My First Fist Fight

It was a quiet night in the tent. I was fast asleep when, all of a sudden, I heard a loud BOOMING voice in my head yelling at me to wake up. So, obviously, I woke up. It said something about orcs being nearby and it turned out there were. I don’t know who was in my head but I thank them. Thank you, randomly loud voice! We found out the orcs AND a troll in the area were trying to kill some dwarves so we decided to help. As we got closer to the orcs, Borris jumped off the freaking slab which had to be HUNDREDS of feet off the ground. I definitely did not see that coming…then Sam saw an opportunity to make the troll silent. Of course, the rest of the group stayed on the slab until it safely reached the ground. Although, I think Borris might be on to something since he did so much damage to that troll by launching himself at it. I might try joining him next time.
 
About 20 feet above the orcs, our driver told us to jump off the slab and into the action. We all landed on our feet...all but Sam anyway. He must have forgotten to meditate. I’ll be sure to have more lessons. Once we were on the ground, we fought! I managed to take down an orc with my bare hands. Then Aerilyn, who didn’t even want to be there, LITERALLY DESTROYED the remaining orcs. Cloak of Billowing or not, she’s the MVP for real. After taking out all the orcs, the dwarves were able to introduce themselves. The first dwarf to introduce himself was Lunoc Jadefall. Then he introduced us to the rest of his group. One female dwarf, Nerdegrett, was sporting a blond beard with flowers in it. Such beauty.
 
Lunoc told us that his group was looking for someone named Orcen Kaylock. Once he said that, the weird little goblin guy on our slab took out a knife and held it to our slab driver. The little nasty was trying to take our slab! Thankfully our driver is a mage and flipped the slab over causing Orcen to fall off. THEN Orcen took off running but his tiny legs are no match for me and my new shoes! I hope everyone saw the look on his face when I tackled him to the ground. Silly goblin. After catching him, the dwarves thanked us and asked how they could repay us. Sam discussed possible rewards with the dwarves while Aerilyn questioned Orcen.
 
Aerilyn isn’t very successful at getting anything out of Orcen until she charmed him into thinking they’re besties. Smart thinking on her part because she did find out a ton of information! She found out that people are being shipped to the Glacis Wilds via boat. A deal was made with a powerful being to have these people shipped to this “final destination” and, in return, whoever made the deal would be given power. Everyone was saying not to get on any boats but we might have to if we want to stop this “powerful being”. Aerilyn also mentioned that it could be helpful to have a Sgand seal to be marked as safe but who knows if that’s true. Only one way to find out!
 
After some discussion, we got back on our slab. The dwarves decided to rest while I held a meditation session for the group! I’m so glad the group wants to learn more about meditation. It is good for the soul. During our session, the group entered a shared conscience. I have absolutely no idea how this happened…BUT I LOVE IT! Because of this shared conscience, we ended up seeing each other’s dreams! AMAZINNNNNNG. In my dream, I can tell that the balance of the world is off…there is a long path ahead of me and I am left wondering what it takes to make the first step. Where does this long path go??? What is happening to the world??? The rest of the group’s dreams are…well…kind of messed up actually. I tasted so much blood in Borris’s dream and Aerilyn’s dream was super creepy. Sam’s dream was kind of sad and Noelani’s dream was painful. I MEAN WHERE IS THE HAPPINESS?!
 
After our session, the group went a little silent. For a moment, everyone seemed shocked. Then Sam received a magic paper (what is with these magic papers) that said help was needed and I think it was written in blood. Noelani also received a magic paper but it blew up on her…super weird. When the dwarves woke up, we realized we were getting closer to a portal which Noelani, Sam, and Aerilyn were able to open. It definitely looked painful. With the help of the dwarves, we were all able to get through the portal including the slab. Thank goodness!
 
Anyway, we have a lot of work to do. More meditating will help, I’m sure of it!