The Journal of Eghaas Treebringer

[Tanman]

I decided it is I will write  this journal to make an accurate record of my time here.
Since my fsmily died, during my life time I have found solace in my time in Hlint. A few people come to mind through my journeys. There is Dulan, a Paladin of Toran, Tallia, a elf that studies the magic arts. I have noticed that she is quite shy and bashful at times and when we go adventuring she  can get quite scared. When I first met her she has taken to me as someone she can trust and looked to me to protect her. So I kind of treat her like my little sister. And Jaleel, a warrior of sorts, that pledges his alleigance to Rolferein. He is a very noble character and I feel that sometimes  it is a little too extreme. But I know that he has good intentions.

I met a high druid at one point. Brisbane, High Druid of Talimar. And a Queen of Satyr, I think. I cannot recall. When I first met she is very jovial and very warm. She seems to take the a form of a bear and I get that the feeling that she has one in her. I have had many discussions with her, regarding a lot of things especially in regards to Layonara's present and history. The talks reminds me so much of what the tales that my grandmother told me. I miss those times....

There have been two women that my heart has fallen to. A cleric of Mist,by the name of the Muireann, but alas it was not meant to be. She fell for a man by the name of Ark, and although I was heartbroken, I decided that I will let her go.

Currently my heart is with another. Akki. She is of royalty too. She is fun, and caring. My heart is falling deeper in love with her, but  something tells me that she has had bad experiences with her previous relationships. I had a heart to heart with her, and found out that she can't believe that I have stayed with her for so long and that men that she has been with just took something they wanted and left her.

I am not that type of person, I love her dearly, and I wish to let her see so. Which reminds me, I have bought some roses that are kept tidily in my bag that I bought especially for her.

Adventure in Layonara is interesting to say the least, but I plan to write about that in a later page in this journal.

*closes the journal with a sigh of satisfaction, tucks it away in his bag and makes it way to Hlint once more*

[Tanman]

My last few days at Hlint has been interesting. I went on my first quest with Jser to find any leads from the undead that they found in the caves near the Direwood. I think its somehow related to another chance encounter that we had there with a 40" worm. But I am starting to digress. There were some encounters on this journey. But nothing on the leads. Alas at the end we managed to be slain by yeti's.

I met up with Akki at Hlint. I wanted to give her some flowers, but I didn't want to do it just there in the city centre! It had to be somewhere that is perfect. So I took her somewhere near the Havens on top of the Hill. It is a lovely sight there. She sounded excited taking her there, and when I presented her with the flowers she was ecstatic. I told her that I love her, but that's where she started to get flustered. I think I must have gone too strong for her. Was  that the wrong thing to say?

[Tanman]

It has been a bad day. For some reason, I managed to have an encounter with Brisbane. I look up to her, and respect her. I met her today and she was very unfriendly to me. I had to query why she treated me in this manner and she brought up the times in question. She accused me of assuming that I  know her so closely after a short amount of time, and that I forced her to open up. I was shocked to say the least. Here is someone that I look up to. Someone that I admire, and to think that I would do such a thing!


I felt ashamed and slightly belittled. Her sneering remarks made me feel that my reaching out to people meant nothing. OK, I did run away in mid conversation to find out more information about a Drow's death, and where he fell. She used that as additional ammunition. I feel like I should just avoid her. I think thats best.Her best friend Ireth was of no help in this discussion and although I have had a few travels with her she has always had in for me right at the beginning. I wonder if she had a part to play in making Brisbane think this way?

I think I shall avoid them as it is clear that I am not welcome in their company. I do not wish to be a misery for them.
I still respect her heritage and who she is. I was out hunting with Shamur within Rilara and he wanted to hunt bear. I told him that I will not partake in it. To me, hunting bear is hunting a part of Brisbane.

If Brisbane or Ireth decide to approach me, I guess I have to be more careful how I interact with them. It won't be easy to see Brisbane in the same light again.

[Tanman]

The past few days has been an interesting one. Jin Lun Lee has helped me a lot. I met him through Armolas, who I met on one excursion to the Temple of the Bear and also meeting him on our trip to Valensk with the large worm. Jun and Armolas are part of the Farstriders. The Farstriders interest me. I have heard stories of their deeds through bards tale. The moment that I found out that Armolas was part of this guild, I queried the purpose of the Farstriders and what they stand for. From what Armolas tells me, the Farstriders purpose is to maintain the peace of the land.

