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[A multitude of letters sent out from Ul'dah through a network of couriers and contacts. Eventually, the contents would reach its intended recipient, although it may be possible that some contents could be intercepted/]
To my dear red-shirt man,
I pray this letter will find you, under what circumstances you may find yourself within. I apologize for the means of this letter's delivery, but the lack of your real name made it difficult to be specific.
Rumors are abound in Vylbrand and Thanalan, of rumbles in the east. I recently met the acquaintance of one Edda Eglantine, and we had a wonderful tea party where we exchanged dialogue.
We discussed the ceruleum issue, and she contends that her family is innocent of any wrongful involvement and that given the volume of shipping her family is involved in, a single ship in Limsa is hardly of evidence for involvement by her family regarding an alleged ceruleum field. With what information I had, I found no reason to press the charge. She was very interested in the documents you left me. I found no reason to deny her a copy of such documents, given the vagueness of the evidence presented. She and I departed as friends, and I hope to continue correspondence with her in the future.
As formal reconciliation in regards to a personal wrong, I recently boarded and went to sea on  the Maelstrom’s ironclad, the “Iron Bitch,†captained by one Anstarra Silverain. Over the course of the journey, we encountered an unnatural storm.
[A map detailing a patrol route approximately south of the major island of three in the Rothlytht Sound. A circle and writing highlight points of interest, including the point of contact with the beast men and the island that the Iron Bitch took refuge.]
Within the storm, the Iron Bitch engaged a swarm of Sahagin-like beast men, of which we subdued a few and returned their corpses to Limsa for autopsy.
[A relatively well-drawn sketch of a rather ugly-looking beastman is included with the letter.]
On that ship, I was accompanied by Captain Silverain and her crew. There were also two other individuals present, a Jana Ridah, a conjurer by the name of Liadan. Liadan sensed that a mechanical device was behind the storm and the strange creatures that emerged from the depths, while engaging in her conjury magicks. It mayhap be possible that an Allagan device is behind the storm, alongside the sahagin creatures, which may be chimera. While I jested at the beginning, after hearing Miss Liadan’s statement, and upon a cursory examination of the beast men, I mayhap be closer to the truth than I had presumed.
Of note, we encountered a Garlean gunship from a ‘Gloam’ defense cohort. It assisted the Iron Bitch in escaping the storm. The legionaries were apparently well-aware that the Iron Bitch was a Maelstrom vessel and I surmise that they assisted out of mayhap honest concern for fellow sailors, after briefly conversing with their crew. They do not appear to have been awares of the nature of the storm, nor the ‘chimerical’ beast men involved. I am unawares of a Garlean outpost in the area, although I cannot say given my limited knowledge of the range of their magitek devices.
I hope this letter find you well, and that we may meet again in the future, I will be aways from this storm for awhile, as a means of self-reflection. Pray again, take care.
May the Traders grant you fortune,
Hihisa Hisa
To my dear red-shirt man,
I pray this letter will find you, under what circumstances you may find yourself within. I apologize for the means of this letter's delivery, but the lack of your real name made it difficult to be specific.
Rumors are abound in Vylbrand and Thanalan, of rumbles in the east. I recently met the acquaintance of one Edda Eglantine, and we had a wonderful tea party where we exchanged dialogue.
We discussed the ceruleum issue, and she contends that her family is innocent of any wrongful involvement and that given the volume of shipping her family is involved in, a single ship in Limsa is hardly of evidence for involvement by her family regarding an alleged ceruleum field. With what information I had, I found no reason to press the charge. She was very interested in the documents you left me. I found no reason to deny her a copy of such documents, given the vagueness of the evidence presented. She and I departed as friends, and I hope to continue correspondence with her in the future.
As formal reconciliation in regards to a personal wrong, I recently boarded and went to sea on  the Maelstrom’s ironclad, the “Iron Bitch,†captained by one Anstarra Silverain. Over the course of the journey, we encountered an unnatural storm.
[A map detailing a patrol route approximately south of the major island of three in the Rothlytht Sound. A circle and writing highlight points of interest, including the point of contact with the beast men and the island that the Iron Bitch took refuge.]
Within the storm, the Iron Bitch engaged a swarm of Sahagin-like beast men, of which we subdued a few and returned their corpses to Limsa for autopsy.
[A relatively well-drawn sketch of a rather ugly-looking beastman is included with the letter.]
On that ship, I was accompanied by Captain Silverain and her crew. There were also two other individuals present, a Jana Ridah, a conjurer by the name of Liadan. Liadan sensed that a mechanical device was behind the storm and the strange creatures that emerged from the depths, while engaging in her conjury magicks. It mayhap be possible that an Allagan device is behind the storm, alongside the sahagin creatures, which may be chimera. While I jested at the beginning, after hearing Miss Liadan’s statement, and upon a cursory examination of the beast men, I mayhap be closer to the truth than I had presumed.
Of note, we encountered a Garlean gunship from a ‘Gloam’ defense cohort. It assisted the Iron Bitch in escaping the storm. The legionaries were apparently well-aware that the Iron Bitch was a Maelstrom vessel and I surmise that they assisted out of mayhap honest concern for fellow sailors, after briefly conversing with their crew. They do not appear to have been awares of the nature of the storm, nor the ‘chimerical’ beast men involved. I am unawares of a Garlean outpost in the area, although I cannot say given my limited knowledge of the range of their magitek devices.
I hope this letter find you well, and that we may meet again in the future, I will be aways from this storm for awhile, as a means of self-reflection. Pray again, take care.
May the Traders grant you fortune,
Hihisa Hisa