With the letter in hand, Strax looked at the seal and immediately recognized the crest of his family: the Vorah. It was a sight that brought a mix of nostalgia and unease. It was something he hadn't seen in a long time, not since Scarlet had torn him away from his old life and thrown him into a whirlwind of problems he could barely keep up with.
For a moment, he just stared at the seal, his fingers hesitating before he tore it. Family. The word carried a weight he wasn't sure he wanted to revisit. But in the end, curiosity and a sense of responsibility overcame him. With a quick and somewhat clumsy motion, he broke the seal, the sound of the paper ripping echoing through the room.
