Esteemed Councilors,

While pondering the savagery of your decision to declare any who so much as speaks with me or sells me wares or asks for my aid in a matter of research as being criminals of Sanctuary worthy of execution, I stumbled upon three of your citizens in a dark tunnel well outside of Sanctuary. One was a Watch Private, another was a Watch aspirant, and another was a fearless paladin of some unknown deity.

I could, I assure you, have brutally crushed the life out of all three. I did not, and would not have, for acts of wanton murder are not in my nature. I will not hold them responsible for associating with my enemies, for serving my enemies, or for conspiring with my enemies.

I wish to make it extremely clear that I am gravely concerned by your decision to seek the death of those few gentle souls who seek the knowledge I possess, or join me in my research expeditions, or who are willing to listen to my teachings.

Put a bounty on my head if you wish - it is certainly a regrettable and ultimately futile thing for you to do, but so be it - but if it were come to pass that one of my young disciples or casual acquaintances were to be hunted and murdered, I should be extremely upset, and unfortunately it would be a possibility for me to continue down this regrettable criminal path that your ridiculous laws have so firmly placed me upon.

As individuals who adhere strongly to a religious creed, I understand that you will not be swayed by reason or by debate regarding the art I practice. So I will not bother spending the time in crafting a coherrent and persuasive argument as to why Dunwarren should embrace the unliving as potential allies. It is clear to me now that I've no real hope of overcoming this irrational prejudice against the use of negative energy, despite my best efforts.

However, I am hoping that you can appreciate that by targeting my allies, you are inviting retribution upon the heads of your own Watchmen and citizens. I am gentler than you realize, but grief makes monsters out of men, and although I make no threat, my "associates" have in turn many "associates" of their own. Bloodshed will lead to bloodshed, and I am afraid it is your side that is the most vulnerable.

I ask that you stop inventing laws calling for the murder of those who associate with me. It is not just, and it will lead to nothing but sorrow.

Aleczumberzeil te Esoterotept The Scholar

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