Artemesia Family/Garret/Treatise Letters

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Request from Garret Artemesia (1 day, 16 hours ago) Message sent to everyone in "Sanguis Astroism" (145 recipients) There are reports that there is widespread burning of this "Scarlet Trinity" book in various cities. I would like to point out that only one true copy exists, and that all others were extrapolations from excerpts from people going about Flowrestown. The only individuals who would have access to parts of the true book are the following people: Mervin Vetinari, for being the inquisitor of Aquilegia, with proximal access to the securely stored book, and Medugnatos Stormcrow, who made a special journey to Aquilegia for the purpose of viewing the actual text.

I welcome you to burn the fake copies though, as I suspect those really are heretical, and that was why charges were brought against me. However, despite all countermeasures, some people managed to use excerpts from the Trinity and create false additions to it. For that, I encourage the destruction of these false books. Also, I recall that some pirates had been so brazen as to retitle my work "Scarlet Blood". What is this, some murder mystery literature? Bah.

There is but one Treatise to the Scarlet Trinity, and only two people know about a portion of the true text. All others should be considered false.

Note as well that there will not be a disclosure of the full true Treatise except to those two aforementioned nobles. Garret Artemesia Asterion of Aquilegia, Marshal of the Covenant of Phantoms of Aquilegia

There are two separate treatises being spoken about even at this point. The one overtly referred to here is the 'Scarlet Trinity Treatise', an eight-volume work never released, ever, unless someone forcefully ((*cough*hacked into my Google Account*cough*)) opened the vault in which it was kept. The one that is actually being burned are copies of the 'Excellence Treatise', a small pamphlet written in religio-philosophical style that was given to the Imperial Flowrestown Library to be put in the restricted section. Unauthorized copies were not permitted without the express written consent of the...wait, nevermind, copies were prohibited, period. Man I hate pirates who do copyright infringement...

Letter from Garret Artemesia (1 day, 16 hours ago) Message sent to all elder members of "Covenant of Phantoms" (2 recipients) I believe it is about time for the true text to be given. It will appear in parts, but I believe this is the only way to preserve the true Treatise of the Scarlet Trinity.

My apologies for being unable to show you the text before. At the time I was quite busy with foreign matters, and my servants were able only to bring you the introduction of the original treatise I wrote myself, as well as the illumination, which, unlike what some might believe, is not an addendum. The rest, I suspect, has been doctored.

However, let this be known that I am not trying to escape from anything. I will pay the two hundred gold to reprint the current "copies" of the book circulating around...Actually, let's have them destroyed completely.

I believed from the start, and still firmly assert, that only the Prophet should read the full original text of the Scarlet Trinity. This does not mean that I do not trust you two, but it means that something of such potentially controversial material should only be shown in its entirety to the Prophet before any further circulation. Unfortunately, I have never been able to travel to Corsnactum, and the Prophet has never been able to travel to Aquilegia.

On another note, I would like to make you aware of why people might have other copies of the Scarlet Trinity. Three volumes of the original eight were lost when I was overtaken by monsters long ago in Turbul. Attempts to retrieve them had failed. I had hoped to leave the matter be, thinking they were lost to time, however, I only speak out now, because it seems as though I can no longer afford to wait for the Prophet to come to Aquilegia to see the full text, with the three volumes I rewrote myself. Garret Artemesia Asterion of Aquilegia, Marshal of the Covenant of Phantoms of Aquilegia

Man this Asterion guy doesn't know that no one even knows about the Scarlet Trinity Treatise. They're all talking about the Excellence Treatise. That's why you should always ask what you need to tell...Or ask for people to ask.

Letter from Garret Artemesia (1 day, 16 hours ago) Message sent to all full members of "Sanguis Astroism" (70 recipients) The Scarlet Trinity was meant only for the Prophet. The members who need to know about what happened that allowed the Treatise to escape in its current form have been informed. Up until now, no copies of the Scarlet Trinity Treatise existed in Aquilegia's archives. I was only made aware of the existence of other copies now.

Most of the Treatise concerns little with the actual practice of the Stars, as I had said when I introduced an idea, so much as the philosophy of excellence and how we might infer that from the Stars. The Magistrati who visited Aquilegia were given the parts that were retrievable at the time, and I had thought they shared it with Inquisitor Branthorpe. Hm, but I do not control the actions of the Magistrati.

