Day 2:
I awoke in the room I went to sleep in today though I had not slept very well (I kept waking up to see if I was still in my room) with a rather sizable headache caused from a night of drinking. I did however feel a bit more at ease in my new surroundings as I have gotten to know the town some. So today I plan on setting out to find some way of earning a few coin so I may stay in an inn rather than on the street very soon. I was making my way to the crypts as I have heard that there were some undead foraging around in there and thought I might be able to make some coin by ridding the place of them, when I was stopped by a rather attractive elf. She warned me that entering the dungeons might be a bit hazardous at my current level of expertiese (that is a rather kind way of saying how green I was) and mention to me that she heard of a lady that might was rumored to have lost a book or something of that nature. I thanked Raestra and she offered to show me where the lady rumoured to be searching for a book was located. I accepted her invitation and together we went to find the lady.
Upon finding the lady, whose name turned out to be Florah, she told me that she had lost the tax book and it was very important that she get it back. She mentioned something about another fellow taking the book and that I should do what must be done which confused me as I did not quite understand what she had meant by that last comment, I offered to go and retrieve the tax book and Raestra offered to come with me. I was very thankful to have another elf as a companion on this journey and I enjoyed her company.
Our search eventually took us through the sewers, such a god awful place. the smell is the absolute worse thing I have ever experienced in my life and I pray to Lucinda that I never have to venture there again. After roaming around the sewers for what seemed an eternity and find naught but some filthy vermin, we stumbled into a large room. Raestra spotted something large moving towards us in the darkness and manouvered quickly away drawing the creature towards her by releasing a volley of arrows in its directing. I have never seen something so vile and disgusting in all my life as the creature I say this day. It had large fangs and crooked teeth, covered in fur, claws for hands, drooling and foaming from the mouth, truly grotesque. Following it was a group of vermin at its heels, all chasing Raestra. This allowed me to cast a sleep spell at the group causeing the majority of the vermin to fall sound asleep leaving the vile creature by itself. I had managed to launch a couple basic spells at the creature and dispath some of the sleeping group before they roused from the forced slumber, but Raestra was fighting the creature of wonderfully, with such skill and elven grace. Eventually the vile creature fell from one of Raestra's arrows and we had found the Tax book. We hastely made our way out of the sewers and back into town. Not a minute too soon, the fresh air of town was such a welcomed pleasure that I paused and took several more saviouring breaths. I than returned the book to Florah and she thanked me saying something about our little secret or something along those lines.
I thanked her and headed to the Wild Surge (planing on sharing a bottle with Raestra), on the way we ran into a group of seasoned adventures telling tales and reporting about Bloods army possibly amassing more troops into his army. I spent most of the night listening to these tales and learning more about this land. I left the group in the very early dawn and retired to the inn, where I now sit at my little corner table, writing in my journal and reflecting on this days events.....