Chapter 222 - Internal Storm
Dear City Lord of Frostheim,
It is my honor to write to the one who aided us when no others would and I would like to send my sincere thanks. Without your help, I'm unsure if we would have been able to do what we did.
As I understand it, we owe you a debt. I owe you a debt. If you ever have need of me or my City in the future, you need only ask and we will be there.
Your Mayor has already reached out in regards to the treasure we unearthed. As much as I would like for it to remain secret, I can't put the cat back in the bag.
If you give us a few months we will be ready and waiting to receive those who you chose to send to experience it. If you wish to do so before then, I must ask for your understanding of our lacking accommodations.
As much as I'd like to go on with my thanks, I have other news I feel you should know. I'm not sure how much your friend or cousin was able to glean from his stay or if he was looking for it at all.
His abilities were far above where we predicted they were initially, which would've allowed him to reach things we intended to hide. Even if he managed to sleuth out all of it, I feel it's important to make sure you hear it from me.
We've been approached by multiple pylons who petitioned us to join their Factions. They all saw the position we were in and sought to leverage it against me. All offered partnership but required me to swear fealty.
While the offers are important, it isn't the part that I wish to inform you of.
With their messengers and diplomats coming and going, word has spread of the happenings to the South, and not all of it good.
War has already broken out and more are soon to follow with skirmishes already occurring. The City of Storms, or old Chicago, was recently conquered after a bloody battle and people are fleeing from the fighting. Other cities have similar stories with outside forces trying to expand their holdings.
In the heart of it all, a Faction has been gobbling up all pylons near it by methods we aren't sure about. They expand too rapidly for it to be done through conquest and there isn't word of any battles taking place.