Anyway, as far as I am concerned, the only one who is supposed to read the Scarlet Trinity is the Prophet. I ask him to be the sole reader of the actual text. All others, can seek him afterwards. Garret Artemesia Asterion of Aquilegia, Marshal of the Covenant of Phantoms of Aquilegia

Yeah, we're still talking about some MacGuffin that no one has heard about. Bear with us here, we'll get to the good part eventually.

Letter from Garret Artemesia (1 day, 15 hours ago) Message sent to all full members of "Sanguis Astroism" (70 recipients) Well, until I heard some reports about people in Astrum burning something called the "Scarlet Blood" I had no idea about it. Although now that I have requested a copy, a contact from afar tells me that the "Scarlet Blood" is, in fact, some sort of murder mystery written by a Martin M. Hm, so I suppose that is a totally different matter.

Anyway, I did know that certain parts of the Scarlet Trinity Treatise were lost during a monster battle in Turbul long ago. However, since those were monsters, and searches were futile, I decided that, they being monsters, those texts were as good as lost.

There were eight volumes in total. Three were lost to the monsters. I personally restored those remaining three, and they now rest among the other five, secured through several ways.

That is all anyone here needs to know. Only the Prophet, and any perhaps curious Cardinals, have rights to view it now. Garret Artemesia Asterion of Aquilegia, Marshal of the Covenant of Phantoms of Aquilegia

I want to read 'Scarlet Blood'! From Cliffparchments I found out that it is apparently about this man who keeps trying to murder his wife, but in the end the wife kills him. Oh, did I just ruin that for you all? Apologies. Anyway, we still haven't even gotten to the Excellence Treatise. As far as Garret is concerned right now, everyone's talking about the Scarlet Trinity Treatise.

Letter from Garret Artemesia (1 day, 14 hours ago) Message sent to all full members of "Sanguis Astroism" (70 recipients) I think it would be very interesting to note that one of the people to be consulted for the Scarlet Trinity was the current rebel leader. A...well, without breaking the covenant, let's just say that the storage areas for the treatise was constructed according to plans made in conjunction with the current rebel leader. Whether he was planning a rebellion, or completely himself, through all the time, is not very much know to me.

If you got something talking about the Scarlet Trinity, the most you should have gotten was a philosophical stub introducing a concept of an inseparable trio of Bloodstars, primarily dealing with how best to act as a human. I am rather perplexed as to how any serious theological aspects arrived, when the most that should have been seen in the advertisement was the idea of "Bloodstars inseparable". Where this whole thing about star phases came from, I have no idea.

Garret Artemesia Asterion of Aquilegia, Marshal of the Covenant of Phantoms of Aquilegia

Finally, we start talking about the Excellence Treatise and not the Scarlet Trinity Treatise. The Excellence Treatise was a philosophical text written by Garret Artemesia some time ago. It was apparently kept in the restricted section, where books on teaching frogs to dance were. Anyway, so the public version was Sanguis_Astroism/Excellence_Treatise_Teaser, or at least it should have been. You know what they say about publicly funded libraries...

Letter from Garret Artemesia (1 day, 14 hours ago) (Personal message to Mervin Vetinari) Kalos Vetinari,

It appears I had been rather careless in monitoring the status of the advertisement I sent around.

I had sent out something called an "Excellence Treatise", true, and we debated about some things. Although, you had some strange parts about a Maddening star and something. I had been a little confused, but I was more...angry, should we say, that you seemed to have gotten the wrong idea of the message. I see now that not long after drafting that stub which was to have only introduced a concept of a Trinity inseparable of the Bloodstars along with secular means of excellence, something happened. Someone, or something, altered parts of the text to introduce concepts of the stars that were not in keeping with the original treatise. Furthermore, it was done without the Illumination, which is the first book of the series.

Illumination, Voyage, Sanctum, Herald, Construction, Altercation, Pandemonium, Reconciliation. Those are the eight volumes, in that order. Sanctum, Herald, and Reconciliation were lost, and I had reconstructed them. It appears that the parts about the stars were from Sanctum and Herald. The idea of the Supreme Balance came from Reconciliation, but...this is all very surprising.

What bothers me is this: The rebel leader who has called for disarmament was a leading member of the safehouse that, among other things, guarded the sermons of the Prophet along with the true Treatise of the Scarlet Trinity. I do not know how long he was afflicted, and I fear for the integrity of the documents, as I personally provided him with the key to access the vaults.

This...is not very good. I cannot wait until I can just pass the torch on to you.