Armolas sensed my interest, and asked further my purposes. I told him that for myself its important for me to do good in this world. Whether that be in a singular nature for a fellow man/woman or on an epic scale. I have been trying to fulfil this to the best of my ability since the time I arrived in Hlint.

I think that might have struck a chord with Armolas as he invited me to a Farstrider meeting to meet the rest of the members. A  few weeks later, I got that chance. I had a chance encounter with one of the members by the name of Karana Elksoul, a tribal warrior. I accidently mistook her for a half giant, in which her response was very foreboding. Her voice rising and ready to slash me to a pulp, she tole me in her own way that I was very mistaken and if I did that again...well...

Needless to say that I was flustered. Again, its my assumptions that got the ill of me. But as I told her of my friendly relations with Armolas, she gradually calmed down and was on reasonable terms again. She told me that there was to be a meeting of the Farstriders and that my friend Armolas would be there, so I should make my own way to the meeting as she had other business to attend to.

The meeting went well, and I got to see how the Farstriders work. They are organised and sought out. There is Jin, Karana, Armolas, Berilu, Xiriland (i think that is his name) and the recent member Pendar. I am more convinced that I want to partake in their adventures for the well being of this land.

My relations with Akki have been going well. I met her again. She is still the fun loving person that I have grown attracted to. I suggested to her at some point that we should travel to Dregar together. Its something that I think would be nice.

[Tanman]

*written as if on a boat, there are times where the end of a character in a word seems to have gone longer than it should have* I have travelled several times to Dregar. I have travelled through the portals to various places. I met up with Shamur at Hlint, and I thought that it might be nice that we go to Dregar by boat. It was a relaxing cruise and to see the boat pull into the harbour at Hurm was interesting.

Hurm is a nice city. Within the city walls one can hear the Captains yelling their orders to the crew, the wind breeze. It is certainly home that I remember. Shamur and I went out to have an excursion in the outer walls of Hurm. The encounters we faced were a lot more dangerous. As I had not been in these parts, my stupidity got the better of me, and I made blunders in the encounter. Twice I nearly bled to death, but Shamur saved me. In the wild near alongside Hurm, Ogres roam freely. But admist that, Shamur showed me something that made me remember things. A Bear playing in the hills, near the forest. What a sight. I fel nostolgic, so makes me think...

Anyway, I am travelling on my way back to Hlint. I changed my adventuring garb from robes to a set of pants and tunic. Robes get in the way. The ones I have now suit me well.

Another thing I am starting to notice in Hlint. A gradual buildup  of Drow. I had a slight encounter with one, even though we talked at great length, I still remain skeptical of his nature. I have heard stories of the attacks on Hlint by Drow. Have people forgotten or are they not aware?

An interesting character was in the centre of Hlint warning us of an impending attack from Drow. I have heard stories about him. I can't tell whether his statements are true or whether it is a red herring. In either case, I am prepared for anything Another thing, for some reason I think I may have seen him before, but I can't say for certain.

[Tanman]

*Eghaas is seated in a quiet section of the Wild Surge, scrawling in his journal*

There have been a lot of events happening over the last few months. There have been a lot of adventures with friends around Mistone. I travelled with Jin on numerous occasion as with Muireann (whom I have not seen in a long while). We explored and cleaned out Storan's Crypt. Muireann was particularly interested as she was looking for some sort of ring. I remember visiting Storan's Crypt a while ago, with Muireann and Ark, but the one door that we had to pass through at the time was trapped. Ark was not skilled enough so we could not complete what we had set out to do.

This time, we were more fortunate. Jin had the key to the locked door so we cleaned out everything. Having an experienced well polished group as well as sound tactics maqkes things very easy indeed.

Another tale that utterly bothers me. Mith. Akki told me that she was interested in working for Mith in selling magical arcane items and also managing the Lusty Maiden in Northpoint where she might be a dancer. I know that Akki has a flair for dancing and I would normally encourage it but the fact that it is with Mith changes everything! Because of this, there is a slight rift  between Akki and myself. I still care for her deeply, and hopefully it just needs time for us to reconcile.

Mith is a very dark wizard. His intentions are not well known and his magics seem dark. I guess its because he stays in the background, listening, lurking...I don't like it. Only talks to certain people. There are too many people that have warned me about to not remain cautious. I will have my eye close on him.

Another observance.  I have been noticing about myself. I have a slight obsession to get things sorted then and there when a problem arises. Things just need to be said once. I will have to consider this a lot more. This is going to take more time than I think.

