Letters, Notes, and Theological Thoughts of Kontor Koltur Nathraakt

[Olywynn]

Koltur Nathraakt

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Race:  Human, Mulani
Age: 39
Nationality: Hazlani
Hometown: Sly Var
Occupation: Kontor of the Church of the Lawgiver
Religion: The Lawgiver

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Height: 6'4"
Build: Narrow framed, strong
Eyes:  Gray
Hair:  Bald

Skin Tone: Pale
Scars/Tattoos: Full body tattoos, scalp tattoo.

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[Olywynn]

Excerpts from the Truth of Iron

1. Thou shalt worship the Lawgiver with heart and mind, body and soul, and thous shalt worship no other.
2. Thou shalt not speak the Holy Name in vain, but keep it holy, pure and undefiled in your hearts.
3. Thou shalt engrave the Law upon thy heart, and make it thy meditation continually; thou shalt give heed to every word of the Law, and obey with thine whole heart.
4. Thou shalt offer the Giver of Law thy praise at dawn, and at noon, and at nightfall.
5. Thou shalt obey the one who the Lawgiver has set above thee, save only if their command should cause thee to trangress the Law.
6. Thou shalt fulfill all oaths made by the Name, and he who breaks that oath shall burn.
7. Thou shalt speak truth and not swear falsely, nor tell any lie against thy neighbor.
8. Thou shalt not steal.
9. Thou shalt not shed the innocent blood.
10. Thou who art wed, be joined to your helpmeet, man to wife, and have no other joining; thou who art unwed, be joined to none.
11. Thou shalt not pervert the human body, nor make it like unto the unclean, those whom the Unnameable has cursed; thou shalt not pervert the human mind, that it leave the Law and be lost in strange paths.
12. Thou shalt seek no evil knowledge, nor search out the mysteries which are not of the Law.
13. Thou shalt not suffer the infidel to speak nor his doctrine to be heard in the congregations of the holy.
14. Thou who are great, feed the lesser; thou who are lesser, honor the great.

UNIVERSALITY: All that is has a Law which pertains to it.
SUBMISSION: All that has a Law which pertains to it must obey that Law.
FALLIBILITY: None but the Law itself obeys the Law that governs it.
AUTONOMY: The Lawgiver is He who rules Himself; He is Law.
UNION: Obedience to Law brings union with Law Itself.
OPPOSITION: Obedience to Law destroys Chaos.
CHAOS: Chaos is that which does not obey the Law.
DUALITY: All is either Law, or Chaos.
JUSTICE: Chaos must be destroyed.
PRESERVATION: Chaos must not be created.
TRANSMUTATION: Obedience transmutes Chaos into Law.
FORBEARANCE: Chaos may choose obedience and escape destruction.
DELEGATION: Those who obey Law represent the Giver of that Law.

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Excerpt from The Book of Stone

In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead.
The cut worm forgives the plow.
Dip him in the river who loves water.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
The busy bee has no time for sorrow.
The hours of folly are measur'd by the clock, but of wisdom: no clock can measure.
Bring out number weight & measure in a year of dearth.
A dead body, revenges not injuries. The most sublime act is to set another before you.
Folly is the cloke of knavery.
Excess of sorrow laughs. Excess of joy weeps.
The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity too great for the eye of man. The fox condemns the trap, not himself.
Joys impregnate. Sorrows bring forth.
Let man wear the fell of the lion, woman the fleece of the sheep.
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
The selfish smiling fool, & the sullen frowning fool, shall be both thought wise, that they may be a rod.
What is now proved was once, only imagin'd.
The rat, the mouse, the fox, the rabbit: watch the roots; the lion, the tyger, the horse, the elephant, watch the fruits.
The cistern contains; the fountain overflows.
One thought fills immensity.
Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.
The eagle never lost so much time, as when he submitted to learn of the crow.
The fox provides for himself, but the Lawgiver provides for the lion.
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
As the plow follows words, so the Lawgiver rewards prayers.
The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
Expect poison from the standing water.
Listen to the fools reproach! it is a kingly title!
The eyes of fire, the nostrils of air, the mouth of water, the beard of earth.
The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey.
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
If others had not been foolish, we should be so.
When thou seest an Eagle, thou seest a portion of Genius, lift up thy head!
To create a little flower is the labour of ages.
The best wine is the oldest, the best water the newest.
Prayers plow not! Praises reap not! Joys laugh not! Sorrows weep not!
The head Sublime, the heart Pathos, the genitals Beauty, the hands & feet Proportion.
As the air to a bird of the sea to a fish, so is contempt to the contemptible.
The crow wish'd every thing was black, the owl, that every thing was white.
Exuberance is Beauty. If the lion was advised by the fox, he would be cunning.
Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.
Where man is not nature is barren.
Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believ'd.

