Entry 3

The council members have provided us rooms for the night and anything else that we might need for the journey ahead. For the most part everything was quiet for the night and I was able to find some ingredients to make us some stew.
 
 
 
Rowan did his best to lift the spirits of the townspeople and it seem to help quite a bit, as Gunther talked with the guards and helped make sure that everything was secure for the night.I also saw Isaac talking to Brother Gundar about something before being lead out of the cathedral by a guard, he return not too long after so I assume it wasn't anything bad, I need to remember to ask him what it was for.
 
After the stew was finished and we went to retire for the evening I notice that Slinger still had not returned and set him aside some food. After we are shown our room Isaac sets up an alarm with Rockwell on guard duty, the more time that I spend in Isaacs company I have to wonder about the rock if it is more than what it appears to be.
 
 
 
I am still not sure what Slinger did for the night but when I awoke I found him asleep on the lounge in my room, he is very skilled for one so young. I decide to leave him to his rest and head down the library to see if I can find any information about the possible train we are headed into. We are to head East and we should encounter forest and hills before we make it to the swamplands that we believe the villagers may have been taken to. With that task completed I turned to see if I can find anything else of interest to read, when I come across The Tales of Rothgar the Stout it appears to be the only book that has nothing have to do with laws and such.
 
 
 
So I take it back upstairs, as I start to read the book turns out it's a book better suited for the fireplace in my opinion. I don't understand how it came to be in the library of the cathedral, perhaps somebody left it there by accident. After I quickly close the book and push it away I decide to meditate instead, trying to get the images of the book out of my head. I eventually succeed and soon I hear Rowan and Gunthar awaken followed closely by Isaac for I here him it the hall talking with Rockwell, I decide to stay and wait for Slinger to wake up before joining the others downstairs.
 
 
 
When he does wake he seems nervous for the fact that I had woken before him. After a short conversation he seems surprised but I did not mind that he was there, and he informed me that most would have been upset if in my position. After reassuring him that I was indeed not upset we preceded to head downstairs to join the others. The scene in the kitchen was....interesting to say the least.
 
 
 
As Slinger and I walk into the kitchen it it looks like a small whirlwind came through and pulled everything from the cabinets and flung it around. We see Rowan sitting at a table that has Rockwell with an Apple in front of it, and Gunthar with bacon hanging out of his mouth playing tug of war with Isaac for the rest of the bacon as Isaac states that Rockwell wants some too. Thankfully I am able to calm things down fairly quickly and it was quickly decided that stew was wanted again for breakfast. Part way through making breakfast Brother Gundar enters grabs an apple as he takes in the state of the room and informs us that they will be ready to leave within the hour.
 
 
 
As we gather last minute supplies and bid farewell to the council members and villagers, with promises to do what we can to return their loved ones. The journey start out interestingly enough as we learn that apparently Rowan was taught directions incorrectly, as he first starts to lead us North where apon I reminding him we are supposed to be headed East he turns and tries to take us South. After that Isaac decides to lead the way and is better then Rowan was but still needs minor course correction. We pick up the tracks of the attacking force fairly easily making it a little easier.
 
 
 
As we are about to enter a forest I catch a noise on the wind that sounds like a woman singing. I stop and alert the group to what I hear and Isaac hears it as well. Rowan makes a suggestion for Slinger to go ahead and take a look for how quietly he's able to move. After a few moments we see him come running back through the trees, as he gets closer to us he calls out that its ladybirds. After he describes them to us I realize that they are harpes I give out a warning to my companions that their song can be hypnotic and try not to listen.
 
 
 
As the harpes charge and the battle commences Rowan is taken in by the first harpes song. Thankfully within a few moments we have the upper hand as Isaac strikes a fatal blow on the first freeing Rowan, as moments later Gunthar cleeves the second in half. At this point I find that Isaac heard Slinger wrong when he called out ladybirds. He believes that these creatures are a new type of ladybug even after I explained it to him that it is a harpy, and proceeds to take one of the heads for further study.
 
 
 
That night while Isaac is on last watch I hear something move around in the camp, as I precede to investigate I find it is coming from one of our packs. As I approach it pulls it's head out of the bag, and I'm surprise that I recognize the creature for it is one of the fairy Dragons we met on our way to Drafalls. I wake Slinger to show him as Isaac joins us, and see if he remembers.
 
 
 
As I converse with her I come to find out her name is Mawinia and she has been looking for us, specifically for Slinger who she wants to protect her. It turns out not too long after we had come across them so did some of the orcs working for the black priests, and killed the other who was her child. The next evening as we set up camp Slinger and I go hunting with Mawinia, and with her help are able to take down two antelope.
 
 
 
As we return to camp with the spoils from our hunt Gunther is so enthusiastic in his congratulations for a successful hunt, that he pats me on the back with enough force to send me to the ground. This did not sit very well with Slinger.
 
The next morning it seems that Isaac and Gunthar got into a little bit of a contest, that ended up with Gunthar's urine on Isaac's boot. It is also at this point that it is realized that Gunthar and Rowan had not noticed that Mawinia had joined us 3 days ago.