Regards, Garret Artemesia Asterion of Aquilegia, Marshal of the Covenant of Phantoms of Aquilegia

Bah, we don't give a copper coin about this "Scarlet Trinity Treatise". The only thing that was being talked about was the 'Excellence Treatise'. Repeat after me: The 'Scarlet Trinity Treatise' is NOT the 'Excellence Treatise', and vice versa.

Letter from Garret Artemesia (1 day, 12 hours ago) Message sent to: Branthorpe Silverbear, Medugnatos Stormcrow, Mervin Vetinari High Inquisitor Stormcrow,

My testimony is being compiled by the Royal Archives. When Allison visited Vesuvis to donate gold for temples, there were whispers about a vault being opened. At the time, I trusted Duke Adriddae with the sole key to the Flowrestown safehouse that kept the Scarlet Trinity.

Eight volumes: Four in Balance's Retreat; Four in Flowrestown. Two were sent directly, by someone other than myself, from Flowrestown to Mimer. I was told, at the time, three months ago, that they had arrived. So when the heresy charges were brought against me, I had though that it was over the two that leaked in Corsanctum. The two that were sent were volume two: Sanctum, and volume three: Herald. Both were the rewritten versions of the originals, which had been assumed destroyed by monsters in Turbul, as I found several torn pages scattered in my pursuit of them. They also happened to steal my imperial seal but one of my agents said he retrieved what was left of it, and gave me a twisted piece of metal. Those two volumes, other than the Illumination, were the only volumes that even mentioned the Bloodstars in any way. The rest is all secular, legends of Aquilegia's past, deeds of heroes, philosophy dealing with human decisions. There was no need to send you those.

What you need to understand is that the actual Scarlet Trinity Treatise is mostly stories of Aquilegia's past that teach moral lessons. The only parts that deal with the Bloodstars, that I could give you at the time, was the Illumination. That was an excerpt, even, written from memory, as the full manuscript was locked away in Flowrestown.

I have been unable to access the vault since my first argument with Allison, as Vesuvis took leave for some time and refused anyone the key. Thus, I could not tell you about that, as even had I, what then? If it is as I suspected, and now know for certain, the possessed Duke would have destroyed the key, and ordered the destruction of the volumes. I had mentioned briefly to him once that the documents were very important in bringing a more moderate mindset, and finally breaking Aquilegia from Allison's shadow. I hinted that without at least on volume of the Treatise, I would lose all.

I had to keep silent at the moment, to preserve the possibility of providing the truth of the Treatise. To have it destroyed would have meant no proof whatsoever for me, save for the scraps of the Illumination volume.

When this rebellion is over, and I have access to the vault of the safehouse in Flowrestown, I will try to recover the two volumes in Flowrestown, and track down the two that were lost en route to Corsanctum.

Even now, I ask that we keep this silent. The rebel leader Adriddae was ousted from the safehouse, but he still has his key. I have people watching him, to make sure he does not enter the safehouse, but I do not know what might happen if desperation takes root.

If the original Treatise is destroyed, and no volumes left, then all will be for naught. For my future, and for the future of the ideas of the Scarlet Trinity, I had to bite my tongue, even if it meant that the Magistratum would not react happily.

Regards, Garret Artemesia Asterion of Aquilegia, Marshal of the Covenant of Phantoms of Aquilegia

If letters refer to the 'Scarlet Trinity Treatise' from now on, forget it. None of you have any clue what it is, none of you have read it, so go do something else with your time like cook steaks.

Letter from Garret Artemesia (1 day, 12 hours ago) (Personal message to Medugnatos Stormcrow) High Inquisitor Stormcrow,

I had hoped that the Magistratum would have waited until after the demon-possessed duke was contained. For, like I said, and like you know very well, the Treatise is kept in the safehouse of the Phantoms. And despite all efforts of banning Vesuvis from the place, he does have the key. And a skilled infiltrator can still get inside.

You understand, I was being extorted by threats from Allison and talk of rebellion amongst the nobles, as well as isolated protest. And most troubling, the Duke had become very distant at the time, which makes everything clearer now. Had I asked any more of him, I feel as though he would have destroyed everything, called a rebellion, and then denounced me as a heretic. At the time, he was already showing some antagonism towards me, asking me what my "excuse" was for avoiding destruction from Allison, and being less...open than usual.

