Letters from Helsa

At the time of the Second Cataclysm, Valdis was not the only one to fall. Our beloved home of Eirulan also sank beneath the waves. Dozens of our sisters were lost in the fall of our great city, including my blood sister, Morain. I tried to hold on to her when the great trees started snapping, but she slipped from my grasp. I can still see her falling through the branches, her mouth open in a soundless scream. I miss her so dearly.
Only the wisdom of our Great Leader saved the rest of us, and I must admit, I was skeptical when the solution involved the filthy Hak'u rats. I agreed to work with them during the constructions of the rafts solely because the thought of also losing Tanzi was too much to bear. Consumed as I was with my grief, I didn't think things through...
We crossed the Kelaril Strait together—Dryad and Hak'u, sometimes mixed side by side on the same rafts. When we arrived on the mainland and set up came, we were still thrown together like leaves blown off a forest path. However, the truce did not last long—not surprising, as those little vermin have always been devious.
I still don't know how Celia discovered the Hak'u's plans, but at least she finally showed the foresight to take action. I only wish me daughter had shown the same wisom. When Celia and her guard started purging the accursed creatures from the camp, Tanzi, idealistic to the end, tried to stop them.
Maybe she really was in love with Hrawn the Hak'u, but I think the cunning little beast charmed her with magic. Whatever the case, My daughter is dead. When Tanzi turned her back, the nearest Hak'u used its foul sorcery to murder her.
If Celia and her guard showed any hesitation before my daughter's death, it was gone by the time her body cooled. They swetp through the camp like a thunderstorm of vengeance, killing every one of the bastards they could reach. By the time the sounds of battle had quieted, only a few Hak'u had escaped and fled into the mountains.
We have seen no trace of their stinking hides since.
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