Post by Wolfe on May 18, 2020 18:02:22 GMT -5
To the trainees and faculty of Haven Academy,
I know this is a busy time for everyone, but as per the regulations of the Academy I must share certain information with everyone in the school within 48 hours. This is unfortunately one such instance, so I will begin without further preamble the crimes committed on campus grounds in the past 24 hours and what I have done in response to them.
It is now certain that on the night of April 21st, Solomon Moon coerced Kishka Burzanova into attacking him using what our legal team refers to as ‘fighting words’. Once the unsanctioned fight began, he turned off his aura to take a hit with his body that required hospitalization. This hit was delivered by Kishka, but she had no reason to believe that he would just refuse to use his aura after goading her on chat and then in person, agreeing to meet her at a location and then continuing to goad her into an assault once she arrived. We know this because Doctor Haragitanai took his aura levels when he was carried unconscious into the infirmary and they were near 100%. It has come to my attention that the fight baiting was not a one-time occurrence, and I commend the show of restraint that made this not happen sooner. The chat will be actively moderated from here on out, at least much more than before and I will encourage anyone who sees anything like that in chat again to report it to the faculty. We cannot solve an issue that we do not know exists, and I can say for certain that there is no provision under Mistral law that allows someone to provoke another person into attacking them that allows them to get away without felony charges themselves. The behavior displayed in those chats by Mr. Moon is grounds for a dismissal hearing by itself, but that is unfortunately just the tip of the iceberg.
I went to speak with Kishka first, and she had several individuals step forward both publicly and privately to corroborate her story. I admit that in my naivete I assumed that some of the allegations had to be exaggerated and I could not imagine someone being that much of a threat. The next day, the day of April 22nd, I went to speak with Mr. Moon who had requested to speak with me alone. In hindsight I should not have done this and will not do this again without a trained Huntsman present. After undoing his restraints and explaining the charges to him, Mr. Moon reacted violently and used his semblance on my person in what I now believe was an attempt to kill me. Though his aura shattered, he continued to fight on with renewed aggression. I defended myself, and the now former trainee is now recovering in the Mistral Regional Hospital under the watchful eye of Huntsman Deraine, who has already thwarted several escape attempts. He is authorized to use lethal force if necessary but is confident that it won’t be required. I figure if I can beat him, someone more than sixty years my junior can probably do it as well.
I assume that he thought I didn’t have any aura, and the roughly 50-page manifesto that we found on his person suggested as much. The document has been handed to the Council and laid out his grievances against me in particular and Mistral in general, as well as how my death would improve things somehow or other. You might not believe it now, but back in my day I was at the top of my class in combat class and just because I walk with the assistance of a cane doesn’t mean I am incapable of standing without it for a few minutes. Improvised weapons can become very serviceable with the application of aura, more than enough to take down common thugs. Let this be a lesson to everyone who thinks combat class is useless or that it doesn’t grant you any benefit, because Mr. Moon thought the same and now the news reports will state that he failed in a duel against an eighty year old man with a cane. That is not how anyone wants to be remembered, frankly, so I encourage all of you to aim slightly higher than that.
To summarize what the current situation is: Solomon Moon is now expelled from Haven Academy and is now exiled from the Kingdom of Mistral. I was attacked by Mr. Moon, but am thankfully uninjured due to the fact that my aura is surprisingly resilient even into my old age. He and his band of cutthroats in The Celestial Legion are banned from ever entering the kingdom again and will be treated as bandits and outlaws if they ever dare to return. Due to the frequency and number of the death threats uttered at everyone in the vicinity, there will be no visitors allowed before he is deported back to Atlas along with a summary of the Mistral Council and Haven Academy’s judgments against him.
These kinds of things unfortunately do happen in even Huntsman Academies from time to time. It is impossible to screen for the types of personalities that do this, and frankly the Academy needs your help in identifies these potential dangers to our community before they ever get a chance to act out again. If Mr. Moon had been successful in killing me, it is extremely likely that any autonomy we enjoyed as an institution would have been permanently removed. We are in a very precarious position and must come out of that position stronger if Haven Academy as it was will ever be rebuilt.
Oh, also. I meant to write this organically in the message, but I forgot. For Kishka’s part in all of this she is sentenced to 100 hours of community service. The events of the past twenty-four hours have made me much more willing to accept her narrative at face value, along with the number of corroborating narratives that other people have sent to me. While I understand that she was provoked, putting herself and the Academy in danger due to a lapse in judgment that led her to participate in an unsanctioned and shady physical fight instead of informing faculty about the situation cannot go unpunished. This sentence is light, and do not expect to get a similar level of punishment if the other party in your dispute doesn’t try to murder me the next day.
