Lexington, Kentucky

September 10

It is my honor and pleasure to announce that Mr. Keyontre Kynaston is now no longer just a Mr., but he has now taken the station of Prince as the city of Lexington, KY.

Lord William Della Cava has decided that he wishes to spend more of his time focusing on matters of covenant, and less on matters of state. He gathered the Prisci counsil, and with his approval elected Prince Kynaston. As such we have also codified the laws of the city with the Princes approval.

Copies of these laws are available by request to the proper individual listed below. It would be for the best to request a copy or an update whenever you decide you might want to visit out City.

 Any inquiries about the city and it's policy or to request contact with the Prince should be directed to either the Senechal or your corrisponding member of the Prisci council. Your points of contact are as such: Senechel and Gangrel Prisci: Valentino Remerez (bahamut810 at gmail.com) Deava Prisci: Vivian Gaoru (savy23 at gmail.com) Ventrue Priscus: Lord George Armitage (quicklift at digitalkender.com) Mekhet Priscus: Peggy Sue (Isolde.deeply at gmail.com) Nosferatu Priscus: None currently I know that this is very exciting news for all of us!

 If you have any questions please forward them to the proper person for a quick response. Thank you all for your time,

Valentino Remerez Senechal of Lexington,
Ky Guardian of the Golden City Monster Truck of Kentucky (Carthian 3, Gangrel 1, CotC 1)

September 20

I am announcing that I, Viceroy Notary McGreggor, do now declare martial law. I call on the Misercordia to bring this area under control. Currently the Will of the Emperor, Alder Talbot, was dispatched to answer a request to go to an alternate location but is no longer responding.

Viceroy Notary McGreggor

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Viceroy McGreggor,

Have you learned nothing as an Invictus? If you are going to lie, don't do it when there are people who can reliably contradict you. There are many lies in this statement as well, shall we count them for the people at home?

First, Prince Kynaston has never expressed interest in remaining part of the Midwest Imperiem for the very reason that you have stated: the Imperiem and the Prima Invicta are one in the same. Lets look at it logically. You ready? "Hmm..." Logical self would say, "Would a Carthian who hates the Prima Invicta ever in his right mind ask to stay part of something that is openly absorbed in to the Prima Invicta and is run by William 'Bloody Billy' Talbot, who has a history of killing Carthians?"

Take a second. Let that sink in. Ready? Ok, I think that answers itself, but in case you are wondering the answer is "no, he would not". If you heard that the Prince was interested you are sadly mistaken. It would help the fact that he has never done so. As it stands, your pants are on fire one paragraph in. The City of Lexington wants nothing to do with the Prima Invicta. Period. The general consensus is that you are liars and would be conquerors. We were right.

Second, no Citizen of Lexington has "repeatedly caused problems" as you state. The only thing close to that would be that you just happen not to like us because we have left the Prima Invicta. If you would like causing problems? We can talk about the 20 person Invasion force that you brought down with you on saturday. Without notice. Putting our Mortal City at risk if a fight broke out and people needed to feed. How about the fact that the people you brought with you came down expecting to kill us? Including Ol' Billy the Carthian Killer and his rolling crew who are well known for coming into a city they dont like the leadership of and killing the people in charge. Wait...who was causing the problem? We were fine with semi-peaceful social sparring about things. You decided to come down and try to destabilize our Sovereign Praxis. I think that a larger problem is that you, as a member of the Prima Invicta are a Liar. You have lied about what you are about, and what you do. You said that you are only a Mother state, ready to take new cities in and care for them. Never with an Iron Fist. If you dont want in? Fine, your welcome to leave. How many lies is that? Your nose should be a mile long by now.

Your Third and most important lie in this email is this, Lexington is not under your martial law. We are a Soverign Praxis who will defend itself. We did not kill Talbot and his three firends when you sent them after us that night as an offering of peace. After all "an eye for an eye" makes the entire world blind. Now it comes back to you Viceroy McGreggor. Do you want to try to make me a liar and try to make peace the right way by taking your eyes off Lexington and leaving peacefully, or do you want to keep lieing to everyone? Blatantly. Your actions in our city that night have proven everything that Prince Kyneston has said about the Prima Invicta correct. Its really up to you.

As an aside everyone, an official statement about what happened will be released later. From me. To you. Because I love you all. Well, not all of you, but some of you.

