A Wizard's Torment
Dear Diary,
I am writing to you as a man who is severely under-slept, under-appreciated, and entirely out of patience with the laws of time and space.
The battle with the giant Behir in the past was a disaster from the opening breath. Dadroz loosed an arrow, and I hurled a *Fireball*, but the beast barely noticed. It answered with a torrent of crackling lightning that swept across the cavern, knocking Liliana flat. Before we could regroup, the monster dove into the churning, dark water, vanishing from our senses.
Gael, sharp as ever, spotted electricity sparking from the massive stalactites above and started chipping away at the arcane-infused stone with his arrows. Alistan took to the air on Galienne’s back, flying out over the water to flush the beast out, while I commanded a Water Elemental into the depths to help them search.
They found it, but far too late. The Behir lunged from the black water, its twisting torso wrapping around Alistan and Galienne. It constricted, preparing to bite Alistan clean in half.
Chaos erupted. Gael and Hayley teleported to a platform closer to the stalactite. Through the spray of the waterfall, Gael spotted something glittering—Liliana’s fey sword. The pristine, unbroken past version of the blade she would one day receive from Vivienne. Ileas moved to assist but was immediately zapped by stray lightning arcing between the stones.
Hayley threw a desperate *Vortex Warp*, tearing Alistan from the Behir's crushing grip. It saved his life, but a stray bolt of lightning caught him mid-air. He hit the stone platform unconscious, rolling dangerously close to the edge. Liliana didn't hesitate; she leaped across the raging water from her platform to his, forcing a healing potion down his throat.
The beast was moving at impossible speeds, charging the cavern with raw electricity. Gael relentlessly focused his fire on the stalactite until it finally shattered, neutralizing the ambient electric magic that was pinning us down. Then, my sister did what she does best: she escalated the situation. Hayley shifted into a giant crocodile, her massive jaws snapping at the Behir’s elongated body and forcing it to teleport to the other side of the cavern.
That was the distraction Liliana needed. She dove into the freezing, heavy currents to retrieve her past sword. Underwater, the Behir found itself cornered by Galienne. A copper dragon in her element is a terrifying thing. Galienne tore the Behir’s throat out, the dark water blooming violently red.
As the monster died, the storm inside the cavern instantly quieted. Liliana broke the surface, gasping for air, the pristine fey blade gripped tightly in her hand.
We dragged the carcass onto the rocks, hoping to cut some treasure out of its gullet, and took a short rest. As Liliana bonded with the new—or rather, old—blade, she whispered that the sword felt "young."
The magic responded to her. The wet rain in the cavern turned to biting snow. The water began to freeze solid. Liliana, recognizing the cavern from the dream Dynia had shown her, moved toward the now-frozen waterfall. Deep within the ice, perfectly preserved like a reflection, was Vivienne.
Liliana touched the ice, and glowing text blossomed across the surface.
I stepped closer, reading the arcane syntax. "It's a *Simulacrum* spell," I sighed, realizing exactly what this was. A contingency. A failsafe left behind just in case something happened to the Ice Queen.
I looked at my friends. "Are we absolutely sure we want her back?" I asked. The collective nod was my doom. "Fine. Get comfortable. This takes twelve hours."
They went to sleep. *They went to sleep.* I spent the entire freezing, miserable night awake in an ice cave in the distant past, painstakingly weaving a twelve-hour spell to resurrect a woman I spent the last five years considering an enemy. The life of a wizard is nothing but glamour.
When I finally spoke the final syllable, the ice rippled like a disturbed pond. The reflection moved on its own. Defying every law of physics, Vivienne walked straight out of the mirror.
The moment her boot touched the frozen water, reality snapped like a stretched rubber band. We were instantly pulled forward through the centuries, crashing back into the present-day throne room of Whitewail where we had just fought the Frost Giantess.
We were back in our own bodies. But Liliana was still sitting on the throne, trapped in a solid block of ice.
Before panic could set in, we noticed a mirror near the throne. Reflected inside it wasn't the frozen Liliana, but Vivienne, awake and watching us. I cast *Detect Magic*—illusion.
"Two options," I said, rubbing my temples. "Touch it or break it."
Hayley volunteered as tribute and touched the glass. The *Simulacrum* text appeared again. I almost cried from weariness, but Hayley, extracting the necessary knowledge from the spell matrix, took the burden this time.
