Journal 4759 Gozran 14th

We arrived late in Felgrau of Ustalav in the furrows. We saw a tree that had werewolves hanging from it branches. Something did not look right and as I got close I saw thru the illusion. It was too late the tree attacked us. It got a hold of Hadhod by the neck and I used my fire sphere to burn the tree. With Hadhod and Gregor beating on the tree and my fire spells we were able to kill this creature. Then we skirted around Felgrau as we were going around the town we were found by three werewolves who wanted Hadhod to joined them because of his wolf spirit. Hadhod refused and they attacked. I made them separate to get to us with my spike growth. We were able to kill them quickly with Gregor silver sword and because they could not gang up on us. We than continue on when a ghost attacked us but before it could do anything to us we were able to destroyed it. Then hear a voice from an old building. It called us inside and I did not believe it was a good idea but it was. Hadhod and Gregor went in and I followed when we meet the Prince of Wolves. He gave us information about what was here and where Kendra is. We promised to give him the heart of the pack leader if we found it. As we were getting close we were discovered by the Whispering Way. A group of skeletons started to come out of the building next to us. Gregor went into the building taking the fight to them. The cultist leading the skeleton began screaming that the werewolves are attacking. Two werewolves came around the building to get to Hadhod as a few skeletons also came out to attack us. Then a second group of skeletons came out from the other building next to us. I was able to destroy most of them skeletons in that group by commanding them back to the earth where they came from in the name of Gorazan. Then I noticed more skeletons coming from across the village and more werewolves coming from the way we came in. A three way battle was beginning. Hadhod was able to kill the two werewolves and skeleton outside, Gregor killed most of the skeleton inside and came out to fight the second group of skeletons. I set up entangle to try and slow the werewolves down. It worked I used my fire sphere to help Hadhod and set up my spike grow to also help Hadhod. The skeleton went after the werewolves before going after us and the werewolves also would go after the skeletons before us. Except Hadhod which the werewolves wanted him to go to their side but that was not working. Just as every group was coming together when Auren vrood enter the battle. It did not look good because he was flying. We had little to hurt him while he was flying are only hope was to command him to the ground. Gregor used his command spell telling Auren Vrood to sleep. It worked to my surprise and Vrood fell from the air. Once he was ground Gregor attacked him. The cultist saw Vrood in danger changed their order from the werewolves to attack Gregor. I used my spike growth to kill that group of skeletons but two other groups went around my spikes and got to Gregor. With my and spike growth to help Hadhod he was in control killing the werewolves. I went help Gregor with the two of us we took out Vrood. I did not realize it when I then used my turn undead destroying half of the group of skeletons but also killed Vrood undead form, too. We both got surrounded by the skeletons as the cultist told the skeletons to kill us and they ran for their lives. Gregor was able to break me free from the skeleton and covered my escape. We both ran to Hadhod on the other side of my spike and entangle spells taking some damage. This worked because the skeleton did not make it thru and were destroyed. We then rested up so I could get one more turn undead for the day and went up to rescue Kendra. I used my turn undead to destroy the skeletons guarding Kendra. We then started search the place and found this Scroll which read: The Carrion Crown Upon the ashen pathways tread Softly, as the whispered dead. As mortal flesh doth rot and fail To leech and maggot, ebbing frail. Unhallowed words cannot be spoken, With whispered oath, death lies broken. Shed fear, shed life, shed pain, shed time, Eternity seized shall soon be thine. First spirit torn from Grave-Lady’s grasp Be rent and sown as soured ash. Soft the spiral song reverses, Judgment lost, damnation surges. Keeper of the damned’s soul take, With packlord’s heart the beast shall wake And flesh be wrought in disarray— Stillborn cocoon, to blessed decay. A hundred slain lie innocent, Grind bone and marrow to cement Craft now a skull of splintered graves, Unmake life, unmake the slave. Where history churns dream to blister, Necrophagous secrets whisper Through chronicles of Raven’s tongue – A legacy of fear unspun. Blood spilt atop the Iron thorn Invokes that which cannot be born. Arise the Tyrant now unbound, Bearer of the Carrion Crown