The Revered and The Unseen

Greeting Journal,
 
Got a few hours while my companions rest so I thought I'd give a little update. Been mostly idling around in New Cyre waiting for orders or inspiration to take me for a few weeks though it allowed me to take part in a few new practices such as casual reading and experimentation with my new abilities seems my forms aren't limited to just horses, I can also do, dogs, cats, and mice. Wings and webbed appendages I appear to struggle with, perhaps in time, I will get the hang of it. I'm rather fond of the feline form, it's agile and allows me to get to various places I wouldn't be able to otherwise., much to the ire of my Campmates.
 
Anyway, I'm learning more about my companions every day, not all of it good mind you, Terfel discovered a news article dated a few weeks back about Q'barra settlements under attack by "savage lizardfolk", House Tharask miners getting the worst of it. When we brought this up with the resident Q'barran Dax, she got rather agitated and defensive, saying the settlers were messing with forces they didn't quite comprehend and the mining of Dragonshards in the area was weakening the prison of Masvirik or the Cold Sun as she put it. Not familiar with this entity or its apparent ability to influence thought but this story sure does echo that of the Gatekeeper seals and the Daekyr lords Azhug had told me of, so despite lacking evidence beyond her words I don't doubt for a second there is more to this and we should be wary. The same level of slight scepticism goes for Kalshanas tale of Dream demons and the Riedrans "kill them with kindness" approach to shadow warfare, but I trust them both with my continued functionality, and thus I will work to uncover the darkness that spreads across the land and hope they will help me with mine. Unseen threats abound in Eberron it seems.
 
it was shortly after this discovery that the prince had another task for us, that being to act as his bodyguards to a trip to the Brelish capitol, Wroat on the personal request of King Boranel, the ruler of all Breland. Of course, is to be expected a prince would have friends in high places, you don't simply get handed a chunk of land the size of New Cyre without a few connections. Connections my allies and I will hopefully be able to make use of if all continues to go well. It did, for the most part, we travelled from Starilaskur via the Lightning Rail, a wonderful prospect Journal. I had always found them fascinating and did some reading in my spare time about them, Infomation I was more than happy to share with my fellow passengers. Although, where previously I hadn't given it much thought I do feel for the bound elemental within the engine of the train, the air is meant to be free and restaining it seems wrong to me now. Perhaps if they were able to train them like horses or mules?
 
The journey was not without its hic-ups mind you, during the train ride our carriage was attacked by more of those Swords of Liberty drongo's, they're bold got to give them that. I'm concerned about the frequency of these attacks, they happen far too often, they seem to always know when to strike. this time though, the restricted space on the train almost paid off for them, they did a number on Dax, luckily we had time to recover on the remaining train ride there, the guards taking the survivors into custody.
 
What is daunting as my last visit for sure, though I didn't really get chance to have a proper explore before, wishing to make up for the lost time in travel. luckily we had a couple of wonderful guides this time around, first was a fellow forged, that calls themselves Three in an odd parallel to my own previous title. A lot more intimidating a figure than myself having an extra two feet on me, doesn't appear to have the other hallmarks of a Juggernaut, regardless they are thoroughly pleasant, been in Breland a long time 30 or so years! that makes them a 1st generation (myself being 8th) and as the country has treated them and our people well, they stayed, if only I could have had the same in Aundair, life would be so different now but I can't dwell on that.
 
The second was an associate of the King whom we have now met too! Incredible. To think that a few years ago had I been in King Boranel court I'd either have captured or In prime position to win the day or Aundair ... Though I wouldn't dream of the latter outcome now Journal, Boranel is a stand-up bloke, very personable and interested in all of our stories, though he didn't give us much of a chat at first as he wished to catch up with his old friend Oragev in private. Understable. So our second guide was his ward Haydith, who found her way here via the Treaty of Throne hold becoming a ward of the Brelish royal house from Karrnath.
Not something I had ever found myself involved with before, politics, as Warforged were made, trained and sold to the highest bidder, we didn't have the knowledge or inclination to involve ourselves in such things. So its all rather new to me, hearing how the cogs of society work, often in opposite directions mind, it is confusing but I am learning, thankfully Terfel is a deft hand at these social intricacies than anyone else in our squad.
On that note, Haydith excels at such herself, she seems to know all the merchants by name and knows exactly what to say to soften them up, its impressive, saved us all a few golds on some choice purchases we all made also. Not bad for a Princess of another nation to be held in such high regard here, especially one of a nation that was viewed with such contempt during the War.
 
Yes on that note, I acquired some more things for the journey, Journal! First, a magic wand to replace the pouch of components I'd been using, will allow me to fulfil the Material component of my spells without requiring certain items on my person, exceeding useful and as magic seems more in my skill set these days and armed combat seems to be, doubly so. This wand is carved out of Lamannian Oak wood meaning it is extra conductive, giving my spells of air elements a slight punch. The other item of note was something I had heard of being used by Warforged in the War but never had I have seen one, a Wand sheath. A Wand sheath is a device only useable by Warforged, attaching to the forearm and allowing a wand to be placed within it meaning it can be summoned at will with a flick of the wrist. A fantastic feat of artifice. Being able to conceal and summon a wand will prove invaluable I wonder if such a function could be applied to other handhelds? I was also able to acquire shield but I had to borrow some gold to it, I made sure Haydith got her due though, I'm nothing if not a keeper of my word.
 
Unfortunately, our shopping trip was cut short by those colossal pains in the rear panelling, The Swords of Liberty, this time attempting to take the life of our wonderful guide! We quickly dispatched them before the guard arrived. The gall of these people Journal, not content with trying to take down the prince on the way here they even go as far as to attempt to spill blood on their home cobblestones. Haydith assures us that this only further reflects badly The Swords of Liberty, given her stature and public opinion, I hope she's right.
 
Returning to the Castle, the King was rightly furious but thankful everyone was safe, Three informed us that we had been giving lodging within the keep and Dinner was being prepared for all of us. Extraordinary. Dinner with a King, I couldn't have seen myself in such a position before all of this Journal, is this what it means to live? Incredible. Though my naivety showed when dinner was presented, I kept myself to the back of the room where Three was positioned assuming this is the place of forged at a fancy dinner, It wasn't until the King requested that I sit and Three was simply doing his job as Kingsguard that I did. So Embarrassing. At least I didn't have to go through the actual process of eating, it disgusts me.
 
Well, that takes us up to where we are now, in this fancy castle room, writing to you Journal, about kings, shopping and dinners.
 
How strange my life has become.
 
Signed,
Warden - WX-4445