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From the Diary of Rollo:
During the last few days I had been busy helping Lavinia and working on my opera in my
spare time. The night before she had been a little cross at being held up in port for
so long so I volunteered to go take a fly about in the morning to see if I could find them.
From Rah'Siel's Journal:
Now that our victory against the lizard men had been secured, we took the opportunity to search
the area for more loot, and we discovered some artifacts on the second ziggurat, namely 2 orbs,
fastened to the stone by a brass arrangement. Umbril and I were discussing how to remove them
without smashing them, to retain the resale value, when we though we should give the large gong,
seated between them, a thump. Umbril duly thumped it, resulting in a sound echoing out across
the jungle. At this point, I spotted a large bird heading straight for us! Uncertain as to its
origins, (magical, summoned by the gong, or normal), Umbril and I took aim on it, only for us
to realise it was Rollo in animal form, carrying a note and a pen. We read the note, which was
basically a demand for a status report from Lavinia and a request for a reply. We sent a reply
back with Rollo and asked him to come back again, so that our return journey could be made
easier with a bit of guidance from the air.(also, he can cast 'stoneshape' meaning we could get
the orbs removed without damaging them. Result!)
When Rollo returned, we opted to spend the night on top of the ziggurat and made sure that our
cleric, Nobby and Rollo had certain spells prepared, Namely spider climb and water walk. This
meant in the morning, we three could just walk down the side of the ravine, across the river
and walk back up the other side. Rollo changed into an eagle and flew across. He remained in
eagle shape and acted as a guide to enable us to keep going in the right direction.
From the Diary of Rollo:
Based on our outward trek, we reckoned the return trip would take three days.
DAY 69
Trekking through the jungle. I remain in eagle form most of the time to scout ahead.
DAY 70
Trekking through the jungle. Attacked by Dire rats and Wer-rats in the night.
DAY 71
Arrive at Tooj-Reh in the afternoon. Villagers thankful but offer no rewards.
Siroo thanks us and Shifty gives them a ton of cheese!
Raz bought a jug of palm wine that messed with his insides.
DAY 72
We set sail at last! Weather : Good. Bearing : North. Wind : West
Having to tack.
DAY 73
Weather : Good. Bearing : North. Wind : Southwest.
Calluses are beginning to form on my hands.
DAY 74
Weather : Good. Bearing : North by North East. Wind : West.
I've been noticing tension between Naomi Uctul and Burumba Tek. I've
also noticed that Skald is a bit weird.
DAY 75
Weather : Good. Bearing : North. Wind : West.
DAY 76
Weather : Good. Bearing : North. Wind : West.
DAY 77
Weather : Good. Bearing : North. Wind : West by North West.
Today I spotted some ruins far off on the western shore. I flew over to investigate
but saw nothing instantly remarkable. I would have been pleased to spend more time
here, but knew Lavinia would have been fain to stop the journey again.
DAY 78
Weather : Good. Bearing : North by North East. Wind : West by South West.
DAY 79
Weather : Fair. Bearing : North by North West. Wind : West.
DAY 80
Weather : Good to Fair. Bearing : North by North West. Wind : West.
In the afternoon the captain declared that she thought we were making good progress.
I have been trying to prevail on Lavinia in regards to sailing at night but so far
with little success.
Tonight we were invited over to the Blue Nixie for dinner. The guests included myself,
Raz, Nobby, Shifty and other members of the crew.
I talked to Lavinia mostly, she seemed very interested to hear about my family!
I also noticed that Raz and Shifty in particular took great delight in teasing Lord
Meravanchi. I tried to help him a little, but he is not the sort of person that is
easy to approach.
(Incidentally my youngest brother is called Corrum and is a guard in the city watch. Next
in line is Elric who is a priest of Tyr and then Nissa who just prior to me leaving
Waterdeep had become the captain of 'The Shaggy Beast' a warship in the royal navy.)
I also talked to Cascus of the Jade Ravens. It is always good to stop my Druidic from
getting rusty, but he is still very sad at loosing his animal companion.
The dinner was very good. There was grouse, peacock and even some elven wine.