I'm sorry, my friend, but the Treatise is too important to lose. There are four still safe in Balance's Retreat, but those have nothing to do with the Bloodstars. There was no way to prove anything by showing you those. It would be the equivalent of defending my heresy charge by giving you a book on jousting. So I was backed into a corner, and I had no way out. Even now, I wonder at the state of the Illumination and Reconciliation in Flowrestown.

Regards, Garret Artemesia Asterion of Aquilegia, Marshal of the Covenant of Phantoms of Aquilegia

Still no talk about the 'Excellence Treatise'. Come on, Medugnatos, tell him you aren't asking about the 'Scarlet Trinity Treatise' but the 'Excellence Treatise'. Seriously, you're just stringing him along right now.

Letter from Garret Artemesia (17 hours, 49 minutes ago) (Personal message to Mervin Vetinari) Heresy is a word thrown about very often these days by some rather ignorant and stuck up foreigners, don't you think?

In any case, I could not access the true Scarlet Trinity Treatise, which was held in the Covenant of Phantoms guildhouse in Flowrestown, and which, as you know, was kept by Vesuvis alone. Whatever, if they do not exist, then so be it. I've seen the Church let too many things happen to be very much contented with it by this point.

Virovene was allowed to be destroyed without a word, Allison was allowed to threaten Aquilegia without a single breath of revulsion. And now, only now, when people are talking about some fake book, do we get concerted opposition?

By the way, I assumed you are saying that the "lie" is based on this, right? Dwilight University/Project Submissions/Falsebound Trinity. I must say I am very surprised at its existence, as I had not ever seen it before, but now everything with the stolen seal and the operative who disappeared makes sense.

By the way, tell Medugnatos and Branthorpe that I always thought they were referring to this: Sanguis Astroism/Excellence Treatise Lite, which has been up for over two months, like I said, and which I had assumed you all decided not to talk about overtly by name because, well...I wrote it for commoners... Garret Artemesia Asterion of Aquilegia, Marshal of the Covenant of Phantoms of Aquilegia

Woohoo, pay attention again, people! Take your medicines to calm your jitters, because we finally have something about the Excellence Treatise. So there was a copy sent to the Dwilight University under some other title? Maybe Garret's work? Then again, whoever said he read that? I know I've just picked up certain texts, read the title, said, 'I don't care', and threw it back into the cesspool. A title matters people!

Letter from Garret Artemesia (17 hours, 31 minutes ago) (Personal message to Mervin Vetinari) Hm, it looks like I have to be very slow with you, since it looks like it might take a while.

The only written treatise I ever released dealing with the Scarlet Trinity was Sanguis Astroism/Excellence Treatise Lite. I had assumed you were talking about that, and while the true Treatise actually detailing the Scarlet Trinity is still locked away in Flowrestown, among other places scattered about, there should have been no reason anyone, especially not Anabellium, would have seen the true Treatise and thus charge me with heresy over it.

So, my conclusion was that you all had read my work for commoners and dull people. It was a method of teaching the peasants of Aquilegia who had no idea about the Churches. After all, that was the only work dealing with any aspects of the Stars that ever came out of Aquilegia officially. Garret Artemesia Asterion of Aquilegia, Marshal of the Covenant of Phantoms of Aquilegia

Well, according to the records at the public library, the 'Excellence Treatise Lite' was supposed to be distributed among the peasants, while the 'Excellence Treatise' proper would be kept in a restricted section of the library. Course what no one knows yet is that the person put in charge of making sure the proper treatise was put in the restricted section and the lite version made public got drunk with me the night before and we smoked some of those bright orange flowers that grow in Flow. Man, I think I saw my hand talk to me.

Letter from Garret Artemesia (17 hours, 21 minutes ago) (Personal message to Mervin Vetinari) You and I both read it, Kalos Mervin. Are you here to tell me you remember something else?

I think I would know what I write.

Garret Artemesia Asterion of Aquilegia, Marshal of the Covenant of Phantoms of Aquilegia

Ahem, as a certain 'Homer' put it: 'That's not how I remember it.' Haha. Oh man...

Letter from Garret Artemesia (16 hours, 53 minutes ago) (Personal message to Mervin Vetinari) The only pamphlet I sent out at any point in the past was the one I just sent to you. There were no others sent under my name. All others I will be quite quick to prove are not my writings, as my Royal Archivist can also attest that no other official texts pertaining to the Scarlet Trinity have ever been made public. Garret Artemesia Asterion of Aquilegia, Marshal of the Covenant of Phantoms of Aquilegia

Well, the only one he thinks got sent out. Hehe...Oh man, this is so rich. I mean, I'm just quaking inside to give you all the big reveal!