*closes his journal and puts it away in his bag returning to the reverie in the Wild Surge Inn*

[Tanman]

*Eghaas sits in the surge inn reviewing his journal and slowly begins to write in earnest about  the recent events*

There has been much happening in recent events. I feel that Akki and myself have grown apart from the recent spat that we had about the Mith debacle. I shall give her space. I miss her company and cheerfullness. I don't know what is going to happen.

The other day I travelled with Jin and several companions to visit Hurm and the surrounding area. It was a very interesting exercise. We had a very good formation and our enemies quickly fell. As the days wore on, the numbers became less until there was 5 companions left. On one of our adventures through the cave, we were having a discussion about certain matters and a group of giants ambushed us when we were unprepared and we all fell. Upon our return, we travelled to Northpoint and returned safely back to north of Hlint.

Despite this, I would not ask for a better party. We work well together and despite the banter it has been an interesting experience with them.

*closes his book and prepares himself for sleep*

[Tanman]

*Eghaas is seated in a chair at the Wild Surge. He has a cup of juice at the bench and he has an empty plate of food on the table. He is looking over some card decks and then he quickly opens his journal and starts to scrawly write in it*

The weeks seem to past by quickly and having found myself bored and one time I just happened to stumble across the Card Emporium. The game they were playing is creatures where two people play against each other each playing a card. It goes on until the other person is beaten by his/her opponents cards. Its quite an addctiuve game! I went to a bit of expense to get the cards I wanted.

In other news, I have attained a Iron Longsword and Pendar helped me enchant it. That has certainly helped me in situations were I have had some enemies attack me at close range. Pendar has helped me enchant it. That has certainly helped me a lot.

I met up with Armolas, and he asked if I would like to be nominated to be part of the Farstriders. I have been waiting for a long time for this moment. Armolas said that he would bring it up at the next meeting when the time is right. I am excited.

I increased in magical ability recently and in the process gained some new spells. I like them. *he brushes his face a bit and ponders a thought and then continues to write*

I met some interesting characters recently from meeting my friend and a fellow Aeridinite Alleina Shiante. Silmarwen and Alasse Hillarname. They are all sisters.  Alasse is the fun loving one, but what can you expect from a follower of Mist. Silmarwen seems to be more serious and seems to treat things with a bit more seriousness when the matter arises. And Alleina is well. Alleina. Put them together and you get each of their character come up in each of them. I have to admit that they are fun to be around. They remind me a lot of Akki.

In the next few days I might be travelling with Jin again on one of his other expeditions in Dregar. That would be interesting.


*With that, Eghaas slowly closes his book and orders a room from the innkeeper to rest for the night*

[Tanman]

*Eghaas is seated outside in Hlint city centre sitting and leaning against a tree. He writes thoughtfully in his jounal*

My what an interesting time it has been. On my trip to Dregar with Jin, an argument broke out with Muireann and Karana. It all stemmed from the fact that Muireann seemed reluctant to heal Karana when she was mortally hurt from a battle with the Dunescape giants. So she left, saying that as long as Muire was around, she would not be part of the group. Jin took exception to this and asked Muireann to leave.

So Muire left the group taking Shamur, one of our other companions, as they were very good friends. So ends that tale.

Another interesting tale has been that of a weird stranger that arrived in hlint. It looked very strange and seemed to observe Rhynn. After a while it disappeared. A strange phenomenon indeed.

[Tanman]

*Eghaas is seated in the campfire just out side of Hlint, writing casually in his book*
I was disappointed with a friend of mine this eve. Pendar gave Alleina this trap for the undead for her to try. She tried to set it but it diidn't work. So Pendar went down into crypts into the dark depths and tried to set it himself. It didn;t work either. So he started the blame game and started accusing Alleina that it was her fault and she broke it. I asked him casually, "Did he test the trap to see if it works?" He said it didn't. To which my next question was: How do you know that it works properly if you haven;t tested it?


For the most part, there is banter between these two, but it is always cheeky. And no harm is meant by it. But this time, things were different. Alleina felt bad about the whole thing and she exited to the lakes near Hlint. I took off after her, and just consoled her slightly and ever gently. I told her that Pendar can be too mean and brash. And that it wasn't her fault. She looked sad, and inside I really felt that it wasn't her. But learning from the lessons from before I can only listen, and just be there for Alleina. Hopefully  she feels better. As for Pendar, I look upon him with a bit more cautiousness. I don't think I will be testing any new things from him.