[Olywynn]

Excerpt from The Black Trials

     In the beginning, was the void, and in the Natural Order was the Lawgiver.  The Lawgiver looked over the expanse of the void, and found it wanting.  And with an outstretched hand on the First Day, He formed from nothing the earth itself.  On it, he carved hills and valleys, and filled the crags with water, forming the oceans, lakes, and streams.  And still, the Lawgiver looked upon his creation, and found it wanting.  So from the dust of the earth, and the iron that binds, he formed Man and Woman, and all the beasts of the land, sea and air.  And on the Third Day, the Lawgiver, content with His creation, formed the Heavens, where He would rule over His work, and keep a watchful eye over His children.  He named his creation Torverden, the "Fair World", for so it was.  Amongst his creation, one man caught his eye.  One may who steered closest to the Lawgiver, who had great strength, and carried justice in his heart.  So it was he who the Lawgiver parted from the rest, and named him Førstregel, the First Ruler, and whispered upon his ear His Divine Name, and Førstregel was enlightened.  Førstregel, knowing the Law, and the Word of the Lawgiver, recorded His teachings within the holy texts, and named them the Truth of Iron, and the Fetters of Bronze.  Førstregel became king over the First People, and would head the Church, and the world in which the Lawgiver created became a true paradise of unity and law.


     At the age of 500, Førstregel succumbed to his mortality, as all men do.  The Lawgiver’s Code, as set down in The Truth of Iron, dictated that his eldest son Tilbyde would ascend to the vacated throne. Yet, 36 of Førstregel’s younger sons rebelled against this holy law. Because of their wicked selfishness, Torverden was torn by war and bloodshed, and the First People became deaf and blind to the Lawgiver’s Will. The people polluted their minds with teachings of rebellion and disobedience. They polluted their souls with offerings to servile spirits and imaginary gods. They polluted their bodies with men, women and the beasts of the field. Thus was purity forever forsaken. The First People descended into degeneracy and iniquity.  And in the defining moment for Mankind, Tilbyde’s murder and sacrifice to the false god Mytteri. With this tragic crime, the Lawgiver was truly angered, passed the First Judgment, separating lands and nations, confounding speech, and cursing the First People with fallen forms to match their fallen souls. In doing so, He proclaimed, “I have passed Judgment for the first time. It shall happen twice more. Afterward shall come an end.”

     After the First Judgment, the First People were a people no more. They had been divided into numerous nations, cultures, and races. Each race was given a form to match its crimes. Those who reached above themselves, and broke the Divine Hierarchy, were cursed with stunted forms and became dwarves, gnomes and halflings. Those who lent a ready ear to false doctrines and lacked the strength to resist were cursed with pointed ears and delicate frames, becoming elves. The truly wicked were given the hideous forms of goblinkind and caliban.  What remains of mankind, closest to righteousness, lost some of the beauty and strength of the First People, but were fortunate not to be cursed with such disfigurement.
 the First Judgment, the First People were a people no more. They had been divided into numerous nations, cultures, and races. Each race was given a form to match its crimes. Those who reached above themselves, and broke the Divine Hierarchy, were cursed with stunted forms and became dwarves, gnomes and halflings. Those who lent a ready ear to false doctrines and lacked the strength to resist were cursed with pointed ears and delicate frames, becoming elves. The truly wicked were given the hideous forms of goblinkind and caliban.  What remains of mankind, closest to righteousness, lost some of the beauty and strength of the First People, but were fortunate not to be cursed with such disfigurement.

     The world was henceforth known as Faldverden, the “Fallen World.” Faldverden, brought low by Myterri's evil, wallowed in strife for thousands of years, with the scattered pockets of the Church trying desperately to restore order, stability and adherence to the Lawgiver’s doctrines to the many nations. With the Church weakened and disunited, this struggle proved impossible. Save for a few isolated pockets, the world remained faithless and chaotic.

     The rise of Højplads in Nova Vaasa uplifted the Church of the Lawgiver to a position of power and prominence on Faldverden. Yet, there came the day when the Lawgiver returned, and in his wisdom plucked Nova Vaasa from Falverden, and the rest of creation was thrown into the Hell of Slaves for their iniquity, for only the Nova Vaasans were truly capable of being saved. In doing so, He proclaimed, “I have passed Judgment for the second time. It shall happen once more. Afterward shall come an end.”