Valentino Remerez Senechal of Lexington

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Viceroy Notary McGreggor,

You have declared martial law over a free domain. We consider this act to be a declaration of war, by the Midwest Imperium and the Prima Invicta, upon the Free City of Lexington. As the instigator of this act of aggression, you are hereby bloodhunted within the domain of Lexington. No member of the Midwest Imperium or the Prima Invicta shall be welcomed into our domain while this state of war exists, under any pretense. If you wish to sue for peace, do so through a 3rd party, as we shall accept no diplomat or ambassador from your faction.

Keyontre Kynaston Prince of Lexington, KY
Recognized of the Carthian Movement
Recognized of the Shadows

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Prince Kynaston,

Is it not true that until recently, the "Free Domain" you claim praxis over was a part of the Midwest Imperium, under the Praxis of Notary McGreggor? Would your little war then simply be an elaborate means of declaring a Praxis Seizure? I understand your need to grandstand on the Internet and create a platform for all the anti-Prima dissidents to try and justify they lies they wish to tell themselves about the Prima Invicta, but that doesn't mean the rest of us have to care.

 Alder Tull

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No it was not under McGreggor she is from Indianapolis or there abouts.

The former Prince was William Della Cava. This is not a praxis seizure.

Jeremiah Dodson

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Mr. Dodson, do you live there?

It was my understanding that imperiums often have Praxis Holders who do not live in the same city they hold praxis of. Are you telling me that Lexington under Prince William Della Cava was not a member of the Midwest Imperium? Please be very carefull to actually check your facts before leaping to an answer.

Alder Tull

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Alder Tull,

Actually you need to check your facts. And to answer your question, no I do not live there but I have spent a good amount of time there and know who most of their people are. BTW, Lord della Cava handed praxis over to Prince Kynaston on his own free will.

It doesn't matter if Lexington use to be under the Midwest Imperium or not, they removed themselves from it. Prince Kynaston clearly stated he did not wish to be a part of that Imperium.

Lord Notary Cross, Thank you for reminding me I forgot my title. I hold no ill will towards Alder Tull for not using it since I forgot it.

Prince Jeremiah Dodson

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Tiny Tull,

While the following does not constitute an implicit acknowledgement of it being a matter of praxis, if it were an issue of praxis why is the Misericordia involved? Is not the Misericordia an organ of the Empire and therefore not to be involved in local praxis matters?

I realize, Tiniest of Tulls, that you are illiterate, which must be quite a burden for you. But this is fairly straightforward.

Einar Janssen
Still Smarter than You.

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To all the people,

I love you all (or enough of you). But that is not why I am here now. I have told you that I would relay our story and I will. Now. So sit down and enjoy story time with Valentino. I will keep this brief, but I want this preserved for posterity.

It all started with our Prince at the time Lord William Della Cava coming to us and talking to us about the future of our city. We all looked at each other and with pure conviction we unanimously decided to say "No". We are not Prima Invicta and by estention we are no longer part of the Midwest Imperiem (because as Viceroy McGreggor has said, they are one in the same). Lord Della Cava had *never* given any praxis or power over our city to everyone and with the stories of Hamilton we wanted nothing to do with what the Prima Invicta had to offer.

Over the course of the month we heard stories from here or there about the Prima Invicta planning to visit the City. We made laws. We found out that Lord Della Cava had tired of the hustle and bustle of the Prince position. We arranged a peaceful transfer of power from him to our elected leader, Prince Kyneston. We finished our laws, and published them. We let the world know that we had done so, and who to contact in case of any questions or visits.

No one sent a mail of any visits.

Luckily we decided that we would like to try a new location for our meeting that night as 20 members of the Prima Invicta decided to invade our town with no forewarning. We knew about them when they entered the city along with their intent (wooj...'nuff said). We decided that we would sit tight because we had matters of importance to the city to discuss, things more important then a murder-crew of Prima Invicta coming to try to invade our city.

We had contact with some of them. We gave them a call and let them know we were fine and that we wanted nothing to do with them. They called us back and talked some more and we let them know that if they wanted to arrange a meeting that we could accommodate, but that we had no intention of meeting their invasion force. We were feeling nice. Nice enough. I even took the time out to talk to an Acolyte named Sophie to let her know that we were not interested in meeting an invasion force. I was even nice enough to let her know why. She was a very nice prostitute. Really...that's what she said she was. A prostitute, sent for political negotiation. Way to go Prima Invicta. They even tried to use powers of the blood to lure us to them.