*with that Eghaas packs away the journal and prepares his sleeping gear and fades off to sleep under the night sky*

[Tanman]

*Eghaas sits in the campire huddled over his journal, writing furiously as if he has come to some kind of realization*

I have been spending a lot of time with Alleina Shiante discussing the dogma of Aeridin. It all began because I shared my family history. I also expressed my interest in seeking vengeance.

As a priestess of Aeridin, what she said did make sense. She told me that “one should always try to preserve life as long as it's possible”. It is something similar that my grandmother would often say to me.

Also she got me to think when the vengeance will ever end? If I seek the perpetrators  and get my revenge, who is to say that their friends and family come after me?

So my burning question was what do I do? And if it was wrong to have these vengeful feelings. She reassured me that there was nothing wrong with having these feelings and that it was part of being alive. It would be better to leave the situation and grieve in my own way.

I must ponder this some more. My beliefs in Aeridin the  Lifegiver and my talks with Alleina makes me change the way I think about my previous feelings about veangance. There is a lot more to this cute elf than one would attribute to.

//OOC: I had originally hoped that Eghaas would investigate the murders of his family death for my CDQ, but because of this  discussion, I am thinking that at a similar level....the same type of event will happen to Eghaas.  He is level 10 presently, but I am guessing its going to be way way down the line. This is just a note to highlight this point.

[Tanman]

*Eghaas is near the campfire in the Goblin Wastelands enjoying the campfire. He relaxes and looks at the night sky before opening his journal and begins to write in it*

I spend most of my days in Mistone exploring the places that I have not gone to before. Earlier, I was too weak in endurance and the arcane to even protect myself from harm when exploring these places. I remember visiting Karthy, from my travels back from Dregar but I was utterly lost in getting back to the safety of Hlint.

I have met with my good friend Dalan Stoneaxe, a dwarf that I have befriended. I first met him a few months ago. I met him with Sakura (who is now married to Barion Firesteed), unfortunately I missed their wedding…*at this point Eghaas pauses for a moment recollecting a thought, his face looks distant as if it is a sad memory....he suddenly shakes his head as if coming out of his thoughts and continues writing*

After meeting with Dalan, I proposed my plan in exploring the path to Karthy and exploring the outer realms of Rilara. He accepted that, and so at some point I shall meet with him and we shall travel together.

However the other day I had a brief tour to Karthy with Serissa. She showed me a bit of the sights around the area. That way I got the idea about the general area. I will explore it better with Dalan.

I made a fundamental mistake being too trusting initially to Drow. Over the past few months I have seen the work of their evil acts and been informed of their nature by various different people. It was wrong of me to run off to help one when I was talking to Brisbane. I look back in hindsight and I feel disgusted.  That is not to say that there are not honorable Drow, but I would always have a hatred towards them and those that are honorable, I will *NEVER* trust them fully like I would with my brethren.

Oh another thing, my new familiar Twinklebell the pixie often makes an appearance now and then. She is excitable, curious and energetic. To some, I am sure that she is irritating but I know that she means well.

*at this point he closes the book, and fades off to sleep*

[Tanman]

*Outside the Havens, in a small alcove atop a cliff, Eghaas is seated enjoying the day. As he looks up to the sky he notices that the dark soot that covers Layonara. He mutters something in Elvish, and opens a weathered book  and begins writing*

There has been a lot happening since my last entry. I have not had a chance to go on that trip to Karthy with Dalan. I must make an effort to arrange a time. He has had two friends pass away, one Elgon Merrick and Mercas. I only know them very briefly. I have been very lucky that my friends have not moved on yet and had their souls ripped from the Soul Mother permanently. I wonder whether it is because they venture alone or with very few company in these dangerous places or is it just a stroke of bad luck? I hope that Dalan  and I can make  our way to Karthy safely. I don't intend to fight a lot. After discussing things with Alleina, I think I have further developed my understanding of the dogma of Aeridin.

There are some strange going on in Hlint since the last time I wrote. One interesting event was that of a little girl spirit that seemed to have been haunting Hlint city centre. She does interesting things to cause attention. It would seem that she is trying to communicate to us, through this means, but I for one was not able to communicate to her effectively. Jennara Creekskipper, fared better than I did. The spirit seemed to take to her a lot better and we were able to get bits of information.

An event that bothered me recently was a uprising of undead from the Hlint Crypts. It happened during the night and a group of us heard wailings and murmurs emanating from there. As we opened the doors to investigate, there they were, zombies, slightly more powerful than the normal ones that would appear from there. They rose from the grave outside and I am sure that they would have harmed Hlint if  we had not dispatched of them. Ireth, who thankfully showed up slew the vile things easily. I am glad to be the one on the right side of her rather than the wrong side as I was the other time I met her.

