Greetings members of the Kindfire family, and more specifically, Snareman Kindfire.

Long have you and I had our own personal rivalry between ourselves, and long have our battles been bloody and hard fought. Today I am extending a most generous offer to you and your family on behalf of myself and mine.

I, Draqoom Van Helsing, hereby declare that the Kindfire family and the Van Helsing family are locked within bitter, bloody war.

My terms for this war to cease are as follows. Either Snareman Kindfire grovels at the feet of the Van Helsings and begs for mercy, or the Kindfires admit publicly their inferiority and submit as a subordinate family to the Van Helsings.

I will give you, Snareman Kindfire, two months from the time of this posting before the war begins to surrender peacefully in one of the above manners to spare your family from the bloodshed.

In service,
Draqoom Van Helsing, Iron Fist
Grand Duke of House Van Helsing

Penned by my hand on the 17th of Scarlatan, in the year 659 AF.