From the Lord Commander to the Warlord
My Lord,
We have crushed the enemy and driven them from the land once occupied by the Crimson Sorcerer. Whatever secrets he once held in his caves and bastions belong to you now. We shall batter down every door, smash every chest, and tear open every bolthole until they spill forth their secrets to the servants of the mighty Warlord Varik.
Our warriors and their servants now toil beneath the earth, pillaging the crystals and gemstones our insolent enemy used to such destructive force in the War of the Crimson Madness. Your mighty smith, Halfdan, toils night and day to unlock their knowledge. The fires of the forge burn endlessly, fashioning new and deadly weapons for the soldiers of your host. Soon your army shall wield the most formidable arsenal that Aeternum has seen since the fall of the High King. And once it is so, who would dare stand against you?
Your servants have taken great pains to fortify these new territories, amassing a multitude of siege engines and cannon. Any foe who dares challenge your authority within these mines shall face certain destruction.
All glory to the Varangian Rus, and to Varik, our anointed warlord,
-Lord Commander Attalus