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Years 2590 to 2598

2590
15/5	The twins, Lyssa (white haired) and Luna (black haired) are born.
27/11	Elkor the Enchanter of Esium is slain by the Rat Mage Sivilan after a confrontation in Esium city's Rampant Stag Inn. Sivilan knife's Elkor to death because the enchanter has failed to enchant a wand in return for a loan he had the year before.

2591
3/1	Goruan joins Corden's armory as an apprentice. The dwarf admires Goruan's raw skill.
4/1	Zeth initiates Nathaniel and Megan into Esium's Mordark coven.
17/4	3 coven members ;- Saibal, Nathaniel and Tagan enter the Catacombs.
18/4	Saibal and Tagan die (Tagan stabbed in the back by Nathaniel). Nathaniel is left hanging outside from a tree by some Doomalkim hunters. They bleed him but his Mordarkian "gift" of regeneration preserves his life.
26/4	3 more coven members find Nathaniel and free him. Karnath, Remira and Grave. They have been sent by Cole to spy on the others.
14/5	Nathaniel arrives back at Esium city, stopping off at Stefan's farm to train with his sword.
16/7	Cole leads an assualt on the Temple of Emonra in Esium city. The entire place is put to the torch, spreading down the Street of the Gods and to six smaller temples. The attack is a success - The Alkium of Mor (a small statue that will enable Cole to commune directly with Mordark) is freed from the temple's vault and returned to Cole.

2592
3/1	Nathaniel finishes training at Stefan's farm.
16/3	A coven meeting (usually takes place once a year). Morbikar the Nefarious and Darrel the Swift are initiated by Zeth.
30/3	Actually doing good for once, Morbikar and Darrel slay the troll Orgod in Wolden village.
12/4	Morbikar and Darrel burn down the Temple of Emonra in Ostelan.
15/4	While near the Merry Oak inn in Dunbar, by sheer fluke, Morbikar summons Kashaxig - Lord of Shadows. As it is daytime, Kashaxig has very little power to manifest but does manage to destroy half the inn and a whole caravan of merchant wagons. Kashaxig had made a pact with one of the Lords of Mor, to come to Mor's aid 3 times, in return for help in translating an ancient tablet containing secrets of Planal manipulation. However after Morbikar's cock up, Kashaxig calls off the deal. Beledon Fetch puts a contract on Morbikar's head.
22/4	A young man called Coop is initiated into the coven by Zeth - Zeth actually knocks the man unconscious and initiates him against his will as Cole is getting desperate for new recruits !
20/5	The twins, Luna and Lyssa flee their home in the village of Such, Elandia after their father Galen Hara is arrested for crimes he supposedly committed years before. They journey along the white magic roads of the Elandian Mordark Coven, finding distance distorted along the way. After only one night they arrive over 300 miles north at one of the Coven's deserted castles. Having a sibling argument, they manage to burn the entire place down and release Ciris' brainwashed slave, Abbey. Abbey turns out to be a skilled lady at arms and good companion.
32/5	Luna and Lyssa arrive at the city of Euranda with Abbey. By now, Lord Slavis and Lady Ciris of the Mordarkian Coven in Elandia have discovered all their burn't treasures and furious, demanding to know who destroyed several years of precious arts and stolen luxuries. Luna and Lyssa meet the young and adventurous stable hand - Andry; a young man of dry wit and almost infinite resourcefulness. Andry is known by everyone in his part in Euranda and generally well liked. He helps the girls and in return gets to leave Euranda for a life less boring.
4/6	Lyssa experiments with a stolen Coven ring; she discovers how to enter its "room of doors" and begins opening them. One such door leads to Lord Slavis' ring, alerting him to her presence. This same day, both girls meet the extraordinary Lars Marnet - a man of so many identities and talents that he ends up loved by one and hated by the other. He falls for both girls and tries helping them, but has to put his duty to Shandar first.
6/6	Lyssa decides to masquerade as a boy - adopting the name "Lee".
