Journal

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Had you not known the identity of the one who wrote the journal you hold between your hands, you would say it was tremendously old.

You rest the weighty book on the large mahogany table in front of you, dust flying around as wood and leather collided. The pale moon elf who gave it to you said nothing, just sat on his chair, giving out the illusion of being older than this world, to then rest his head on one of his hands, tired…

… And… sad…

You shift your eyes from the thin figure to the journal again; this was certainly not the time to worry for the emotional state of an old Elf. Even if he was important for your mission, this book was now more.

The cover hits the wood as you open the journal. No introduction, not even, at least, the first page left blank… This woman was direct, and cares not for the image others have of her, you notice. The Common in which the first entry is written is vulgar and untrained – much likely taught when she was in the swamp that is West Harbour, which meant she was modestly educated – but it expressed vigour, and strangely, as you scan some words, you notice that her vocabulary is quite rich for a Harbourman. Some ink was lost, but the words are clear.

Curiously, she started it with the sentence 'Boring grey', instead of stating the day in which that happened. It gave you one more reason to keep reading…

Not that you needed more, mind…me… This was the journal of the missing Knight Captain of Crossroad Keep, the Kalach-Cha, the Skinny Lass Who Killed Those Lizardmen And All, the Lost Child…, blessed (or cursed) with a Warlock's fortune, who – to make things more complicated - was named Shar Aylomen…


This is, I hope, the only time I will write an 'Author Notes' like this one. I just felt I had to make a small introduction.

I am Portuguese. Therefore, you might find some weird stuff shaped in words on the story. So please, tell me of anything wrong you might find. I will only learn that way (the slang is especially difficult, so be hard on me).

Now for the story… I like writing with a very personal third person, so you may notice differences in subsequent chapters. I will put three chapters as fast as it is possible for me (vroom!) so you can have a taste of what you will find here. The first type, the 'you chapters' – that is not really you (ORLY?), it was just a small challenge to my writing skills – will appear few times. The 'journal entries' will always have after a 'break chapter' (the biggest and most interesting/humorous/anythingelseawesome) who may or not be followed by similar chapters. Do not worry, this story will not be big(Yaaay); I just wanted to show you some of my characters' actions on the game, and some things created by me, so that you may understand the real story (that happens after the KoS battle and will be written once this one's over).