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Wild Surge Inn / * messages are delivered to Rurik Kessel, Ahndar Sussail, Aleister and Magnus Helmguard *

« on: April 07, 2005, 02:53:00 pm »

I am planning an expedition to the underdark. The drow have been very silent for a long time, so I would like to try to find out if anything is brewing down there. Curiousity is, of course, another reason for going.

If you are up for the challenge, let us meet in Arabel in a few days time.

Kobal Bluntaxe

// Sunday 4pm GMT, 8am PST is my suggestion.

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Wild Surge Inn / The ritual of the drow is at hand!

« on: March 15, 2005, 11:55:00 am »

* This note is placed in every inn and merchant house on Mistone. *

It has come to our attention that the drow guards have left their assigned women, and have disappeared. The time of the ritual is at hand. The ritual might unleash the drow attack we have all been waiting for. It might still be weeks ahead of us, or mere days. This is only a warning. Do not panick.

But fear not! There are those who are opposing this threat, and who will defend our lands and towns with everything at their disposal. Do not loose hope!

* The note is signed with a grey circle at its bottom. *

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Development Journals and Discussion / Journal of Kobal Bluntaxe

« on: January 09, 2005, 10:11:00 am »

Where do I start. First of all, I write these notes for one reason only. The reason is that I believe that I am in danger. Should anything happen to me, these notes might point to one or more, who might be behind it... unless I stumble upon a rock and brake my neck.

I have lived in these parts of Mistone for some time now, and I must say that I think of it as home. I share a house in Fort Llast with my dear friend Hargranar Craggenhilt, and I have made many friends in these parts of the lands. So... one might say that I am quite content.


Instead of telling you more of who I am and what I have become, I will cut straight to the point. The main reason for me getting into trouble, and why I have made a few, but powerful enemies is that I have taken it upon me to work actively against those, who commit crimes in this world, but stay untouched by the authorities. I am not talking about a burglar or common thief, earning a few coins here and there. No. I am talking about evil! Evil is not a crime in itself. There are no texts on how to punish evil itself. Evil is not a thing to be judged. Evil is too many things. Too many things that common laws cannot deal with. Still... they must be addressed.

In my experience the law stops at the town or city gate. What happens outside the borders of civilation does not concern those, who are protected by it. Even though a great many people have both power and the means to act on it, they do nothing. I have come to regard indifference as the greatest evil of all. True indifference, regardless of subject or situation, is the root of it. Therefore I strive to end indifference, where I encounter it. Having made that promise, I have discovered that it proves increasingly dificult to accomplish anything, as long as the law is involved. It is through bitter experience that I have some to understand that the law does not always protect the victim and judge the villain.

... I remember that night. It was very chilly, so I moved quickly throught the streets of my hometown, and took a shortcut through an alley that I would normally have avoided. I heard the scream, I her body lying on the pavement, I saw his shape in the darkness, I drew my knife, I cut him down. That deed cost me 20 years of my life. It is a lesson I will not ever forget. When I discovered that he was the son of a noble I knew what was to come. Had he been a cutpurse, nothing would have come from it. Still... I did what I had to do, and I regret nothing. In the beginning I did. I thought I might have been wrong in killing this man, without trial. But today I understand that when I killed this man I followed my heart. When I regretted it, it did not come from my heart, but from my mind.

My years of travel have tought me that there is great potential is man. Unfortunately the potential is twin-edged. Men are capable of becoming great, and they are capable of deeds that are so utterly dark and twisted that one recoils when hearing tales of them. Many of the latter kind are brought to justice for their crimes, but there are many who are not. Some work where the laws can or will not go, and some know how to avoid the law or hide from it. It is those that I hunt.

My experience has taught me that I cannot move a mountain in one day. I must start with pebbles...