12/6	Xarimog - Lord of Chaos, appears incognito to Minnow and Nathaniel while they're planning an attack on the Citadel of Neath. Mog gives them a few pointers on the upcoming fight and tries steering them back to Esium city where he knows they'll use a certain scroll. As Luna and Lyssa are the only two (other than Coven members) who can actually see the "hidden roads" of Mordark, Lars Marnet arranges for them to guide a group of 75 guards, 12 knights, Lord Beriswane, Lord Godwin Croft (a buffoon), an elf called Romira, a mage called Martin and a priest of Ortha called Brother Esen, along the magical roads. Lars hopes that their cooperation will go a long way to clearing their father Galen of any charges. Galen and Abbey (who hit it off together) accompany the taskforce as insurance and to keep the girls happy.
13/6	Arquin Kabe of Elandia (a retired member of the King's Guard who served alongside the honored Galen Hara), begins teaching Galen's daughter, Lyssa, the staff. Luna and Lyssa continue leading Lars Marnet and his followers along the hidden roads of Mordark. They uncover several more Elandian Coven hideouts; coven members begin dying left right and centre.
17/6	Luna and Lyssa are told by their astral (and long dead) mother Hanna, to seek out Luvon, the Master of Elements. Only Luvon can teach them their true potentials are astral spiritualists. Luvon is expecting them.
31/6	Slavis curses the two girls; Luna is transformed into a black cat and Lyssa is transformed into a kestral.
12/8	Back in Esium city, Minnow and Nathaniel drink shrinking potions in order to penetrate the city's sewer system. They discover an army of intelligent rats poised to invade the city above. Suddenly discovered, he pair attempt to flee but are soon cornered by the sword wielding rodents. With only one option left, Minnow reads from Nathaniel's spell scroll (given to him by a drunken mage in return for a pint). The plane shift spell goes off, sending Nathaniel to the Isle of Ten Evils and Minnow to the Sky world of Erosa.
13/8	Nathaniel meets Guildencrantz - Lord of the Ghouls. He then gets onboard the Ship of Fate and sails across the Eternal sea. Minnow rescues the Princess Sarrisa, kills an 8 armed creature called Yikkath and spends the next several weeks womanizing and drinking while Erosa's wise man try and find a way for him to return home.

2593
9/1	Nathaniel walks through the Vale of Liff, unaware of the terrible demon lurking in its shadows.
14/4	Jansen Sorr, Jase Brose and Darcy Halinger (3 of Esium's finest), attack Astus, High Priest of Lurg.
6/6	A ball at the Palace of Esium. Lyssa makes her first appearance.
20/8	Minnow and Nathaniel are in trouble again - this time they're stuck in a small rowing boat, sailing along the Underdeep's black Sea of Death.
15/9	Aran (future Lord of Cats) proves himself a worthy Dayan hunter by slaying a giant brown bear and a wyvern - all in one day.
17/10	A large earthquake hits Yarili, killing several hundred people.
26/10	Another slightly less potent earthquake hits Yarili. This time only a few hundred are killed. Alexor of the White Chapter orders an investigation.
30/10	Mog appears to Minnow for the 11th time in Minnow's life. His visits are growing more frequent.
	A horde of Ulak's from Ulakhan invade the states of Daya, Sulin and Ruga. Their goal is to reach Gost Iren and after that Esium city itself.

2594
12/1	The merchants of Esium begin a price war that lasts 4 months.
30/4	King Kane of Urth is dumped on the Lady Mercy's doorstep by Nynsagul.
1/5	Goruan begins earning extra money as a bouncer - then as a debt collector. He does well.
14/5	Aran's birthday.
24/5	Goruan hires Heklas the Sage to research Laylan's rebellion of 1800 and the smith, Koronarth's items. The secrets of The Dragon and The Two swords are nearly his mine !
29/5	Minnow has a good shag at the Amber Heart Inn. Goruan builds his war wolf armor.
13/6	The Cat Lords meet just outside the village of Bedlam - at a circle of Tone stones.
27/7	Nathaniel, off on one of his other planal excursions again, escapes the "Vanishing Tower of Orthank" by using his Hand's strike of disintegration. The tower cracks allowing him to leave with a woman called Shanna (a mage from the town of Providence in Beldorn). He meets Xarimog outside and is threatened to stay away from Minnow. (Xarimog had hoped Nathaniel would turn Minnow to the side of Chaos but now realizes Nathaniel is in fact turning to the Balance !)
