Early in Letum, 621 AD, Mathyew was seen walking about Kinsarmar in search of a breath of fresh air. Stumbling upon a small grouping of Kinsarmarians, he began to amiably joke about remodelling the Taproom of the Harp when a nearby Mage guarding the Crossroads demanded Mathyew do something about the terrible soup he'd been given. Slander going back and forth, the crowd at the Crossroads began to grow larger as the argument grew more heated. Finally, a bystander stated that the mage would have to present proof of the claim that he'd found a rock within the soup he'd purchased earlier that month.


After a bit of goading, the Mage produced the offending rock much to Mathyew's dismay. With a great deal of distress, he beseeched Kinsarmar to help him discover why there was a rock within the Oyster soup he was so famous for. After all, he couldn't sell the soup if it was tampered or bad!


Ranai, Ariette, Macie, Pender, Mikihide, Merack and Morissa all followed Mathyew back to the Taproom when much to their dismay, they found Nikki playing with some of the pots and pans behind the counter! She tried to play it off, but Mathyew and the crew soon discovered that the broth had been tampered with. Those gathered quickly figured out that Nikki merely wanted to learn how to cook, and had been trying to learn behind Mathyew's back.


Disgruntled, Mathyew began to put the soup to rights as he listened to what Nikki wanted to try. Despite his frustration, he was honored and agreed to teach the Card mistress...so long as he didn't mess with his soup anymore!


Penned by my hand on the 7th of Ferinus, in the year 621 AD.