In the Dead of Night

After the battle, we needed to rest. We searched around after licking our wounds and quickly found where the cultists had been waiting: tiny person-sized holes in the ground carved out by blood. As a snowstorm was on the way, we decided to avoid spending the night in the blood bowls and tried to quickly build a shelter out of snow, nets, and ice. As we fled into our dome, the ice storm hit. We couldn't see even a foot in front of our faces, making further travel impossible. While inside, we tried to calm ourselves down a bit. Noelani burned some incense, and it wasn't long before Aerilyn brought out the wizard weed. In my experience, mixing two potent smells can only lead to disaster, and it was beautiful. Borris seemed to be hit hard, but I think he took some of K's fairy stool mushrooms. It was a nice night. It almost felt like we were still in the tavern back in Sgand. I was able to talk with Kahla about the battle and made sure to thank him for his quick thinking. Everyone did their part, but his thinking spared us from having to fight the rest of the battle.
 
Also, it's starting to occur to me that I don't really know my associates... friends? Yes, I think friends. I don't know much about a lot of them except for Borris, Noelani, and Aerilyn. I'm still not even sure why we are all still together. Kahla and Cordelia literally lost their home helping us, meanwhile, I know literally nothing about Urthan and very little about K. Where did these folks come from? What are they fighting for? Maybe I should take notes as Kahla does. Maybe I can learn more that way if no one feels like sharing.
 
I'm still worried that the cultists found us so quickly. How did they know where we were coming from? Or even that we were coming at all? Also, these cultists were living, and from a note found on a body, they don't even know themselves. What if they are innocent? Pawns that are being mind-controlled by this ice devil? I felt uneasy about killing so many of them, but Kahla helped reassure me that our cause is just. Regardless of who or what gets in our way, we need to stop what is about to happen. We can't dwell on who we need to kill to stop it as long as we succeed. There will be time for that later... I hope.