[Olywynn]

The Law of Hazlan, as Interpreted with the Bronze Fetters

These offenses are punished by a fine for Mulani and by flogging or by loss of status (retainer or guildsman to serf) in Rashemani. In some jurisdictions Rashemani may also be branded. Foreigners may be flogged, branded, expelled from the country, or some combination of the three.

Abuse of Household Member: If a Mulani beats a Rashemani belonging to another household, the Mulani to whose household the Rashemani belongs may demand monetary recompense.

Assault

Bearing False Witness to a Crime: This is a second-rank offense if the crime is of the third rank, or if the offender is an official in the Church.

Bearing Illegal Arms: Ownership of guns or crossbows, except for House troops and Inquisitors.

Confusing the Natural Order: Treating a Rashemani as a Mulani in any of a number of ways, including teaching them to read. In most jurisdictions the possession of weapons by Rashemani falls into this category.

Gambling

Heresy: Practicing or professing an heresy of the first class is treated as a first-class offense on a first offense. Unlike most offenses, this has a defined schedule of punishment for multiple offenses. Second offenses are second-class offenses, third offenses are punished by removing the right hand or tongue (not both, offender chooses which), fourth offenses by death.

Illegal Sports: Running or being involved in various forms of illegal or semi-legal sports, especially blood sports.

Insubordination: Overstepping one's boundaries or status - more practically, annoying someone with the power and inclination to have you whipped.

Irreverence: Failure to offer prayer to the Lawgiver every day, to attend Church meetings at least twice in a week, to interrupt Church meetings with levity or inattention, or any of a number of other ways of showing disrespect to the Lawgiver, the scriptures, or churchmen.

Manslaughter

Mayhem (causing the loss of use of a limb or an eye)

Owning Subversive Literature: Unless the owner is Rashemani, in which case it is treated as a second-class offense.

Perjuring Righteous Judgment: Certain alchemical potions or clerical magics can remove scars, including the brands given by Lawgiver priests in punishment for a crime. Should they be removed, a harsher brand may be given, bound in the Lawgivers Divine Judgement, so that the mark may be harder to remove.

Petty Theft

Subverting the Natural Order: Using magic to commit a heinous act. Necromancy and curses fall under this heading.
 
Tariff Avoidance: In other words, smuggling things that are legal in order to avoid paying the tariff on them.

Vandalism

The punishment for these is usually to lose one’s status as a member of a family; for Mulani, this makes them outlaws and is effectively an order of banishment. The penalty for Rashemani varies. They are liable for the Tables, according to the local governor's quota. If the quarterly quota has been met the criminal may be kept in reserve for the next quarter, if practical; if not, the criminal is turned over to the noble household he is a member of for sentencing. The most common punishments are flogging, beating with rods, selling the criminal to another household (usually those which have high-risk work like mining to be performed), outlawing the criminal, or killing the criminal without ceremony. Foreigners are expelled from the country and forbidden to return on pain of death, if anyone powerful in their country of origin cares enough to step in on their behalf; if not, they are also eligible for the Tables.

Adultery: Only for Mulani. Most Rashemani are not married legally; it requires special permission from the head of household and usually requires paying a substantial fee to the Church as well. The Rashemani have their own ceremonies, but mostly their relationships are on a common-law marriage basis.

Arson

Banditry

Blasphemy: Denying the divine inspiration of the Patriarsh or the Books of Iron (denying the divine mandate of the Autark is handled under Sedition, by Hazlik’s decree). This law is sometimes used to banish those of other faiths, although this usually happens only if the local authorities decide they need a reason to expel someone from the country.

Forcibly Mutating the Form: See Mutating the Form

Grand Theft
 
Murder

Mutating the Form: Use of or possession of these alchemical agents is permitted under very strictly limited circumstances to officers of the Church and members of House troops or government officials. Other uses or users are punished severely. Forcibly or permanently mutating the form, whether by alchemy or arcane magic, are also second-class offenses and are considered not to have any legitimate use.

Perjuring Corruption of the Form: This is used in reference to non-humans who can appear as humans, such as doppelgangers, lycanthropes, or paka. The punishment for this "crime" is branding, so that the accused can no longer conceal his or her nature, and expulsion from Hazlan.

