3. Telli's Children Book... Log Report?!?

Telli's Children Book... Log Report?!?


  • ((June 7th, 2009))

    Report Nine - Beholders, Drow Spiders, and Their leader.

    "Decidededs ta takedededs a small groups a friends Telli trustedededs ta dat cave wid da big bads "x" infront a its… Mr Kent and Mr Rary wents wid Telli. We askedededs Chauntea fer protections froms deaffs and oder blessings. Da top levels purdy much whats we hads in our reports so fars. We gots small eye stalks critters dats blasts yuhs wid der eye rays and der purdy easy ta kills.... and we gots dems BIG ones... deys interestings... once yuhs kills ems deys explodededs. Der nots tough ta kills neder....took only ones hits froms Mr Rary's sword. We figuredededs its bestest ta checks da lower sections and makededs sures dis not juss a cave full a spooky stories and nothings mores.

    Everyting went okee till Mr Rary turnedededs a corner and as Telli yelledededs WATCH OU was too lates…he gots blastedededs in da chests and sent across da hall inta da wall next ta Telli. He crumpled ta da floor clutching his chests and wid all his blessings gones. Lookedededs likes craps too....Telli yankedededs hims out a da way and he calledededs fer his rock monster ta helps. Wid Mr Kents fasty feets and da rocks critters....Telli and da oder twos puts downs da eye stalks critters in dis cave. Dey was hordings magicals tings in da corner a da cave...noffings very specials or powerfuls...buh... dey does seem likedededs collectors a sorts.

    On our way out a da caves Telli and Mr Kent and Mr Rary saws dese spiders ups aheads and der was a lone drow ahind dems wid a staff... It lookededs likes dey was beings controllededs by da drow ta Telli so as Mr Kent and Mr Rary foughtedes da spidas Telli went afta da drow wid da staff. Almost hads hims deads toos untils he ran....Telli hatedededs whens dey runs....da yeller bastads! Telli dranks one a her speedy potions and went afta hims knockings hims abouts as she dids. Den... he dranks a fasty feet potions too and tooks off runnings.....Telli knew he'd gets away if she didn't do sometings.....and der was blood spilling all over da place froms hims... so... As Telli ran all over da forest afta its....she blessedededs an arrow and drew her bow dat miss Ginger madededs fer her and FIREDS!...And it landeded square in his back juss as da fasty feets wore offs.

    Telli yelledededs ta Mr Kent ta go backs and givedededs Mr Rary a hands... when we gots backs ta hims he was strugglings wid all dems spidas... buh we gots ems alls. Only oder ting we came across was a drow war party souths a norwick gates. Dis not goods... was made a two warriors, a sneaky bastad, a wiggla, and a drow priestess. We kilts ems... buh...Telli worried seeings dems dat close ta Norwick in dose sort a numbas and formations."

    scribbled in the margin below

    "Don't go out at night widout preparations!"


  • ((June 7th, 2009))

    Report Eight - Drow scouts

    scribble scribble…

    "Was out on patrols wid Mr Kent and a few oders earlier todays ta shows ems dats shiney green gem dats shoots its magics atcha dats in da depths a da hobber caves. Wull afore and after we enterededed da gates....we was buggedededs by dis dumbs pair a drows. Da traps settings and pig poker chucking kinds. Man dey likedededs ta runs... Telli chasedededs ones down before....and dens afta da cave.... gots both....buh had ta use fasty feets potions ta catchedededs each."

    scribbled under the report...

    All troops are to carry haste potions and see invisible potions on patrols. If you don't have at least two of each, see Telli immediately.


  • ((June 7th, 2009))

    Report Seven - Warpriest of Yeenoghu

    Telli sits down to pen out her reports for the day…

    "Been busy days todays... Telli was walkings downs da road when saw Oscura troops injuredededs. When Telli wents ups ta askedededs whats was da matters.....gnolls swarmededes out a da treeline at us....one a da three guards wents down hards.

    After da group a gnolls was kilts Telli told da two remaining ta go switch positions wid somes guards Telli saws out near da cave mouth leadings ta Oscura. Den... Telli wents inta da gnoll woods ta go put a whoopings on dose gnolls fer comings outs inta da pass. Everyting was good...a few strongers gnolls den normals...buh wid Chauntea's helps deys was put downs. Dats when a gnoll shiftedededs froms da ethreal plane and yelledededs outs "YEENOGHU!" and begans ta try and takedededs Telli's head off!

    We foughts fer whats seemedededs fer half a da days... he kepts asking fer healings blessings after blessings and even callededs dis ugly mutt by his side ta try ta eats Telli. I kickededes its ta da sides and snarled as da warpriest laughed. Den he waved his arms and Telli's bark and ALL her blessings fell ta da ground aroundededs hers. Was powerfuls blessings dat ting hadededs. Chauntea engulfedededs me wid her helps and wid two more blows da critter fells.

    Not sure why da critter was out in da woods... buh if it was after any oder folks...woulda been bads... Telli glad she puttededs hims downs. Gots dis axe a his dats cold ta da touch.... buh... gavedededs dats aways ta me friend Reriana later dat day cause she was downs."


  • ((May 9th, 2009))

    Day One Thousand Four Hundred and Sixty Two Without Chauntea’s Grace.

    Telli dragged her feet along the dirt road exhausted as she made her way towards Z’s farm. It was located on the outskirts of Norwick and seemed like miles to a tired overweight dwarf.

    “Why did Mr Z builds his dumb farms on a hill…” Telli grumbled gripping her legs by the thigh literally helping them up the hill. Sighing she looked around wiping some sweat from her brow.

    “Hey ders Max…” Z’s dog wagged his tail a bit before running off.

    KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK Telli began pounding on Z’s door.

    “Wake up Mr Z….WAKE UP!….It’s time fer our trips!....Telli didn’t tell no one likedededs yuhs askedededs.”

    Standing there in silence for a while Telli dragged a nearby barrel over to Z’s window climbing atop it to look within Z’s home. It looked quiet and undisturbed…

    ”Whatcha doing there lady…”

    “Ahhh…” Telli came crashing to the ground sending grass to the air due to the brunt force of her frame.

    ”oh…oh…” The halfing farmer flinched a bit holding back his hand.

