This is to inform everyone of some changes happening around here, and that we will be having a meeting tomorrow to discuss them in greater detail. To summarize the gist of our meeting and its main purpose, I suppose the best thing to do is come out with it.
I am stepping down as Mentor, effective on August 31st, and my successor, chosen for his work in overhauluing our apprentice programme, his commitment to our brotherhood, his willingness to work for our greater good, and to say the things that we don't want to hear, and his wilingness to admit his faults and grow over the years, will assume command on September 1st. I've been grooming him, not sexually, with an eye to this for quite a while, and know that Jacob Frye will serve you well.
I'll be sticking around to help through the adjustment process, and will continue training my apprentices, in the same lines of work, but I will settle back into my role as the brotherhood's historian, computer technician and the most brilliant one among us.
...Hold your applause at THAT. Before I go, there are some changes and some things I want to push forward, much like last minute presidential pardons in the United States, I think. Most will be covered at our meeting, but....
A good number of our apprentices are ready to advance to their solo careers with us. Most of you who have been training for over two years are able to move up, unless there is some compelling reason that has you holding back. We'll talk.
I am also authorising the promotion of Dr. Simon Hathaway to apprentice, effective this December 21st, after his year of probation and guarded access is up. Controversial though his time with us has been, he's changed in his philosophies and I've found him to be sincere in his convictions for leaving the Templar Order as he's chosen to leave Abstergo, and he's proven himself many times over since his time in Assassin custody began. He'll need someone to train him, but I've been approached by one of you with an outgoing apprentice already, and we'll examine his motivations, Jacob and I, in the weeks ahead.
As to our mole, the trap is laid, and we continue on in our monitoring of the situation. As it stands, I've found keeping him doing his thing allows us to better track him, but Jacob's ideas may vary, and you may find that being changed soon.
We'll hammer out the details Monday, at our meeting, which will start at six in the evening. I'm told Ezio is cooking, Arno is bringing up some of his wine, and Aedan's picking up dessert from his stepfather's bakery, so we should be well set at least.
Let's finish out these last few days strong. See you at our meeting.
-Fawkes
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