I am not sure how at that point, but Blood Billy Talbot and his Cincinnati Crew of Masquerade breakers found our location. We did not want a conflict, but we are not stupid either. We had people set up to defend us if they decided to come to where they were very obviously not welcome. Some warning fire happened. Then a celerity speed bat, an impossibly large man, a grasshopper (nice one man, I need to learn that), and Talbot all file out of the car and proceed to start their assault instead of leaving. You know...like people not looking for a fight would do. We decided to leave. We did not want a fight, at that point we figured that they might get the idea. I know...history suggests otherwise...but hindsight is 20/20. They proceeded to destroy they building we were in with vomit from the large man (Don Michael Capavelli for those not in the know). The bat became a shark man to help.

In the end we left. Peacefully. Hoping they would either get the idea and leave us alone or follow the common practice and contact the correct people to set up a real meeting. It does not seem to be so. The next night we check our email, and we see the letter from Viceroy McGreggor trying to steal praxis away from its rightful holders to try to keep hold of it for the Prima Invicta. The People who told them that they wanted nothing to do with them. Repeatedly. They even resort to lies to try to justify themselves to the world. However, there is no lie that can cover this. We are the Citizens of the Free City of Lexington. We stand together. We will defend our city. Our Chain will not be broken.

Valentino Remerez Senechal of Lexington Ky
Guardian of the Golden City Monster Truck of Kentucky

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As always,

There are two sides to every story. Seneschal Remerez would have you believe nothing but ill intent and nefarious plots form the Prima Invicta and from Imperial Prince McGreggor. What he fails to point out is that Prince Della Cava informed the Prima Invicta that his city no longer was interested in being part of the Prima Invicta but wanted to stay part of the Midwestern Imperium.

There was some confusion within the Prima Invicta on why Prince Della Cava had left so suddenly, we had just seen him and everything seemed good. When he informed the Prima Invicta of the citizens wishes, we as a collective accepted that. The twist in this was that you can't be part of the Midwestern Imperium and not part of the Prima Invicta. Imperial Prince and Vicereign McGreggor sought to clarify this with Prince Della Cava and come up with a resolution. In the meantime, the praxis was handed over to one who had appeared to be somewhat amiable up to this point. The problem remained of being part of the Imperium and not of the Prima Invicta. Imperial Prince/Vicerien McGreggor sought many attempts to discuss diplomatically and was blatantly ignored. Ignored and treated with disrespect.

She decided to go down there and took with her a security detail. Her intentions were to speak with the new Prince Regent about the conundrum facing them. Rather than discuss it with her diplomatically, the Prince Regent opted to hide like a coward. He hid and played games with those continuing to attempt diplomacy. Then he chose to attack. He attacked a diplomatic group of people wishing to do nothing but talk.

It was then that it became clear to Imperial Prince McGreggor that they were attempting to seize the praxis and become independent of the Midwestern Imperium. Rather than saying that though, rather than discussing it diplomatically, they tried to kill the people that came there. This prompted the call for martial law.

You see the Prima Invicta is not going to attack domains because they don't want to be part of the Prima Invicta. If you don't want to be here it's no skin off our back. It's when you attack our citizens that we get angry. We have been attacked, war has been called on us and we will answer the challenge. But make no mistake...first blood belongs to Lexington no one else. All because their foolish "Prince" reacted like a coward to his better.

There are domains that have chosen not participate in the Prima Invicta and have gone untouched by us. I encourage those cities to speak of the diplomacy used. All Lexington had to do was actually talk to their rightful Prince. That being Imperial Prince McGreggor. Now there is a war.

Sincerely,

Jacqueline Strout di Milan
Imperial Harpy of Clement


September 21

So wait. Lemme see if my brain is being wrapped around this concept correctly. Lexington said, "We don't wanna be part of the PIE anymore." The PIE said "Well, then we're imposing our Prince on your city!" Lexington responded with 'screw that' and the PIE sent Burlap Billy and vomit-fest Cappavelli and a goon squad? Wow. This is diplomacy on the level of a tard.

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By your own words, this state of war did not exist until after the Imperial Viceroy publicly called upon the might of the Empire to destroy the residents of the city. Said residents then declared their intent to resist being murdered. Your contention is now that the residents of the city are at fault because they declared their intent to resist summary execution before the Misericordia had an opportunity to muster and invade? I believe this claim is beyond even your ability to spin events in your masters' favor.