    “owf…” Telli dusted herself off waddling over to the stranger. “I’m lookings fer Mr Z… haves yuh seen hims feller?”

    ”No…can’t say I have…did you try looking in his fields….thats where he was this morning.”

    **WOOF WOOF

    Max came running up the hill rubbing up against the farmer dropping a vial by his foot.

    ”Whats…this…”

    Telli shrugged looking at the man before blinking. Deduction took a while longer to process for Telli then most.

    “Oh…oh….OOOOhhhh….Telli knows… Dat Mr Z’s…its water from his fountain! Buh… he wouldn’t juss leave it lyings arounds…. I wonder where he is…”

    ”Mrs. Winchill mentioned seeing a flock of something flying east a here a little while back. Said they didn’t have normal wings of feathers like birds.”

    “Dat nots goods…. Yuh….tink mebbe dey haves Mr Z?…. He wouldn’t have lefts dis vial ahind….”

    ”Don’t rightly know…”

    “Will yuh watch Mr Z’s doggie fer me’s… Telli’s gonna go see if she can findededs somes helps finding Mr Z.”

    ”Good luck… let him know I fed Max dinner if yuh come across him…”

    “Danks Mr…Mr….uh…..Mr…”

    ”Seth…Seth Fleetfoot…”

    Telli waved running and sliding down the hill hopping to her feet at the bottom. As she made her way towards Norwick it was quickly apparent no one other then a few guards were around. Telli sighed heading north as nervousness crept across her demeanor. Her mind shuffled through the gambit of questions that trickled into her thick melon. What if she failed? How would she save Mr Z just by herself? What….What if she failed Chauntea again?

    Just then a chunk of fur caught Telli’s attention from the corner of her eye. A wolf was off in the opposite direction increasing the distance between Telli and itself.

    “Wait…WAIT….WAITS!” Telli screamed cupping her hands as the wolf skidded to a stop turning its head in a tilt.

    “Mr Jerrick?….Mr Jerrick!? I NEED YUHS HELPS!”

    The creature shifted to its hind quarters as its form altered revealing a woman.

    ”Its me Telli…”

    “Oh…Miss Belia… hurry ders not much times ta explains.. I NEED yer HELP. Mr Z is missings…”

    ”He’s probably in the Norwick crafting hall.”

    “No… I tink Demons mighta takens hims!”

    ”oh…Where…to?” She replied curiously.

    “I…tink ta da Mintas Woods… Dats where… he saidededs der was dis prollem dat needed fixings…”

    ”..oh…were going to need help.”

    “Der ain’t no ones in Norwick, and we outta times miss Belia… yuh can look…buh Telli’s gona start headings ta whats left a Jiyyd… don’t takes fereva okee?”

    Telli rushed along passing the crater that was once Sam’s Hill and through the pass opening on her way to Jiyyd as Belia finally caught up.

    “Any luck findings anyones?”

    ”No…”

    “Durn….dis gonna be tougher den I hopedededs fer…” Deep down Telli’s nerves were on edge, she was counting on Z to show her what was needed to push back the taint.

    ”There’s a couple figures on the outskirts of Jiyyd up ahead…

    “Hunh?” Telli squinted seeing a contrast in stature between the pair.

    “Mr….Aramuil….Mr…Theaon….whatcha two doings outs here….”

    ”We came to investigate some creatures that flew overhead.” Aramuil replied with a confident grin.

    “Oh….um….yuh tink yuh could gives us a hand findings Mr Z?”

    ”Did….he go off on a pilgrimage again….”

    “Not….exactlies… I tink he was takens…”

    ”Oh…Lead the way then.”

    As the four ventured into the heart of what was once a thriving farmland, the smell of sulfur and smoke still permeated from within.

    “Over der!!!” Telli pointed as a winged creatures eyes widened and lept to the sky swooping down on the four.

    RAAAaaaaHHhhhh…. The creature thrashed at Telli as she shoved her spear through its wing sending it rolling across the ground.

    “Kill it!”

    Theaon rushed over sinking his blade into its midsection.

    “I…tink dat mights be one a dems winged creatures Mrs Winchill was talkings abouts….”

    ”At least we now know were going in the right direction…” Theaon uttered pulling his blade from the soft portion of the beast.

    The four traveled on putting down swarms of poisonous frogs and snakes as they came across them. Entering the Mintas Woods one thing was quickly evident… the lack of animals was unsettling and erie to say the least. Corpses met the group every twenty feet or so and Telli sprinkled some of the vial blessed by Chauntea on each they came across.

    ”Whats that?!?” Aramuil shouted as he pointed off in the distance.

    “Its….Its Mr Z’s sewings kit… he definatelies is in troubles.” Telli frowned picking it up. “We betta hurry…”

    The group was quickly approaching Mintas Rheglor until they heard a growl from around the corner…

    RAWR…

    RAW-

    SLAM

    Telli gasped as she turned the corner seeing a hulking beast holding a lifeless dire tiger in its grasp…

    HRRRRrrrrrrr

    The creature flung the tiger over its shoulder rushing towards Telli….

    “Oh no yuh don’t….yuh stupid big….ugly….TING!”

    Telli lunged her mass at the creatures shin causing it to topple over her body to the ground.

    ”Dieeee….” Theaon shouted as he ran up driving his sword into the mass of the creature neck.

    It lurched and shifted back to its feet as Theaon lost the grip of his two handed blade. Theaons eyes widened as the rotting creature stooped over his body.

    Uhh….”
    Just then magical spheres of light shot against the creatures face sending it backwards writhing in pain as it thrashed its massive hands about.

    “Mr Theaon go fer its shins….” Telli and Theaon traded blows to each leg of the beast till it crumpled to its knees once more…

    Thunk…

    A well placed arrow finished the beast as Belia looked to the others.

    Its getting late, we should get going…”

    Mintas Rheglor loomed in the distance as the four made their way through the gates into the haunted city. A large hole was surrounded by water that moved and shifted in arcs before rising to form creatures filled with dirty mucky water.

    ”I…don’t like the looks of those things.” Aramuil cautioned as Telli stepped forward shaking up the vial she was carrying…

    “Telli gots a plans…” Sprinkling some of the vials contents before them Telli prayed over it as the polluted elementals came closer. As each passed across the vials contents its form shifted and the dark murky waters of their frame shifted to crystal clear waters and crashed to the ground losing their original form.

