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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Morrow" data-source="post: 4712803" data-attributes="member: 301">Tides of Dread 1 (Margaret)Dear Diary,After spending a couple weeks at the chapel in Farshore and finally getting started on my list (thank Aster for a little down time in between saving the world), we headed up to Tanaroa to enlist the help of the Ullman natives for our upcoming battle with the Crimson Fleet.Upon arrival, the Ullman were attacked by a scary bat god called Zotzilla who turned into a gang of fire bat things. Alyosha just turned on the rain, and they were gone. Then we met JaKal, the chieftess of Tanaroa. She told us that Zotzilla was angry because of a missing idol. We offered to find the idol and return it, but when she described it, it sounded like something we already had. Garnham took it out and showed it to JaKal, and we explained that we had found it and had not stolen it from Zotzilla’s temple. She didn’t seem very pleased, but she told us how to get to the temple so we could return it and said that if we did so, they would trade with Farshore and help us fight the Fleet. We took a detour to ask the Phanaeton for help. I don’t know why, but every time we go somewhere to ask somebody for help, they’re being attacked by something big and scary. The Phanaeton were being attacked by a big lizard, and not a friendly big lizard like Alyosha’s new friend Bolsha, but a real mean one that tried to eat Dexter and Garnham. It could have eaten the cuddly, little Phanaeton for breakfast and still had room for seconds, but we got rid of it pretty quickly, and the Phanaeton were grateful. I must pause here to tell you of my grandmother’s adventures with the Phanaeton. She once defended them from a forest of evil trees all by herself, and they were so grateful that they showered her with gifts. That tribe probably reveres her as a god, although she’s far too humble to formally accept such a title. She’s such a kind and generous woman. I wish more pirates were just like her, stealing from the rich to give to the poor and always more than happy to help the little guys, like the Phanaeton.Anyway, they were going to take us to their leader right away, but we were committed to return the idol without further delay, so a couple of them stayed with us as guides while we trekked to the tooth of Zotzilla, which is pretty much a creepy bat cave. It was pretty hot in there, but we magicked our way past that, and went in to return the idol. Zotzilla was there, and not only did he allow us to return the idol peacefully, but he rewarded us with great treasures!Garnham got a ring of invisibility. Alyosha got a luck stone. Dexter got some fancy armor. Sabine got a pearl of power. I got a fabulous belt. It was really nice of an evil god to give us that stuff. Never judge and evil god by its huge, furry bat wings, that’s what I always say, but Dexter took his gift reluctantly. I was pretty annoyed by that. I’ve been praying for Celestial armor for weeks, and had it been delivered by some other god, that wouldn’t threaten my devotion to Aster. Dexter’s really changed a lot lately, and I don’t like it. The way he talks, I feel like he thinks that his dedication to his god is better and more important than anybody else’s. What a big, stinky jerk! There was a time when I felt genuine affection for him, maybe more than friendship, but he’s become so hard-headed and self-righteous lately. I could never feel that way about him now, and he’s made it clear that he doesn’t feel that way either.  That’s fine with me if he’s going to imply that he’s somehow better than me.Anyway, we got back to the Phanaeton Village, and Alyosha and Garnham went to negotiate with their leader while I took advantage of the festivities to check one of the less common races off my list.The next morning, we traveled north to the Ricosta temple to find their cache of weapons. There was a big, scary snake in there, but it left us alone. Garnham noticed a big illusion in the middle of the room, and there was a big pit under it, but there was also a ladder down to a ledge, so we followed it down, and then there was this chamber with a big ranbow snake thingy. It was named Tanatea, and somebody said the creature was called a cloaca or something. We told it why we were there, and it just gave us the weapons and disappeared.We teleported to the Bronze dragon with the weapons for our rendezvous with the Blue Nixie and got attacked by a corpru, another big nasty lizard and a big shark. Alyosha turned into an octopus, so the fight went pretty quick. And then we had pie and ice cream. Yummy!Hugs and Kisses, Maggie</blockquote>

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