot first, ask questions later"
policy.

I guess what the point of this entire post is, and like I've said twice
already, I've heard nothing but bad about Duiran, and not one single
GOOD thing, not once. Even their damned policy in regards to harvesting,
lowering the level you can harvest annuals to, down to 2, a stupid idea
in my opinion. Now, this is all just my opinion, so feel free to send me
hate messages/tells, or messages/tells thanking me for sharing this with
everyone, because I know you all care so much what I have to say. Thanks
for your time heh.

Sincerely,
Achavis Bouchard

Penned by my hand on the 24th of Ios, in the year 96 MA.