Darkest Sapience,

I came to these lands in search of many things, mainly a lost love but
also to accomplish a series of goals I had set for myself. As some of
you know, that lost love was Saige Kemestar. This is a young woman I
have promised so many things over the years, from a hand in marriage to
a life-long friend and I have shattered them all over and over again.
Some love can never fade or never be destroyed and knowing how much pain
I had put her through really is one knife in my gut that will never have
the right to heal. As for the goals, I have reached and gone beyond most
of them and feel that I now have not the will to fight nor anything to
fight for.

If you have not picked it already, or if you had not already heard,
today I am going to try and put Aetolia behind me. I have hurt too many
people. I've taken upon all I deserve in return. And now I shall run
from it. I do not wish to cause any more trouble for anyone. I no longer
wish to confuse or corrupt minds. I no longer wish upon myself this
immortality. I do wish for these lands to be at rest as I go to my
coffin for an eternal slumber.

To Kiansha, my mentor, my friend and definately one highly respected in
my books: You have changed me in so many ways. You've allowed me to
realise my own faults and have worked with me to try and improve them.
You have understood me when people could not begin to even try and
comprehend the things I have done and you have even tried to help me in
keeping those I hold so dear nearby.

To House Voltaire, my family, my friends and my felow scholars: Never
cease your constant search for knowledge and always use that knowledge
to strengthen yourselves and our House as a whole. And take care of the
library!

To Larayviel: I struggle to find words to say to you here. I have
wronged you and betrayed your trust and your love. Although you may
never read this I want you to know my times spent with you were more
than wonderful and that I only wish I had not ruined things between us.

To all those I have crossed paths with in this lifetime, I wish you all
the best in whatever it is you choose to do. Whatever roads you take
towards your goals in life, be they dark, light or whatever in between I
hope that you will all make it in the end.

Thank you all, Aetolia

Count Zillah Voltaire
Head Librarian

Penned by my hand on the 22nd of Chakros, in the year 98 MA.