An excerpt from a letter by a citizen of Aksu:
…the city’s forges have been quieter of late. I have been told that this is because the mines have run short of laborers, even though they were booming just a few seasons ago. It has been whispered that Eonic workers are avoiding the mines entirely.
I, on the other hand, am fully occupied. Thanks to an introduction from the Queen, I have been engaged at the academy that has recently been established in Aksu. I have been working closely with Mandal Ashkashwar and find that many of my students are gratifyingly eager to learn…