Kyuu,
From when the great Tower fell I knew our once dominant race would become intimate with pain, suffering and despair. I should never have signed that Tosh blasted document and set aside my armor. Flood or no, twas the responsibility of the humans to retain their side of the agreement. Nurm forgive me, but I shall never live down the loss we suffered all those centuries ago. The humans that live now will never be able to fathom all that once was our kingdom.
Oh look at me go. My tongue, temper and demeanor are still hot from my last night in Loquir. I had that boy pissing his trousers when I finally began to feast on him, oh it was glorious! And by the time I allowed the wind to carry away his screams there was naught but a glimmer of his former self left.
Those Loquirians close to the chapel and library came in a hurry too. I made sure they got a good sight to tell the tale of, some reason for the boy to have gone to his ropes end and never return. That too produced more for me to feed on than it took to make. In the end Nurm was with me and one of those fools spooked his own packbeast and set the chapel ablaze. The town was roused and they spent most of the night fighting the embers, which allowed me to easily find a secure location to travel among the wares of the local statuary.
And now the bad news my friend. The Domgalein have the crystal in their mountain and from what I understand their Gerla Hounds can see through any glamour. We need allies or time or both! The Draclings maw is present now, once the portal fully matured and drug him here, he was not at all happy at first. I gave him some of the Light and he and I became fast friends. I must admit my surprise at your being able to come by one. Perhaps you have means I am not privy too still?
Set down roots to endure the pregnancy, it is the only recourse I can see that will steady you while the rest of us toil. It must be done. Besides, the budlings will be more able to endure than proto-faye. Tell the King, while he lives, that you need a retreat, once the boy has been killed, to get the horrid occurrence of being taken advantage of off your mind. If at all possible take as many of us with you as can be done, for any humans that assist will need to be killed. Perhaps one of mine can ensure a bear mauling…
Have you any word of Dira and Kolq Feil? I know their journey south was to take some months, even years but if they truely have sensed some artifacts of old we could surely make use of them now, if indeed they still answer to our kind.
One last thing Kyuu, the old scar…the red scar has become hot again after all this time. I must know if you have knowledge of those that come with the night! What are we to do?
Rjon
P.S. Tomorrow I test the Gerla Hounds.
Things I learned :
* There was a great Tower, and it fell, and was tragic
* Tosh-blasted is a pseudo-curse
* There was a document signed, an agreement between our kind and humans, which the humans did not retain.
* There was a flood, which caused the humans not to retain their side of the agreement.
* Our kingdom used to be vast.
* “allowed the wind to carry away his screams” – either we (or he) have wind powers, or the ability to silence things.
* The boy was tortured near a library or chapel, likely the chapel or library was Rjon’s reason for being in Loquir
* “Made sure they got a good sight” – either we are truly fearsome, or we can conjure illusions – maybe both. Illusions to hide our true appearance or illusions to make us look terrible
* Takes power/energy to make illusion, which can be regained through feasting
* Domgalein – some creature/race? have the crystal.
* Gerla Hounds – can see through glamour (again, we must use illusion. Cements the suspicion)
* Dracling came through a portal? Maw is present, but not the rest?
* Feed the dracling “The Light” – what could this mean?
* Dracling are difficult to come by
* “Set down roots” – are we plant-people?
* Setting down roots would make the pregnancy easier
* Budlings if I set root, proto-faye if I do not. Children of many types
* Pregnancy must be of a relatively short duration, to be able to request a leave from the king in order to bear children.
* “take as many of us with you as can be done” – I could take others with me if I went on retreat?
* “perhaps one of mine can ensure a bear maulting” – Rjon has troops that he commands. Power over animals? Or just another illusion?
* Two characters – Dira and Kolq Feil – who I have contact with and went south,a nd would be of use in finding the crystal or in the war? Not our kind, but maybe-allies. “Answer to our kind”
* Rjon mentions a scar which has become hot again – likely from the wars. Caused by “Those that come with the night”