Pentarch Hautring,
The witch’s rebels continue to frustrate our efforts south and east of the city. Need I remind you that my intrigues in Markarth cannot bear fruit so long as these pugnacious curs run free? Repeated failures rarely go unnoticed, pentarch.
Your messenger delivered the Ashen Lord’s summons without incident. A rare but welcome success. I will make my way to Valthume Barrow presently. Perhaps I won’t tell our august leader about your recent failures.
Yet.
Bound by blood,
Lady Belain