32/9	Goruan makes a deal with the intelligent rats of Esium's undercity. He begins supplying them with miniature weapons and armor. The 2nd Rat plague of Esium begins People are attacked in alleys, killed in their beds and shot with poison from the sewer gratings. The city is gripped by terror as the Rats begin blackmailing every Lord and Lady of the Court. Khibar and Lyssa rise in popularity.

2595
14/2	Mount Culve erupts in southern Sulin. Nathaniel returns from the World of Garnum O'Vradoc right in the middle of the eruption.
27/4	Goruan defeats the Father of Wolves.
2/5	Prima, the Lestanti elf, is summoned by Goruan.
12/5	Goruan sows his oats.
16/7	Regrim the Grey is slain by Cole Dark. Luvon then calls the 4 Elemental Kings - destroying Cole's physical body and sending him onto the astral plane.
16/8	Timothin of the Mordarkian Watchers is slain by Goruan. Goruan gains an alkium of Mor.
10/10	Goruan defeats Ansalon - Knight of Bonds in a duel. Ansalon pledges allegiance.

2596
3/3	"Rudin where are you" - Irea has a strange waking dream that freaks Palleah out.
20/3	Royal wedding of Khibar and Princess Gwendaline Ceborn.
23/3	Nathaniel steals a chicken to sacrifce.
15/4	Yainar first meets Marion - his future wife. They meet in Eastern Daas at an inn.
22/4	The Triumvirate (Triangle of Evil) attack Ermingkist to gain one of the Rods of Belkabe.
30/4	The Mengale war Yarili lands its ships after the Triumvirate cause severe storms to drive off the Mengale sea dragons. The war continues until the 12/6.
7/5	Goruan has a wierd trip in Norn wood (eastern Esia). He begins seeing elves from another plane.
11/5	The Lady Lyssa gives birth to Prince Korbas.
15/5	Armon and Garik are marooned during the Mengale war. Garik loses a leg to a shark while Armon takes a dive and meets Seeshaba of Optia.
10/6	Naveh and Maloth are summoned on the Mengale isles.
14/7	Eiflur arrives at Caer Rune to visit Yainar.
24/7	Faramas enters Regrim’s tower for the first time.
28/7	Goruan says "Shut it shithead” to a troll. The troll is not amused.
2/8	Tor nearly dies in Boms shrine, at the Catacombs.
7/8	Aduna meets the talking cat, Tobias and the little girl he protects.
11/8	Corden begins making Garik’s new steel leg, based on one of Garik's own designs.
17/8	Goruan arrives at the Catacombs in search of treasure.
26/8	Goruan meets Shobe-santalu, a falcon familiar to the deceased lady elf, Elantra Megelin. The Catacomb witch, Mengle'lada turns Ansalon and Goruan into pigeons. Mengle'lada then eats Ansalon in front of Goruan. The smith is so pissed that when he finally escapes he blows her away with everything he's got. Shobe-santalu becomes his familiar.
15/9	Goruan enters the Temple of Essaan's Maidens.
25/9	Tess Hardy forms the Sisterhood of magic with her friends, Aduna, Beth and Shanna.
19/9	While in the Catacombs, Goruan knocks on the door of a large tower. Luckily the wraith (Kimril) that lives there is out.
7/10	North and Dorran arrive at Caer Rune and meet Yainar.
32/10	The ship "Handy Hail" is attacked by Ogrek's storm - Celese, Marion and Hesta (Yainar's sister) are stolen by Ferel Agak.
15/11	A climactic confrontation ensues on Yarili's Pale isles - Luvon, Yainar, North, Celese, Dorran, Hesta and Marion stand against and defeat the Triangle of Evil, Ogrek, Ferel and Molgwin.
23/11	A sad day for Esium ;- Jansen, Tor and Walker Rohe die fighting two immense trolls at the Catacomb's rear gate.
Erintide	Masira, priest of Ancient Gods, is slain on Mount Hallows by Nathaniel and the Hand of Kwyll. Nathaniel uses a magical statuette to summon one of the Eldar's flying horses. He flies to Alexor's tower and bangs on the roof's trapdoor, demanding Alexor come out and help him escape Cole. Alexor thinks he's under attack and begins throwing lightning bolts so Nathaniel flees.

