Runner: "Sire, I bring you a message from Vanheim."
Takeda Shingen: "They must realize the only end to this war is their destruction. I give them credit. I surely thought they would have cowed before us by now. Bring it to me immediately!"
The messenger reverently walks to the base of the throne and hands Lord Takeda an ornate envelope sealed with the imperial crest of Vanheim. Takeda carefully opens it and reads it by torchlight.
