[LordCove]

A Yew Longbow with those special parts of mine added....but with twice the usual strength. I'm currently hanging it above my bed....just so I can sit and marvel at how far I've come in my work. I promised myself all these years I'd only ever use what I could make myself.....and now I have the best I could get, and upgrade Yew Longbow....made by my own bloody hands.
Was going to make Tegan one, but seems she had one fashioned for her some years ago. So, instead, I'll make Val one....and upgrade it for her as best I can.
But thats it....all those years of training and practicing have paid off....nothing much more now I can do with my wood craft. Sure....I can get better....but I can't exactly make anything better than I've already made.

Explorer's have been busy busy busy lately. Seems each of us have our own little projects on the go, but it's good to see we're all helping each other out. Godims making enchantments for us, Im supplying him the shafts and rods, Shamur's digging sand and coal and making us weapons.....we're at work like a real team. Makes me smile.

Had a nasty shock from Tegan. Was telling me about Barion, and in that delicate and flower-surrounded way she does, she mentioned how he had confessed she had feelings for her and asked her out.
That bloody Rat! What was he doing....deliberatly trying to steal her away from me! Instantly I panicked....I mean....how the hell am I supposed to match up to him. But...seems Tegan turned him down....much to my relief.
But still...Im ticked at the guy now! If I see him, there'll be bloody words!

Anyway, she promised me a nice romantic meal when I got home, so off I hurried into the desert to finish my work.
Bumped into Red, Tialle and Erik...where I bascially enlisted them to get me some more Ore. I er....think I was still angry about the whole Barion thing....cause they didn't say as much as they usually do. Must have showed.

Anyway, once leaving, thats when Erik stopped me a moment. At first he was querying if I knew anything of the Explorer's, and I quizzed him a little. Anyway, I happened to mention Tegans name....and he seemed surprised to find it was me she was with. Suddenly started coming out with all this nice talk, saying he'd promise to back me up with anything, and that there was something "noble" about me, I was "deserving of respect".
I'm suspicious of him now....he's obviously after or upto something. Gonna have to be careful and find out what it is. If he thinks Im gonna fall for the compliments and drop my guard so he can grab whatever it is he's after, he's got another thing coming.