Scribed in the month of October by Kealyn-DOT


Forgot to mention that I gave Stewan some meat to smoke and salt, so we can use it as emergency rations. Paid him 300 gold and will get the meat in a few weeks.

Korith found a book, threatening the elves and claiming to speak for the human race. Nay saw anyone and nay sure that it is serious, but will ask the guards to patrol around the Rose more.

A man from the British guards reported on duty today, though he also nay had any news about baron Edmund as he had been sick and without news for months. He helped me with guarding duties, though there nay were any bigger troubles.

Some Lady showed some magik and a jester performed some tricks at the gate,
else nay thing to report.

Kaelyn

Scribed in the month of October by Kealyn-DOT

When I got to the gate the Trinsic mayor reminded me about the Vesperian Festival. As the town was quiet and the paladins had everything under control I headed north to pay them a visit.

South of the Swaggers many people had put up booths, though some seemed to be very dubious.
Like the one that sold cookies and sweets with nightshade or the one that Thaur had, where he tried to sell kisses for twenty gold.

*The sketch shows the Festival*




There was a bar with lightly dressed ladies which attracted lots of men and Alraune read the people’s fortunes. Stewan and Gwen had a also a stall with food and other trading goods.

An orc was sighted close to the tavern, but Thaur who had been hired as guard managed to scare it off with his bad breath.

I got myself some watered Cider to drink and wandered a bit about looking at the booths until it was announced that the fighting contest would start.

For that they had built a small fighting arena behind the swaggers and three brave ones and Thaur volunteered to fight.
First they were paired off and the best of three fights would advance to the final round.

*sketch shows the arena*



Thaur and a fighter called Vheran managed to get into the finals and it was close, but Thaur managed to win.

*sketch shows the announcement of the winner*




Slowly the festival got quieter and I decided to head back to Trinsic and work on a painting of Thaur and the orc love he had chased away today.

When Gwen returned from the festival she showed me another note with threats against the elven folks and I think we should double our patrols to the elven quarter.

Rest of my duty was quiet and as all were tired from the festival most went to rest early.

Kaelyn



*you see a sketch of the profile of the head of a man on the left side and the head of an orc at the right side.
Both heads are close together and they purse their lips as if to kiss each other.

The face of the man is quite rough and bearded and has the features of Thaur Macil. The orc on the other hand looks like any ugly orc with many warts and ugly looks.

Below the picture you can read the line ‘The only one that would kiss Thaur for 20 Gold’*

Scribed in the month of October by Kealyn-DOT

When I got on duty, Gwen showed me another letter threatening the elves.
I added it to the report and will see that the guards patrol the elven quarter more regularly.

The strange creature was at the gate again, but all it said was ‘mur’ and the Jester said it might be gargoyle for many, but we nay found out more.

A woman named Anaea Lykopis came into town and applied for the guards. She was is well versed with a bow and wishes to be useful in the Duchy guards.

The other woman or cat lady is called Fenwe Maren and was born near Spirituality woods. She also applied to the Duchy as guard and her main reason is she needs coin.

After checking their papers and as Sir Ikus seemed to be desperate or pleased enough with their performance, I accepted them as recruits and let them pledge the oath.

The two had had some troubles with someone from Vesper before where the cat scratched the man who had insulted the two women before.

I fined the woman for assault two hundred gold, gave the hurt man hundred and kept the rest as fine. The man then though refused to disarm his crossbow and sergeant Orson and me convinced him to leave the town then.

As my shift was ending and I was tired I let Sergeant Orson look after the recruits and show them around.

Kaelyn



*a note is added to the report*

Humans vs Elves!!

Elf. Hear me.Humans are now against you. Stay off our land and all our civilised cities. As far as we’re concenred, you are outlaws to the human civilsations. Brittania’s land is being recarved.

*signed*
The Humans!!!

Scribed in the month of October by Kealyn-DOT

Went to the Rose and nay new threatening letters had been found again.
Talked to Gerek who said that he is engaged to a woman called Dalla, but then had to return to Vesper to guard it from Orcs.

Found a camp of brigands south of the elven quarter and also chased a group of Ogres off with some well placed arrows.

Mur came to the gate but the only new word it said was ‘mur khaldun’ before it left again.

