Journal 4760 Adrodus 16th - Adrodus 28th - The Blooms

Journal 4760 Adrodus 16th - Linkles and I arrived in Solvannia and the queen was happy to see us but ask where Gregor and the others were. We told her Gregor and the others are on their way and will be here as fast as they can. We expect him any day it been 10 days sense we last saw him. It looks like Linkles and I lost six days being in the fey realm for only a few hours. Looking at the problem this looks like the bloom the dryad was saying will come. I need to change a spell to cast water breathing on us in case we get pulled under the water. Linkles agreed that we need to find out what those swans are and can do. We will go out in the morning to see if we can stop this bloom. Journal 4760 Adrodus 17th – I cast water walking and water breathing on the both of us and we go out to meet the swans. Just as we are in striking distance Linkles cast his fire ball spell on two of the swans (After the battle I’m glad he only hit two of them). The blast killed the swans but they turn into two water elementals which attack us. We each had an elemental attack us. I casted my moonbeam spell on mine along with casting my guiding bolt spell. Linkles spell where not doing as much damage as he was taking. I was able to heal him a little before the next elemental attack took Linkles down. At that time I was able to destroy my elemental and sent the moonbeam on Linkles elemental. I was also able to heal Linkles before he died. Linkles had slowed his elemental so it could not reach me as I kept backing away and keeping my moonbeam spell on it and was able to destroy it. I had to heal Linkles up and we went back to Solvannia after killing two of them. We did learn that the other swans do not interfere or join the other elemental we are attacking so we should be able to attack one at a time. Journal 4760 Adrodus 18th – I was ready to go and try and kill another swan but Linkles was not so sure and thought we should wait for the others. I tried to tell him if we only kill one swan at a time we will only be fighting one elemental at a time. When we started out we saw the swan had grouped together and Linkles was not as sure now and said we should wait. Gregor should be here today or tomorrow. As it turned out Gregor, Erik and Rigby show up just before evening. We told them what we have learned about the swans. Gregor was able to heal some of the sick because the black water going out of the bloom is a poison. Journal 4760 Adrodus 19th - When we went out to fight the swan there was now four swans instead of only three. The plan work to attack one swan and then one elemental at a time. Doing this we did not take much damage as a group. Eric took the most damage but survived. When we killed the last elemental this caused the whirlpool to close and it toss us around like buoys in a storm. When it was all done clean water started flowing out from the center again and a dead swan was floating in the center where the whirlpool was. This is our first trophy. We took it and head back to Solvannia. It will take another 14 to 15 days to totally clear up the poison water this bloom caused. We decided to wait here in Solvannia to get a report of another bloom instead of guessing where the bloom will appear. Since we need to stay close to each other and Solvannia will get a report of trouble. Which did not take long, it was a plague of twig men to the north. We headed out in search of this bloom. Journal 4760 Adrodus 20th – Traveling to the Narlmarches in search of the twig men bloom. Journal 4760 Adrodus 21st – Another day going to the Northwest to the Narlmarches but only reports of twig men attacking and sucking the blood of the children and animals. Journal 4760 Adrodus 22nd – Still no sight of the bloom decided to go more to the Northeast to see if we can find the bloom. Another day the bloom is growing. Journal 4760 Adrodus 23rd – No bloom yet. Journal 4760 Adrodus 24th – We have come to the edge of the bloom. It is overgrown like someone has been casting plant growth. The forest is filled with leaves even thou I can move through them with no problem the party cannot go we head to the Northeast which I believe is the center of the bloom. Journal 4760 Adrodus 25th – This is taking too long to go thru the forest heading to the heart of the bloom which I believe is at the center of the fey forest in the Riverlands. We hear a scream and went to the sound. When we arrived we found that two twig men had captured a young boy and was starting to feed on his blood. We were able to kill the two twig men quickly without hurting the boy further. Gregor healed the boy as I bound his wounds. His parents where already dead and we could not waste more time taking the boy to safety so we took him with us. A few hours later we found ourselves surrounded by over two hundred twig men. At first it looked very grim and they were immune to my spike stone spell which I was hoping to protect one side of us. I first used my ice storm which took out about 15 in front of me. I then used call lighting sense they were packing in to attack. I’m not sure why Erik had to leave the group maybe because he wanted to use his thunder wave spell which would hurt us, too. The rest of us stayed close to each other so we would not become completely surrounded. I took only a little damage but could kill one with my staff and four with my call lighting spell. Linkles was using his magic missiles spell to kill three to four and Gregor and Rigby were killing three at a time. Erik was doing well killing like 12 at a time. The battle lasted longer because of the number but we killed them all and only taking some damage that our potions of healing recovered. Journal 4760 Adrodus 26th – No more signs of the twig men only a sense we are being watched. Journal 4760 Adrodus 27th – We were getting near the center when we first found the faire dragon of the forest who warned us to leave the forest now. The faire dragon had to use his breathe on Rigby but Rigby was able to shake off it effect before the dragon left. We soon came to the center of the bloom finding a huge tree. I cast call lighting to strike the tree, Erik cast his spell at it, Linkles cast magic missile, Gregor ran up to attack the tree and Rigby I lost track of in the battle because after we attack the big tree summon two trees to attack us and I ran from them staying away from the big tree. With all of us attacking the big tree we were able to bring it down and Linkles noticed from Gregor cuts that he could see the heart wood and it was in the shape of a heart. It was our trophy of this bloom. Once the big tree was killed the summon trees stopped attacking us. We pick up the heart trophy and headed back to Solvannia to find the next bloom. I did not think we were close enough but I thought I would try and cast animal messenger to ask them to send a ride in the direction of the fey forest to tell us if another bloom has been reported. Journal 4760 Adrodus 28th – We heard horns blowing from a distance and Gregor told us they sounded like someone or something is on a hunt. As the horn got closer to us we stop and got ready to attack whatever was coming. It was a fey wild hunt lead by three satyrs and eight wolves. I did not try my spike stone spell but used call lighting just ahead of me so everything would be in the radius of the spell. In a couple of rounds we were able to kill the three satyrs and most of the wolves. The last two wolves started to run away when the last satyr was killed. But, Erik killed one as it left and I used my ice storm to kill the last one so it would not hurt another one else as it tried to get away. A horn was left as our third trophy for this bloom. I believe we need to now go after Nyrissa.

