I send this message to you with one of my trusted companions. You know me as few others do, and will therefore trust me when I say that many of these efforts will soon meet a bitter end. I am almost penniless, and until funding for the New Ivrean Council arrives from other nations, I continue to bankroll political campaigns, the Council, and the expanded efforts of the Manticorum. I have leveraged most of my resources within the RMA, but these funds will not last long. It grieves me that at a time when we appear to be rising above apparent threats, fighting for a selfless cause, that there are those rising about the Manticorum seeking to undermine our efforts. Due to political pressures and recent events, it is now necessary to step up our level of information gathering and propaganda. To do this I need money.

I know of your personal diamond caches that you have set up for emergency situations. I need a substantial loan, and was hoping you would help. Once I have funding from several governments I can endeavor to make repayments. It is important that these loans aren't officially from Outpost, nor from any political source. This is why I was hoping to do this quietly. You are the only person I know with enough transportable wealth to be able to help. As a guarantee I will leave my lands to you in my will (apart from New Ivrea), and will offer to tutor one of your many offspring in the arts of state craft and magic.