When she finished, Vivienne opened the mirror from the inside like a door. She stepped into the throne room, walked up to Liliana’s frozen form, and placed a diamond against the ice.
Liliana gasped, her eyes flying open as the ice instantly melted away. She stumbled forward, looking at us with wide, strange eyes. "I missed you," she whispered. She told us it felt like it had been an eternity. And it had. She had spent the last several hundred years living *as* Vivienne. Two souls sharing one body, experiencing every moment of the Ice Queen's long, cold life. I can't even begin to wrap my head around the psychological toll of that.
Vivienne didn't linger on the sentiment. She told us Ulther knows she has switched sides. Whitewail is no longer an inside asset, but she can bring the full, overt power of the city to our cause. She vowed to pledge herself to Dynia.
I summoned my *Magnificent Mansion* door, which Dynia had re-linked to the Tower of Immerglade, and we stepped through.
The tower was unrecognizable. The somber quiet was gone, replaced by a bustling hive of fairies cleaning and preparing the castle. The aesthetics of the realm had shifted entirely to Spring. When we entered the throne room, Dynia was sitting in a gown of woven flowers and fresh leaves that seemed to grow directly out of the throne itself.
She was surprised to see us back so soon. When Vivienne and Liliana walked forward, Dynia’s eyes narrowed in question.
Liliana spoke for them both, offering Whitewail to the Queen. They knelt together—two rulers, one soul-bonded pair. Vivienne offered her sword to Dynia, the icy blade instantly shifting to match the vibrant, blooming aesthetic of Spring. She swore to take up her family's ancient oaths to Immerglade.
Dynia accepted, but under the same "special term" as before: Whitewail is allowed to secede from Immerglade if it is ever in the city's best interest. A pragmatic clause for a pragmatic Queen.
It is a massive victory. We just stole an entire city from High King Ulther's grasp. But Dynia warned us not to celebrate just yet. Ulther's agents are everywhere—the Frost Giantess was just one of them. We are expected now, and we will find his daggers hiding in every shadow.
The conversation drifted into philosophy—what we actually want to change about the Feywild once Ulther is gone. But philosophy doesn't win wars. We made a concrete plan: tomorrow, we reach out to Davozan. If we can bring him into the fold, Immerglade might actually stand a chance.
— Luke
Luke's Journal Ordered oldest to newest
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A test of magic
24th of Aran, Y126 Year of the Tree
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Trades and Punishments
1st of Edon, 126 Year of the Tree
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Homecoming
15th of Edon, 126 Year of the Tree
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The price of a ring
16th of Duna, 126 Year of the Tree
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A Festival of Foxes and Frolics
30th of Dagda, Year 121, Era of the tree
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Elsa
121 2 31
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Adventure Ahead!
1st of Lug, Year 121 of the Tree
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Rosebloom's Bookworm
4th of Lugh, Year 121 of the Tree
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What to do when your hostess has a Secret Society Membership
5th of Lugh, 121 Year of the Tree
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The most useful kind of magic
6th of Lug, 121 Year of the Tree
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A Betrayal of Satyrs
7th of Lugh, 121 Year of the Tree
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Maladies of the Mist
8-11th of Lug, 121 Year of the Tree
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The Hunter
11th of Lug, 121 Year of the Tree
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A Hidden Path to Logvale and Beyond
12th of Lug, 121 Year of the Tree
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A Master of Fire
13th of Lug, 121 Year of the Tree
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Too Many Goodbyes
20th of Lug, 121 Year of the Tree
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Letter to Hayley I
1st of Ogan, 122 Year of the Tree
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Letter to Hayley II
3rd of Solstice, 122 Year of the Tree
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Letter to Hayley III
24th of Edon, 123 Year of the Tree
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Letter to Hayley IV
17th of Gobu, 124 Year of the Tree
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Letter to Hayley V
7th of Daga, 125 Year of the Tree
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Letter to Hayley VI
14th of Mannan, 125 Year of the Tree
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The Reunion
14th of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
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The Emissaries of the Fenhunter
15th of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
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The Fall of Cairn Fussil
4th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
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Festival Frenzy
10th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
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The Terror of Ravensfield
13th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
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Dragon Bones in the Dark
15th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
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The Determination of an Undead Kobold
16th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
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Battle at the Burning Village
17th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
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A Reminder to Take Action
18th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
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A Grand Ball of Intrigue
20th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
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The Search for Norgar
20th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
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Why you can never trust a bard
20th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
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A Royal Reward and a Challenge
28th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
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An apple a day...
