Jacks notes!!!

[mumbles]

*In a small scruffy black book In a rush hand writting is a fairly unlegable script that only the writter can propally understand*

For many months I have been away from my parents now , At first it was kind of hard , but as time passes im adapting to life on my own .
The skills i learnt whilst living at home are proving to very valuable to me even more so than the trues i seem to be earning from doing the odd and ends around hempstead .

Yes , Yes Trues will buy me food , new equipment even a roof over my head , but the skills i learnt at home well they keep me safe through the passing days .

Over these first few months ive meet many people , Ive even travelled a little bit and seen some of the nearby towns , woods and deserts . I often find myself  walking ahead of the rest scouting the area that lie infront , moving from tree to tree or whatever terrain i have i can use to my advantage so no one can see me .

*jotes down a few names*

Favner .

From what i can tell he seems the honest type of person , whenever ive been in his company hes always searched the bodies of the fallen , which is a relief as you cant have someone whos dishonest doing such a job .
Hes quiet bossy from time to time and like to shout orders around not directed at me , but others weve travelled with . Maybe this will change as time goes onwards .

Talmorn.

An odd fella , quite a capable fighter and someone i wouldnt like to get on the wrong side of but a usefull allie i feel if im going to survive the many years ahead of me . Partial to a drink and the type of fella youd likly meet in a dark and damp wayward inn .
From what ive seen so far of Talmorn his only ambitions is Trues , always looking to make a few extra .
This may be handy in the future ...

[mumbles]

*Find a few spare moment jack quickly scribbles a few notes in to his book*

People , People in general think im simple by the way i talk , they judge me from the first words that come from my mouth , by no means am i stupid Or simple .
But there not scared of me either , I think people are scared of Intelligence , brains , and people that are wise . As all these traits bring power .

Im not the scheming type of person but if people want to judge me , why should i change there minds ?
Being judge has it advantages you now , people relax there toungues freely talking around you they trust you .

Maybe il use this to my advantage , maybe i wont who cant tell but its usfull indeed

[mumbles]

A few months ago i meet a small fella , Bumblebee near a large town called dalanthar whilst sitting with a few others .
Whilst talking between ourself , Me , Karim Bumblebee and two dwarven brothers , Bumblebee mentioned his newspaper explain of the tales he seeked to publish so the common adventures coould read , the goings on in these darkened times.
As everyone was saying how they would help in anyway that they could , with information , rumours and such I gave Bee a little and agreed id help in anyway that i could .
I seem to be getting good at listening , and picking up on important  things , little tiney bits of imformation that others might miss , but of late i seem to latch onto it making a mental note .

A few weeks passes and i once again run into Bumblebee we sat and talked for quiet sometime , Bee explained about how he was trying to get his paper back up and running so that once again people could be informed on what was going on in these dark times .
  Once again i offered my services in anyway possible , Bee went onto explain how most of his employes had up and left . And how he was looking for new employes , well what i didnt expect was to be offered a job doing what i can do best , gathering tales stories and anything of interest .
We talked of what what the job entail for quiet a while and after some though i agreed that id help Bee , I enjoy to listen , take notes even and for all this i might even make a few trues .

Cant be bad in the long run !!

[mumbles]

{Pseudonym - Stand Alone Quest }

Whilst wandering through dapplegreen forest on my way to Vhel I come across a fairly large group of travelers . As I moved closer to listen to what was going on i could here them talking to a rough middle aged man . I could tell it was a man by the clothes he was wearing and the deep voice he spoke in .
As i looked around the group i could see it was a the local mercanaries outing *laughs out loud to himself*
the goblin that has been making a mischief of himself around Hempstead , a large ugerly looking fella who didnt speak common to well (Raken) and a few others all sat aroun the fire listening to this man speak .

This man was one narsty peace of work , his associates had kidnapped a young girl only serven years old  , her mother was so poor that she couldnt afford the ransome to get her back safly and his associates new this before they even took her .
Who would pay up , who would help this young girl he wanted , he wanted one hundred thousand trues for te safe return of the little girl .
Looking around  fire no one even cared , a few didnt even believe he was telling the truth he had no profe to show us , but i didnt want to take no chances with a little girls life at stake .
As the man Vanished telling us he return in a few hours to our verdict , would we help or let the little girl perish at the hands of her captives .

A hooded tall man who had been quiet up till now started to look around for tracks (Sallaron) , from looking at the ground he figure the man had came from hempstead way .
After sharing this with the group of us most of the group didnt really care what we did next .

I set out for Port Hempstead to enquire with the local guards to see if a young girl had been reported missing  , they had heard nothing and no one had been reported missing  , next i countinued to the scamps mug to have a quiet chat with the landlord to see if he had heard anything late at night when people are more relaxed with there toungues after a few ales . *shakes his head* I can be very persuasive when i want to be , but he still had no information that was usfull to getting the little girl back safly , i believed the landlord of the inn too that he was telling the truth why would he lie when there was good money being offered .

Not having any other leads to follow up i returned to the warth of the fire by the old shack in the woods , still most were sat squabbling between them selfs over small little things .
As i was returning a young lady cam from the oppersite direction , Sala i believe her name was she was on her way back from Vhel , she too spoke with the guards to see if a young girl had been reported missing . But nothing had been reported in Vhel either .

When one of the kidnappers , to see if wed pay up or let the girl perish to her fate we came to an arrangement , we couldnt pay the huge amount they were asking but we had some valuable items which we could trade for information to the were about of the missing girl , i even gave my own belt that i wear towards the cause .

He handed Sala a piece of paper with an adress on and vanished once again .
As we walked to the house in hempstead the front door was locked , i check to see if any of the windows were open , but none were , the lock on the door didnt seem to hard to take care of well not for sallaron anyways .
as we enetered guards were all around , swords flying everywhere , suddenly i felt my soul rip from my body ....

As i woke Sala was knelt over me , she helped me to my feet gradually , i wobbled onto my feet
not feeling myself . Not moving an inch i looked around but the girl wasnt in sight , where was she what happened to me ...

///to be continued