Helios

William
We decided to follow through our plan on stealing the writ of passage from the Sealer's. We tried getting them drunk the night before, but like other members of our group, they can resist drink. We discovered that the writ of passage was in one of their bags, before we could create a plan to snatch, several guards came into the inn and escorted us outside. Gianni look very nervous, I was worried that him and the others did something bad. My worries where unfounded, the guards simply brought us to their captain, who is named William.
 
William is very interesting. William had died several months ago while in Ravenloft. Ludwig/Fearon has supposedly brought him back to life. William informed us that he has no memory of being in the Jaws of the Lion. He only knows that he is from Faerun and would like to return. Because we have the same goals he has joined the group. We informed him of our plan to "borrow" the writ from the Sealers.
 
Traveling to Helios
William and Rose came up with an interesting idea, Rose would pretend like he stole something and William would take his guards and search him, but also search and confiscate the writ of passage. It didn't go well. Talcotl refused to let William and his men into their room to conduct a search, and I saw the rest of the Sealers sneak out of the Inn and seek refuge with Fearon/Ludwig. Afterwards the Jaws decided to pay our way onto a faster boat. William got us a discount. We would arrive in Helios a week before the Sealers. The trip to Helios was uneventful. We were attack by pirates, but because we have many powerful spellcasters it was nothing to worry about.
 
Helios
When we arrived in Helios Slate, our druid, was very confused. He did not know who any of us were and why he was traveling with us. It is very strange. At first we thought this was some silly prank he was trying to pull, but he seems very honest. I wonder if Helios has a strange effect on memories. The John fellow that we helped several months ago was form Helios and he had lost his memory. I thought it was because John had been hit in the head, but maybe there is something more. I gave Slate a summary of who we were and why he joined us. He seemed very casual about the whole thing. I hope his memory comes back soon.
 
We decided to meet with Salazar, a Lupeque who has managed to retain his sanity. He was in a temple of Strenteesa. We talked with him and he informed us that our best chance of leaving Centrelis would be through Highscape. If we can't leave that way, there are beings there who know how. Salazar had some strange magic with him. It masked some of his 'Lupequeness' but not all of it. It apparently fooled William. He said he could only see a man with a strange mask.
 
We did some research and discovered that the royal family of Helios as a ritual that involves Highscape. They send a Princess there once she is of age as a trial of sorts. The path that the Princess takes is sacred and only she is allowed to walk it. Rose and William managed get us an invite to a ball hosted by the Queen of Helios. I thought that perhaps we could earn some favor with the royal family and get permission to travel to Highscape. Rose decided that the best way to earn favor was to very rudely yell at the Queen and tell her how great the Jaws of the Lion are during the party. William and Slate quickly separated themselves from Rose, I wish I did the same... Rose was doing was Rose does best, and got both of us kicked out of the party. I am not fond of parties (especially since I couldn't take any weapons) but I was still very angry with Rose for how he approached the situation.
 
In the end we decided to take a boat to Highscape and get as close as we can. The real challenge will be climbing up the mountain that separates Highscape from the rest of Centrelis. But with plenty of water we should be able to make it. It would be much easier if we could take the sacred path...
 
While at the party I learned some dangerous information about William. William is eager to see his home, but from what I know his home is destroyed. Rose knows this too and told me that William is the one who destroyed it, he simply doesn't remember. Rose has asked me not to tell William and I have agreed to for now. I am not sure if I trust William. He is much more reasonable and level-headed then the other members of our group, but if what Rose says is true, he is also very dangerous. If he can destroy a whole city, I don't think we could stop him he decides to destroy another... I will be keeping an eye on him, and I will ask Rose for more details later. It is very possible that Rose is merely pulling my leg.