For all my life i have watched the people of lower suffer and fail under the thump of gangs, madmen and tyrants. The few times the people have stood up and spoken out thay find themselves thrust further back into the darkness of their retched lives. One day this will change, for upper has cast lower into ruin. The lord Bhast has declared lower disbanded from upper and now lawless madness grips its streets. I may not be a kind man, nor disposed of any great love of people, but law must be observed and so I take up a life of the wandering mass, those that seek a life greater than that which thay live at present. Hoar has always been a guiding light in this, for justice has many faces, and those who bring pain should be dealt with in kind. We will have peace, and we will prosper under the teachings of the Doombringer and those that stand against the right of law will fall before its fury. I begin my journey in these dark times to aid my people. I aim to do what i must, to see peace and some form of law restored to a place so long devoid of it. The fate of lower as with all this city is like a coin spinning, with on one face death and destruction and on the other prosperity. My aim is one that seems so great at this time that I may never achieve it but one must try, to challange the fates for one more toss of the coin. For a better future, with the aid of Hoar and the right of Law.
Jericks Journals
The long road lies before me. Behind lies my old life of scratching a living from the streets and watching the suffering and pain of my fellow men of lower. Ahead lies hope for a better world. Sanctuary's fate hangs in the balance. Bhast was killed and now upper will know turmoil as those left jostle for position but for once lower remains unaffected by this. This is that odd moment in fate when it may swing boths ways, the coin rests on its edge and even the slightest knock will change things forever. I have spoken with a man named Card Lyons who seems to have the same goals as I. He too seeks to join the priesthood of Hoar and we may yet be able to bring peace to the streets. But many obsticals lie ahead and yet we will prevail. We must for if we fail then lower will destroy itself and with it all of our lives.
I have joined the ranks of the temple and now work on in his name as a Harbinger of Hoar. This will forever be a proud day for me but I must remain focused on the work that lies ahead. I must meet and speak with Card again for his goals are as mine and we have a greater chance of seeing it through as a group than alone. I have met a man by the name of Quin, a devoted sevant of the Doombringer and see in him much promise. The ranks of the temple are small for now but if we can grow them then we may yet be able to make things happen down here.
My friendship with the warrior Dilandau continues to prove most interesting and profitable all round yet I still know little of him. I should speak with him at lenght but he is a man of few words so this will prove difficult.
I seem to be acquiring all manner of odd items of late. Many on quests against bandits with Dilandau. In this my friendship with the clansman Snorri son of Gortrek may be important, for he is the master of the Dwarf clans stores and may have use for some of the things I have come across. Perhaps some form of formal deal might be struck with him and his kin for items that might prove useful to the servants of the temple and like wise for his kin to be transfered between our respective groups. I must seek him out and speak with him on this matter, and perhaps find some work togther again. He is a strange character but an interesting travelling companion nonw the less.
These past days have been most interesting for I have been the victim of an attack by common thugs in lower and as a result of the quick intervention by my friend Dilandau and Snorri have been able to bring one of them, a beast of an Orc blood to justice. The coward who stood with him will run and hide but he will know i now hunt him. I had seen him before on occasion selling potions of devine healing and other curious things so he may be a priest of some sorts but in the end it will not matter for he must be punished for the attack and will find Justice is not to be escaped. I have had word form a woman named Laura asking about service to the temple, she seeks instruction in the Doombringers ways and as we are so few and in great need of more able folk within our ranks i have asked her to meet with me when she has time. The warrior Quin I spoke to before has continued to show interest and has proved to be an able man indeed. With these two new aspiring souls and my friend Card we have begun building on the foundations of our great temple and will soon be strong enought to further the Doombringers word.
The stew shop owned by the man Worn has been destroyed and it seems he has fled from the city with members of the seekers seeking to reach the surface. I hear tales of murder and crime connected to the seekers and Worn but what is true and what is not is far from clear. I will root around and see what can be learned of these events and try to make sence of all that has come about. I have yet to hear from the Blade trides man in responce to the meet of the people's of lower that thay wish for us to attend so I will write to him again. I must speak with Dilandau again, he speaks litttle of faith but his aiding of me and other things he has done seem to show him in the some way as a man that could well be a mighty servant of Hoar.
A Dwarf kin called Waken spoke with me this day about lower and our temples resposibilities to it. We spoke at lenght of the madness that grips our streets and the turmoil in upper and lower. He seems a desent sort out to do nothing more than make people aware of the troubles that lie before us, but this day has seen disturbing events also. The man that fled the attack on me that ended with Dilandau gifting the Half-orc Hoar's justice has attacked another, an elvish man whom he came upon walking in the old deep lizard graveyard. More disturbing still are the vailed threats i recieved from a woman seemingly of the beacon saying that I will answer for delivering Hoar's justice in lowers streets. While I have no conflict with the Beacon for I know my friend Snorri was part of it when once it was the house of light this girl is either a mindless fool or simply over stated in her views if she thinks i will for one second put aside the teachings of my god to let the guilty pass without judgement. She can vail it how she wishes her threats will not be forgotten and when the man who fled that day, her friend by her own admission attacks her or her friends and she prays to whatever god she does she will see the Harbingers of Hoar deliver onto him his fitting punishment which for now he escapes but like all will be found and held to account. Then this girl will see that her ways might be for a greater good and peace but so are ours and in the end we should be working together to rid our home of such men.
