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« on: September 10, 2008, 08:48:21 am »
*Phyress sits in a chair in Ell’s living-room, writing a new entry into her journal. From time to time she looks around as if she was looking for someone or something.*
-Freas, Mar 6, 1438-
A lot has happened from my latest entry. Somehow I did not really find any time to sit down and write a new one, even though a lot has happened in the past months. Most of my time I’ve been busy with my training to become a duelist, in fact I already was one before. I actually was a duelist for the time I left Alindor and sailed to Port Hempstead. I just never was good enough to be called one and still I am not. Well of course I could call myself one but Lydia would kill me for doing so. She told me to come back and show her my skills in a duel, given I feel ready for it. Even though I made a huge progress during these years after I left my old mentor, I’d still lose against her. Her knee will never fully recover again but she would still kick me around in the arena like I just started my training. However, I learned a lot from my journey together with Richelle and practiced what she told me.
I eventually figured out how to foresee some of their movements and therefore to improve my defense. It is still hard to jump away right in time as I still need to focus on the ongoing battles and then taking care of their movements is hard. Trouble was kind enough to help me with this problem. He casts some sort of spell that makes me smarter so it is easier to get and therefore I can dodge their blows in time. It is still harder than with my old shield, but in the end I am more agile and nimble on the battlefield and it will surely aid my reflexes. Carrying a shield around is so encumbering when your advantage in battle is your dexterity and reflexes. I practiced this technique along the one I mentioned in my former entry. I wanted to hit them more accurate when I am blinded so I can still stand a chance against my opponents. The advantage of my opponents is that I cannot see them with my own eyes or only hardly. This way I cannot really strike any blows at them, nor can I see their movements so I could dodge them. It took me quite some time and effort to improve my ways when I am blinded but I think I finally managed it. The experience was rather painful. Try fighting a weak opponent while being blindfolded! When your vision is gone you have to rely on your other senses, mostly your hearing. But now I trained enough and mastered this technique and battles already confirmed me that it is way easier to fight concealed opponents now. I also managed to figure how to launch more precise strikes at my opponents. The technique is rather hard to learn and I just managed to make use of it but I would not say I have mastered it at all. I will still have to train hard to eventually master this technique. But for now I am just glad that I finally figured it out after quite some years of hard training. During all the battles I fought along with Ell and Trouble I also improved my attack itself. I aim way more accurate these days and also managed to improve the rate of my attacks. As I started my training I was very slow but during the years I grew more and more confident with my weapons and my training itself so I was able to speed up my attacks a little.
I also thought about focusing my training on a new attack which looks rather acrobatic; given you have the grace to perform such an attack which clearly not everyone possessed. I still know this technique from Dylan and he showed it to me several times during my training with him. Sometimes you are surrounded and you’d be too slow to take them all down one by one. Sometimes it is simply better to launch an attack at all of those who stand close around you and threaten your life. In such time it is always useful to perform a so called “Whirlwind Attack” and try to make a gap between you and your opponents. The coordinating and balancing is the easy part for me, seeing I perform somersaults and backflips anyway. It would be easier if Arngrim would be around now to show me how to use this technique but I don’t feel ready yet. Of course he is not Lydia but if I see him then Lydia will show up as well and I promised her the next time we see each other we will have our duel. Maybe I should seek Richelle out again and ask her about some assistance for my training.
The past few months have been odd as well. Not the months itself, but our little group as well. Even though we are well trained and disciplined, and Trouble says we are one of the best well working teams in battle he has seen, we tend to disagree on many terms and end up in arguing about them and sometimes we are close to stop working as a team all together. I have to admit, sometimes I was not innocent and stirred up the flames a little and those things come back to me sooner or later. I cannot help it, but it seems the more power they are granted, the less they care about others. It would not be the first time Trouble came to me, just to tell me he could take care of a band of giants on his own and would not need my help. Ell acts different as well. She’s quieter these days. I think it has something to do with this Lance. Personally I don’t get why she’s with him but then I am preoccupied as he is a Toranite and I cannot really stand their teachings. Actually he is a nice guy and I can get along just fine with him, till he is going to mention Toran. But after all this is none of my business. As long as he makes Ell happy I won’t interfere.
This reminds me I haven’t seen Jaelle around for some months now. I still need to see if Trouble really talked to her after he simply ignored her. Well at least now I know why he freaked out about our little prank. Both of us were invisible as we spotted Trouble standing around close to Dalanthar. Jaelle kissed him which looked quite funny as she was still invisible and Trouble clearly surprised. Then Jaelle yelled that I should stop kissing him as he was with her and not me. Of course I joined Jaelle in this little prank and was pouting about why I was not allowed to kiss him as he belonged to me. Oddly Trouble did not really like our little show and stormed off. I already had an idea about why he freaked out and showed us his cold shoulder, but later Ell confirmed it and I had a little talk with Trouble. Even though I told him more than once that I don’t want anything from him, he still seems to have feelings for me, so therefore we were playing with his feelings. I just hope everything works out with Jaelle and Trouble.
During our trips we gave ourselves titles. Well I already had my title but Ell and Trouble did not. Trouble is now called “Commander” as he loved to boss us around and Ell is now called “Flame Angel” due to all her fire spells she loves to cast. And I? I am still “Maiden of Battle”. Ell thinks it really suits me.
I should seek the two of them out again and plan a few more trips. I heard that Moraken might have a little job for me to do. Well, we will see.
*Phyress stretches while she shuts her journal again and stuffs it back into her bag. Unseen she sneaks out of Ell’s house again.*
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« on: September 09, 2008, 08:40:58 am »
Is there any update on this? I was wondering whether it works as intended now with overwriting the damage or not, seeing that I now have Precise Strike and wondered where my +1 modifier from my iron rapier was hiding.
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« on: August 30, 2008, 10:53:52 am »
*Phyress sighs and sits down under a tree in Orcs Watch and starts writing a new entry into her journal.*
-Wedlar, Seplar 11, 1437-
Life is something we always should keep honored as it is our very own life after all. Sometimes things happen which should never have happened though but then we cannot change them and some say it is fate. I don’t care much about destiny, nor do I think there’s any fate. If I meet my fate then I am not free at all and I want to keep my freedom, even if I have to fight for it. What I believe in though are ways or call them paths. I walk a path called my life and my choices and actions might force me to go one direction of a crossroad but in the end I made the decision myself and it was not ruled down by fate or the like. I only know that at some point in this mortal world my path will end. I don’t know exactly when it will be or how it will happen. Will I fall in one of all these battles I fight or will I die of old age? Will I get poisoned or die of disease? No one knows what the future might bring; I just have to keep on living even if it is hard from time to time. On a recent trip with Ell and Oma to a cave in the Forest of Fogs things went really bad and resulted in the death of Ell and Oma. I managed to slip away unseen, badly injured that there was more of my blood on the ground than in my veins. It took me some time to take care of all these deep cuts and nasty injuries but I finally managed to stop at least the bleeding and was about to leave the cave and tried to seek out Oma and Ell again. As I tried to get out of the cave again I ran into Trouble who was apparently roaming in the caves as well. He saw my miserable constitution and took care of my wounds and in the meantime I told him what went wrong and that the result was that Ell and Oma were defeated. Trouble simply stormed ahead, not even fully prepared and I could not help it but I had to take care of him. Needless to say Trouble got pretty much kicked around by the same giants which blades already tasted the blood of Ell and Oma. I tried to protect Trouble but I ended up with being stuck in Troubles nasty cloud and the giants had their fun in simply killing me while I could not move in any way. If it was not even bad enough, I lost a piece of my very soul to the Soul Mother. I cannot really describe how it was, it was just horrible and not a pleasant feeling in any way. And now where she got something from me, I know that she will be there waiting for me, trying to consume my very own soul till nothing will be left anymore and this frightens me. A higher being living from our souls is just wrong if you ask me. It is like a small overture to the destiny which reminds us about our life as well. It shows us that nothing lasts forever and that we are mortal to the core. Every time we get closer to our final death, to the end of the path we all walk, the more and more we will remind what life really means and what we are. I don’t regret my attempt to save Trouble’s life at all and I’d do it again as this is my way of showing I care for others, especially my comrades and friends and I know they would do the same for me.
