I mean no offense, to you or those you speak for, good lady, but that is an attitude I have heard before. It is a dangerous game you play to outwait your enemy and avoid conflict.
It is true that we risk death in this endeavour, and I assure that each of us is aware of this fact, for each of us has already lost companions. Yet we willingly take this risk for what we know is the greater good.
I, too, have seen wars before, and their after effects. I have seen communities devastated by the loss of their finest warriors, but I have also seen lands overrun by creatures of darkness. Not all enemies will be content to leave you here, untouched and secure. Some will root you out simply becuase you exist and don't pay homage to their god. Everything I have seen suggests that this army is such an enemy. You say we are safe here, and yet you have made it clear that the harrowblades are encroaching on your home. How many more will you allow the Red Hand to create here in your swamp before you see them as a threat? I pray that it will not be too late.
The greater threat, good lady, is that the other good folk around you, those in Elsir Vale to begin with, will be destroyed by this evil power while you portect yourselves. Evil's greatest strength is its disregard for other life, and the greatest strength of those who are good are their absolute regard for the same. When dark powers arise it is essential that it be opposed by a united force of all who care about those around them.
The loss of any elf is painful for us, and I will mourn Lanikar's death though I never met him. He did not die for nothing, however. He died fighting to defend his home, your home. He was a hero in this, though it cost him his life. I did not know him, yet I think it would have cost him more to allow the harrowblades to remain in his territory unmolested.
Again, I intend no offense, and I apologize if I have overstepped myself. I have spent years studying the histories of such conflicts, and I am passionate about my findings.
It is true that we risk death in this endeavour, and I assure that each of us is aware of this fact, for each of us has already lost companions. Yet we willingly take this risk for what we know is the greater good.
I, too, have seen wars before, and their after effects. I have seen communities devastated by the loss of their finest warriors, but I have also seen lands overrun by creatures of darkness. Not all enemies will be content to leave you here, untouched and secure. Some will root you out simply becuase you exist and don't pay homage to their god. Everything I have seen suggests that this army is such an enemy. You say we are safe here, and yet you have made it clear that the harrowblades are encroaching on your home. How many more will you allow the Red Hand to create here in your swamp before you see them as a threat? I pray that it will not be too late.
The greater threat, good lady, is that the other good folk around you, those in Elsir Vale to begin with, will be destroyed by this evil power while you portect yourselves. Evil's greatest strength is its disregard for other life, and the greatest strength of those who are good are their absolute regard for the same. When dark powers arise it is essential that it be opposed by a united force of all who care about those around them.
The loss of any elf is painful for us, and I will mourn Lanikar's death though I never met him. He did not die for nothing, however. He died fighting to defend his home, your home. He was a hero in this, though it cost him his life. I did not know him, yet I think it would have cost him more to allow the harrowblades to remain in his territory unmolested.
Again, I intend no offense, and I apologize if I have overstepped myself. I have spent years studying the histories of such conflicts, and I am passionate about my findings.
