day 1

well it seems hin luck might of let me down today, was caught by a group of black skinned elves i believe are called the drow, god forsaken creatures who like to torment and torture their slaves, i hope some way or some how i can escape form the confines of my captuors and back to freedom! i've decided to write a journal about my experiences in the underdark so if i happen to get out of this place or i end up dead, someone or something might be able to follow in my steps and to stay alive. these drow love bargins, as long as they feel they get the better part of the bargin they'll do anything. thats how am getting more rations than the rest of the slaves at the moment

day 2

thank arvoreen! i managed to escape with a human and simply fled for our lifes! we do not know where we are heading but if there is any purpose in our life left then maybe we will find safety. His name is caleb and seems alright, he does have a kind of thuggish appearance though. maybe we find some clothes for him we can change that, for now we are hiding in a small cave talking about selfs. if its anything you need in this god forsaken place its a friend. keep talking to stop your self thinking of hunger, thirst and past memorys of running about on the surface.

day 3

we have done it! just further along the route we took from the cave, we found a town full of ex-slaves! they call it sanctuary.. a safe haven for all surface dwellers, gold seems plentiful as long as you shift your weight to earn it... in this place gold can work wonders.

day 6

its been a few days since my last entry, been busy making friends with several people, kaddaz a human paladin, danni a human cleric, eowung a elven paladin and anna the halfling cleric. i've been running around doing odd jobs here and there. this city is just like one on the surface, they have a law enforcement organisation, politics, ecomony. its odd, the only thing that is different is the spellguard, they are charged to make sure no illegal casting takes place, apparently the drow and other monsters can detect magic and they dont want the location of sanctuary to be discovered,i guess i will obey this law for more than just my own good

day 10

more friends more jobs! i think am becoming quite popular! and my spells are getting more and more stronger. thank arvoreen for my luck and protection in this place. undead, bats, overgrown rats. just a few of my enemies i've enountered. and my wealth is increasing hopfully if can find something i can buy to incrase my magic casting abilitys. always try to get the best equipment you can afford, it'll save your life

day 13

trouble is afoot with one of my friends just after a few days of being here. It seems one of my friends danni has lost her previous confidence i took great respect in and now believe she is a slave once again. a friend of her's called linda told me she was ill treated on the surface and this was her true self. I simply hate to see friends in a state, i wish there was something i could do...

foul uncaring humans! i was enjoying a drink at the rock when my poorly friend danni came down from rest, she seemed changed. continuously calling me master and sir. i explained to her that she can call me by my name because we're friends! thats when the trouble started... three humans came in asking miss danni to brew some potions. apart from being in no condition to make potions, she politely denied, one of the humans shouted to shout about how much he needed them. scaring miss danni off to her room, the three humans pursueing her! i followed them into the room where they surrounded her and were constantly shouting, miss danni was curled up against a bookcase screaming, it tore me apart just watching her. i had enough of these wretches and decided to do something, thank arvoreen i'd been studying how to cast a spell to make people invisible a hours ago, i cast the spell upon danni and did not see her for a while, the three did not even notice she was gone while they were shouting. For an odd reason a fourth human had entered as well. from his armour i could tell he was a worshipper or bane. Foul banites if i see him in the underdark i shall burn him in arvoreens flames of justice! i also felt quite afraid as they had become four and I was only one, fortunately though a good friend of mine, a dwarf called thorigan had entered the room and told them to leave. the others leave quietly but The banite could not leave without issueing threats which is not suprising. it seems the incident was reported to the watch. i hope they recieve their punishment for their crimes.

*the writing is almost carved into the parchment and is almost impossible to read*

i could not believe it. i awoke from my room and went down to the tavern when i met sunni. A lunatic of a hin who believes demons shall consume me, hah as if arvoreen would stand by and allow that. i was talking to him about incident with danni and was telling him how thorigan and I dispise the banite when..... he responded by telling me thorigan was dead. dead! dead!?! i could not believe it! there was only one person who could convince me about such a thing and that was kaddaz. I met with kaddaz later that day and was greeted with the same disturbing news... it was true, my friend and companion, who i promised arvoreen shall protect had fell, apparently clowns slayed him from behind..... i felt so angry i could not keep still, i had to......*the writing becomes too untidy to read*

its been a long time since i've put feather to parchment, alot of things has happened since then. The biggest one being a box i found on a crazed woman.