29th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
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Dealing with the fey
30th of Nuan, 126 Era of the Tree
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Aunty's Wrath
3rd of Aran, 126 Year of the Tree
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Best served cold
9th of Aran, 126 Year of the Tree
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Venturing into dangerous waters
11th of Aran, 126 Year of the Tree
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The Fury of the Marsh
11th of Aran, 126 Year of the Tree
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The young stag and the undead wolf
20th of Aran, 126 Year of the Tree
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Anaya's Prison
21st of Aran, 126 Year of the Tree
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Tales of Immerglade
22nd of Aran, 126 Year of the Tree
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The festival of Wolf's Rest
26th of Aran, 126 Year of the Tree
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Battle of the Bards
26th of Aran, 126 Year of the Tree
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Undead at the Cathedral
30th of Aran, 126 Year of the Tree
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Elves and worms
4th of Brigan, 126 Year of the Tree
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How we got Sixteen Cows
8th of Brigan, 126 Year of the Tree
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Descent into Acid
9th of Brigan, 126 Year of the Tree
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Sorry we stole your hoard
10th of Brigan, 126 Year of the Tree
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Strange Dreams of the Northern Wetlands
12th of Brigan, 126 Year of the Tree
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Latebra Velora
15th of Brigan, 126 Year of the Tree
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The Tragedy of Alistan De la Roost
17th of Brigan, 126 Year of the Tree
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From Keralon into the Feywild
22nd of Brigan, 126 Year of the Tree
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A Feywild Festival
??, 126 Year of the Tree
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Into the Jaws of the Warg King
??, 126 Year of the Tree
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The birds have wings
??, 126 Year of the Tree
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Sneaking into Whitewail
??, 126 Year of the Tree
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Arrival at Nimmerburg
29th of Gobu, 126 Year of the Tree
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The Fey Tournament
1st of Madan, 126 Year of the Tree
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Lumiria
1st of Madan, 126 Year of the Tree
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Homecoming
2nd of Madan, 126 Year of the Tree
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The dinner party
4th of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
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The Mausoleum
11th of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
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Chain of Souls
11th of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
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Sister Willow's Story
15th of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
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The Briar's Ritual
15th of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
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The Water Temple
22nd of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
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An unexpected journey
22nd of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
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Temples of Sand and Air
22nd of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
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Haggayn
22nd of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
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The beginning of the end
30th Mannan 126 Year of the Tree
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Ashes of Wolf's Rest
30th Mannan 126 Year of the Tree
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Exiles of the Silver City
10th of Edon, 126 Year of the Tree
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The Prison of Rosebloom
15th of Edon, 126 Year of the Tree
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The Darkness around Hillfield
16th of Edon, 126 Year of the Tree
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Setting the stage
16th of Edon, 126 Year of the Tree
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Why is it always spiders?
9th of Duna, 126 Year of the Tree
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The Ethereal Bard
9th of Duna, 126 Year of the Tree
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Trimming the Greenery
10th of Duna, 126 Year of the Tree
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The road to Ghenna
10th of Duna, 126 Year of the Tree
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Back to a changed Keralon
15th of Duna, 126 Year of the Tree
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The bitter taste of defeat
15th of Duna, 126 Year of the Tree
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A Hard Choice
16th of Duna, 126 Year of the Tree
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Dragons and Elves
2nd of Hagan, 126 Year of the Tree
