A journal of Kaeso Regillus

[Ioskeha]

Before I get to writing out my charcters journal here on these boards I need to ask that anyone reading this, that isn't a GM, to not use any knowledge that they learn from my character in-game unless I have role-played it with you.  I don't know how character journals work here at Layonara, but the last server I played on used them as an open library where anyone could read then and use the knowledge gained from them in-game.

[Ioskeha]

What a day.  Due to my cowardness I have lost everything, becides my sword, to a band of Goblins. I was camping a few miles outside of this town I now find myself in.  When all of a sudden a pack of Goblins came out of no where.  Luckily I was able to hear them well before they has a chance to ambush me.  I knew that I didn't have much time before the Goblins had me surrounded.  So I grabed the first thing that I could feel, which happened to be my sword, and fled.  Along the way to town I had come across a travelling merchant.  The merchant stopped me and asked me why I was travelling in plan clothing.  So I told him what happened.  The guy must have felt sorry for me, becuae he sold me some Studder Leather Armor for 5 Gold Pieces.  He also pointed me in the direction of Hlint where he said I should be able to replace my lost shield, armor, and anything else that I might have lost.  The prices here are crazy.  At the moment I don't have enough gold to replace my shield or my armor althought I was able to buy a new book to be used as my journal.  It looks like I will be stuck in this town for awhile.  Sure I could move on to another town, but I'd rather feel protected and this Leather just doesn't do it.  This Leather is just so uncomfortible.  I don't see how anyone could function wearing this stiff Leather.  Oh well.  I suppose I should get myself up earily tomorrow and go and look for work.

[Ioskeha]

Well my second day in Hlint wasn't all that eventful.  I wasn't able to find any work that didn't invlove me risking my life. Well that's a lie.  I did meet a postman that needed a letter to be delivered.  I gladly accepted his task and set out to find the woman I was to take this letter to.  Finding her wasn't all that hard.  Turns out that she was all the way on the other side of town walking back and forth like she was waiting for someone.  The pay for this task was a lot more then what I expected.  I was able to replace my shield tho it was no where near as much as I needed to replace my armor.  *sighs* It looks like I'll be in this town a lot longer then I had hopped.

The rest of my days was even less interesting.  I wandering around looking for more work.  What is it with this town?  It seems like the only work that they offer strangers are the tpye that requires one to risk their lives.  I ran into someone that wanted me to go out and kill a bunch of Goblins (heh probably the ones that I lost my gear too) and another that wanted me to enter some crypts,  Oh and there was this lady.  She tricked me into going into the sewers to look for some tax book.  When she was telling me about this task she never brought up that I would have to enter the sewers until after I had accepted it.  So now I'm forced to enter these sewers and look for a book that might just as well kill me.  For now I think I'm going to try to find some better, and safier, work before I head down into the sewers.

[Ioskeha]

I've been in Hlint for about a week now.  I still haven't managed to earn enough gold to replace my armor.  I'm starting to doubt I ever will.  Everyone that offers work requires you to risk your life.  That's something that I will not do no matter how well the job pays.  I've met some people here.  Heh...who would have thought that I'd actually spend enough time in one place to actually get to know some of the people that call this town home?  I think out of all of the people that I've met Ozymandias Llewellyn is easily the most intersting of them all.  I met him as I was leaving the Inn here in town.  It turns out that he knows of my dreams.  Heh don't ask me how, but he knows of the dream of the dragon that I've been having.  It really creeped me out when he asked if I had been summoned here by a gold dragon.  When I asked him how he could know this he answered by saying that he works for this being.  He said that the dragon summons people to Hlint that have the potential to be heroes.  That's a laugh - me a hero.  I just about died from laughter when I heard that one.  For some reason after he told me this I let out my secret to him.  One that I try to hide from everyone including myself.  I was to embarrassed after I told him that all I could do was run.  I guess that he saw that I needed to be alone, because he didn't follow me.


Well that's all I'm going to be able to write today.  Night has fallen and I'm feeling very tired.  It's been awhile since I've gotten a good nights sleep.  So I think I'll go now and get some sleep and finish this tomorrow morning.  So much has happened in so little time.  It's going to take me awhile to get it all written down.

[Ioskeha]

Well I can't sleep so I may as well finish my writing.  Now where was I...oh yes.


After a couple of hours of relexing and calming myself down I set out to see if I could talk that lady that asked me to looking for her tax book out of my obligation of looking for it.  As I was just about to ask her when an Elf stops me and starts up a conversation.  He called himself Scamp - well I hope that's what he said it was...curse my lack of remembering peoples names.  We talked for a bit.  What we talked about really isn't worth writing down, but what he said I'll never forget.  Well anyways, it came out that I was only here in Hlint long enough to replace my armor that I had lost.  Scamp offered to replace my armor for me, but of course I refused.  I've never had to rely on anyone to help me out with anything and I'm not about to start now.  Of course he wouldn't take no for an answer.  He said that he'd buy the armor and place it at my feet.  I told him that it wouldn't be wise to do so because I'd just let the armor lay there and a thief would probably come by and take it.  Some people just wont accept no for an answer and Scamp is one of them.  He asked me to follow him to the merchants shop.  So I did.  Once we got there he looked over the prices of the armor and clamed that they were too high.  He told me that I could find some armor in Leilon cheaper then what the merchant in Hlint was charging.  Before I could say anything he dropped 500 gold on the ground and walked out the door.  I was shocked.  I couldn't accept this gold that he left behind nor could I just let it lay there on the ground.  So I picked it up and set off to find Scamp and return the gold he dropped.  

