A Treasure Fleet Leaves for Cos

(As soon as he received the Ubars letter by tarn messenger he put about getting the treasure fleet together that could sail that much gold back to Cos. It made perfect sense that the Ubar would want his loot from Port Cos now that it was under my control, indeed, it was to be expected. It was merely painful not to have enough time to stabilize things, plan a better fleet, and provide more protection for the gold. It was so much freaking money. I wrote as deliberately as possible.)

Dear Ubar, I gratefully pay your tribute and hope that all is well in Cos. I send you fondest regards and hope that you will send the lady Xianthe my love as well. I am sending her barge home to Cos with the treasure fleet, the Xianthe’s pride. It has served me well. I am sure that Xianthe will be glad to see it and I have left a gift for her on board. She will know where to find it.

Upon receiving your request for repayment to Cos, I was I admit, bewildered. I do not have any records of such a vast sum being paid out to the covert services I have been involved in. Indeed, opening and running a dress shop in Port Kar while gathering information was almost self sustaining and I hardly would have known what to do with 2300 double gold tarns. Are you certain that the money was not stolen enroute? I have no record of receiving it. The venture here in Port Cos was financed using my estates in Cos, primarily from my guardianship of Xianthe, your now Ubara, A destiny for her for which I could not have been more joyful. During the dinner prior to our meeting with you I expressed my great joy that she had come to such heights with all my heart directly into hers.

(I paused, while writing this and reached for more pistachios before continuing.)

In any case, the treasure fleet should arrive in Telnus 20 hands from the writing of this letter should the winds and seas remain favorable. I have set it out onto the Vosk already with regret that I could not provide it with a Cosian crew but only the men I have been able to hire using my own money. I rejoice only in the fact that some of them were once Cosian, before the great struggle.


(I signed the Letter with all the flourish possible and sent it by tarn messenger. News of the Treasure fleet voyage was sure to leak out but there was nothing to be done about it.)