Regisfall

From the Hand of Virellen Tharandor,
On behalf of Matriarch Ilserae of House Carwynn
To the Esteemed Keepers of the Oakshade Line
Arandor

To the attention of whomever yet maintains the legacy of House Oakshade,
Let my words arrive without intrusion and with the due courtesy owed between the elder lines of our kindred peoples. I write under instruction from the High Matriarch Ilserae Carwynn of Cael’thorn, in accordance with customs of lineage inquiry and the respectful preservation of ancestral memory.

We find ourselves in need of clarification regarding an individual formerly known to us by name, though not by station: Caerith Oakshade, once a wanderer of curious reputation and Wood Elf origin, believed to have ties to your House. While many decades have passed since his last known appearance within the traditional holdings of the Clans, records suggest he may once have been bound to the line of Syranelle Oakshade—may her courage in the final defense ever be remembered.

It is not our wish to cause disturbance or evoke sorrow. Rather, we seek to confirm details of blood and absence. Specifically, whether Caerith Oakshade may still be counted among the living, and whether any documentation, oral or otherwise, remains of his movements or affiliations after his departure from Arandor those many years ago.

Our inquiries are, of course, discreet in nature. No formal record of this correspondence need be kept unless you so desire. This request bears no ill will, nor demand of debt or duty. It is, rather, an archival interest… one of personal import to certain holdings within our estate.

If any member of the Oakshade line remains—perhaps a direct descendant or blood relation—to confirm any knowledge of Caerith’s whereabouts and movements, such details would aid us in reconciling a thread of history whose unraveling has proven…unexpected.

It is not our wish to pry into grief, nor revisit stories long closed. But you may understand—those of high blood and long memory have need, from time to time, to place certain events into proper context. We trust you to weigh this inquiry with wisdom and dignity.

Respectfully in trust,
Virellen Tharandor
On behalf of Matriarch Ilserae of House Carwynn

From the hand of Thalyn Oakshade,
Law Bringer of the Valiant Shield,
Arandor

To Virellen Tharandor,
On behalf of Matriarch Ilserae Carwynn of Cael’thorn,

Your words have reached me, and I answer as the last who yet keeps the name of Oakshade within Arandor.

I must confess at the outset: I have not seen nor heard from my uncle, Caerith Oakshade, since the day of my mother’s funeral. From that hour forward he left neither letter nor sign of his path. Whatever choices carried him beyond Arandor, they bore him far indeed.

I cannot confirm whether he yet lives, nor can I attest to any ties he may have forged beyond our borders. In this I find myself as blind as your own house historians. Yet your inquiry compels me to acknowledge a truth I had thought closed: his absence is not the same as his death. If House Carwynn believes there is cause to seek him still, then perhaps some fragment of his story remains to be discovered.

Should further word of his whereabouts surface, I will weigh it with the dignity owed both to my mother’s memory and to your Matriarch’s request. For though my regard for Caerith is diminished, my regard for truth is not.

In trust and candor,
Thalyn Oakshade
Law Bringer of the Order of the Valiant Shield