 ~Alex Finn

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Oh I doubt that Finn,

So far I have seen them spin the most vile load of shit and try to pass it off as gold, and the really sick thing is that they actually believe the things they are saying. At least it really seems that way. I really do think that they somehow believe that the are the victims here because the 20 person murder squad they sent was not welcomed with open arms and the citizens of Lexington didn't lay down on their stomachs and beg them to take over their city.

~Elliot Fitzpatrick
Gangrel Priscus of Chicago

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Prince Finn is of course correct. If citizens of the Prima Invicta involve themselves in a praxis dispute then it is not self-defense to intervene on their behalf, and if one of those citizens calls on the Misericordia without rebuke then it is the Prima Invicta who are the aggressors.

 ~Einar Janssen

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We want a resolution to this. Leave our city. Get out. We don't want the Prima Invicta. Our Prince has never expressed interest in staying part of Imperiem because, as McGreggor said it is one and the same with the Prima Invicta. I am not sure how many more ways I can say that.

If you refuse to do that, then we will do what we have to.

Senechal Valentino Remerez

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Mr. Remerez,

It has already been acknowledged as fact that William Della Cava joined Lexington to the Midwest Imperium. To join the Midwest Imperium, one must accept its laws. Under its laws, the Imperator is the sole sovereign and Praxis-holder of the Domains therein. Ipso facto, you are mistaken in what you say of Lord William Della Cava. It may not have been his intention, but if you believe that to be the case, the only accusation you are making is that Lord Della Cava failed to properly comprehend Imperial Law before joining the Imperium.

With respect,
Mr. Titus Stavros Viscount of Richmond, Indiana Secretary

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Forgive me if I'm repeating something that has already been said, but.....

You're bitching and moaning about being hit in the shoulder with a bullet? That /is/ a warning shot in our society. It's like getting slapped, hard. It stings, and barely does a fucking thing, even if their trained. Grow up you fucking pussy ass WOP...

As to the rest of this:

An Imperium can only control what it's leader is capable of controlling. Sure, calling on outsiders is fun, and can get stuff done, but it sounds like (regardless of who started what transgression where), that she can't hold the place, and would be better off just leaving it alone. Saying that the members of the city strained the masquerade by refusing to meet with confirmed killers is as much a load of bullshit as anything else that has been stated so far. Saying that a bullet into the shoulder of a Kindred is "an attack on a member of the Prima Invicta" is like saying that Jaywalkers should be prosecuted, instead of fined.

Vomitting corrosives and turning into giant shark-men? Really? It's not close enough to Halloween to deal with this shit....

And for the record, I don't care if I'm taking it out of context. You acting like a bunch of crash helmet wearing, grape flavored window licking short bus kids...

-- Zahid abd Marid
Roi du Coquelicot
Prince of Topeka, Kansas

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Sooo wait... Violence is endorsed when you are pissed off? That is your idea of civilized? I mean that was my MO for the last couple of centuries... Your little group got all bent out of shape about that. Hell when others stated kill the princes should they join the Prima Invictia you all got butt hurt... But this... This seems to state its ok to go all murder death kill if you get pissed off with someone... I mean hell you guys provided me a very nice personal list... Should I start my murder run now? I mean I could kill you all... Not in the flashy mass mob group style you all seem to love... Rather in a much more quiet intimate fashion when your alone and seemingly at peace.

Oh what am I saying? I spent too much time learning to be civil and nice... No need to throw all that work away... Right?

 -Shane Anderson

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This happens to be an excellent example of someone taking words with one meaning and extrapolating a completely different meaning to create conflict.

Vampires are monsters. Offer them Violence, they will likely return Violence upon you. Saying you don't want to be a member of the Prima Invicta does not automatically make you immune to this standard system of reciprocity for your actions.

 -Tull

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We offered no violence. We told the Prima Invicta that we were out. Then the Prima Invicta sent a small army to our City without contacting us ahead of time. When we offered them nothing except a nice place to hang out (when we could have filled the place with explosives and just blew the shot out of you) we let you know we didn't want to meet with you, what did you do? You hunted us down. At that point, our praxis was being violated, and We decided a few warning shots at the car were in order. Then they stopped, got out, rushed the building, DonCapavelli melting things with his vomit as he went. Who was on the offensive here? We were content to chill where we were till you decided to contact us the proper way for peaceful negociations, like we have outlined in our Laws and Constitution. He'll even not bringing the full Invasion force might have swayed us a little. Instead you sent Bloody Billy Talbot, known Carthian Killer and Overthrower of Praxis' after us, you know the Carthians of whom Prince Kyneston has Praxis.

