I never thought I would need one of these, I had always lived a simple life of taking from those who had something I wanted. Never needed to document how much I took or how much money I had for I always remembered off the top of my head, also it is bad to keep the evidence around. Yet here I am, in a life much more complicated then I have ever expected and in need of documentation, whether it be it for me to remember in years to pass or for another to read once I have passed.
I'll start with the smaller details first and will work my way up to the complications that lead to the beginning of this journal. We set off from Westgate heading to Welgard, without the help of the orc's wolf mounts we had obtained as they had been left in Welgard when we, so called, escaped there. The journey was much longer due to this and we had to traverse treacherous mountain sides leading into dark forests. And in these forests is where we faced opponents in battle.
It started with spiders, which doesn't sound too bad, just smash them under heel and head about your way. But of course these had to be magical spiders, ones that can teleport and with poison that can knock a man unconscious and others that were just a collection of spiders swarming together and attacking as if one being. These fey monsters gave us trouble to begin with, some of us falling down and unconscious from the poison. The swarming spiders seem to avoid the blade, scattering when attacked and combining back together afterwards, though not every one of them survived the attack, and with repeated attacks against the swarm thinned their numbers to zero.
But in the end Dahlia seemed to had taken too much, and as the last spider died from a frozen blast from Darek, she too fell to the ground. But it was not soon after she awoke, with eyes that not of her own and a demeanor that she has never shown. For from her body the damned dragon lich we had smashed awhile ago had taken hold of her. Even though I was sure I was safe, I still thought back to Darek's dream of Dahlia's body striking me down in combat. Darek tended to the body has he tried to fight the mind of the lich with his own, though I do believe he hasn't gotten the information he truly needs to rid Dahlia of her blight. After Darek was done, the lich bid farewell and Dahlia regained control of her body and we headed off once again.
Though nothing could ever be simple, and we ran across creatures we have defeated before. Little imps that have caps upon their head that is soaked in the blood of those they kill. We had trouble with them before, but now this time we handled them with ease... well with a bit more ease. I should have expected this though, for our wolves had dined on spider the night we saw these imps before, and it seemed to be headed by the same magic caster that got away the first night. This time at least they all lie rotting in the woods.
That night... that damnedable night. That night is the reason I have begun to write this. It seemed nothing would happen as we all got our rest and on my shift with Canna, everything seemed it would remain that way. But apparently Canna heard something in the woods, and went off to investigate as I stayed behind to watch the camp and listen out for her. She went into the dark woods and disappeared in the trees and I heard naught a thing from her. Then she came back out, as nothing had happened and asked me if we could go a little further from camp, so we could talk more privately. I should have known something was up, leaving our watch positions and all, but I would not deny her. From the new vantage point, she asked me questions. Questions about me. Questions that lead myself to open up to Canna. Then she began to act even more strange, saying that she was weak, and that I should find a stronger woman, from this I knew, that she was not Canna. What stood before me that night was the demon known as Xellia merely taking on the visage of Canna. She began to play upon my fears, assuring me that Canna had been poisoned and dragged off to be imprisoned, saying that no one can help her other then me. From this she demanded, that if I were to save the life of Canna, a life that I do hold so dear, that I would have to kiss Xellia. I attempted to attack her, but that demon still holds a power over my blade that I can not overcome alone, so I gave in, I had to, it was the only thing I could possibly do. I fear her kisses may take control of me, but the fear of losing Canna was far greater.
Xellia escaped into the night after the foul kiss, from this I ran into a panic. I awoke everyone, got Serriah to track down Canna, fearing that she was dragged far from us. But there she lie, only a few moments away from camp, not far at all. Darek looked over her, and assured me that she was just sedated, that there was no poison. And this began my downfall, everyone asked me what had happened, and I don't know why, but I kept it to myself. Saying that she had gone off for only five minutes, that I had looked for her right away, I kept hidden my confrontation with Xellia. They all seemed to have bought it and I was able to keep it to myself for that night.
After that we managed to make it to Welgard, which had been consumed in panic and flames. We set about our tasks of getting the wolves and seeing if we can find any of the Arthus family and we succeeded in both fronts. Found a young man named Adrick Arthus and our wolves, although not in the best of condition for either of them. As we escaped the city, from atop the burning palace stood a woman, who grew wings from her back, which can only mean Xellia had a hand in all this. Canna chased after her, I would have too, but I still felt a dark fear of the demon holding me in place. And Canna returned with a message from Jadeis, saying he wishes to speak with us in some manner. I volunteered to be there, for Canna shall not let this opportunity pass her by, and Dahlia seems to show interest in it as well. With this meeting eventual, I have to let them know of my lie, I have to make sure Canna knows that Xellia, the demon who appears to be with Jadeis, might make an attack against her again. I hope she does not look ill of me when I reveal my lie, but what has happened is done, I can only try and amend my lies to the group.
P.S. Gold obtained for the day : 85 gold pieces for each with an eventual return of 380 more to be divided out.
