Your Father came to see you today and he held you for the first time. I am sure he is as proud of you as I am and will grow to love you as I do. He did not leave you son, he left me, nay, we have left each other, when you are older I will explain to you why it was for the best. Your Father said he will acknowledge you as his bastard.
Never be ashamed that you are a bastard little one, for there is no shame in it. I am bastard born, as is your Father Hardoleth of beggars alley, and he is a good man who commands respect. Your Father is a Captain, fancy that eh? The Captain of The Bloody Dawn, a company of Sellsword's and you are the 'Bastard of the Dawn', and with it, you have a company of men and women who will love and protect you as you are already one of them as I will always feel I am a part of them too in my heart.
I should like to write more, but my hand is shaking, there is just the two of us now Branston, but I will give you everything that you need and more.