2597
4/1	Minnow suffers from cream poisoning. He throws up.
8/1	Armon experiments with astral possession.
15/1	The Blank visits Yainar.
17/3	Palleah meets Rile for the first time while up on her high rock. She becomes quite charmed by the first man she has ever seen (or remembers seeing).
32/3	Ross auditions at the Galloping Cherifer Inn in Gost Iren. He is an overnight success.
1/4	1.15am, Mercy creates the Circlet of Dreams by the power of her mind and imagination. It explodes into existence.
15/4	Due to be hung for various crimes, Nathaniel finds himself rescued and transferred to the Wild folk realm. The Folk need heroes from the physical realm to combat Lord Solstice's army of Shadows.
1/5	Queen Kitara of Eastern Daas holds her Tournament of Heroes. Anyone worth their salt attends.
15/5	Ferel Agak attacks Mercy's house.
30/5	The “Hope” sets sail for Andlermaign.
1/6	Lord Ostic’s jewels are stolen and sent north to swap with Aorna.
18/6	The Basilad under Evost Deny is slain by Brenis the Blue. The Sun Throne is seen for the first time in over 1500 years.
32/6	Dawn destroyed by llvir the damned.
1/7	Ross buys “Heart”, the blue roan 3yr old filly. He begins mentally training her.
8/7	Palasdine Empire attacks The Hope in a huge war ship, five times The Hope's size ! But the Weave Mages of Palasdine underestimate North's crew and lose their entire ship; North punches his way through their keel and jumps off before it sinks.
4/8	The Rats spy on Elkor’s house.
7/8	The Mengale elf Rayinel tries to assassinate King Orin of Yarili; he fails, is captured, tortured and then killed.
18/8	The ‘Hope’ encounters Lord Jarro’s stolen vessel, “The White Witch”
19/8	Kitara’s heroes arrive at the City of Andlermaign.
20/8	The Emerald Man is animated. Lazjaw goes through to the realm of Broolalis. Once there he becomes their Champion, defending Broolalis against Chaos. After a lengthy, titanic battle, Lord Jarro is slain by Ross on the top of the Pyramid of Sunrise. Jarro plummits from the summit and dies.
15/9	Armon makes Sebetha a Vampire. Rakern becomes paranoid.
16/10	The SisterHood defeat Arphatos the wraith in Esium’s graveyard.
9/11	Beth briefly returns to Broken way from her stay with Ben in the T.O.H.S.
25/11	North becomes Kitara’s Elite guard General and soon to be lover.
Erintide	Luvon is assassinated by the Web Witch Molgwin & Black Chapter.

2598
18/1-15/4	The Imladan pirate Queen, Seska Tirias, attacks the NW coast. Never the sort to miss a deal, while this is going on, agents of Imlada buy slaves off of her for use in the Imladan battle-fleet. Hiats Olan, Lartus and Erlin gather troops to defend the NW
4/2	Ross visits the Mengale survivors in Thanatan.
30/2	Getting an idea from the Imladan's, the priests of Shatul begin selling people to Armille in return for gold.
4/3	Ross and North attack Uncus. North temporarily blinds the giant by throwing a boulder in its eye.
11/3	Irea passes away. Palleah lights her pyre and scatters the remains.
12/3	Palleah sneaks her way into the village of Valner, looking for food and shelter. She is driven out after being seen as a thief.
13/3	Washing naked within sight of Valner's men, she is again driven away, but by Valner's womenfolk. The Village of Vashnu doesn't let her in either. She learns of the town of Shaboul.
14/3	Crossing on the river ferry, Palleah finally leaves the Winyist mnts.
15/3	Palleah stays at a way-tower with some soldiers ;Sgt Alac, Gola and Sagar.
16/3	Travels briefly with a pledged couple Dugas and Ivasa. Arrives at Shaboul near dusk and announces to the gate guards that she follows the God of Beasts. This annoys the priest of Ul, but Palleah is already gone. She stops at The Sandman Inn and gets some bar work from the owner, Keran. Meets Galea and Teas the two other barmaids.
32/3	Ross auditions at the Galloping Cherifer Inn in Gost Iren.