Permanently Mutating the Form: See Mutating the Form.

Sexual Assault

Smuggling

Tax Evasion

These offenses are punished by a trip to the Tables, if Rashemani, or death by torture if for some reason the Tables are full. The punishment for Mulani is also death, followed by flaying and burning of the skin (unless the death was by burning, as with oathbreaking). Hazlik may demand Mulani who commit these offenses be turned over for the Tables.

Aggravated Subversion of the Natural Order: Use of any of the spells or Vossath Nor artifacts which were responsible for the gradual unmaking of reality at the culmination of the Tattered Banner years.

Evil Communion: Summoning, worshipping or consorting with demonic beings.

High Treason

Kidnapping

Oathbreaking: This only applies to an oath on the Lawgiver's name, which must be witnessed by at least two clergy in good standing and recorded by the church. This oath cannot be forced, required, or coerced for any reason, but breaking this oath results in the oathbreaker being burned alive.

Sedition

Spreading Plague: Hazlan is plagued by crop and livestock diseases which can devastate whole years’ harvests. Deliberately infecting healthy crops, food stores or livestock with disease is therefore a crime against the whole community, rather like arson in Nova Vaasa. Poisoning or defiling wells also falls into this category.

Unlawful Use of Holy Authority: Using the authority of the clergy to carry out, abet or conceal a crime of the second or third rank—putting someone to death without proper cause is the classic example.

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A Letter to the Church in Hazlan

     I write this from the fireplace of an inn in the Vallaki province of Barovia, bearing poor news of the state of this region post-civil strife. 

To begin with, this nation crawls with Skinchangers and Bloodsuckers ever still.  If anything, I believe it may be worse than before.  They skulk in the night, raising the dead, and feasting upon the flesh, upsetting the natural order.  All things that could be fixed, if only the local populace would see the Truth in the Word.  Secondly, the people maintain their apatheism and atheism, yet what is even more troubling is that the control of Concubine and Morninglord Cultists grow.  I have seen both Ezrites, and Halans working in this region, and any attempts to warn them of their nefarious works falls on deaf ears.

Yet the most striking of all, I have found, is that the Ezrites have managed to infiltrate the local government itself.  Their "Burgomaster", as they call him, is in fact an Ezrite!  A follower of the Concubine in the Mists!  Either the Barovian people are doomed, or a more concerted effort to turn the local governors to our cause is needed.

On another note, I have heard murmurings of a recently passed "revolution" in Dementlieu.  Could this be a sign of Myterri?  A push for missionaries to the Mordentish realms is urged, if able.

Respectfully and humbly,
-Dommer Koltur Nathraakt

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A Letter to the Church in Hazlan #2

     Today, we witnessed an execution of a member of the Dilisnya Line.  There is much to be desired in the Barovian system.  The executioner lacks any restraint, a chaotic man working a position of lawful punishment.  Seeing me, a woman told her child to "ignore the cultist, like she taught him."  The Barovians teach their young to deny servants of divinity from birth!  But perhaps this is a defense against the false gods that plague this land?  All the same, the Barovian people are under siege by the Ezrites.

Despite the execution, and their fervent hatreds of the Dilisnya, they do not deny the Ezrite.  Despite the fact that the Ezrite "Church" was founded by Yakov Dilisnya, a man they had set up as a dummy for children to hurl stones at.

Respectfully and humbly,
-Dommer Koltur Nathraakt

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A Letter In Response #1

[A letter arrives via a black robed foreign currier at the Lady’s Rest Tavern in Barovia. The official missive is addressed to Dommer Koltur Nathraakt. The letter is secured with a black wax seal baring the official stamp, Church of the Lawgiver, Nordenvall Fane, Hazlan. This letter is scribed in the language of Vassi.]

Dommer Nathraakt,

I am Kontor Aossoz, secretary and personal assistant to the esteemed and righteously obedient Biskop Kalvu Preben of Nordenvall. I am writing this letter on the behalf of our divinely stationed Biskop.

Recently your report was brought to his righteous attention regarding your missionary work in the heathen lands to the east.

One specific point of interest is regarding your mention of the corrupting influence of a pagan usurper ruling the city of Vallaki. As I am sure you are aware politics and diplomatic venues are at best, delicate regarding this land and its natives.

Regardless the Biskop desires your continued investigation into this corruption and a detailed account of potential resources and possible future avenues of “Missionary Expansion”.

The Biskop expresses his approval of your service and expects continued progress with attention to discretion and manifest destiny.

