Fireday, Lamashan 11

Wow it is Fireday, Lamashan 11 already. I had to ask Olithar what day it was and if he wasn’t a stickler for putting the date in his journal entries I would have no clue what day it is. Since getting away from the strict guild regimen I seem to care less about keeping a strict account of days. His attention to the details and always working to record everything is well kind of disturbing, although the healing that Olithar and Kane have been doing are the only reason that we are still alive. Those flying creatures would have easily slaughtered us had it not been for the great healing.

We found a war horse that Nolan has become fast friends with. The horse has been mis-treat by the goblin, but what do you expect they are goblin. Besides to them this was just food. Olithar believes that this goblin king/warlord’s name was Ripnugget and that he is linked to the invasion planning. Kane spoke to him and made an offer to allow him to die with honor. In the end Kane finished him off and Ripnugget has taken his proper place in society, Ripnugget won’t be bothering anyone anymore.

We found a researcher/mage named Akenja that Olithar offered freedom if she answered questions honestly. She was employed by Nualia to do research on stuff that they have been finding down below. We allowed her to take her cat, dagger, and gown as we sent her over the bridge. I thought that we should just throw her over the side into the water but luckily for her Olithar, Avia, and Nolan were insistent that she be able to just walk away. We still need to identify those magic items and see what spells she had in her spell book. Looks like I will be able to add some spells to my spellbook when I can afford it. I’ll have to have Sedjewick or Trask look through the spellbook to get an inventory of the spells Akenja had in our new spellbook that I can copy into my spellbook.

I have begun to feel some kinship with this thrown together group of people. I really thought that my pursuit of magic doomed my chance at any such kinship. I was even glade to see Avia pull annoying Sedjewick’s limp body out of danger and back where the healers were able to get him back on his feet. It was kind of funny that Sedjewick moved forward into the room while Rigel and Trask ran away in fear. I tried to stop them to make sure that they were safe without success and luckily they both ran into the room and hid under the table. In spite of my instincts I stay back to make sure they were safe. I jumped into the fray in time to cast magic weapon for Noplan and to hand Avia a healing potion. At that point Avia and Nolan had the fight well in hand and it was just a matter of time before we defeated those evil creatures. Once these creatures were defeated Olithar and I began working to destroy that alter. It turns out that we were a little too loud.

Nolan heard the door to the south open and after waiting and waiting Avia confronted the bugbear threatening us. Soon after she engaged the bugbear an arrow shot from the north. Luckily Nolan was ready to spring into action and take care of the threat, this human took a hit and surrendered. Down south I join the fight with Avia on the bugbear. This bugbear took a lot of damage and just kept hanging in there, I am not sure that even Avia could have survived that much damage. Avia and I chased the bugbear as he ran up the stairs and around to the other side back to the room we found Akenja in. Avia broken down the down and we found him looking for something on the wall. All along there was a secret door that we missed that leads down. Now we have to decide if we have time to rest and allow the healer to recharge or do we move ahead possibly without healing.

I have decided that my true path lies in both magic and arms. I need to find a way to walk in both the mage and warrior paths at the same time. For me life consists of a balance between these two sides of me, the barbarian and the mage. For too long I have tried to ignore the warrior inside and to become a true mage. I will never be a true mage, Sedjewick is more of a true mage then I am, at least he would fit in with the other mages in the guild. Today I am perusing greater understand of wizardry which is providing me we access to new spells but my new mission is to find a way to walk both paths.