Astral Ward, friends. The news may have reached your fireside, but I am writing to inform you of the loss of our ally. Mabon was a caretaker before he was a leader; he loved this world and all of you. Even I...struggle to find the right words to express what he meant to us. Mabon found me after I'd become a husk of a man; a shaman without a spirit to follow. He offered me warmth when my soul was bedrock. He guided me to new purpose. I will mourn. Eparch's march against Tyria took him from us, and that fight is long from concluded. Even as we push on—and I promise you that we will fight—take a moment to reflect. Let yourself remember who he was and who he will always be.