Great people of Wayside,
It has been just over a year since my people were allowed to live within the Duchy of Tympany, and it is wonderful to see how much progress has been made upon the land. The Duchy has never seen the prosperity that it has now. Not only has Freehold benefited from the new trade, but so has Arbor with the mining and trade being brought in. As I look to the sky above the sea, I see nothing but hope.
I know there was much controversy in my appointment of being Duke, but the former King Eisenhorn knew the monstrous races of Terna could provide a benefit to Waysides economic state. Duke Eisenhorn did not have tunnel vision like many before his time had, he saw the past, the present and the future, and made a decision that was leagues ahead of his time. He once stood for what this country is all about. For this, I am truly grateful for his trust, and friendship.
Tympany has been able to develop a solid trade route along the ocean shores of Wayside with the Northlunds, and it is with hope that trade negotiations can begin with the Ternian Empire as well. This is the future I see for Wayside. A future built on peace, and trade, and a harmony established by sentient races and those of my kin. There is much to gain between our peoples, and I know this land as a whole will triumph from what is to come, and all that will be gained. There is no need to attack one another anymore. We are all one Wayside.
Too long we have waited below the gaze of oppression. I can feel harmony in the air, and with it a breeze of hope. So I ask that you forgive past actions. Do not let past hatred destroy what the future brings! Do not sink to the level of past generations! We are the future, and we will not let that bond crumble under the weight of the past! As I once proclaimed, the Libarian Empire is no more. We are Wayside. We are one Wayside. Never forget that!
Duke Basil Monteque of the Duchy of Tympany
It has been just over a year since my people were allowed to live within the Duchy of Tympany, and it is wonderful to see how much progress has been made upon the land. The Duchy has never seen the prosperity that it has now. Not only has Freehold benefited from the new trade, but so has Arbor with the mining and trade being brought in. As I look to the sky above the sea, I see nothing but hope.
I know there was much controversy in my appointment of being Duke, but the former King Eisenhorn knew the monstrous races of Terna could provide a benefit to Waysides economic state. Duke Eisenhorn did not have tunnel vision like many before his time had, he saw the past, the present and the future, and made a decision that was leagues ahead of his time. He once stood for what this country is all about. For this, I am truly grateful for his trust, and friendship.
Tympany has been able to develop a solid trade route along the ocean shores of Wayside with the Northlunds, and it is with hope that trade negotiations can begin with the Ternian Empire as well. This is the future I see for Wayside. A future built on peace, and trade, and a harmony established by sentient races and those of my kin. There is much to gain between our peoples, and I know this land as a whole will triumph from what is to come, and all that will be gained. There is no need to attack one another anymore. We are all one Wayside.
Too long we have waited below the gaze of oppression. I can feel harmony in the air, and with it a breeze of hope. So I ask that you forgive past actions. Do not let past hatred destroy what the future brings! Do not sink to the level of past generations! We are the future, and we will not let that bond crumble under the weight of the past! As I once proclaimed, the Libarian Empire is no more. We are Wayside. We are one Wayside. Never forget that!
Duke Basil Monteque of the Duchy of Tympany