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3rd of September of 1864, authored by Hortense Goldwater-Lievremont
THE KINSHIP IS IN MOURNING
A terrible shadow has clouded our Fair Nation. On the morrow of this very day, the third of September of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four (7841 as per the Saz calendar), the Leader of the Historian Emblem, Abraham Arnold Day, was found dead. The Exikahle Annals wish to avow that his new life shall blossom bright.
The evening prior, Mr. Day had hosted his first ball of the season, a gathering which had been attended by the totality of his fellow Leaders as well as the remaining members of the Inner Circle (sans our Commander-in-Chief), their spouses, progeny and other persons from the higher ranks of the Archaic Army. However, this joyous occasion was corrupted by the presence of a third party, of whom Mr. Day became prey.
The murderer’s identity has not been disclosed—furthermore, it likely shan’t ever be disclosed—yet this author has been informed of the vile criminal’s modus operandi: firstly, the act of inflicting inebriation upon their victim; secondly, drawing their victim to a lonely games room under the guise of seduction; thirdly, piercing their victim’s rib cage til it had become red as wine; finally, laying to rest on their poor victim’s earthly remains.
The finding of Mr. Day’s cadaver was entrusted to Mr. Klaus Haukland, who our sources claim was the Emblem Leader’s closest friend. Nevertheless, a retinue of Emblem Leaders and Gatekeepers, even the Khioaxi, promptly arrived to the crime scene. Wonsook Cho (Leader of the Conductor Emblem, of whom this author has written about ostensibly on account of her apparition lover) conceded to describe the scene before her departure for Mirror Korea. Behold her words: “It was ludicrous; Abraham is gone? Who shall token Reason during our symposia? Roxia spare us, for it shan’t be me!”
The Leaders of the Symbiotic Haven, Ms. Akhtar (host) and Ms. Shiva (imlium) have expressed their sorrow over the tragic occurrence. They have decreed that they shan’t return to Persia until the Triumvirate of Xelua’ia have certified that due punishment has been executed. The Leader of the Doppelgänger Emblem refused this author a word, yet actions speak louder than words and his decision to expeditiously return to his native realm deafens the mightiest of thunderstorms.
Mr. Haukland appeared too devastated to afford us his input.
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Abraham Arnold Day was born the first of August of one thousand eight hundred eighteen (7795 as per the Saz calendar) to Livitha & Harald Day (né Townsend) in Mirror London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was Named Leader of the Historian Emblem in December of one thousand eight hundred forty (7817 as per the Saz calendar). He was a private man who seldom endeavoured to visit Aboveground. He never wed, though this author has surmised that he was once betrothed to one Isaac ben Zohara, a friend of Mr. Haukland’s. It is unknown whether Mr. Zohara shall be in attendance at Mr. Day’s funeral. Learning of the perishing of the man to whom you once dreamt of being a husband ought to drive one to madness, indeed.