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Ghesh


15th of June, 4291 PA.

Almost went running with the wolves...

by Ghesh

My soul almost joined the two souls i so long to be with. But i could never face them Hittasah! Not with what HE did to them.
I must fulfill my oath... Sorry for my ramblings Grey Wolf.
I have taken to keep a journal, for my own sake.
Let me start where the day did... Morning. When the light of the dawn touched the whistling wolf (The inn in which we took rest for the night)
I woke up, i payed, i recited my oath, and i startet to strap on my armor. Only to hear frantic knocking on my door. Talon (A good if a bit naive kenku that i am (much to my own dismay) slowly starting to feel responsible for) comes running thru my door, immediately starts pulling at my sleves. I follow, as he cannot speak in a the way that most can.
The common room was ruined. Thick thorny green and brown vines had grown thru the walls, the floor, even the ceiling. Not a single chair nor table to be found. Talon went to get the others while i searched the place. Their wasn't much to find. Looked like the place had been abandoned 10 years ago. Talon came down with the rest of the people i find myself travelling with.
 

  • Chad, a human bard. I find him to be unreliable and unpredictable. But he has his uses.

 
  • Drip Drop, a Water Genasi Cleric. She is some sort of a noble, tho you would never guess it. She does a lot of foolish things, but i suspect it might be an act.

 
  • Gorr, a Bugbear Barbarian. He seems very straightforward. Not the smartest man i have ever met, tho i really do like him. He is simple and to the point

 
We all looked confused at eachother of a while. Then Talon came over and pulled me towards a window. I can only assume he had spotted townsfolk thru the a window, as i (thanks to him) now did.
Without saying a word Talon went out the door and out. We all followed suit. Getting out into the fresh air was relieving, after talking with some guards we found out that we had been sleeping for 3 weeks, they had been attacked by some people calling themselves the cult of green. They had put some powerfull sleeping spell over the inn druing the night, and had taken people. Why they didn't take us i do not know. If you held your hand over us Grey Wolf i thank you, with all of my broken heart!
 
We went out in the town to supply ourselves for the long journey ahead of us. This is where we all got to meet our newest companion, Twitchy.
Out of an ally with 3 large dogs chasing him came a tefling the color of blood. Gorr of all people stoped the dogs. I swear he is more animal than man.
We talked to Twitchy for a while and to make things short he is now traveling with us.
We got the supplies we needed and headed out.
 
On our way towwards the great blight we met agroup of big but dumb group of bugbears. They called them themselves: Ironfang and the band or armoured minstrels without music instruments.
They took an interest in Gorr and offerd him to join them. I thought he would accept without a second thought. But he didn't he said "I promised to help these people. Maybe i will find you when im done" He has more honor than i gave him credit for.
 
As we walked along the small dirt road i saw a tick black smoke rising from behind some hills. We ran towards it to investigate. Let me tell you now Grey Wolf, i knew it was a fire. i knew due to how the smoke looked. But what i saw angered me. An arrogant red dragon torching a small village.
We waited till it was gone, then we approached with the intention of helping them put out the fire that raged. But what was i met with!? Hatred! They told me to go away, as my kind had done this. MY KIND! I am no red dragons putrid spawn! It's like saying a goblin and an orc is the same thing!
I digress, against all odds i managed to walk away after only intimidating and threatening them, tho they deserved a fate far worse than that.
 
I heard it at first, wings pushing enough air to make a small hurricane. The smell of sulfur and brimstone hit my nose. Then a voice deep and booming like thunder. It said (to what i can only assume to be directed at me) "Tell your petulant mistress that this what happens to thoes who sites with her. and that im coming for her" The red dragon came swooping down, the ground shook as the beast landed. We had no choice but to run if we wanted to live. Tho every fiber in my body wanted to rip the vocal cords from it's throat. By My honer i will come back for that foul beast one day!
 
As the hours passed and night grew ever closer I found a small abandoned shrine to you Grey Wolf. I of course kneeled down, recited my oath and prayed.
When i was done i went to rejoin the group. Turns out that while i was gone someone had found a golden skull. I don't know who had just left a skull of gold in the middle of the woods. But good for us. More gold, more money. Then a second thought hit me. I closed my eyes and focused on all the evil in the world. There it was, plane as day. That thing was evil. Tied to necromancy.
I told Talon to destroy it. Talon thankfully listened to me, and shot at it. The scream, the scream Talon let out after hitting the skull would have made me cover my ears if it wasn't for the fact that the skull exploded and out of it came 6 skeletons and a green orb. what can best be desribed as staring into hellfire.
 
Talon was alone and i made a mistak that almost cost me my life. I used some protective magic and stepped into the frey.
I delt a few blows but they where to many. I felt their rusty swords sink deep into my flesh... hmh... As consciousness was leaving me i felt hate and sorrow... Hate for all that necromancy is, and sorrow that i would have to face Isabella and my little Nala without having avenged them.
 
By you'r guidance Twitchy had decided to travel with us. And now he pulled me from the brink of death.
When my eyes shot open Twitchy had a hand on my back. I scrambled to my feet to see that the fight was still going. Talon was down and not moving. i could have run over to him and healed him right away. But the dead where still defiling this world. Tho the choice was hard and i didn't want to, i left Talon. (Im not sure if that was the right thing to do. But i felt oathbound)
Then the orb spoke! In a language i had never heard before, but somehow understood. It said "Kill them. Raise them. Protect me" (Who owns that voice? I will find out!)
All of as sudden a flash and the faint glimmer of the sunlight hitting a carapace. Some monster came rushing in. It killed the remaining skeletons in but a few seconds.
As the fight turned in our favor i did come to pull Talon from deaths grip.
 
When all was said and done we all stood looking at this wierd monster. Standing on two legs it was hunched over, it's eyes not giving any indication of intelligens. But the arms is what had me on edge it had an upper arm but where the lower arm and hands would be on me, it had giant scythes. If not for the fact that i (with you'r magic) found out that it was neither fiend nor undead, but infact a fay creature, we would properly have fought it.
 
Finally we made it to a big town with solid walls. Findushome.
The animals here are all of an enormous size. I would have asked the people living here why that was. But like you can read i have had quite a long day. So i was not in the mood for plebs.
We made our way to an inn. The name escapes me, and im to tired to go look.
A table was found, food and drinks was ordered. Gorr came down to the table five BARRELS of boose. It was apparently called Back Mango.
He then proceeded to empty one barrel in 30 seconds after which he promptly passed out.
We ordered rooms and before to long we all went to our rooms for the night.
 
That is all for today.
 
For fuck sake! I am now in Twitchy's room and Twitchy is in mine.
I heard him crying, so i went in to see what was going on. Apparently Twitchy is not a fan of rats!
He is in fact so scared of rats that he had to take my room.
Im guessing he has found yet another rat in there as i can hear him cry thru the wall....
 
The reason im writing all of this is really to tell you Grey Wolf that i feel like some in the party deserve to know why i am having us all go towards the great blight.
After all most of them have saved me in one way or another. But can i really trust them not to use my weakness against me?
My head feels heavy with thoughts and worry.
 
I will stop my ramblings, and try to get some sleep.
 
Till next time.
 
Ghesh.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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