*under disguise, an individual hands a street urchin child a bag of gold, a piece of cheese and a letter and directs him to send to deliver it to the town hall for councilor Reynolt. The letter is written in blood*

“When you turn animators into criminals, then only criminals, will animate. To call this move foolish, is a severe under statement. How many animators have acted on defense of the city?

Call us evil creators of abomination, have you looked lately over the town you help rule? Sanctuary is not, a moral place-why make such a ridiculous pretense? The power of the Drow is their goddess who takes extremely keen interest in their affairs, the power of the illithid is their unique biology, as is the power of the beholders. They make no claims to power over the fact they animate undead, it is, incidental that they do. Do you think any but an unwashed urchin would not know the truth?

Murder and theft are common, daily occurrences. Most of us do not kill, most of us do not rob or steal or cheat. Most of us sit with our little pens and our little books in our little secret labs and continue the glorious study of the deepest secrets. We really are quite a content and lawful bunch-on the whole. We do not, enjoy being turned into criminals, Reynolt.

We are overwhelmingly not the normal slaves and dregs who have never seen the sun. We at the very least posses tact for only an educated man can bring the beauty of the life that is not life to the dead. We understand tact, we understand discretion. Forcing us underground does nothing but weaken sanctuaries defenses. We are your learned men, we are the men who know more then just petty base survival instincts and most importantly we are your doctors-and you can not survive without us. At least one in seven doctors in this city animate the undead, or study the practice. Surprised? How the hell do you think they survived long enough to get here, Reynolt?

This is not a threat, nor am I trying to be clever and saying “this is a promise” but you and the rest of the council will most definitely come to regret this foolish, foolish decision. You lose our valuable expertise. One of our numbers will most definitely try to take your lives-though I doubt much success.

If you wish to reduce the number of undead in the city this will result in the opposite. We are mostly a quiet, lawful bunch who prefer to be left alone. We do not, appreciate being interfered with. If we do not let the powers of life and death stand in our way, do you think we will let some piss ant fools with aspirations of being the king of slaves stop us? My peers will make undead which do nothing to further their studies and send them to wander through the city, just to show they can not be stopped. In truth, they really can not be stopped, though you may catch a few.

We will let zombie hordes roam the city for a few weeks and let the rest of your little council think over the foolish decision, when it is repealed, we will stop.

Pleasant dreams Reynolt

((Actually NOT the Magus, an alt….. PM for info if your trying to ID the sender))