My Lord Ullar,

I really must insist we do something about Cupid. Ever since he arrived from Ticalla alongside Titania’s delegation, I have not had a moment’s peace. All of the Fey are capricious and troublesome in their own ways, but Cupid’s mischief-making is truly on another level. We cannot run a kingdom whose inhabitants are constantly besotted with one another or violently falling out. I have included an excerpt of a poem written by an Aubrien archer to one of the Gelryie from Vydar’s delegation to give you a, shall we say, visceral glimpse into what I am dealing with.

Shall I compare thee to a winter’s night?

Thou glisten brighter than the driven snow

Thy scales more comely than Aurora’s light

And from thy cold embrace I’d loathe to go

As harsh winds chill me to my very core

And hoarfrost’s beauty into mud dissolves

The snowdrifts pile high against my door

And winter’s darkness tests my last resolve

But thy eternal luster shall not melt

Nor shall thy depths recede into shallows

Nor shall time erase passions I have felt

And thou shalt live beyond what time allows:

So long as gills can breathe or eyes can see,

So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Your benevolence, I have dozens of such works upon my desk, about all manner of beings. I entreat you, please speak to Oberon! Perhaps he can bring this wayward faerie to heel.

Your faithful servant,

Sonlen

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