My search led me to the bank here in town.  In front of the bank there was a rather large group of people gathered.  So I stopped and asked them if they had seen Scamp come by here.  A dwarf said that he had but wouldn't say anything else.  That's when I met Acacea.  I asked her if she had seen Scamp come by.  She didn't give me a yes or no answer instead she kept on saying how strange that name was and how she knew everyone but didn't know this Elf that I was looking for.  I didn't realize it at the time, but there was a reason why she kept on talking to me.  I'm getting ahead of myself tho.  After talking with Acacea for awhile I decided to head towards the town that Scamp told me about.  Along the way I took a wrong turn and ended up all the way in Krandor.  So I turned arond and made my way back and found the right path that would lead me to Leilon.  Once I got there it took me a couple of hours to actually find the merchant.  Once I did find him I asked him if he had seen Scamp around.  He said that he hadn't.  That's when I noticed that the 500 gold that I picked up was missing.  I couldn't believe it.  Someone in Hlint actually picked my pocket! //this is actually a bug.  somehow the gold I picked up vanished//  For the first time in a long time I found myself angry.  I wasted no time making my way back to Hlint.  I had a feeling that Acacea was the one that took it.  I've heard rumors of Halflings and how they like to stick their hands into others packs.  Once I got back to Hlint I set out to look for Acacea.  It took me a few hours but I was able to track her down.  Against my better judgement I accused her of taking the gold without proof.  I feel that the only reason she contuined to talk to me was to get her hands into my pouch.  After demaning that she return the gold I told her that I was just going to report this to the local guards.  When she heard this she did the strangest thing.  She offered to replace the gold that went missing.  Why would someone that clams to be innocent offer to replace something that was stolen?  That just reaffirmed my belief that she stole it.  Once I can get a guard to stop and listen to me I'm going to file a report of what happened and let them handle it.

[Ioskeha]

It's been a day after the event with the missing gold when I remembered that I still had a task to do.  One that I really didn't feel like doing.  So I went back to that lady to asked me to find her tax book for her.  I asked her if she could just find someone else to look for the book.  She told me no and said that I had given her my word that I'd find it so she expects me to find it.  A little upset about being tricked into looking for this book in the sewers I decided to just go ahead and go down there and find it.  That proved to be a big mistake on my part.  After a few minutes of entering the sewers I found myself being attacked by six of the biggest rats that I've ever seen in my life.  I wasted no time in turning around and running away.  I didn't run fast enough tho.  Three of them followed me outside.  I was able to kill the three that followed me, but not without almost losing my life.  The last thing I remember after that attack was trying to get myself back to the Inn.  The next thing I remember I was woken up by a Dwarf and another person that wore a hood.  The Dwarf had used a spell on me that healed my wounds while I was passed out.  I owe him my life for that.  If it wasn't for him I probably would have died in my sleep.  After talking to the two of them for awhile they both offered to go back down into the sewers with me and help me find this bloody book.  I turned their offers down.  I couldn't let them know the real reason why so I lied and said that it was my task and that I would do it myself.  The truth is something very different.  There's no way I can go back down there, there's no way I could face something that just about killed me, and there's no way I could trust people with my life that I had just met even tho one of them was kind enough to save it...  This woman is just going to have to find someone else that's foolish enough to risk their life to find her bloody book!

[Ioskeha]

Still no sign of work.  At tis rate I'll run out of gold in a couple weeks and be unable to feed myself.  Well there's always hunting if that happens, but I've never been one to eat flesh.  Hmm...I wonder if there's any eatable berrys or fruit around here.  As soon as the sun raises I'll leave town and take a look.

Hlint is a very interesting town and possible one of the safer ones I've been to yet.  There's quite a few adventurers to be found here.  I can't help but feel safe when I'm inside of these walls.  If work here wasn't so hard to find I wouldn't mind calling this place my home.

I'm starting to see why there's a lack of a work industry here in Hlint; all the adventurers have taken all the jobs.  I wonder if I could find someone here in Hlint to work under.  I do have a bit of experience with Leather-smithing.  Leather-smithing is something I swore that I'd never do tho.  The thought of using another being to produce goods to serve another just feels wrong to me.  Isn't that what life is all about tho?  Taking the life of something, be that animal or plant, to sustain yourself?  All I know is I better find some work, and fast, before I starve to death.