Thou shall engrave the law upon thy heart and make it thy meditation!

Kontor Aossoz of Nordenvall Fane

//DM Stygian Witch approves this NPC response.

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A Letter to the Church in Hazlan #3

    To the Biskop Kalvu Preben of Nordenvall Fane,

You humble me with your quick and concise response to my letter.  You have my word that the continued push for conversion in this land will continue so long as the Church desires.  

I have been observing the station of the pagans here in Vallaki, and am shocked at their control.  The Burgomaster aside, the Church of the Concubine has constructed a large cathedral called the Refuge of the Fifth Light, as well as housing for their so-called priests and Templars, in the most wealthy district of this city.  Their Templars walk the street, armored and armed, watching over everything.  No doubt asserting their territory here.  Most troublingly, there is rumor that the Burgomaster had the "priest" of the Concubine speak at an event, though if rumor is right, they received an icy response.  Blessed be the Lawgiver if this is true.

On the subject of the Church of the Morninglord, the Giver of False Hope:  This young cult perhaps has the strongest following in this region, mislead by these notions of "hope".  We know that the Lawgiver is the only source of hope, through our divinely mandated toil.  Their priests continually state that they will "pray for me", and "hope I see the light", when we know that this is but a smarmy tactic of an inferior religion in a feeble attempt to defend its dogma.

Respectfully and humbly,
-Dommer Koltur Nathraakt

[Olywynn]

A Visit Home

[Olywynn]

A Letter to the Church in Hazlan #4

     To the Biskop Kalvu Preben of Nordenvall Fane,

On this morning, as I assume you have seen, the very skies went dark.  The very ground shook.  It is known that the heads of our righteous Church have warned for years that the Lawgiver's Third Judgment comes on swift feet, and that these events herald similar instances such as the Grand Conjunction, and the time of Hazlan and Nova Vaasa's entry into the Core, in the Second Judgment. 

Already, I am sure, the Church of the Concubine will attempt to claim this is a sign of their own "goddess".  We plea, if it be in the Lawgiver's Divine Will, that missionary efforts be pressed tenfold across the Core, and especially in Barovia, to stifle the heresies of the Concubine.

Respectfully and humbly,
-Dommer Koltur Nathraakt

[Olywynn]

The Teeth of Saint Grislev

I was approached by Kontor Aossoz during my visit to the Nordenval Fane.  It appears the rest of the Church is as troubled as I am regarding the events around the Core, and there is a push to collect the holy relics of His Divine Church.

With the Insurrection of 770 in Port-au-Lucine having passed, we now know that the Teeth of the Blessed Saint Grislev have been stolen by common brigands and thieves.  

These teeth are of importance to the Church, as they belonged to the faithful martyr Uri Grislev, who died bringing the Lawgiver to the Blausteiners.  

I have been charged in finding a worthy individual to hunt them down, and return them to me.

I trust that the Lawgiver shall deliver unto us this relic, should we be deserving.

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A Letter to the Church in Hazlan #5

     To the Biskop Kalvu Preben and Kontor Aossoz of Nordenvall Fane,

I have begun a process of investigating the various outlanders from beyond the Mists, by accompanying them on trips to slay the vile beasts of this land.  In doing so, I have learned that many of these individuals are witches, and have little respect for the Iron Lord and His Word.  Some, however, attempt neutrality on the subject of the True Faith.  As we know, neutrality is the same as inaction, and is of no better light than the naysayer.  However, they have had their purpose, so far.

I have witnessed strange, and vile things in this land.  An undead, tentacle horror known as an Alhoon dwells in the mountain, and any attempt to slay it has only resulted in it returning shortly after.  Maintaining a complex filled with dark experiments.  Upon temporarily slaying it, we returned to the surface, and to my surprise we encountered a small city within the mountain carved by Dwarves, where they worship false gods!  Only evil can come of such notions.

The Iron Lord has blessed me these past days, and I am now capable of performing somewhat more impressive miracles, such as to spark flame upon my whip, or empower the body and mind.  I shall inform you of my findings and further developments.

Respectfully and humbly,
-Dommer Koltur Nathraakt

[Olywynn]

A Letter to the Church in Hazlan #6

    To the Biskop Kalvu Preben and Kontor Aossoz of Nordenvall Fane,

How I did not notice this before, I do not know.  Outside of the Vallaki area, to the west, starts what is, or used to be, the Wachter lands.  The Fourth Sect of the Concubine has taken control of what appears to be a large keep, though I was unable to approach any closer, as any who do are shot on sight.  They also control a series of farmlands nearby.  They are slowly converting those living here to their false beliefs, a terrible thing.

