[Tuidjy]

With heavy hearts, we notify the nations of the light that the future looks dark.
A nightmare that we believed long gone has returned to our world. The Civil War
rages again. A Heretical sect of the Black Templars flew Ulm during the
Aufklarung. We believed them destroyed. Unfortunately, they have found refuge
at the court of Sangvinia's vampires, and flourished.

This month five squads, a devil's dozen each, rode against one of our provinces.
It shames us to say, there is nothing we can throw in their path. These beasts,
have surrendered their human nature to become a mix of demon and vampire. Their
wounds close by themselves, they suck the life from their opponents, their armour
is uncomprehensible, better than anything even great mages can craft. Due to
their unnatural equipment and their inhuman abilities, they are able to kill even
our heaviest sacred infantry in one swing, and defend even against the most
skilled attacks with ease. They do not tire, and no mundane means can even slow
them down.

We cannot field enough mages or priests to stop a horde of that magnitude.
Furthermore, if nearly seventy of them could be fielded against us, many more are
being trained every month. Ulm is doomed. The ghost of the Civil War has caught
up with us. For the sake of the light, start preparing to fight to this menace.
It will be at least an year before the Vampires infest our numerous castles. We
hope the time we will buy will allow you to prepare. It is too late for us.