[Ioskeha]

The days are starting to blur.  One days feels like another.  I'm not use to being settled down in one spot like this nor am I use to spending most of my day at in Inn.  I can't believe this, but I'm actually bored.  Bored with my life, bored of this town, and bored of writing in this journal.  I spend more time writing then I do anything else.  Sometimes I wish I could break out of this shell that I've found myself in and meet some people.  Now more then anything.

I've spent most of my life alone.  Even back home around my parents, teachers, and trainers I felt alone.  I'm I cursed to feel this way all my life?  It's there anything that I can do to break it?  I mean here I am in one of the larger towns I've been to since I've left home.  There's people everywhere yet I find myself sitting at a table alone writing in this bloody journal.  People run in and out of this Inn at all hours yet I can't seem to gain the courage to stop one of them and say hello!  I sometimes wish I had the courage to take my life a year ago after leaving home......

[Ioskeha]

It's funny how life works sometimes.  As I was writing my last entry I met someone that probably changed my life.  Her name is Vivian.  It's strange how someone could care about another and not know a single thing about the person. It's a concept that is nearly lost on me.  Vivian is one of these people.  She helped me through something that has been bothering me for quite awhile now.  And I owe her for that, but I think it will be a debt that I'll never be able to repay.

[Ioskeha]

Against my better judgement I decided to head back into the sewers and see if I could find that book I was asked to look for weeks ago.  It went a lot better then it did the last time I tried.  I wasn't able to track down the book - I only explored the first and half of the second floors - tho I did learn a new tactic to use while in combat.  It involves letting what your fighting run to you, in this case the Rats, and using the froce from their movement create force when they slam into your blade.  How I used this was; the Rats would run to me, I'd hold out my blade, and they run full force into it killing themselves.  Because of this tactic I was able to stay down in the sewers longer then I probably normally would have.  It required very little effert on my part to kill them.

[Ioskeha]

Finally!  Some real work!  While sitting in the Inn writing my last entry I met a Bard named Ifion.  He asked me if I was willing to help him chop some trees for him and haul the lumber back to town.  I gladly accepted.  It was agreed that he'd pay me 150 Gold once the job was done.  

The work itself wasn't all that hard, but the band of Orcs that attacked use didn't make it any easier.  Ifion handled them very well...tho he did get overwheled and yell out to me to run....I didn't waste any time.  I ran back to town as fast as I could.  I didn't know it at the time,  but I had left Ifion behind.  I didn't notice I did until I made it back to Hlint.  Seeing that he wasn't behind me I went to look for help.  I ran up to the Inn and didn't see anybody.  Looked to my left and right and saw a woman sitting on a bench just outside of the Bank.  So I ran up to her and asked if she could help me.  She didn't seem like she was all that willing to at first tho in the end she did follow me back outside of town.  A Halfling by the name of Lea overheard what was going on and came to Ifion's aid also.

Once we did get back outside of town we saw Ifion just standing there without a single Orc in sight.  He somehow managed to kill them all without any help.  I'll never doubt a Bard again.

[Ioskeha]

It's been awhile since I've last had the time to write here.  I wish I could say that I've had something exciting to write about, but I don't.  The last few months have been uneventful.  I spent a good deal of time travelling around the lands of Mistone visting the various cities.  I've had a few jobs here and there, but nothing to really write about.  So here I am back in Hlint.  In stead of looking for work this time I'm going to use a skill I picked up while I was away.  I owe Mahtan a great deal.  Without him I would have never discovered the art of gem cutting.

[Ioskeha]

I should be happy, I suppose.  I've finally earned enough gold to replace my Chain Mail.  I've missed the feeling of cold metal on my skin.  Now that I have my armor I need to decide what I want to do next.  One part of me wants to move on to other lands, another part of me wants to return home to see if my family truly lives.  Since that talk I had with Vivian I haven't been able to get my father or mother out of my mind.  I miss them so much and I never realize just how much I need them in my life until I pulled myself away from them...

Then these this other part of me that wants to stay in Hlint.  As funny as that sounds.  I have no idea why this part of me wants to stay.  I have nothing here becides what I carry with me.  I've tried to meet some people, but I haven't had that much experience interacting with others and it shows.  Just as everything else in my life I ruin everything that comes into it including everyone I talk to.  These last few days I've decided to remain slient and not say a word to anyone.  I get up earily in the morning, go sit on the bench by the tree next to the bank, eat my breakfest, then head off to the Goblin caves to mine some gems that no one will buy.  Once I get ten or so I head back to Hlint and cut them.  By the time I'm done with all of this evening is fastly approching, so I go back to the bench next to the tree, eat my supper, then head to the Inn to sleep.  Then I wake up the next day and do it all over again.  A real exciting life..  

Seems like I wrote too soon again.  I did find someone that was willing to buy them.  An adventurer of all people.  I really didn't want to sell them to her, but I felt like I had no choice.  I really needed that gold that she offered.  So now I have enough gold to book passage on a boat or travel a few months here on Mistone.  What to do....what to do......