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<blockquote data-quote="Hedrin" data-source="post: 2277590" data-attributes="member: 31867"><p><strong>Liadan's Journal 09, 10 & 11</strong></p><p></p><p>So Gadron talked to Califax, and they communicated somehow. Everyone seems to think that Covenant and his party are dead. I don't know what I feel, but I don't feel he's dead. Separated, yes. Cut off, certainly, but dead.... I can't believe it, I WON'T BELIEVE IT!!!!!!! </p><p> </p><p>Califax wanted to stay with Gadron, and Gadron wouldn't let anyone else stay. Great. After reminding me of my oath of Covenant, now they want me to break it. THANKS GUYS!!!! </p><p> </p><p>I argued, I protested. Then I caught a look in Califax's eye. Anger and condescension. Like I'm some idiot child. </p><p> </p><p>I got Gadron alone and he tells me that anyone staying with him is protected by him. I realized that he is able to take my place to protect Califax, I can transfer my responsibilities to him, and suddenly it felt like a huge burden was taken from my shoulders. I mean, I take my oaths seriously, but if Gadron doesn't want me there, Califax doesn't want me there, and I want to be with my friends, then this seemed a good way to set transfer my responsibilities to someone else. </p><p> </p><p>Then we talked about Covenant. I told him our secret, well not all of it, and I had hoped that it would be a closer link than Califax, but evidently not. Then I tell him that I have other information that might help. He said it would, but I needed a reassurance from him. I asked him to swear an oath to me. </p><p> </p><p>"Swear by Lathander, the gods you worship, and your magic that you will not use this information to harm Covenant or aid his enemies." </p><p> </p><p>I was pretty proud of coming up with that on a moment's notice! He said he'd have to think about it and would get back to me. Sheesh. </p><p> </p><p>Well we said our goodbyes and made our way back to Camber. </p><p> </p><p>The town welcomed us with open arms and especially Nekaya and I. It seems their healer priestess, Mistress Saffron, had been sick for some time and the town was more than willing to admit visitors that could help out. </p><p> </p><p>Over the next few weeks we made ourselves part of the community. I helped out with doing some shoeing and horse doctoring while at the same time worked out with the militia and acted as temporary healer to the town. All my free time was taken up working with Mistress Saffron, trying to get her well enough that she could get her healing magics back. I've been so busy, and that's why this entry is so late. To be honest I found I just wasn't skilled enough to heal her by myself. The time wasn't spent in vain however. I was able to get her up and talking again on a limited basis and everyone told me how much better she looked and acted. Those evenings I spent talking with her I learned a lot about the craft of healing, but I knew it wouldn't be enough. </p><p> </p><p>We came up with the idea of Nekaya and a couple of militia men going to the next town to see if they could get a priest to come back and heal her, or else get a scroll, wand, potion, or anything else that could help save Mistress Saffron's life. We got donations from her congregation and more from others in the community that she had selflessly helped heal over the years. Our party also donated what monies we could spare and I guess we shamed the town leaders because they too came up with coin to help out. In a good bit of forward thinking, the council sent enough for Nekaya to get extra to make sure that something like this didn't happen again. After a day or two, Nekaya and her troop headed out. It would be a long month waiting for them to get back! </p><p> </p><p>After a time the expected raiding army arrived; orcs, goblins, even trolls, but instead of mindlessly attacking they brought wagons and demanded tribute saying that they would leave them in peace if their demands were met. Wisely I think, the town council decided to reject their offer. The rejection came in the form of a killing rain of arrows. I showered Lathander's blessing on the group of men that I was leading on the town wall (oh yeah, cause our party could all fight so good, most of us in the militia got officer kind of jobs!). I could feel Lathander's power guiding the arrows of my men. We slaughtered all but a couple of the foul beasts. It was decided to send out hunting parties to find the last few survivors with the idea that having this huge army just disappear would be the strongest message we could send back. </p><p> </p><p>A day or two after we sent out the hunting parties Nekaya arrived back with Esther, a healer about on the same level as I was. They also brought a bag full of wands, potions, salves, etc. In these was a wand of cure disease. After using it on