Calofrins Journal

[Magnulas]

The night was dark and silent, perfect for me to travel the lands. I leave the inn and hurry whit my earands before the sun rises again and so that I can leave quickly. On my way to the bank I see a man sitting on a bench, he have a blue hood and a suit that was red and blue. When I notic the hood I stop for a while, on the mornings I allways have to carry an uncomfortable helmet to protect me from the sun but I thought that I could ask him where he got the hood and maybe get one myself.
   I stop and ask the man where he had bought the hood but it seems like he didnt like me because I was a Drow and told me to leave him in peace. I later suspected that he might have been one of those cursed surface elves but at that time that thought didnt even cross my mind. I stod ther for a while and observed the man, he cough up blood sometimes and it was clear that he was sick. This shows how weak the living is and how fragile the flesh is, this remind me that I have not yet made any progress in my research.
   I left the man that would probebly bleed to death by all the blood he cough up and started to worry about what he said. How I might end up like him when I get older, how I also would sit on a bench and slowly die by some kind of sickdome. I should start to search more after what I'm looking for and not waste my time here. My life is slowly coming to it's end and that is not how I planed my life to end! I actualy planed to not let it end.

*He makes a break in his writing and spits on the ground. He leaves a small space betwen this line and it before*

He seemed somewhat dangures, the man in the hood, even thought he looked like to be half-way down in his grave. I would not like to meet him again unprepared and I think he threatend me, you never know whit this surfaces. Maybe I could find someone to get ride of him just to be on the safe side, and I belive he is an elf so that is reason enought to help him whit the next step down in his grave.

*He closes the book and hurry in to the tavern when the sun rises over the town Hlint once more*

[Magnulas]

I traveld down into the goblin caves a couple of days later. We were a big group and we went down to look for the leader of the goblins. When we had reached the second level of the cave we met an elf woman. She ran around ther and followed us when we went down to the thried floor.
   On our way out she still followed us and got attacked by a couple of goblins. She was struck down and our party turned around to face the littel demons. Whitout my magic it was not much I could do so whitout thinking I ran and rescude the elf woman. I gave her a potion that healed her wounds and so that she could escape.
   We made it out of the cave later while I relised I had helped an elf! She didnt even say thank you and this show how rude our surface "brothers" is. But this also was a sign on how weak I have become on my time here on the surface. Just to prov that I was the same old, blood thirst, elf hating drow i wentured east and sought out and elf camp. I slaied them all and left the corpses to rote in the sun. After this I fond peace in my heart and could sleep at the night.
   This is another sign that I should finish my research soon, I have allready become too sensitive but when I finally become a lich I wont have any feelings. When I finally become an undead I wont care about the living or if they live or die.

[Magnulas]

I had agreed to help the guards in Port Hampshire to find a murderer but we was sent out to find a troll and a rat instead. This is not important however but when we reached fort Himlad after had walked throught tons of monsters a demon made an ofer to us. If he got our soul he would give us unlimited powers. We was told to think about it and it was indeed very tempting. But I did not accept it then, I do not trust demons. They are only trying to gai something for themself all the time.
   He will summon us later again he said and then maybe I will accept his offer. Then I wont have to countnio whit my researchs and wont need to become an undead. But however, maybe it's better to become an lich then losing your soul. I will have to think about this.

On our way to Fort Himlad we met a group of Drows, they attacked us whitout warning. Maybe this was just some scouts from the Underdark of maybe assassins. I should try and be more careful and not draw atention to myself, I have seen many more Drows the last days and this cant be a good sign. Maybe they have finally found me or it's just some more drows like me, running from their past.

[Magnulas]

Today I was attacked by some strange tree, it paralysed me before I knew what was going on and then struck me down. When I was lieing there on the road, coughing and bleeding, I was sure that my days had come to an end.
   But then a human came walking on the road and found what remains of me, he healed me whit magic and then  finsihed of the strange trees. He headed to Hlint short after I thanked him and his brother caught up whit him and I countinod my travels. I was thinking on how nice all the human had threated me since I got to the surface. He probebly didnt know that I was a Drow, he might had left me to die then, but the humans seems to be a very kind kin. They are allways helpful and glad it seems, if it wasnt for the elfs my stay on the surface might even be pleasant.
   Maybe I should give these humans a chance before I juge them, even thought they are not as smart as us drows they are quite good at "creature". The weakness whit humans is that they seems to be very soft, they are allways trying to help. This is what I like about them but it's also what makes them weak. They would not kill me or betray me if they have a chance, but that would I . That is what makes us Drows stronger.

[Magnulas]

When I was traveling in the Grey Peak mounatins I met a human that said he was looking for the Red Light goblin cave. He had lost himself among the mountains it seem like and I said I would help him find it and help him whit his task IF he helped me after that. I first wanted to explore a crypt I found in the Grey Peaks but then another human came walking.
   He was a friend of the first human it seemed like and warned us for the crypt. I didnt feel like dieing so I suggested that he might help me recover a Will O Wisp essence instead. He agreed on that and his friend said that he could help us too. We went into the goblin cave and then left it a couple of hours later whit the head of the leader.
   My point in this and why I write it is that later when we set out in search for the Will o Wisp the humans started to talk about Drows that had attacked Spellgard and how they could not be trusted. In fear of lossing my help to find the Will O Wisp I quickly suggested that we should move on. Now, I wrote earlier that the humans is not that bad BUT I cant trust them. They would have killed me right where I stood if they had known that I was a Drow. I must be more careful and never EVER belive that the humans would not turn on me if they knew what I was.

