To the champions of the Order of Slyphe,

Long have you draped yourselves in the mantle of "Heroism", claiming to forge fate through valour and courage. But this brittle facade merely sanitizes the carnage of Strife, rebranding the greed of the few as the heroism of the many to lure the starry-eyed into your service.

We - the Argent Legion - no longer accept the myth; we intend to scratch through the gilded surface to reveal the rot you call a cause. History will remember the "hero" not by their boasts, but by the burdens they cast aside when the weight becomes true.

Which of the virtues that you trumpet truly matters? When interests clash, what values of yours will survive? Peace or liberty? Paradise or Progress? Heroism? Will it even exist in a world without Strife, where peace reigns and evil is vanquished? Will your hunger be sated then, or will you thirst for more?

What is it that differentiates "Heroism" from conquest? You readily permit atrocity to those who do not serve you, such as the Aerie. But if the Dauntless's "Heroes" protect only their own interests, are they "heroic" at all, or simply subjugators in masks?

By our sword will your theatre of manufactured glory reach its final act. We will carve an honest answer out of you, and in the silence that follows, the world will finally see your true colours. Welcome the coming storm or flee in terror, but come for you it does.

Strife everlasting!

Sheryni Nebre'seir
Officer of the Argent Legion

Penned by my hand on Tisday, the 17th of Dharos, in the year 18 AC.