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Excerpt from the Field Journal of Dr. Alex Ritter – Pt. 13

We have returned to Geor’s inn and I to my chair in the corner of the room. The fire flickers in the hearth and my eyes are heavy after the long day’s journey.

The Warden questioned me without cease as we made our way down from his cave and back into the forest. It seemed, after a time, he asked […]

Excerpt from the Field Journal of Dr. Alex Ritter – Pt. 12

I left before dawn, determined to find the Warden, wrapping my hands with strips torn from my cloak and carrying with me only a short-bladed knife and a leather flask of water. The sun found me struggling on the underside of an overhang in the rock. Handholds had been plentiful enough at the base but as soon as I hit […]

Excerpt from the Field Journal of Dr. Alex Ritter – Pt. 11

Distance is a funny thing. From miles away I believed I could likely scale the western peaks within a day. Now, camped in the shadow of these mountains, I see my folly: these unyielding giants of rock soar upwards riddled with grey crags and buttresses and needles eyes and monolithic slabs. They are truly marvels of nature. Some day, perhaps […]

Excerpt from the Field Journal of Dr. Alex Ritter – Pt. 10

I have journeyed for two days along the main road that bends west towards the forest. The going has not been difficult but my task weighs heavily upon me: to find the one known as “The Warden”. I left the main road before just before the sun sank beneath the western mountains and have entered the forest. There was a […]

Excerpt from the Field Journal of Dr. Alex Ritter – Pt. 9

After arriving back at the inn earlier this morning I tried to rest but the images of the previous night haunted my dreams. I sat on the edge of the bed and  waited until I heard Alarca and Geor shuffling about, to join them downstairs.

I told them of what I had seen the previous night. I told them of the […]