Sometimes my view about things differs from others though who travel with our little group from time to time. I was curious about how Lance, a toranite paladin, justifies us killing all these giants while we were in the desert. We rushed into their cave, slaughtered our way through them and headed out again, their blood all over us. Lance gave me to know that all those giants were considered evil in the eye of Toran and that this would justify their death, or how I prefer: Our murder on them. Anyway, I would try to defend myself or my family as well when a group of adventurers invades the place I call home and kill everything and everyone. And then he gave me something along the lines that we have to kill them before they kill us, turn evil or they attack caravans passing by. I simply gave him to know that he should consider me evil then as well as in this case I am like a giant. While I actually don’t care about their death as it is either them or me, I hate that some people trying to seek justification on telling them evil and us good. That is just not right in my eyes. For a Toranite it might be easy to stop thinking and simply follow blindly and say oh the giants are so evil and follow an evil god but I don’t. If you listen to him there are good and evil humans as well so why doesn’t he say all humans are either all good or all are evil? Why are there good and evil humans but only evil giants? And then he told me I have no idea and told me his mentor was a dark elf. I know that most people see dark elves as evil, but then why was that one good and all those giants in the cave evil? Lance has no right to say all giants we slaughtered were evil by heart. Some might have been like his dark elf mentor and tried to break out and start a new life? Even though I am a mercenary and offer my service for Trues, I am still better than them as I don’t justify my actions by law and an odd view about black and white and I don’t even dare to chose either side.
One thing I don’t get about Lance either is why he is in love with an aragenite priestess. As far as I know Toran is not in the best terms with Aragen, or so I heard. As far as I know paladins have a strict code so why would one chose love before one’s god? Personally I somehow doubt Lance’s words. He told me that they are free to love and marry anyone they want to. I somehow doubt Toran would allow such a thing without any consequences. I always thought his paladins would fall from grace by loving someone their god doesn’t like at all. But what do I know? I am simply a swordswoman and have no idea about the ways of the gods and the motives of their holy warriors. I think I will see if something happens to Lance about this whole love thing. He would not be the first who is falling from grace after all.
Besides all this chosen confusion I trained hard again to become a duelist like Lydia and Richelle are. After a trip with Trouble, Ell and Jaelle to the desert on the continent of Dregar, Jaelle asked me for a duel as she needed some practice with her weapon, a rapier as well. I agreed to it and promised to be gentle with her and I focused mainly on parrying her blows and using counter attacks when she took her defense. We battled two rounds and it was very good training, even though Jaelle got injured pretty badly. I was able to block most of her strikes but some I just did not evade right in time and was left with some minor injuries. Focusing on blocks was good training and helped me a lot with examining her movements and move away right in time or simply to block them. I know I am close to master this technique.
I even started to focus on a new technique. This is actually rather hard to learn and takes a lot of my concentration. During our trips we often had to fight invisible creatures or some who hid themselves in the shadows or some even blinded us by bright light. And no, Trouble did that to me as well on several situations but those were accidents and not aimed at me, I was simply in the wrong place at the false time; our timing is not the best from time to time. However, if I cannot really see my opponent I have to rely more on my other senses and experience to imagine where they are and simply strike in the direction I think they are. This will still take me some time but I know I will master it in the end and use this advantage in farther battles. It is pretty mean to know they feel save and then you simply strike at them and see blood dripping from nowhere. I am sure Trouble and Ell will be impressed when I master all these techniques. I know I am very close to master them both. But to finally master them I should seek them out again and practice a little with them on one trip or the other.
But for now I should head to the inn and get some rest. Maybe I will drink the one or other glass of wine as well before heading to bed. We will see.
*With a slight smile on her lips she puts her journal back into her bag and heads to the inn in Orcs Watch.*
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« on: August 30, 2008, 10:22:32 am »
Neither connecting it by chosing or using direct connect doesn't work for me here. I have the problems on all my comps, may it by using my normal ISP or by using VPN. Using the ping-command resolved the IP-Adress to me but it won't ping the server at all.
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« on: August 20, 2008, 10:18:06 am »
*At night Phyress arrives in Audira and enters the inn. After dinner she heads to her room, takes off her boots and starts writing a new entry into her journal while she lies on her bed, sipping from her wine from time to time.*
-Wedlar, Mar 25, 1437-
After my wounds more or less were healed I decided to head back to Fort Wayfare on Mistone because I still had to sell Chakar two boxes of aloe. This reminds me that Sallaron and Tegan both want to buy some aloe from me as well. As far as I know Sallaron wanted two boxes and Tegan just one. It might have been the other way round as well, I am not too sure anymore; I only know that I need three boxes of aloe. Gathering aloe is always nice when I am taking a walk on either Mistone or Dregar. It always allows me to be alone and think about thinks, like when I reviewed the incident with Trouble a few days later. However, after a long journey I arrived in Fort Wayfare, where Chakar was already waiting for me. Together we walked to Port Hempstead as Chakar had to visit the bank first. I was really happy to hold 4000 True in my hands again as I am planning to buy a new enchantment. I already contacted Galathea about an enchantment for my weapon and she told me that she is going to work on it and will contact me once my enchantment is ready for delivery so I can pick it up. This enchantment will be stronger than the current one I poured over my blade.
After I stored the True on the bank I headed out of Port Hempstead and towards Hlint. Right outside the gates of Port Hempstead I met Ell again who was missing me. It has only been a month since me met lat though. She asked me about my plans and I told her that I was going to hunt down some Bodaks as I still need to hand over one box to Sallaron. Ell was quite glad that I asked her if she wanted to accompany me and together we headed towards Hlint. Ell and I worked just fine as a team and watched the other’s back. I have to admit, Ell became very powerful. Aragen surely puts a lot of faith into her, seeing how many blessings and wards he offers to her. I still think that if we go undead-hunting I am more or less a burden to her. In a fight I usually take advantage of their weak spots. Unfortunately I cannot find any weak spots on them; might have something to do with the circumstance that they are not alive anymore and don’t feel pain. Do they? The next time I have the opportunity to ask one I surely will, though I guess I already know the answer. And naturally we were attacked by mummies again. They scared me as well so I kept on running around, screaming and Ell had to take care of them and then calmed me down. On that occasion Trouble showed up as well and together we found another key which should open the door to another chamber. Unfortunately the lever was trapped and each time I pushed it, the trap triggered and sent a lightning after us. Oddly I could not open the door without disarming the trap first. Even with limber fingers I was not able to take care of the trap and after many more lightings we eventually decided to head out of that crypt again and come back later.
