Dear fellow Aetolians, and especialy those of the Divine,

The first skirmish of what will likely be the most dangerous time that
the lands of Sapience has ever faced is over. Victory was hard fought
and happened with only the narrowest of margins. Many brave and noble
Aetolians fought hard, risked and lost much to see the forces of the
dark Goddess Chakrasul pushed back from the city os Ashtan.

It is for these defenders that I make this plea. A statemnt made by
Brother Rolan has sparked an idea. He mentioned to the rest of the
Sentaari that one of our order deserved a medal for all the times he
died facing truly impossible odds. He was right, but the Sentaari he
mentioned was not the only one that deserved such.

I searched far and wide for someone that had the skill to make such an
honour for those defenders that gave so much for the rest of our safety,
but alas there was no mortal with the power to do so. With that in mind
I am now turning to the Divine. Only You have the power to make such a
dream into a reality. Many among Your followers gave their lives
repeatedly to stand in the path of the forces of Corruption. Please,
allow us to demonstrate our thanks to those defenders by creating for
them some form of tangible sign of our thanks.

I realize that finding *all* of those that gave their all to shield
Ashtan will be difficult, but I feel that it is both possible and right
that it is done. Please excuse my impertinance for making such a plea
while the war has hardly begun, but I simply can not stand back and
allow heroism such as I witnessed to go unrewarded.

Penned by my hand on the 14th of Lleian, in the year 111 MA.