Letter from Garret Artemesia (14 hours, 21 minutes ago) Message sent to: Branthorpe Silverbear, Mathurin Hossenfeffer, Medugnatos Stormcrow, Mervin Vetinari You know, it would have been nice for the Magistratum to send me the letter of the charges brought against me. I had to hear it second-hand what the charges were.

Now, I think I can put to rest some questions, but open up a whole slew of other questions. I hope you are ready.

So the "treatise" as Anabellium was quoting from is indeed part of the writings I had authored. It was, however, released under a restricted license. No one could access it unless he or she were in Flowrestown. And even then, the only ones ever allowed to view it were the former Duke Vesuvis, who at the time, generously donated the private library that would hold, among other books, the one and only original copy of that treatise, excerpts of which Anabellium used against me.

Now here is where things get interesting. To my knowledge, only Vesuvis read it, and perhaps Kalos Mervin, as he has been arguing with me about how he remembers a different text, which I have been arguing never was never written. I now finally know what he is talking about, after receiving an anonymous bundle of that text myself from the Dwilight University.

This is a crime against my realm, to whomever illegally made copies from the library. The text was not meant to be published for public use, and its access was highly restricted. That anyone outside Aquilegia, nay, anyone outside the Senate of Aquilegia could have access of it should be impossible.

As for the texts you asked of me during your disclosure of charges, they were rather imprecise. I had been most confused about whether you asked me about the pamphlet I wrote for Aquilegian peasant use, which was made public, or the secret volumes that I had already explained I could not access since the first conflict with Allison.

Now, here I remind you of the charge that seems to have fallen on deaf ears. I caught Allison forging my letters, with my name and seal applied. Does no one care about that at all, and simply attribute anything a foreigner might say about me as truth? Come on. Garret Artemesia Asterion of Aquilegia, Marshal of the Covenant of Phantoms of Aquilegia

Gee, so the version that was supposed to be private got leaked to the public, huh? And Garret did not want anyone actually seeing that work, so much that he denied authoring the copies that appeared in the Universities and otehr libraries? Hmm...Although, I wonder how much was genuine?

Letter from Garret Artemesia (13 hours, 45 minutes ago) Message sent to all full members of "Sanguis Astroism" (71 recipients) A review of my letters will show that I have not lied to the Magistratum. Up until now I had been unaware of the full text of Anabellium's charges, as well as the nature of Sandra.

Anabellium brought charges against me for a document that was never released under public license, and was under restricted access in Flowrestown. Only Vesuvis, Kalos Kagathos Mervin, and I were privy to them, ever. I knew the danger of the text, and so I kept it out of reach until proper review and edits could be made. And only I could invite people to read it ((This was an RP enforcement originally, but over time I think this was forgotten as I had better things to do.)) So you, or whomever sent you that text, Anabellium, stole private Aquilegian property.

Furthermore, Sandra is none other than Allison's daughter, and clearly has a personal agenda against me, wishing to bring me down no matter what, just like her mother. With her proclamations of sedition to Aquilegians, and threats to loyal nobles who in no way are my "cronies" as her mother might put it, but loyal members of the realm, above anything I can control, she has become a rather unbefitting figure. Furthermore, she has given word to some nobles whom she believed to be disloyal to the Aquilegian ideal that even were I to step down Aquilegia would not be saved. This has become more than a personal vendetta for Allison's daughter, and rather, an overt desire for destruction. This is compounded by her recent disrespect for the Church.

So how does this connect with Anabellium? There were letters, exchanged amongst Anabellium, myself, and another ruler, before the secession of Morek. I now know that Anabellium intends to harbor Sandra in Xinhai, as well as Vesuvis, whom she desires to marry. It is also no coincidence that her heresy charge based on stolen property came at the exact moment when Allison and I were escalating into conflict.

Think. Garret Artemesia Asterion of Aquilegia, Marshal of the Covenant of Phantoms of Aquilegia

I remember this one time, I tried making a charcoal rubbing of this relief of some guy wielding a sword in thid guild in Pian en Luries, and I got hit with a 50 gold fine. I hate restricted licenses.

