A Dark day Entry

Entry- Lost two, not by death but one by a broken spirit, Kodiak, and one just didn't come back, Sonn. I'm having a hard time managing my feelings about this. Sonn may be dead from that Hag, Rikha'trrj, for all we know. Sedris and Kodiak also lost family in Kodiak's brother and Sedris's sister. This is the darkest day we have faced as a group. When vengeance is taken I will be alongside them though I don't know if I will ever get the chance to do so with Kodiak. I don't think any of us will see the shifter again. Oh and I blame Edvald. This would never have happened if he hadn't forced our hand to help him. He has done zero for us but caused us pain. He broke the code, tribute is required and I look forward to collecting that in the future for my two friends. 

I don't know what to make of what happened. I thought we were dead. I was surrounded by enemies, including facing down the large demon, and I simply could not take them all. I didn't know what to feel. Though it was not the first time I had faced death, this felt different. This felt like a death where my soul was at stake. I truly felt that the Sovereign's did not have a hold in this place, and could not help us or guide us when we died. I was truly afraid. Shortly after falling,I expected it to be the end. Waking up back at the camp was disorienting, and confusing. I only had just realized that Sonn and Thrend were not with us. Kodiak just walked away.  I don't know any more. Are we doing the right thing? What is it we are fight for? Are we trying to save the world from Edvalds mistake? Is it time that we go back home, and live our lives again. It doesn't feel right, but I don't know what more to do. Maybe there's a new path we need to follow. It feels like we are just being toyed with. Getting this black glyph was just another piece of evidence that we are being manipulated. I think Edvald is using us for his own ends...

The battle for the burning keep ended with the loss of thrend and sonn. I am not sure of thanna's fate but I think she is fine. I issued the order to kill thrend and sonn by choose to let thanna live. My soul is eternally damned. I'm gonna finish this mission for them, because thats what they'd want. After that though, well we shall see. we have made the decision to head back to sharn and try to find a key we think might be there. No matter what we are getting that key.

We have continued our journey to find the crystal shard keys. We found the key in sharn after some fighting with the Dal Quor that infected some of the sharn watch. Now we are going to find the shard that belongs to thornduk's father. His advisor seems to be controlled by a very power Dal Quor so this should be fun.

I've fallen in with an interesting group.  With the crystals together, I am able to accurately locate the others.  We found one on the Sharn watch commander who was possessed by some kind of phantasmal creature.  We then located the next with the dwarves of clan Soldarak.  One of the Soldarak dwarves was also possessed and controlled by a more powerful creature. Thornduk's father was unfortunately killed in the fighting.  This group has experienced significant loss.  Back in Sharn they took me to a warforged bar where I had the first strong drink since joining.  I hope we find some reward for our work soon.  I'm getting low on funds and my supply of whiskey is getting low. We travelled to a temple in the Mournlands now devoted to the Lord of Blades who we met in person.  the group was able to negotiate with him to get the crystal without a fight. That's good.  I don't know if we could have beaten him and his minions in a fight.  dinosaur teeth are not ideal for foes with no flesh to rend. Back to Sharn again to plan our next step, the defeat of the Dragon Nightscale.  I know their previous encounter with Nightscale went poorly.  Hopefully we have enough information and experience this time around to turn the table.  This may call for some quick flying beasties to harass him while the others take the fight to him or hit him with ranged spells.  Although I have to say that the moonbeam spell worked very well against the Quori. 

We found all the keys except 1. Now all we need to do is take out Nightscale. I've been waiting to do this for a while and I am going to be ready. I am gonna try and find a way to fly so I can challenge him in his element. Other than that I just have to keep everyone safe, hold the line, and kill the monster. Nothin I haven't done before. After this the next step is getting into the vault. But one step at a time.