You want to talk about responding in kind? We did.

Senechal Valentino Remerez

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As I sit here and read all this back and forth I wonder a few things about this situation and the egos involved.

I know some of the citizens of Lexington. I don't like some of them, one in particular I wouldn't mind seeing go carne chamuscada and all. Others I have fought along side and consider like family.

I know some Prima Invicta. They are nothing new...the idea has been around longer than probably any of us. I do not have much of an opinion one way or the other about them. I have a Requiem...I dance to it...so as long as I can continue to dance my Requiem as I see fit without the interference of the Third Empire of the Night I don't give much thought to things. They do their thing and I continue as always to what I do.

Now we have this situation and I have to ask myself. Lexington? Really? What strategic importance is Lexington? Horses needed for a rare lacrima recipe? Is it some jewel of the American South that I am not aware about? What is so important that Lexington of all places needs to bend the knee? Are egos bruised THAT much? It's Lexington...what is so special about it? I am sure if one was to put a spin on it things would work out so no one loses face.

You see to me I see nothing but pride and hubris over a mole hill. All this WILL lead to instability, a war and inevitable breach of the Masquerade. This will be followed up by investigations by Hunters and the general pissing off of other supernaturals because we have raised such a stink over Lexington. We seem to do that well....attracting attention to ourselves when we are suppose to not exist.

It's Lexington for crying out loud...I can understand a larger and much more urbanized city such as Chicago, Cincinnati, Atlanta...anywhere that a TV show has been set at being something to fight for but Lexington? THAT is valuable real estate and territory. It boggles my mind at people want to hold THAT place instead of doing the SMART thing and expanding into other territories? Such pride and hubris brought down the First and Second Empires of the Night...both times the Grand Imperial Seneschal advised against actions and never was headed. Will history repeat itself again with the Third Empire of the Night in such a short time?

Dominic Santano de Servius
Member of the Talons, Coyotl of the Ac?lito del C?rculo de la Bruja and
Master of Temple Emerald Dawn

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Mr. Finn, I am not the official Voice of the Emperor, but I can assist.

Unfortunately, dissidents have chosen to murder Kindred for no crime apart from taking part in the Prima Invicta. As such, some domains who desire to assist in the protection of Kindred Society and wish to contribute to the Prima Invicta's goals, do not wish to present themselves as targets for assasination and prefer to remain anonymous. The Prima Invicta respects their wishes.

There are Three Traditions which I assume you know. Other laws are determined by the Praxis Holders of individual Cities, as is Traditional. I believe it has become apparent that other laws include "don't shoot members of the Prima" but I believe those are unofficial.

In Service,
Alder Tull

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Could you clarify what kindred have been murdered solely for being part of the Empire of the First Invictus?

I know that the former Prince of Chicago was executed shortly after a praxis change for varied crimes against his city, in contradiction of false claims by certain parties that his death was solely due to Imperial entanglements.

Were there others that the Empire claims victimhood for? According to the laws posted earlier, Princes are also required to "maintain control of their cities." Is this the justification for using Imperial stormtroopers to settle local praxis contests?

 ~Alex Finn

September 22

Kindred of Society;

Two cities have recently left Prima Invicta: Raleigh, North Carolina, and Lexington, Kentucky. These two cities, however, could not be more different.

When the former Prince of Raleigh, Sir Alexander Hill, transferred praxis to Madam Delilah Holmescroft, she took that moment as an opportunity to depart amicably from the Empire, notifying an Imperial representative of her intent without violence or insult. We continue to enjoy positive diplomatic relations with Raleigh to this day, and we wish them safety, prosperity, and success.

Lexington, Kentucky, on the other hand, chose differently. Mister Kynaston and his allies refused to engage in diplomacy and instead chose to assault the Will of the Emperor, attacking him with ghouls and guns before he even had opportunity to greet his hosts. Shortly thereafter, Mister Kynaston declared a "state of war" on the internet.

Although I would have much preferred to resolve this matter diplomatically, they have forced us to steer a different course. As one who is committed to the power of diplomacy, I am deeply saddened by this course of events.