Journal 4760 Erastus 23rd thru Arodus 6st - Hunt for Nyrissa in the Forest of a Thousand Voices

Journal 4760 Erastus 23rd – We are all back together again and after talking what to do next we decided to travel to the forest of a Thousand Voices to look for Nyrissa. Journal 4760 Erastus 24th – We are off to the Forest of a Thousand Voices. Journal 4760 Erastus 30th – We have reached the Forest of a Thousand voices. The forest sounds quiet no strange voices as far as we can hear. Going into the forest tomorrow to look for Nyrissa.. Journal 4760 Erastus 31th – We see animals and fey creature in the forest but no monsters like we have heard in the stories. We have seen a green form in the shadow following us at a distance that could be Nyrissa. Journal 4760 Arodus 1st – Fist thing this morning we believe Nyrissa started casting entangle spells on us. Erik was not thinking and used his fire magic in the forest but before I could tell him to stop the trees around us start attacking us. I believe it was because of the fire magic. While we were fighting with the trees Rigby was able to sneak up on Nyrissa and run her thru with his sword. Once she died the trees stopped attacking so she had animated them. When looking at Nyrissa body the features started to change from harsh features to more esthetically pleasing features. We had killed a dryad I believe that Nyrissa had cursed or this is the favor she requested this dryad to do for something. We headed into the woods looking for Nyrissa. Journal 4760 Arodus 2nd – As we go further into the forest of a Thousand Voices we notice we are being followed again. I tried to talk to the Dyrad following us but only got that Nyrissa is coming and the blooms are coming. She tried a couple of times to charm me to follow her into her realm but failed. Journal 4760 Adrodus 3rd – We saw her again but I could not get near her she kept saying the blooms are coming. After talking a bit about us having to go into the first realm and the fey realm is close to the first realm here I decided to see if I could take the party into the fey realm. It did not totally work only Linkles the Half elf who is fey was able to enter with me. We talk to the care taker of the crystal cave and he told us for the others to enter the realm they would need a trophy to enter. We have no idea what trophy they would need to let them in. We decided to wait here for a bloom instead of guessing where the bloom would appear. Journal 4760 Adrodus 4th – Waiting for a bloom to appear even thou we have no idea what the bloom will look like. The dryad keeps telling us the bloom is coming and Nyrissa is coming for us. No bloom today. Journal 4760 Adrodus 5th – Another day waiting in the forest of a Thousand Voices for a bloom to appear but nothing to report. Journal 4760 Adrodus 6th – Another day waiting but no bloom. So, I return back to the fey realm to talk to the care taker of the crystal cave. Only a few minutes had pass sense I enter the fey realm when Linkles appear. Telling me, I have been gone over 10 hrs and Gregor got a dream sent to him by the Grandmaster of the Wizard order in Solvannia. He told him a whirlpool appeared a few days ago in the middle of the lake. There are five swans swimming near the whirlpool but never go to it. One of Gregor knights row out to attack one of the swans but fell in and drowned. Anyone who drinks the water becomes sick and blinded. Asking us to return immediately they were only going to wait until they had everything pick up and ready to travel if we are not back by then they are leaving without us. I told Linkles we are on a different time our world is going fast than the time here. You said that I have been gone 10 hrs but I just arrived so they have already left to Solvannia without us. I can get us close to Solvannia but first we ask the care taker more about the trophies and he told us if we destroy the bloom we would receive a trophy. We need to hurry Nyrissa is coming. I took Linkles to a place I know would take me back to the Fey Forest in Solvannia only a few days out from Solvannia.

