Lundar's Library

Day 254, Year 535 of the Ascendancy

During the last ELF meeting, I fell unconcious,
and didn’t wake until almost two weeks later, still within the
campfire. I do not know what could have caused this strange seizure,
but I pray that it never happens again(OOC: My power went out, and I
could not get back on the ‘net until three days later. Eek!).

The 105th Chaos Storm brings many changes to the
lands. The most obvious is that many of the buildings throughout
Puddleby have been completed, though it seems most are still not ready
to cater to exiles. When will these buildings be operating at full
capacity? Lana Garaka offers this hint:

In other news, I finally got a new sun stone! It
has been literaly ages since I have last used an SS. My first sun stone
shut down on me after a few days of use, and after I repaired it, the
stone shuddered and died on me again, without even a single use! I was
so happy when I got this stone, that I SSed everybody I could, even
myself! Hopefully, this stone will last longer than my past ones…

Day 237, Year 535 of the Ascendancy

Early in the morning on the 57th day of Autumn,
ELF, and a few other exiles, were happily hunting ferals in the North
Forest. Suddenly, I felt Felon fall to a burst of flame. A quick skry
with my skristal told me that Felon was quite nearby, and north. I had
a bad feeling about this, but the party swiftly headed north-wards.
Fleming said that it could have been a Shaman or something, but I had
never heard of an Orga Shaman wandering about the North Forest. We
continued north, and in no time found Felon’s fallen body. It was then,
that the ear-piercing screech rung through the forest.

As the echo of screech was still fading, the party
was engulfed in a sudden burst of flame, and a dreaded Forest Drake
flew out from within the trees. Several of the party members and I were
quickly felled, but a few escaped. Luckily for us, a group of healers
was wandering nearby, and together, the Forest Drake was easily
dispatched. We rejoiced, but a doubt lingered at the back of our minds.
This was not the first such drake attack in the past several weeks. Why
was such an elusive creature as the drake suddenly becoming so common?
Hopefully it was coincidence, but…

Day 229, Year 535 of the Ascendancy

One day, while relaxing in the Academy, my clan
mate Sylune told me of a new trainer that taught the skill of
pathfinding. Now, I was quite surprised by this, but even more so by
the fact that the man who taught this skill was the crazy Marsh Hermit
himself! I had spoken to the Hermit on numerous occasions before, but
he had told me nothing of pathfinding. I had to check this out for
myself. So the two of us made our way to the Marsh, and eventually to
the hut of the Marsh Hermit. There, I made some idle talk with the
Marsh Hermit, before asking him the big question.

It turns out, the Hermit does in fact teach
pathfinding. Several people have already begun training with the
Hermit, but so far, the benefits of pathfinding cannot be seen.
Hopefully, this skill will lead us exiles to previously undiscovered
areas of the isles.

Day 207, Year 535 of the Ascendancy

It had been a long day, and I took to the Academy
to review my day’s adventures. After a few minutes of meditation, I
returned to town, to relax for a while. Little did I know that my
adventures had just begun. In town stood two exiles whom I had not seen
before; a slight ‘Zo woman by the name of Stonesa, and a Halfling by
the name of Awaria.

The two, as it turned out, were healer trainers,
and they were looking for a third companion by the name of Sylpha. It
seemed that Sylpha had fallen to a winged snake earlier, and the two
had no idea where she could be. A quick skrying told me that Sylpha was
in bad condition, but I could not discern the direction in which she
lay. Luckily for us, Okasa was in town, and with his skristal training,
we were able to get a general fix on Sylpha; South East, and ten
Sne’els away. Okasa led a party of exiles on a search that led us
through South Forest, and through the dreaded Marsh itself. Finally, a
member of the party, Tam, found that Sylpha was in the old cemetery. As
we all made our way to the cemetery, I got separated from the rest of
the party. Luckily for me, my experience with the maze-like structure
of the Marsh quickly got me to the cemetery. However, upon entering the
cemetery, I was assaulted and felled by several dozen leeches. Others
who wandered in, also met similar treatment. No wonder Sylpha had
fallen!

The rescue party eventually made it’s way to the
cemetery, and dispatched the marauding leeches. Sylpha was raised
thanks to the efforts of many healers, and we all made our way back to
town, this time without even getting lost. 😉