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Cinder
of a Ravenous Flame

Level 8 Firbolg Chaotic Neutral Druid
(Haunted One)
57 / 66 HP

Insatiably hungry.


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Wealday the 19th of Gozran

Smokeseer

by Cinder

We came across a small township named Reedling and stayed a night before following the trail of a gnome Max has been hunting. The hope was that finding him would bring answers to Maxwell regarding his creation and those behind it. The gnome, we've been told, has been studying the ancient elven race who we believe created the vessel which now houses that lovely radiant soul we call Maxwell.
 
Of course, nothing is ever so easy. Not to say that traversing the swamplands is any simplicity in of itself, but it is at least a challenge I am familiar with. When we caught up to the gnome's whereabouts, all we managed to find was an Alsied tribe down one of their numbers, and tell of the gnome entering into a magical darkness.
We inspected that darkness, of course, and found two drake-like creatures of some icy affinity. They were swiftly dealt with, and soon after we found additional company; two "Shadar-kai" and their wolf, looting the larder of the umbral drakes.
Unfortunately, the trinket they keenly gathered was something we had promised to the Alsied, and we made chase.
It was a poor decision; we were easily outclassed and I was the idiot to discover that first hand. Variel, with her infallible charm, was able to negotiate a trade, and thanks to that, the rest of the day played out as smoothly as it could have.
After confirming that the gnome's remains were not among the corpses in the larder, I afforded the dignity of a cremation to the remaining bodies.
We returned to the Alsied, delivered the item, and met with an unexpected assistant to the gnome we had been in search of. She had more questions for Maxwell than she had answers. At this point, I would not have expected otherwise.
As for her story; she had gone with the gnomish professor to inspect a dormant portal to the shadowfell which stood where we encountered the umbral drakes. It was there that they too had met with the
Shadar-kai who took the professor as a gift to their nameless, unknown king.
 
We spoke among ourselves about our course of action come the morning and it was decided that I would scry upon the missing gnome and try to verify his location that way.
Unfortunately, I was requested to use the dormant portal as the scrying surface. A dreadful idea but, having no better alternative to offer, I kept my fear to myself. After all, staring into a medium of misery is decidedly *less* miserable than being made to prove my own redundancy. So I did it.
 
And just as soon as I did, I found myself ankle deep in murky waters. Bodies floated there. I felt the flesh burn off my back; the searing heat of a fire I could not see.
And a cold laughter that shook my bones.
This was where I had gone when I died. I loathed to see it again. It confirmed to me that nothing good existed there. Nothing good would ever find itself there.
There, I stood.
 
The spell did eventually show me what I needed to see; it showed me the gnome. North of the Tanglewood, at the foot of the mountains there; a city in the mountain teeming with creatures as unsightly as I.
I was unaware that a city was there...but I do know where it is and I can lead the group to it if they wish to go. We'll take the safest route through the Tanglewood, through the westernmost passages.
But first, we're on the way back to Reedling. I suppose we still have some dead elves to deliver before we can say we're done with the swamp.

Cinder's Journal Ordered oldest to newest

  1. In Light of the Smokey Haze on the Horizon
    Moonday the 27th of Calistril
  2. The Gentle Blaze of Somniferum and Sativa
    Toilday 7th of Pharast
  3. Raze the Fields for Harvest
    Oathday the 10th of Pharast
  4. Fuel for the Fire
    Wealday the 15th of Pharast
  5. Simmer
    Toilday the 21st of Pharast
  6. Smoke and Mirrors
    Sunday the 16th of Gozran
  7. Smokeseer
    Wealday the 19th of Gozran

The major events and journals in Cinder's history, from the beginning to today.

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10:14 am - 10.08.2019

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07:13 am - 12.08.2019

All Mushrooms are Edible

and other unfortunate half-truths......

03:14 pm - 27.08.2019

Starfruit is not a Mushroom

But it has some delicious applications of its own, I suppose....

03:49 pm - 12.09.2019

Poor environments for growing mushrooms:

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06:51 pm - 18.09.2019

Much Ado about Truffles

They are a luxury mushroom that few can afford....

09:29 am - 25.09.2019

Root Rot:

How Bad Mushrooms Kill a Good Tree...

09:17 am - 22.11.2019

Guttation

A process by which some fungi regulate their moisture content....

04:35 am - 25.11.2019

Lichen

Psychrophilic fungi can only endure the cold temperature with the help of algae. Together, they become lichen....

07:37 am - 27.11.2019

Fungal Spores

They're carried on the wind towards optimal locations for germination....

12:01 pm - 11.12.2019

Low Light.

Spores in isolation will...

05:05 am - 20.12.2019

Culinary Delicacies

When it comes to delicious consumption, mushrooms fill an important role....

07:45 am - 07.01.2020

Poisonous Properties

Many different types of mushrooms contain different poisonous properties which can be employed in both medicine and murder....

10:35 am - 21.02.2020

This isn't about mushrooms.

I've bared witness to plague and famine sweeping over a clan, once--a terrible manner of long, languishing death for a tribe. It was an easier-much easier thing to watch...than the horrors from which we have just escaped. It was the stuff of nightmares...

09:04 am - 08.05.2020

In Light of the Smokey Haze on the Horizon

Woe betide me, my previous journal was lost to the flames, and so...here's a new journal to prattle in. Perhaps it's befitting of the situation, one might call it a new beginning if they were inclined to be so optimistic. I don't mind losing my old scra...

10:54 am - 17.10.2020

The Gentle Blaze of Somniferum and Sativa

Oh thank the gods, the curse of sobriety has been lifted from me. I can finally enjoy the pipe I bought from Wastow as it's intended to be enjoyed. I had been going desperately through the motions of smoking my--what I assumed was an overpriced and ineffe...

08:19 am - 22.11.2020

Raze the Fields for Harvest

The plains are a little less peaceful and quiet than I perhaps anticipated, and that's just fine and well with me. A war party of Centaurs thought it wise to accost us and we dutifully showed them why that was a poor idea. The battle was entirely t...

08:36 am - 22.11.2020

Fuel for the Fire

I'd bet you that a petty grudge against the underprivileged is perfect seasoning for a wealthy merchant. If you're going to send woefully inadequate thugs to kidnap *any* dearly beloved member of my little family, you'd best start marinating yourself f...

12:18 pm - 28.11.2020

Simmer

The frontier town of Rayasfield is so mind-numbingly unremarkable that it almost comes full circle into being remarkable for its' sheer insipidity. Perhaps the only interesting thing that's occurred since we've arrived was Variel losing her goddamned min...

07:21 am - 07.12.2020

Smoke and Mirrors

I've not been very diligent in keeping up with this journal. There's no real reason for it, I suppose I've just been unmotivated. I've been unmotivated towards most things, honestly--and while it's not a wholly unfamiliar feeling to me, this may be the f...

02:35 pm - 01.02.2021

Smokeseer

We came across a small township named Reedling and stayed a night before following the trail of a gnome Max has been hunting. The hope was that finding him would bring answers to Maxwell regarding his creation and those behind it. The gnome, we've been ...

02:16 pm - 01.03.2021

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