Hastily scribbled posters are sent out from the portal camp. There is no fine handwriting here. There are no fancy wax seals. There is nothing but parchments quickly penned and sent out via couriers with utmost haste.
To the Dead who walk among us,
Do not be afraid and do not hold alarm for what is soon to come. You have been given a new breath of life thanks to The Archon, and it is by his kindness and empathy that you walk again in this world. It is a blessing to be able to hold your loved ones again, and it is comforting to again know what it means to feel the sun on your skin. He feels a deep love and a sense of protectiveness over the souls of this world and the realm of the dead. He loved you enough to want to become your savior, and to free you from the fog. But he is also still learning of our world, and is seeing what it means to live for the first time. He wanted to free you, an action born of his love. But his love has also brought The Grey Lady's reapers to our door, and a war between those who defend The Archon and those who oppose him.
We do not want to harm the living and the mortals, and that has never been our goal. We have made our fort to fight back the Reapers to defend him from their attacks because, though he may be misguided, he does not deserve to be destroyed or imprisoned again. When we heard that the Reapers were also here to take back those gravely wounded from the stasis, and the revenants, we then prepared to not only fight the reapers, but also to defend our own loved ones and families from being taken. We called people to arms to fight the reapers if there was no peace that could be found.
We at the Portal have spoken with Archon. We have parleyed with the Blessed of The Grey Lady and of Shalherana. We have spoken to the Goddesses themselves. To the dead who walk among us, understand that if there is to be peace and a bloodless end to this conflict, that we must allow The Archon to drop his protection and allow the reapers through. Shalherana has agreed to give him safe harbor at her temple, as a new angel to aid her as a new Lifebringer so long as he no longer attempts to return to the Grey Lady's realm. The Grey Lady and Shalherana have agreed that the revenents will be allowed to return to life through proper avenues. Shalherana has agreed to give the revenant dead a single new life, to live as they see fit. Furthermore, we have been given The Grey Lady's assurance that the reapers will not take the vyres, nor will they take the animancers, despite their ties to death. But you must allow the reapers to take you, the revenant dead, so that order can be restored. The Archon is afraid that the Reapers will not be gentle, and he does not want to let them in if they will take someone against their will. So this letter I write to implore you: Do not fight the reapers that come.You will be ferried back into the River, but you will be given Shalherana's blessing to return in a proper body, and not the bloodless husk you currently inhabit. You will be able to truly live, if you will allow the reapers to come.
When the time comes and The Grey Lady's servants come through, do not fight it. This is the chance we have at peace. The Figment known as Strange will try to fight this and interrupt this peace. He will spread lies like a snake, and will whisper and disrupt. He fights us at every turn because we seek to destroy him. Strange seeks to destroy the Pantheon entirely. So please. Understand that when the reapers come, you will be allowed a new life by the world of Shalherana herself. Do not believe the whispering of Strange. Do not make his devil bargains. He has already outfitted an army of pigmen that mortals have lured here, and they lay in wait in the forest with armor and weapons with which to fight. Do not rest easy.
We may come to peace and terms of the cycle, archon, and the dead. But there may be a battle yet where we fight together as allies instead of enemies against Strange and his newly armed force at the portal. Stay vigilant.
Regards,
Duchess Elizabeth Kane
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