Further, there have been more than a few pieces of misinformation spread regarding this situation. First and foremost, the domains of Indiana, Lexington, and Columbus are a single praxis. Initially formed under Alder Protoculus, this praxis added Lexington to the other cities under the rule of Alder Talbot. These cities remain a single praxis under Her Excellency, the Vicereine of the Midwest and, therefore, Mister Kynaston's recent praxis claim constitutes nothing more than a praxis challenge. The situation is analogous to Brooklyn attempting to secede from the domain of New York, or Cambridge attempting to secede from the Imperium of Boston.

The second misconception is that agents of the Empire used powers of the blood to chase down and antagonize local residents of Lexington. As a praxis-holder, the Vicereine would have been well within her rights to defend her praxis against an attempted seizure, but instead she traveled to Lexington to engage the local residents diplomatically. They traveled directly to Elysium (where, of course, violence is forbidden) and found it empty; the entire city elected to spurn the negotiating table. A few hours later, a message arrived, telling them to meet at an address. They suspected that this was a trap, and so they designated a few members of the diplomatic delegation, including the Will, to go while the remainder stayed on elysium. When they arrived at the provided address, they were physically attacked without provocation.

The final misconception is that Prima Invicta will not use its resources to support its praxis-holders. Indeed, we can, we have, and we will. When we say that we will not interfere with how a member Prince chooses to rule his or her city, and that the role of Prima Invicta is to coordinate between praxes on regional and national affairs, some have interpreted this to mean that we will refuse to involve ourselves in local matters entirely, even if the local praxisholder asks for our aid. This is incorrect.

In light of the above, let it be known that His Imperial Majesty has declared Lexington, Kentucky, to be a Rogue State. From this moment forward, there will be no diplomacy with Lexington, nor will its residents have the privilege of appealing to Prima Invicta for aid, justice, or recompense.

That said, any kindred residents of Lexington who desire succor may contact me, the Will, or the Vicereine of the Midwest, for we are not in conflict with the entire city, but rather with Mister Kynaston and those who have done violence upon the Will. If you are acquainted with politically-neutral kindred in Lexington, therefore, please pass them these words: sanctuary can and will be granted, for the Empire has no desire to do violence upon those who do not wish violence upon us.

The Hon. Sir Samuel Cole
Voice of the Emperor
Prince of Boston
Guildmeister of Ars Notaria
Knight Lieutenant of the Order of the Eclipsed Moon

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Do it, and find out just how many people really don't like your crew, Cole.

-- Zahid abd Marid
Roi du Coquelicot
Prince of Topeka, Kansas

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Sir Cole is likely aware that you and your people dislike him. I doubt very much that it will affect how he sleeps, or how he conducts his business.

Dame Giuliana la Porta

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Indeed.

Until such time as the Assembled Citizens and Herald Dunn choose to formulate an official statement on behalf of the Free State, I will merely note that the Chicago Free State exists outside of the reach of the self-styled Emperor's Will (hereafter referred to as 'Little Billy') and that anyone who chooses to visit within Chicago's domain are not subject to any authority other than that of the Free State.

Also, to Guiliana LaPorta,

I would say that whooshing sound was the Prince of Topeka's point zooming over your head, but that would only get it to Clement's waist.

This time when you go crying to Porter that someone called you a whore on the internet please tell him the only reason he and his sire still live is through the late Grace's mercy, a mistake that will not be repeated.

~Einar Janssen

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To Mister Einar Janssen,

You have incurred my attention.

Good evening,

Lord Notary Cross

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Will anyone from Lexington provide an update on the current condition of the city or its citizens.

-Shane Anderson

September 25

Mr. Finn,

First of all I am not in Lexington, KY nor do I have travel plans on my desk for such. Vicerine McGreggor did not overstep her bounds at all, on the contrary, she gave Society a transparent look at a Viceroy requesting the Misericordia in agood situation. Not all situations call for my expertise and the Emperor will choose wisely when and where he wishes me to be. I do not agree with the actions I have heard from Lexington but I was not there so I will not contribute to the assumptions others who also were not there have made by listening to one side. I would be favorable to speaking peacefully to the citizens of that city should they wish it but until then I will look to doing the true work of the Empire, bring safety to Society and the Masquerade.

Sincerely, Sigmund Porter, Commander
Misericordia

October 5

I am interested to know who this new Empress is, and whether or not she will support Viceroy McGregor's attempt at conquering my domain, as her predecessor did.

Keyontre Kynaston
Prince of Lexington, KY