    “Who’s….gonna go down dat BIG hole first?”

    ”I can.” Theaon replied with a shrug.

    Once the coast was clear each scaled down the rope to the depth of the hole below. The tunnels below were as confusing and hard to navigate as the cold caverns. To make matters worse after every hundred feet or so a large stone with foreign writing on it was blocking the groups path. The only way through was to answer the written riddle verbally and suffer the consequences should you guess wrong. The majority of the tunnels were filled with beetles and mephitis a sorts. Three rooms possessed note worthy information.

    The first, was a room with a large worm covered mound of dirt which kept struggling within itself to seek redemption or destroy everything around it. Sadly with Theaons help, curative blessings destroyed the creature and brought it rest.

    The second was a hallway filled with dead priests and priestesses of Lurue, Chauntea, and Mielikki. All were being devoured and eaten upon by the beetles within.

    The third and final room was one filled with a dark priest and a veiled woman clutching two daggers curved and ready for delivering death. Thanks to Yondalla’s servant the dark priest was stunned before any lasting damage could be done. However… his altar loomed in the back of the tunnel’s opening covered with severed body parts, pieces of their attire hinting to them being followers of Chauntea and Mielikki.

    “Help….HELP!”

    Cries poured out from around the corner as Aramuil, Belia, Theaon, and Telli stood before the altar looking it over.

    ”What….what was that?” Aramuil uttered with a quirked brow.

    ”Get us out of here!” The voices echoed around the open tunnels.

    As the group made their way around the corner they saw a large gate blocking prisoners within. Z was among them as he stood relieved. ”You guys made it! Thank Chauntea…

    ”I wouldn’t touch that…” One of the the prisoners shouted as Aramuil pulled his hand away from the gate latch.

    ”That….feller…” She motions to a dead corpse near the gate. ”… he tried touching it…”

    “Dats not goods…”

    ”There’s…magical warding on it….maybe… it has to do with the altar….” Aramuil casually proclaimed motioning the other three back around the corner with him.

    The four of them looked over the altar once more trying to distinguish its hold and possible connection to the gates magical aura.

    ”What do you think Aramuil?” Theaon prodded as he crossed his arms.”

    ”Well…it could be connected…”

    “Telli gots an idear…”

    ”What’s that Telli?”

    “Telli’s gonna chucks dis vial at dat altar and free dems…”

    ”Um.. we should probably try and save them before destroying the altar…”

    “Telli tinks da altars causing da wards on da ga….”

    ”IS THERE A PROBLEM?” Z shouted from around the corner.

    ”No Z…just….try to be patient….” Aramuil replied.

    ”..alright…” Z uttered with a nervousness to his tone.

    “Telli really tinks dis is whats need ta be done Mr Aramuil… dis why Z got da dream….da altars bad…and I still gots almosts HALF a dis water from Chauntea left….lets destroy its….”

    ”Alright Telli….if you think so….go ahead.”

    Taking a few practice throws Telli lets the vial fly end over end at the altar until it smashes into it causing a loud fwoosh. The altar begins to crack and pieces cascade to the floor as a light aura overcomes the altars blight and fades out of existence…

    As the others go to free the prisoners Telli stands there hands on her hips happy to have defeated the blight effecting the Mintas woods for so long.

    “Danks Chauntea… couldn’t a dones it widouts….yu-……” Just then Telli’s split wreath around her neck begins to glow and interweave back together as a shimmer of light engulfs her form healing her completely.

    “uh….uh…..ums….” For a full minute or two Telli stands there speechless until a wide grin engulfs her expression running from ear to ear. As the group turns the corner to approach Telli she’s still glowing faintly.

    ”Um…miss Telli…everything alright?” Z replied smiling.

    No words slithered from Telli’s tongue no matter how hard she tried. She just nodded with a large dopey grin plastered across her face as she snapped her fingers closing her eyes. Bark began to grow and die…..grow and die….and grow and die until it finally covered every inch of her once more.

    ”Oh…” Z grinned wide. ”….congrats…its… good ta have yuh back.”

    “Its….good ta be backs Mr Z….”

    The group made their trek back to the bodies littering the hallway as Telli tugged on Z’s cloak to slow him down a moment.

    ”huh?”

    “Danks…” Telli threw the mass of her arms around Z’s thighs hugging them.

    ”Yer welcome Telli… I’m glad you didn’t give up…”
    Letting go she rubbed her bark covered eyes a bit before joining the rest of the group gathered around the dead priests and priestesses.

    ”Alright…everyone grab a hold a someone or something… this is gonna take a bit and I don’t want anyone left behind…” Aramuil uttered as the group huddled in a circle before a flash of light engulfed their presence and faded. The group was welcomed by a bright sunny afternoon and a half scared Lem off the coast of Jiyyd’s outskirts.

    “Telli neva gets usedededs ta dats spells Mr Aramuil.”

    ”It can be jarring…”

    Sighing deeply Telli waved to the group before proclaiming.

    “Danks…..fer yuhs helps folks…and… savings Mr Z and da oders…. I…I’ms gonna stay here a little bits…” Telli waddled off towards the flag displaying Chauntea’s colors not saying much. She sat there for the rest of the afternoon and well into the evening praying until she drifted to sleep.

    The next day she awoke to the sound of birds and the sun beating down on her chubby face. It took her a moment to gather her bearing and she began to wonder… was it all a dream? She looked down to her stumpy fingertips scared for a moment to know for certain… she glanced down to her once shattered wreath that was now whole once more. The rose in the center sparkled in the daylight. Telli didn’t say much for the next few hours. She just reflected on the path that lead her to her fall.

    The point where she almost gave up Chauntea and all her memories of her to the feys just to not hurt any longer. The friends she turned to and helped keep her from losing her faith forever. Totty, Mr Z, Jerrick, Grag, Lyte, and many others. She began to think of all the farming land lost and the pillaging and raping of the land N’jast had accomplished. How much more she could have done to help had she just said “No” to Mr Grag. Had she just forsaken wraith and turned to Chauntea for guidance and direction.

