*Written in Dwarvish throught with the following stamped on its cover*

Sar Ut Nu Garaz Bin Bar Ankor An Grungni Ad

//Translates to commom as below// "May we stand fearless before the gates of our realm as our ancestor's did"

Lo there do ah see me father, lo there do ah see me mother an me sisters an me brothers. Lo there day ah see the line of me people back tay the beginning. Lo thay do call tay me, thay bid me take me place amoung emm. In Moradins hall where the brave live forever.

I Balin, son of Thorigan offer this prayer to me passed father that he be at peace on the other side. Long have a searched for him and now I find he is gone. But his friend, an elf lass called May tells me he died well and that be enought. I drink to you father, may you grow strong agian in the great hall of our lord and continue to cleave your foe's as you taught me.

It be a fine thing to find your people in the care of a great leader as i have these past days. The Thane, may he rule with strenght and honour, of the Stoatheart clan is of good stock and has a wise head on his broad shoulders. I count myself lucky to find myself in a city with so many brave and admerable kin. With time perhaps I can join the clan and do my part in helping it grow. I travelled with the Thane and his companions to the clans new halls where we faced flying lycans and fiendish beasts and allas had to bury one of our fallen kin who had died in defence of his peoples lands. Moradin keep the lad and heap honour on his name for he is a true hero and died in battle as one day i hope to do as my father did before me.

Of all the folk i have meet on my travels within this city only a few stand out, outwith my kinsmen that is. The elf lass Amy with whom i have struck up a friendship is a good sort. A keen shot and expert in the ways of stealth she has gotten me out of a few scrapes with her bow as have i for her with my axe. Ahhra, she be a strange one. Brave and strong and just to a fault the lass is but she fights with a great cause that drives her much like I do. She will do well dispite what some might think of her ways and ideals, be right as thay are not everyone respects them.

I havnt seen much of this place but I can see why my father seemed happy here, and judging by the character of our kinsmen here this could well turn out to be a fine place to call home.

The night never ends here but that is no great trouble for I find light in the folk I be fortunate enought to travel with and call my friends. Many things happen in this life that we will not wish for but that is not for us to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. I feel age clawing at me but still i will march on for I still hav emuch i could do. Perhaps even i time i can settle down and set up a small buisness of some sorts but for now i carry on in the life my father lived before me and keep up the hopes that i can live my life well, as he did and can meet my end with honlour and glory so i can go to my ancestors. In who's mighty company i will not feel ashamed.