We examined the source of where this evil was coming from, which was a grave stone. We dug it up and we found within a runestone. Ireth and several others tried to pick it up, but it seemed painful to touch. Gard Lockjaw,(a dwarf who could not speak because his tongue was cut out) had a shovel and he picked it up using that and dropped into a box for safe keeping. He was lucky because he almost tripped picking it up! The consensus within the group was to head to Aeridin's church in  Ranger's Vale. So of we went to visit the healer to determine the nature of this runestone.

When we arrived at the Vale, the Healer examined the Runestone. After closely examining the runestone, he furrowed his brow and stated that the runestone belonged to none other than the Church of Corath. He wanted to eliminate the power of the runestone so he called further Aeridin's blessing to disperse of the evil in the runestone. He struggled for a while and it seemed that the runestone was putting up a fight against the Healer. Then there was a bright light as if Aeridin was channeling his energy to destroy the power of the Runestone. I had a sigh of relief when I realised that the Healer said the power of the Runestone was destroyed.

A few days later, Jin had a meeting at his house (known as the Den). He too encountered some weird happenings at Storan's Crypts. Jin, Tarrandon, Alleina, Goldwin, two half giants one called Koppig and the other I know as Vlad (also a cleric of Aeridin) and myself went into Storan's Crypts and the Nameless Dungeon to investigate. Storan's Crypts was infested with the undead and Storan himself. I managed to gain a ring that Moraken wanted.

The Nameless Dungeon is one that is one such place that I do not think one should take lightly. I have been to this dungeon before but I have only entered the first level which largely consisted of Umber Hulks and Xorns. On this adventure into the Nameless Dungeon we went further into the Dungeon. Its something that is infested with undead. Vampires lurk there, and they were deadly. I got struck many a time and felt weakened. I just about felt the taste of the Soul Mother had not Alleina saved me with her healing spell. I think this is the first time that I have seen creatures cast summoning spells. The Ogre spellcasters  in the Haven mines very much weaker. They seem to only disappear and attack with their mighty swords.

Apparently Jin thinks that there is a lich that resides in the Nameless Dungeon and that he could be the cause for these strange occurences. The bottom level of this Dungeon is very much hell, and if it was not for our sheer good cooperative team play, we would have fallen for sure. Alas entering the dungeon and ridding the evil was to not to be this time around. We had not enough spells to manage coping with the dungeons and Alleina had pressing matters to attend to. So we made our way up. Koppig and two others wanted to explore further, but I do not know what became of them.

I hope that they are ok. We plan to get rid of this evil at a later date. I hope that we have the same party. I personally think that we are a force to be reckoned with when it comes to this evil.

*at this point Eghaas slams the book shut, and makes his way back to the Wild Surge*

[Tanman]

*Eghaas seats himself in his room at the inn, correlating documents in his room at the Wild Surge. He looks like he is organising his pack,  and other sorts. Finally he pulls out his leather book and begins writing in it*

Well, its a been a while. I have been taking a bit of a break from my adventures and tending to research at the Great Library. That is not to say that I have not had some interesting encounters within Layonara. With the usual outing with Jin and our usual crew, we transversed to the lower levels again.  As things would have it, we were not so lucky. Whether it was the coldness and evil that lurks this place, but I felt that our organisation was not what it was. We were constantly running away and not looking out for others.

Quilus and I fell in the Nameless Dungeon that day. I fell on a trap. We could not disarm it and even Twinkle could not even see it. Quilus fell from some vampires that were targeting the spell casters in our group. They hurt me too, and Quilus fell once, but I managed to have a healing potion to use on him. He had got back up and we started running to safety, but alas the vampires cast their fire again and he perished. I saw with dismay the Soul Mother take a piece of soul strand. He is on his last soul strand. I wonder what Karana is going to think. They are due to get married soon. He is thinking about semi retiring from adventuring so he tells me. Poor Charlotte, she got stuck in the lower dungeon crypts and we couldn't find her. I am going to suggest to Jin that we plan a rescue mission to get her out. I pray to Aeridin that she is safe. I had the pleasure the other day to meet up with three wonderful ladies Brielle, Tyrian and Mylindra. They are friendly and charming. I found that Brielle is a tailor at heart and she has perfected her art, it would seem. I must ask her one day to create a cloak for me. I must find one that enhances my gracefulness in adventuring.