Waken spoke of a man to whom many Goblins are in employ that tried to kill him and whom he suspects of being a man of criminal mind. I had heard rumour of such things but thus far had seen nor heard of any evidance. This is met with another report of foul deeds in our very home. A woman named Merle Barer writes to the temple speaking of a murder in the crypts. A Banite who lured and killed a paladin within the halls of our lords holy temple. I must meet and speak with this woman and learn all she knows for if this proves true this slim must be found and punished for his act of not only murder but the desicration of the Doombringers hall. I will speak to Snorri on this, he seems to hear things that I do not of people's thoughts and discussions in the upper city and may have heard of this or other such attacks. I know a man of the beacon was attacked by a Banite who has left word in notices near that place stating it be under the black lords protection. If the people of the Beacon have any sence thay will be mindful of those around them and see to it that these men are found and judged for the crimes thay have doudtless commited. Time is of the essence now and I will need help if justice is to be done on the growing treats in out home. The young woman that asked about learning form us Hoar's ways has yet to write back and I have seen little of Quin and Card though I know Card for his part is working in the temples name now as I do. But amist all this I find myself coming back to Dilandau and his urge to see justice done onto that beast that thought to kill me. In many ways he is a strange man with little or no apparent direction in life other than the simple urge to survive. Yet I see in him much more. He has all the qualities of a Harbinger and more for his strenght is great and yet he is a man of principle. I must speak with him at lenght when first I can and seek out his path. He shows great potential.
This banite issues rewards for the capture of folk he claims killed children and folk of lower yet I have seen no evidence of his claim. True children had been killed and undead had risen up to our streets but this mans bounty is based on the word of a man known to be a criminal who even now fills the Beacon, a place ment to be for the good of lowers poor with explosives. Hardly the actions of a man of peace and when assosiated with a follower of the dark lord can mean only trouble will come of this. One of the accused spoke with me of what happened and under Hoar's law i have judgedher to be innocent thus making me suspect som foul deed is at work here, though its purpose is as yet unclear. Snorri now knows of my thoughts and for his part seems to be of similar mind to me in regards this dark priest. Time must be taken to understand this man and his influance to better determine how his power is to be crushed should it prove needed. Two young women of faith have come to us, hot headed as is typical of youth seemingly thinking themselves to be greater servents of the Doombringer than I or the other Harbingers. The very young do not always understand and are prone to rash judgement and more often than not drive to hard making them more and more dangerous. Quin has continued to impress and with luck will soon be made a full Harbinger but these two women as yet have not the disipline nor patience to serve. In time if thay learn calm and focus thay might yet be worthy but for now thay will have to walk alone for I have no intention of starting a war in lower that will only destroy the temple and many innocent lives with it.
The Banite lies dead by accounts and this lifts a weight from lower and now we might have some order back to our lives without this damn tyrant. Miss Friday seems greatly calmed and for once was not quick to jump down my throught over the smallest thing, perhaps we may yet find common ground and aid eachother in rebuilding lower. Laura Rift has met with me and we have started her formal training in Hoars ways for her entrance as a Harbinger with the temple. With Quin and possibly Dilandau we might have the start of a fine group of souls to do his will, of course Card is included in this also but he seems by far to be the most diplomatic of us so perhaps when the time come it would be he that deals with the beacon and miss Friday. For now at least life returns to normal as it always does in lower and by sounds of things in upper also for Master Highill spoke of a new Mayor but could say nothing more thus meaning the elections will doudtless be soon.
The upper council is dispanded and the watch have control till the elections are over and while this solves the trouble of upper it is not the best way it could have been handled. As for lower, miss Friday and I have at long last found a little common ground in regards its future. She plans to see to hiring guards for the streets from the blade tribe most likily and in this i have offered support. When she moves to deal with this I had best speak with her. The punishments of crimes after all are best left to our domain though we will allow the guards to do their duty.. But finally at last we might have some progress.
I have meet with Card after so many darks and we have agreed we must meet with Miss Friday and all the parties with interest in lowers future to secure the next step and move our home forwards to a positive future. The upper council elections have sparked the prospective councilers to action and the streets are littered with notes of their promises to the people but seldom are thay carried out. I have little knowledge of most of those running but by large it matters little. My home is lower and if i choose to lend my support to one of these folk who would lead upper it will be one who has no desire to influance our home. We are not upper and thus thay have little or no reason to start making promises about our home when thay are to sort the problems of upper. Time will tell what is to become of this new council and while I know my friend Snorri is apposed to the way in which the watch insured it would come to pass it was for the best and largely will lead to a better and more stable council in the end. Then as i have always said the very young do not always understand and while Snorri may well have years over me he could stand to learn that patiance is a virtue many could learn to harness more and give time to events unfolding before acting.
By large my path has ended and at long last i have peace. I will continue to speak his word and pass on what i know but it is time for the next crop of Harbingers to take the helm and stear us forwards. I have named Laura my replacement and while Quin has proved a most exellant servant of the temple we must have clergy to speak his word and in this Laura is better placed to take my place. Time will tell but she and the others have heart and passion and so a new dawn may yet come. Glory in his name, and peace from my tourment at long last.