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Luke,

Many apologies for the delay in my communications with you. Things have been incredibly busy with the situation that is unfolding with Artherien as I write this letter.

I do wish we had anticipated this more. All of us had assumed a woman might straighten him out, but that turned out to not be the case. I am not surprised by Artherien quitting Corellon. Artherien doesn’t like to put away his own being upset and pride, take for example the Rabbit situation, he never tried to comfort her and instead attacked the men responsible. He has never cared how others truly felt about his actions.

I brought your letter to my parents and after a long meeting we decided to do what we could. We decided to handle him softly, maybe the trauma of becoming an aasimar has been too much. Corellon is a forgiving soul, maybe we can get him on track with that. We decided to find out more about this situation and immediately Anglerond was sent to see Veronwe and ask him of the situation.

Artherien was soon at the gates and his arrival seemed awkward and forced. We didn’t notice anything more than the awkwardness of his normal returns. To be honest, Alluvial saw her brother the clearest. She was almost immediately upset at him and I have to admit I wish we had listened to her earlier. She cannot explain what bothered her about him, but even now she is terrified he will return. You heard me right, she is scared he will come back, not that he won't come back.

After starting an entirely unnecessary set of dramas with locals, in the name of his true love, Artherien got angry and stormed out of the town. Part of the reason he was upset was that Anglerond went to Veronwe and was "sticking his nose where it didn't belong". When he left the city we followed after him, hopefully to find what was bothering him so much.

Sadly we lost him in the forest and even now we are attempting to find him. I am worried he went into the underdark. He always thinks he is immune to being harmed permanently, but I fear if he went there he won’t be able to get back. Anglerond came back during our search and talked with my parents. I haven’t talked to them yet about what Anglerond found, but I am going to join with Anglerond and we are both now taking some of our guard and participating in an expedition into the caves, to see what we can find.

As a side note, think of me as you will, but I am shocked and angered by the treatment of Keyleth. She is his wife, she has been nothing but loyal and even I shiver at the idea of stripping someone’s desire or will. I am grateful that she will stay with the family.

We have already moved forward to secure some of the houses in support of her. We have begun moving in other kingdoms and cities of elves with the same idea in mind. I will ensure she gets as much support as she can. I realize she won’t trust me, nor would I ask her to. However, she is the true queen of our people and I will do everything I can to support her.

I have recently picked up a stone, I am learning how to use it now as we speak. I absolutely am looking forward to speaking to you about more enjoyable topics. I am not saying I miss your presence at all, but I do think the day might be brighter if I saw your smile.

Talk to you soon, and hopefully about something that will leave us happier and more satisfying,

Nesterin