Dear Chancellor Bishop,

  Enclosed is the latest report received from the Shan of the Casualty branch, and Ziva of the Operations directive regarding the Verec resolve.

  I implore you to not consider this a report of operations. There are no known survivors from the Verec resolve.

  (I) Operations

  The 48th and 49th Divisions of The Burning Rose were deployed to the village of Verec at dawn, following concerns of dark activity and temperature drops outside our borders.

  After the initial dispatch, communication chains faltered. Information received from the surviving scout Sisters was insufficient before communication was fully terminated after two (2) days.

  A second dispatch was approved after an initial failure to eliminate the target. Communication chains failed within four (4) hours of dispatch.

  (II) Casualties

  There are no known survivors from the Verec resolve.

  Missing in action - The following personnel, belonging to the Order of The Burning Rose, are classified as missing in action. Whereabouts unknown, conditions unknown. Do not send aid.

  Commander Mire Wolfe, 49th Division of The Burning Rose

  Commander Dia Rosales, 48th Division of The Burning Rose

  Dame Rowena Bekoe, 49th Division of The Burning Rose

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  Sister Farrah Hoult, 48th Division of The Burning Rose

  Sister Ester Barth, 48th Division of The Burning Rose

  Wounded - No active personnel were found injured on the grounds of the Verec resolve. Do not send aid.

  Combat Dead - The following fatalities, belonging to the Order of The Burning Rose have been confirmed.

  Name and rank, division, cause of death

  Dame Seetha Nwosu, 49th Division, decapitated

  Dame Cleto Forrest, 49th Division, friendly fire

  Dame Primavera Mawer, 49th Division, decapitated

  Dame Lane Negara, 49th Division, impaled

  Dame Patience Lyall, 48th Division, impaled

  Dame Airlea Ardern-Trott, 48th Division, mania

  Dame Irma Narsey, 48th Division, crushed chest and abdomen

  Dame Ambrosia Boateng, 48th Division, decapitated

  Dame Oliana Searle, 48th Division, decapitated

  Dame Hera Chahine, 48th Division, spontaneous combustion

  Dame Lucia Howell, 48th Division, mania

  Officer Ximen Yeboah, 49th Division, mania

  Officer Anthea Gould, 49th Division, haemorrhage of the right cerebellum

  Officer Oleda Thake, 48th Division, cause unknown

  Sister Anastazja Brissett, 49th Division, asphyxia

  Sister Eli Gaumont, 49th Division, suicide

  Sister Val Iles, 48th Division, suicide

  Sister Dido Inocencio, 48th Division, decapitation

  Kelaith Shan,

  Head, Casualty Branch