[Nehetsrev]

Febra 13, 1434

Well, recent events surrounding a well didn't go so well. There I was, just oging to Orc's Watch to look at the horses there and contemplate buying a new one to get around on. I step inside the gate, and who do you suppose is there? Ophey! Along with a gang of fellows that included Muhk', a man called Marc, and a half-giant (I think) called Dubble. Well, anyhow, Ophey and I being who we are, we began to chat and I soon found myself invited to go along on a mining expedition for topaz.

It was when we were about to set out to cross the desert that things got wierd. The main gate of Orc's Watch started opening and closing randomly. Not long after that, as we investigated the odd gate happenings, some sort of spirits began to attack us. Well, we fought them off and eventually found ourselves talking to the horse-dealer to see how long such things might've been going on in Orc's Watch and where they seemed to be concentrated. That's when the fellow pointed out the old, 'poisoned' well that the townsfolk stopped using after adventurers who drank from it started dying.

Well, being who we are, Ophey and I were curious and decided to look further into that old well, and see what we might find. It turned out that the well was infested with oozes and puddings, and while we were pulling up a bucketfull it jumped onto Muhk and started spreading like you wouldn't believe. In the end, I had to burn it off poor Muhk with some alchemist's fire I was lucky enough to have in my packs. After patching him up and tending his burns, I got the bright idea to drop some alchemist's fire right down into the well to try cleansing it...

Well, okay, truth be told it wasn't the brightest idea I've ever had. The alchemist's fire ignited all right, and then the remaining puddings erupted from the well and nearly killed us all. Poor Ophey, they caught her completely off-guard and there wasn't anything we could do for her til after it was al over. Dubble also fell beneath the puddings, and I nearly did as well. If it weren't for Marc's quick healing, I could've been a gonner, permanently. Thankfully the blessing from his god was enough to allow me to fight back against the remaining puddings and destroy them. When we returned to see what could be done for Ophey and Dubble, I found Ophey dead, and then Dubble's spirit gave up it's hold to his body and invoked the call of the bindstone to get him a new start. Meanwhile, Marc' called on his god once more, and was able to raise Ophey back to life right there.

I felt so horrible... If I hadn't dropped those last two flasks of alchemist's fire into the well, no one would've died at that time... But, on the other hand, after looking back into the well, I could confirm it was at least emptied of all the oozes and puddings that had occupied it, so no more adventurers will die from it's 'poisoned' water. I still really need to learn to be more careful and think ahead a bit more before doing things that could turn out to be disasterous.