Letter from Varra to the Almsmaster

Varra Sorn's private report to a distant Almsmaster, describing the vale's political stalemate and recommending a different approach than Curate Andil's.

The Curate believes patience is enough. I write to tell you it is not. The house is hollowing from within; the Ash-Father is old and the gravesinger does not agree with him on the prophecy. There is a window here that closes with the next hard winter. Send authority, not blessing.