Letter from Garret Artemesia (13 hours, 37 minutes ago) Message sent to all full members of "Sanguis Astroism" (71 recipients) The Magistratum never asked for my pamphlet. I always assumed they wanted this: Sanguis Astroism/Excellence Treatise Lite, so I gave them an Illumination portion that would have helped. The other theological portions of the Scarlet Trinity Treatise itself were kept in a vault that Duke Vesuvis had locked up ever since conflict with Allison began. Might I remind you all that the Magistratum never asked me for any full texts, and never informed me of what evidence Anabellium was using against me? Garret Artemesia Asterion of Aquilegia, Marshal of the Covenant of Phantoms of Aquilegia

Why are we even talking about the Scarlet Trinity Treatise'? Anyway, again, as far as Garret knew, only the lite version was released to the public. At least, that's what he ordered...'

Letter from Garret Artemesia (13 hours, 12 minutes ago) Message sent to all full members of "Sanguis Astroism" (71 recipients) He was given the texts, but he left Flowrestown very shortly after finishing certain other business, so he could not read it then. I sent the texts to a safehouse built for the purpose, but they were to arrive in Mimiravair secretly to promote security. Thanks to you, now that security has been compromised, and I have no idea whether they will ever arrive. Garret Artemesia Asterion of Aquilegia, Marshal of the Covenant of Phantoms of Aquilegia

Garret refers to the 'he' as in Medugnatos, and the 'texts' as the 'Scarlet Trinity Treatise'. Medugnatos read the 'Excellecne Treatise', but that was not what he was being asked about. Still, who gives a gently carressing bodily waste about the 'Scarlet Trinity Treatise' that, up until recently, no one even knew existed?

Letter from Garret Artemesia (7 hours, 56 minutes ago) Message sent to: Branthorpe Silverbear, Medugnatos Stormcrow, Mervin Vetinari Alright, here's a summary in case some of you have goten lost in this ever-thickening web.

First, I wrote an 'Excellence Treatise'. However, noting the inflammatory nature and potentially contradicting overtures, I wrote a 'lite' version, which dealt with less conroversial topics. The 'lite' version, I ordered my archivists to send public through the Church. The 'Excellence Treatise', I ordered kept in a restricted section of Flowrestown's Imperial Library. To date, only Kalos Mervin, Duke Adriddae, and High Inquisitor Stormcrow have seen the original 'Excellence Treatise'. I had no idea what treatise, exactly, I was being charged for. The 'Scarlet Trinity Treatise' was an eight-volume work written earlier, never released, and kept in secret vaults in Flowrestown. Only myself and Duke Adriddae had the keys. Even so, I was physically unable to acces the vault during the investigation, and I now know, through nobles I tasked to pose as potential rebels report to me that as early as Allison sent gold for temples, a rebellion was in the works. 400 gold was given to Vesuvis. 150 went to Viscount Caxias for temple construction. The rest were never mentioned again. But that is not the point. I was locked out of my own safehouse.

However, the version of the 'Excellence Treatise' I showed High Inquisitor Stormcrow was genuine. How Anabellium came to possess it is beyond me to speculate. I know I sent the order to the Royal Archives to secure it in the restricted section, and not to let it leak. They employed one of the assistants for the task, Jameson, I believe. New kid, but I was told he was pretty reliable.

I wanted to transport the two remaining volumes in Flowrestown to Corsanctum via secure lines, but then the rebellion occurred, Sandra challenged my place in the elders, heresy charges were talked about, leading ultimately to what I believe was a premature verdict before I could send High Inquisitor Stormcrow all texts I had written dealing with the Trinity. As security is reached in Flowrestown, I can once more access the vaults and send them over.

As for the text Anabellium quoted from, I believe she used an unlawfully copied version. I frown on document piracy, and my assertion is that only I have the genuine copy, which Kalos Mervin read a long time ago, and which High Inquisitor Stormcrow read during his visit.

Any further questions? Garret Artemesia Asterion of Aquilegia, Marshal of the Covenant of Phantoms of Aquilegia

I have a question. Do you think the Magistratum would actually read it all before they say 'We don't give a ---"? And Jameson got wasted the night before. It was funny.

So, as a post-commentary, I would like to say that this is Jake, wishing you all enjoyed this 'Let's Read' as much as I have. There was a bit of confusion about 'Excellence Treatise' and 'Scarlet Trinity Treatise', but we now know that we don't care about the 'Scarlet Trinity Treatise' because as far as we know, no one has ever read it, except maybe Garret...and Vesuvis...and a demon...Nothing to worry about.

As far as the 'Excellence Treatise' goes, apparently the copies in Aquilegia got burned because, I don't know, it was mandated or something? Who knows. Anyway, I need a drink.