Aerfrey's Diary - Pushing up Daise

People are strange

I joined this mission in the hope of tapering these books before Ullman Dark can get his filthy necromancer hands on them. It seems I have also been joined in the quest by two other necromancer types, **Seth** and **Gravedigger** - although **Seth** claims he is a man of science.

The days travel south was uneventful - camping outside the Mouth of Doom. That evening we were attacked by ghouls, except they looked to be partially made of plants - what abominations of nature. We dispatched of the foul things and rested for the evening. I had the utmost pleasure in speaking with **Seonbi**, a follow lover of the natural world and dedicated vegan. It is so nice to meet a like minded person, so much so I may have revealed too much about my peoples culture and my gift from the guardian tree.

The next day we tried to skirt around a village of Grungs - possibly the cutest creatures on this plane. Sadly **Eunice** dropped her pan and alerted the Grungs to our presence. Thankfully **Seth** was able to communicate with them and we retreated safely. We continued North North East and got a little lost, encountered a poor soul that met his end by some giant toads. Dealing with the toads was simple. **Seth** said he could find out who the dead man was, if only he had his head and went behind a tree. He came back telling us that the man was called Eric, who working for Brand the Brash. Hmmm, I am very suspicious of this method of obtaining information. We made it to a river by that evening.

Thankfully we all made it alive through the filthy river. Unfortunately **Borin** was blinded by the dirty water, we cleaned his eyes, but to no avail. Our destination was an ominous place, surrounded by tombstones - which **Gravedigger** noticed had unturned earth around a few. Delving deep into the filthy catacombs below we came into a room with two doors labelled "healing and recovery' and 'forbidden'. Naturally, going into the room label healing we found the room was covered by desecrated statues with each statue having their left hand blacked out. From the descriptions given to **Borin**, he able to determine that this place was dedicated to the god Pelor. The room was a dead end, no where else to go but the place marked as forbidden.

Heading down the western corridor **Eunice** and **Borin** fell into a trap! I was able to search the rest of the corridor as a rat and came across another Pelor stature with its hand outstretched. It seemed benign so I transformed back into my true form and touched the hand....and poof! I was transported to another room. Inside the room was a skeleton. Upon closer inspection the bones were pot marks, I can only assume this poor person died a most horrible and painful death. The bones also held a scroll of lesser restoration - just want **Borin** needs! Unsure that I I could return the same way I called for help with the telepathic link **Seth** made. Everyone made it through except for **Seth.** Later I was told **Eunice** has difficulty coming through too without the aid of **Borin**. Does the statue's only allow of magical users to go through? Or perhaps only good folk to pass though?

**Seth** alerted us to some undead coming his way outside. Luckily we were all able to return to where we cam and help him out. It seems we need to return to hope and recover from this expedition. Back we must return and find these books as soon as we can, otherwise we are going to face the wrath of Ullman Dark's Geas spell upon us all.