Three days had passed since we found the refugees from the storm. We had settled back into the normal routine of fishing. Although our guests took up space, it was not unheard of to have refugees at sea, and we worked around them as much as possible. Since the Sea Crawler was a relatively small …
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Refugees of the Sea
By the time Tolaryian had changed and returned to deck, the rest of the crew had launched the two small boats normally used when the ship was free diving off reef waters for high value mussels and other shellfish, occasionally spearfishing for some of the rainbow sharks nearby, which always proved extremely valuable for various …
A Ship At Sea
The rising sun dawned with golden burnishes across the sky, as the crew pulled up the anchor and finished aligning the sails in order to head back to see. The tiny atoll rose dark behind them, its cliffs surrounding the small little bay into which the crew had brought their vessel with little room for …
A Family Gathering
The small fishing vessel dropped and reefed its sails, drifing closer to the massive vessel, as the captain watched two of the five crewman tie mooring ropes to the rails to keep the two vessels close together. The waters near these island chains to the north of Kerendor were often placid, the warmth of the …
Tainted Love
The driver honked repeatedly, before finally turning back to face me. "Looks like this is as close as I can get Byron, unless you want me to run over a few of these chromers. But the club's just down the block." I sighed. This section of downtown was always busy, even in late winter with …
Second Thoughts
Contentment. I'm not sure I'd ever felt it before. Desire, jealousy, fear, anger, hatred, love, agony, pain, joy. Lots of extremes. Contentment, never. Until right now. Oh, the negative ones were hiding right around the corner, waiting to stalk across the plains and cut my hamstring before the feast, but right now, right here, peace …
Astral Storms
After a couple hours of sleep, I felt remarkable. The storm still pounded outside the apartment, and the thunder echoed through the older building. I did not trust Grey Mauser, but I wasn't confident about bringing it up with Talon. She'd been my only teacher, and I trusted her. I didn't want her to …
Fate
Mela en' coiamin, The Valar have blessed me with their guidance again over the last few days. When last I wrote within this tome to eventually share with you on my return, we had collapsed victorious at the conclusion of a brutish attack by orcs and monstrous creatures upon the community to which I …
Survival
Mela en' coiamin, I have not had time to write more than the briefest notes in the last fortnight as I and my companions assisted, and in many cases, drove preparations for the planned orcish attacks that we had discovered in the remains of the scouting party’s camp. There were certainly many complications, not least …
A Hint of Evil
Mela en' coiamin, My glorious wife, our friendly tracker demonstrated her abilities yet again, this time in finding a nearly two week old trail from the battle in which we righteously slayed the goblins outside of Horndean. However, over the next couple of days as we followed, I believe she failed to note that the …
An Enemy Revisited
Mela en' coiamin, The Kalinakor proved very successful yesterday, my wife. As always, the ritual was a draining process, and performing the ceremony by firelight was a new experience. I did not tell my new found companions, but it had been some time since I had even practiced the life bonding, not since the dazzling …
A Bonded Quest
Shinelian, It has been a few days since I have taken the time to write again here in my journal. It has taken time for the emotions of the horrific discovery of Valsanna the Snake Queen, our battle and near death but ultimate victory, combined with the celebration once the people of Saker’s Keep …
Serpentine Horror
Horror, depravity, sickness, and death. All of these are just words that fail to explain what I just experienced, experiences I shared with this mixed group of companions I have somehow bound myself to. My previous entry was almost my last, and given the indescribable horror in that cave, it would not have been a …
Saker’s Shock
Again, I must be brief as we are on the trail again after a very short and strange visit to Saker’s Keep and its city. I can honestly say that I am completely at a loss for words, although I will attempt to convey the level of depravity and horror within these lands, as quickly …
Nightly Scrawls
I scrawl this update relatively quickly, as we are once again at camp on the road, and the light has begun to fade with many other preparations to make before my watch. Yet more trouble potentially awaits us tomorrow, as we are traveling towards the larger community of Sakor’s Keep, one of the more significant …
Last Dreams 