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On the 22nd of May, I turned myself into the Regalian authorities in response to the accusations against my family by the Lord Chancellor's declaration. This gesture is not a confession of guilt, but rather, a necessary step in proving our innocence.
Prior to handing myself to the Regalian authorities, I sent word to the Regalian Judiciary to petition for a trial so that we would not be executed without the chance to prove our innocence. If you are reading this, it is because the Regalian authorities that have imprisoned us in Krakenburg have refused to grant us a trial. Though the Regalian legal system assumes guilt until innocence can be proven, to refuse the accused the opportunity to prove their innocence turns "guilty until proven innocent" into "always guilty". The decision to allow the trial to proceed is in the hands of the Regalian Judiciary, and I encourage that the support for the trial is expressed by lovers of law and order until a date has been announced.
I believe that it is of the utmost importance to offer the public an explanation. Wolvard od Albion, Alaric Keen, and I had warned the Lord Chancellor of an ongoing, du Brierust-led scheme to impeach him and have him replaced with a member House Drachenburg. Not a week later, the Lord Chancellor arrested Wolvard od Albion, Theopold Kreiburg, and I for conspiring to violently overthrow the state. Wilheim od Albion was never arrested, despite being accused of the same crime. Despite us three being released, Count Harhold declared Wilheim od Albion a ward of House Harhold, vindicating him of the charges to violently overthrow the state. Now, Wilheim od Albion and his family stand accused of the same crime that Count Harhold had already vindicated him of.
It thus becomes clear that this second wave of arrests for something that we had already been vindicated or found innocent for is nothing more than a scheme by the Lord Chancellor to intimidate those that are currently planning to begin impeachment proceedings against him. Count Harhold's decision to vindicate Wilheim od Albion was used by the Lord Chancellor to establish a connection between the noble house and ourselves in order to fabricate an accusation to facilitate the political intimidation tactic. It is a shame that a war hero and patriot such as Count Hengest Harhold has had his good name smeared by these false accusations and decrees. The rest of us falsely accused are good Unionists that have faithfully served the Empire and uncovered treason and heresy in service to the Lord Chancellor, and I find it regrettable that we now find ourselves betrayed like so simply because of political convenience.
Sincerely,
Isidoro Playero
Isidoro Playero
The following section of the letter is written in blood, and a different font as if a finer pen was used.
It appeared rushed.
Isidoro did not deliver this letter from prison. There was an appropriate roleplay to have this letter made public. I posted it from my account to preserve the anonymity of those involved.
