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Ah! I found a gray hair in my beard! Those damned demons are messin' around with my lushious dwarven hair! HA HA HA HA. Well, if these Runelord's don't kill me, I am sure my old age will. What is there to say? Whoever reads my journal, will not believe half of the stories I have written, and even less will heard of what we will have done for this civilization. It has been a grand adventure though. I feel more and more that I need to ensure that my companions come through this alive. I owe it to them, even if they don't feel the same about me. At least my life, or Cronad's wasn't a waste.

Tomorrow we venture off back into the mountain, back into the belly of the beast, to find this wacko wizard that wants to destroy everything. Typical no? We hear about these over zealous wizards, but never really see them. If Skippy is any indication about the health of the wizardry schools, I wouldn't have to worry to much for the future of our people.

To my future readers, it's possible this is my last entry.. I am rich, but I won't tell you where I hid everything!!! hahahahahaha.

- Gronad

Just received a letter from Ma that they tracked down another one of those demons. Not sure why it took so long for the letter to have arrived, but I got it none the less. With all this crazy demonic stuff happened I had to question to see if this was even real. It didn't take me long to convince myself that it didn't matter in the end if it was real or not I had a duty to make sure my cousins were safe. After a wild week of screwing around to satisfy this bloody swords desires, I only hope the gold and time spent was worth it. I'll get some supplies for the trip this week and head out. I don't really trust anyone else to come along on this journey, it doesn't all too coherent for anyone to continue on this cursed path, but if they are crazy enough to join so be it. Rothegar suggested I cast an augury spell to see if I could locate them. Not the first thing that came to my mind, but if it helps get us there faster then what the hell right?

We leave for the mountains in 5 days. Until then I pray that they stay safe and don't do anything stupid.

That... was interesting. I was sure that I wasn't going to make it this time. Nahhh who am I kidding, that Xalisha prick was annoying as heck. Hiding behind his mother... was a kid... I wonder if that was meant figuritively..hmm.

We had quite a time trying to get the party together this time. Every time we went down in the pit it seemed like someone lost his marbles for a bit. I ran away from some wolves at one point... I'd NEVER run away from them normally. Right before we encountered Xalisha I thought the party was set to kill me! I hate it when things control my mind.. things that I don't understand.

Now we have to go find this "key" and this "forge"... at least I think we do. The sooner we finish this the better. I need to get back to my brandy!

It's been a fun couple of last days! The chase of giant brings pure joy to me. We just came upon a camp, or a city I suppose of giants! Now I'm not the suicidal type, but if I didn't a have an immediate reason for being here I would have gone home to recruit my brethren to ride of the vile creatures. Perhaps another day.

We set out a few days ago on the way to Jorgenfist. We had a few odd encounters on the way there but nothing that is out of the ordinary. I will say though, we found a cash of brandy! OH MY was it every good! I was glad we stayed the night at the burning farm house for some R&R. I am sure we could have been more productive that day, but it was too good of an opportunity to pass up. Aside from the short stop, nothing too exciting happened.

Last night Zukuto was tasked to disarm any traps or alarms that the giants had at a near by outpost. I did not think much of it except that as he approach they set off their warning signal! I was even starting to like the slippery guy. Oh well, we took care of the monstrous beasts and got the hell out of there.

Aggro is out scouting the region to see if there are any caves or hidden paths that we didn't see. Hopefully he comes back with good news, I am itching for a good fight!

I savour the rest of the brandy until after we are done the fight!!

Seems to me that the more I travel with this group the quicker I'll meet the maker... We got noticed earlier in the day that Sand Point was going to be attacked. Rothegar was eerily hasty about our return even though there was not mention on time. For all we knew the placed was razed not long after went left Sand Point a few weeks ago. Needless to say after a quick stop in the woods to satisfy Elrohi's forest fetish we set off. Luckily Sarah was able to teleport us to teleport us relatively quickly and that meant I didn't have to go by boat!

When we arrived the placed was empty. There wasn't a soul in sight. Leaving the Rusty Dragon revealed that the town was indeed under attack and in the distance a Red Dragon was setting everything on fire. I still get a lot flack for letting the Black Dragon go last time.

The next sequence of events was pretty much a blur. I remember setting off with Rothgar and Agro towards the dragon but the next thing I remember was standing in front of the Red Dragon by myself! A strange fellow named Zukuto (or so he told us later) can in from behind and struck the dragon several times. In all my time travel I have admit that was the few times where I felt like this might be it and no one was there to record the event!

My memory is a complete blur after that bit. I remember Sarah looking over me healing me (I think i can call it healing). Around me were a few stone giants... one had a pick axe the size of me. The sight of it made my wounds tighten up.

We spent the rest of the day help out the townsfolk and tend to any repairs that was needed. I didn't stay at hte inn that night since Ameiko needed the rooms for the townsfolks. I went to find Rothegar and camped out. Although it was outside it was nice being able to relax for a few hours.

