Disclaimer: This is purely for the purpose of consistency and is firmly tongue in cheek. There is no animosity or ANY desire to start trouble with the BDI. If there are any problems please blame me personally and not the DMI, thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To the esteemed members of the Regency Council, Sirs, it has recently come to my attention that a great injustice has been done to the citizens of the Isles of Myst. One of your citizens, the so-called �writer,� Sly Hacker has hurled insults upon us I feel must be addressed. Allow me to introduce myself, I am Duke Reginald Lorthington, warden of lands north of Mysthaven. I do not speak for our Queen as I write this, but merely of the outrage that both the good people of the Isles and I are feeling. While the attacks against my person are both untruthful and unwarranted, I, being as your Sly Hacker put it, �a well known dignitary on the Isle� have become quite used to slanderous accounts by those jealous of my position. Perhaps if your Hacker had bothered to uncover any actual information about me, this person would find that not only is my tax rate the lowest in all the Isles, but I often allow local children of schooling age to visit and use my stables. I suppose since these are not the sensational untruths the Rumor Mill has become famed for printing, these facts would have been quickly swept under the rug. And while it is true I am a bachelor and do enjoy the company of women, I take offense to the term �Baron of Sin.� I especially object to the notion that young women are smuggled out of Drache for my own use. This suggests not only kidnapping, which I assure you I would never partake in, but also that there are no �pretties� in the Isles of Myst and therefore one must go to Drache to find them? Sirs, the women of our Isle cry out for justice. I am not a lecherous beast at this worthless editorial insinuates, I am a man of honor, who merely has not found the right woman yet. I can also assure you the explosion last night was caused by a simple misfire during a routine cannon check. The cannon had been badly in need of repair and the ship itself simply had too much gunpowder on board, thus causing the explosion. It was not, as your Hacker so eloquently put it, �the harem had broken loose and shoved enough gunpowder up the Duke's butt to send him to the moon!!� Finally Sirs, the people of Myst take great offense to the Rumor Mill�s supposition that the Isles of Myst are �a hang out of pirates and smugglers� and �has had an unsavory reputation for many years.� And how dare this publication attempt to shift the focus of such a horror as the Drachian plague, by blaming the citizens of the Isles of Myst. The people demand swift justice Sirs. After all, the self-same publication has openly supported an insurgent in his attempt to claim the right of self-government? How can the Regency Council allow such propaganda? I fully realize this individual and the publication have a long history of baseless attacks on people within the public eye. I have seen for myself the disparaging attacks on Father Kylus, an esteemed citizen of Drache, as well as other various vassals of the King. I do not expect you will be able to insist upon this knave and miscreant to print a retraction, but I beg of you, something must be done. The people of Myst feel an apology is needed and I, for one, am in full agreement. This Sly Hacker is badly in need of a lesson in manners and the people of Myst will not stand for such insulting remarks. I sincerely hope for this matter to be dealt with succinctly. May Paladine�s light shine upon you all, Duke Reginald Lorthington (Seal included) _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. -- To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe dragontales" in the body of the message.