Lady Kimi visited and brought us the news that lady Tabbhita left and that the order took a new name and are led by a Lady called Arliana.

Lady Jade Bastet informed me that the family of Tremere acquired most buildings on Marble island and informed me that their tavern is open every Saturday at 8 with FREE DRINKS and food.

Kaelyn

Today we were asked to stand guard for the Ritual Stewan had prepared and Antar and some other magicians helped him. His Grace and we as guards also went there hoping that them nay accidentally would open a portal to a demon world.

Stewan was very careful to place the reagents on the right place, where he guessed they should be and so the preparation took some time.

*sketch shows the place before the ritual*



Stewan, Antar and Alusair chanted their parts of the incantations and then the ground shook and sparks flew and then the place slowly changed to swamp.


*sketch shows the place after the ritual*



Stewan said that it might have been successful, but that it would take time to show results and so we returned back to town.


I learned that Jenny is still nay feeling well and so Artemis found a babysitter for the child until Jenny feels better again.

Mordred and Ffodos went on a patrol and were ambushed by three orcs and hurt. Madeline ran to the gate and called us though the orcs had also hurt Artemis before Devante, Gwen, me and others managed to chase the orcs away.


Kaelyn







*a copy of a permit is added to the report*

The wearer of this permit is allowed to enter the Duchy and the town of Trinsic.

Name of the person allowed to enter:
Kor’maril

Permit number: 37

Name of the person vouching:
Kaelyn

Authorised by and witnessed by:
Kaelyn of the Duchy of Trinsic.

Day started badly when on my way to Trinsic I met some Yewish asking about Painted Caves and told me that Drow waited at the gates.
I think I pointed them in the right directions and hope they all got lost in there and continued to the gate, which was now blessedly Drow free.

Antar complained about Drow and I promised him to send a message to them, by arresting one of Vierna’s flock and talk to them.

It seems the brigand Gwen lost her eyesight and is also a vampire though some pendant around her neck seems to make her docile enough.
I put her in a cell and asked a jeweller to make a lockable bracelet of the pendant and Antar and me put it around Gwens’s right hand.
Antar thinks she can be kept ‘cured’ for now and maybe that there is a cure for that vampirism. If anyone sees her without the bracelet and she is aggressive, they are ordered to kill her and cut off her head.

Jade visited Gwen, but also nay could help her and left soon.

Mordred takes two weeks off duty, as he had an argument with his Grace and Gwen and needs time to cool off and prepare his wedding with Gwen.

Did not hear of the Yewish again and I can still hope them got lost.

Kaelyn

Antar and Madeline took Gwen out of her Cell and checked her eyesight again, but nay could help her. Some tailor merchant got Gwen the most horrible coloured clothes and only after I threatened to arrest him for selling that did he change it with Madeline’s help to some decent coloured ones.
Gwen found some work at the mage shop under Antar’s guidance and he will also watch over her as best as he can.

It seems Mordred’s training with Brynhild helped a bit as we trained a bit and she managed to hold her own well enough, though I still thinks she nay deserves to be a guardwoman yet again.

Talked with Van about Swaggers and possible vampires, but he assured me that all was well there and also Artemis and Brynhild whom I sent there nay found anything unusual.
We need though to keep alert and see that we catch and kill those monsters before they hurt any more people.

Else it was pretty quiet and safe and nay thing worth to report.

Kaelyn

Today Cove and Trinsic held a joint market and I saw one of the best markets ever with lots of different stands and sellers.
From the best cookies to furniture and flowers, to strange objects fished up from the depths of the sea.

*sketch shows the market*


After the people shopped we sat together and several people told short stories. Among them we listened to a story from his Grace and the Vesparian baron.

*sketch shows the storytelling*



Some thief was lifting some purses and we tried to get hold of her, but she escaped into the woods after a chase.
In the woods I saw one hooded person attack a fighter and knocking him down and so Alusair and me tried to arrest them.
I got knocked out by some magik and was woken later on by Stewan and a new recruit.
I nay felt well and the healers told me to take it easy and get some rest.

The Brigands managed to escape, but I got informed that the thief got caught though escaped later again.

