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The Fall of Phlan

20 Marpenoth 1489 DR I am now back in Phandalin as I write. We had to escape from Phlan after the dragon invasion. So many people died and we had to leave comrades behind. We are truly powerless. We had met up with Allyd Burrel as she wanted us to accompany her in notifying the Lord Regent about the Black Fists and their crimes. Before we could, a large crash came from outside. A Green Dragon was attacking the city! Mobs of cultists invaded, killing and taking citizens as hostages. We ran to find the Lord Regent , helping all the citizens we could a long the way. When we finally arrived at our destination we could see the Lord Regent tied up. Allyd Burrel ran in as a distraction so we could stealth our way in. Sadly, she died for her city. Cassyt arrived in tears. All thoseat the graveyard died as well. We all fought as hard as we could, almost dying. Catscratch saved the Lord Regent but as he went to escape with us a Green Dragon mask fell out of his bag. Rain confronted him as Luna p...

Dragons Lair

14 Marpenoth 1489 DR We were sent to the swamp to find some missing items in a dragons lair. The dragon was apparently out and about so we wouldn't run into it. Everyone was wrong. With the help of an Air Genasi sent by Sildar, we quickly infiltrated the abandoned ruins and made it to the dragons lair. Little did we know the dragon was already back. We all almost died but thanks to Catscratch we made it out in one peace. The next day Rain (who didn't join us the first time) was upset we didn't kill the black dragon so Catscratch, Rain and I went back to finish it off. We almost defeated it but at the last minute a cultist ran over and gave the dragon some kind of potion, turning it into a Dracolich. It escaped through underwater tunnels. 

Pirates on the Moonsea

9 Marpenoth 1489 DR We heard about a ghost pirate ship attacking off the Coast of the Moonsea. We took a boat to a small island and met a village of strange people. They seemed to be cannibals. Suddenly, fog started to roll in and we were attacked by enemies. After taking them out we headed out to sea and boarded the pirate ship. It was at war with another ship as well. Luna ran to the cannons and started blasting away. The ship slowly began to sink as we finished beating up the rest of the crew. It wasn't an actual ghost ship though, just a bunch of Kobolds who painted themselves to look like skeletons. We did get some info about the Cult of the Dragons looking for some kind of dragon masks. Doesn't sound too good.

Prisoners Freed

1 Marpenoth 1489 DR Today we were summoned to meet a Half Orc about a dangerous magical weapon. After meeting with her I saw another Shifter in the corner of the Inn who was sitting at a table with a curly haired human woman. I panicked and hurried out the door. She was part of the tribe. What was she doing all the way in Phlan?This was bad. Im banished. If she saw me she could tell the tribe and they'd be pissed i'm traveling around, endangering the amulet. I'm suppose to be protecting it. If I died from adventuring it could be stolen and...the tribe would be doomed. Rain did come up to me after. Apparently she talked to the Shifter and learned stuff about Cwl being "evil". Rain didn't seem to believe it though. That's good. After that was done, Leo appeared at our place again with some info. He found the slave traders' hideout. We decided to pretend that Leo was going to sell Rain, Luna and Catscratch while I was a body guard. We got inside and easil...

Of Elves and Dragons

28 Eleint 1489 DR Lee brought a new mission for us and we hurried to the Tea Kettle Inn. We met with a cloaked man who wanted us to pretend to be the buyers of a red dragon egg and plant a magical tracking device on the seller. We decided that Luna would be the buyer as Rain pretended to be her body guard. Catscratch hid in the back of the barn ready to plant the tracker while Cwl and I would be the look out. Everything seemed to be going smoothly since we got the egg but I was surprise attacked by a Half Orc and had the wind knocked out of me. Cwl tried to warn our group but by then it was too late. They were blocked by all three of them. I staggered to my feet, climbed the building, and jumped down on the Tiefling who had Catscratch pinned to the ground. Luna (with some quick thinking) put all of them to sleep. Catscratch and Rain stayed behind as Luna and I hurried back with the egg. Apparently the egg was a fake. What a waste. Back at Lee's place, Rain entered with some Elf guy...

Lizard Marsh

25 Eleint 1489 DR Three days have passed and besides the strange drumming every night it's been quite peaceful. I got to finally work on some herbalism and buy a crossbow. We eventually went to visit a man about the drumming and he told us how people were disappearing from near by farms. We travelled down stream and got attacked by some lizard folk. Winny and I got taken under as they tried to drown us, but with the help of the others we survived. I offered up my two healing potions to the others but no one wanted them. I'm not sure why. They were all hurt and I thought it could help. I spent all my time working hard to make them for our group and...I guess I kinda felt rejected? After all these months of traveling with them I figured we've gotten a little closer. Maybe I was wrong and reading into things. I'm not good at talking or showing my emotions, but I figured making these potions would show that Im starting to think of them as comrades. I care enough about them ...

