My very good Lt. General Duc Pic le d'Erring,
I write to you in high hopes that you will see fit to appoint me to a position I have long coveted: that of Dragoon Brigadier. Ever since I was a lad in Brittany, messing about with my little carved soldiers and bandits next to La Mer, I have dreamed of advancing to this position. I hope that my credentials and my earnest wishes will sway you to granting this fond hope.
Yours in duty,
Chretien du Penmarch (you know the rest)
