My friends and allies,

Long was I cursed by the once wicken Queen Belladona, who presided over
her Keep with an iron fist and a poison tongue. Yet now, with the
assistance of my newfound allies, Aiden, Osifer, Aren, Ravek, and
others, Belladona has cleansed me of this curse, and it is my chosen
duty, no, my destiny, to undo those wrongs that were wrought.

The Fengard Keep, the very place over which Belladona for so long held
control, and for so long I guarded with my life, must be destroyed!
Friends, this symbol of wickedness and the sins of undeath must be torn
brick by brick out of the soil, and its unholy inhabitants brought to
their knees!

I entreat you, fair citizens of Aetolia, join up with me and mine in
this our quest. The perils of the Fengard are many, but your resolve
will help bring the fight to an end!


In strength,
Gladius the Red

Penned by my hand on the 11th of Lleian, in the year 174 MA.