Petition to Council: Grand Master of the Silver Hand

The petition, which calls for an end to the use of the title of Grand Master of the Silver Hand was penned by Melysa Marwyn-Ashvale and submitted to the Council of Bishops on the morning of May 28th, 624 K.C.

Your Graces,

''I write to you this day with a heavy heart and a troubled conscience. I have been a paladin of the Silver Hand for more than twenty years and when Archbishop Caspius appointed me to serve as Grand Master of the Silver Hand, I am certain it was born of a desire to see Uther's great legacy continue. However, I feel that none of today's paladins are worthy of that legacy--certainly not myself. While I have fully dedicated myself to the Order of the Silver Hand and the revitalization of the Congregation of the Silver Hand, I was as you might imagine--stunned when it was that His Holiness saw fit to continue the use of this title. I have always believed that when the Light calls upon us to serve it, there can be only one answer and so I reluctantly accepted the title on faith--faith that perhaps it was the Light's will to see the legacy renewed.''

''It has been nearly three months and after many sleepless nights, countless hours of prayer and meditation, and soliciting the opinions of my fellow veteran paladins, I must respectfully request that the title "Grand Master of the Silver Hand" no longer be used. Neither I, nor any other paladin today has the right to claim Saint Uther's legacy and call themselves Grand Master of the Silver Hand. No. That mantle died the moment Frostmourne pierced Uther's great heart and we who are left without his guidance shall remember him always. I pray that your Graces, wise as you are, will understand that while I am eternally grateful for the faith and trust that has been given me, I cannot in good conscience continue with the use of this title. The world we live in has changed and so too has the Order of the Silver Hand. I urge your Graces to consider this and to choose a title more befitting the duties with which I am charged. It makes little matter to me, for I will faithfully discharge the duties of my office with or without a title, doing do until the Light claims me or your Graces elect to replace me.''

Esarus thar no'Darador,

Melysa Marwyn-Ashvale