Lundar's Library

Day 340, Year 537 of the Ascendancy

On the eve of the 70th day of Autumn, a Chaos
Storm ran rampart through Puddleby. I took refuge in the library, and
when I emerged, I learned of the many changes that the 130th Chaos
Storm had brought: new fish in the sea, new beasts on the land, and
most importantly, new lands to explore. But I am getting ahead of
myself. It all started when I stepped out of the library on that 70th
day of Autumn…

The Fen Leogic was setting up an exploration
party, to see what the latest Chaos Storm had brought. The expedition
was an utter failure. Our first destination, the Trool Outpost remained
unchanged, the mirror remained impassable, and none of the Trool mines
had been expanded at all. We all returned to town, and I started doing
a little exploring of my own. The first place I thought to check was
the hut on the grassy island, which had seemed to give a little, before
the Chaos Storm. Perhaps the Chaos Storm might have torn it open…
With such thoughts in my mind, I rented a boat from Captain Barnak, and
set to the sea. That was when I first encountered something that had
been previously unknown.

The strange looking fish, which some have
described as “being like a Shredder, only larger”, is the Tae-Su. It is
lightning quick, and deals fairly powerful blows with it’s mouth, and
serrated fins. The creature made short work of me, and I had to float
through the currents of the northern ocean, until a rescue party was
assembled, and I was fished out of the water. The Tae-Su was
vanquished, and I once again set my mind on the task of reaching the
grassy island.

Finally, after struggling against the currents,
and sweating in the cold winter sun, I reached the grassy isle. Much to
my dissapointment, the door of the strange hut did not give
away, and I slowly trudged back to shore, to my boat, barely
acknowledging the centaur guardian. I would have left the grassy
island, and that would have been the end of my end of my adventures, if
it had not been for a bunch flowers that caught my attention out of the
corner of my eye. I slowly looked towards the direction of the bright
flowers, and noticed a gate leading to the east, which I had never seen
before. I stepped through, and entered a strange, magical forest filled
with evergreen trees…

The humid air about the place like a curtain, yet
it was strangely not uncomfortable. The trees gently rustled, and the
air was filled with the sound of a multitude of insects. Suddenly, the
tranquil atmosphere of the forest was broken by the loud cry “Hunter!”
Seemingly in reply, dozens of other voices called forth as well:
“Hunter, Hunter, Hunter!”

It was the clan Hunter, and these sons and
daughters of Orion claimed that they were the first exiles ever to
discover this hidden grove, and they had named it(creativly enough)
“The Forest of Orion”. I was in no position to argue, and I slowly
accepted that this place was the Forest of Orion. The name was
strangely fitting. There were many creatures to be hunted in the Forest
of Orion, Giants Vermine, Artak Cougars, Orga, and even a few Trools.
There were also several varieties of cat which I had never heard of
before, including the Rodan Panther; a rather cowardly animal that
flees at the slightest provocation(see a Vision Stone
of the creature). I explored the grove for hours, but I suspect that
the forest still hold many secrets. It is up to you to discover these
on your own(hope you’ve enjoyed the slightly-longer-than-usual journal
entry ;).