Tyrian had apparently wanted to explore Storan's Dungeon to release the undead from their torment. Brielle seemed to be disappointed in the fact that she would go invisible and boost our morale through song and heal us when the need arose. I explained that her job is one of the most important role in the team. First of all, she keeps us alive if we near death, and second she makes us more efficient in song.  Too many people these days think that they are only effective in battle, if they have a sword to slice and dice.

But everyone has their role. my friend Jamesan, who is also a bard does the same thing. And he has saved my life many a time. So we explore Storan's dungeon. To say the least, it has been an interesting event. I have to say that for the first time, I have seen a person blindly charge headfoot into battle. I thought Tyrian never really took in what the implications are when she charged into the room, separating herself from the group. Not only could she have got herself killed, but it would have endangered everyone else too. I do not appreciate that at all.

*At this point, Eghaas closes the book and heads to the bed in the inn to rest. He falls into a deep sleep.*

[Tanman]

*Eghaas sits in the Scamp Mug, in Port Hampshire. the smoke fills the air as the dark shadows from other patrons move about him. He looks uneasy, as he sips his drink. He eventually puts the drink down, takes out his leather book that he has in his bag and begins to write*

I had the good fortune to meet up with Elohanna, a elvish wizard. I met her while selling a pair lion leather gloves. As it turns out the person I sold it to is good friends with her. I happened to express my interest in scribing which is what Elohanna does, and Elohanna kindly gave me the offer to find out where the ingredients are to do scribing.

 Eggs, are part of the ingredients, so Elohanna showed me how to get to them. The journey was interesting about this  encounter was that  I shared a bit of my history to her, and she picked up that I was not revealing the entire truth. I try not to tell a lot of my parents history when its uncalled for. The pain hurts too much...still. So for the most part, she listened to my story. It was comforting to talk to her about things.

Shortly after my tale, she showed me where to find the necesssary procedure to make eggs. She seems to think that it would be wise to be invisible to stay safe from the giant ants that reside there, but I politely advised her that sometimes perhaps if you take the safest path, it can be the one where danger hardly lurks...especially when I can call a guardian to guide us.

*With that, Eghaas sighs with satisfaction of having completed a short entry in his journal. He closes the book glances around him at the commotion and hurries out to the docks to make his way to Hlint*

[Tanman]

*Eghaas sits in the Wild Surge writing in his journal*
I have managed to progress through my training as a sorceror. I have come to attune my magical abilities to cast more
spells. I have been taking things easy and have been in talks with Alleina, in an attempt to try to grasp a better understanding with my beliefs to Aeridin. I have to say that over the last few months, even the last 6 months my belief and my understanding of Aeridin has been getting stronger and deeper.

From my discussions with Alleina, Aeridin's dogma is about preserving life as long as possible, and only having to resort to violence and killing at the most dire moment. Originally I had interpreted this as saying that there was to be no killing. Keeping this in mind, I have rethought a lot of the things that I wanted to do. Where I want to be. *at this points Eghaas flips through his jounal, rereads some of the previous pages and smiles reflectively and continues to write*

In my previous notes I have mentioned that I talked to Armolas about joining the Farstriders. I met with Jin Lun Lee, who is the founder of this group. I found him to be an interesting fellow. He explained to me further why the Farstriders were formed. The Farstriders are a group that would help keep the safety of Layonara peaceful. He told stories about the Farstriders effort against Bloodstone, their battle against evil.

I felt inspired to join the Farstriders because this has been something that I wanted to be a part of. Being part of something that *there is a mark of an ink blot here as if he is trying to think of something* can do good for the world.

Jin has a  monthly excursion to  go adventuring. Recently we have been visiting the crypts and cleansing the undead, in both the Nameless Dungeon. However, recently, I have noticed that the Farstriders, in their peace time focusing more on a crafting purpose. They seek to find ore to what I would only suspect to craft weapons or armour. The places that they have to go to for such minerals involves a lot of bloodshed.

Taking into account that I have reaffirmed my beliefs in Aeridin, I find myself at internal conflict at some of the outings that I partake in with the Farstriders. I think that its in the best interest for myself to study and ask some questions to Alleina or Talan about how they interpret his teachings.

I have met up with Akki once more more. She is jovial...more than ever. I still care for her, but if she doesn't feel the same way thats fine. For her to be safe is what I am after.

