Session 20: Callum's reflection

We gathered at the Yawning Portal. Not my first choice, but it's not for me to decide. Turns out that's where everyone else was anyway, which already puts me on edge. When that newcomer, Jain, I believe, talked about his dream, then we realized we all ...

Right away we all know this is going to be a rough fight. Sturges all over, flying up to both floors and going after everyone, and that troll is covered in puss and rot, poisoning everything around it. We all get to it, Honorine striking first and getti...

He'd tracked it to the private wharfs of Lord Valenier. Old senses from Heaven and Hell had their uses, especially when it came to tracking fiends. This creature was a bit too infernal to keep it from registering on his divine senses. It might have eve...

Day starts off well enough. Rainar is meeting us at the Portal. I keep making contacts with the Zhentarim agents here. Hoping I can do what I came here to do and stay out of the worst of this. Doesn't seem like a place for any would-be heroes. Regulu...

These Xanathar mercs know how to secure the place, I'll give them that. After the boulder comes down, magical glyphs, oil traps, and giant, swinging logs all bar our way. If Regulus cares at all, he doesn't show it. Barges right through the worst of it...

"That Nomad is asking for you," his server informed him. Durnan lifted his eyes from the contract the mason had provided for him to fix the hole in the eastern side of the Yawning Portal. Upon doing so he remembered he also needed to contact the mag...

I would have thought fate was intervening the moment I saw that demonic circle. But there was the dream before that, the familiar faces after, and everything else that's happened since. I wonder what this means for me, but more importantly, for Zora. I...

"How many has it killed?" the chain devil managed between gasps. Each breath was ragged after miles of fleeing in an attempt to regroup, the monster in pursuit and showing no signs of tiring. Fueled by its rage, armed with a weapon of hate, and driven b...

Sometimes I wonder if things are changing too fast. I've often noticed there's not much I can do to alter the course of history, fate, divine will, whatever you want to call it. I just try to get by in this world and do the best I can, but here I am get...

That dwarf had just been in the wrong place at the wrong time. He'd made the wrong moves too. It wasn't the time to try and pick a fight, but he'd tried it nonetheless, with a grieving opponent who only needed a reason. The dwarf had given him a reason...

Always when I draw my sword, I only wish to do so when there's a necessary reason for it. When I wield it, I only wish to do so with valor. Having an enemy in front of me, someone or something that seeks to do me or mine harm, something that makes it cl...

Just keeps getting better and better. Lots of confusion surrounding this stone, and before we can even get to ask it anything, we have our friend the inspector breathing down our necks. Can't fault him for doing his job. I know he needs to maintain ord...

The lights go out, the furniture comes to life, undead are everywhere, and the battle is on. Don't know whether to punch Lirelle or kiss her next time I see her. I know she had a hand in training Zora because I see a lot of how she fights in my daughter...

The moment she said it, I knew in my heart there were far more powerful forces at play. Forces I'd hoped wouldn't be Zora's problem. But I'm starting to wake up to the truth, like Lady Silverhand said, that much like Dagult's hoard, there's far more hap...

Destiny is a fickle thing. Is it ours to control or are we mere puppets of its whim? I've never been sure. Through different lives, different places, different times, I've wondered what mine would be and if I can do anything to change it. I've seen mo...

In two hours, I undid two years. I want to justify it. I want to say I did it for Honorine. For Kal. Like I did when we were in the sewers. Even for Ushen and freeing his soul. But now, with the frequency with which I apply that logic, the only just...

Didn't think I'd find this. I'm only writing in it now because I don't know what else to do. Reading these pages, seeing dad's thoughts and words... I'm so fucking mad at him! I'm so fucking mad at all of this! And I can't believe... He's gone. ...

...Maybe I should be writing this in the assumption someone else will eventually read it. Between Honorine and Zora... Who am I kidding? I'm glad they did, especially given what the end result was. And I'm truly sorry, Zora. I couldn't let a friend...