Lundar's Library

Day 105, Year 547 of the Ascendancy

Today I stepped out of the library to find myself in the midst of what
would grow to become one of the biggest Darshak Invasions ever to
menace Puddleby.

The invasion started off benignly enough with the
appearance of a pair of Darshak Scouts, followed by a raiding party
comprised of Thugs, Sailors, Marines, and Blades, led by a Darshak
Captain. Darshak Acolytes and Necromancers appeared as well, to give
the invaders magical assistance.

This initial force of Darshak was easily defeated,
but wave after wave of Darshak poured forth from their foul Warships,
along with several “elite” Darshak. We were able to hold the Darshak at
the west gate for a while, but when the Darshak Necromancers destroyed
our kudzu wall with their unholy fire, we were forced to retreat back
to Puddleby.

After two hours or so of intense fighting, we
managed to push back most of the Darshak from our shores, and took the
fight to the ocean. This turned out to be a big mistake.

The ocean was swarming with the rowboats of
Darshak pirates, along with no less than 5 Darshak Warships, including
the dreaded Darshak Corsair. Those of us who tried to face the Darshak
on the water soon found ourselves floating in our uppened boats, at the
mercy of the fickle currents.

I soon found myself in the company of these
derelict ships, and we floated around for nearly 6 hours while the rest
of Puddleby fought desparately to fend the Darshak off from established
beachheads on Centaur and Ash Island.

When we were finally rescued, we helped to finish
off the last of the Darshak pirates that menaced the ocean. We also
took the time to kill off the remnants of Darshak that hid in the
waters of Kizmia’s Isle and the Ash Island Cove. That done, we were
content that we had rid ourselves of the Darshak menace.

However, later that day when I returned to Ash
Island with my clan ELF, we found that Ash Island still teemed with the
armies of Darshak pirates. We decided to take the battle to these
Darshak, but on our way to the Darshak Outpost, I managed to slip into
the the Darshak Horde.

A massive rescue ensued, and dozens of exiles
battled against the horde of elite Darshak and Necromancers. The rescue
took a long time, but in the end we were all rescued, after several
attempts.

The last of the Darshak was slain shortly before
midnight, and we were all rewarded for our bravery and compassion. All
told, it was more than half a day of intense fighting against the
Darshak. Hopefully our efforts today will deter the Darshak from any
further invasions in the near future.