[Kenderfriend]

*leans back on a towering, ancient tree, hugging her knees, thinking about something as she watches the light rays shine through the leaves. She pulls out her journal and wipes the dust off the cover with a hand...*

Written on Sunra, Novlar 1, 1442 *she does a quick scribble*

I've just been traveling around with Tod and Rocky... it was great! I missed the good times when it was just us three traveling together. It's hard to say how happy I was, but it might have been obvious by my wide cheery grin. We set out into the Brech Mountains..! I howled into the air, and I heard it echo in the mountains before seeing a figure galloping towards us. Then I saw Lythar and he barked happily. We traveled through the snowy peaks, Tod kept shivering even though I felt just warm enough... then again, I don't often get cold, I'm like a hot water bottle... heh.
Anyways, I saw them turning paler, so I sheathed one of my swords and pulled out a torch, lighting it so the fire blazed. Hopefully that helped a bit, then we carried on. Rocky sang along the way, and I hummed a tune cheerfully. We came across lotsa fuzzies along the way, but we managed to fight them off. I spose we make a tough bunch, me'n Tod fighting back to back, four swords swiping and slashing, Rocky singing to keep the spirit up, and firing arrows at some of them ... and Lythar growling and pouncing on them, biting with those big teeth!
Hopping up a tall, snowy staircase, we finally made it to Ulgrids. Setting up a campfire, we huddled round it, rubbing our hands and having a rest. I sniffed a bit, then grinned as Tod handed round some rhubarb pie. Nothing quite like some pie when you're on an adventure, eh?
I rummaged hastily in my pockets and pulled out some cream ale I made recently and handed it across. He swirled it round a bit, sniffing it as if it were some kinda poison! Ha, one sip can't hurt can it? Anyways, he did have a gulp, and we watched closely. Suddenly he burst into giggles, and we grinned widely. Well, he was still on his feet, wasn't he?

Anyways, wrapping up again, we made out way back out the cave, and carried on through the moutains. It seemed to be getting colder, a strong blizzard slowed our steps. We fought through some more fuzzies, then a bigger one.. with big horns growled at us. I pushed ahead of the others and yelled, managing to calm it down enough so it turned and started punching the other fuzzies with an icy fist!
We climbed up to higher ground, Lythar and the fuzzy craning their necks watching us get higher and higher. As we pulled ourselves up over the edge, we saw ahead of us... this thing... that looked like a crystal. It raised its arms, and a storm of ice fell over us!
With a growl, I dashed forward, hacking furiously at the crystal, Rocky came up right behind me and sang a curse to it. Tod was whacking it beside me... Finally a sword struck it, and the crystal shattered into litel pieces on the ground!
I swept the pieces aside with my hand, and picked up.. what they called, its essence. I smiled, and straightened, turning round. Then my smile faded. Rocky was... unmoving on the cold floor... *the line trails off as if the story isn't quite finished... but Keppli shuts the journal and gets to her feet, making her way down a path... *