To find Jerrick...A trip made by Eilonna Moonshadow.
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(( Fore note, this does not guarantee that I will find Jerrick, only that while I am away IRL, she is up in Damara seeking him ))
_A night spent in my lovers arms before having to hit the trail, Elessar seemed so sad to hear I had to depart, but I have to find my answers. Rary and the others are depending on these answers. Having learned the location of Jerrick, I plan on traveling to Damara and to the small city of Praka, they know where to find him, being a ranger, I may be the only one that can get to him. I woke early this morning, saying my prayers to Moradin, then to the Nature gods and furies to bless this path. After kissing Elessar goodbye one last time I walked to the temple of Kelemvor and grabbed my horse, tying on the saddle bags containing a pick axe, three long coils of rope, some axes, some tinderboxes and such for making a fire and some basic supplies and arrows and set out. It was a long and scary ride to Peltarch, taking little joy in wondering when and if I would return. Determination and knowing so many were depending on me…my mother included...pushed me forward. I stopped at the bank drawing out my meager savings and paid Captain Dash a portion since with my luck they were headed out there anyways and boarded looking back one last time.
Days passed as I watched the sea and the birds and the random fish, hardly thinking much about my path but only of Elessar, and at times of Kessimah, both meaning so much to me and yet both are waiting for me back home likely worried. I slept little on the boat as I made my way there. As we landed in Damara and I gathered information for the safest route to Praka I heard many call me foolish to even dare such a venture. Little did they know what I needed to find and why it was so important.
I ventured on till I arrived in Praka, I could feel the cold bite coming from the mountains and it was strangely refreshing, I smiled as I looked up to the mountains and set my sights on some hikers asking them where I could get a guide, when they asked me where they bulked at what I wanted and pointed me to some of the most experienced hikers who immediately asked me if I was insane, my answer remained firm and they simply nodded informing me that there was a very large chance we would not find Jerrick. My answer to them was simple. I have faith in Moradin, and I have faith in Nature and the Furies. I spent one last night sleeping, and headed out with them in the early morning to make for the mountain. I was warned again we may not even make it beyond the base as few ever did, I told them again that I knew. Yet we pushed on. The last words to leave my lips as we started up....Jerrick....if you can hear me, Norwick needs your wisdom and I have come seeking you.....
(( To be continued privately with Jerrick, may post later pending on outcome))_
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Many months had passed since I headed for Praka, too long and too cold it has been. The cold wracking my body on my endless search for Jerrick and the answers needed. I have lost a lot of my original weight and even some baby fat to toning and sheer exhaustion and many times I was called a fool and sometimes worse for pushing on so hard. I found myself often questioning this trip and wondering if I would make any progress to even find Jerrick or if he even had the answers I sought for. Yet what more could I do but try and find him and those answers. Those many months are behind me now as I sail back from Damara. I am worn out heart and soul and I have been seriously ill for all my hard work. In a few days I will redock in Peltarch and I can't wait to see Elessar again, to be in his embrace once more to finally shake the cold that refuses to leave my bones, to see my sister again and be reminded that I still have family out there that misses me, and to see Elder Raryldor. I find myself missing his wisdom and ideas and wonder how much he has accomplished since I left. Well….may as well nap now and wait till we dock.