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The Primordial Storm inside
7th of Hagan, 126 Year of the Tree
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Rumours of my death are somewhat exaggerated
11th of Dagda, 126 Year of the Tree
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The Beast of Butchery
12th of Dagda, 126 Year of the Tree
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Stalked in the Maze
12th of Dagda, 126 Year of the Tree
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The dangers of trying to steal from hags
13th of Dagda, 126 Year of the Tree
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Moving planes
17th of Dagda, 126 Year of the Tree
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The Queen of Immerglade
17th of Dagda, 126 Year of the Tree
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All Hail the Ice Queen
3rd of Solstace, 126 year of the tree
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Wibbly-wobbly, Timey-Snowmeny
4th of Solstace, 126 year of the tree
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A Wizard's Torment
4th of Solstace, 126 year of the tree
24th of Aran, Y126 Year of the Tree
1st of Edon, 126 Year of the Tree
15th of Edon, 126 Year of the Tree
16th of Duna, 126 Year of the Tree
30th of Dagda, Year 121, Era of the tree
121 2 31
1st of Lug, Year 121 of the Tree
4th of Lugh, Year 121 of the Tree
5th of Lugh, 121 Year of the Tree
6th of Lug, 121 Year of the Tree
7th of Lugh, 121 Year of the Tree
8-11th of Lug, 121 Year of the Tree
11th of Lug, 121 Year of the Tree
12th of Lug, 121 Year of the Tree
13th of Lug, 121 Year of the Tree
20th of Lug, 121 Year of the Tree
1st of Ogan, 122 Year of the Tree
3rd of Solstice, 122 Year of the Tree
24th of Edon, 123 Year of the Tree
17th of Gobu, 124 Year of the Tree
7th of Daga, 125 Year of the Tree
14th of Mannan, 125 Year of the Tree
14th of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
15th of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
4th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
10th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
13th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
15th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
16th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
17th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
18th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
20th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
20th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
20th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
28th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
29th of Nuan, 126 Year of the Tree
30th of Nuan, 126 Era of the Tree
3rd of Aran, 126 Year of the Tree
9th of Aran, 126 Year of the Tree
11th of Aran, 126 Year of the Tree
11th of Aran, 126 Year of the Tree
20th of Aran, 126 Year of the Tree
21st of Aran, 126 Year of the Tree
22nd of Aran, 126 Year of the Tree
26th of Aran, 126 Year of the Tree
26th of Aran, 126 Year of the Tree
30th of Aran, 126 Year of the Tree
4th of Brigan, 126 Year of the Tree
8th of Brigan, 126 Year of the Tree
9th of Brigan, 126 Year of the Tree
10th of Brigan, 126 Year of the Tree
12th of Brigan, 126 Year of the Tree
15th of Brigan, 126 Year of the Tree
17th of Brigan, 126 Year of the Tree
22nd of Brigan, 126 Year of the Tree
??, 126 Year of the Tree
??, 126 Year of the Tree
??, 126 Year of the Tree
??, 126 Year of the Tree
29th of Gobu, 126 Year of the Tree
1st of Madan, 126 Year of the Tree
1st of Madan, 126 Year of the Tree
2nd of Madan, 126 Year of the Tree
4th of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
11th of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
11th of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
15th of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
15th of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
22nd of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
22nd of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
22nd of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
22nd of Mannan, 126 Year of the Tree
30th Mannan 126 Year of the Tree
30th Mannan 126 Year of the Tree
10th of Edon, 126 Year of the Tree
15th of Edon, 126 Year of the Tree
16th of Edon, 126 Year of the Tree
16th of Edon, 126 Year of the Tree
9th of Duna, 126 Year of the Tree
9th of Duna, 126 Year of the Tree
10th of Duna, 126 Year of the Tree
10th of Duna, 126 Year of the Tree
15th of Duna, 126 Year of the Tree
15th of Duna, 126 Year of the Tree
16th of Duna, 126 Year of the Tree
2nd of Hagan, 126 Year of the Tree
7th of Hagan, 126 Year of the Tree
11th of Dagda, 126 Year of the Tree
12th of Dagda, 126 Year of the Tree
12th of Dagda, 126 Year of the Tree
13th of Dagda, 126 Year of the Tree
17th of Dagda, 126 Year of the Tree
17th of Dagda, 126 Year of the Tree
3rd of Solstace, 126 year of the tree
4th of Solstace, 126 year of the tree
4th of Solstace, 126 year of the tree
The major events and journals in Luke's history, from the beginning to today.
A Wizard's Torment
Dear Diary, I am writing to you as a man who is severely under-slept, under-appreciated, and entirely out of patience with the laws of time and space. The battle with the giant Behir in the past was a disaster from the opening breath. Dadroz loosed ...
06:50 pm - 08.06.2026Session 92: The Stormlord
09:32 pm - 02.06.2026Session 92: The Stormlord
09:32 pm - 02.06.2026Wibbly-wobbly, Timey-Snowmeny
Dear Diary, We are snowmen now. Or something close to it. It started with Liliana frozen on the throne, the silence of the shattered room thick with unanswered questions. Hayley asked Gael to contact Dynia, hoping our newly minted Queen of Immerglad...