16/4	Ross visits Alexor's Tower. There he learns of Rombhard Stalawane.
22/4	Shanna of Providence senses something amiss at the Esium Graveyard. She attempts to divine that it is but fails and moves on. Beneath the tombstones, Azbin the Wraith watches her go.
5/5	The search for a mage in Shahpan continues. Shane and Palleah kidnap "Holebethe", daughter of Antimus the Astrologer. Palleah fails interrogating the sage so Shane leaves to get some money. He robs a passing priest, then merchant, then store keeper. Desperate, they visit Sedgewick's sister and learn a great deal about the Guild of Thieves.

6/5	Early evening, Shane summons the Spirit Servitor Tanabe (a giant eagle) and flies Palleah to Shale. Palleah sleeps the entire 7 hour trip.
7/5	Palleah and Shane visit Ishan, priest of Adama and entreat his aid. Impressed by Shane, Ishan takes them to meet Eladan, Pallas and the Warlock Eldritch (aka Elritch of Lupon). Palleah gets her first hints of the organisation known as The Pale Saints.
8/5	Eladan takes Shane and Palleah to a safe house - a farmstead just outside of town. (Previous owners were a couple who moved to the east coast after inheriting a fishing boat. Called Jalamah and Amis they lived at the farm for 3 years. Before that, old Rancha lived there for 9 years.) Their neighbours are the Carno's and Yessel's. Rene & Alber Carno. Halma and Stantin Yessel.
9/5	Heavy rains again, 5 days worth. Leaky roof. Shane has to administer repairs.
11/5	Eladan arrives with new supplies, animals, and gifts from Elritch. Including Shane's new bracers, clothes and 10 chi, 25 chi-tan, 50 tan, and herbs and paints. Plus a ribbon which enlists help from some Lupon priests if tied around a sword and a +3 ROP for Palleah and skin toned paint to hide marks. He tells them about strange murders in Shale. 3 people a night, 12 so far, with burn marks to forehead and neck.
14/5	Palleah starts practicing Shane's Null Thought meditation.
15/5	Palleah's first spirit-based flight.
17/5	Born to fly - practise makes perfect. First appearance of strange shadow during Palleah's night bathe.
18/5	Palleah awakens to find a chair balanced on one leg with a plate and fork on top of that. Freaked, she leaves the farm with Shane, heading for Shale's walls, but 2 Dinge-wolves attack. One fumbles, gets fate against and is kicked into the fire... poof. The next get's blown up, snuffed and insulted... all a fluke for Shane.
19/5	Palleah mumbles "Yivanna" during the night. Stop briefly at Gezan's Trader. Barraged by Izac of Ul's selling rap.
20/5	Palleah and Shane meet Agelan (the posh one) a guard for Hiat Lartus, then interrupt a public stoning outside Kalempur. The victim is a hermit called Io Enwar who gratefully tells them about Korcalus the mage (lives in Fallen Peaks) and yet another Shatul dig. (What are the Shatul's looking for?) Palleah dreams of trees closing in. They plan to escort Io Enwar back home.
21/5	Palleah leaps Kalempur's wall looking for Yuso, a priest of Blades. She leaves again after realizing all the temples are outside the walls. Talks to Pascall, priest of Lupon; Yuso is at Katimah.

22/5	Shane and Palleah travel into the Fallen Peaks.
23/5	Short cut through The Passage; a narrow gorge. To be caught in the gorge by "The Wild Wind" means death.
24/5	At Io's, Shane plays with an Ikerro bowl. Palleah has a "wet" dream, about splashing outside the hut.
25/5	The next night Palleah goes out and sees "herself" swimming. Dream?
26/5	Shane and Palleah leave Io's.
27/5	After stopping at a cave, they encounter Jin Hackney, an adventurer. Palleah catches Jin sneaking a peek in Shane's ruck-sack and turns against him. (The name Jin gets her mighty suspicious)
28/5	Annoyed at Shane's "secrets", Palleah abandons him to Jin and rides off. Shane doesn't budge for an hour. By then Palleah is long gone. He kicks himself for being so stubborn.