Afterwards we headed over to Dregar, the desert to be more precise. I suggested to head there simply because I forgot some of my stuff in North Fort where I took care of my injuries. In North Fort our ways departed and I grabbed my stuff I hid in town. I spent the night in a tent with some other mercenaries and in the morning they were leaving North Fort again. I asked them if I could tag along for some time as they did not mind me around. While most of them were heavily armed and therefore reminded me more or less of Arngrim, one was only wearing reinforced clothing and was wielding a rather fine weapon, namely a rapier like I do. Well I have to correct myself here; it was a rapier but way finer and more elegant than my weapon. She told me the name of such a fine weapon was “Silver Foil” and allowed me to wield it for a short time. I was really stunned by the elegance and balance of the blade. I must have looked extremely funny as she started to chuckle all of a sudden and I started blushing which made her chuckle even more. She introduced herself as Richelle. She and I really got along just fine and she offered me some help to master my weapon. In the battles we fought she was always very nimble and it seemed she was dancing on the battlefield, spinning around and dodging every blow when the giants were trying to hit her. Richelle told me she was only so gracefully in our fights as she did not use a shield either. The less armor you wear the more you have to take care you don’t get hit and if you are nimble you don’t need a shield anyway as it is just in the way when you try to dodge a blow or try to hold balance in a jump.
When our group took a rest Richelle took her time to help me with my ways of battle and we were training duels. The practice with her was very exhausting but I learned a lot from her. She even showed me how to land more accurate and more critical attacks. Thinking about it now it is quite simple, though timing matters as well to hurt them pretty bad. First it looks like just a normal attack but once you cut into the flesh you spin your blade a little, pierce into the flesh and move it fast outwards again. That way it leaves a bigger, more painful wound which you can take as an advantage in battle. Richelle and I were training this technique for like a week since I eventually got my timing right. Of course I was able to land critical attacks on them before but with this technique it will be easier to launch such an attack. I really loved the time with Richelle but eventually our ways departed again. It was quite sad after the weeks we travelled together among the other mercenaries and we surely had our fun. Before our ways departed she handed me a rapier and told me that I should try to master it in order to become a real duelist. It is a swashbuckler’s sabre and comes with a larger cross guard than ordinary rapiers so I should be able to parry better than with a usual blade and to fend off my opponent’s blow. I am very happy about this little gift but feel that I cannot really make use of it just yet. Anyway, the time with Richelle almost felt like with Celes; I really miss her. One day I should really stop by the Wolfswood Rangers Corps Headquarter and visit her. Maybe we could even travel around like we did when we were young. I am sure I will meet Richelle again one day and show her the progression I made and I am eager to see how good she really is. Besides I can fight some duels with her just to prepare myself to face Lydia one day.
But well, now I am back in Audira and I need to seek Trouble and Ell out again to tell them about Richelle. I won’t tell Trouble any details about Richelle though as he will just start hitting on her. I am sure that when he does, Richelle will start hitting on him as well, with her rapier. However, we will see.
*With a slight grin she closes her journal and glances sideways to her new rapier. She stands up and fondly runs a finger over the engraved lily on the blade with a slight smile.*
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« on: August 18, 2008, 09:15:29 am »
*Heavily wounded Phyress sits down behind a building and curses slightly. After she cleaned several wounds and cuts and bandaged them with her remaining bandages, she sighs and takes out her journal, writing a new entry.*
-Wedlar, Febra 25, 1437-
Sometimes things simply do not go as planned. Well I did not expect all this injuries from my last battle, to be honest. It is not like I wasn’t prepared to face my opponents, some giants in this case, I just was somehow unfocused. Being elsewhere with my mind I was not really able to focus on the movements of the giants and therefore was not really able to evade their attacks, not to mention I was not really able to attack them effectively and I don’t even want to mention knocking them down. Everything seemed to go wrong on my little trip to the desert. In these situations it is always good to have friends around, friends you can rely on and trust your life in their hands. I really needed them this time but in the end I had to fight this battle alone and barely survived.
The last trip with Ell and Trouble was a bit odd though. Naturally Ell and I were teasing Trouble yet again and it seemed we crossed the line where he simply ignored us. If he wanted it this way then sure, I can play such games as well and knocked him down, just to see if he would still ignore me afterwards. As predicted he did not ignore me anymore and casted his stone spell all over the group, then he stormed off. But then things just really messed up. Ell tried to mend things and got between Trouble and me and Trouble was shouting at her, simply as she was got in the way and he was ticked off by me. After Trouble and I were even again, Ell was mad at Trouble and left; Lance running after her to talk to her. Trouble agreed on not ignoring me anymore, or to give me the feeling of being ignored and I won’t knock him down again, well not while I am myself. I cannot guarantee for anything while I am possessed or confused, like in the one cave where I almost killed him once or twice, according to him. I still don’t know whether that is true or not. However, Ell returned because of me which made me a little proud. I told Ell that Trouble was not mad at her and she just got between the fronts and then she and Trouble must have talked about it. However, things seem to be fine between the three of us again; well for now that is. You never know what will happen next.
Before this hiatus happened, Ell, Oma and I were venturing through the Forest of Fogs and we did quite fine. We proved that we did not need any male support to make it to the bottom of the cave. First there were a few doubts as Trouble was not without and therefore we missed his really handy cloud spell to stop our opponents. We worked great together as a team and no one of us fell and we easily made it. Every one of us knew about the abilities, strengths and weaknesses of our comrades and with joined effort and skills we were able to defeat them. In the battles we fought down there I got more and more confident with my blade and I make very little steps towards to mastering the new technique to foresee their movements to dodge them right in time.
So well, for now I should take care of my injuries and make sure they won’t get infected. I don’t know how long I will stay absent from any trips with Ell and Trouble, But I am no use when I am more dead than alive. I’d be just a burden for them. In the meantime I can practice even more though, as long as it won’t be too exhausting. When I am all set again I will seek out Trouble and Ell again to plan even more adventures. And I should send letters to the ladies again so we can do another ladies-out-night and prove that we are not as weak as some men always tend to think and that we need their protection. Pathetic!
*with a snicker Phyress shuts her journal again and immediately has to stop it again, covering a wound on her hide with her left hand. She curses and carefully stuffs everything into her bag again and dozes off.*
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« on: August 16, 2008, 07:50:13 am »
*Phyress sits down at a table in the inn in Orcs Watch, orders some wine and food. While she is waiting for her dinner, the watches all the other travelers and citizens who are in the inn this fair evening. Phyress eats her food and takes the wine to her room, where she sits down at a table, enjoys her wine and starts to write a new entry into her journal.*
-Mulnari, Jenra 23, 1437-
I think Trouble thinks I would know what is going on with Ell these days. Honestly, I don’t know it either. I told Trouble that to understand her he will need to know the background why she acted up like this. It took me some time till he realized that I had no clue as well. Ell simply told him it was a woman thing. But that did not help either. I did not have had the chance to talk to her either so we are still pretty clueless here.
