*As you turn the brittle page it crackles a bit. It reads as follows:*
My name is now Vitriol Blue. What it once was only a few people know... I began my journey alone but now I am traveling with a group. We have recently started calling ourselves "Companions of Destiny". Their names are Jelek Silversun, August West, Tibor, and Ted Barleyman. They are an odd lot but we seem to work well together.
Jelek is a young human man, a magician. He has recently expressed his immense bravery. I admire not only his intellect but his courage. I don't know much about his past or his hopes for the future but he seems like a good man, loyal to his friends and himself.
August is an elf, and an attractive one at that. Oh, I know I shouldn't speak of him so...what would he think! I find that he is my closest friend in the group. I know that he has also had many hardships in the past and it seems to have brought a trust between us. This is a surprise for me though because when we first met he seemed to be as untrusting of others as I was.
Tibor on the other hand is the one I feel most distant from. He is a very fierce warrior, a follower of Sembral. He seems to have a hostile nature and to be honest I am quite intimidated by him. He doesn't speak to me much...I'm not sure if its because he just doesn't like me or if its because he senses the fear in me.
Ted is a silly little man. He is a halfling and I find him quite interesting because of that, I've never met a halfling before. He is a family man from what I can tell. He writes to them often. Even his adventure is for his family. He tells me that someday he will return to them and make the best beer ever. Such an amusing fellow!
Dear Diary,
We are victorious. Jacob, Elantra, and Derrick are finally dead. I feared at first that we would not win but thankfully we hardly took a scratch, well except for poor brave Jelek who nearly lost his life to save us all. My lack of skill and training showed, every swing I took was a weak one, and on most of them I missed horribly. My friends on the other hand were spectacular. In time I hope that I learn much from them.
Jay is finally at rest. He will be missed of course but I am glad that he is at peace now. I can not stop from feeling guilty, while I morn for Jay my heart longs to see his glorious castle. Surely now the curse is lifted. I wish no disrespect towards Jay and I am even ashamed to mention our possibility of going there, but I would so love to see a castle. Just think, me in a real castle! I can see it now, all the lavish furniture, the elegant tapestries, the grand fireplaces...how wonderful it must be. I do however feel that Jay would not want us to go there. Such is a place of great pain for him...but then again, he isn't hear anymore. Oh I shouldn't talk like this I do not wish to be so selfish. If the others want to go there I will gladly go but I will not suggest it...I would feel to guilty.
I would also like to someday travel to the Norben Brotherhood. I have recently joined this guild, The Watchers of Twilight, and the subdivision of the Watchers: The New Order of The Ages. With joining these guilds I hope not only to spread peace in Thardferr but to better myself and learn from the other members who I might have had the chance to meet otherwise. In retrospect I see that by putting myself in a small place of power I could be endangering myself. I should not be so visible in the community of which I am trying to hide. But, what's done is done and I do not wish to change a thing. I have already learned much from these guilds.
I have recently, however received a letter from a friend. He says that he has run into a man who is looking for a woman with my description. Could it be that someone is so close to finding me already? I should have alerted my companions, I am probably putting them in great danger by not telling them of my past, but then again if I do tell them it may put them in more danger. I just don't know what to do. Perhaps he was looking for someone else, or perhaps it was a messanger. Everything is purely speculation now...I have no way of knowing weather it was truely me he was looking for. I have thought much about telling August. He is the only one that I am close enough to...its not that I don't trust the others its just that I don't think they would understand.
I grow weary now, untill I write again,
Your Humble Servant,
Vitriol
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