    Telli pushed herself to her feet and closed her eyes tightly. She muttered softly to herself and began to weep. So many tears had fallen for five years of trying to earn her place again among Chauntea’s chosen. For the first time in a long time Telli’s tears fell in gratitude and not out of repentance. She held her hands high to the air and a grin trickled across her lips. The solemn words rolled across her lips…”Thank you”…

    **


  • ((May 1st, 2009))

    Day One Thousand Four Hundred and Sixty Without Chauntea’s Grace.

    Telli perched on the ledge looking out over the river towards the ruins of Jiyyd. Under the flag of Chauntea she seeked solace as she wrote in her child like journal.

    _”Dis past few years been toughs widouts yuhs miss Chauntea. Sure… yuhs wid me…buh yuh not… yuh know what Telli means. Yuh here…buh yuh not…

    Ederways… Telli been fightings fer yuhs honor and glory da past few years strongs… hopes yuh saw da trips da Legions took inta da fish folks caverns. We stopped dat Mr Bonfluer or whatevers his names was froms getting his cargo ta dose folks he hired. We stopped da undeaders easterlanders….we stoppedededs dese hinnaks and lizardfolks…. And even kilts folks dats was plannings ta poison da farms outs wests….easts…..wests….somewhere out nears Pelt.

    Da point….we stoppedededs ems. Even killed dis really nimble hinnak lady person who was summonings water tings ta attacks pelt….dat’d a prolly been bads if we hadn’t.

    All dat good in one day….all dose crops….dem farmers….and folks savedededs. Buh… Telli never hear noffings froms yuh Chauntea… dats frustratings…

    Telli doings good or not… tough ta gets on yuhs good side when I’s doings most da talkings…”_

    Telli sighs looking out over the lake pausing to collect her thoughts.

    ”Guess yuh sorta heard abouts dems crops in Oscura nots doings so wells… Da folks down ders usedededs ta eatings mushrooms and fungi… was hopings ta gets ems better options… buh… dat ain’ts happenings till we figure outs how ta gets somes sunlight down der in one form or anoder….”

    Reaching for a sandwich Telli continued as crumbs littered her paper.

    _”Poison tings sure beens follerings Telli arounds latelies… not sure if dis sign….or funny joke….or lesson ta be learned by yuhs miss Chauntea. Eder way….everytime Telli see’s some sorta creepy crawly ting wid poisons in der veins…reminds Telli a what she done wrongs…

    Guess dat why Telli got so mads at dis demon spider ting we came across todays… sure when it melted through Telli’s armor and gripped Telli’s shield flinging it across da field. Dat pissedededs me a little… buh whats REALLY pissedededs me off was when it bit me in da shoulder…..Telli ain’t beens poisoned likedededs dats in a LONG time…let alones… from someting so strongs…_

    The edges of the writing are smeared by tear stains….

    _“Guess da poison and pain Telli felts dis day was only a little bit compared tad a folks Telli kilt wid dat poison huh…

    I….I’m sorry did dat Chauntea…..really ams… more den said afore….shoulda…..juss fought ems N’jast and kilt em and made em pay wid me sword in yuh honor….poison….was… cowards way…_

    Sniffling can be heard from the ledge looking out over the lake as a lone dwarf sits huddled within herself doodling in her journal.


  • ((March 2nd, 2009))

    Day Twenty Two Without Chauntea’s Grace.

    Telli sits there on the ridge of the coast looking out over the Jiyyd ruins. Chauntea’s flag whipping in the wind.

    “Miss Chauntea… yuhs a very confusings persons ta foller. Telli workings day afta day ta gets backs on yuhs good sidedededs. Da whole time dough… yuhs putting poisonous and stingy critters all in Telli path. Yuh want Telli ta kills ems or understands ems more… very confusings…”

    Telli reaches into a flap of her cloak pulling out the single survivor of yesterdays butterfly massacre.

    “Mr Aramuil saidededs dese critters was tainteds… and couldn’t be savedededs. Mr Aramuil sure actededs likes he knows a lots sometimes. But… unfortunatelies Telli been arounds a LOT a times when he’s WRONGS. Is dis critter in Telli’s path ta saves? Sure Mr Aramuils magics couldn’ts savededes da girl he was goings ons abouts… buh… we ain’ts talkings abouts magics dis times… we talkings abouts blessings….blessings froms yuhs miss Chauntea. Yuh could fixedededs dis critter if yuh wanteds ta.”

    The butterfly crawls up and down Telli cuff as she watches it closely.

    “Folks yelled yuh was an undeader butterfly yuh lil critter. Buh Telli don’ts believe dats… yuhs juss… a little rough arounds da edges… juss likedededs Telli.”

    Telli sighs looking at the butterfly as it crawls onto her hand wondering how something so small caused such a large ruckus yesterday.


  • ((March 2nd, 2009))

    Report Six - Butterflies

    While participatings in fighter night dese weird butterflies showedededs ups. Da past few months durings fighter night Telli been noticings ems and deys been follerings Telli arounds and generallies juss ticklings a littles. But… todays... dey did sometings Telli not expect. While Telli was boxings wid Mr Jay froms da sails... dey started attackings Mr Jay... Telli thoughts dey was juss regular ol' butterflies so Telli started yellings... "GO fer his eyes guys!"... and dey dids... buh... dey turned out ta be poisonous butterflies and so... Mr Jay gots really sicks.

    Course dat got everyone in a farkings mood like usuals... every flippings week its "Telli's a cheater"...."Why do you constantly allow her to cheat Aramuil"... yadda yadda yadda. Anyways... after Mr Jay punched Mr Aramuil he gots jailed and da rest a da sails whined so Telli tossed da belt ta da ground and said Jay coulds havedededs its. Buh he was stills retarded for attackings Mr Aramuil and he shoulds stay in jail.

    As folks got more aggitated da butterflies cluttered around Telli more fer pertections I tinks. Mr Armauil wanted ta look at ones when he found outs dat dey dids indeed makedededs Mr Jay sicks. But da butterflies clung ta Telli's robe like der was no tomorrows. Dats when Mr Aramuil frieds ems and Telli. More butterflies cames dough and Mr Aramuil burnedededs ems. Telli still gots one dat hid in her cloak... so... gonna looks it over and try ta figure whats dese critters is abouts.

    All in alls, three folks was badly sicks...Mr JAy, Aramuil, ands an orc feller... Da butterflies gots torn wings and spotteds.