*Eghaas closes his journal, and heads off to sleep*

[Tanman]

*Eghaas sits outsidenear the Havens up in the cliff. Herests his eyes andslowly opens them again, and then opens his journal and reinks his quill*
 
  I met with Akki again in the Wild Surge Inn. She mistakenly thought that I was deliberately avoiding her. For what reason I do not know. But to suffice to say that is not true. I think no less of her. I think she feels relieved to hear this and I think she wanted to know where we stand, as she said that she felt that I was not right for her. I had asked her why she felt this way and she mentioned that it was because she thought I said I wanted to get married...which is not true. I explained to her that I had entertained the thought of getting married, but it was not something that I had set in stone.
 
  She felt a lot composed, which was reassuring and as she came closer to lean on my shoulder I relaxed again hoping that we could rekindle what I totally messed up before. Then Ark came and that is the funny thing, Akki become slightly flustered. Actually very much flustered as to his appearance. Aeridin must only know why. In fact, it got her so flustered she got up and ran out of the inn. I do not know where she went to from there. Ark must have felt like he didn't know what was going on. Anyway I had a lot of things on my mind at that point and so I have decided to retire to the rooms of the Wild Surge Inn.
 
  I have decided to take up a hobby. And that is Alchemy! I bought a book from Semliwhat the different concoctions that are available. So one of the things that I found was that of making healing potions. One of the main ingredients is greenstone and Aloe. Tyrian Dallorious gave me a rough tour of where I can find those ingredients. I got a good grounding of where I can find them.Theone thing that I am not good at is carrying greestone....which is fundamental in the creation of healing potions. I am no warrior so my ability to carry things is very poor. I enlisted a help of a halfling called Guddwick who I employed to get ground me up the greenstone to dust at a very reasonable rate.
 
  I shall be enlisting his help again when I have enough funds.
 
  *at this point, Eghaas closes the journal. He wipes the ink from the quill and carefully packs both away, and fades off to sleep*

[Tanman]

*Eghaas seats himself on the bed humming an old Elvish tune that he once heard long ago. He opens his journal and leafs through the several pages the he has written over the years. He smiles softly as his eyes dreamily gaze over some of the entries that he wrote previously. On occasion his eyes has a flicker of sadness. He dabbles the quill in ink pot and turns to a new page to write a new entry.*
   
  A lot has been going on since I last wrote. A lot of events that have made things interesting, and others well make me sad. I think that one of the things that need to be recorded is that I discoveredAlleina Shiante has decided to leave the Church of Aeridin . She revealed that to me one day while we were talking and it pained my heart to see that one as she has decided to leave. Her reasons are private and I respect that, but I am sure that it is something life changing that she experienced that caused her to think that way. *there is wet splotch at this point*
   Second, I suspect there is something going on Ark and Akki. *he shrugs slightly and sighs a little...he murmurs "First muire now...." and then continues* Either that or they are incredibly friendly to each other. Watching them interact made me slightly uncomfortable so when Muire took the opportunity to ask me to accompany her to collect honey and skullcap I took that was an opportunity to get away. I have not had a good trip withMuireann in a long while. Even though her characteristic is one to show no feeling I think *deep* down inside there is some emotion there. It was refreshing to travel with her, one that I have not done in a very very long time.
 Dragons of Mystery //Quest by SteveRimmer
  I received a message from Tarradon Duvall (a good friend of mine) that he had received word from his Church that they needed his help to recover a stolen artifact. So on Mulnari, Seplar 9, 1408 I met them at that location with several others. Hilda, the dwarf, Tarradon, Valdemar the Aeridin Cleric, Serissa Ti'rein, Grimnor, and a rogue, whose name eludes me now. As it turns out, the artifact that was stolen was that of a small Dragon statuette.
    The Healer at the temple said that the last known person to know of the disapperance was a Shadonite wizard known as Fonkin. So we had a visit to Fonkin 's residence and we slowly realised that to our dismay we realised that trying to get an answer from him would be fertile. He would utterly forget our questions and the only way we could follow a line of questioning was to keep him focused on a certain topic. Alas, that was not to happen. We could only go so far. We did get an inkling that Shadonite Gnomes were involved in the theft.  
   Shortly after that we took a trip to Port Hampshire having determined that the Shadonite Church maybe involved. Vald had the interesting idea to get the Shadonite priest drunk to get information that could help our investigation. The ploy worked and we were able to eventually find that the Shadonite gnomes had a part to play in this thievery. They were to leave the statue in the Toran Temple, whereby it was to try and trick the Rolfereinites into thinking that it was Toran that it caused the evil deed.     So we travelled quickly to Fort LLast and quickly informed the Priest there of what had happened. He quickly acknowledged our claims. We searched around the area of the temple. Just outside we happened to find skeletal remains of gnome sized figures. We were at a loss at what to do as they looked like the people that we were looking for. We searched through the bodies and found a parchment with schemes and plans. Some of which described locations. We quickly reported back to the Rolfereinite Healer. When we got back we saw to our dismay that Fonkin's house had been torched.    Time was of the essence and we quickly looked to the clues to the parchment. One location stood out. Forest of Corruption. The one true place that we could think of that could cause this was the Dire Woods on the outskirts of Fort Valensk. We quickly made our way there and after battling through the undead, we eventually confronted the evil that lurked there, and was carrying the dirty work. A fiery demon of sorts with the statue on an altar. We destroyed him and Tarradon began to inspect the statutette. Through Serissa's knowledge of the Divine she discovered that the statue itself was evil and belonged to Pytecteron, a God who is also symbolised as a Dragon.     She had wanted to destroy it then and there, and using her divine magic she prepared. I backed away far away as much as I could, but the blast of the explosion was too much and we I destroyed in the blast. I was lucky that Serissa was able to resurrect me.    And so ends the tale of the Dragon Mystery.      *At this point Eghaas sighs and then continues to write. His eyes become dreary and dreamy. He continues to write*  I see the Aeridin faith...they call themselves followers, they claim that they are with the Life Giver and that they protect life. But at the same time they are quick to take it. They visit the Haven mines even when there was an expedition to negotiate with the ogres for peace. They seek the iron, and for what? Yes, they seek the iron to produce armour and swords. The very weapons that we Aeridinites abhor and treat with disdain!     *at this point Eghaas's eyes flash with a mixture of annoyance, and passion. His eyes return to its lustre, he closes   his journal, packs it away and fades off to sleep*

