UNTO THEIR MAJESTIES KING SIEGFRIED AND QUEEN ROSSWEISSE, GRAND DUKE HAGEN, GRAND EARL RUDIGER, AND SENATOR FAFNIR, DO I SEND GREETINGS: It is with heavy heart that we, Prince Master Master Sir Thor and Princess Mistress Sif, as of December 8, 2001 at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, do hereby tender our resignations as members of the Kingdom of Uberheim, including all titles, awards, and bestowments rightfully attributed. By no means of either pressure or force have I also received authority to tender the resignation of the Legion of Thunder, including: Morgain le Fay, Sepheroth the Godsmacker, Jarlaxle the Rookie, Collbeth, Beowulf, Balder, Isolde, Vedras the Skull Merchant, Midas, Ursula, Grond the Red, Svala (and Skoll and Demonicus), Modi (and Furi), Drakus the Fire Demon, Sadok von Jentch, and Dave the Unnamed. Mime and Randgrith have, as per Wednesday's Senate meeting, have already been spoken for. I have also been charged to inform you that the following subjects will also be leaving the realm, although you may received seperate communications regarding their intent: Marlineus Reginleif Kibble Chibi Many will falsely speak of this as a pre planned strike against the realm, that we forced the wheels in motion by having Modi talk with Dankwert, Mime to confront Dankwert, etc. If you choose to believe this, so be it, for it would have to be considered the work of a mastermind: setting off Danks, forcing the King to decide on his fate knowing full well that he has not the fortitude to Herb him, having Jerry and Lani put forth an "ultimatum" that they will leave if Danks stays, forcing the King to suspend his decision for weeks so the Queen could chum up with Jerry and Lani to soften their "threats", finally relying on the King to once again maintain the instability of this realm by not ridding it of Dankwert, tending the resignation on behalf of Jerry and Lani, having the Mother of All Legion Meetings to "Rally" the troops, to finally sending you this email thus pulling the above listed subjects out of the realm, leaving you without a preevent lurkable bar, without a campground, without aesthetics and the means to create such, without the realms premier seamstress thus putting you in a position of having to rely on those who do crap work that takes a year to accomplish, without a website, without approximately Six Hundred dollars in yearly dues, and most importantly, without about half the realm who collectively exhibit most of what the realm once considered it's "Spirit". Go ahead and wax over all that is killing this realm by claiming it was the work of a man with delusions of Kinghood, just don't be surprised by the next mass departure. Their are a variety of reasons why those listed above are leaving. Some for the consistent selfish, self centered behavior of those around them, some for the lack of the King and Queen to put forth an image of Rightful Nobility as due their station (the Kings behavior up at Cronallis and at Ming Yung with those stink bags has people infuriated...sending kids into the restaurant to set off those bags to disrupt a commercial establishment...couldn't that be viewed as 'contributing to the delinquency of a minor'? and the Queen with her consist choice to not involve herself in royal court and to shamefully display her "authority" by making Mime, our newest Knight, do pushups in a parking lot and making the Prince kiss her boots in the presence of several people including royalty from the Pax Imperium...try that on YOUR champion Hagen...let's see if will step and fetch as we once embarrassingly did), some for the fact that the King has recently welcomed the return of a former member of His Majesties preUberheim wanna be paramilitary street gang, which the last time the King tried this it almost tore apart the realm, some for certain mundane Lurks perpetrated by His Majesty during the existence of Uberheim and either their moral or professional inability to be associated with him, some for their loyalty to Jerry and Lani, some for their Loyalty to the Prince, some for their hatred of Dankwert, some for their disgust of His Majesties inability to take a 'righteous' stand against those that would eat away at this realms integrity, some for His Majesties inability to see to it that those that do extreme amounts of labor for this realm get recognized or at the very least if to be overlooked don't then award those that pale in comparison in accomplishments, and finally their are those that are leaving simply for the fact that they no longer are having fun...which is supposed to be the reason for all this in the first place. Unto their Majesties and the Senate I do offer you this last morsel of advice, savor it for it will be the last that I shall yield: Utilize those meager talents around you. "They" will all now rise to the moment. Fasolt may actually show up, Uller may choose not to act like a prepubescent ass, Danks may go into remission, Skuld may actually stop talking about sewing and put forth something...ANYTHING (then again she could always just purchase something and claim she did it). They will all be doing this, not for the glory of the realm, which would have been evident had it occurred prior to the Legion leaving, but to try and outdo whatever the Legion is now prepared to offer to the subcultureal realm of fantasy. Use them and others, in their time of desperation, for their enthusiasm will not last and they will soon return to the their miserable dispositions that are responsible for much of what is tearing this realm down. Reach out for new members, such as I did, and rely on their enthusiasm and lack of knowledge of the evils and sadness of this kingdom. The household leaders will continue to pick through each others trash for the many revolving members that this Kingdom has to offer, but it's the new blood that may prove to be the only shred of proof that Uberheim has even the slightest chance of surviving. Your "BLACK AND PURPLE PLAGUE" is now gone. No longer can those of the realm blame us, the very people that do almost EVERYTHING, for the problems that ill this wretched place. Ultimately, I have given remedy to your situation. You need to find what is wrong with the realm, well, by removing what was so right about this place, makes the answer unbelievably clear. Do not make foolish attempts to either declare war upon us or aggrivate a warring situation for as a unified realm we didn't have the maturity to engage in melee battle, what would make you think we could accomplish this a two combative enemies. Aside from which their are simply too many current Uberheim subjects that are not considered worthy enough to engage on what should be considered a field of honor. This conflict will never happen. Also do not attempt to engage in any form of a cold war. I wish to stay out of such communicative slander which you must clearly realize you would lose...horribly!!! In closure I will offer one admission of apology: Six years ago, at the birth of Uberheim, I was offered the right to wear the crown of gold and be King of the realm, for which I immediately turned down....for that....I am sorry, very sorry. I Remain, Loyal to the True Spirit, Thor "Your Soul will have no rainbow, hath your eye never a tear"