Dear Mr. and Mrs. Engler, I am-
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To the parents of William Engler. I am-
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My name is Esmond Aurelianus, and I lead the unit where your son was killed outside Avanthyr.
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- I led the unit in Avanthyr where your son died-
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- Unit in Avanthyr where your son William died.
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I didn't get the chance to know him well, but-
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I didn't know William well, but he seemed like a good soldier and a brave young-
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I served with William only for a short time, but I was impressed by his bravery and his commitment to duty.
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He died so that I-
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William saved me at the sacrifice of his-
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He died ensuring that others would live.
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I regret-
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I'm sorry for your-
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I hope the knowledge of his bravery is some consolation.
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To the parents of William Engler. I am-
. . .
My name is Esmond Aurelianus, and I lead the unit where your son was killed outside Avanthyr.
. . .
- I led the unit in Avanthyr where your son died-
. . .
- Unit in Avanthyr where your son William died.
. . .
I didn't get the chance to know him well, but-
. . .
I didn't know William well, but he seemed like a good soldier and a brave young-
. . .
I served with William only for a short time, but I was impressed by his bravery and his commitment to duty.
. . .
He died so that I-
. . .
William saved me at the sacrifice of his-
. . .
He died ensuring that others would live.
. . .
I regret-
. . .
I'm sorry for your-
. . .
I hope the knowledge of his bravery is some consolation.
To the parents of William Engler.
My name is Esmond Aurelianus, and I lead the unit in Avanthyr where your son William died.
I served with William only for a short time, but I was impressed by his bravery and his commitment to duty.
He died ensuring that others would live.
I hope the knowledge of his bravery is some consolation.
His sacrifice is not in vain.
My name is Esmond Aurelianus, and I lead the unit in Avanthyr where your son William died.
I served with William only for a short time, but I was impressed by his bravery and his commitment to duty.
He died ensuring that others would live.
I hope the knowledge of his bravery is some consolation.
His sacrifice is not in vain.
Dearest Father,
It is in the trial of leadership that I have learned what I have so often read.
Reality is a cruel mistress.
I fought to take this command, argued the transfer of these men.
Believe in yourselves, I told them. Helm follows us into the fray, I promised each and every soul. Every man in this company knows that Port Avanthyr will fall without us guarding it's front.
There are days I even believed that lie. I bled rivers, it seems, to make it true.
But it isn't, is it?
These men die not because they have to. But because I decided that they were 'necessary collateral'. Because they would forward my own vision for the valley, for its future. For...what, I wonder.
May the service of Helm ever be glorious.
Send my love to mother.
I miss home.
Esmond
It is in the trial of leadership that I have learned what I have so often read.
Reality is a cruel mistress.
I fought to take this command, argued the transfer of these men.
Believe in yourselves, I told them. Helm follows us into the fray, I promised each and every soul. Every man in this company knows that Port Avanthyr will fall without us guarding it's front.
There are days I even believed that lie. I bled rivers, it seems, to make it true.
But it isn't, is it?
These men die not because they have to. But because I decided that they were 'necessary collateral'. Because they would forward my own vision for the valley, for its future. For...what, I wonder.
May the service of Helm ever be glorious.
Send my love to mother.
I miss home.
Esmond
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