The Matis threw some ashes on the paper in front of him to dry the ink, then stretched and yawned. He waited for a few moments, then blew the ashes from it and re-read what he had just put on paper in his spidery, ornated handwriting. He then passed it on to Menthys.
"Here, take this. Make copies of it and hang it in all Matis cities. It his high time we clear up this mess."
Salazar grabbed the amber goblet from the table and took a deep swig of red wine. Then he looked at Menthys again, a thin smile on his lips.
"You know what? If this project will be successful, we'll be on the list of great Atys historians. If it fails, we'll be on the list of great Atys fools. Anyway, we'll end up in the history books."
He chuckled.
"Well. Off, dear boy. No time to loose!"
Menthys bowed to Salazar, then rushed to the Order's scriptorium to copy the lenghty notice, which read:
Friends! Matis! Countrymen! Please lend me your ears - and your attention!
Many of us have experienced since the return from exile a curious situation, a slight and sometimes a huge discrepancy between their memories and those of their fellow homins. What started as not much more than an irritiation has since become a huge disturbance with not just influences our daily conduct but also our policies both with other nations and with our own fellow Matis.
Our Karan is aware of this unsettling situation and has therefore asked the historians of the Royal Academy, namely the signatory, to make every effort to share some light on this. The Royal Academy, of course, which had already started to collect the memoirs of selected homins, also sees the urgency in clearing up a situation which creates disturbing inconsistencies in the writings of our ancestors and contemporaries alike and makes it almost impossible to recreate the facts of Atys past. This is much more than just the grain of salt with which one has to take the writings of historians from other nations than our own. This rot which set in also destroys the accuracy of our own historiography!
The creation of the Kitin Study Group, which for the time seemed to be much more urgent in view of our future then the clearance of the recall of our past, had slowed down this project, alas, which now will be explored with vigour. The signatory, who has sorted out the past writings of members of his Order as well as examining various other repositories like the one created by Ser Ayronil and continued by Filirae Nendra Malakaii, now calls you for help!
What are your memories? Which moments, which occurences defining the course of Atys do you remember? To give you something to think about I'll list some examples of events which I think put us at crossroads in the past. Some of them seem to be not remembered at all, some seem to be remembered in different ways:
- The invasion of Melkiar's marauders on all four Nations of Atys
- The Temple Wars
- The Assassination of Still Wyler, and the machinations behind it
- The Abduction of Karin Stevano
- Nung Horongi, his arrestment and his death
- The Illness of Emperor Dexton
- The Fire of Thesos
- The Fire of Dyron
- The Road to the Second Exodus, our leaders and sacrifices
The request of the Royal Academy, at the moment, is addressed to all Matis citizens. We will, in the future, address homins from all nations to contribute to this project, as in the end the past is not a regional incident, but something affecting all hominkind.
Please help us in the exploration of our history. Help us to clear up inconsistencies, and to find a solution to a situation yet unexplained. Send your memoirs to the Royal Academy, to the hands of the signatory.
Jena Aiye! Matia Aiye! Stevano Aiye!
"Here, take this. Make copies of it and hang it in all Matis cities. It his high time we clear up this mess."
Salazar grabbed the amber goblet from the table and took a deep swig of red wine. Then he looked at Menthys again, a thin smile on his lips.
"You know what? If this project will be successful, we'll be on the list of great Atys historians. If it fails, we'll be on the list of great Atys fools. Anyway, we'll end up in the history books."
He chuckled.
"Well. Off, dear boy. No time to loose!"
Menthys bowed to Salazar, then rushed to the Order's scriptorium to copy the lenghty notice, which read:
Friends! Matis! Countrymen! Please lend me your ears - and your attention!
Many of us have experienced since the return from exile a curious situation, a slight and sometimes a huge discrepancy between their memories and those of their fellow homins. What started as not much more than an irritiation has since become a huge disturbance with not just influences our daily conduct but also our policies both with other nations and with our own fellow Matis.
Our Karan is aware of this unsettling situation and has therefore asked the historians of the Royal Academy, namely the signatory, to make every effort to share some light on this. The Royal Academy, of course, which had already started to collect the memoirs of selected homins, also sees the urgency in clearing up a situation which creates disturbing inconsistencies in the writings of our ancestors and contemporaries alike and makes it almost impossible to recreate the facts of Atys past. This is much more than just the grain of salt with which one has to take the writings of historians from other nations than our own. This rot which set in also destroys the accuracy of our own historiography!
The creation of the Kitin Study Group, which for the time seemed to be much more urgent in view of our future then the clearance of the recall of our past, had slowed down this project, alas, which now will be explored with vigour. The signatory, who has sorted out the past writings of members of his Order as well as examining various other repositories like the one created by Ser Ayronil and continued by Filirae Nendra Malakaii, now calls you for help!
What are your memories? Which moments, which occurences defining the course of Atys do you remember? To give you something to think about I'll list some examples of events which I think put us at crossroads in the past. Some of them seem to be not remembered at all, some seem to be remembered in different ways:
- The invasion of Melkiar's marauders on all four Nations of Atys
- The Temple Wars
- The Assassination of Still Wyler, and the machinations behind it
- The Abduction of Karin Stevano
- Nung Horongi, his arrestment and his death
- The Illness of Emperor Dexton
- The Fire of Thesos
- The Fire of Dyron
- The Road to the Second Exodus, our leaders and sacrifices
The request of the Royal Academy, at the moment, is addressed to all Matis citizens. We will, in the future, address homins from all nations to contribute to this project, as in the end the past is not a regional incident, but something affecting all hominkind.
Please help us in the exploration of our history. Help us to clear up inconsistencies, and to find a solution to a situation yet unexplained. Send your memoirs to the Royal Academy, to the hands of the signatory.
Jena Aiye! Matia Aiye! Stevano Aiye!
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Salazar CaradiniFilira Matia
Royal Historian
Member of the Royal Academy of Yrkanis
First Seraph of the Order of the Argo Navis