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The Plagues of Fontan

This is a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the theory of Count Armstrong Ironsides on a painful lesson for the Democracy of Fontan.

The letter is from the Hero of Democracy to the former Chancellor, Sir Mikhail Romanov.

Letter from Armstrong Ironsides

Message sent to: Mikhail

Honourable Mikhail,

Very recently, I finished reading your history on the Fontan-Caligus war for a third time and was absolutely stunned at how comparable this document is to our contemporary time. It is almost as if I was reading a recent history of Fontan, except substituting certain realm and noble names for the modern ones, of course.

From your scholarly work, I have realized three themes which seem to be recurrent on the East Continent with relation to our beloved Fontan. I named them the Plagues of Fontan.

The first is enemy treachery. Much like the lie that was spun about Fontan's proposed alliance with Ubent against Perdan in the past, so too does Fontan in the present face the treachery of our enemies. This time, the treachery of our enemies was embellished by the treachery of some of our own nobles.

The second Plague is tyrannic coalitions. As in the present, the Fontan of the past could only be neutralized by the onslaught of many enemy armies. Verily, Fontan is a realm that is capable of succeeding by its own might, but it is not a realm that is able to succeed against many realms.

The third and final Plague I feel is the most debilitating of them all; it is too much success. It is painfully evident that Fontan has met its worst moments after its greatest. As in the past where our realm extended far into Caligus, our recent expansion caused an overreach that backlashed against us.

These Plagues are both warnings and lessons for we Fontanese, and I only hope that the next rise of glory is weighted with the wisdom of the Plagues of Fontan.

With friendship and admiration,

Hero of the Democracy,