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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mahiro Satsu" data-source="post: 304711" data-attributes="member: 4970">Episode VI To Face the Scarlet Flame[from the journal of Velm Trueforger, Blood of Nor]Characters: Bronn Spellforger (shield dwarf Wiz4), Corwyn Black (human Ftr4), Daziel (human Clr4, Selûne), Saeita Neví, “Spooky” (wild elf Mnk4), Van Dyksun, “Snowcap” (human Rgr3/Rog1), Velm Trueforger (shield dwarf Ftr4).Eleint 13-15My hand trembles. I can barely hold the quill. See how far I have come from my origin: I write with a quill and ink instead of a good solid chisel and a thick piece of stone. I left home four months ago to find Bronn and bring him back—instead I have joined him, taken up his ways, and been exiled from my Clan.We are falling to pieces.Our leader, Daziel, called for a vote to see whether we would leave Flamecoil Tower, or stay so that Bronn might improve his wizardly acumen. The vote was 4-2 for staying. And yet our leader informed us that we were leaving anyway. In that tense moment, I thought Bronn might hurl spells, his eyes were filled with such rage.She will not remain leader for long, we must see to that. She has placed me squarely in the middle, with my cousin’s life and safety at one side and my leader’s commands at the other. I’ll never forgive her for that.As we departed without Bronn, I was terrified that I’d made the wrong choice.I am worn out. We found the waterfall, and the won our way to the catacombs beyond. Our Gods guarded the entrance, all except Sharindlar the Lady of Life. And why would she stand guard before a tomb? I prayed at the statue of Clangeddin, my Father of Battles, and tithed gold and mithril. When I opened my eyes a small battered pair of crossed axes on a mithril chain lay in the Tithing Bowl. I took it; I don’t think anyone saw. What can this mean? Would the Father of Battles mean this holy symbol for me, after all the mistakes I’ve made?And in the tomb? There were puzzles, and traps, and finally a door we could not decipher without Bronn’s help. What need have I to revisit these events...my mind was on other things. The most important discovery we made was twofold, thanks to the tracking skills of Snowcap: a group of four to eight individuals entered this tomb a week ago, and “leather boots” (the Zhent wizard) went in three days ago. None of them, says Snowcap, have come out yet.</blockquote>

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