05:37 pm - 02.06.2026Session 91: Fey Futures
01:20 am - 27.05.2026Session 91: Fey Futures
01:20 am - 27.05.2026All Hail the Ice Queen
Dear Diary, We woke up in Tarn, the air tasting of fey magic and damp earth. Immerglade is beautiful, but we had no time to admire it. Ileas tried to send a magical message to Vivienne at Liliana’s request, hoping to forge a tentative alliance now th...
05:22 pm - 26.05.2026Session 90: Search for allies
03:09 am - 20.05.2026Session 90: Search for allies
03:09 am - 20.05.2026Session 89: A new home
05:23 am - 17.05.2026Session 89: A new home
05:23 am - 17.05.2026The Queen of Immerglade
Dear Diary, We actually did it. We moved an entire town across the planar boundary. But by the gods, it almost killed us. The ritual was spiraling out of control, tainted by the necrotic, poison, and cold energy of the undead wardens. We had to reba...
02:55 pm - 15.05.2026Moving planes
Dear Diary, We are packing up an entire village to move it into another dimension. If I write it down, it doesn't sound any less insane. I spent the week buried in whatever research I could salvage or recall about shifting large, physical landmasses...
09:45 am - 10.05.2026Session 88: Relocation
09:44 pm - 08.05.2026Session 88: Relocation
09:44 pm - 08.05.2026Session 87: The head of the tribe
09:54 pm - 29.04.2026Session 87: The head of the tribe
09:54 pm - 29.04.2026The dangers of trying to steal from hags
Dear Diary, The end of the battle was pure, exhausting butchery. Most of the gnolls lay dead, but their demonic pets fought on with a frenzied, mindless loyalty even after their masters had been slashed or burned to ash. The Shoosuva yelped and thr...
09:34 am - 25.04.2026Session 86: demonic influence
04:04 pm - 21.04.2026Session 86: demonic influence
04:04 pm - 21.04.2026Stalked in the Maze
Dear Diary, I am starting to think my luck is a finite resource, and I am heavily overdrawn. We woke up to light snow falling outside the magical dome, the woods eerily quiet. There was no sign of Yeenoghu, only the massive, churning footprints he l...
06:16 pm - 19.04.2026The Beast of Butchery
Dear Diary, We have returned to Tarn, and the village is electric with a terrifying kind of hope. Myrrdin has begun the preparations to physically move the entire village into the sliver of Immerglade within the Feywild. He is taking his time—a w...
02:10 pm - 05.04.2026Rumours of my death are somewhat exaggerated
Dear Diary, I don't know how to write this. I don't know how to put ink to paper and explain that I died today. Inside the trance of the Elemental Hearts, I was trapped in a lightless void with Malfias, the furious, fragmented Primordial. Outside, ...
02:02 pm - 05.04.2026Session 85: The enemy to the east
09:02 pm - 31.03.2026Session 85: The enemy to the east
06:08 pm - 31.03.2026Session 84: the chaos within
02:15 pm - 27.03.2026Session 84: the chaos within
02:15 pm - 27.03.2026Session 83: Mysteries and Mages
12:01 pm - 17.03.2026Session 83: Mysteries and Mages
12:01 pm - 17.03.2026The Primordial Storm inside
Dear Diary, We cannot just wait for the storm to hit. If Amarra wants the Elemental Hearts, she will come for them, and she knows exactly where we are. We have to take the fight to her, or at least control the battlefield. Our first clue that her th...
02:05 pm - 14.03.2026Session 82: Back to the drawing board
06:52 pm - 10.03.2026Session 82: Back to the drawing board
06:52 pm - 10.03.2026Dragons and Elves
Dear Diary, I spent the first week after Amarra’s departure locked in my makeshift stone tower. I couldn't face the world, let alone my friends. I felt hollowed out, betrayed by the very source of my magical foundation. I instructed my students to le...
12:01 pm - 10.03.2026A Hard Choice
Dear Diary, The glow of the wish was intoxicating, a golden light promising the impossible. But the Valley of Heroes doesn't surrender its prizes easily. We crept closer to the pedestal, searching for a riddle, a catch, some ancient test we had miss...
07:07 am - 03.03.2026Session 81: Ritual preparation
07:41 pm - 25.02.2026Session 81: Ritual preparation
07:41 pm - 25.02.2026The Journal Entry’s title
Dear Diary, We are back in Tarn. The silence here is a stark contrast to the ringing in my ears from Ulther’s revelations. We have spent the last few days resting, ruminating on our failures and the impossible deal the High King laid at our feet. But...