My break from adventuring was very good. Not only I had time to review my current progress in the arts of battle and my defense, I also had time to think about certain things that worry me from time to time. Sometimes it seems like men only get in the way, trying to be bossy or simply say that one could tag along but don’t really need aid in battle. The last matters for Trouble. After some time he seeked me out in Vale again, after he had a long talk with his mother, and asked me if I wanted to venture out with him. I told him that if he needs a hand I would love to accompany him. And then he blankly told me he would not need my help, he could handle our opponents alone just fine. Sometimes I really think Trouble does not think before he opens his mouth and I simply replied that it would be fine with me. I’d simply watch him fighting them and would not even arch a brow if he fell in battle. I would simply watch him bleeding to death given he was defeated by them. Well that really got him and opened his eyes. Even though I know that I could actually defeat my opponents on my own, then I still rely on my comrades for their aid in battle. You never know what is going to happen and they sometimes hold nasty surprises for you and then your last thoughts are: Why didn’t I listen to my comrades and was too selfish to realize that some battles can only be win together as a team. I really think he knows better now. It took me some time but then we fought back to back, trusting the other to help the other one if things go bad, which gladly did not happen this time.
Experience taught me that I need to take a break from time to time from all this adventuring. It is very interesting and thrilling, sometimes even too much of the later. But if I am out for too long and don’t take time for myself to regain my strength and take care of my wounds and my very soul, I start to blunt emotional. If that happens I am to a point where I don’t care anymore and don’t really see a difference between foe and friend. A few years ago I was close to that point and took a long deserved break from any active adventuring and I only managed to take the break because I still cared for Trouble and Ell. The other thing that might happen to me is a nervous breakdown which is followed by emotional blunting. Sadly my mind is not as strong as I am agile, else I’d have it easier, but such is life. As long as I take a break from time to time I’ll be alright.
But for now I should go back to my practices again. I still need to figure out how to better foresee their movements in order to dodge their blows. We will see.
*Phyress shuts her journal with a slight sigh, leans back against the chair and takes a sip from her wine.*
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« on: August 14, 2008, 09:59:53 am »
*Phyress sits down at the temple of Katia in Vale, takes out her journal, quill and in and starts writing a new letter. A slight smile can be seen on her face.*
-Satari, Decilar 21, 1436-
Sometimes Trouble is no fun at all. Well Chi and I had some fun but oddly he did not. I wonder why. On a venture through the desert together with Trouble, Ell and Chi, we stopped in Audira on our way back to Orcs Watch as I decided it was on Chi what to do next. We stopped by in Audira and Chi wanted to take a swim and refresh herself in the sea. As it was her turn to decide I followed her to the sea as I felt pretty much drained and dirty with all the sand and giants. The sand was simply everywhere. While I headed with Chi to the sea, Trouble went into the inn to drink and eat and I think Ell followed him. I am not too sure about that though. However, the sea was very refreshing after the long venture from Dalanthar and Chi really enjoyed it, as I did. While we were talking in the water we got an idea to improve my skills and techniques for future battles. Chi was performing some ritual or dance in the sea; however, she was jumping and tumbling around like the water did not slow down her movements at all. I decided to do some of my training in knee deep water as well now. First it was very hard and I hardly was able to dodge right in time or to react but there more I got used to the water the better I got and I was able to dodge or evade more and more blows. This also helps my training with foreseeing my opponents’ attacks. The harder it is to move away the more I have to observe their movements so I have more time to get out of the way. After a few minutes I was already pretty much exhausted. But the more I practice in the water the better I will become.
After quite some time we finished swimming in the sea and got ready to leave again. Chi decided that Trouble should have taken a swim as well. As he did not want to join us to the sea, Chi decided to bring the sea to him. I sneaked ahead and placed my boot tightly on his chest so he could not move away and gave Chi the command. Chi ran by and splashed a load of water over him. I quickly jumped away, out of his and the waters reach. It really made Chi and me laugh but somehow did not like our little prank and got mad at us. I don’t know but it was still fun, even as he said he was not going to talk to us for the rest of the day. A few moments later he was talking to us again though. Seems like it was not all too bad then. I know that I would do it again, just for the entertainment.
However, even though it has been like three days since my latest venture with Trouble and Ell I still feel weak and drained from running all across Dregar. It was very thrilling and exciting though as I saw some new places. Some I don’t want to return for now. Ell mentioned a cave of trolls somewhere on Dregar and we decided to head there. Well getting there was the rather easy part, till three vampires blocked our way. It was a tough fight and they almost got us. They pretty much dodged like every of my attacks and somehow I was not able to find any weak spots on them. They did not us though. Their blades were very sharp and hit right through our armors and left some ugly wounds. We decided that it was better to turn around and Ell mentioned that there was a path through the Sinister Woods to the cave. In these rather dark and creepy woods we had to fight our way through a lot of spiders and snakes. As we almost got to the cave Ell somehow lost her nerves or so, I cannot really explain it else. After we defeated some more vampires she started to yell something at Trouble again and then left. I have no idea what got into her. Even though Trouble is an idiot sometimes, I did not see him doing anything wrong this time. Maybe she acted that way because he cured the poison in my veins and did not cure the poison in her veins? I have no idea to be honest. If I see her around again I will ask her what was wrong.
But for now I should stay in the woods. I might even stay here a bit longer. A week or so I guess. When I feel better again I will head to the lake close by and practice a little. I am close to master this technique if I train a little more. I already improved myself with evading their attacks by foreseeing their attacks. We will see.
*Phyress smiles softly, stuffs everything back into her back and leaves Vale in the direction of the lake.*
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« on: August 10, 2008, 06:54:00 pm »
*With an amused look Phyress sits down under a tree in Fort Wayfare, watching citizens and travelers passing by. From time to time she writes a paragraph down into her journal and then observes her surroundings again.*
-Tunar, Oclar 24, 1436-
I continued with my training the whole last month. Well of course I did not only train on a daily basis but I have to agree that there was a lot of training involved after all. Besides my training I have been out with Trouble and Ell again. It is always quite amusing to see how adventurers differ from each other. So while I joined a group into a cave in the Great Desert, Ell and Trouble were there as well, no one really talked with the others. On the ventures I usually participate there is a lot of chatter going on. But then it is Trouble, Ell, Oma, me and some other adventurers from time to time. I heard numbs talking more than them! I think the only time someone of them opened their mouth was to answer Trouble his question why they were so silent. Silence is one thing but you need to communicate for tactics when the group is under attack. I really did not get it. We need to know what the others are doing and shout commands from time to time. Just telling Trouble that they all were focusing on their task did not really please me. Neither did it please Trouble or Ell. I think someone cut off their tongues or they poisoned it so they had no control over it during the trip. I simply cannot work with a group like this. Even on rests no one was talking. It was worse than on the funerals I witnessed. However I was quite glad when we got back to the surface and I departed from that group. I focus on ongoing fights as well but that doesn’t keep me from talking to my friends during a trip. Even when they moved there was no talking involved at all. Well honestly I don’t care about them anymore. Doubt I will see most of them again anyways and I still got Trouble and Ell and other friends who can actually talk.
On a later trip with Trouble, Chi and Ell through the Forest of Mists, Trouble forgot to cast a specific ward upon me. Don’t ask me about the name. I only know it keeps me unaffected from the cloud he usually casts to stop our opponents’ movements. I made the mistake once before and ran into his cloud unwarded. The result was that I was stuck in a large stone and was not able to dodge the fireballs and flame arrows the casters of the giants in the desert threw after me. I died before I or Trouble even realized about what was going on.