Tomorrow we will looking into why the giants and the dragons attacked. I remember overhearing something about the stone they pulled from the lighthouse. Elrohir got more information from a stone giant that he let go - not really sure why he did that. I am certain the town won't be happy with that choice. Nevertheless, we have something to look forward to tomorrow.

Second thing... I think I need more wands.

Well, I can't really explain what happened today... a lot of ogres, trolls and some weird scorpion like creature and to boot. Strangely, I feel like I shouldn't have come back from that battle. At one point the scorpion creature had my neck in his grip and as it squeezed I simply passed out. I was sure I was a goner. No one is talking about it either so I guess nothing special happened.

Next we found a demon like beast stuck in a summoner pit. I am fairly certain that if it was at full strange we would have been destroyed. I suppose it was a good thing that it was stuck in that pit. The group wanted to negotiate with the demon to power the dam. Damn fools. Do they not understand the power that those creatures can hold? I guess they managed to power the dam, not idea what they did or how they managed it. All I know is that Rothegar and Elrohir looked sickly pale. Perhaps they are cursed for negotiating with the demon. I should keep a close eye on them. Hopefully they won't turn on the group if they were possessed.

I suppose we will be on our way now. We have fulfilled our agreement to the mayor. El looked like he wanted to protest our imminent departure. He mentioned something about ghost in the woods. I am a little fed up with unnatural creatures, but I have no reason to reject he plea. I will talk to him in the morning and see if I can assist him before we leave this hellish place.

I think I will try to write more candidly instead of recapping the events in my journal, trying to capture what Gronad would write if he even cared to write about his adventures.

The last few days have been a blur... I am sure I will be missing some details. Ever since I got revenge for Cronad's death it seems all I am doing to going around in circles. Why do I even go on with this group? I am fighting for what? Sure they are good group of fighters, but I have nothing left to fight for at the risk of being swallowed up by a giant sea monster to save a town that I have no connection too.

I guess this is how mercenaries live, from coin to coin. The bigger the coin the bigger the risk, the higher change some barbarian will claim your family heirloom and name it with the late owner's name.

On a positive note, I got to smash in a lot of ogres. I have no love for those abominations. We cleared out an old black arrow fort for the ogres barely. Still not sure why they were there though. I think it's something we are going to look in. At least I get to kill some more of those bastards.

We are back at the fort with the town villagers, the are planning some kind of attack on the ogres that are up on the dam. They are pretty determined. I guess I will tend to the wounds of the villagers, while they come up with their grand plan. Luckily, no only is hurt badly, I think people are just in shock of losing their village. It's possible that they may be able to salvage their homes now that the waters have receded. I guess only time will tell.

Yesterday we went upstream to investigate the whereabouts of the blackarrows. We were attacked by an Ogre and a pack of wild dogs. Not sure why he attacked, but a dead Ogre is a good Ogre so I was happy with that. Unfortunately it looks like the Ogre have settled in around these parts. We later found a house with what seems to an ogre family, but inside there was a bunch of odd looking ogrekin folk, with extra limbs and split wounds. Although, it looked really odd I did not care much of the place or the people. We slew a few more ogre, a spider and what looks like a large plant. Skippy and Elrohir looked pretty sad looking by the end of it all, I think the spider injected some venom in them.

We also managed to free a few of the surviving black arrow guys that were captured. Tomorrow we are planning to take back the fort that the black arrow lost.

It's been a few days since the dragon encounter. I'm not even sure how it got out of the dungeon that it was bound to. The town guard are probably not happy with my decision to defend the dragon and to let it go - I know nothing to the town, but at least the dragon let me go by his lair to avenge my brothers death.

This cursed rain. A few days out of the town of Turtleback ferry it started to rain and didn't really stop the rest of the way. I suppose i could have hop on the boat that Rothegar acquired. Ha! Ya, maybe if they had drugged me and liquored me up.

A few hours out of town I ran into some town folk... they all looked weary of me. Perhaps they haven't seen a dwarf, or better yet a dwarf on a horse! That would be a sight to see I'm guessing. One of the rumors is that the town's pleasure's barge sunk a few weeks ago. Not sure if that is relevant to the reason why we were sent, but this whole treck seems to be odd. When I got into town I found Sarah in the tavern, she eluded to the whereabouts of the party. Knowing there wasn't much happening there i set out of find a place to shelter Bambi.

Little later on I found the town's priest to see if he had any information. He was kind enough to let us stay in the temple that night before we head off to the fort. I cannot put my finger on it, but there seems to be odd links between the disappearance of people, the rain, the sinking of the barge and the lack of connection with the Black Arrow. This will be an interesting adventure indeed.

I'm glad that is over. I finally avenged my brother's death, although I think it has cost me trust from my companions. They do not seem to be all too happy with ways of things after they found me.