Mistress Saffron, I saw she slipped into a deep healing sleep, one more restful than I had yet seen her take. I shooed everyone out and made sure she wasn't disturbed till she had slept herself out. </p><p> </p><p>Over the next few days I saw her get better and stronger and much more lively, but still really old though. The town held a banquet and I took the opportunity to really do my hair up and get out that one good gown that mother insisted that I always pack. It was wrinkled and a little travel worn, but with some work it looked presentable. It always feels good to dress up now and then. I never thought I would hear myself admitting it, but I kind of miss some of the parties in Suzail! </p><p> </p><p>After that was when things started to go wrong. </p><p> </p><p>Some of the outlying farms turned up empty. Not the usual signs of slash, burn and pillage. Just no one there. Then patrols started to go missing. We got sent out to try and act as a decoy. We followed a regular route the patrols took and hoped to be ambushed so we could stop them. After a few days we didn't find any raiders, but we did find a dead body in the snow. After a time of looking over the body, we determined that he had been dead for some time and didn't look like he was killed by foul play. In his effects was a rod of some sort with black crystals in it. Nekaya detected immediately that it was evil and I offer to try and destroy it with a Mace of Faith. Sandrue for some reason wanted to keep it around to study. Not seeing any good reason to keep something evil around, I argued against it. I felt that it could only taint our party. In the end we put it to a vote. It was close, but the final decision was to try and destroy it. I could tell Sandrue was angry with me, but I couldn't change what I believed just to please a friend. I hope he gets over being mad at me. </p><p> </p><p>We put it up on a wall and I called forth a Mace of Faith. Sandrue stood a lot closer to the thing that I wanted to. I felt like making him come back, but didn't want him madder at me than he already was, so I didn't say anything. That turned out to be a mistake! </p><p> </p><p>I hit it with the mace. We could hear something break and then an inky cloud rose from the wall and started spouted evil threatening things. "You let me free without binding me. Foolish people you shall pay!" or something like that. Rock gripped his hammer and I could hear him muttering something about "I told you so". WHATEVER! </p><p> </p><p>At that point my hand tightened over the holy symbol of Lathander and....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hedrin, post: 2277590, member: 31867"] [b]Liadan's Journal 09, 10 & 11[/b] So Gadron talked to Califax, and they communicated somehow. Everyone seems to think that Covenant and his party are dead. I don't know what I feel, but I don't feel he's dead. Separated, yes. Cut off, certainly, but dead.... I can't believe it, I WON'T BELIEVE IT!!!!!!! Califax wanted to stay with Gadron, and Gadron wouldn't let anyone else stay. Great. After reminding me of my oath of Covenant, now they want me to break it. THANKS GUYS!!!! I argued, I protested. Then I caught a look in Califax's eye. Anger and condescension. Like I'm some idiot child. I got Gadron alone and he tells me that anyone staying with him is protected by him. I realized that he is able to take my place to protect Califax, I can transfer my responsibilities to him, and suddenly it felt like a huge burden was taken from my shoulders. I mean, I take my oaths seriously, but if Gadron doesn't want me there, Califax doesn't want me there, and I want to be with my friends, then this seemed a good way to set transfer my responsibilities to someone else. Then we talked about Covenant. I told him our secret, well not all of it, and I had hoped that it would be a closer link than Califax, but evidently not. Then I tell him that I have other information that might help. He said it would, but I needed a reassurance from him. I asked him to swear an oath to me. "Swear by Lathander, the gods you worship, and your magic that you will not use this information to harm Covenant or aid his enemies." I was pretty proud of coming up with that on a moment's notice! He said he'd have to think about it and would get back to me. Sheesh. Well we said our goodbyes and made our way back to Camber. The town welcomed us with open arms and especially Nekaya and I. It seems their healer priestess, Mistress Saffron, had been sick for some time and the town was more than willing to admit visitors that could help out. Over the next few weeks we made ourselves part of the community. I helped out with doing some shoeing and horse doctoring while at the same time worked out with the militia and acted as temporary healer to the town. All my free time was taken up working with Mistress