However, as I was forced to stay out of the cloud I was able to keep control about our tactics and was able to shout commands to them. Once Chi was surrounded for example and I told Trouble to take care of her. The other time giants sneaked up behind Ell which she did not notice. I did though and told her to watch her back. You see, communication is good in the heat of battle. It keeps us all alive.
Well I already said that this Malkor is annoying. This time we stood in the desert and Malkor simply sneaked up on Trouble and knocked him down, yet again. He always does that. Sneaks up on him and then knocks him down. Of course Trouble gets angry and shouts at him which seems to be enjoyment for Malkor and ends with Trouble being knocked down more and more. I don’t know his reasons behind that and I don’t care about them but it is not the first time this happened to Trouble. It would tick me off as well. Even harsh words did not help so we left to the inn in Audira. We told him not to follow us but he did nonetheless. I still wonder why they did let a goblin in anyway. However, as I defended Trouble and told Malkor to leave him alone, he started to annoy me as well with his childish antics, invaded my personal space and was close to harass me. If there were not so many other travelers around I would have simply drawn my rapier and ended it. And what was quite sad that he still did not get what he was doing wrong. Maybe he should have simply changed back to his normal, human form though. It might have been the best for him to do, but he did not. Well in the end he told me that he did not like me and left. I did not care about that, I was just glad he left in the end and did not show up so far. After he left everyone was relieved and ready to move on and then we had some fun again and did not worry about any silly actions from his side and the team worked as a team again. Like it did before it showed up. As I already discussed with Ell. Either Malkor stops his antics or I will leave. It would have ended with everyone leaving anyways. If he learned from this he is surely welcome to join our group again but as things look right now it is the best for everyone if he doesn’t travel with us.
On a trip with Trouble, Ell and Chi I handed my old shield over to Trouble. Trouble was pretty much surprised that I handed over to him. He saw me fighting without my shield on the trip before and asked me why I did not use my shield. I told him that I feel that it is slowing my movements down as well, like armors do these days or anything heavy. I even modified the armor, well my reinforced clothes, a little so that there is enough room for my movements. However, I told him that I don’t use my shield anymore due to my training. If I keep on blocking attacks with my shield I will never fully figure out how to dodge in the right moment. This way I am forced to use my brain to observe their movements, foresee them and then manage to dodge or evade their attacks. I know this is a rough method but like Arngrim already figured out: It seems I love to learn it the hard way. I know it is pretty tough and painful that way but I can only learn from the experience I made in battles. In a fight not only brute force is needed, not that I make use of it anyways, but what is needed is your brain. The more I will use my head to foresee their movements the more I will be able to dodge them. I am slowly learning and getting better already. I am just glad I always have Trouble and Ell with me so they can tend my wounds after the battles. So this why I handed my shield over to Trouble. Keeping it with me would only tempt me to use it again in the end and that would be a step backwards with my training. If I really want to become a duelist like Lydia and even want to duel her, I will need observe their movements and try to foresee her next strike so I can try to dodge or evade it. I need to keep up with my training. Trouble and Ell told me that I made huge progress with my training. I know I did and I thank them for their trust in me and even their support, but I need to keep up with my training even if this means I will have to endure more cuts and wounds. But then I have Trouble and Ell with me. I know I can trust my life to them, even though Trouble let me die once lately. It was not his fault but I love to tease him with that anyways.
Besides all this I was able to help a man called Larry back on Mistone. He was looking for his hammer he borrowed a friend. This friend actually gave the head of the hammer to a friend so that there was a lot of running involved which was rather amusing. But in the end I managed to return the hammer to Larry and he gave me a ring as a reward. He told me that it bears something of the Al’Noth inside. Something that will make them laugh. I think such a ring is hilarious. I might test it on Trouble when I see him again and see if it actually works or is just rubbish. We will see.
*Phyress shuts her journal and leans back against the stem of the tree, watching the children of Fort Wayfare playing tag with a slight smile upon her lip.*
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« on: August 08, 2008, 10:15:24 pm »
*Pleased with herself Phyress takes a room at the local inn in Port Hempstead and orders a buys a bottle of wine from the barkeeper. In her room she uncorks the bottle and fills some wine into her cup. She sits down at the desk with the already lightened candles and sips on her wine before she writes a new entry into her journal.*
-Tunar, Seplar 24, 1436-
The past few days since my latest entry into this journal have been rather eventful. Actually I did not get that much into trouble this time though some others really did. But more about these happenings later. After I spent a few days in Dalanthar to recover from the latest exhausting trips I decided to head back to Port Hempstead. It had been some time I have been there and it is always good for the latest gossip and rumors. The citizens of Dalanthar themselves behave strange lately. I asked a bit around and it seems that several children have been kidnapped during nights. According to the rumors no one ever saw how the children were kidnapped; it is like they just vanish while they are sleeping in their beds. It seems like a few adventurers returned some of the children already, though many other children are still missing. They even pointed fingers at me behind my back when I was on my way to the inn. I cannot blame them in anyway, these are rough times for them and I have to admit, maybe I should not have had to wear dark clothes and all covered in my cape and hood. However, nothing happened on my way to Port Hempstead itself. As I arrived in Port Hempstead I saw a poster at the market hall about a guild of merchants called 'Raven Trade Company’ while I was looking for anything useful across the board. The name Storold I still remembered; I just had to find their house. After some time I eventually found the company which is located in one of the more wealthy districts of Port Hempstead. I have to admit their guild hall looks quite comfy as well. What I usually see are huge storage rooms and far too big rooms everywhere where I could get easily lost. This place was a lot smaller and therefore looked way more inviting and nice to me. I found Storold at the company who was busy with refilling the stock of some of their wares. I asked him if he had a necklace for sale which makes my movements even more agile. He simply smiled and told me that he just made one and was about to put it in their crates with their goods to sale. Storold was kind enough to let me use their portal so I was able to easily get back to Dregar.
While I was travelling across Dregar I found Trouble sleeping under a tree in some mountains which are called Viper’s Teeth, as I have already mentioned in my previous entry, but that was all written in hurry. Even though he was sleeping he was a little pale in his face and was shivering slightly from time to time. I could not help but sit next to him and watching over him. I think he had a rather bad incident as I was able to see some signs of battle on his body. As I did not want to disturb him I simply wrote an entry into my journal and as he woke up he was rolling his eyes about that everyone around him seems to keep a journal or diary with them. I don’t know, but I like to write down what I think or what I did during my lifetime. Later I can surely smile about what I have done in my life as an adventurer. And of course it always reminds me about who I am and where I am from; I just need to read my first entries again I wrote since I arrived in Port Hempstead for the first time.
