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12th Ariel, 1358

Dark Revelations

by Aldrich Runecarver

Once we made it back to the inn we set to work identifying our items and attuning to our new magical weapons and gear. My first priority was deciphering the note that we had found on Rolf. I made my preparations and began casting Comprehend Languages so I could read Dark Speech. The spell required me to actually hold the note, and as soon as I began casting the spell my head was wracked by incredible pain. I fell to the ground screaming, and something took hold of my mind. All I could think of was rage, death, and how much destruction I could bring to this world. I heard someone call my name, and looking up saw Dru and attacked him. Somewhere in the background of my mind I tried to fight whatever was controlling me, but it had a firm hold. Zarruk and Po rushed into the room and tried to restrain me, and we all ended up fighting. In the middle of the fight a demon entered the room and attacked Zarruk, angry at him fighting Maethok's property. I continued to fight against the mind control and managed to yell out a few words of warning that there was some spell from the note. Dru tried to dispel the effect, but with no result. I was finally able to wrestle control of my own mind away from the primal rage that had seized it, only to find myself still lying on the floor. The fight had taken place only in my mind, thankfully, and I had not actually harmed anyone. But I felt changed, and could still feel that overwhelming rage within myself. I had it under control for now, but I hadn't removed it.
Shaken, I told my friends what had happened. Dru was disgusted and wanted nothing to do with the note. I was still curious, perhaps even more so, and asked for my friends help with deciphering it. Bolstered by their spells, I was finally able to read the words written on the page. I discovered it was a page ripped from a book of evil. There were horrible things written on it, about torture, plagues, and destruction on a massive scale. There were hints within the page also that the book contained the true names of fiends across all of the plains and dark lore to tap into all kinds of evil power. I got the sense that whoever held the book could unearth secrets that no mortal was intended to know.
We discussed what to do with the page. Dru wanted to destroy it, while Po seemed to hold no strong opinion one way or another. I was able to convince them to keep the page and place it within the bag of holding for the time being. Dru agreed reluctantly, but did not want to be responsible for carrying the bad if it contained the page, and gave it to me to carry instead.
I began identifying the other items we had gathered from Rolf, but as I started casting the spell a specter appeared in our room and addressed Dru, asking for help.

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  2. Encounter with Darneska
  3. Leaving Wolfrest
  4. Two Fiends and a Firbolg
  5. Breakfast and Bakeries
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