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Message: <blockquote data-quote="stonegod" data-source="post: 3492872" data-attributes="member: 36973">Urik looks as haggard as Ashlyn feels, but smiles nevertheless. "Worry not for me and Hurrn. He... will return. But as for your question... yes, I can speak more of it. The Knights. As I have told you... we fight the ills of the land. Long before we became the land of Barov, before our liege lord committed the act that cursed our land, the Knights were here. They were the ones that drove away the blood-drinking orcs and goblins that once claimed this place, or so I was told. Luganda, the Dark Lady... she did all of this and was the first and greatest of us." The man chuckles a bit. "But, of course, I was told this by my mentor who probably had his own view of things. Who knows how much is true!"He pauses a second, then resumes. "But one thing is certain. All Knights since Luganda's time have but one sacred ritual to truly prove themselves a Knight. They must keep vigil all night in her chapel. Once, this was but a simple matter. Now..." He trails off and looks north. "Since the curse, the castle is a dark place. Haunted by evils. No lord lives there now, only creatures of darkness." He looks at Ashlyn earnestly. "The vigil... it will not be an easy thing. It will try your might and and sanity." Then, just as suddenly, his characteristic grin returns. "But any who fight the darkness in the light starved land must be as mad as I, hah hah!"Flipping through the pages, most of what Jarrith catches is banal descriptions of Barovian life. The entries are few and far between, spanning months and years between entries in Danovich's cramped hand. A few interesting passages pop out:The second half of the book, however, seems more dense with notes. It starts about the time of Dorus' death, and it becomes quickly apparent that Danovich was slipping into madness given the meandering of his hands and words. Jarrith's head aches and he feels a little ill reading it as the poor handwriting and subject matter get to him.[Does Jarrith want to read the rest of the book?]</blockquote>

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