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Journal Entry Number Eight

While walking along the outskirts of Hlint I stumbled upon a person by the name of Gats, he seemed friendly and looked like an unaligned fighter. I accompanied him to the local Goblin cavern; unfortunately there were only two of us so we didn’t go that far. Looking for more sights of interest, we went to Alindor to begin our search. Before reaching Alindor we stumbled upon Fehriel who was in need of help; apparently he was doing the same tasks that I also had, so we immediately obliged. Upon reaching Alindor, we also met more familiar faces; Fehriel went ahead, while I stayed behind and asked help from Fleur and Maran. Maran was an exceptional druid, and he dealt with the scarecrows as well as the griffin with finesse, sad to say, I was a bit debased to see him do all the work, but still, I was amused.

Tired and disgruntled, I made my way back to the derelict port I came from, and to my dismay, I forgot that I did not bring any money. Without access to a bank, I was forced to sell some of my reagents for boarding tickets; it doesn’t matter really since most of my reagents were quite easy to get. Arriving in Fort Vehl, I replenished my quota of skeleton knuckles and then made my way to Hlint. Along the way, I met up with Fehriel and Melana; together we decided to take a stroll inside the Red Light Goblin cavern. As we reached the Goblin wasteland we stopped to rest and wait for our other companion to arrive. While sitting near the campfire, Melana disclosed with us her past; such a tragic past, it interests me so to see how so much can happen to a Human, seeing as their lives only last for so long.

Once Melana was finished with her tale, I harangued Fehriel to share his, luckily our companion, Mirren came just in time. She was quite tired herself so we obliged her to rest for a while with us. As always, she was expecting company as well, so we conversed while waiting for our other companion. After much idle talk, our awaited companion finally arrived. His name was Elinmire and was a powerful wizard like Mirren. Well rested and complete, we raided the Goblin caverns with haste. Elinmire and I cast our protective spells on Melana and Fehriel, turning them into efficient killers. Elinmire commended my sorcery and I was greatly amused, he was the first wielder of the Al’Noth to have complimented me in such a way; it seemed that someone noticed my progress; I was very much pleased with myself.

After raiding the caverns, we returned to camp while Elinmire departed to scribe some scrolls. On our way to the camp, we saw X and invited him along. Taking a break from the daily hassles of combat, we took a break and conversed with one another; frankly I quite like idle conversations, although it’s not really helpful to me, it’s very relieving to talk to surface dwellers and listen to their peculiar conversations. Soon, trouble arose, and a man named Brian came and caused quite a stir. I presumed he was Mirren’s mate for he gave her a bouquet of roses; threatened and upstaged, I felt that X saw the man with spite. Rude words eventually led to hostilities and Brian taunted X into dueling with him. I feared for X, and seeing Brian wield his weapons, I feared for the worse.

Eventually, the mindless rabble ceased and the two brutes grew to be tolerant of each other; I wish I could say so for myself and some surface dwellers. On our way towards another adventure, we met “goggles” near the road to Fort Llast; to my shock, Melana called her Tyra, and I presumed that was her real name. She didn’t seem too friendly, and as I was trying to say something insightful, she immediately saw my face beneath the hood; such remarkable eyesight, I’ll give her that. Since she unveiled who I really was, I proceeded to remove my hood, and to my surprise, my companions didn’t bother. At that moment, my faith in surface dwellers grew as well as my abhorrence for some. She loathed me with a passion, and as if I was going to murder her, she grasped her sword at the ready. Melana and Brian defended me adamantly and eventually led to senseless talk. Yet again, my enemies grow in number, this one is no exception, if they get in the way I shall silence them.