My highlight, well that I was took out that traitorous giant. I can't believe that Rothgar wanted to amend with that dirty beast. Now that I think of it, why was there two dragons in that basement... or a giant. That is not their natural habitat. Something was really off.

I am not sure what is coming up, but I think I should rest up and wait for the group to fill me in on what is next.

I buried my brother today. It should have been the other way around. I'm the eldest. The young ones shouldn't be the ones who die first. I need to find out who did this to him... to me. I have a feeling that if Elrohir didn't come when he did I would have been a goner, but why did my brother have to die. How did he get there, in that mad man's room?

If I had to guess, the labyrinth of of rooms and traps that we have encountered was placed there for someone's pleasure. None of the rooms we came across made any sense. A mummy, a vat of magical liquid, acidic water? On top of that we came across a room with a trapped black dragon. Of all things. Rothegar set off the being from his sleep flying above and if wasn't for a lucky dodge of the dragon's breath I'm pretty sure I would still be down in that crazy room.

Nevertheless, I have no real intentions to go back down unless it leads me to the one that is responsible for the death of Cronad. I will take some time with my renewed desire of crafting before we set out on our next adventure. This time I will be ready for whatever lies ahead.

I'm getting tired of these mind alliterating monsters. Don't they have anything better to do they mess with my mind? We went deeper in this labyrinth trying to see if we could find Cronad. As we progressed forward we found evidence that they, whoever "they" are, brought him these tunnels. First I found his half-plate, strangely though, in the middle of an electric field. Argo was kind enough to fly the suit over. I noticed the markings uniquely belonging to Cronad. Not sure where my gear was, I donned the armour and pressed on.

I double backed with Elrohir to a pile of gold that was laying on the floor south of where we were. I found a pouch with my ring and amulet. Who does this pouch belong to and why was my ring and amulet in here? Someone mentioned that the gold was fake. I knelt done to investigate and as soon as I touched the place where the gold was the wall broken down on top of my and Elrohir. Luckily I got out of the way, but it looked like El got smacked on the face. Poor guy, doesn't look like he can take much of a beating. A large monster of some sort was in front of us. I managed to get a solid hit in with the bastard sword that Rothegar lent me, but soon found myself in locked his the creatures hold on me. I took to severe blows to the body, I thought for an instance that I was going to die, but my armour and, luckily, my limbs were still attached. The rest of the group managed to drop the creature. I had to expend some of my spells to regain whatever health I had when the group found me.

The next few rooms were uneventful, between finding goblins that set off their own traps and cauldron that allowed to various magical mixtures. We managed to open some sort of portal to the negative energy plane. Not sure how useful that would have been, but I am sure we could have done something interesting with it.

We eventually came to a room where my brother Cronad laid cut open with his organs spilling out of his body cavity. I did not expect to him him alive, but to find him like this... desecrated state. I wanted to rip the man or monster that did this to him! I rushed into the room, dropping the only weapon I had on me to examine the body. Shortly after entering I found my head to be filled with odd visions, commands, it was almost as if someone was controlling me, but not at the same time. I regained momentary consciousness and in a fit of rage a summoned a great sword... I didn't even know I could do that. A human was in the corner, laughing at us (I think). Luckily, we managed to take him down. Rothegar wanted to questioned him, but I figured since he was responsible for my brothers death that he would not have the joy of being kept alive and so I cut off his head. I am sure the group would disagree with my decision, but it was mind to take. Skippy found a letter though that looks like Cronad was sold by someone else. I have find out who this person is... I was avenge his death.

I woke up on top of the clock tower where where we fought this demon serpent. Everyone was gone except the corpse of the serpent. I don't remember us killing it. The group must have finished it off, but why did they leave me here? I reach for the carcass in front of me but my hands go right through it. Not really understanding what is happening I notice a woman. She signals to me to follow her. She leads me down the clock-tower, through the city that eventually leads to a questionable alley. She opens the door and in front of me I see two stone slabs, one is empty but quite bloody and the other - well it was me. As I approach myself on the slab I feel myself being sucked towards the slab.

I wake up once again, but now I am on the stone slab all tied up with a massive head ache. I am not sure what is happening, but I know that something is wrong. A man in the jail cell tells me that they took a dwarf down the stairs, but didn't look like he was in good shape. I quickly realized that it must have been Cronad. As I struggle to break the bonds that are holding me to the slab Elrohir walks in the room and is surprised to see me. He unties me and soon after Rothgar and Skippy comes into the room. Everyone seems so surprised that I am alive. I am not sure why, I was with them not to long ago. They said something about being dead...

The man in the cell explains what he saw, the group distrusts him but I have no reason to distrust him. I need to find Cronad... and apparently my gear! I have no idea why I am naked. Elrohir says that there is a piece of metal sticking out of my head, it must be the source of my head ache. I have no time to worry about that I need to find Cronad. Rothgar lends me Demonb*&@& and a cloak