    Telli's report is accompanied by a drawing.


  • ((Feb. 28th, 2009))

    Day Twenty One Without Chauntea’s Grace

    Telli stands on the coast looking out to the ruins of Jiyyd. Chauntea’s flag flapping in the wind as she mulls the words people spoke the past week.

    ”Telli… I couldn’t help but notice… you don’t wiggle anymore.” Rhistin asked as a group of miners picked at the rock vein behind them.

    “Yuh… Telli ain’t gots Chauntea’s favor no mores… she sorta… mads at hers.”

    ”Oh…you’re the one who poisoned the river. I was told a Legion member did…” Belia spoke up from a corner of the cavern system as the rhythmic strikes of the picks behind her echoed throughout the cavern.

    Telli stood there with her head sunk deep under her shoulders before Rhistin spoke up.

    ”I bet you had good reason Telli… you’re a good person… this much I know.”

    ”Good?… the only thing it did was fuel a war…" Belia uttered curling her lips slightly.

    “Da FARK it did!” Telli snapped.

    “Dem killings KIDS and da OLD is whats did DAT!”

    Belia went quiet as Telli fumed in her self loathing and kicked a rock well down the hall they guarded until it smacked into the opposite wall.

    “Yuh almost done back der Mr Mord…cause Telli really needs sometings ta kick!”

    Telli stooped holding onto the flag pole looking out over the water as the argument played back and forth across her head.

    “Mebbe Miss Belia was rights Miss Chauntea… buh… Telli thoughts da whole war was already startedededs. Mebbe…Telli helped fuel da war… instead a helpings ta prevents its.”

    Sighing Telli slumped her shoulders as the sun dipped down below the tree line.

    “Feels likes everytime Telli makedededs progress someone or someting der ta jus kicks me in da stomachs and push me backs two steps furder. Buh… gots great news Miss Chauntea… great news I does… Might gets a chance ta builds an altars ta yuhs… and show some folks whats it means ta farm and do its rights. Dat why I heres Miss Chauntea….ta makedededs sures its okee wid yuhs…”

    Dipping to a knee she continues.

    “…Mr Justicar da leader feller a Oscura askededs Telli ta helps grow more foods fer der people. I can even pray and worships ta Chauntea and spreads her love tad a people. Dat place down ders purdy evil sometimes Miss Chauntea… ugly sorts wid ugly purposes. Telli even rememberededs whats Mr Will said abouts der place. Dey performs Dark Harvests… so I askedededs Mr Justicar…..cause don’t tink yuh would likedededs Telli if she usededes bloods ta helps der crops grow. Da offer seems very promisings… Telli helps ems makes food and crops and in return gets a altar and a place ta preach Chauntea. Hope yuh likedededs dats…”

    Dipping her head she continues quietly.

    “…Likedededs Mr Jerrick saids… destructions might happens… but wid destruction must comedededs rebuildings. Wulp… Jiyyd’s farked and done fer Miss Chauntea… will yuh makededes Oscura da farmings center a yer will. Will yuh helps Telli do somes good… no steps backwards…. Juss steps forwards ta a brighter tomorrows….okee.”

    Hopeful, Telli stands looking out across the river at the remnants of Jiyyd.

    “Please helps da people eat agains Miss Chauntea… makes Telli wise and able ta produce a honorables, worthy harvest in Oscura… its gonna takedededs work dough. Like untilled earth, Oscura’s gonna need ta be sifted and turned over afore it’ll prosper. Help Telli ta be apart a dat… buh only if it yer will…”


  • ((Feb. 28th, 2009))

    Report Five - SPIDERS

    "Spiders been poppings ups latelies. First sightings was south a Norwick in da Rawlins. Der purdy weak'uns except when yuh gits purdy close ta der lair. Den ders tougher'uns guardings da area. Da'uns in da Rawlins hads kids webbed up fer snacks….buh we managededs ta rescue ems afore it was too lates. Da seconds batch a spidas was seens in da gnoll woods. Since da first batch cames outs in da daytime when its got warmers outs we looked arounds fer der eggs afore dey all hatchededs. Mr Calen and Mr Shannon and I's saws somes eggs and spiders near da ruins in da gnolls woods. Der was a purdy big hole around der too... Mr Calen and I's chucked somes fire bombs inta da hole and a mess a critters came crawlings outs. Especially dis BIG'un flaming and screamings.

    Telli scribbles in the report log...

    So da signs purdy obvious… if yuhs in an area wid lots a OLD OLD OLD webs dats shouldsn't be der. Looks arounds... first ting yuh gotta do is FIND da EGGS afore its gets too WARMS outs. Once da eggs hatch yer in fer troubles. When yuh finds da eggs, a few fire or acid flasks should do da trick. So Legionaires, starts carryings somes extra FIRE or ACID flasks on yuhs at all times. And start lookings outs fer da signs a da seasons… cause spider hatchings is pickings ups! If we don't keeps ems in check folks a gonna gits hurts…and tings gonna gets outta balance.


  • ((Feb. 22nd, 2009))

    Report Four - Meeting with Justicar.

    I spokes wid Mr. Justicar da oders day. Had offer fer Telli… said could build a shrine ta Chauntea and preach abouts her in da town if was willings ta helpededededs ems wid der crops production and oversaw new methods fer betta farmings down ders...

    Telli tinking it over... good chance ta shares Chauntea wid folks dats not seen da light a day fer some times... Course... gonna see ta it dat Chauntea's okee wid its... if she'll talkedededs wid me... buh... will keeps da Legion posted a anyting I finds outs abouts da town and dis Mr Justicar feller. Seems awefully nice ta me dough... mebbe he juss wants ta see Oscura finally prosper...


  • ((Feb. 18th, 2009))

    Report Three - Beetles eating Goblins.

    Wanderededs inta Norwick todays… when I gots ders... folks was upity ova da gates beings attackedededs by somes gobbers. Ran inta miss Traini and was filled in froms ders.

    Toldededs Maythor da gates was being attackedededs by goblins. He thoughts I meants rights dens and nots earliers...so he rans off.

    While out at da gates we decidededs ta pile ups da goblins and burns whats we could... what we didn'ts gets ta dough was awefully smelly. It drew a lots a beetles and somes oder snakes and critters... soon we was clearings da area of dem critters as well as da goblins corpses.