04:04 pm - 24.02.2026Session 80: Fun with Foxants
09:13 pm - 17.02.2026Session 80: Fun with Foxants
05:28 pm - 17.02.2026Session 79: Street War
05:27 pm - 17.02.2026Session 79: Street War
05:27 pm - 17.02.2026Session 78: To Keralon once more
05:25 pm - 17.02.2026Session 78: To Keralon once more
05:25 pm - 17.02.2026Session 77: rituals and revelations
05:23 pm - 17.02.2026Session 77: rituals and revelations
05:23 pm - 17.02.2026Session 76: Flowers for family
05:17 pm - 17.02.2026Session 76: Flowers for family
05:17 pm - 17.02.2026Session 75: Guards and Wards
05:15 pm - 17.02.2026Session 75: Guards and Wards
05:15 pm - 17.02.2026Session 74: deep threats
05:13 pm - 17.02.2026Session 74: deep threats
05:13 pm - 17.02.2026Session 73: War plans
05:10 pm - 17.02.2026Session 73: War plans
05:10 pm - 17.02.2026Session 72: Scouting Hillfield
05:08 pm - 17.02.2026Session 72: Scouting Hillfield
05:08 pm - 17.02.2026Session 71: Thorns and Curses
05:01 pm - 17.02.2026Session 71: Thorns and Curses
05:01 pm - 17.02.2026The bitter taste of defeat
Dear Diary, I am writing this with shaking hands, sitting on the cold stone floor of the ruins of our former keep. We failed. The plan was sound. We hit the prison barracks from two fronts—Gael and Dadroz taking the high ground, the rest of us sto...
04:41 pm - 15.02.2026Back to a changed Keralon
Dear Diary, Amarra has given us a new hope. A chance to end this conflict by restoring what was undone. She came to me this evening, eyes alight with the thrill of discovery rather than the weight of war. She has devised a method to attune all four ...
06:10 am - 10.02.2026The road to Ghenna
Dear Diary, The smoke was still curling from the charred remains of the mind-control tree when we began tearing Lady Magnolia’s manor apart, looking for answers. We found plenty, but none of them were what we expected. In Magnolia's bedroom, tucke...
05:04 pm - 20.01.2026Trimming the Greenery
Dear Diary, We emerged from the muck of the sewers into a pristine, circular chamber. No webs, no stench, just the silent vigil of two knightly statues flanking a heavy door. My Detect Magic revealed the door was enchanted, but my Third Eye saw somethi...
10:03 am - 10.01.2026The Ethereal Bard
Dear Diary, We survived the swarm, though for a moment, I thought the mine would be our tomb. Hayley turned the tide. She conjured a sickening, swirling mist that clung to the damp ceiling and descended on the battlefield like a shroud. The sorrowsw...
04:22 pm - 20.12.2025Why is it always spiders?
Dear Diary, The weeks of preparation are done. We are moving on Hillfield. Our target is the source of the mind-control spores: Lady Magnolia’s garden. But a frontal assault on the gates would be suicide. Fortunately, Ileas unearthed old records o...
11:08 am - 13.12.2025Setting the stage
Dear Diary, Hayley’s magic is getting terrifyingly good. With a wave of her hand and a casting of *Seeming*, our armor and distinctive gear vanished, replaced by the rough-spun tunics and worn faces of common laborers. We were no longer the "dangerou...
11:02 am - 13.12.2025The Darkness around Hillfield
Dear Diary, Tarn is unrecognizable. In the span of a few weeks, it has transformed from a backwater hamlet into a bustling village. The refugees from Wolf’s Rest and Rosebloom have integrated with surprising speed, their resilience a constant reminde...
07:11 pm - 26.11.2025The Prison of Rosebloom
Dear Diary, My magic tore a hole in the sky above Rosebloom, and we stepped from the ether onto the high tower of Sir Flinn’s keep. The fortress was an island of stone in a sea of thorns. Below us, the courtyard was clear, but every gate was sealed. ...
01:00 pm - 11.11.2025Homecoming
Dear Diary, We made it to Tarn. There’s a strange, hollow feeling in returning to your childhood home not in triumph, but as a fugitive leading a caravan of refugees. But the people here… they are good. They opened their homes. The woodcutters a...
07:46 pm - 05.11.2025Session 70: From the ashes
05:52 pm - 04.11.2025Session 70: From the ashes
05:52 pm - 04.11.2025Exiles of the Silver City
Dear Diary, The camp was quiet, most of the refugees lost in an exhausted sleep, when Amarra found me. She didn't come to offer condolences. She came for an accounting. She wanted to know about the elemental hearts. When I told her we had secured al...