Kaelyn



*a copy of a report is added*
Report Monday 18th Feb:

Stewan reported that there was a mage in the healers and they were asking for a guard. I went to investigate *large ink blot which has spread somewhat*

*writing resumes further down the page in different ink*

The mage was dead when I got there and Healer Elynor informed me he had been brought in already dead. The body was of a middle aged man with long grey hair and beard, nothing out of the ordinary. He was wearing a robe and sandals. He wasn’t carrying anything else that might have identified him. He could have been attacked by brigands and robbed as he had no gold or other possessions. But he might have been looted after he died. The healers didn’t seem too sure how he died and thought it might have been poison. They will carry on investigating.

Later I was at the gate and Adammair and Alraune came past. They asked me to pass on a message that they had been to Swaggers and it was free of vampires.

The moongate still has purple rabbits round it and I think they are breeding as there are more today. Otherwise there is nothing significant to report from the Elven Quarter. Town was also quiet.

Hildy Fredrikson
Guardswoman

We were asked to accompany Antar on an expedition to find a book on some sea creature near a place called serpent pillar.
As we had to lure the creatures with something I let Ffodos and Pistia hunt some animals for meat and bring it with us on the expedition.

I let Brynhild prepare a boat at the docks, but Antar said he had everything prepared so we set off with his boat to the serpent pillars.

When we arrived there we threw some meat into the water and managed to attract some sea monsters, but nay the right ones.

*sketch shows the expedition at the serpent pillar*



Antar then touched the Pillar and it transported us somewhere else and we went to another of these pillars. Even though Mordred played live bait this time we nay got the monster we were looking for and so we went to the next pillar.

This time we nay only threw Mordred in as bait we also threw the meat in and managed so to lure one of those feared Leviathans to the surface.
After a tough fight we managed to kill the thing and found a half dissolved locked box in its carcass.

*sketch shows the dead Leviathan*



We brought the box back to Trinsic where Alusair opened it and we looked inside. Sadly the time it had stayed in the monster’s body had dissolved the document inside and only the metal binding remained.

We now have nay clue about where we find the document the gargoyle asked us for and even that oracle lead led nowhere.

*sketch shows the opening of the box at the gate*



Dawn and Pistia were arguing a bit with the Baron of Cove and I have to remind all the guards to be nice to the nobles and better to go on a patrol than to quarrel with them.
That is either my or Lady Reann’s job to provoke trouble, if there has to be any!

Mordred and Devante had a quarrel and as both are stubborn as mules they agreed on a duel at the Trinsic Moongate tomorrow at ten.
I think we should put Devante a bit in a cell for his own safety and give me time to have a talk with him.

Kaelyn

Just reread my last report and noticed I wrote that Dawn annoyed the Baron of Cove, when it was Van the baron of Vesper she annoyed, though she is behaving a lot better now and keeping her mouth shut when he is around.

Some unknown Brigands claiming from the north attacked the town, asking for money for their fight. Managed to chase them off after some fighting, but I got hurt at my side and I want to know their names and where they are from.

Mordred claimed he knows where they might come from and as he is still on leave it might take some days until he checks on it.

I could not wait so long and with Artemis decided to head to Yew and check out if nay them were behind the attacks.
We talked with some guards and claimed to be entertainers heading to Skara for a performance. Nay saw any civilians we could ask and so had to leave without nay new information, though neither Artemis nor me recognised any of the Yewish as attackers.
I still think they are involved somehow in it and I will find it out.

Antar came into town delivering a note of the oracle which he had written down when it talked to him yesterday. It seems there is some hidden evil lurking again and maybe even against his Grace personally



The warning the oracle said was the following

When the poisonous waters seep amongst the unprotected roots they shall rise and reach the crown without the stem knowing. For the stem knows no more than that one leaf after the other turns black and rots before falling to the ground, yet it has no part in the water they drink. Yet the stem needs to see and note the leaf that turns black as it needs to mind the roots which draw the waters to find the poisonous waters that come between them or the crown will wither and the bark shall fall until the stem is bare and broken.


Lance Sanders hired two brigands to attack the town and kidnap Dawn. They hurt some Guards and civilians and all described the two attackers as hooded, one wielding magik and necromancy and the other a crossbow.