    Jots a small doodle.

    Telli nots likedededs bugs too muchs…. buh... all in all was good day. Gots ta witness Traini works and figure mine as well make a reports abouts hers toos...

    @1839a7140e:

    Recruit Report: Traini
    Grade: A-

    Positives: Saluted before Telli even dids… was respectfuls. Managed command purdy wells. Was conflicted in weder to foller Maythors lead or Telli's. Saved a few folks life wid her field healings. Took ta critisisms purdy good too.

    Negatives: Needed ta be warned a usings frivilous blessings too close ta da enemy. Lacked enoughs bolts ta utilize close and ranged combats. Likes givings orders.

    All in alls… tink dis one gonna be a good additions ta da Legion... juss gonna takes a LOT a culling of da fat so ta speak. Like report saids... she had trouble figurings outs who ta foller... mebbe May and Telli was a bit confusings... buh... eder way... Telli gonna talks ta her abouts being more versitile next I see's hers. Seems a capable battle priestess....buh... der gonna be times when we needs her moe vulnerable and able ta calls on her goddess helps in keepings folks on der feet instead a in da fray. But all in all... was positives training.


  • ((Feb. 18th, 2009))

    Report Two - Kin Curse.

    While in da Hold da oder day Maythor tolds me abouts somes bats dats movededs down inta da underdarks since da shift. We decidededs ta checks its outs and see what tunnels may or may nots haves openedededs ups down der.

    Side note scribbled in the report…

    BATS... BIG... AND SCARY. BE CAREFULS!

    • Dey stuns wid der screams. (daze)
    • Der screams makedededs yuhs ears bleed. (Sonic scream)
    • Dey bites liked freakings tigas

    The rest is written under the report continuing

    On our way back home, some of our kin in da hold reportededs dat some of our feller kin hadn'ts returnedededs froms a expeditions latelies. Wid some explorings May and I's found rogue duergar downs ders.... we kilt a lot of ems... buh... no fallen kin ta be found.

    Till we madededs our way backs ta da Hold. Apparentlies da Duergar circled arounds in da tunnels and sets ups a curse a sorts... cause when we gots ta da Hold outsides da gates was somes of our kin wid der heads poked inta poles and blood all ova da place...some foul ritual was dones...

    Koirin cleansed da place and saw to da heads cleaning. TRAVELS IN DA UNDERDARK WID CARE!

    Doodles a picture saddened by the whole ordeal


  • ((Feb. 18th, 2009))

    Having neglected her reports lately, Telli scribbles down the last few weeks exploits.

    Report One - Vampire Crypt

    Vampires are in da crypts a Norwick agains. A new feller… tooks me and a kin a mines ta da crypts. All was goings purdy good till we turned right and wents inta da back... da opposite sides a da stairs deepers. In da opening we saws dis figure lurking in da shadows. His teeth glimmered as he swooped into the dim lights.

    Sure enoughs it was a vampires... dis one was lots tougher den Telli mets afores... used a LOTS a me potions and trinkets... only ta scratch da critter... we needededs ta pull back as da vampires clawing caughts one dats was wid us and causedededs him ta convulse and fall to the ground.

    Proceed wid extremes cautions in da Crypts. If need ta go... PLEASE LEAVES by NIGHTFALL.

    A small doodle accompanies her report...


  • ((oct. 9th, 2008))

    @93e8023ef0=Green:

    Lyte takes time to speak reaasuringly to Sgt. Telli.

    "Keep up your Faith, sister. Chauntea and the other good gods sometimes work in ways we cannot understand, but we must listen, and trust to their greater, good wisdom."


  • ((Oct. 9th, 2008))

    Wulps… dis reports ain'ts a fun'un... buh yuhs should all knows Telli's ain'ts got Chauntea's grace no mores... she's turnedededededs her backs on me and da rest a Jiyyd... Telli'll be here till death takes her defendings whats she lovedededs. Buh for dose who usually rely on Telli fer blessing and prayers... dey ain't in da forms of aura's and magics no mores... Telli's boon comes wid da sword, da shield and a fierce kicks ta da shin...

    Yuhs bests bets is ta toss Telli inta da fray and dens juss picks ems off a her one by one... I's gonna try ta piss as many a dems N'jast folks and ders critter mercs as I cans till dey all runs afta me... should do da trick... buh... lines is harder ta holds nows...

    Just thoughts yuhs shoulds knows so if ders any folks halfs deads near Telli... don't try ta be a hero or noffings... its okee if yuhs shift ta me rear and flanks from da sidededededs....

    Added to the report is a drawing with rough edges and obvious tear marks in its surface...


  • ((Oct. 4th, 2008))

    Rhyn and Kara… dats whats I hads wid me… wasn’ts much… buh at leasts its was betta dens a mage who doesn’ts listens or some twig of ans elf. We cames tad a hill in da plains and sure enough IT WAS OPEN TOOS!…We fought back da hordes a frogs and I sats a keg down ready to light da sucker…”TELLI DON’T!”…Kara was da firsts ta say no..Mr Rhyn lookedededs likes he lovedededs da idear. “Not unless you need to Telli.. kegs and wild magic DO NOT mix.” So Telli did its Kara’s way… and dats didn’ts works.. Chauntea grace was too weaks in Telli… she was runnings on fumes. So back ta plan A…I sets dat keg down and unclipped a grenades. Grinned ta Mr Rhyn and yelled….RUN FA COVA! I dove ta da ground and listened to the explosion as rocks and dirt flew everywhere…den da real shyte hits da fan.

    Da ground gurgled and started rumbling like a it had a tummy ache.. I chuckedededs anoders grenade and anoder yellings SHUDDAP! Dats when da center a dems rocks glew and an explosion ripped out a dat ting like I neva seens afore… its nearly deafened me and Mr Rhyn…Telli blessings shimmered brighter den I eva seens ems shines afore. Only a little bits trickled past… I almosts cheered till I saws Mr Rhyn next ta me he smelt like burned flesh and half da muscle on his bones was melted off…acid eating inta his exposed bones. “I’m…Fine..”….He gurgled pasts a mouth fulls a blood. Dats when da stones hiccupped agains… I tink Mr Rhyn was attemptings ta shields me from da second’un buh his legs snapped as he turned and he neva even made it infronts a me as da second wave hits Telli’s bark and metal casing.