29/5	Palleah pulls a young girl called Beath out of a pit. Kalas of Brandon Hill tells her about fifty Shatul guards, 3 priests and a metal headed man. She stays the night in a barn at Brandon Hill.
30/5	Palleah awakens on a hill overlooking Katimah (hundreds of miles from where she fell asleep !) Her horse has marks down each of its sides and seems afraid of her. She leaves it, believing it all to still be a dream. Yet after entering Katimah, getting a room in The HogTin Tavern, meeting Yuso and going to sleep, she still awakens in the same room. The Tan (a coin) drops and Palleah freaks out. For the next several hours she cries outside Katimah's walls before sleeping in the camp of some Travelling Troskens.
31/5	Going back into Katimah. Bronze armored guards with yellow cloaks. Pennant Blk, Sun + Blk bird underneath. Learns of Zium the Horse Merchent. Invited to a party at Ram Inn by young lad called Yatim. Travels 3 miles to the Monastery of Adama - on Blueberry Heath. Speaks to Urshi - Priest of Adama - about her dreams. Urshi mentions the "Dream Weavers of Adama" Palleah is ejected from the grounds as a time waster. Dragging her heels back to Katimah, she is partially sensed by a passing priest of Shatul called Cryo. Failing to get into Citadel to see "Rile", she waits outside all day. Eventually Palleah is shown inside and to a waiting room. 4 hours later she meets Rile again (alias "The Night Hawk") 7 people see Rile associated with her. Unable to help, Rile sends her to The Mispent Youth Inn. Rile returns to the banquet and his Lady Karleta Demeana, but is very troubled by what he has just done.
32/5	Still in a daze, Palleah goes shopping and buys a roan stallian for 1.5 chi. She hears of a swordsman called Grippa and the Bounty Hunter called Kastafrane. She also hears of a priest of Ul called Lupas, struck blind by a priest of Shatul. Tourney for wedding of Miriam, daughter of Rader of Ul in 2 days. Leaving to return to Kalempur, she is spotted at gate by Shatul guards. 6 guards mount to pursue her. 1 possesses 6 magic scrolls. A wall of fire springs up in front of her. She manages to drive the horse down a very steep bank to escape it. Pursuing her, they quickly gain. Palleah resists the earth and as her horse is cut down, she leaps forwards at the same velocity. Receiving only a small cut to the back, now airborne, all the guards can do is watch and pursue her on the ground. She loses them in a nearby wood, but they soon pick up her tracks again. She then flies across a deep ravine. They climb down it and up the otherside. One man falls to his death. Later she sleeps. She luckily awakens as they are passing by and hides. Later that night they summon Shades to search for her, but the Shades get confused signals and go elsewhere.
1/6	Palleah wanders in the Great Forest towards the Twilight Glades. Flying and walking she covers a great deal of distance. The tracking guards give up and return. That night, Palleah is repeatedly poked by the Shade, Caspis. She learns from his babbling of Imeron the Shade King. Lord Ostric's jewels are stolen from Ostelan by the Esium Coven of Mordark. The jewels are sent north to be swapped with Aorna.
2/6	A disturbing night. Palleah witnesses from a distance, the Parade of Shades. Off to sacrifice "Hollowin" (f) and summon forth Shastakal. Palleah ignores the procession but later, she flies up above the trees. Luckily Shastakal - Shade Dragon - fails to notice her, its attention suddenly drawn elsewhere to a larger source of 'POW". Dragon Tooth, Dragon Claw, Dragon Heart, Dragon Maw Hear our cries in the dead of night, Arise Arise Dragon Wight. Now near the Shadow town of Umbran, Palleah hears a woman singing. She meets Shimma (19) who tells her of the Shadow Plane. She learns of ShahTomb - The Shifting Citadel, and the wax and wane of Shadow Plane and its denizens. Also how poor King Sith was usurped by Imeron. Moving on, Palleah lays down to sleep in a small clearing.
3/6	She awakens to find roasting venison and herself moved 3 trees around the clearing. Pigging out she continues on. Her blackouts are being caused by her alter ego - That part of her (the Shy'dra) that wields enormous power. Her journey now takes her back in the direction of Katimah. She is feeling weaker. No water. Infection spreading from Shatul's wound.
4/6	Palleah is sick. She passes out and nearly dies, only 6 miles from the coast.