Van and Stewan managed to return Dawn and luckily nay one was seriously harmed and one of the attackers let himself be arrested peacefully.
One drow identified the magician that attacked by his fighting style and voice and even Stewan and Dawn recognised him too. His name is Oscar something and he is a half drow and seemingly has troubles with the other drow too.

I sentenced him to twenty lashes or as many until he fainted and he managed to stay conscious for eleven lashes before he fainted.

*sketch shows the lashing of the half drow



Those Brigands came again and sneaked into the jail where they locked me up in cell three and took my key.

It seems they wanted to kidnap Lord Ikus and after some fighting, they managed to kidnap him. He returned later on they had asked him for money and told him to get some.

Carn awaits a package from Jackal and if anyone sees jackal, ask him what Carn has ordered and that we guards will keep it safe for Carn.

Alatril is one of Vierna’s slaves and I found work at the tailors.
I need to ask lady Kimi about it and that she talks to the drow and allows her to work there.

I ordered a new set of cell keys and changing of locks over night and the tinker master said they will manage it.

Kaelyn

Day started quiet with the Rose open and most people heading there, leaving me time to catch up on paperwork.

Stewan registered Ryan Tarenra Seagull with the duchy and his Grace accepted a new paladin recruit into the order.

Heard there was a race in Cove but seems none of the guards are runners, so ah have nay idea who won.

The Jester came into town running from his grandmother and asking me nay to tell her. Seems he managed to conjure some frogs in the gypsy camp and she was trying to get him for that. As I dislike that old hag anyway it was a pleasure to send her away, though she looked pretty angrily at me.

Devante still sees nay reason to sort out his trouble with Mordred and I still consider locking both in a cell and let them discuss or fight it out.

Kaelyn

I woke up yesterday and noticed that I could not utter a sound. Not that I had a cold or anything, I could just not make a sound.
I panicked and ran to the healers who checked me over and said that nothing was wrong with me and that it was all in my head.

Alusair did some experiments and found out that me being mute had something to do with magik, but that none of her spells could help me.
As she mentioned that it might be some old strong curse we all remembered the old hag that had been looking for the jester.

Stewan tried to find her in Ilshenar, but he nay could find her at any of the usual camps.
Alusair and some others will see if they find any spells, but as I heard such gypsy spells are very strong and most likely I need to find a way to make the old hag take the spell back.

The day was fairly quiet without any bigger fighting and I am slowly getting used to not being able to talk. I had imagined it worse, but it is interesting how quickly one can get used to such things.

Today brought more of the same and it was fairly safe until a band of Orcs came to the gate trying to ask gold from us guards.
We tried to send them off with a few coins, but they glimpsed Alusair’s bag of gold and attacked her.
Alias jumped in to help us fight the orcs and she got wounded in the fight.
We managed to chase the orcs off, but we have to assume that there are more in the woods.

*the sketch shows the orcs at the gate*



Also got reports that Cove got attacked by bands of Orcs and that the orcs even managed to take over part of the town, terrorising the citizens.

We should consider getting guards together to help out cove to beat back the orcish menace. Those are enemies of us all

A yewish warrior came to the gate and seemed very grumpy when I sent him away, we better watch that too.

Sebastian was reported missing since yesterday when some old man in dark robes brought a note claiming that Sebastian had been kidnapped and asked for a ransom.

I went to the gate and put some of the ransom money down with a note that the rest would be paid when I could trade Sebastian for it.

There though Carn and a mercenary stepped out and the mercenary told me that he had been hired by Carn to beat me up. He offered me though to pay more and I accepted and arrested Carn.

I paid the mercenary 2000 gold and punished Carn and threw him then out of town after getting my money back from him.

Lady Jade and some of her people brought Sebastian safely back into town. He was hurt but nay too seriously and was brought to the healers for more rest and treatment.

Michael had been hurt by a drow who fled when I came closer. Luckily he nay was seriously hurt and could get to town with only his pride hurt.

Kaelyn


*a copy of the ransom note is added to the report*

Captain Kaelyn, I have been taken prisoner by a gang of Brigands.

They say that they will kill me and then send pieces of me back to the Duchy, little by little unless their demands are met in full.

They demand two thousand gold coins in two separate bags to be placed by the Trinsic Moongate at Midnight tomorrow night.

If they suspect a trap they will leave the gold and execute me.

Please Captain Help Me!

Signed
Sebastian