Freedom's Paean Danger mounts like fell beasts circling the eaves of a castle’s spires. Its been a while since I wrote. Time to myself has been rare and I have found few precious moments to pen my thoughts.
My heart twists, restless. I do not favor the sea. Mine is the waving and rolling plains and valleys. Place me within legions of...
At the end of our battle with the guards or maybe it was the beginning, ( I do not now recall -- the heat of battle can cloud one’s memory, for details other than survival), – we encountered a new fellow named Alden who like us, had a score to settle with the Kraken. He joined us. He is another, like Theodred, who...
We investigated the bodies of the similarly clothed assailants. Under their cold gear they wore black leather armor and brandished squid tattoo. Caldair recognized the tattoo and winced, stricken with fear. He said was Kraken – which meant little to me but from his look they clearly were not to be trifled with. ...
On our way back to Waterdeep, after returning the gold to Lowick, we encountered caravans of refugees packed up and vacating the city. Something odd was clearly going on. We stopped one caravan and learned that apparently a “dragon [had] attacked Waterdeep”. Surely this could not be true, yet the looks of terror on...
Though my heart heals and my spirits lift, (greatly aided by the acquisition of an enchanted longbow from the brute’s dwelling,) I still, am not well. The affects of the ingested green gas intensify. My agility is diminished as I am frequently wracked with nausea. We need to find the rest of the herbs. Time is...
Funny, a fire can incinerate entire woodlands and raze all in its path, but it can also cauterize a gaping wound. Sometimes, its the same flame that does both.
Questioned townsfolk in Hidden Gulch produced several leads. I am grateful, for the sickness worsens. I am queasy continually, though not enough for the time...
Gladiators continued to fall ill but our progress in solving why or who stalled despite questioning hosts of people. Though Volpone looked suspicious to me -- we had no proof. Rather than wrack our brains, we pursued a second mystery simultaneously. Perhaps it held clues to the mystery of the dying gladiators that...