As year 16 of the Permenia calendar begins, I find myself remiss in providing regular updates to the council, and beg that you judge me to have addressed this oversight by way of this letter. Apologies at the length, I have much to update your lords about.
Our friends in the south
The south of the Corexis isles continues to be a fruitful partnership between our kin and the men of Sigmar. The Sigmarites govern and rule over their own, although we have helped them build cities and settlements as well as great works of engineering which they have paid us and the other duardin an acceptable amount. Trading with these people is reliable, if unspectacular, and the aristocratic lords who form the "council" of New Quemara have done us the courtesy of giving us a seat at their table. There is also a suspicious Slann creature who often turns up to speak apparent words of wisdom, but we do not interfere as it seems they bring their great knowledge to aid the Quemarans, and it has ever been polite and courteous to us.
In the east the "Blood Coast Alliance" remains in place, a union of convenience between the sylvaneth and the idoneth, which continues to be vexatious. Few men or other civilised folk have been able to penetrate these realms.
Our enemies to the north
To the north of the river Sallowash the islands of Corexis are a dark and miserable land with few opportunities for profit. The lords of the dead rule over the wretched citizens within Fermia, Athein and much of Kyrelia, and further north still there are the dread blighted lands of Phyrax, dominated by grot and ratmen.
In the far north, in Caledron, the Domain of Beasts has now been superceded for not only do strange beast armies roam the lands, but dread denizens of the dark gods are also abroad in these savage lands. These daemon armies and devotees of the plague lord have already assaulted the Blighted Lands and the kingdom of the skaven, although it seems the rat men are not united, as some seem to fight for the leaders of Blightport, while others join in the destruction wrought by the chaos interlopers.
This would not be too much trouble for us in the south, but the nobles of Quemara do insist on sending "expeditions" north seeking riches and glory. Alas none of these expeditions have as yet returned.
A new discovery
In the last year we have been recieving more and more information from our long range scouting frigates indicating that there are many more islands in this sub realm. Our navigators have finally worked out where this sub realm actually is, and it may come as some surprise for you to know that Permenia is in fact one section of the "All Points", and that the realm narrows as you move inward. We are on the furthest islands from the dread fortress of Archaon that lies at the heart of the realm. A few days flight inward however, a larger landmass has been detected, which we have named Neuvia and we intend to explore and see what trading opportunities lie therein.
Despite advice to the contrary, a Quemaran fleet did set sail for Neuva a few months ago, with much pagentry and waving of flags. All too predictably they have not returned, with the last message from them reading "landed safely, natives warn of "fish elves" but we believe the threat to be exaggerated..." Ah well, I will follow up very soon once we have gathered enough stores and men to secure a coastal landing area, although the Sigmarites may have started on that at least.
Yours,
Admiral Gromrik Aetherson
Admiral of the Arkanaut FLeet of Barak Haraz
Permenia Expedition
