Shardless (Tempris #1)

-A letter from High Priestess Melinoe of the Faerasanaa to Prior Keris of the Gravis Somni

The 30 th day of the month Ares, during the 35,652 nd year of our Lady Raine

Prior Keris,

While I understand that you are very busy tending to the dreamers, I cannot stress how important it is that we all work together to overcome this tragedy. The death of Lord Draco Arrhichion has presented an unusual problem. It has been so long since a member of the highborn court has suffered the final death that we find ourselves unprepared to perform the proper funeral rites. Since the Gravis Somni have traditionally overseen the final interment, I believe that they are the ones that must now be called upon to organize the Night of Lamentation and the burial.