[LordCove]

Val....I had to tell her how close I was to death....and she just nodded like she always does and said those magic words that still make me smile and feel at ease.
" We'll be fine "

It was so routine...we pick some far off place to go....and off we went...I'd back her up....she'd back me up. The Priestess and the Ranger.
But when our feet took us through the Ire mountains, and we found undead waiting us instead of the usual tribes of Gnolls...I froze and feared.
And then, to the dark cave by Haven....Alindor's something....again, we breached the caves with the Umbers and found Vampries and undead in the bottom....and I feared again.
Seems the undead has become my bane now....my fear. If there is anything in this world which is likely to send my soul to its end....it would be them cursed things.
But....she walked amongst them with ease....smiting them with rays of light and whispered words to Folian. The Amulet she made me seemed to glow around my neck, consecrated in Folian's name, and I swallowed my fear and charged into the fray with her.
I'd been honoured to receive that Amulet from her....not something a simple man myself would normally have received...nor even a Ranger. But there it hangs by my neck....mine. A Guardian it makes me feel like....not that there's much she needs guarding from....but none the less, thats what it feels like....thats my duty....my post....my job.
We checked as far as we could go in the caves, I managed to disable and unlock pretty much any trap or lock we came across....but decided to return with the Explorer's. Seems it goes deeper than we had thought.

Learnt a bit more from Tegan whilst we went wandering Rilara for bits and bobs....mainly more pronunciation and stringing sentences together. Found her in the Alchemists hall....seems she had almost blew the place up looking at the scorch marks on the ceiling. Ha! Seems so familiar.
Sat by the memorial for awhile, listening to some ladies talk in Elven. Took me awhile to comprehend, but eventually I was able to make out what they were saying, once I got to grips with the dialect and speed they were talking.
Of course....once I understood what they were saying...I flushed and left. Best not for a man to eavesdrop on such things.

I'm not sure I even want to mention this....it all seems so hazy to me. I was invited to some kind of dinner party....and....well....I cant remember everything. But er....I have a vague memory of head-butting Pendar, chasing after Daralith like a love-struck youth and er....trying to beat Alleina and Sasha up in the dining room. Whether it's true it happened or not Im not sure, but I cant help wonder at all the bruises I found all over myself the next morning.