[Tanman]

*Eghaas seats himself near the pond in Hlint...he flicks some dirt from his knees and he stares despondently into the lake. He pens his quill into the ink slab, and writes softly in his journal*  I...I thought as much...While in the Wild Surge as I was preparing to rest, I saw them. *his eyes form droplets of tears*
  Is it me? Is this her revenge for what happened before? I don't know anymore....

[Tanman]

Freas, Junar 13, 1409  *Eghaas lies under the stars in the  forests near Hlint. The crackling of the fire at night is soft, and he opens his journal to write in it* I realise that in this life there is always going to be love and friends lost but at the same there is always going to be an upside in some form or another. I had a talk with  my friend Muireann about how I felt in terms of Akki and Arkolio Der Aver Lain *he frowns at this point*. She gave me some sound advice. That is to get over it as soon as I can. I asked her how it was possible, feelings just don't dissapate just like that...for me anyway. She suggested that the best thing is closure.  I think intrinsically I was hoping that there will be some way that I can be with Akki again so I am always chasing that chance. It just so happened that Akki came bumbling along in her cheerful way.    I remained silent, only saying the necessary greetings. And with Muireann's personality being  quiet, it wasn't long before Akki quickly got tired of us and went on her business to try out new outfits. It was at that point that Muireann I go after her and get closure. Find out if there would be a chance. After thinking about I picked up my courage to saunder off to the the public crafting hall to find her. So there she was trying new clothing. She started off with the pleasantries and asked how I looked. I just wanted to get to the bottom of my matter, and that was what happened to *us* as she never seemed to finish our discussion from before.  Her response was quite terse and  she accused me of being selfish, and totally ignored my question that I had asked her. She then went on her way to do her own things.     I finally got what I was after. Closure. Though I felt a bit annoyed at her accusations, inside I felt a sense of relief. A sense of peacefulness ensued. I walked out to Hlint city centre and to my conversation with Muireann. She asked me how I felt and I felt at peace. She smiled. (NB I thought that it might be strange for a Mistite to smile at that!)    On the upside, Brisbane decided to make a visit from her Grove. She has visited twice. The second time she was outside the Hlint near Sielwood. Ozy was in Hlint and I happened to come across him and I casually mentioned to him that Brisbane was here. Never have I seen Ozymandias move so fast. He cast a Haste spell on himself and with an outburst of "Bris!" he ran out of the gates. I went out to meet the group and I enjoyed the talk. I enjoy the clamour.      *Eghaas smiles and dries the quill and murmurs "Its good to have trustworthy friends...to support you in the bad times even from the unexpected places. " He tucks the quill and book away in his bag and fades off to sleep under the stars.*