Meeting Fearon

We finally met with Ludwig, the other members of the Jaws of the Lion immediately recognized him as Fearon. The man who had supposedly pulled most of them into Ravenloft and promised to send them home. Most of the group was understandably angry with Fearon, only Gina and I remained level-headed. Gina was able to communicate with Fearon with her mind and got us a meeting with just the two of us. Once Fearon/Ludwig had dismissed us the Sealers petitioned him. Ludwig agreed to fund their goals in sealing Centrelis off from other worlds. Gina, Brutus, and I met Fearon the next day in hopes that he would provide us a path to get us back to our home worlds. He was not very helpful. Fearon only knows of one way to get us home, and that is through the "Planar Shift" spell. That isn't an option because it requires a forked tuned to our destination.
 
After meeting with Fearon we conferred with the rest of the Jaws of the Lion. We agreed that our best option was through the Legs of the Centipede, because they appear to be the only ones consistently traveling between worlds. We approached the Sealers, hoping that the would allow us to tag along with their mission. We figured that the Legs of the Centipede would attempt to interfere sooner or later. They did not want us to join them. So we decided to get to Helios before them. Perhaps we can find whatever they are looking for before them.
 
It would be a while before the next ship leaving to Helios would arrived, so Brutus, Gina, and I took up a few jobs on the task board. We investigated an abandoned barn and discovered a banshee. Before I could take action the banshee let our a soul-rending scream that immediately rendered me unconscious. Gina and Brutus picked up my slack and slayed the banshee before I woke up. Gina found a "Deck of Many Things" in the hands of a corpse while in the barn. Gina hasn't said much about this magical deck of cards. Only that it contains a significant amount of power, that may be beneficial, or harmful to us. I am hesitant to tell the other members about this deck. They lack self-control, especially when it involves dangerous magical artifacts.
 
The entire Jaws of the Lion took up the next job. Someone wanted evidence of a "strange creature" nearby. We found a herd of horses about a days travel from the city. One horse had golden fur. It remined me of the golden deer he had encountered several months ago. I believe Gina had called them "Sylvans". We asked for a lock of the Sylvan's hair but it denied our request. The more erratic members of our group would not accept that as an answer and things began to escalate. Dragnar flew onto the Sylvan's back and attempted to ride it. The Sylvan knocked him of and kicked a few of Dragnar's teeth in. For a few seconds it looked like Dragnar was going to attack the Sylvan. If that was the case I was ready to step in and defend the Sylvan. While I do not wish to harm any members of the Jaws of the Lion, if they decide to attack innocent people and creatures I will step in and stop them. Dragnar didn't attack the Sylvan and Gianni was able to obtain a lock of hair without harming the creature. So no intervention was necessary.
 
Right now we are planning on stealing a writ of passage from the Sealers, that Fearon has given them. It was my idea and I feel guilty about it. The Sealers are decent folk and are only doing what they think is best for their world. If I was in their shoes I would be doing the same thing. It is unfortunate that our goals do not coincide. Hopefully Tove can obtain that writ without violence.
 
After the encounter with the Banshee I have been doing some self-reflection. For most of my life I have trained to be a Warder. A monster slayer, yet there have been many times where I feel grossly incompetent as a monster slayer. During our encounter with those large insect like creatures deep underground, the let out a terrifying scream. I could not move. I was terrified. I have not felt like that since the day Eve's death... I promised myself I would never be to afraid to take action. If it wasn't the Jaws of the Lion I would certainly be dead. Later when we encountered our first lupeque the same thing happened. It let out a horrible scream and I was frozen in place by fear. When the banshee let out a scream I instantly dropped. What kind of Warder am I? I thought I had overcome my fear of monsters long ago. Yet every time we encounter a fearsome creature, I freeze in place, or fall unconscious. How am I supposed to protect people from these creatures if I can't even protect myself???