Letter Home During the Second Purge

27 Firesday, 187Leviathan

Dear Mother,

I pray this letter finds you well, though I fear my words may bring little comfort. The world has descended into madness once more.

A [[The Second Purge|second Purge]]. The goblins pour forth like a never-ending tide of teeth and claws. Their screams haunt my dreams, Mother. And the dragons... how does one fight a creature that can turn the sky into an inferno?

I've seen things that no one should witness. Entire villages reduced to ash in the blink of an eye. Comrades, brave warriors, torn apart as if they were nothing more than parchment in the wind. The stench of death clings to everything - our clothes, our skin, our very souls. My hands won't stop shaking, Mother. Even as I write this, I can feel the tremors. I wake up in the middle of the night gasping for air, convinced I'm choking on the ashes of the fallen. The sound of crackling fire sends me into a panic - all I can see are the burning bodies of my friends, their screams echoing in my ears.

Last week, a child in the refugee camp laughed. It was an innocent sound but all I could hear was the cackle of the goblins as they tore through our lines. I found myself reaching for my sword before I realized what I was doing. The shame of it eats at me, Mother. What kind of monster have I become?

I can't eat. The smell of cooked meat turns my stomach - it's too similar to the scent of burning flesh that lingers on every battlefield. Water tastes like blood. I look down at my hands and all I can see is the gore of fallen comrades, no matter how many times I wash them.

There are moments when I think I can't go on. When the weight of it all becomes too much to bear. I find myself longing for the simplicity of our little farm, for the scent of your freshly baked bread, for the sound of Father's laughter echoing across the fields. But then I see them. The Amethyst Preservers. They stand like beacons of hope amidst this sea of despair. Their weapons glow with an otherworldly light, cutting through the darkness that threatens to engulf us all. I see a determination that stirs something within my weary heart.

Yesterday, I watched as one of them single-handedly held off a dragon long enough for a group of refugees to escape. The power they wielded was like nothing I've ever seen. For a moment I believed that we might actually survive this.

If you see any of the Amethyst Preservers in our village, please show them every kindness. They carry the weight of our world on their shoulders. We owe them more than we can ever repay.

I don't know what the coming days will bring. I don't know if I'll make it back home. But I want you to know that I fight not just for our land, but for a future where such horrors are nothing but distant memories. And if I fall, know that I did so standing alongside heroes.

With all my love,

Teu