Agrael’s Journal
Moments of Grief - Yeah… It’s all I can think of after all that. They say it is good to write something. Keeps your thoughts together when you are stranded long times away from home. That’s what I intend to do, keep my thoughts together and get the hell out of this… mess. I remember the other blokes I was caged with, whipped daily by our Slavemaster. Loviatar herself would have cried at this torture. Well, I against this isn’t much better. I have been feeding for days on small rodents and lichen in this never ending darkness… I have to survive… I must survive if only for the other blokes that sacrificed their life in the revolt in order to free a couple of us… I don’t know what happened to the others, Steiner, Kleitdus and Deidare… I was running so fast… until I stumbled upon these gears and notes…
Escape - It’s all because of some courageous blokes… God It was like Torm, himself, spoke through these men… They just looked at their Slavemaster, spitted in their face and strangle him with their chains. It didn’t take long for the guards to react and shoot a bolt in their head. It must have been one expensive day for them! I just snatched the key from one’s pocket as he was reloading his hand-crossbow. Bloke didn’t notice! Heh, It was my time I figured… I was freed of my shackles and I simply toss the key to Steiner who proceeded to do the same. Before they notice, our whole chain-section was freed. Some blokes thought it would be a good idea to fight ‘em with stones. Poor bastards, they were crippled in a rain of bolt faster than you can damn them. I just ran. Didn’t take any chances… just blindly ran… left everyone behind like a coward…
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Day 2 - Fled from a bunch of goblins today… they stole my rat corpse, bastards. Day 4 - Shite. Decided to make something to figure where I am… Just tunnels around here… Just went through several idols to some gods… blood was all-around them, few spiders were scattered around the surface… but they spread out as I approached.. then One of the biggest spider I have ever seen just crawled from behind statue. I don’t know what took over me. I froze. I froze, damn it! I’m suppose to be one in the cohort… one that isn’t afraid to take risks, Luskan scouts… and I froze in front of a spiders… but shit, that city.. that Drow city, it completely screwed up my brain.. Needless to say, the spider lunged at me! I just ducked, kicked which made it fly over the cliff behind me and got the hell out of there! At least, I still got some decent combat reflexes otherwise I would have been on her next meal.. Damnable critters.
Day 7 - Think I’m turning in circles… I just stumbled… on a human arm.. it was half-way chewed and dry blood covered it. Disgusting. I know you got to be able to deal with that shit, but every time I see a human corpse… I don’t know, it just jolts a shiver all the way through my bones… but what really freaked me out was that I knew who’se arm it belonged to… I remember that mark.. on the forearm.. it belonged to Steiner, damn it… Looks like the bloke didn’t make it.. I better keep moving if I don’t want to finish like him.
Day 10 - Think there was just a rockslide behind me.. the whole section collapsed… Scariest shite to be buried alive. Don’t know where am at, but I just walked into some crazy bloke.. he had grey skin, called himself ‘Nurtle’, told me of a town not too far called ‘Sanctuary’. A ‘surfacer’ town. Bah, I decided I might as well check it out. He might speak the truth.
Day 11 - Little grey knee-high was right, there is a town out there.. Some surfacer town, crazy. Think I had my first decent night of sleep in a long time. And the booze, ah the booze.. I got to drink these.. memories away.
Day 12 - Some bloke named Karkis or something went to talk to me regarding something when I was drinking. Then he started asking me all these personal questions, what a bastard. I ain’t a book. Scholars thinking he can study me like the next bloke. I sent him packing.
Day 15 - Well, been here some times. Town treating me good so far, lots of use for someone with my skills. I had a few close-calls, but nothing major.. Met a few good blokes, That elf queer who puts make-up.. though’ he’s a bit weird, he’s good inside, I can feel it. Drax, a good fighter, he’s thinking I’m a drunk that bastard. I ain’t drunk, I just.. need a good drink once a while. Nothing wrong with that. Roman, a nice fellow to talk too, he’s deeper than he looks. Got a good tone to his voice and all…
Day 17 - Heh, some elven lass named Isovien put me in guard against the overwhelming religious outbursts of a group of Banites. To me it sounded more like they are just trying to make it up in this town like everyone else. I don’t see what’s wrong as long as you belief in something… I didn’t care much for religion, anyway. I mean, gods are there and I see what they do! I still respect them in my times and they respect me… sometimes.
Day 18 - Met with an half-orc named ‘Khalid’, I think. That bloke talks with himself at the third person, heh. Funniest shite, but he is a good bloke. He comes from Mulhorand, whatever that is.. ain’t close to Luskan, that’s for sure or I would have heard of it.
- Went on a mission with a couple of odd blokes the other day. Almost got cut in half, I was... a mess... pissing blood everywhere.. Sorry sight to see myself like that.
Day 19 - Met with that Private... Sunnelar or some shit like that. Sounds like a good bloke, apparently they were rebuilding the gates because some barbarian took him down by himself! Shit like that can’t be good.
Day 23 - Been laying low a bit. Didn’t want to attract too shite, changed quarters too. Crone seemed more like the place for my kind of business. It’s quiet, they got an… Ogre watching over us and a goblin named ‘Dugbone’ too… Got to swallow my pride around that little shite, but he isn’t so bad.. I think. - Met another bloke named.. Redpath. Bugger got one hell of a story… that’s for sure.
Day 24 - Saw a bloke die in the streets, an half-orc I had been traveling with… he preferred to die with honor then to live after being defiled.. Bother I didn’t learn his name; those are words to die of... Even thought I wouldn’t!
Day 25 - Bloke who killed him, a Ledskir. Figured they are the ones in charge around here… bah, guess I better learn their trade cause I’m going to have to deal with them sooner or later around here.
Day 27 - What a day… what a day… some bloke named Mr. Black summoned a demon. Or devil? Damn Jandar with his fancy specification! He summoned a giant beast with scythes as claws.. That shit was huge and it tried to cut Karley in one swoop… I just stood watching.. frozen again.. Damn it! Jandar was there too, I saved the bugger’s life.. He had been cut down cause he gloated in front of the thing.. too soon. Anyway, one of the summoner is lying in a pool of blood but his associate is still at large. Took his gold pouch though, so I guess he isn’t staying at a comfortable Inn, better check the Beacon for that bugger.
- Jandar, bugger decided to warn the spellguard about it. They just shutdown the old ruins until they clean up or stole… the demons from there… I ain’t trusting Red and Black cloaks… but guess it comes with the Luskan package.
Day 28 - Traveled with a bunch of fellows again, a preacher named Wellington. Good fat bastard. And some old acquaintances named D’jiro, a good bloke. We don’t speak much but he told me he might have a place for me at the Trading company.