


You were instrumental in striking down blasphemers set on breaching the sacred mysteries of our divine Cosmos. The day you denounced the late Senator von Impyrean for his heretical and unseemly interest in the sciences, I felt most astir with joy.

I will be displaced from my position soon, so I will not have the power to act myself. Now, it is your hour to show you are no exception! Our divine Cosmos requires your zeal and your strength. The Senators von Pasus have always been ardent champions of the Living Cosmos. As the foremost Helionic at this imperial center, I am compelled to send you my desperate plea for assistance! We of the faith are all alarmed by the last hour’s events here at the Chrysanthemum. I am the Vicar Primus now, but I sense I will not be for much longer. I hate to impose upon you at this time of grieving for your beloved daughter, Elantra, but I must. He will not object to a death in service of our Living Cosmos. I implore you to crumple it to powder immediately after reading, and if need be, put this bearer to death to preserve these contents. You are likely receiving this note from my trusted messenger ten to twelve days from now. I apologize for the crude medium of a discreet-sheet with my handwriting, but I dare not send you a transmission. OUR MOST CHERISHED SENATOR Alectar von Pasus: May the light of the stars illuminate your every venture.
