Magno Cum Gaudio (Mission Notes)

Executor: Aerivandor Rhydane

Executor Ashenscale has sent word of the latest mission’s result. Lady Sezen of Taif is dead. Though our mercenaries fought valiantly, the lady’s impetuousness and pride were her ultimate failings. They did all they could to recoup the situation but realized the wisdom in the warning I gave them: no mission is worth their lives.

Originally composed of Tahlia, Clink, Rizael, Solaria, and Mortimer, the first leg foretold this expedition was fated for peril. A dangerous sea storm almost took three of the team into the depths while a nighttime ambush by invisible creatures was a harrowing experience. Tahlia and Clink needed to remove themselves from the second half due to conflicting contracts. Thankfully, Æskaiser and Cadmus, both returning from other missions, met them in Meijir East.

An ambush led our mercenaries to be separated from the Taif guards who took the brunt of the initial onslaught. However, a run-in with a disguised lamia had them cornered by a gith commander and her squad of archers. I cannot blame the lady for her instincts in wanting to defeat the powerful enemy near her but her actions were hotheaded and foolish, not anything alike her sister, the Haberci. But as I reflect more, I concede such a comparison is unkind because, no matter how well-trained, Lady Sezen was still much a child herself, newly sixteen and very much sheltered from the realities of war and death. I feel badly for the House of Lagash as they have suffered many losses these past few weeks.

What this may mean for Verifoss and the rest of Myrias remains to be seen. But since the failure, the House has remained suspiciously silent. I know we are not the only ones waiting with baited breath for their next move. As the Haberci shared with me many times: “The House of Taif remembers and repays all."