Correspondence - Amonair Dawnhallow
It was a hard letter to write. Cievian had gathered up the shards of his sword as best as he was able, but there were pieces missing. Even if they all had been recovered, it was unlikely that anybody would be able to put it back together.
The broken pieces of his sword sat in an ornately carved container on his desk, just to the left of the blotter. He glanced at it often as he wrote, looking quickly away each time as though the sight of it pained him. And it did. The sword was a piece of him. Taldaerin hadn't understood. He'd tried, but. Cievian had had the blade for so long. Losing it felt like losing a piece of his soul, but he wasn't able to articulate that.
I believe we have met once before, at a party your cousin Rythien insisted I attend. You mentioned, at the time, your work as a blacksmith, and over the course of the evening, we spent some time discussing our careers as battle mages.
When my apprentice was looking for a mage smith to craft a pair of daggers for her, yours was one of the names I provided her with. I believe you ended up doing the work for her. I had the opportunity to study the blades, and I must say that I was quite impressed with the work you did. She mentioned, in passing, that you have several examples of your work at home. I would like an opportunity to look over them, if it would not be an imposition. At your leisure, of course.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Reading over the letter, Cievian couldn’t help but feel a little cowardly at his omission of why he wanted to look at Amonair’s work. He set the letter back down, reaching out to touch the case that held his sword with two fingers, frowning. After a moment, he shook his head and pulled his hand back, folding and addressing the letter carefully. He sealed it with a drop of crimson wax and the impression of his signet.
Rising, he added the letter to a small pile of other correspondence, gathered them all up, and carried them from the townhouse, locking both the door and the gates behind him. He detoured by a mailbox, depositing the missives into the dropbox on his way out of town.