Hogar’s Journal (Translated from Giant)
Year 781 of the founding of the City
26th Day of Garmensis
The King’s Road – En-route to Winterhaven
As we near
Winterhaven vile Orcus dominates my dreams.
Each morning the stench of undead flesh fills my nostrils as I wake. A reminder of the nightmare of Orcus’ vision
that is my nightly gift from the Demon Prince of the Undead. I know not why he chooses to reveal his
vision of utopia to me. I know of no
other bestowed of this ‘gift’ nor any means to rid myself of his foul
presence. All that is left to me is to
do my all to prevent the future of my nightmares from becoming the future for
us all.
Early this morning,
before the sun could claw its way over the mountains ahead, Minron noticed
strange lights in the sky to the north-west.
Opaque steaks of light green and palest blue danced across the horizon
over a point in the distance to the north, too far away for us to be able to
discern its nature. Foul magic is at
work in these lands. I fear my brothers
in the Praetorium will have to act against the Prince of the Undead after all.
Our fearless
leader’s inspirational aura has diminished somewhat. 146 years old and he tries to pet a feral
war-hound? What’s more he’s surprised to
be bitten? He’s lucky that the hand is still
attached. Too much more of that and his
flute playing days will come to a permanent end, though I’m not sure that would
be an altogether bad thing. Perhaps we
might even get some sleep.
As Winterhaven
reveals itself in the distant foothills the peace of the valley has been
disturbed by an ear-splitting cacophony from the direction of this morning’s
arcane lights. Such a cataclysm must be
linked to the portents of Orcus. We must
make haste to the town as soon we are able and determine what is at this
location that may have drawn the Demon Prince.
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