The Book Thief (Part 2)

22 Eleint 1489 DR We finally met up with the head librarian and he told us about some of his staff missing. He told us to check the archives since that's where the two were suppose to be on duty today. The archives were huge but we found the area. We were too late once we noticed the dead body hunched over a table with piles of books. We did notice two of the books that were stolen were now open on the table with pages ripped out about the Pool of Radiance. Suddenly, a shockwave and rumble rang through out the archives as all the book cases toppled over. A hole was blown into a wall and we went to investigate. We found a room with old, burnt, books and were attacked by shadows. Luna was downed quickly while the rest of us finished them off. With Luna back on her feet, we hurried through another hole in the wall and ended up in the sewers. Luna caused these giant centipedes to fall asleep as we snuck by. After two hours of walking we ended up in the mouth of a cave and in the middle...

The Book Thief

22 Eleint 1489 DR It was nice waking up in a soft bed with Cwl by my side. Cwl doesn't sleep so I'm sure nights are boring for him, at least now. Not sure what he did before I came around. He does hum a tune that helps me drift off to sleep though. He's done it ever since that first night in the ruins. I wonder of he just hums all night. Anyway, the peace was destroyed when Rain barged into my room. Cwl quickly turned back into his owl form but Rain must have saw something 'cause she started questioning me about him. I figured it was time to explain that he's actually a spirit that makes deals with Shifters. That seemed to hold her off for now. We also went to meet some lady knight named Alayed Burrell who's apart of some group in the city called "The Black Fists". Apparently, this group had gotten pretty corrupt so she asked to help find some missing books. We went to the library and got some info from a Halfling named Carre and made our way to the Po...

The City of Phlan

21 Eleint 1489 DR We did it. We finally reached Phlan. It was a long, treacherous, journey but i'm kind of proud. I've never been this far East before. I've never been anywhere, really, but I survived. The city of Phlan is huge and sits on the edge of the Moon Sea. It surprisingly looks trashed though. Lots of crumbled buildings and construction sites. Not the prettiest city we've been to. We found the place we'd be staying at during our time here and met the woman, Lee, who'd be boarding us. I got to put my stuff into my own room before we headed off to our next mission. We met up with Doomguide who told us about an undead problem in the cemetery. A girl named Cassyt lead us into the underground crypt and we fought skeletons and zombies. We eventually figured out that some Red Wizard was behind the undead problem that the Valhingen Graveyard was having. The wizard escaped into some magical portal before we could reach him and left us to fight off a bunch of his...

ZZzzzz

4 Flamerule 1489 DR I was happy to be out of the desert. The Black Road was not fun and I'm dreading going through it again on the way back. We rode through a field, the hot summer sun beating down on us. A group of men on horse back stopped to talk to us about a curse in Dagger Falls. Something about people falling asleep permanently. The man, Randal Morn, warned us us to be careful of the city's leader, Constable Tren. As we entered, we were stopped by soldiers and told to go see the Constable. He told us about the sleeping problem and sent us to check out the abandoned chapel. We headed out and fought a lot of weird monsters until we eventually found a bunch of people laying in a room. We saved them and hurried into the next area where a wizard waited for us. Again, I hate magic, so we finished him off quickly, stopping the sleeping spell. 

Cacti Nation

6 Kythron 1489 DR Driving up the mountain, we ran into a caravan with a broken wheel. We helped these hooded people (who Winny seemed to know) and escorted them to the small town of Parnast. Even in Mirtul it felt hot in town. Most likely because this town sits on the edge of the Anauroch Desert. Apparently this hooded group was also on their way across the desert and asked us to accompany them in delivering the statue in their cart. Winny wanted to help so we didn't really have a choice. After buying some appropriate desert clothes we headed out of Parnast and to the edge of the desert. We were greeted by a red Dragonborne, Azam, and his psudodragon, Hssing. He was going to be our guide through the desert. Days past and we ran into a dragons skeleton. Azam told us it's most likely a blue dragon since they live out here. The way to know if one is near is to spot a thunder cloud in the sky. Good to know. Even more days passed and we camped out with a group called the Zhentarim. ...

Song of Death

17 Tarsakh 1489 DR Next up, Llorkh. Another city, another busy errand. Some bandits needed help with getting their hideout back. We walked into a small forest and sitting in front of a tree in a fold out chair was the Half Dragonborne we briefly saw talking to Sildar in Phandalin. He said something about realizing this was more than he could handle, wished us luck, and left. We climbed this huge tree, fighting off rats as we went along until we ran into the mother of Harpys and her flock. We fought hard but Rain was attacked by three harpys and taken out. She would have died if Catscratch didn't give her the vial of water from the magical well.

A Sticky Situation

19 Ches 1489 DR After two weeks we finally arrived in the city of Loudwater, a bustling metropolis sitting on the edge of the river. To get to the city we had to pass by The High Forest. I tried my hardest not to glance at the trees and to just stare into our map. If I don't look at the forest maybe it wouldn't see me. Maybe I wouldn't think about the tribe and wonder what they could be doing right now. Anyway, Loudwater. We went to help look for a caravan that went missing. When we arrived in the cave we found the lost Dwarves and their horses. We went in deeper to search for the wagon and goods but instead found a large statue of a spider lady. Next thing we know it's pitch black (even with darkvision) and we're fighting a giant spider. Rain then casts some spell on me to walk on the ceiling...that was a weird experience. I hate magic. I hate it so much. But in the end I wrestled the giant spider for a magical orb and Luna ate it. She has a magical ring... I don...