It began when she came to the sanctuary gate claiming anyone who would follow her into the underdark,find her and kill her will be rewarded greatly. Me caleb and a few friends took up the challenge and the chase was on. At first we could find nothing untill i heard fast paced foot steps heading towards me from behind. I dared not look back and decided to run for my life to catch up with my group, I told them about the foot steps and we decided to take a second look. We noticed alot of malar's beasts were out but thought very little of it. We found the woman on a cliff who summoned a spider and fled. We killed it quickly and followed her to the spire. We faced alot of creatures nearby and thats when she decided to strike.

She was extremely powerful in magic as well as combat, None of my spells could touch her. Thankfully however we had a more experienced wizard who us who cast a illusionary horror upon her, it was amazing! she blacked out and took our chance. On her we found a mountain of gold, and many trinkets and things with the mark of malar.

And also this box i have with me. In it was a note describeing a portal that leads to the surface that required 9 runes to open. It appears she was looking for the runes because she had aquired one, or at least it looks like one. I have no idea since i cannot read the rune. Lastly and most interesting of all was a book about an excavation to follow a stream of water signed by fredrick bresley!

I did not have time to tell the others because moments later a pack of werewolfs were upon us and we fled.

They obviously wanted something, maybe the woman? the box? I showed my finding to my most trusted friends and they have all said the same things "Take care who you show that to frubo, people will kill just for them" Sadly i believe they are right. Arvoreen protect me in this difficult time.

*written in a flowing script*

Day 34

Alot can happen in a month, That was one thing I'd forgotten when I used to live with my family, But now the past has caught up with me, My brother and sister have found their way to sanctuary and are now looking to drag me back to waterdeep so I can become a 'real' Hill, some people would be overjoyed at the faintest whisper of a way up, I however am not, Every since i decided to turn my back on my familys traditions I've brought dishonour and shame to the name of Hill, Bah as if I care.

We were a happy family living in luxury at a manor in Waterdeep, By day my family was a house of nobles and servants, by night they were rogues, thiefs, burglars. I however saw the evil in these acts and thus chose the path of the arcane after seeing a magican performing a show in a nearby sqaure.

For this the price was to be thrown out of the manor and to leave waterdeep and so i did. I wandered the land untill i fell prey to those vile drow and here I....or We I should say, down in the underdark where just to Live is getting harder and harder every single day!

You'd might wander why I've decided to write this entry in a different style, I believe that many different styles bring out character and imagination in people, Much better than those wizards who hide behind their books and lock themselves in a tower.

A tip for anyone who finds this,

You can only run from the past for so long, untill then enjoy the time you have. As my time is about to turn into a living hell.

Not even a few hours have passed since I've talked to my sister and assassins are trying to stick theirs blades in my when I rest! I hate to say it but my sister was right, my brother has other plans for me and they end with me being dead.

I still cant bear to trust her though, she is still a part of that 'family' if you could call it that, I myself refuse to give in to such terrible ways to earn a living. I constantly find my self casting light or walking with a torch incase anymore assassins are lurking in the shadows.

This 'right sized' group must be something my brother setup, he'll have far worst plans than a simple attack. If i recall rightly he used to be a fan of great explosions

Day 58

Eversince I got back into sanctuary from a few days of exploring I knew it had changed, Dark figures and foul speaking warriors plague the streets, My friends seem divided and yet I stand here in the middle. I was talking with najara about these things when it all of a sudden made sense, My path leads me to take these matters into my hands and straighten them once and for all, my friends shall be together, my enemies and enemies of this town slain with right justice, and finally I shall find a path out of this darkness, I shall be the torchbearer at this time of darkness.

No sooner had I felt a surge of happiness at these thoughts, it was ripped to shreds as I recieved a letter from danni for the house.

Chell's life had been extinguished, a man that worked so hard to bring a better quality of life to lower, gone in an instant. I cant keep still or even close my eyes for some well deserved sleep.

This is the last time am going to allow this to happen. thats for sure, watch out criminals of sanctuary. Frubo is coming for you.

The journal is covered in blood never to be written in again