A'right folks. I has some thoughts I reckon needs ta be shared.
1. Some a ya knows me well, othas not so much. I s'pose mos' a ya'll what don' knows me'll gits ta knows me ova time an' come ta knows mos' a m'many faults. I has a big mouth an' I reckon der be times I acts too quick. I reckon I only knows how ta fight. It be what an' who I be. An' I ain' a'ways right. Matta a fact, der be plen'y a times I'se dead wrong. Good fer me dat I has some fine frien's what tends ta steers me right an' true more often den not an' mos' a dem good frien's be Drakes an' I reckon I'se lucky ta has ya's fightin' b'side me.
2. Firs' off, welcome to da ranks alla ya new membas a da Drakes Vanguard. I knows each one a ya'll does us proud. If ya needs help wit' anythin' hunts me er any otha Drake up'n asks. If'n we don' knows I reckon one a us can prolly points ya's in da right d'rection ta fin's yer answer.
3. Da war wit' Taleedor. Ya'll did right good. I'se proud ta be a Drake when I sees ya'll fight like ya did. I don' reckon I coulda ask'd any more from any one a ya. Ya did da Drakes proud, ya did. I thanks ya an' I salutes each one a ya.
4. Demonwall. We be has'n demons ta fights now, so brush up on what it be a takin' ta kills em. If'n ya don' knows, ask. Da only dumb question be da one ya don' asks, so asks away.
5. Keeps yer kits full wit a couple bites a each herb an' sips a each potion it takes ta keeps ya in da fight. Might not a'ways be a empat' wit' us, so keeps yerself ready fer healin' a yer own person.
6. Elithain Cross. Some folks has join'd Cross. Some a dem folks be Drakes. I meself were a'mos' one a dem. Deez folks has der own reasons fer wantin' ta does what dey did. It ain' up ta us ta judges 'em, Drakes er not. I m'self has been guilty a doin' dis, an' I were wrong fer doin' so, an' I'se right sorry I did it. Deez folks dat be Drakes what has join'd wit' Cross is STILL DRAKES 'til such time as dey says dey ain', er such time as dey does somethin' dat warrants 'em not bein a Drake. We'll r'spect der choices 'cause dey be Drakes an' dey has earn'd dat r'spect from alla us, wit' der own blood what dey spill't d'fendin' each a us fellow Drakes an ever' otha person west a da 'Spine. An' when alla dis be ova, no matta who were right an' who were wrong, dey'll still be Drakes an' we will r'spects dat too.
7. Knight Gen'ral Svardin Odinsmane. Ya don' git tol' dis enuff I reckon, but thank ya fer a'leadin' us Drakes. Der'd nay be a Drakes Vanguard wit'out ya an we 'preciates all what ya's did o'er deez many years. I'se proud ta knows ya an calls ya m'frien' an' I reckon I'd foller ya anywhars, an' I knows alla da Drakes be feelin' da same way. So thank ya Boss, fer ever'thin, from alla us Drakes.
In closin' I reckon I jus' wants ta says thank ya fer all dat ya'll has done fer da Drakes, an' da Lands in gen'ral. Yer a fine buncha folks an' I a'ways knows I can counts on alla ya when da times be tough an I reckon I coul'nae finds a finer buncha fighters nowhar's else. I'se proud ta knows alla ya.
Only the dead have seen the end of war - Plato
Radeek Andoran
General, Drakes Vanguard
Black Raider of the Mir'Sheq