Journal 4760 Gozran 5th thru Erastus 22nd My Travels around the River Lands

Journal 4760 Gozran 5th – Talk more with Gregor about Brair and he aligned the sword to himself. Sold of some of the other items and re-supplied the hole with food and fresh water. Journal 4760 Gozran 6th – Gregor told us the Queen is calling up her troops and allies to march on Pitax because they are engaged in a civil war on who will be the next King. The Queen is going to throw her support behind the Vascari family because they help us get in to kill the King. Journal 4760 Gozran 7th – Since Solvannia was going to war and I do not care in this civil matter I decided to check on the centaur and their agreement with the humans in the area. Journal 4760 Gozran 12th – I found a group of human watching over their animals as they grazed. They show me the mark we set up in the agreement and pointed me in the direction they last saw the centaur. Journal 4760 Gozran 14th – I found the centaur and the agreement is working out find so far with them, too. They were doing fine so I left them to travel around the Riverlands. Journal 4760 Gozran 18th – Finding no problems in the Riverlands so far everything is fine. Journal 4760 Gozran 27th – Arrived at our hideout we took from the Trolls. It was as we left it. I used my create water spell to wash down the steps from the top down only cleaning three a four per spell. I was able to cast the spell 12 times cleaning 42 steps. I used my destroy water at the higher levels to dry up the mess at the bottom. Was able to cleaned about a fifth of the stairs in this tower. Journal 4760 Gozran 28th – Another day cleaning the stairs this section was a little harder but still was able to clean 29 steps. I decided to use my conjured woodland creatures for help tomorrow. Journal 4760 Gozran 29th – Another day cleaning it is getting harder about half done. Using the conjured woodland creatures for an hour was great idea. At night I started using my bag of devouring to remove dung in the tower. Journal 4760 Desnus 12th – I have finally removed all the troll dung out of the tower. This took me longer than I thought it would be and using the woodland creatures to help saved me a few days more of this work. At least the tower is clear and is no longer a problem climbing the stairs. Journal 4760 Desnus 14th – The last two days I have cleaned up the cave a little more getting rid of the rags the trolls used for whatever in the bag of devouring. I have done enough it is a better place to live now. Add a few more tools to my collection in the portal hole. Plan to leave before sunrise tomorrow out from the tower. Journal 4760 Desnus 16th – Help out some farmer with their crops so they will have a better yield this year. Journal 4760 Desnus 21st – The river lands are quiet and found no problems in the area. Continue to help the people in the area or if saw no one that day help the forest area grow. Journal 4760 Desnus 30th – Decide to head back to Solvannia to see if Gregor has return from Pitax. Journal 4760 Sareneth 4th – Hear that the Queen is returning home after putting Jhofre Vascari as the new Grand Duke of Pitax. Pitax has now sworn fealty to Queen Arsinoe. They are expecting them back any day now. Journal 4760 Sereneth 6th – The Queen returns with the news that all is well with Solvannia and Pitax. Gregor ask me more about the sword Brair and I told them all I knew. Gregor then told me he and Erik are going to go to Ustalav to purchase rings of protection from the priest. Then Linkles and Rigby told me they are going to go to Kyonin to purchase elven boots. They are both planning to return in about 45 days. Journal 4760 Sereneth 7th – The other are off to buy their items they want. I’m off again to see what going on in the river lands. Journal 4760 Sereneth 11th - Continue to find no problems and been able to help the farmers with their crops so they will do a good yield for them this year. Journal 4760 Sereneth 13th – Back in the Fey Forest and found a tree to get into the Fey Realm. I have return back to the crystal Cave. The trident is where I left it and seems to be well hidden. Planning to spend a few days here in the crystal caves. Journal 4760 Sereneth 27th – The time passed quickly when I’m in the Fey Realm. I did not think it would pass that fast but it was very relaxing for me. Journal 4760 Erastus 2nd – It is a joy going around the river lands and seeing all is well. Journal 4760 Erastus 10th – The only problem I see that Solvannia has brought more people into the river lands than I thought it would. So, far they are not destroying the lands as far as I can tell. Journal 4760 Erastus 19th - The river lands are quiet and peaceful at this time. It is time to head back to Solvannia to meet back up with the others. Journal 4760 Erastus 22nd – Arrive back in Solvannia the others have not returned.