6/6	Palleah awakens weakly in the slave hold of the ship, RollinOak. With her is an Armillian called 'Kam", and 'Hershe", an Imladan linguist. Opportunity knocks. She is dragged before captain "fat" 'Travisher" and offered to the crew that night. Once again she gives an alias; Cally. The ship is bound for the Free-Port of Bale. When evening comes and the hatch is opened, she executes a perfect flying jump and catapults out of the hole. Narrowly avoiding the sails, she lands on the aft-castle and puts a knife to the steersman's throat. He escapes and shouts, but she jumps up again. Travelling ahead of the boat she now lands on the fore-castle and barely manages to fly in through one of Travisher's open windows. He runs for his sword; she runs for her staff. A stand-off occurs with men bashing down the door. Finally she makes the staff glow by circulating POW and levitates up into the air. Travisher is now wary and offers her a truce to learn more of her powers. An agreement is reached; She, Kam and Hershe are to be dropped off at Bale or Palleah will "sink the boat". Refusing an offer of partnership from Travisher, Palleah waits for Bale in First mate Hannig's cabin.
8/6	Arriving at the trade port of Bale, Palleah, Kam and Hershe are rowed to shore. Hannig throws down Palleah's staff (taken as insurance), but it drops in the water. Palleah dives in and just manages to save it. Kam leads the way. He takes them to The Seeker; his ship. They meet Captain Urada, who welcomes them aboard and sets sail. Travisher plans pursuit, hiring the only mage in the area - an old fool called Quizurk.
18/6	The Thing under Derry. Brenis the Blue and a small party of adventurers (including Ross) enter the caves beneath Evost Derry in search of monster that has been killing people. They encounter a lone Basilad (Like a basilisk but hornless). The Basilad kills Cavin the thief before Brenis and Ross slay it with a combination of lightning and sword work.
32/6	Grand Carnival at Esium City.
Erastide	Ross buys a new horse - a blue roan (3 year old filly) of good disposition that he calls "Heart". He soons learns she doesn't like cows but loves honey as her first training lessons involve Ross entering her mind and teaching her Landish.
16/7	The Spirit of Kochulu walks abroad again on his yearly hunt through the streets and alleys of Esium's poor quarter, seeking fresh victims. 25 Priests of Koen (as they have done for the last twenty years) armor themselves, brandish their weapons and go forth to kill him. Kochulu slaughters 15 of them before dawn, whereupon he vanishes for another year.
18/7	After practising "tuning in", Palleah successfully "scry's" a bird across the jungle. Over the moon, she unscrews the Dragon staff. Kama Zue is released (approx 60') and begins playing. The village of Lappa is evacuated. Palleah learns the Dragon has a spiritually resistant aura. Kama Zue reaps havoc in the village. - 2 chickens, 1 goat, 3 huts. Palleah slips up on KZ's neck and slashes her right leg (another scar, sigh). Eventually Palleah threatens KZ with the POW in the Dragon Staff, but she accidently lets all the POW out. It explodes in the air, sending KZ diving back to the staff for safety. The villagers return, wary of the "Big Bird's" return. Palleah assures them the village is protected by her magic. She continues her scrying practice. This time she "tunes in" to Urada's belongings looking for an aura imprint. Urada is "seen" in a castle dungeon, across the sea. In the early hours of the morning, Ballimsor, Lord of the Elephants, stampedes 3 herds through Lappa. Every building is flattened but there are no casualties. Palleah follows the elephant trail back to the prairie plain of Arastaho. Back at village 1hr 30m later, Palleah drops from sky and passes out.
19/7	When she comes around, she can't locate Eolim via scrying. She does locate 'Jakani" the Panther, asleep in a tree. The Dragon's injury to her leg doesn't heal very quickly. The tribe moves to the beach.
20/7	Chin, Yakuda and thirty warriors, head off to Mi-Yune. Palleah doesn't get any guidance.
