Northern Journey

The Northern Journey details the transcript of events Riot endured after he discovered something was calling to him from the Eastern Tundra and went to investigate.
=== Day 1 ===
"Just passed Mount Khan while going around the Atrantian Sea. I’ve been trying to keep a consistent pace but, the landscape is hard to traverse here and I’m getting tired..."
"Might go find some shelter soon..."
"I’ve brought the egg I got a few months ago in the hopes of finding a way to hatch it. No luck as of yet but I suspect it needs to be much colder."
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"Just killed a strange beast, couldn’t tell ya what it was but it has sharp claws and a stinger."
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"It’s getting dark now, I’ll probably just sleep in a tree or something. I’ll keep writing if anything interesting happens, but for now, I sleep."
=== Day 4 ===
"So the egg hatched and now I just have a baby leviathan following me around. I guess it imprinted or something like that? Idk I’m a chemist not a biologist so this is new to me..."
"Also I’ve gone into uncharted territory. Actually I’m so far from any recorded map or location that I’m using purely a compass to get back."
"I’m gonna stop writing because the little one it begging me to pet it. I’ll continue to keep you updated on my progress."
=== Day 12 ===
"I’m getting closer... I can feel it..."
"I’m so far north now that nothing grows. It’s all just snow, ice, more snow, and the occasional mountain here or there."
"I don’t know what the core is leading me to or why, but I must keep moving..."
"I named the little one 'Ari', I also figured out that it’s male because of coloration as well as behaviour. He’s been pretty obedient as far as baby leviathans go..."
"Food is becoming scarce... only the occasional fish or snow crawler every day or so..."
"It’s getting late so I’m gonna stop writing and get some rest... hopefully I’ll find what I’m looking for soon... whatever that is…"
=== Day ??? ===
"Forward..."
"I have to keep moving forward..."
"Cold..."
"It’s cold- so. so. cold..."
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"How long has it been? How far have I gone? I hear them whispering my name..."
"I can’t escape..."
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...
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"Wake. Up."
=== Day 26 (?) ===
"So I woke up in front of the frozen mound. No idea how in Wyrm’s name I got here but cool, I guess?"
"Apparently, Ari dug me out from under 2 feet of snow. If I didn’t have him with me I would most likely died."
"The inside of the mound was... disturbing, to say the least. Frozen corpses of snail shamans, bones, and a ton of runes in a language I couldn’t read."
"Likewise, I found a single frost wraith. The last of its kind I’d imagine. It was... angry. Not at me specifically, or anyone really. I just felt this undying, powerful rage."
"Long story short, I calmed the thing down and decided to... absorb it? That’s the best way I can think of putting it really. Actually it was more of a mutual contract sort of thing."
"I became it’s friend, and in turn it lends me its power."
"So now I can freeze void, which has infinite potential now that I can use my two powers in tandem."
"I’m currently on my way back, my void reserves are almost empty so I’ll just walk until I have enough to rift back."
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