Inheritance Letter

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Dear sir,

I write to inform you of a great inheritance; you are now the lawful châtelain of Castle Vandergrot in the canton of Anselimo.

This may come as some surprise, your branch of the family being so distant from the main line; but over the past century the main branch has been whittled down by many grotesque and improbable tragedies.

Today is the one-year anniversary of your distant cousin Gregor Vandergrot’s mysterious disappearance; he is now legally dead, and you are heir to all he owned.

The castle, unfortunately, is in a state of advanced disrepair, and is beset with unwanted tenants, the worst of them being your ancestors.

I have tried to the best of my ability as a lawyer to explain that, being long dead, they no longer have any claim to the estate, but this has had no effect besides burdening me with the funeral costs of my message-boy. These costs were considerable, his body requiring much more than the normal portion of the mortician’s art.

Additionally, there are those in Anselimo who would deny your rightful place as the lord of Vandergrot; the Redsons, a bastard and degenerate branch of the family, rightly disinherited, seek to claim the castle for their own, and innumerable other love children, less organised but at least as villainous, loiter about the province.

I would suggest you come with as many well-armed friends as you can gather.

I will be staying in the Yellow Dog Inn in the village of Garbienne, not far from the castle. Meet me there, so I may certify your rightful ownership of the castle, and so we can discuss compensation for the tragic and expensive loss of my message-boy.

Yours truly,

Jonseulle Ren, honourable advocate

Garibenne, Anselimo, Gruniardy