    Telli wasn’ts feelings so goods at dis point and….Mr Rhyn wasn’ts breathings anymores….I draggedededs hims and his tings down da hill back ta town wid Kara’s helps….buh one tings sures… if yuhs gonna use a keg on dose rock….yus better gets running afore yuhs sets its off….

    scribble for emphasis IF YUH USE KEG ON MENHIRS!…RUN AND TAKES COVA!!!

    I felts bads leaving Mr Rhyn at da healers alones wid miss Ting….buh… der was stills Norwick and peltarch ta checks on and makes sures dey was okee…I swung by da keg hole ta makes sures da prollem was fixed…and sures enoughs it smelt like sulfur and looked likes a charred mess! Buh… its was closedededs.

    I figured Norwicks would be okee…so I headed up da pass ta Peltarchs. One a da gypsies maglings gavedededs me a greater dispellies scroll fer dirt cheaps so I could shuts da portal if Chauntea’s grace wasn’t enough…afta all…Telli didn’t have anoder keg ta spare. Abouts dens Mr Devvy cames trotting on his horse…

    We made our way to the stone menhir juss south a da peltarch towa…Luckily dis one was purdy straight forwards… Mr Devvy chuckled at how easy that was… if only he knews half a its. Took two a Chauntea’s blessings ta stops dis’un and der was still one TELLI was SURE folks missed….DAT WAS da menhir in da icelace she’d seens a millions times on her trips ta gets bear pelts.

    We made our ways north and ran into Ronan and a harem a folks… They apparently got suckedededs inta da menhir in da Rawlins and popped out inta da abyss itself. Mr Ronan was adamant abouts closings dis’un himself… which was fine wid me’s considerings I hads juss gots dones helpings close four a dems myselfs. Telli really didn’t care who gots credits fer da lass menhir, JUST CARED weder it was takens care of or nots.

    Frogs littered da snowy tundra and as we approached da lass menhir da air around da stones seemed to permeate wid da vilest sorta feeling Telli’s eva felt afore…and der it was… da ugliest most cursed lookings penguin Telli ever saws!…

    scribble on the side of the report…

    Dis tings looked like da abyss kicked it arounds and pissed its outs its behind and der it was flamings all around its and Mr Ronan, Telli and some oders chucked all da dispellies we hads at its and it still kepts dodging and flailing trying to peck the craps outta us…

    I used my shield and flailed trying to distract the thing best I coulds… folks would flank it he’d pecks ems and dey’d run afta two or three pecks… Telli and dat ting did dis dance fer almosts a half hour while Mr Grag swung his massive axe taking more chunks of the ground with his onslaughts dens da penguins. Mr Kent Telli saws from da corner of his eyes weave magic dats made him gets a couple GREATS hits ins…..in da end da group layed der no one deads and exhausted beyonds belief… buh da region was safes…least fer anoder day or two…


  • ((Oct. 4th, 2008))

    Was celebratings da day by Jiyyd’s campfire tonights whens some kid cames running ups yelling he was late and his pops was gonna rip hims a new’un cause a its… he rans off and we was hungry so… we went tad a tavern. Buh, juss as Telli was abouts ta order a whole boar fer every’un Mr Rhyn chimed ins… “I can’t stay long, I’ll need to check the eastern defenses.” So… I grabbedededs da boar leg fer da road and waddled wid hims out ta checks its alongs wid Mr Kent ands ums….some lady friends a Mr Rhyn. As we gots outs ders we saw miss Marty and somes greenhorns on da hill shootings and spouting off.

    She saids der was snow gobbers and she wasn’ts sures if its was juss a regulars scouting or whats. Buh dats when Mr Kents stomachs turned and sometings wrenched da magical aura arounds his body. Den Telli felts its afore we knew whats was goings on gongs were soundings and shouts were out in the east. Fark da N’jast dey wanted ta comes here dey coulds defendedededs demselves. Telli was gonna go checks on da town!

    I rans all over da place knocking on doors, stoppings farmas and travelers a likes askings ems who sounded da towns gongs… Just’ene stammered ups shouting “Whats going on!?”… I didn’t knows… I juss GOTs ders. She yelled again “Da Menhirs!”….Wish Telli could say all her gears was turning ats once, buh I didn’ts know whats da hecks a menhir was…so I juss chased after miss Just’ene as she sprinted like a mad woman.

    Course Telli knows whats a Menhir is now… its one a dems rock clusters dats rights outsides da bat and rat caves. Sometings or someones activated da area and da earth itself was spittings ups frog critters all arounds. Just’enes shield crashed into the swarm as Telli smacked her stone slab of a sword into the creatures backs. Lookings arounds dough I nots sure whats happenedededs buh Telli and miss Just’ene was da ONLY’un arounds…”GET HELP TELLI!”…She shouted and she didn’ts needs ta shouts twice… I was off likes a fat ball a flesh down a steeps hill…. Came crashing inta da lady friend a Mr Rhyn and yelled at her to go get the other and quick, dats when I bee-lineds back ta makes sures Just’ene wasn’ts deads. Da area was shimmering and frogs were popping outs likes eva… I yelled fer Mr Kent ta close da portal wid whateva dispellies he hads buh he was too bloodlusted and inta da freakings battle ta evens hear Telli…

    Mages… Telli’s gettings purdy sicks a dems latelies. The action quelled and as Elyl wandered ups I figured now was a chance ta go gets a keg and asks Chauntea fer a blessings or two ta close da rifts. It did da tricks too… buh…dats when da second set of gongs resonated in da air…

    Telli scribble under the first section of the report…

    We ran and we ran and Telli guzzled a fasty feet potion and RANS Some MORES….da VALLEY was unda attacks too!…As we turned da corner froms da main gates SURE enoughs… anoder MENHIR….why da flip is dey rights IN DA TOWNS!... This one poured out more frogs and one obsidian hued one hopped out of the center of that layline shift… It snapped its finga and one a da fighters ta me left croaked on da spot. I rushed da ting so fasts and flailed like Telli neva flailed afore… I tinks Mr Kent finally gots da hands a dat dispellies tricks cause he dropped dis’un I tinks. We was tired, we was bruised…and some a us deads… dats when we realized ders more den one Menhir….and we seens ems all arounds!

