Chron,

It seems you're settling in your new home environment well.
You should, however, be sure to spread all the information as,
we all know, truth is merely in the eye of the storyteller.

It has been common practice by Celest to enemy anyone who leaves
the city for either Magnagora or Glomdoring. I doubt this will
have dawned on you before you left, as I would have enemied you
on ths spot once I found you had left us for one of the above.
Merely had you asked, rather than acting as if everything was
and would be fine, you would have quickly found what your fate
was to be.

You speak of the Light, of truth and justice and yet someone as
young as yourself should know little about these topics.

The Light isn't benevolent. The Light isn't peaceful. The Paladins
are warriors of the Light - we are entrusted with the defence of
the Light and all those who follow. Why did you expect compassion?
Why did you expect to be treated differently? You turned your back
to the Light and followed your own path. Why should we show you
leniency when you yourself decide to roam the world unprepared?
You showed yourself ready to accept the consequences when you left.
You used the best gift we in the Light are given - the choice to do
what we believe to be right. You acted in your belief, and you
must accept the consequences.

I commend you for your command of the common tongue. Your tale was
well-written. You used all the right language without giving away
your agenda too obviously. But you have an agenda, and your agenda
assumes that you are right. But it is a tale nontheless. You
try to elicit sympathy from the reader, portraying yourself as
innocent, the victim of an oppressive nation. Everything was done
wrong by you - and you support your point by showing the Paladin
who hunted you having "sympathy" for you after "learning" more.
Said Paladin will be commended for following orders and punished for
showing weakness.

All in all: good try, but you failed. You chose the life of a warrior
and expected the Light to be benevolent but found the Light has as much
a bloodthirsty side as it does righteousness and justice. Such are the
facets which have and will bring us true inner strength. You ran away
to follow your hearts calling but cry foul when accepting the
responsibility for your actions. Half a minutes preparation by
reading the city laws or discussing the matter with your superiors would
have pointed out the flaw in your little plan.

Today's lesson: Just because you see the world as good and fair does
not mean it should treat you good and fair. Lord knows how many times
I've experienced this.

Morik

Penned by my hand on the 9th of Shanthin, in the year 135 CE.