Nell's diary

Rise of the Runelords

This is a diary as written by Nell.
She started writing it as an exercise in learning to read and write.

The latest chapter is called Template:Rise of the Runelords chapter, in which Template:Rise of the Runelords chapter. It is chapter Template:Rise of the Runelords chapter of the Rise of the Runelords story.

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The Farm

We decided to ride out. As it was soon dinnertime we planned to ride to a farm on this side of ???river to spend the night. We didn't want to search through Foxglove manor in the night. We rode out from the asylum. There were dark, rain heavy clouds gathering on the sky and wisps of mist slowly drifting over the fields. The lost coast road went south between the soggy swamp on our right side and a high plateau on the left side.

We passed the plateau and followed the edge of the swamp. There was a wet mist drifting in from the swamp limiting our vision of the landscape. Even though it wasn't cold out yet, I had chills. We saw a dark shape coming toward us along the road ahead. It was someone riding a workhorse. Nathaniel hailed the stranger, that seemed reluctant to talk at first, but when we told him we work for the sheriff of Sandpoint he told us that he was on his way there. When he opened up it was hard to stop him. He repeated "They even ate the dogs." over and over again. We told him we would stop the monsters and he should continue on.

We thought we had better hurry up and continued on. There was a fog enveloping us. It became increasingly hard to see over the newly harvested fields we passed. Then Nathaniel spotted a small dark shape in the fog. It looked like a girl but then we could hear a song, but the voice was not so young. It was a nursery rhyme but the text was about monsters and scarecrows. When we came closer it turned out to be Madame Mvashti who sang the strange song. She looked smaller than she did when she did the reading. but on the other hand I wasn't sitting on a horse then. She asked Dorothea
"Did you take care of him?"
"Who? Oh. Yes him. Yes."
"There's more trouble ahead." Madame Mvashti warned us. She gave us an item to help us out. It was some magic thing that help out when using magic. Dorothea said she could use it.

Soon after we reached where soggy river runs out into the swamp. The road led to a small wooden bridge. There were some shapes there in the fog. It turned out to be peasants standing guard.
"It's dangerous on the other side."
"We will take care of it." "We're sent by the sheriff." "Don't you recognize us? Were the heroes of Sandpoint! We are the ones who saved Sandpoint from all goblins from there to Fogscar mountains! We conquered Thistletop. We pacified five goblin tribes and slew their war chiefs!"

We left our horses in the care of Orik with the peasants. Dear Creampuff!

Darker sky, more fog.

A very worn down fence and gate. We close after us.

A shadow in the dense fog. It turned out to be a scarecrow.

Closing on another at crossroads Velicia said they show the way. I said they scare crows from the fields and Dorothea said "No. They are monsters." as it attacked.

Surprised, Velicia cast a spell. It charged with claws Honeypot who hit it back.

Nathaniel trick it and I fell it.

It turned out to be a farmer infected but not turned.

Nathaniel pick him up and carry him as we continue

Next crossroads a new scarecrow. We cautiously approach when several appear in the fog all around us, but the scarecrow is just a scarecrow.

There is a big fight against them. Velicia was clawed unconscious by an infected monstous farmer and nearly died but after hard fighting we at last stand as victors. There's a total of 15 infected farmers including the one we brought.

We decide to take a short rest, but before we could three more turned into full ghouls appeared out of a house just barely visible through the dense fog.

We kill two but the last one retreat and shout out "Alarm!"

We can hear four more leaving the house but loose them in the fog. We hide too and then fight.

Honeypot kills the last who was a ghoul leader of some kind.

He had better clothes than the rest wearing a livery He is groundskeeper of Foxglove manor Roger Krespie Key on a sting neck curious flowers and thorns... He also had item.

Nathaniel pet dog.

We enter farm. The peasant sacrificed with carved sevenpointed star hung on wall. I felt sick.

Look through hose. I look in other rooms. We find coin collection 34000 silver coins in neat packets of 100.

Honeypot left house and I count

She came back and shouted about others put up as scarecrows. Turned out to be two more that the infection didn't really stick to. Horran and Lettie Guffmin.

Velicia think we should stay and sleep. I shocked of awful thought.

Nightfall

We gather 15+2 infected and put on cart and wagon from farm. Very bad shape.

We gather and burn 3+3+boss

Nathaniel fetch Orik and horses.

We ride to sanatorium where help from Sandpoint has arrived.

We put 17 infected in their care.

It's late, but we return to Sandpoint.