11:20 am - 25.10.2025Session 69: The long road
09:02 am - 22.10.2025Session 69: The long road
09:02 am - 22.10.2025Trades and Punishments
Dear Diary, The new day dawned not to a rooster's crow, but to the sound of crying children and the low murmur of parents trying to soothe a fear that has no easy comfort. We awoke in a field of refugees, surrounded by the ghosts of our home. An unease...
05:56 pm - 20.10.2025Session 68: Up from the ashes
10:54 am - 16.10.2025Session 68: Up from the ashes
10:54 am - 16.10.2025Ashes of Wolf's Rest
Dear Diary, The war began not with a thunderous charge, but with a rain of fey fire against the walls of our home. There was no time for a plan. Liliana was the first through the gate, a silver-and-white blur of righteous fury. The fey-forged steel ...
11:10 am - 11.10.2025Session 67: Wolf's Fall
11:04 am - 08.10.2025Session 67: Wolf's Fall
11:04 am - 08.10.2025The beginning of the end
Dear Diary, The night that began in laughter ended in blood and fire. We were on the Green, surrounded by the music of fiddles and laughter when the first screams broke the rhythm. Two hulking undead wargs emerged from the treeline, their flsh slick...
06:55 pm - 05.10.2025Session 66: Unknown enemy
08:54 pm - 23.09.2025Session 66: Unknown enemy
06:04 pm - 23.09.2025Session 65: Haggain
09:55 pm - 22.09.2025Session 65: Haggain
09:55 pm - 22.09.2025Haggayn
Dear Diary, The festival has arrived, and the city has turned into a masquerade of monsters. Everywhere we look, new stalls and shops sell masks of demons, false fangs, painted horns, and elaborate makeup to mimic dryads or spirits. I joined in with my...
07:47 pm - 22.09.2025Temples of Sand and Air
Dear Diary, I am still on Arboria, in the endless white deserts of Mithardir. Rifka — the fox-priestess I met during the sandstorm — took me deeper into the dunes. It was a long trek, hours of trudging through heat and silence, until we reached a p...
06:59 pm - 08.09.2025Session 64: Castle in the sky
09:50 pm - 02.09.2025Session 64: Castle in the sky
09:50 pm - 02.09.2025Session 63: planar waters
09:48 pm - 02.09.2025Session 63: planar waters
09:48 pm - 02.09.2025An unexpected journey
Dear Diary, The Morkoth is dead. Its squids, too. The water stilled, and for the first time since entering the drowned temple, I could breathe without the weight of fear pressing against my chest. The fight had been chaos — flashing tentacles, rendin...
06:00 am - 30.08.2025Session 62: Primal Water
10:17 pm - 21.08.2025Session 62: Primal Water
10:17 pm - 21.08.2025Session 61: Intertwining Circles
10:16 pm - 21.08.2025Session 61: Intertwining Circles
10:16 pm - 21.08.2025The Water Temple
Dear Diary, The weight of time presses against us. If the Briar Ring truly seeks to expand fey influence, then we must move swiftly — but not blindly. I turned my studies to the old Water Temple, long buried beneath the shattered stones of the Loreru...
08:43 am - 16.08.2025The Briar's Ritual
Dear Diary, I checked in on Anna this morning. She was working quietly in the scriptorium, bent over her spellbook, carefully copying low-level spells with a focus and steadiness that I can only admire. She’s learning quickly — faster than I ever d...
08:01 pm - 10.08.2025Session 60: Return of the Old Ways
05:13 pm - 05.08.2025Session 60: Return of the Old Ways
05:13 pm - 05.08.2025Sister Willow's Story
Dear Diary, This morning, we made ready to travel to the old shrine that my sister has been meaning to revisit. I gave Anna a few tasks to keep her busy while we were gone and tried to explain to Lumiria that she couldn’t come with us this time. She ...
03:58 pm - 04.08.2025Chain of Souls
Dear Diary, We were still in the tomb — that endless descent of riddles, battles, and flame — locked in combat with the forest centaur wardens. Alistan and Liliana were holding the line, surrounded in the dim chamber. Shadows shifted beyond the edg...
05:10 am - 22.07.2025The list of amazing people following the adventures of Luke.



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