I was right that something happened to Trouble. He told me that he died somewhere down in a cave in the Forest of Mists. I told him that I will accompany him and help him to get past those giants so he would be able to pray at the place he fell. On our way through the mountains we met Jaelle who was apparently heading the same direction as we chose. In Orcs Watch we met Oma and Ell again and after a nap for me we headed down into the cave together to help Trouble. Everything went well so far and Trouble was able to pray where he fell in a battle he was not able to win. So we pressed a bit on and launched an attack on a group of rather strong giants in the cave. The first few we defeated easily but then things got a little weird. Having trust in my comrades I attacked two giants who were running towards me and I really thought my friends were right behind me. Apparently not as I fell easily and did not get any support from them. Luckily Jaelle saw me down on the ground and tossed a potion at me which brought back my spirit and I got up. I jumped up just to get knocked down again, not right after I got up but a few moments later because no one thought it as necessary to bless me with some healings. It is not like we were lacking a cleric or someone else who was able to heal. Either Trouble or Ell should have taken care of my wounds. I don’t know what they were doing and it all started with no backup from the others as I had to face two giants at once, one wielding a huge greataxe. At least I had a soulstone with me so Ell was able to raise me again. Still all this could have been avoided. The last was lacking every sense of tactic and was pretty much unorganized. As I wanted to address the situation later it was like no one really cared about it. Of course I was pretty much ed about this and I told them not to get too close to me as I would bite. Now I slowly have to find trust with this group again. I am not comfortable with relaying on those I cannot trust to back me up or let me defend the group all alone against opponents I am not able to stand alone. If I could only dodge more of their attacks, then everything would be fine.
It seems like something really got between Trouble and Ell. On our trip in a crypt in Krandor they were discussing something. I have no idea what it was about and honestly, I did not even care at that point. Ell and I usually tease Trouble a bit but I think something got mixed up this time and things got out of hand. At some point Ell told him that she will tell him why all think he’s an idiot when we are out again. After we were out of the crypt again Ell and Trouble left to somewhere to settle their dispute. I don’t know what their talk was about nor do I want to know, but either one or both must have said something that hurt the other one. My guess is that Trouble said something silly. He was always telling her that he is sorry for what he said and it seemed like something really got between them.
Due to these circumstances our trip into the crypt of Storan went rather bad as well. We did fine till a locked door. Trouble and Ell took a rest while I was standing guard and then started to prepare for battle. As I picked the lock though Ell was not fully prepared yet and Trouble forgot to cast an important ward on me. I picked the lock as I was told and just stepped through the door as one of these bodaks got me already and died immediately. Ell had to raise me again after they defeated the undead creatures which were lurking around in the chamber we were in and I blew off some steam on Trouble as I was pretty much loaded. So we ended up trapped in exactly the same chamber again with a little difference this time: Ell in one corner and Trouble in another and helpless me. As someone had to do something I asked Trouble about a blessing which makes me more agile again. Still being down, he casted it on me and I focused on the door again. I had to sacrifice my precious tools but in the end I picked the lock and we headed to Hlint where our ways departed.
I headed to Port Hempstead where I met Storold and Miss Elohanna and had a little chat with them. At first sight they seemed like a couple but Elohanna told me she was happily married to a man called Krys. After some time I moved on to make some alterations to the platinum reinforced clothes I bought from Trith a month ago. I am not quite sure if I can life with the design I have right now but it looks way better than before. It took me some time but now I can use the armor effectively and I think that these clothes won’t slow down my movements so fast. I just have to get to used to my new armor though as it is way lighter than my old leather one. Somehow I start to think that my shield will slow me down at some point as well. Lydia always fought without a shield as well. It will require some tough training to avoid the blows I used to parry with my shield. After all I don’t want to get hit and need to dodge it somehow. This is what I should be focusing on, besides improving my way with the rapier in order to become a duelist.
One or two more cups of wine and then I will try to get some sleep. The past four days have been very eventful after all. And then we will see what tomorrow brings.
*Phyress shuts her journal again and smiles slightly. After a few moments the guides her attention to her wine again and some bread.*
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« on: August 08, 2008, 03:18:23 pm »
*While Trouble fell asleep at the lake around the Viper's Teeth, Phyress takes out her journal again and watches the sleeping Trouble from time to time, smiling.*
-Freas, Seplar 20, 1436-
In the past months I’ve been working heavily on my training. There is so much to learn yet so little time. Due to my training, especially working on my knockdown-technique, I can use them much more precise and with less effort. Not to mention that my timing improves more and more. You could say with every defeat of my opponent I grow more and more confident with my blade, my equipment, my techniques, talents and of course myself. Mainly I travelled around with Trouble and Ell, though I’ve seen many other new faces as well, like Sein or Fil. I also got to know many new places and I love to travel to them together with Trouble, Ell, Oma and some others from time to time.
Of course I was in need of the one or other break from time to time so I used my time to think about new ways of how to improve my skills with my rapier and other techniques. I often wandered around in the Forest of Mists and thought about Arngrim and Lydia. I really adore Lydia. She’s great as both a friend and of course as my former mentor. Still I won’t be a match for her but I know I can only try. Right now I am focusing a little on my offensive. I am trying to aim more precisely and trying to hit them on more vulnerable spots.
I have been shopping a lot of supplies and equipment lately. I am glad that I was able to sell some boxes of aloe and one box of bodak teeth, though I have to get at least one more box of teeth. I am hoping I can see more boxes of aloe though so I can afford even more equipment or save some True for even more expensive treasure and equipment. I bought some nice gloves and a necklace which help me with more graceful movements.
Due to these circumstances I decided to purchase some platinum reinforced clothing from Trith. I feel more and more that my current armor is already too thick and restricts my movement in battle. The lighter the armor is the more I can use my grace in battle. That’s why I decided to buy not a new armor but clothes. I still have to get used to them till I can wear them effectively.
Ah well Trouble’s waking up again. I think we will travel around a bit. He looks kinda weak so I think something happened to him. We’ll see.
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« on: August 04, 2008, 03:09:02 am »
Trith,
I'd be interested in a Cape of the Panther as well as the Utility Belt if they are still available. Just let us meet so we can trade.
*Signed, Phyress Sylphide*
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« on: July 27, 2008, 05:27:26 am »
Mister Chakar,
both boxes were sold to Magus Del'Mar already. You can contact me though if you are still interested in purchasing some so I can gather some aloe on my journeys and trade a box or two with you.
-Phyress Sylphide
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« on: July 26, 2008, 06:50:58 pm »
*As Phyress sees the note again she simply takes it off the notice board*
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« on: July 26, 2008, 09:38:51 am »
*Phyress sits down at the pond outside the gates of Port Hempstead and starts writing a new entry into her journal.*
-Wedlar, Febra 18, 1436-
I headed out with Trouble and some others again and continued my training. It took me some time and effort but now I finally figured out how to knock them down. Of course I hardly knock them down and fail most of the times but the first I knocked down were giants anyways. The kobolds I just faced were rather easy to knock down. I still need a lot of practice with my new learned technique though. I also improved my attacks in general as I can aim better for their weak spots now and use it as an advantage in battle to defeat them faster.
Besides that I now purchased an enchantment for my blade. I just hope I won’t lose it again to a rust monster; that would be very mean and unfair.
And as a sidenote, I shouldn’t drink from Essa’s wine again. I know I was very drunken and woke up with a huge headache so I laid down for a whole day to sober out again. Maybe I will find some work to do in the next few days. We will see.