21/7	Palleah flies around for several hours, looking for the village of Mi-Yune. On the way she arrives at the villages of Tabaya and Pekaro. Palleah eventually arrives back 45 minutes before Chin. Chin confronts chief Nym. Yakuda swarms his men from the trees. Fighting begins and Palleah takes to the air. She summons Kama-zue from the Dragon staff. Events now pick up speed The Mi-Yune surrender. Only 2 are executed. Chin sustains an injury to his left leg - a torn knee cap. Palleah actually knocks Yakuda over in anger. Men are sent to bring the Lappa to Mi-yune. Jima and Ojay are placed as Palleah's bodyguards. Her standing among the villages is now increasing dramatically.
24/7	Erex is spiritually near, occupying the body of a Tiger. At night he moves across into the mind of Yakuda, asking questions. Yakuda remembers nothing.
25/7	Chief Orm arrives and pledges support to Palleah and Yakuda. He had a dream - Palleah walked in through his hut and threatened him with a still beating heart in her hand (nice). "Come to Mi-yune or die." Of course it wasn't Palleah but her alter ego Sah'ra.
26/7	Shaman Erex possesses Ojay's mind. Ojay and Erex enter spiritual combat. Palleah watches some of this fight at the edge of Ojay's mind. Ojay conquers Erex, crippling the Shaman into a coma. The Great Shaman Sheo (watching from afar) notes Ojay's potential.
27/7	Palleah confronts Zeke of the Pekaro with "Ku-mi-I". Zeke is sent back to Pekaro, defeated. Later in the day, Palleah terrorises Erex's five nearby warriors. When she goes back to her hut to sleep, Sahra returns.
30/7	Things continue to get out of hand for Palleah. After another blackout she awakens in Nimram. Getting up, she breaks a strange alarm ward around the bed. Outside, the entire village calls her Sa-rah "Great One" and Shaman Noi is suspended off the ground by a point of light. Palleah also has two gold bracelets shrink-fitted to her wrists and a circlet holding back her hair. She is very concerned by all this.
32/7	Tess stays at Plead's wood for a few days, trying to escape Aduna's infernal hammering.
4/8	Trying to find someone to look after the orphans at their new orphanage, Ross and Mercy decide on the foul-mouthed young witch - Cruesa. Ross convinces the witch it is a good idea and arranges for her to move in the same day. Afterwards Cruesa can't believe she fell for Ross' idea hook line and sinker. Rats spy on Elkor's house.
23/8	A group of 12 War trolls (sent from the Catacombs) sound out Alexor's defenses by hurling rocks at his tower from a nearby cliff. When Alexor doesn't respond they move down to the base of his tower and begin trying to undermine its foundations with digging equipment. After several hours and no progress, the trolls scrawl obscenities over the Wizard's white tower stone and pee on his doorstep before wandering off and getting drunk. That night Alexor leaves his tower, walks invisibly down into their camp and casts a blindness spell over the whole lot.
25/8	Ross plays with the Rods of Belkabe. Aduna makes moulds all day.
2/9	Marduke arrives in Esium seeking Adunathel.
9/9	It's Ross' birthday ! Hurrah.
16/9	Marduke meets with Aduna and gets his ring back from her. Their relationship takes another turn for the worst.
25/9	Tobias the cat returns to Tess' house with a minuture crossbow quarrel sticking out of his side. He complains - saying it's the first time he has chased a rat that has actually been armed.
30/9	Mercy is away in Elandia on business for 8 days.
22/10	Henna has a baby - a son called Don.
29/10	Aduna interrupts a Thieve's Guild delivery being handled by Cago, Handle and Venst.
9/11	Beth returns to 14 Broken Way for a week to visit her Sisterhood friends Aduna and Tess. She has to return at the end of the week as Ben needs her. (Benedict Forfin - the Beast of the Towers). Beth leaves again on the 24/11.
13/11	Ross and Mercy's orphanage gets new children - a young girl (aged 6) called Clara, a boy called Tiberius (aged 8) and a nameless boy (aged 5). Cruesa gets new help - a friendly husband and wife called Ralf and Bess. Ross spends the night there telling stories to the children.
20/11	The Rats of Esium continue their subterfuge - tonight the little rodents infiltrate Esium's assassin's guild and steal its entire supply of venom.
Erintide	Cruesa reads Ross' future in her mystical cards... Ross gets a moon, a knight and a horn. She sees a tower in a forest in his future, a red ring, two sons (twins) and marriage.