Month 10 Day 5 Early Morning (This journal is hand written in a small tidy script)
The throbbing in my head is keeping me awake though my eyelids are very heavy. I’ve been drinking tonight. Spiced wine. I was with a hin, Hillbert in the plains outside of Solinar. The last I saw of him he had cracked his head open on a rock because he can’t handle his booze. It’s only been a few weeks since I left the Academy (so glad to be out of that place) being out in the world has helped me far more than any of those classes or teachings ever could. I’ve met plenty of people. None I am too terribly fond of really so far. I’ll write out a list just in case I forget in the future. Every little bit of information will help me in the end:
Alexandru: He is a mage, like so many others of his kind he is truly arrogant. Magic is the only thing that seems to be important to him. He can have an intelligent conversation and would likely be one I can tolerate for a longer period of time than others. He says that his magic comes from his blood. His obvious weakness would be catching him off guard. He seems willing to use his magic to teach me how to better avoid his power. This is not an opportunity I am willing to waste.
Luna: She seems to have only half a working brain but her skill with an axe is formidable. This one will be easily manipulated and when aimed at the right target potentially very useful. I must make sure not to gain her ire though since her axe could cut me down faster than I could react. Until I can evade her notice I will tread carefully. She and Timond have some sort of affection for each other, his is far stronger for her judging by what she has told me. She also seems wary to tell of their affection.
Dante: A priest of the burning king. As much as I dislike the idea he has saved me one more than one occasion and if it is possible should be shown every favor I can give to him. He has a brain in his head and seems skilled enough with a sword and shield. He will take time to study to learn real weaknesses.
Delia: An elven woman and a member of the Order of the Lotus. She seems delighted to wear small amounts of clothing and speaks as though she doesn’t have a brain in her head. With her this seems more like an act. I will need to watch her. She owns a dog, a young husky, which follows her most everywhere. She has told me that she ran away from her home in the northlands.
Timond: This man doesn’t speak much except filthy whisperings to Luna he thought I didn’t hear. He wants to wrap his arms around her in public and show his affections. Not a major influence of my time so far.
Hally: Another mage, blood again I believe though I don’t know for certain. She is clumsy, always falling all over herself, and seems more concerned with her clothing than anything important. She is obviously useful because of her power in magic and her lack of intelligence.
Hillbert: The hin favors a blade, short because of his size, though he does have some skill with a bow as well. He, like me, knows how to direct his attacks to weak spots of foes to hurt them much more. He is the second I’ve met that I might spend more than short amounts of time with.
Fynn: He is apparently a battle mage. Another elf who has no sense of fun. He is arrogant but honorable he is the one who saw me safely to my room in my inebriated state. I will need to find out what sort of mage he is and where is weaknesses lie.
Gnome: Once again, a mage, I do no know his name but he seems to wear heavy purple armor. He asked me to take him to the forge which I do not know the way to. He wandered off after that to bother someone else.
William: A silent man usually, he likes to stand by significant landmarks: trees, rocks, etc. There is often a woman dress in dark clothes with him. I know nothing about her.
Pale Woman: There was an elf that appeared to me and Fynn. At least she had the shape of an elf. She was pale and spoke strangely. I wish I could have met her when I was in my proper state of mind I may have been able to glean more about what she meant.
Elf Warpriest: I met the Warpriest in the graveyard, I had been chased out of the tower there by something undead. He didn’t speak much to me but we walked out of the graveyard and to the plains together for safety.
Demon: There is a demon woman, a tiefling I’ve heard. She appears at the oddest of times and bad things seem to happen either before or after she does. There is no way I will let a demon close enough to me to trust. At least some of what my parents taught me stuck in my head.
Shadow Fighters: When I had finally graduated from the Academy I went to the plains west of Solinar and there was a man and woman flowing in and out of the shadows so lithely it was truly one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen. They could pass from my sight even when I was looking directly at them. I truly wish to learn this talent and have been searching for them ever since that day to ask them how they do such things.
This is a short list of the things I’ve come across since coming out of the school. I will, of course, update it when things change or I learn more of their situations. I haven’t learned much of the city politics. I know there is a Council that runs nearly everything and a Warlord. I’ve also met the Pope of the city. He is a merchant which I found rather odd but churches have always had their ways of making money for themselves.
I’ve done so many things since leaving school. Stopping curses on blighted wolves, battling goddess tainted beasts. There is one instance I must make account for here. With a small group (Luna, Timond, Dante, and myself) we followed a cow up the mountains and fought giants the cow turned out to be a druid who couldn’t keep his shape. He shifted into a dragon to rescue us from the giants. Then we flew from the mountains on his back. I saw the edges of the world from on the dragon’s back. It is an experience I will not soon forget.
Most recently I was blessed by a different druid. He gave me the surprising talent to jump far higher and further than I ever could before. This could possibly assist me in battle and other things. I will need to test ways in which I can use this new blessing.
I find that I think of my parents more and more often since Graduating. They must be somewhere in this world where I am. They must have walked some of these paths that I walk every day. The tricks they taught me when I was so young. I remember running with them, never entering cities, and I remember the day they told me I would have to stay at the Academy. I want to know why. They left me at that place and stopped teaching me things that actually matter to learn the uselessness the common people of the world know. The alcohol is getting to me I need rest. I will write again soon.
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