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I have received word of one who claims to have
touched a higher power - and whose claims can be
supported by creditable witnesses. A messenger arrived
here, after many days of riding, from a land to the east. He
tells me of a priest who has performed actual miracles.
Having heard of we scribes who quest for the truth, the
priest sends me testimonials by this messenger and extends
an invitation to witness proof that the gods have not
abandoned Krynn.
I understand that, if your calculations are correct (as
they must undoubtedly be, Your Eminence!) and the gods
have not left man, but man has left the gods, then there will
be evidence of godhood found somewhere in the world. In
a place distant or near, anywhere from the war-ravaged
depths of Thorbardin to the crimson flowage of the Blood-
sea, there exists proof of godly powers, whether they be
curative or corruptive, beneficial or deadly.
The priest goes by the name of Erasmoth Luker. He
dwells near a small town on the shore of the Newsea - a
place called, oddly (symbolically?). Halcyon. Claiming that
he can wield the powers of the gods, Erasmoth has
established himself in a temple on a hilltop and preaches to
all who will listen.
The source of my information - the one who dispatched
the messenger to me - is a man known to you, Excellency.
He is Underscribe Tyrol Deet, a historian of unusual acuity
and perception. (Do you remember him - the young fellow
who wanted to be a soldier until he lost his eye in a hunting
accident? Now he wears a black patch over the socket and
swears that the focus of his other eye has improved
tenfold!) He says he has not witnessed the miracles wrought
by Erasmoth - those traditionally have been reserved for the
initiates, and, naturally, no historian could become such an
initiate and still maintain the objective viewpoint required
for our craft
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