Addressing the Denizens of Regalia and the Editor in Chief of The Imperial Times,
I for one usually enjoy a glass of bourbon and the odd venison steak when perusing your newspaper, as amusing as reading over verbatum transcripts of previously published declarations and announcements is, but the more I read through today's issue, the more concerned I became of your reporting techniques, your understanding of current affairs, your knowledge of the Law and the knowledge of the Unionist Creeds in general. As a man of my position, a father of plenty of children and a patriot of Regalia, I feel I have enough experience to educate you on your omissions and attempt to put this fallacy of an article to rest before you find yourself embargoed by the Bureaucracy by my command for spreading Anti-Administration propaganda. In a true Imperial Times fashion, I will deal with each flaw in your report one by one, starting with the facts of what occurred at the Nestled Nook Inn this very evening.
The Facts.
Less than twelve hours ago the Violet Order received reports from a begger and an Orc that a hostage situation and robbery was underway at the Nestled Nook Inn within Rose Court, a place of some repute and with decent and hardworking Ailor citizens in their employ. The Gilded Templars, members of the Vigilant Shield, the Crown Isle Wardens and a few Greywitches responded immediately and cohesively to the report in order to bring stability to the Violet enforced neutral area and to minimize any honest, tax paying citizen casualties. Working in tandem, the Violets, which included the Manathar that the Imperial Times has reported as illegal demons, coerced the terrorists from the Inn and immediately engaged, cutting down what they could and rescuing at minimum five Ailor men and women that were being used as human shields with only minor injuries to their person. The Manathar in question as well as other members of the Violet Order remained firmly under the command of my son, Grand Commander Aldwyn Howlester, who expertly tackled the situation and enforced Regalian Law as well as I myself could have in that situation. Many of these are the facts unreported, though that is to be expected from a bigoted tabloid like the Imperial Times whom nowadays would prefer to enforce a political stance than make an accurate report of what actually occurred in our Holiest of Cities, and neglect to report the Violet Order's side of the occurrence.
The Law
It is true that the Manathar were declared Persona non Grata but the key element of such is that this declaration came from my own hand. I, as Lord Commander of the Violet Order, have the executive authority to rescind, mediate, alter or make exception to any of my edicts and proclamations at any time I see fit. Each of the Manathar serving under the Violet Order have been vetted accordingly and granted a seal by my person exempting them from the same treatment as your average Manathar ne'er-do-well in exchange for service to Unionism and the State,but I will comment more on that further as that dips into the next topic I wish to discuss. Whats more, the Manathar have been found not responsible for the attack on the nobility, and such would have been made apparent to the reports and editors of the Imperial Times if they had performed even the most minuscule of reporting work and contacted my office directly. The announcement to the fact was meant to be released two nights ago, however my position as Imperial Court Marshal and my efforts alongside every other brave and proud General of this Empire abroad to combat the true threat to Regalian Empire has kept me preoccupied. I pray to the Spirit that the pestilent worm behind this article can at least understand the concept of duty and allegiance to the Regalian State in such regard, but I sympathyse that it is a difficult concept to grasp for someone who spends his days transcribing other's work to pass it off as 'reporting'.
As for the punishment dealt to these criminals, not only was it just, it was issued at my very command. One must only look at the wording of Capital Law Four to comprehend that. For those uneducated on the Law, and to the Editor in Chief in specific, I shall transcribe the Law below:
- To commit to the murder of five individuals or more, and to harbor no guilt or conscience to these crimes, and with adequate presented proof, is punished with burning at the stake.
Furthermore, I remind the Imperial Times of the Secretary of the Cities' proclamation:
- Any person seeking to publicly advertise their business must register their advertisement through the Secretary of Trade, stamped with their seal. Any advertisement without this stamp shall be fined, 50 regals.
Unionism
Lastly, on the topic of the Manathar once more, I would like to direct the Editor in Chief of the Imperial Times to Unionist Creed Four. Us Pious Unionists, apparently not those at the Imperial Times, understand that we as Unionist Ailor's have a responsibility under the Imperial Spirit to guide the lesser races to salvation by service to the Empire, the Emperor and the Spirit, so that they may too be reborn again as Human to continue to carry on the duty we all have placed with us for the Great Way. An Ailor, say the Editor of the Imperial Times, who seeks to stand in direct confrontation of these non-Ailor from doing so is not only disrupting their redemption and attempts at being reborn as we are, they are committing sacrilege. I pray we can all accept that fact and give credence to the few Manathar who seek to be reborn under the light of the Unionist Spirit, rather than condemn those very same for doing what many heathens and criminals of this City do not. Otherwise, we are no better than the non-Unionists ourselves. For that reason, the Manathar under my Command will not be resigning and most certainly will not be discharged when they themselves were pinnacle in saving the employees and patrons of the Nestled Nook today.
In conclusion
Its incredibly disappointing to see the only decent newspaper in this city reduced to anti-establishment propaganda spreading, spouting false truths about the Law, not doing proper research and above all else, proclaiming sacrilegious remarks that not only insult every Unionist man, woman and child in this city, but undermines the entire foundation of the Law Enforcement Organisation that has brought Old Town finally back into the Regalian Fold and made it safe for every Citizen to step foot in once more. I remind the editor in chief that outlandish remarks as stated above, while not in direct violation of any treason law, is liable under my authority as Lord Commander of the Violet Order to be prohibited from being published via the Bureaucracy for bringing about stability in the Emperor's own home territory. I pray that in future proper investigative journalism is performed to prevent this happening again, as the confiscation of printing presses and the incarceration of heretics is not high on my priority list when there is a real war with real enemies happening abroad.
May the Light of the Holy Spirit Guide us all,
William Algar Howlester
Lord Commander of the Violet Order
Imperial Court Marshal
Jingoist, Patriot and Father
Adversary of False News.
William Algar Howlester
Lord Commander of the Violet Order
Imperial Court Marshal
Jingoist, Patriot and Father
Adversary of False News.
