Dear Braedra,
How are you? Have you had the twins yet? I hope everything goes well. It sounds like a lot of work, but I don’t know a lot about babies. I hope you don’t have to rest too much. That sounds boring.
I’ve been very busy lately because of the holiday season, but now things are slowing down again. I worked on some repairs and made some new clocks that sold before the gift-giving holiday so maybe one of my clocks was a gift. It’s fun to think anyway even if mine aren’t amazing like Harrier’s are. They work right, and that’s what matters most.
I spoke to a friend here about the decisions I might have to make. The way I see it, four things could happen. The first is they decide to stay here and I don’t have to make any hard decisions. Second, they decide to go to Gilneas and I go with them. I don’t know anything about Gilneas, but I’d be with friends. But I’d also have to leave other friends behind. Third, they decide to go to Gilneas, but I decide to stay. I’d probably wind up homeless and begging for cheese from my friend, but I’d have that friend, but everyone else would leave me. Fourth, I do my own thing and move to the Ghostlands to really try to find my father, if he’s still alive, or at least find out what happened to him. The problem is, in both situations three and four, I wouldn’t have any income, not that I make a lot now, but at least I’m able to contribute a little. I don’t like feeling useless.
Anyway, I think the fourth scenario is least likely, but you mentioned that you used to work at the Spire, so maybe you can help me. I had someone look into it before for me and it turns out my name isn’t even my real name. My name given at birth was Thal’inas Brightblade, but I guess the woman who took me in when she found me wandering about in the Row thought I said Alinash Brightblaze. I was three and already had an alias.
I just turned forty last month. My mother’s name was Cythril Daeras, and she was murdered. Her death certificate stated her cause of death was blunt force trauma combined with blood loss. My father, Beluar Brightblade, is a suspect in the case, but he went missing at the same time. I also went missing at the same time. I was three and a woman named Syrina found me in the Row but never checked to see if I was a missing person. I have a cousin in Eversong who doesn’t know that I still exist, but I don’t know her name, only that it’s a woman. I know that something happened when my mother married my father that caused my grandparents to write her out of the will, and it’s probably likely that they didn’t approve of the marriage. My father was a common blacksmith. The only thing I know about his work is that he specialized in carriage frames.
And that’s all I know. What I’d like to know is what happened to my father. I might have been present at the time that things happened but I don’t remember much. If I was in the Ghostlands now to investigate, I’d try to see if he had any friends or if he has any living family members besides me who might be able to tell me more about him. I’d also want to ask my cousin from my mother’s side of the family some questions as well – mostly about my mother’s parents but also about her marriage to my father.
I’d also check the newspaper archive at the library for the articles about the murder or maybe even find someone to talk to a guard who knows about the case for me. I know the murder happened at home though I’ve gone through the correspondence I received and can’t find where I was told that. I just know. I don’t know if home was in the city or in Eversong, so finding the articles might not be so easy. I was also not told what time of year it was, but I have a strong feeling that it was summer.
Anyway, if you want to help, I’d appreciate it, but I understand if you don’t want to.
As for my decision, I’m going to try not to worry about it until they make their decision. Maybe they’ll decide to stay here and I worried about it for nothing.
Again, I hope everything is going well with the twins!
– Alinash Brightblaze
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