Dear sir/maam

My name is mark the oldest son of the retired royal archery instructor jarvan.

I hope that you have been doing well.

I would like to follow thru with My father's request and thus I'm sending you this letter.

My father had disappeared as of late.

Me and my siblings are very concerned of his whereabouts.

Also as of late since my father's disappearance, the village had been getting weirder by the day, and as per my fathers instructions.

The crystal had turned black.

My sister's behaviour had been greatly affected.

We would see her daze around lately and do stuff she never did before.

Hope you receive this letter.

~mark

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The king shook as the royal messenger read the letter.

It had The royal crest.

The comanders surrounding him had grim faces.

Standing up he ordered to summon the royal wizard and scholar into the war room.

"My leige we need to act now."

"Your majesty we need to move the populace to fort bastion as soon as possible."

"My leige this smells like the perpetrator of the beast tide."

The commanders started to voice their input on the situation when suddenly on of them grimly stood up and headed out.

The king noticed it shouted "Halt! Commander Markus where are you going?"

Stopping he said "I cant stay here and do nothing your majesty"

"I know what you mean." the king said solemnly

The king can see his Anger rise up as the commander said back to him "You seem to forget something your majesty. We had made a promise to keep him and his family safe when he helped us take over the throne. Don't forget he took an arrow for you."

The table went quiet as they stoped their bickering.

"We should wait for the wizard and scholar's input before we make a move my friend." said the king solemnly.

The commanders anger can be visibly seen as the aura around him turn hot and red "Do you think im dumb lucas! We had been losing battle after battle to those beast! We had already fallen back so far from the frontlines! We have lost our land and brothers to them! I can't stand it anymore! I can't lose more of my friends and family to the beast tide. Me and my army are gonna make the move. So you fucking take your time your majesty!" commander Markus shouted back as he moved with conviction leaving the king and his commanders to their own devices.

" I need to act fast. Send the message to lieutenant Garm ready the army. Were moving to Hardwood village as soon as possible."

"Sure Markus just a heads up. The letter almost took a week and a half to get to us. Dont you think this may be a lost cause?"

"Let's pray nothing had happened yet"

Praying they stay safe.