Saffron, trying to get her well enough that she could get her healing magics back. I've been so busy, and that's why this entry is so late. To be honest I found I just wasn't skilled enough to heal her by myself. The time wasn't spent in vain however. I was able to get her up and talking again on a limited basis and everyone told me how much better she looked and acted. Those evenings I spent talking with her I learned a lot about the craft of healing, but I knew it wouldn't be enough. We came up with the idea of Nekaya and a couple of militia men going to the next town to see if they could get a priest to come back and heal her, or else get a scroll, wand, potion, or anything else that could help save Mistress Saffron's life. We got donations from her congregation and more from others in the community that she had selflessly helped heal over the years. Our party also donated what monies we could spare and I guess we shamed the town leaders because they too came up with coin to help out. In a good bit of forward thinking, the council sent enough for Nekaya to get extra to make sure that something like this didn't happen again. After a day or two, Nekaya and her troop headed out. It would be a long month waiting for them to get back! After a time the expected raiding army arrived; orcs, goblins, even trolls, but instead of mindlessly attacking they brought wagons and demanded tribute saying that they would leave them in peace if their demands were met. Wisely I think, the town council decided to reject their offer. The rejection came in the form of a killing rain of arrows. I showered Lathander's blessing on the group of men that I was leading on the town wall (oh yeah, cause our party could all fight so good, most of us in the militia got officer kind of jobs!). I could feel Lathander's power guiding the arrows of my men. We slaughtered all but a couple of the foul beasts. It was decided to send out hunting parties to find the last few survivors with the idea that having this huge army just disappear would be the strongest message we could send back. A day or two after we sent out the hunting parties Nekaya arrived back with Esther, a healer about on the same level as I was. They also brought a bag full of wands, potions, salves, etc. In these was a wand of cure disease. After using it on Mistress Saffron, I saw she slipped into a deep healing sleep, one more restful than I had yet seen her take. I shooed everyone out and made sure she wasn't disturbed till she had slept herself out. Over the next few days I saw her get better and stronger and much more lively, but still really old though. The town held a banquet and I took the opportunity to really do my hair up and get out that one good gown that mother insisted that I always pack. It was wrinkled and a little travel worn, but with some work it looked presentable. It always feels good to dress up now and then. I never thought I would hear myself admitting it, but I kind of miss some of the parties in Suzail! After that was when things started to go wrong. Some of the outlying farms turned up empty. Not the usual signs of slash, burn and pillage. Just no one there. Then patrols started to go missing. We got sent out to try and act as a decoy. We followed a regular route the patrols took and hoped to be ambushed so we could stop them. After a few days we didn't find any raiders, but we did find a dead body in the snow. After a time of looking over the body, we determined that he had been dead for some time and didn't look like he was killed by foul play. In his effects was a rod of some sort with black crystals in it. Nekaya detected immediately that it was evil and I offer to try and destroy it with a Mace of Faith. Sandrue for some reason wanted to keep it around to study. Not seeing any good reason to keep something evil around, I argued against it. I felt that it could only taint our party. In the end we put it to a vote. It was close, but the final decision was to try and destroy it. I could tell Sandrue was angry with me, but I couldn't change what I believed just to please a friend. I hope he gets over being mad at me. We put it up on a wall and I called forth a Mace of Faith. Sandrue stood a lot closer to the thing that I wanted to. I felt like making him come back, but didn't want him madder at me than he already was, so I didn't say anything. That turned out to be a mistake! I hit it with the mace. We could hear something break and then an inky cloud rose from the wall and started spouted evil threatening things. "You let me free without binding me. Foolish people you shall pay!" or something like that. Rock gripped his hammer and I could hear him muttering something about "I told you so". WHATEVER! At that point my hand tightened over the holy symbol of Lathander and.... [/QUOTE]
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