Naga Clan Letter #11
We sorrow and rejoice.
There is a new name in the soul of the People.
Search the Akasha yourself, and find the truth of it. The Shashakar brought the Child of the Pale, the greatest black pearl born in the belly of the ocean. He has stolen the lost remains of the bearer of the Bright Hand. With his dying breath, he who was Shashakar crushed the pearl, scattering it over the fallen body. With that and a prayer to the Bright Eye and the Pale, he gave his soul rest.
All mourn the Shashakar, he who will never return.
All hail the Yakamo, now reborn eternally from the Akasha. Feel his thoughts, for they are strange. With his kinship, his soul among ours, we are made whole. We can bring understanding to the humans, and we can know their ways as we know our own.
The Yakamo has told us of the Crab and of our assault on the Shadow in the Mountains. We must return to the Crab and finish what we have begun. We understand this, now. The Yakamo will show them why we turned our backs, and where the true Foul lies.
With the death of Shashakar, the Constrictor priests have gathered, searching for the path of stars. They took the Balash, rode his mind, and became one with his soul, and they have heard it anew. It wispered in the shadows of Morikage:"Goju." Now he calls himself Goju-adorai. This name has echoed down through the dreams of the Naga. This one, this ancient Foul, has become the heart of the Shadow.
The Constrictors are certain he lives on, guiding the Shadow still. Will the Shosuro free and our failure in the Dragon Mountains, the Goju has the power to erase names and faces. With the strength of the dark South, he can destroy the past itself.
Soon the past will have no memory.
Eshru Jakla of the People