*Phyress shrugs slightly and closes her journal before she heads out towards Fort Wayfare.*
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« on: July 24, 2008, 10:09:34 am »
*Phyress sits at the docks in Port Hempstead, her feet tangling over the water as she looks into the sinking sun. Before the sun fades completely she takes out her journal, ink and quill again and writes a new entry into it which lies on her lap.*
-Mulnari, Jenra 16-
The past few days have been very eventful again. I feel that I will need a break at some point and lean back and enjoy my life while I am still young. I’ve fought too many battles in the past few weeks so I am not even sure on what side I stand any longer. Actually I think that we are the intruders and murder the others we call our foes. There are of course two sides on a blade or on a coin and the one need the other, they could not live without the other one as then they would lose their meaning. I know it is quite odd but lately there’s too much blood on my blade. Earlier I simply used it to defend myself but nowadays I head with others into caves and we slaughter our way through masses of foes just because we are after something that we can find in their cave. We don’t care about whether they live there or not, I bet some already lived there before the humans showed up. We slaughter others because we say they are robbers and outlaws but isn’t it partly our fault? But I think I am starting to realize that this is the way of an adventurer or however we call us. We sometimes cannot avoid killing others to reach our goals which are paid with their lives. We convince ourselves that it was a rightful thing and get mad if one of our comrades falls. Life was easier back in Nel. I never had to make my mind up about such things and now I try to stay out of trouble and live my life as good as I can. Of course there are bad people around but sometimes they just want to defend themselves when we invade their territory. I cannot help it, such is life. I can only make the best out of it.
But well, I am still focusing on my training and I am making little steps forward. Currently I am trying to figure out a new technique Arngrim showed me once and which he loved to perform on me during my training. Arngrim always knocked me down to the ground by brute force. Always when I tried to knock him down he just had to chuckle and started a counterattack so it was like I always knocked myself down. Right now I am trying to modify his technique a little so it suits me more so I can rely on my grace and not on brute force. I just need to find the right moment and use the moment of surprise to easily knock my opponents down. I think I am on a good way already but there is still so much to figure out and still will take me hours of training to use it good enough to even have the chance to knock someone down. I will continue to train this technique on my further travels and adventures. I am also trying to aim even more precisely for their weak spots to hurt them even more. I know it won’t be easy to improve myself but I am positive that I will make it in the end.
Lately my old leather armor slows me down as well, I mean not in speed but in my movement and reflexes. Nowadays I am using my new and lighter armor more and more, especially when Trouble or someone else improves my grace. Trouble of course was teasing me about my new armor as it was bright orange and was not really like my old armor, style-wise. Well I finally found some time to alter it a little and of course to dye it. Now it is black and red like my old armor. Personally I hope this armor will last a bit longer than the old one and not slow down my movements in battle as this will end deadly if I cannot dodge right in time from their blows.
Together with Trouble and Ell I travelled across Alindor the other way and I have to say I really enjoyed it. We got close to Nel but in the end we did not head there. With Arke and Oma we were in some swamps close to Katherian and we had to fight against masses of trolls there. It was a very tough and challenging battle but in the end all of us made it out alive again. Back in Katherian we departed and Trouble, Ell and I headed to Mariners Hold. In Mariners Hold the guards were looking for some help and naturally we offered our help. It seems that they got some trouble with the bugbears on Bear Island so we headed over to the isle. Before we headed there Trouble had to flirt with a strange elf, naturally. I already heard about Bear Island but never been there before. But I imagined it almost like it really was. Just some details were mixed up. We headed down into a cave or dungeon and had to make our way through several bugbears to eventually face their leader. It was a tough battle and they outnumbered us one to ten I’d guess. The three of us made it though as we work well as a team. Everyone knows what the other one is going to do or what one can do or cannot.
After we got out again we headed to Mariners Hold where we handed over the head they wanted, got our reward and I headed straight into the inn to get some rest at last. I must have slept for like a whole day. As I already said before, adventuring is exhausting. That is why I think about a break as well. But I want to see Arngrim and Lydia before I do though. I can’t take a break while I could still use the time to learn more about their ways of battle. That reminds me that I still owe Trouble a dinner, but then I need a new dress. Well I cannot train the whole time, I need some social contacts as well and nothing’s better than an evening with my friends in a tavern with a good drink, stories from adventures, heroes and tales. Maybe I should organize something. We will see.
*With a slight smile on her lips Phyress shuts her journal and looks into the sinking sun which is almost completely sunken now. She lays back and watches into the sky till the night falls over Port Hempstead and she heads into the inn.*
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« on: July 23, 2008, 10:15:25 am »
*With a wide smile Phyress sits down at the monument in Port Hempstead, takes out her journal and writes a new entry.*
- Sunra, Jenra 1, 1436-
Quite a lot happened in the past few days. As I spend several days with wandering around in the Forest of Fogs I found an entrance to a cave. Naturally I ventured down into the cave. On my way deeper inside I came across several corpses of giants, their wounds still fresh and the blood not dried yet. Carefully I headed even deeper into the cave and to my surprise I met a crowd of adventurers. Ell and Trouble were there, among a halfgiant and some other adventurers. They were kind enough to let me tag along. Even as I had to fight without any protections as some giants attacked us, I did not get a single scratch. The rest of the venture in the cave went smoothly as well and I was warded.
As we got out if the cave again I met a cleric of Mist, his name is Hjalmar. I think he and Trouble don’t get along all too well. I might be mistaken though. Hjalmar headed along with the rest of the group the Anuroch Desert. The desert was really thrilling as we had to fight a lot of giants. Some of them even threw fireballs at us and some flame arrows. It was very hard to jump out of their way but I did a good job even though I did not manage to evade all of them, yet! It will come in time. We headed through the desert and got to Audiria, a town within the desert. I left the group for a while as I wanted to explore it a little more and they already moved on. I met them soon after I eventually left town though. While I was wandering around town they headed down into a cave which was taken by giants as well. It was a really interesting trip for me. I even saw giant scorpions in the desert and was almost lost between all their legs.
We then headed to a region called Ore Hills. Ore Hills were infested with some ogrillions from what I gathered and Trouble had his doubts that we will make it out alive again. I have to say it went pretty good and learned a lot down there. Hjalmar used a nice tactic which I will adopt some day; I just need to find a way first to see through magical darkness. Even without darkness it was nice to see how good the team worked together. Everyone knew his position and responsibilities, not like the trip where I gave the commands but that was due to lack of discipline from the group. However, after we came to Dalanthar again, Hjalmar and Oma left and the halfgiant headed somewhere else as well.
I travelled a bit with Ell and Trouble before Ell left and we came across the halfgiant again. Together we travelled a bit around again before Trouble and I headed back to Prantz where his parents got a house. I slept over at his place and forced him to sleep on the couch while I claimed the bed my own. After I slept I took their portal back to Mistone.
Back on Mistone I offered my help to the Captain of Fort Vehl and had to retrieve something for him. I eventually found it and handed it over to him. He was very pleased and handed me a helmet over. It is said that the helm will help me a little with giants. I am curious to see how it will help me but it was really nice of him to give me such a payment.
The next stop on my route was Haven where I had to help Officer Kit. Kit was looking for some help with refilling the weapon chamber and naturally I offered my help. It was quite a walk but eventually I managed to get her all weapons she was looking for. For my help she gave me a helmet as well which is like the one Jursen gave me, just better and can make me barky as well.
And now I can fully focus on my training as well. Miss Ferrit sent me a letter the other day that I can pick up my rapier and now I just picked it up. There’s still a lot to learn as I saw in the past few days but I know with enough training I can finally become a duelist and face Lydia. I am already looking forward to it!