Our church must surely respond to this, before the Concubine's followers gain too much ground in this country, but that is simply my suggestion.

Respectfully and humbly,
-Dommer Koltur Nathraakt

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A Letter to the Church in Hazlan #7

     To the Biskop Kalvu Preben and Kontor Aossoz of Nordenvall Fane,

The prior day, I bore witness to the worst of my fears.  The Burgomaster of Vallaki, Svari Ionelus, ventured to the Ezrite rectory, where recently arrived officials from the false church of the Concubine were staying.  There, he no doubt knelt prostrate before them.

I preached, briefly, to the guardsmen standing guard, regarding the dangers of the Ezrite.  I was rebuked.  The next day, the citizens of Barovia heard of this.  Some were infuriated, and marched into the city to protest.  I attempted to turn their eyes to the Lawgiver, but their ignorance turned them against me, thinking me Borcan.  I was swarmed, and I was nearly made a martyr for the faith.  I prayed, prayed for salvation from the Iron Lord as guardsmen nearby simply watched as I was beaten.  And then, the Iron Lord answered my prayers.  He sent true conduits of the Law, guardsmen who place the Law over their own petty differences.  They drug me from the crowd, and saved my life.  I believe this may be a sign.  My shed blood is worth this task.

Respectfully and humbly,
-Dommer Koltur Nathraakt

[Olywynn]

A Letter to the Church in Hazlan #8

     To the Biskop Kalvu Preben and Kontor Aossoz of Nordenvall Fane,

Not days ago, I encountered a foul witch dwelling in the Vallaki area.  This is hardly a notable fact, as there are many witches amongst the Mistborn people.  This witch, however, was found to be a Halite.  An elf Halite.  Angered by my witnessing to the people regarding the nature of the lesser races, she returned a night later, and like a coward slew me with her witch magicks.  With the assistance of her fellow Halite, named Sister Petal, they tossed my body into a pit filled with Daemons!

I was recovered by my brave Gudkaede, who managed to trick the witches into revealing the position of my body.  It was recovered, eventually, after having been moved.  As you likely know, the body was returned to the Nordenvall Fane, where the Iron Lord in His wisdom brought me from death to continue my duties.  This situation is proof of the Halans working with daemons.

On another note, I have found that there is little chance of converting the Mistborn population, as many are from the lands of Faerun.  As we know, a heresy of the Iron Lord existed there, called the Banites.  A cabal of daemon worshippers who twist the word of the Iron Lord.  They are wholey convinced that the Church of the Lawgiver is amongst these heresies.

Respectfully and humbly,
-Dommer Koltur Nathraakt

[Olywynn]

A Letter to the Church in Hazlan #9

     To Biskop Mehmet Aossoz,

I have arrived in the village of Krofburg.  It is a sleepy mountain town, where the Dementlieuse Bellegarde Company seems to hold heavy sway.  The men work the mines, and the groves, and the women tend to the home and children, though some work the mines and orchards as well.  They are a hard working people, and I believe the word of the Iron Lord may reach them.  Time will tell.

Respectfully and humbly,
-Kontor Koltur Nathraakt

[Olywynn]

A Letter to the Church in Hazlan #10

     To Biskop Mehmet Aossoz,

The weeks since last I reported, we have received two new of the faithful.  Ossur and Thola Fezim.  Ossur, I have accepted into the Gudkaedes.  This Thola shall remain a laywoman, however, as she is a student in the Red Academy.  A wizard, and one with growing ability.  Even if I distrust the arcane, as one must as it is in the Iron Lord's will, I will not alienate the woman as we can not afford a potential Red Wizard to turn against us, or fall to evil.

Most notably, we have discovered an abandoned temple to the Overseer of Darkon.  This temple collapsed in on itself during a time of great trouble, its occupants all dying by the hand of its leader.  Now, their souls haunt the halls.  My Gudkaedes and I struck this place, and Gudkaede Ossur proved himself greatly by squaring with the leader of the temples spirit, and crushing him.  This is no doubt a sign that the faith may grow in this region.  Perhaps it may be possible, in the future, to cleanse this temple and repurpose it as a bastion of the Iron Law.

Respectfully and humbly,
-Kontor Koltur Nathraakt

[Olywynn]

The Torment of Koltur Natthraakt

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