A letter delivered to Sgt Utterminis via the unseen network

*delivered through a vast network of agents*

Deep, genuine laughter can be heard throughout the barracks, likely to unsettle the Swordhands who go about their tasks. A crumpled note soon burns within the quarters' stove.

A short time later, a note is stuck to a tree deep within the woods. A reader would note it is written on good paper by a well-tutored hand:

"If you truly think yourself better than I, then let the girl free and allow her to make her own choice. Or keep her against her will, and become the captor you claim I am..."

The note goes unsigned, though a sigil has been drawn below the message: depicted is a black kraken whose long tentacles ensnare and crush an inhuman skull.