Dear Mun-

Please write something other than tragedy.

My role in canon is sad upon deeper reflection - my purpose is, in the long run, to put myself out of a job - but that is not the whole story, and you are fully aware of that.

What wizards are - their purpose - is to serve Life, and that does not imply meaningless self-sacrifice, or endless guilt-tripping, or vindictive crusades against Entropy's agents.

Wizardry's purpose is to set things aright; that is not to imply a fixed state of being, but an ability to be more, and rejoice in that being.

It is a difficult task, bearing that torch - for wizards and non-wizards alike - but that does not make it less noble, or less necessary.

We are not the light at the end of the tunnel; we are the tunnel to that light, and even in that tunnel there are many possible paths to walk.