Yours Sincerely,
Headmaster Tyrian Timber
April 22nd, 26AV
2100hrs.
I know this is a busy time for everyone, but as per the regulations of the Academy I must share certain information with everyone in the school within 48 hours. This is unfortunately one such instance, so I will begin without further preamble the crimes committed on campus grounds in the past 24 hours and what I have done in response to them.
It is now certain that on the night of April 21st, Solomon Moon coerced Kishka Burzanova into attacking him using what our legal team refers to as ‘fighting words’. Once the unsanctioned fight began, he turned off his aura to take a hit with his body that required hospitalization. This hit was delivered by Kishka, but she had no reason to believe that he would just refuse to use his aura after goading her on chat and then in person, agreeing to meet her at a location and then continuing to goad her into an assault once she arrived. We know this because Doctor Haragitanai took his aura levels when he was carried unconscious into the infirmary and they were near 100%. It has come to my attention that the fight baiting was not a one-time occurrence, and I commend the show of restraint that made this not happen sooner. The chat will be actively moderated from here on out, at least much more than before and I will encourage anyone who sees anything like that in chat again to report it to the faculty. We cannot solve an issue that we do not know exists, and I can say for certain that there is no provision under Mistral law that allows someone to provoke another person into attacking them that allows them to get away without felony charges themselves. The behavior displayed in those chats by Mr. Moon is grounds for a dismissal hearing by itself, but that is unfortunately just the tip of the iceberg.
I went to speak with Kishka first, and she had several individuals step forward both publicly and privately to corroborate her story. I admit that in my naivete I assumed that some of the allegations had to be exaggerated and I could not imagine someone being that much of a threat. The next day, the day of April 22nd, I went to speak with Mr. Moon who had requested to speak with me alone. In hindsight I should not have done this and will not do this again without a trained Huntsman present. After undoing his restraints and explaining the charges to him, Mr. Moon reacted violently and used his semblance on my person in what I now believe was an attempt to kill me. Though his aura shattered, he continued to fight on with renewed aggression. I defended myself, and the now former trainee is now recovering in the Mistral Regional Hospital under the watchful eye of Huntsman Deraine, who has already thwarted several escape attempts. He is authorized to use lethal force if necessary but is confident that it won’t be required. I figure if I can beat him, someone more than sixty years my junior can probably do it as well.
I assume that he thought I didn’t have any aura, and the roughly 50-page manifesto that we found on his person suggested as much. The document has been handed to the Council and laid out his grievances against me in particular and Mistral in general, as well as how my death would improve things somehow or other. You might not believe it now, but back in my day I was at the top of my class in combat class and just because I walk with the assistance of a cane doesn’t mean I am incapable of standing without it for a few minutes. Improvised weapons can become very serviceable with the application of aura, more than enough to take down common thugs. Let this be a lesson to everyone who thinks combat class is useless or that it doesn’t grant you any benefit, because Mr. Moon thought the same and now the news reports will state that he failed in a duel against an eighty year old man with a cane. That is not how anyone wants to be remembered, frankly, so I encourage all of you to aim slightly higher than that.
To summarize what the current situation is: Solomon Moon is now expelled from Haven Academy and is now exiled from the Kingdom of Mistral. I was attacked by Mr. Moon, but am thankfully uninjured due to the fact that my aura is surprisingly resilient even into my old age. He and his band of cutthroats in The Celestial Legion are banned from ever entering the kingdom again and will be treated as bandits and outlaws if they ever dare to return. Due to the frequency and number of the death threats uttered at everyone in the vicinity, there will be no visitors allowed before he is deported back to Atlas along with a summary of the Mistral Council and Haven Academy’s judgments against him.
These kinds of things unfortunately do happen in even Huntsman Academies from time to time. It is impossible to screen for the types of personalities that do this, and frankly the Academy needs your help in identifies these potential dangers to our community before they ever get a chance to act out again. If Mr. Moon had been successful in killing me, it is extremely likely that any autonomy we enjoyed as an institution would have been permanently removed. We are in a very precarious position and must come out of that position stronger if Haven Academy as it was will ever be rebuilt.
Oh, also. I meant to write this organically in the message, but I forgot. For Kishka’s part in all of this she is sentenced to 100 hours of community service. The events of the past twenty-four hours have made me much more willing to accept her narrative at face value, along with the number of corroborating narratives that other people have sent to me. While I understand that she was provoked, putting herself and the Academy in danger due to a lapse in judgment that led her to participate in an unsanctioned and shady physical fight instead of informing faculty about the situation cannot go unpunished. This sentence is light, and do not expect to get a similar level of punishment if the other party in your dispute doesn’t try to murder me the next day.
Yours Sincerely,
Headmaster Tyrian Timber
April 22nd, 26AV
2100hrs.