I saw three Drows at the Wild Sturge Inn a couple of days later. They had a Deep Gnome whit them and were talking to the bard of the inn. I sat down by a tabel and listend to them when they talked to the bard. I wished to know why they had come to Hlint, were they bonty hunters? Perhaps then they were looking for me?
   I sat by a tabel close to them until they left and it seemed like the bard had told them something intresting becasue they were in hurry. I tried to get a word whit the leader and find out why they had come to Hlint. He said it was just a coincident that THREE Drows had gatherd right here in Hlint!
   Of course it could had been so but I think not. It's a few Drows here, that I know but these seemed to know each other very well. I think the Deep Gnome were their slave but I dont understand why they didnt hide their faces like most other of my kin do on the surface. Maybe they thought they didnt have anything to fear in Hlint.
   I know that they left for Hampshire and I had just returned from there. Maybe the bard thought I was there and they traveld there to find and kill me. I shall stay in Hlint for now but then leave and go to fort Valensk. The Drows will surly come back to Hlint when they dont find anything in Hampshire and then I want to be far away. They may or may not be assassin sent to kill me but I will be on the safe side and hide for now.

[Magnulas]

I shall return to Hlint now, I have spent many days in Fort Valensk now and it should be safe. When I reach Hlint I have desided to move down into the crypt there to become closer to the undead and to try and further my research to become a Lich.
   I have heared rumors about wizards that have taken a further step on the road of necromancy than me. They are called Pale Masters I belive and maybe if I could find one I might study and maybe learn something from him, it's of course not likely that he have anything to tell me. I'm after all a Drow and every one know that we are the superior race so it's perhaps just a waste of time.
   Anyway, I shall depart into the crypt in Hlint soon and study the undead down there. I just have to prepare my spells to defend myself from undead and get the scrolls I have orderd.

[Magnulas]

I have just met a strange creature called a wermic. Half-man, half-beast. I cant understand how the humans can let such beast into their town! They seems to trust everyone whitout thinking! He is half-lion! An animal! He would eat a dead man if he found him by the road!
   Some distrust us drows but they welcome monsters into their citys whit open arms! Half-giants, goblins and now wermics! Soon we will have lizard men walking the streets and it will be chaos! Of course if the humans doom them self the Drows will soon take the surface from them. But this also means that I will get harder to avoid bonty hunters. I hope my scrolls get here soon so that I can move into the crypt.
   The Drows let Mindflayers inside their walls sometimes, but then they guard them well and make sure that they dont make any trouble. The Mindflayers are also intelligent but these beast that they let inside the walls are uncontolled. The undead can be contolled and handeled that is why I do not fear them but I cant do anything about these monsters, only kill them and I'm not sure that I might survive a battle even whit my knowlege about death and my arcane power.

The humans are fools to trust them. If they didnt have the elves and dwarfs by their side we could easily defeat them, they would just let us inside their walls whitout questions so that we could kill them.

[Magnulas]

The day started like any other day on the surface, the sun got up, it stung in my eyes and I waked angry and sour. Soon invited to a group down into the Haven mines, they wanted to kill the Ogre leader there. I knew that you could find somne fine gems down there so I went whit them, we were seven and I thought we might make it, they had my arcane power to assist them so it should be no problem. We fought or way down and I got some gems whit me and soon we came down into the lower levels.
   But when we should kill the leader we got problem. At first we did fine but then... We began whit the other mage cated a couple of fireballs at them and then they came rushing towards us. The Ogres had some mages too and one of them killed Eldao, my familiar, and hurt one of our fighters. Soon two more came and did some reall damage too.
   We was struck by panic and our lines crumbeld, if we had been more careful we would had made it whitout problem. I tried to cast fear at the ogres many times but the fighters allways got in the way. I could not use any of the spell I had left nearly on them because we were to close and then a large ogre came runing towards me whit a giant axe. He struck me once and I tried to escape him and let the fighters take him down. But then I noticed that noone came to my and and relised that all our fighters were so badlywounded that they would had died by one hit.
   I casted an invisibility spell on me to try and confuse the Ogre but he struck me down before I got time to finish it. Three were slain and I was about to be the fourth. One cleric and a fighter had escaped and only the large giant was left. He fought the Ogres whit great furry and sucsseded in driving them away. I was then lying there and bleeding to death and begging them to rescue me. The giant probebly didnt see me because he left and I was alone whit the dead Ogres and some of my allies.
   But it was not the end like I had thought. I was abel to get an healing potion out of my bad and drink it. My wounds closed and I quickly hide myself whit another invisibility spell. I made for the exit and met my last three allies on the way. The cleric could not ask her God for more healing powers but had some bandage. I also had some healing supplies whit me that I offered them reluctant but hoped it would help us get out alive.
   I was wrong. The Ogres were to many and everyone was running to the exit and forgot about fighting. I was calm however, the Ogres couldnt see me and I simply could wask out of there. The Giant took a wrong turn somewhere together whit the cleric while the fighter keept running towards the exit. I couldnt save them, the Ogres blocked the way and it was surly 50 of them. Maybe my fear spell would had worked but I didnt want to die and I didnt care much about them.
   I got out but soon returned in to look for survivors, the giant had the head and I knew it was a revard for the one that could bring it to the Lord of Haven. I didnt find him but the other mage that had returned form the dead got him out. I was soon asked to try and get the elf back down to her grave so I made her invisibel and hoped that the Ogres would hear her footsteps and kill her. I was not so lucky however, she got back whitout harm but I got the revard from the Lord atleast.

I just hope she didnt think I was trying to be nice. It's good as long as she dont want to get more "help" from me, I dont want the Humans to think that I'm a nice Drow that sing whit elfs and throw flowers around them.