Volcanic Hot Newsletter/February '07 issue/22 Torin

The follow are event and letter are from the 21st of February.

War. War seems to be inevitable for this realm. No matter how skilled our leaders are, war is in the future. I have seen the horrors that war can bring, and they are something I would never wish on anyone. I have seen the love of my life killed before me. I have seen friends cut down in combat. War caused these, and caused me to send my brother across the ocean and to his death. I have had enough. When I was appointed Duke of Tucha, Cathrine made me swear that I would do everything to protect my people. Therefore I feel I have no other choice but to declare that Tucha is neutral in any and all upcoming conflicts. I will not have my people go through the pain that I have. I wish you all the best of luck, and hope that we can all continue to exist together without conflict. I know that this is probably unlikely, but I simply could not live with myself if I did anything else. After all, win or lose there is always loss on both sides. That is the nature of war, and war never changes.

– Torin, Duke of Tucha