Attempted, theft, and return

We got Krieger brought back to life. It seems someone thinks my group will be the one to stop the Yuan-ti threat. The past two days just whirred by as we were repeatedly whisked between towns by magical means to have Krieger resurrected and to have meetings with powerful people who had information for us. I contributed quite a bit for Krieger's spell but it's worth it. His ideas on communal party property are misguided but he's stalwart in battle. It buys me lots of time to use my arcane tricks and to pick my spots when I resort to my daggers.

I have also seen the most impressive wizard's library and I can barely remember where it was or to whom it belonged, the day was such a blur.

It appears the Yuan-ti know we're after them and what we're carrying. I awoke in our inn with one just pulling the box I found out of my pack. We were able to deal with him and his two accomplices quickly and recover our property. I also discovered the Yuan-ti are using misinformation against us with local lawmakers. Taking that paper off the mayor was so easy and was so informative! I don't know if I'll be able to resist helping myself again given a similar opportunity in the future.

We also discovered the Yuan-ti have a major weapon to use against us in this fight. We were miles away from Gatwar and the Granite Temple was two or three times again that distance but we still felt the earth shake and saw the bright light. The devastation in Gatwar was beyond belief.

Gromjin has already proven his worth by solving the clues in Gatwar and leading us through the bogs so we could catch the bugbears. I'm glad none of them got away to warn others. It's also good no one noticed that I hit the one that tried to flee right in the back with my thrown dagger well beyond the light that Civlis created. I even searched him in the dark while everyone else was distracted! We found more notes from the Order of the Black Worm looking for help to find something in our territory. If we weren't stopping their pleas for help, they would have promised away all their treasure before they found anything.

That Ulrik is getting more annoying all the time. He's incessantly singing and now that whole effort to get his pony down the cliff. I don't know how we'll get back up. We'll probably have to go around the long way with all the prisoners we rescued.

The passing of Krieger

I hate snakes. First we were plagued by vampires, then demons, and now the theme is snakes.

My parents made treasure-hunting sound like so much fun but I think that’s only because I was getting the highlights from their two perspectives. The endless trudging between towns, getting lost in all the damn forests in this area of the world… It’s wearing on me. And now, watching Krieger squeezed and pummeled to death by that more snake than man Yuan-ti. After the first snake-man looked into my eyes so that I felt compelled to back away, I was then useless from just twenty feet away. It’s just getting to be too much.

I don’t know why I’m out here and how I ended up with this bunch. The past few months have just flown by. We were pressed into service and have had no time to get to know anyone before death has taken them. I’m the last of the original group with which I first went down into the Bastard’s cellars. Torvald, Nazdreg, Friar Gregory, and now Krieger are all dead. At least we have Krieger’s body. Maybe we can convince his soul to return so that he may fight again.

Not that his return would improve my situation. Sure, he meets enemies head-on so Civlis and I can concentrate on using magic without a monster in our face but his ethics are so twisted, possibly by the loss of his mentor. He drives us on without rest so we can help the people of the area but he vetoes any helping each other. Civlis is the same. He and I could both benefit by sharing our arcane knowledge but he also feels no need to cooperate with those who, for now, are closest to him. Bizarre that they’re so eager to help those they barely know but look at me with such suspicion. And the lectures when I helped them with that figurine! Only death could shut Krieger up on the subject.

I want to help others and I do my best to achieve that but it gets me nothing in return. Maybe it’s time to look out for myself a little more and do whatever makes me happiest.