Xanthe's Orders

Addressed to all captains of the Blood Guard, the orders declare

that the old earth keeps many secrets and every one will be pried loose

until all lost knowledge is recovered.

Those doing the work are to be protected at all costs and aided whenever they ask.

The matter is to be mentioned to no one except others wearing her crest —

loose tongues, Boyaress Xanthe warns, shall be ripped out.