Stephen Bryan Gatewell passed away from his injuries at 11:32pm last night. He was 21 years old.
Rose Anne was the first to tell me. And now even Colin is insisting that we leave as soon as possible. This loss, coupled with Finzi shutting down Cantons I, II, and IV, have all but outraged the nationalists. I saw the media displaying scenes of Combrian-flag-waving activists lining up in front of the House of Masons and swearing the House of Mason vows through a megaphone in front of a cheering crowd. Normally, this is supposed to be a modest ceremony done indoors but things are not normal right now.
Our Canton was not one of the ones shut down but regardless, combined with the dangers arising, we have decided to make this upcoming meeting to be one occurring over a group phone call. And it is going to be short because we are going to discuss the matter of establishing our Chapters to cover every county only in Middle Remikra. Future discussions, like how this work will be redistributed, will be done in a future Conference in a venue somewhere in North Kempton, most like the Galleston Farmhouse.
Both Sophia Qalmers and Cray Fenton are grateful of my plan to return to North Kempton soon. I spoke to Cray on this, careful on how to break the news of what happened...after all, he is nearly 100 years old. Fenton insisted I tell him what happened without censoring anything. And when I did, though he expressed sadness, he was grateful for me taking responsibility for my mistakes and putting what is left of the Peter Quora chapters back to solid standing.
He said what I thought: that there is hope for a build-up from this base within the foreseeable future.