*Phyress shuts her journal with a giggle before she puts it back into her bag again and leaves port Hempstead.*
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« on: July 22, 2008, 05:48:35 am »
*Phyress looks up and drops of water fall down to her face from the canopy above her. She cannot help but smile and wraps her cloak around her so her journal won’t get wet all soaked with water. She enjoys the sounds of the woods before she finally starts writing a new entry into her journal.*
-Threas, Decilar 5, 1435-
While I was sitting at the campfire outside the gate of Hlint and looked for some work, Trouble showed up again as promised earlier to help me with True for a new blade. I simply waited outside of Hlint as I am still waiting for a reply from Miss Ferrit as I sent her a note about an order for a new rapier made of iron. She told me she was not sure she still had one in stock and also wrote that she is going to contact me when he has one made. I did not mind as I still had to earn some money to purchase it anyways.
So while we were still talking at the campfire another woman approached, one Trouble knew. Trouble introduced her as Elle. And naturally she thought as well that Trouble and I am a couple. Really I don’t get why people think so. It is not like we are holding hands or the like. Elle said she had a date with Storan or rather some Bodaks. Storan seems to be a mage of some sorts. Bodaks are some undead creature which can kill you by simply looking at you which makes them kinda creepy in my eyes. After a little more teasing Elle left and Trouble and I headed out as well. We went into the Red Light Caverns and the Swamps on the way to Haven. In Haven itself we met an elf, named Ell. Together with Ell we headed into the Silkwood Forest again. To my surprise Ell casted some sort of spell and immediately all of the mercenaries in the forest were stunned and did not move. I mean sure I knew she could cast some spells but that spell was really powerful but I did not mind and took advantage of it. It made it easy for me to dodge behind them and aim for their weak spots.
We ventured deep into the cave again and I have to say I remember more battles than last time, even though Trouble complained again that I attacked him down in the cave. I can’t help it but I don’t remember a thing. Maybe it is better that way though as Trouble said I was like a berserker, attacking everything close to me.
After we were out of the cave, in this time we were not attacked by creatures which eat blades and the like, Trouble suggested heading over to Dregar to see the desert. Of course I was very excited about it. Ell departed and told us she will come right after us but she had still some business to do on Mistone. So Trouble and I took the fast way to Prantz, the capitol of the Rael Kingdom on Dregar. Prantz is a huge city and I almost got lost, even though Trouble showed me around a little. What I found odd is that if you want to enter the main city where the bank is and some other buildings is, you need to tell them your name and race. I have no idea why. Another thing worth mentioning is that there are dwarves running around everywhere.
After I deposited my earned True for the blade we headed north out of town and headed into the Forest of Fog. The forest is lovely and Trouble guided me to a small village deep within the Forest of Fogs. The village is called Vale and there was also a temple of Katia there. Close to the village is a grove where we talked a little and where we met Ell again. As we arrived in Vale I was already pretty exhausted and tired and decided to stay here and not to head with them into the desert even though I’d have loved to. Maybe next time.
During my training in the lasts month I improved myself. I now can hit my opponents more accurate and move around even more gracefully. Almost like Lydia before she got her knee wounded and it never fully restored again. Even though Lydia is not around, I know she’s proud about me and the way I went. I don’t feel ready to see her again right now though. If I see her again I want to prove myself in a duel with her, just her and I. Even with her knee she will beat me around in the arena like mad but it is the best way for me to learn from her experience and advises. Maybe I should look around for a Duelist who can show me their ways of battle and become my mentor. Only time will tell. But for now I should try and find some rest here under this tree. Oddly it is almost raining the whole time here in this forest, not that I mind rain. I will continue my journey tomorrow.
*Phyress stuffs her journal back into her bag and takes out a rug to cover herself, curls up to a ball and falls asleep into a deep slumber, smiling slightly as the wind brushes through the canopy.*
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« on: July 21, 2008, 05:30:08 am »
*With a sigh Phyress slumps down under a tree outside the gates of Port Hempstead, takes out her journal and writes a new entry in it.*
-Tunar, Novlar 24, 1435-
I honestly don’t know why people see me and Trouble as a couple. While I walked from Fort Wayfare to Port Hempstead Ben, or Benji, asked me about Trouble and well I simply told him that it is none of my business what he does or where he is. Like I would care where he is or what he does. He’s just a good friend of mine, at least that is what I say and yes I love travelling around with him.
So I met Trouble again on my way from Port Hempstead to Hlint in Fort Wayfare. He looked injured but he gave me to know he would be alright. The raw wound did not look alright and he was too slow to cover it from my sight. However we went to Hlint together. On our way we were attacked from goblins whose roam the lands around Hlint and entered their cave where we found more goblins attacking us. In Hlint we thought about heading towards Haven to take a walk through the Silkwood Forest that lies near by Haven. To be prepared we stopped at Ilsare’s temple in Hlint to buy some bandages and potions. Trouble told me that he was out of topaz dust which he needs for our stoneskins. While we bought some supplies from the temple another cleric of Ilsare approached. She stood there with her boyfriend and enjoyed the silent night. The cleric was called Ysalina and Trouble called the man Elgon. They asked if we needed help and we told them that we’re heading into the woods and they agreed to travel with us there to help us a little if it is needed.
In the woods we were attacked by some mercenaries but we did a good job and survived. I tried to ask them if they would mind if we sit down together with them at a fire but they simply charged and attacked. Avoiding their blows I tumbled behind them and well that is the end of story here, they did not survive. Trouble then led us to a cave within the woods. He told us that it might be dangerous and crowded with odd creatures we’ve never seen before. However, we were lured in by our own curiosity; I am always curious about new places, secrets and all new things. As we entered we already saw the first strange creature I cannot really describe. It had several arms and legs and a big mouth and frog eyes. As they stomp so hard it makes the ground shake I simply called it “stompy”. We headed deeper into the cave and saw big bugs standing on two legs and making clicking sounds. I charged ahead and attacked. But that was the only thing I got from the battle against the seven bugs. The next thing I can remember is me standing on a pile of bugs and Trouble complained about that I almost beat him down and showed a rather nasty wound. I swear I didn’t do a thing, at least not that I know about. Well it happened more than once so all thought that they do some mind trick with me or so.
The trip down there was really interesting and we made it down to a door and Trouble did not allow me to open it. He said that I don’t want to open it as on the other side are vampires. He is so mean! I really wanted to see a vampire, just see one! It is not like I wanted to charge ahead and attack them. I simply told him I would come back here later then. He made me really curious about what’s behind the door now.
On our way out again we saw even more strange creatures I cannot describe and one of them was really mean. Trouble shouted something about a sword eating creature but I simply laughed at it. And then I had to learn the hard way! There are really such things! Somehow my rapier turned into rust and disappeared as I hit it. I lost my rapier made of iron. Now I am left with just a copper one I bought from a merchant in Fort Llast and I don’t have enough True to buy me a new rapier made of iron as I spent all my money on bandages and potions.
Well, eventually I will be able to purchase a new blade and then can continue my training with it, but in the meantime I should use the rapier I just bought. Once I feel better I will continue my training. Maybe I will see Trouble again so he can show me even more interesting places or even old places as long as I can continue my training. There is still a lot to learn and to improve.
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« on: July 20, 2008, 03:57:38 pm »
Thanks for the fast response. All I wanted to know 
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