[Thranite]

An ambassador from Vanheim walks into the mead-halls of each other pretender with the following report:

Vidrir, Guardian of the Bridge, the Persuasive One, Guardian of the Dead, brings you this following message,

Negotiations between the pretender of Tien Chi over our Northern Border have failed, and their armies have descended into lands held by us. We have received a declaration of war from the Tien Chi pretender, and it is in accordance with the laws of war.

Therefore, we announce honorable warfare between our state and theirs, beginning immediately, the cessation of which cannot be accomplished until one of us lies dead at the feet of the other.

We have cast the spear of Vidrir over the battlefield, Valkyries stand by to convey heroes to the great mead-hall, and we have begun loosening the chains of the Fenris-wolf.