    The groups split….one to warn Norwick, one to warn Peltarch and anoder set to checks da central plains… togeder we had enough of a hard times… we didn’ts knows how we’d fairs splittings ups…


  • ((Oct. 4th, 2008))

    Gots a notes froms Mr Grag today ta comes ta da spellweava keep… dats weirds…cause Telli NEVER gets invitedededs ders. When I gots ders Myeil, Aramuil, Mr Ronan, Grag, ands miss Kara and Mr Reilash was ALL gadered arounds… Telli missed mosts a da details so juss gonna skims across whats she members. Der was dis wand dats da enchantress wants…we hads…its bads…we nots… it gots demon in its… we gets scared. Buh.. da plan was ta lure da enchantress outs wid promise of da wand… da bag it was in was magically pertected froms teleportations and all dats sorta tings…Sooo…we hads two key words ta listens ta while miss Myeil talkedededs wid da enchantress…

    Chaevre… dat meant we was ta runs fer it and as fast as we coulds….

    Or.. Iron Golem… dis meants a full outs attacks on da wench.

    Wull we agreedededs Telli shoulds holds onta da bag incase tings go wonky ands da staff is in troubles… I was ta juss pops inta da ether and stays der till da chaos was over wid.

    Wull….yuh know plans… dey sorta don’t sticks. EVA….bunch a flippings bobble heads… we picked a spots ta meets her and it was in da freakin middle a da road from Jiyyd ta Norwick…

    Jots agitated…Myeil summonedededs da enchantress and dens she came and dat stench aura of death was ALL arounds her….luckily we askedededs Chauntea and oders fer helps ta withstands its….buh when push came ta shoves…Miss Myeil froze and farked up da plan… she said later it was cause folks walked into the area who weren’t supposed to… oder den da seven a us…buh stills….Myeil almosts HANDED da wand tad a enchantress herselves!....In da end she didn’t wants its and Mr Ronan dashed over snagging it and tossings its ta me ta carry. And da enchantress disappeareds vowing we should watch out for treatury.

    Telli scribbles a rather delicate image of the enchantress omitting what she found to be displeasing about her black outer shell…

    Wull… da next ting I knows half da flippings group wants Telli ta givedededs dems da bag wid da wand in its….Oh did Telli mentions dat da wand gots a freakings demons in its…Wull Mr Aramuil wanted its, Mr Ronan wanted its…and dens Mr Reilash… FARK DATS. Telli askedededs Kara whats she thoughts we shoulds do wid its…cause Telli was certain she’d know and Telli knew da demons needededs ta be destroyed so no ones else gots der hands on its. She declared Daisy the most ample at figuring out the situation and what was needed to succeed. So a longs trek ta pelt was in stores.

    We gots ders and sure enoughs miss Daisy knew whats ta do… break the wnd free the demon and sends its back tad a abyss she saids… we wents outs inta da fields and sets dats stick on da ground stomped on its and as everyones flailed at its trying to keeps its distracted Telli and miss Daisy dismissed the wicked ting back ta da Abyss!

    Drawn under the report is yet another elegant sketch of the wand before its untimely demise

    So far todays evenings outs… no scale from dragon..….buh I dids gets ta banish a demons.…


  • ((Oct. 4th, 2008))

    Lots ta reports todays… first I heardededs Mr Grag and some wizards wents outs east ta checks in da snow mountains on somtings… so Telli joined ems and der it was DA BIGGEST DRAGON yuhs eva seens. Telli neva seen’un afore… it was HUGE… I means Telli read abouts ems afore….heard abouts Sharn and all dats… but dis’un was HUMUNGOUS! Everyone was askings its questions and tings… Myeil askedededs its about da dark enchantress and whats her real names was… its Acrull sometings or anoders….and den Myeil pulled out dis diamond dat was BIGGA dem Telli’s HEAD! She was talking about wantings ta traps da enchantress in its and if it was big enough and of enough quality and he didn’t flipping know. Den Reri chimed in and asked him what he knew abouts DROW… he saids der dark elves who don’t favor the sun… and Reri was miffed cause dat didn’t tell her much…

    Buh den cames TELLI’S TURN…. So no ones gettings der questions answered so…. Telli figured why nots ask a easier questions… so I dids…

    Mr Dragon I saids… can I have one a yuhs scales please? Nots for free a course…. Buh he gots supa sensitives and flew off sulking… Mr Grag chewededs me outs and saids he was a friend and yuhs don’t asks tings froms friend likes dats…. Buh everyone else was askings questions and tings… why Telli worse person cause she askededs it fer –sometings- rader dens juss infermations.

    Eder way… it flew away and Telli gots chewed outs all da way home by Mr Grag, Myeil and Reri… Telli gonna gets a scale froms a dragon one day….even if it costs me all me gold and gems ta do its…

    drawn under the reports an elegant child like drawing… with each report she’s getting more pronounced and steadier handed

    edit - Fixed the pic for you ~ Coaan

    [edit] Thanks I fixed it too… something about taking it from word as a paste that didn't work...so I did it in the narfell forum part instead and it fixed it...geez I turned around and cleared it up and missed your add...that was quick Coaan thanks!


  • ((Sept. 27th, 2008))

    @f977a3580b=Green:

    Lyte reads and listens to the reports from Telli.

    _"Well, I hope the folks at Norwick feel I am to be trusted, after kindly Chauntea's measure of me.

    The last question, about the "best for the legion" is too vague and dependant on infinately unpredictible circumstances, and my ability to make perfect decisions to be answered with a yes or no.

    I am not prefect, and I'm perfectly capable of making a stupid decision that isnt the best thing for the legion, in case anyone has doubts of that.

    I hope this lays to rest any doubts anyone anywhere might have about my being compromised by Ostromog or Malar. If I felt I was unfit to lead, please believe me, I would step down at once.

    It is important right now that all leadership here in the Legion is clearheaded and ready to act. We need to be prepared to do what it takes to defeat Ostromog, and the tainted things that plague our region.

    Note that Chauntea mentions leadership elements in both the Gypsy Camp and in Norwick working with Ostromog.

    Let us be wary."_