~~~NOT LOIS~~~
Warmest greetings, Travance.
My name is Valentina Halfen, and I have come to your barony as a representative of House Narendier. We are one of the houses of the Witchhunter's Academy on the mainland.
All of us in the Academy have heard the stories of your legendary witchhunters, and indeed the Academy even displays statues in memoriam of some of them. Your barony does tend to attract the heroic types, doesn't it? I know that many of you are only distantly aware that other Houses of witchhunters beyond the Great Three exist, but as some of your people have begun responding to some of my House's job postings, my Masters have decided that now is an opportune time to send a representative to Travance. House Narendier is a scholastic-focused House. Our primary area of study is curses, though of course we do not discard other knowledge we come upon in our research. We are not adventuring sorts, but Travance, she is full of adventuring sorts, no? And a lot of exposure to a wide variety of metaphysical effects that we would like to study.
It is the hope of my House that we can begin to forge a mutually-beneficial arrangement. I look forward to working with all of you.
Sincerely, Valentina Halfen of House Narendier P.S. What is wrong with your portals? It took six attempts to get a Gate here to work.
Welcome Master Halfen,
I am Marika of House Laurent Belmont. I am most interested in your knowledge of curses, and would more than willing to trade with my metaphysics. Plus my background in curses can be a boon.
Our home at the Academy is open to you and I look forward to meeting you.
Z'Hade Enam Marika Korsova DelDragon Laurent Belmont
Voice of Galmachis
Greetings Master Halfen,
It's nice to meet you, even if just in letters at the moment. My name is Kestrel Laurent-Belmont, a master of the Academy and council member for House Belmont in Travance. I am also the head researcher and librarian of the Academy, so I am very pleased to make contact with a member of a scholarly house - especially one with such an interesting field of study.
I second Reyna's offers of hospitality and resources. I would also like to greet you at the Academy and can show you around the library and our collections. We've encountered a number of cursed things in the past, and it would be amazing to speak to someone with more studied knowledge of them.
I look forward to meeting you and sharing what we know.
Sincerely,
Ser Kestrel Laurent-Belmont of Kaladonia
Master Halfen,
I am his adopted great-granddaughter, and the adopted daughter of the late Argyle Del Dragon of House Reign.
I am however, pleased to note that my great-grandfather is in fact alive and well. I spend time with him and hunt by his side whenever I can.
When can we expect you at The Academy? I’d like to be there to greet you personally if possible. If not, our caretaker can show you to your quarters and where our library and labs are.
Sincereley,
Reyna Del Dragon
P.S. Annora, he already has a big head. We never hear the end of any of his stories!
Shamis has a statue!?!
Great. We're never going to hear the end of that one.
A pleasure to meet both of you!
Master Del Dragon, I believe I will take you up on that offer. By any chance, are you related to the late Shamis Del Dragon? His is one of the statues on display. I've oft wondered what these witchhunters were like, and I would greatly enjoy the chance to hear some stories for those who might have known them.
I will bring my things to the Academy and then return to your Dragon's Claw Inn to hopefully meet more Travancians. Maybe I'll have better luck with this Gate rune to get back here than I did getting here in the first place.
-Valentina Halfen
Curses? What an interesting topic for a group to focus on! You're bound to find many interesting curses to study while you are in Travance, hopefully it will be worth your while in many ways. -Narcis
Greetings Master Halfen,
I am Reyna Del Dragon of House Reign and a master of the Academy on this side of the Rift.
Welcome.
Please feel free to reach out if you or any of your House need resources. Our Academy is open to you for whatever you may need, including lodging. And of course, we will provide whatever assistance we can.
Sincerely,
Reyna Del Dragon of House Reign